Simbarashe Mudavanhu

Ecologist: Rhino monitoring, Wildlife conservation, Safari operations, Plant ecology, Seed ecology, Citizen science

[Simbarashe Mudavanhu @SimbarasheDMud]

On my weekend visit to the Victoria Falls, 🇿🇼. Some of my amazing sightings from the rainforest, which all I posted on @inaturalist

[Simbarashe Mudavanhu @SimbarasheDMud]

@TataDaystar @nalanda_univ @shyamphartyal Thanks man

[Simbarashe Mudavanhu @SimbarasheDMud]

Happy to share our recent publication on Toddy palm from my MSc @nalanda_univ. Thanks to Dr. @shyamphartyal and Dr. Jaganathan for your guidance throught this work.
Check full article via: https://t.co/tb68d81wza

[Simbarashe Mudavanhu @SimbarasheDMud]

@Kaushikkumard15 @nalanda_univ @shyamphartyal Many thanks bro

[Simbarashe Mudavanhu @SimbarasheDMud]

Happy to share our recent publication on Toddy palm from my MSc @nalanda_univ. Thanks to Dr. @shyamphartyal and Dr. Jaganathan for your guidance throught this work.
Check full article via: https://t.co/tb68d81wza

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

Read my latest research on #SeedEcology of #ToddyPalm, published with @SpringerNature in #PlantEcolgy

https://t.co/rPw7cqbXJg

It is nicely led by @SimbarasheDMud, my former student from @nalanda_univ

We began this as a hobby project, & it turned into a rewarding experience.

[Simbarashe Mudavanhu @SimbarasheDMud]

@shyamphartyal Best wishes for you and all participants 🙏

[Blanca Huertas @DrButterflyH]

🦋 📢Exciting news! I am thrilled to announce *Butterflies of the World*. Whether you are just beginning or deepening your knowledge about butterflies, I hope you enjoy this unique book 📖 Peek inside: https://t.co/YRtyZU2nar #ButterfliesOfTheWorld #WomenInScience #STEM

[Simbarashe Mudavanhu @SimbarasheDMud]

I used to shoot them with catapults... now I shoot them with 🤳 📸

Little things that I enjoy doing even out of PAs

Open an @inaturalist account and share yours with fellow citizen scientist wordwide

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

🌱 New paper in Diversity & Distributions!
We show that European alpine plants remain largely stable despite warming, with abundance shifts varying regionally. Seed traits offer limited power to predict “winners” & “losers,” highlighting the need for long-term monitoring.

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

Studying plant functional traits, but limited to vegetative ones due to the lack of standardized protocols for regenerative traits? Struggle no more—our new handbook with standardized methods is now available as a preprint!

#PFTs #SeedEcology #FunctionalTraits

@IntlSeedSciSoc

[Simbarashe Mudavanhu @SimbarasheDMud]

@shyamphartyal @seasonwatch_in @nalanda_univ @mizoramuni Thank you very much sir. Today's highlights from B. purpurea, country fig and A. lebbeck

[Simbarashe Mudavanhu @SimbarasheDMud]

Today marks 52 Sundays of observing trees @nalanda_univ for the saddle of bicycle. I've learnt plant phenology like never before, from buds to bare branches I have witnessed trees' pulses. Thanks to the mentorship of @shyamphartyal & @seasonwatch_in for bringing this initiative.

[Simbarashe Mudavanhu @SimbarasheDMud]

@shyamphartyal @nalanda_univ @seasonwatch_in @mizoramuni Really missed you, anyway will try to carry on with the great work you started. Just a few highlights from today's observations: chinaberry (M. azedarach) and pride of india (L. Speciosa)

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

Routine Sunday morning observations for #CampusPhenologyNetwork for @seasonwatch_in from the campus of @nalanda_univ

Pic: Bombax ceiba (full blooms), Ceiba pentandra (with fruits), Dalbergia sissoo (with tiny flowers), Bauhinia purpurea (still one tree with flower phenology)

[Simbarashe Mudavanhu @SimbarasheDMud]

Observing same tree on a sunday routine bicycling for the past 4 weeks look like👇👇👇👇 with my mentor @shyamphartyal at @nalanda_univ

##NalandaCPN
@seasonwatch_in
Chinaberry phenophases

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

After 2W away from campus I enjoyed #CampusPhenologyNetwork observations @nalanda_univ again for @seasonwatch_in & mesmerized by those stunning spring season #phenophases with my dedicated student @SimbarasheDMud
Pic:Bombax ceiba, Erythrina variegata, Melia azedarach, D. sissoo

[Simbarashe Mudavanhu @SimbarasheDMud]

During the routine Sunday morning bicycle rides, I came across these emerald whispers of the season's (spring) first words. Chinaberry & babool @nalanda_univ #NalandaCPN @seasonwatch_in @inaturalist. I wish you @shyamphartyal were there to witness this😁

[Simbarashe Mudavanhu @SimbarasheDMud]

@shyamphartyal @nalanda_univ @seasonwatch_in Thank you @shyamphartyal , Ficus religiosa with some freshily ripen fruits, ready for consumers🐦‍⬛

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

Routine Sunday morning #CampusPhenologyNetwork observations for the initial two weeks of 2025 for @seasonwatch_in
at @nalanda_univ

Pics:
Ficus benghalensis fruit;
Two trees of Alstonia scholaris in 2 different pheno-phases growing a few meters away;
Albizia lebbeck fruits