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Stephanie A. Rivest

@stephinscience.bsky.social
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Ecologist interested in insects, plants, and urban landscapes 🦋🌼 Assistant professor at Lakehead University 👩‍🎓

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Stephanie A. Rivest @stephinscience.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Happy Earth Day! #EarthDayEveryDay #cosmos #angiosperm #flower
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Stephanie A. Rivest @stephinscience.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
A quiet moment from last winter with a Dark-eyed Junco at the Montreal Botanical Garden 🐥 #birds #junco #biodiversity #winter @espacepourlavie.bsky.social @irbv.bsky.social
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Stephanie A. Rivest @stephinscience.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Some nice little pink flowers to brighten your day! 📸 Sea Blush (Plectritis congesta) in Victoria, BC
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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
A new article in #RESInsectConsDiv shows seasonality of native and non-native flowers does not influence #butterfly nectar foraging decisions in a semi-urban meadow habitat #OpenAccess🔽 doi.org/10.1111/icad.12829 @manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com
Graphical abstract of: Seasonality of native and non-native flowers does not influence butterfly nectar foraging decisions in a semi-urban meadow habitat
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Stephanie A. Rivest @stephinscience.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Scientists in the wild for #CSEEinFocus #CSEE 🥾⛰️ Nap Time at the Mountains Peak
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Stephanie A. Rivest @stephinscience.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Field work pic for #CSEEinFocus #CSEE 🦋 Dun Skipper has a Dusty Nose
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Stephanie A. Rivest @stephinscience.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Landscape shot for #CSEEinFocus #CSEE 📸👩‍🔬 Lookout at Parker Ridge, AB
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Stephanie A. Rivest @stephinscience.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
What role do non-native plants play in butterfly nectar diets? New paper explores this question (and more) 🌻 @hkharouba.bsky.social @respublications.bsky.social resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Seasonality of native and non‐native flowers does not influence butterfly nectar foraging decisions in a semi‐urban meadow habitat
Non-native nectar was well integrated into the diet of the butterfly community and relatively more available earlier in the summer. Butterflies did not use native and non-native sources in proportio.....
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Julie Talbot @julietalbot.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
As scientists we are often exposed to upsetting findings and we should not have to bury the feelings that our research elicit - I'm glad it's adressed openly here (and yes these results are bleak)
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Scientists brought to tears by huge loss of U.S. butterflies | CBC News
Scientists calculated just how much U.S. butterfly populations have declined in the past 20 years. The results brought some scientists to tears, and have them warning about dire implications for other...
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Stephanie A. Rivest @stephinscience.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
❤️🧡🤎
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Stephanie A. Rivest @stephinscience.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Hi bluesky👋 just getting started here, so sharing the lifecycle of one of my favourite butterflies the Anise Swallowtail 🦋
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