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Nicolas Zurbuchen

@nicolaszurbuchen.bsky.social

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Plant Ecologist and PhD Candidate at University of Zurich

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Nicolas Zurbuchen @nicolaszurbuchen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Some papers are hard to digest. Similarly, some plant individuals are more delicious to herbivores than others. Here's the easily digestable BES Blog Post about our recent publication. Take a bite, maybe you like it: jecologyblog.com/2026/09/01/can-plant-traits-help-us-predict-who-gets-eaten/

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Can plant traits help us predict who gets eaten?

Nicolas D. Zurbuchen, University of Zurich, discusses his article: Intraspecific trait variation responds consistently to global change drivers and mediates herbivory across unrelated plant species…

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Nicolas Zurbuchen @nicolaszurbuchen.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

We know herbivores can be picky on what plant species they want to forage on. But do they also care about within-species variation in the plants they eat? They do! Also, high elevation populations could be particularly delicious as our climate continues to warm. -> doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.70389

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Intraspecific trait variation responds consistently to global change drivers and mediates herbivory across unrelated plant species

In classic trait-based approaches, traits reflect different plant strategies that evolved over long-term evolutionary timescales. The study indicates that these trade-offs also emerge consistently ac...

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Francisco Navarro-Rosales @navarrosales.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Great few days at #BES2024 in Liverpool last week! Wonderful to learn and connect with so many cool people. Looking back, I’d like to share the TOP 3 poster presentations I enjoyed best! Congrats on such great work: @mariabmills.bsky.social @alice-rosen.bsky.social @nicolaszurbuchen.bsky.social

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