Si-Chong Chen

Ecologist at the Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Full Professor & PI) and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Honorary Research Associate)

[Si-Chong Chen @SichongChen]

We curate a database of #plant #seed traits for the Chinese flora, covering >110K records across 118 traits for 3,897 species, sourced from data published in Chinese. This initiative overcomes language barriers and helps advance large-scale ecological research. @IntlSeedSciSoc

[New Phytologist @NewPhyt]

Chinese Seed Trait Database: A curated resource for diaspore traits in the Chinese flora

Wang et al.

📖 https://t.co/PXO5hikw6l

[Journal of Ecology @JEcology]

🌳Why are #oak #acorns so large? This study shows that large #seeds are a defensive strategy to tolerate partial damage from animal foraging, aiding dispersal & regeneration
#PlantScience #SeedEcology @SichongChen https://t.co/hO2P9KWZ3C

[Wolfgang Stuppy @WolfgangStuppy]

The #botany of botanical jewellery – for our new exhibition at the botanic garden of the #ruhrunibochum I attempted to identify seeds which are being used by the Amazonian Sateré Mawé for their beautiful botanical jewellery. – Thank you @sam_sateremawe ! #Brazil #seeds #Amazonas

[Si-Chong Chen @SichongChen]

My recent work with Carol, Jerry, and Xiao-Wen. Using a broad examination of 349 species in a 42-year study, we test if there is a trade-off between seed persistence and seedling emergence in the soil. The answer is "Nope".

[New Phytologist @NewPhyt]

A long-term experiment reveals no trade-off between seed persistence and seedling emergence.

📖 https://t.co/VeKpIUY2O0
by Chen et al

@SichongChen

[Shyam PHARTYAL; #1stGen MS/PhD; Seed Ecologist🌰🌱 @shyamphartyal]

Happy to share our Letter published in @NewPhyt led by #EduardoFernández-Pascual & team

Do you have primary seed germination data for wild plants lying idle in your experimental dairy? If so, be our collaborator by contributing data.

For more detail: https://t.co/x3BD5WhgDG

[Suz Everingham @SuzEveringham]

Reminiscing on an excellent conference #SeedScience2021 back in Sept, 2021! Myself, @ellapouton, @SichongChen, @wolfski__ sumarised the novel research generated by EMCRs at the conference in our recently published Aust. J. Bot. article: https://t.co/Dxg3uffjMB a thread:

[Biogeography.News @JBiogeography]

Learn more about whether plant reproductive mode is inherited or influenced by environments in this month's Editors' Choice article https://t.co/iQW5VIPfS1 on the JBI blog https://t.co/ZtbZea9sqC @SichongChen @AngelaMoles

[Si-Chong Chen @SichongChen]

What are the circumstances in that clonal reproduction is favoured, and which type of species are most likely to be clonal? Check our recent work with @AngelaMoles1 Hong-Xiang, Stephen and Tim. Thank you @JBiogeography for a very enjoyable submission process.

[Biogeography.News @JBiogeography]

Plant clonal reproduction is shaped by plant characteristics more than environmental factors.

https://t.co/S8rY1rAQgG

#Biogeography #Evolution

[PAISAJE lab @PAISAJE_lab]

¿Sabías Aristóteles y Teofrasto ya escribieron sobre dispersión de semillas por aves 🍒🐦💩🌱 hace ~2300 años?

Did you know Aristotle and Theophrastus already wrote about seed dispersal by birds 🍒🐦💩🌱 ~2300 years ago?

👇 Thanos (1994)
https://t.co/fwFflTj69L

[Si-Chong Chen @SichongChen]

Great honour and opportunity to give a keynote talk on recent work about the broad-scale seed dispersal distance at @seedecol7 in Gijón, Spain. The conference is well organised and idea-triggering.

[Shyam PHARTYAL; #1stGen MS/PhD; Seed Ecologist🌰🌱 @shyamphartyal]

On the very 1st Day of @seedecol7 we had an outstanding keynote on "Macroecology of seed dispersal distance" by one of the outstanding young generation #seedecologists @SichongChen

[Si-Chong Chen @SichongChen]

@SR_botany A great honour to have you and Justin here! 🥳

[seedecol7 @seedecol7]

This is the official account of SEED ECOLOGY VII @uniovi_info @_IMIB_ @AytoGijon

[Si-Chong Chen @SichongChen]

@vera_margAlp Congratulations, Vera!

[mdde @mddeBGU]

Dear all,
I offer one #PhD and one #postdoc positions to work on a project looking at levels of #intraspecific #variation in #dispersal #traits, their sources and consequences (see attached file for details).

If you are interested, contact me.
Please RT

Thanks,
@Itamar_Giladi

[Si-Chong Chen @SichongChen]

@SRosbakh Amazing, Sergey! Congratulations on the paper! But 10 days is such a big number, so bad...

[Si-Chong Chen @SichongChen]

@srii_satya Reference please?

[Sergey Rosbakh (@srosbakh.bsky.social) @SRosbakh]

The very first paper on nitrogen addition effects on seed germination traits of Tibetian plants by Liu et al. in our Research Topic on functional seed ecology is out!
https://t.co/e08DgmyCPY
@KunLiu @SichongChen @shyamphartyal @PeterPoschlod

[Australian Seed Bank Partnership @SeedPartnership]

We are excited to announce that abstract submission & registration are now open for the 2021 #AustralasianSeedScienceConference, held virtually from 6–10 September. Hear the latest from experts about the ecology, cultural use and conservation of seed. https://t.co/i4XI6b5UXB

[Si-Chong Chen @SichongChen]

Seeds are amazing! Very enjoyable and valuable experience to talk about seed ecology with BBC CrowdScience

[Angela Moles @AngelaMoles1]

Have you ever wondered why plants make seeds in such a wide range of sizes? If so, check out this awesome episode of CrowdScience, by Marnie Chesterton and Cathy Edwards from the BBC World Service. I am in it, and so is my former student @SichongChen https://t.co/zbaIEltlb7

[Si-Chong Chen @SichongChen]

@srii_satya Our previous synthesis showed that many vertebrate taxonomic groups directly eat some seeds (yes, including many well-known carnivore groups). But I think snakes are special and interesting -- no hue that they disperse seeds by ingestion (either directly or secondarily). 🐍