Angelo Moerland, PhD

Botanical researcher at FLORON (NL). Project leader on invasive species.

[Angelo Moerland, PhD @AngeloMoerland]

Glad to announce our paper is out! Within #Saxifraga we show the relative contribution of processes behind alpine speciation through time: hopping between major mountain systems and upslope biome shifts, where the latter is more prevalent. https://t.co/Ej7M804Lm7

[Angelo Moerland, PhD @AngeloMoerland]

It took me a few repeat trips to find a flowering (though somewhat roughed up) #Saxifraga hirculus at the Pentlands. Beautiful, but fragile and small population.

[Angelo Moerland, PhD @AngeloMoerland]

@carolynhargest @BSBIScotland @BSBIbotany @wildflower_hour @nature_scot @EdinburghNats Nice find, did you report locations by any chance? I'm just in the process of putting together occurrence data at sites monitored by NatureScot. If you have any additional sites they might be happy to hear about it.

[Angelo Moerland, PhD @AngeloMoerland]

Diverse flowers along Aberlady bay's seaside marshes this weekend. Bogbean, butterwort, thrift and marsh orchids (early, northern?). #wildflowerhour

[Angelo Moerland, PhD @AngeloMoerland]

@BenKuhnhaeuser @OxfordEnvRes @KewScience @BillJBaker @Chomicki_G @SidonieBellot @w_eiserhardt Well done, Ben!

[Guillaume Chomicki @Chomicki_G]

!!Alert!!

New PhD project on large-scale #phylogenetic comparative methods applied #mutualism with #plants, notably #seed dispersal, #pollination, indirect #defences, #mycorrhizae, #N-fixing root nodule symbiosis available in my lab at @EEB_Sheffield

https://t.co/2tziuIDETt

[Holger Kreft @BioGeoKreft]

Please RT!
Interested in #island #plants? Want to apply macroecological methods to unique databases to learn how floras assemble?
We have a vacant, fully funded PhD position in functional island biogeography @BioGeoMacro in the @DynaCom project.
see: https://t.co/ogyM0aum0i

[Angelo Moerland, PhD @AngeloMoerland]

Walked up #BenLawers recently to collect functional trait / environmental data on #Saxifraga cernua. An ice-age relict that's restricted to cracks in gnarly rocks on a few mountains in Scotland. Sad to see such a small population impacted by dwindling snow-cover days.

[Angelo Moerland, PhD @AngeloMoerland]

@BillJBaker Just had a similar view on Skye with hundreds of these sticking out the heath.

[Angelo Moerland, PhD @AngeloMoerland]

Went looking for flowering saxifrages s.l.: conveniently co-occurring, but filling different niches. I was too late for purple saxifrage, too early for mossy saxifrage, but right on time for golden saxifrage. Pen-y-ghent, 08/05/'21. #wildflowerhour #Saxifraga @BSBIbotany

[Angelo Moerland, PhD @AngeloMoerland]

@LeifBersweden @SusanFalconer7 @joshual951 Another saxifrage: S. oppositifolia

[Angelo Moerland, PhD @AngeloMoerland]

I can't ignore a request from Sir David, so I did my part. While I could only report an underwhelming 2 species from the 'easy-ID' chart, I am mostly relieved I did not have to ID any of the skippers I found #ButterflyCount

[Butterfly Conservation 🦋 @savebutterflies]

The Big Butterfly Count has started! Sir David Attenborough asks, "Where will you do yours?" https://t.co/2y19tFBxVR

Download the free app or printable ID chart and get out for the count. We want to make 2020 the biggest #ButterflyCount ever, so please retweet! 🦋

[Angelo Moerland, PhD @AngeloMoerland]

@timutteridge Just recently noticed this too. After picking they wrapped them in cloth, travelled halfway through Korea, and plants were still in pristine (3d) condition. We must make notes on this ancient preservation technique for herbarium collections.

[Angelo Moerland, PhD @AngeloMoerland]

Finally went on this years first orchid hunt: bee, pyramidal, and {common} spotted growing packed together in Leicestershire #wildflowerhour
@tessa_desi

[Angelo Moerland, PhD @AngeloMoerland]

Good to see this data paper online, resulting from work done by the diverse team of teachers and students @PFTCourses. Big thanks to @VVandvik @bjenquist @SeanMichaletz et al., teaching best practices in field of #planttraits and #OpenData.

[Scientific Data @ScientificData]

.@VVandvik et al present data on #plant traits and #vegetation, from #ClimateWarming experiments along an 1100 m elevation gradient in #China. The database consists of 6,671 plant records and 36,743 trait measurements covering 11 traits and 193 plant taxa.
https://t.co/0I2q0bVK2j

[Angelo Moerland, PhD @AngeloMoerland]

The area around Aira Force is teeming with opposite-leaved golden saxifrages (Chrysosplenium oppositifolium). Lacking petals, their sepals and bracts create gold specks near the base of the waterfall #LakeDistrict @tessa_desi

[Angelo Moerland, PhD @AngeloMoerland]

@LeifBersweden Haha, splendid. So if it's missing from the nature & science section of your local bookstore, ask an employee or have a look in the adult section!

[Angelo Moerland, PhD @AngeloMoerland]

@dr_norb Good find! I can't really blame the carton design team for such taxonomic inconsistencies, but plant seed experts should know better.

[Angelo Moerland, PhD @AngeloMoerland]

Woah, that's an interesting #vanilla #orchid flower. There's at least 2 major mistakes, can you spot more? #photoshopfail

[Angelo Moerland, PhD @AngeloMoerland]

@LucaPegoraro3 @BotJLinnSoc Well done, Luca. It's a very interesting read!