Nathan Muchhala

Evolutionary ecologist | Murcielaguero | Associate Professor @UMSL.
Fan of tropics, bats, flowers, kayaks, & racquets

[Nathan Muchhala @Muchhala_Lab]

Excited to share this hot-off-the-press work in New Phytologist! With @azuluagat & @JMHbiologistico, we used experiments to address the adaptive significance of a trait common among bat-pollinated flowers...
Full article here:
https://t.co/5a1ZzseUuJ
(1/5)

[Nathan Muchhala @Muchhala_Lab]

@meriania Jaja, no, pero si son hojas de melastom! La flor es Burmeistera, pusimos las hojas atras para hacer un fondo complejo detras de la flor...

[Nathan Muchhala @Muchhala_Lab]

Our article on why bat flowers have long stems is out! See video below:

[New Phytologist @NewPhyt]

Making yourself heard: why well-exposed #flowers are an adaptation for #bat #pollination

Letter by @Muchhala_Lab, @JMHbiologistico & @azuluagat

📖 https://t.co/hq14B8I9lR

#LatestIssue @wileyplantsci 🦇

[New Phytologist @NewPhyt]

Making yourself heard: why well-exposed #flowers are an adaptation for #bat #pollination

Letter by @Muchhala_Lab, @JMHbiologistico & @azuluagat

📖 https://t.co/hq14B8I9lR

#LatestIssue @wileyplantsci 🦇

[Nathan Muchhala @Muchhala_Lab]

@JeffOllerton @KazOhashi_Lab For sure! (and we just read @KazOhashi_Lab's great review in lab meeting, thanks Kaz!) But it's like how desert-adapted implies something different than simply desert-dwelling. Actually I think that's the more straightforward solution to reduce jargon, "fly-adapted flowers"...

[Daniel Chavez @DanielC23028196]

Te interesa aprender sobre genomas enteros y su aplicación en conservación, evolución y biotecnología? Aplica a nuestra maestría en
@PUCE_Ecuador; estoy buscando tesistas :-)

[Nathan Muchhala @Muchhala_Lab]

A nice news piece from New Scientist on our latest bat-flower work!
https://t.co/f11Lf5jJAd
(original New Phytologist article here:
https://t.co/5a1ZzseUuJ)

[James Dinneen @jamesNESW]

Some bat-pollinated flowers may have evolved long stems to be more visible to echolocating bats.🦇🌷🤯
https://t.co/uFubRuL08n

[Nathan Muchhala @Muchhala_Lab]

@andreabernalri @Nathaliamn20 @chriscalvache Thanks Andrea!

[Nathan Muchhala @Muchhala_Lab]

Excited to share this hot-off-the-press work in New Phytologist! With @azuluagat & @JMHbiologistico, we used experiments to address the adaptive significance of a trait common among bat-pollinated flowers...
Full article here:
https://t.co/5a1ZzseUuJ
(1/5)

[Nathan Muchhala @Muchhala_Lab]

Much thanks to the field assistants who helped with this project!
Allison Munoz, @andreabernalri, @Nathaliamn20, @chriscalvache

[Nathan Muchhala @Muchhala_Lab]

Since hearing isn't as precise as vision, we suggest this maximizes 'visibility' to bat echolocation, much like how bright red flowers function for hummingbirds
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[Nathan Muchhala @Muchhala_Lab]

Oportunidad para alguien buscando MS:

[Nathan Muchhala @Muchhala_Lab]

Publishing opportunity for BIPOC botanists, particularly those from the Global South!
More info here:
https://t.co/uy5XzzhpjF

[Arceo-GomezG @ArceoGomezG]

Our paper on #pollen co‐transport #networks led by @lied_carneiro is finally out! We are very excited to see this published in @JEcology Wiley Online Library https://t.co/SUkBImRzRG

[Nathan Muchhala @Muchhala_Lab]

@BeAlvestegui @alejandro_tobos @HarrisCenterEco @umsl Amazing plant, amazing forests, and amazing group of students! Buena suerte with the fieldwork Belen!

[Paco Ornelas @PacoOrnelas8]

Macroevolution of the plant–hummingbird pollination system - Barreto - Biological Reviews - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/0c8trQb6q7

[James T. Stroud @jamesTstroud]

Honored to be selected as an @ESA_org Early Career Fellow in a group of spectacular scientists! Sharing my picture space with the true stars of the show: 🦎🦎🦎

I am looking for postdocs & PhD students to join my lab: Please get in touch/spread the word!

https://t.co/xQUXPKhYOw

[Vini Brito @viniduartina]

El gobierno brasileño lanzó becas para traer 500 estudiantes latinos o caribeños (maestría o doctorado) a Brasil. Los estudiantes podrán permanecer aquí de 2 a 12 meses. ¡¡¡Ayuda a difundir esto con nuestros hermanos y hermanas latinoamericanos!!!