We are recruiting! We are currently accepting applications for our 4-Year PhD Studentship (start date October 2026) in the application of Artificial Intelligence to sustainable agri-food (deadline 1st October). www.sustain-cdt.ai/advertised-p...

We're seeking a new Senior Editor! ⏰ Are you... 👉intrigued by the interface between ecology & biological resource management? 👉a clear communicator who enjoys working as part of a team? 👉committed to maintaining high editorial standards? More info 👇 bit.ly/4lPzaIx

VACANCY - We’re currently hiring into two new senior roles: Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences: okt.to/tqoasR 🗓️ Closing date: 25 August 2025 ·An Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions: okt.to/fDV0ha 🗓️ Closing date: 5 September 2025

These little gestures always make my day, week, or even month! Tell your lecturers/tutors/colleagues when they are doing a good job, especially these days with so much going on... And yes, this little plant has found a home! #ilovemyjob

This dog politely asked for a musician's drumstick in the middle of their performance. Always excited to find a fellow stick lover. 12/10

There's a full-time position as Ecologist (with botanical skills) and Field survey co-ordinator advertised here at @ukceh.bsky.social. Full details here: ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca...

Emotional intelligence is so underrated... it should be taught from kindergarten until you can demonstrate proficiency as a functional adult.

When you look at the garden and realize that the 8 varieties and 80 broccoli and cauliflower plants you chose with maturation dates to come in over two months have plasticity. And this year the plasticity means they are coming all at once because it never really got cold.

Just another amazing sunset...!

Talking to friends about this, I realised the big difference between cycling in the UK and NL is the mental load. In the UK, I’m constantly alert, looking in every direction, navigating bad junctions, expecting drivers to put me at risk. In NL, I can assume I am largely safe and just cycle.

Lucy Waruingi of the African Conservation Centre is a fabulous choice as plenary at #BES2024.

Hmmm... not sure how this fire exit door should be used... #lemmings game style?

And have I mentioned the manuscript rejected today as well? #RejectionIsTheRule

Come and find me by our poster to know more about the effects of #arbuscular #mycorrhizal #fungi and a novel low C emission fertiliser on potato crops. #BES2024

Three positions as assistant professor in #Biodiversity You could become my colleague. I'll be at the #BES2024 conference from tomorrow Wednesday if you want to chat about it. Maximum 7 years since phd . Excellent package comes with the positions #stockholmUniversity 🌍🧪 www.su.se/english/news...

🌿 We need to raise the profile of #bryophyte ecological research 🌿 (and also a bryophyte emoji!) In this opinion piece, we as a group of #ECRs outline barriers in bryophyte research and provide recommendations to overcome them across institutional levels & disciplines. doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...

We're thrilled to welcome you to #BES2024! 🎉 Connect with fellow ecologists, and celebrate the innovations that come out of this week 🌿 Don’t forget to tag us and share your favourite moments from the Annual Meeting. We can't wait to see what inspires you! ✨

This year I always had my camera and a small photo box to hand when I was gardening. My children are always finding caterpillars outside, and I wanted to document that a bit this year. With the exception of the garden tiger moth (Arctia caja), they all came from my garden.

I am looking forward to travelling to Liverpool for the #BES2024. It's time to catch up with old friends and make new ones! And talk about #mycorrizal #fungi, of course.

So lovely to start the week with a grant rejection... #RejectionIsTheRule.

Drosera is cool from roots to flowers. Just look at this beauty! #plants #science #studentproject

No. What happens in Doñana DOES NOT STAY in Doñana. After more than two years of work, we’ve published an article demonstrating that the poor condition of Doñana negatively affects waterbirds across the ENTIRE continent! Thread below! 🧵 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Good news, Altmetric has now started watching BlueSky for mentions of publications. And by the way, provides an easy comparison between this and the old site for a recent preprint of mine which I posted simultaneousl at both. Numbers speak by themselves !

