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Vida Svahnström

@vidasplants.bsky.social
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mostly botany, conservation, and orchids; PhD student at Kew Gardens & Imperial College London 🌿

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Susana P. Cunha @susanapcunha.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
First PhD paper out on @consletters.bsky.social 🎉 We identified 8 potential EDGE fungal species, a conservation metric so far not available for fungi. This study also revealed a large number of Data Deficient species, highlighting the need for more mycological research. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/con4...
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Prevalence of Red List DD Species Limits the Application of the EDGE Approach for Fungi
Despite their importance, fungi remain underrepresented in global conservation priorities and largely absent from indicators established for monitoring progress within the Global Biodiversity Framewo...
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Vida Svahnström @vidasplants.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Glad to finally be able to share this paper! We found that epiphytes and their close relatives tend to have small range sizes, meaning a high proportion are likely to be at risk of extinction www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Geographic range size and rarity of epiphytic flowering plants - Nature Plants
Epiphytes have larger ranges than closely related terrestrial species. However, a large proportion of species in epiphyte-rich clades are rare with small range sizes, regardless of their lifeform.
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Annals of Botany @annbot.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Advancing bryophyte research and conservation, a case study on Madagascar doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
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Vida Svahnström @vidasplants.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
A win for prioritizing fungal conservation - we’ve assessed the extinction risk of over 1,000 species of fungi! 🥳
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Vida Svahnström @vidasplants.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
This sounds like such a cool undergrad research opportunity!
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