Congratulations to @Doug_Being_Doug for passing his PhD viva with minor corrections! Doug studied the chemical ecology of buzz pollination and did fieldwork in Mexico. Thanks to examiners Heather Whitney, @ZarahPattison and co-supervisors Matt Tinsley and @SarkinenTiina !
Congrats @lucynevard and @carlos_coquinho for papers on buzz pollination! Lucy studied effects of floral orientation on pollen release:
https://t.co/0BI5fu3Owt
Carlos tested whether buzzing works better or worse on non-poricidal flowers:
https://t.co/SRh9gJg5OC
Check them out!
Discovering how ArcPro can create great visuals and help communicate research with help from the teachings of @John_M_Nelson! His fantastic Challenger Deep tutorial was the inspiration behind this figure showing pockmarks formed by gas escaping through the seabed.
Excited to have begun my new role as GIS technical specialist @StirUni. Supporting the great research and amazing teaching here. Looking forward to all the stunning maps we'll produce!🗺️
The best things come in small packages: ants value segregated rewards over bundled rewards
By @lucynevard
on a preprint by @Massimo_De_Agro, Chiara Matschunas and @tomerczaczkes
https://t.co/ITGFW1208s
The best things come in small packages: ants value segregated rewards over bundled rewards
By @lucynevard
on a preprint by @Massimo_De_Agro, Chiara Matschunas and @tomerczaczkes
https://t.co/ITGFW1208s
Big step for research on social be(e)havior: pan-neuronal expression of a genetically encoded calcium sensor in the honey bee brain.
Lukas highlights new work by @CarcaudJ and colleagues
https://t.co/MSFmgRE0ln
Thanks so much Mario, and everyone for being
a fantastic Buzz Team! @Doug_Being_Doug, @carlos_coquinho, @jurene_kemp, @dj_pritchard86
It's been a great few years - really going to miss those spiny Solanum!😉
Congratulations to @lucynevard for being awarded her PhD today @StirUni stay tuned for more of her buzz pollination papers and keep an eye out her science communication writing. Well done Lucy!
Using a bit of glue to create anther cones in Solanum flowers, and lasers to measure vibrations, we show that cones increase vibration transmission and pollen release in these buzz pollinated flowers. Our #OpenAccess paper is now out in @journal_evo. https://t.co/2UXmsmVdwE
V. excited our work's in @RSocPublishing! Old q in #BuzzPollination is why flowers are tuned outside range of #bee buzzes. We find if bee weight considered, vibration frequency IS tuned! Led by Mark Jankauski, w/ Riggs Ferguson, Steve Buchmann, & myself https://t.co/hTUjWccTcS
After 4 years I am glad to say that I have finally submitted my PhD thesis. Even better I got to submit it alongside my wonderful partner @lucynevard .
Working on #pollination, #pollen transfer, #floral traits and how they link? Consider submitting to our special issue 'Pollen as the link between phenotype and fitness' at American Journal of Botany (@Botanical_ )!
Stamen dimorphic species have larger and more variable petals than stamen isomorphic ones. They also interact with more bee species, being more generalists!
Have a look on the recent work of Valadão-Mendes et al. https://t.co/KjKgIXCMqj
@buzzpollination, #Melastomataceae