Calling all myconauts. Excited to have joined BlueSky to share our work on the structure, trade & nutrient flows of mycorrhizal networks. Video time lapse of root (red) & mycorrhizal network (light blue) over 300hrs

Please do not use fake Ai-generated photos as a front cover photo when there are so many excellent real photos to chose from for illustrating pollinating insects doing their job.

People are leaving Twitter because it’s not fun anymore and no one is obligated to be on a platform they don’t enjoy. It’s not rocket science.

🧪 Join us in Tucson! We will begin reviewing applications on December 9 for our tenure track faculty position on the genomics of resilience @uofa-eeb.bsky.social! Apply here: arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

It's December 1st , I'm going for a slightly different advent this year– introducing 20 days of the worst fox hunting crimes from across the country with @huntsabs.bsky.social . Up first , the Avon Vale Hunt . . . We need a #RealBanNow

On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me, a partridge in a pear tree. Ate it.

The pitchers are starting to get very crowded! Once they reach a certain mass, these plants really take off. This is an exceptionally vigorous cross of parva EH x pulchella. 🌱🥰🧡 #heliamphora #carnivorousplants #pitcherplants #houseplants #botany #horticulture #nature #gardening

Take a look at this excellent array of PhD projects in plant and soil science that are nowopen for applications! Please share with potential students 🤩

Random flashback to my last visit in Ecuador when I met these beauties. #ilovemyjob #notonlyplants #botanistinside

How to “actually” improve diversity on a board: The Magic Third Rule: one feels lonely, two feels like friendship, three is a team

📰Published📰 Seed dispersal mechanisms modulate Janzen-Connell effects in Mediterranean forests through antagonists and mutualists https://buff.ly/3AmXj73 🧪🌍

📰Published📰 The importance of roots to understand plant growth in arid environments https://buff.ly/48HJi0t 🧪🌍

📰Published📰 Plant pests influence the movement of plant-fixed carbon and fungal-acquired nutrients through arbuscular mycorrhizal networks https://buff.ly/3YCx4l2 🧪🌍

A new study reveals that developing new climbing routes is the biggest threat to cliff plants, cutting species richness by nearly 40%. 🧗‍♂️ In a study at the protected natural area of El Potrero Chico in Mexico, ecologists observed a decline in plant diversity along the developed climbing routes.

📰Published📰 Tree traits are a stronger predictor of bee traits and species richness than taxonomic diversity https://buff.ly/4fGsNnx 🧪🌍

📰Published📰 50 years of vegetation change in limestone pavements https://buff.ly/3YRutnt 🧪🌍

📰Published📰 Should plants invest in highly nutritious pollen? https://buff.ly/4fEZPor 🧪🌍

📰Published📰 Niche shifts facilitate mycorrhizal fungal specialization in Burmannia https://buff.ly/3OfP6oz 🧪🌍

Check out our newest work evaluating the role of #pollen nutritional quality in mediating plant #pollinator interactions and #plant #fitness. Great collaborative work! 👇🏼

🏆Epilogue: @ftmaestre.bsky.social concludes his interesting blog series! “The journey leading to the different articles in this virtual issue has been a wonderful one, full of effort & difficult times, but also full of joy, friendship, learning, & memorable moments” jecologyblog.com?p=18959&prev...

📰Published📰 Assessing the effect of tissue and fire-response traits on plant growth rates post-disturbance in Eastern Australia https://buff.ly/4fDoERv 🧪🌍

I’m also looking for a PhD student to investigate crop-mycorrhizal interactions, more info about the project and application process here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Interested in learning more about how pest and plant identities influence the function of mycorrhizal networks? Check out this PhD project and apply!! www.findaphd.com/phds/project... please circulate to people who might be interested! This is a #NERCACCE DTP funded project

📰Published📰 Nitrate inhibits germination of mycoheterotrophic plant seeds https://buff.ly/3OxGvxE 🧪🌍

For #FossilFriday check out this beautifully preserved fossil millipede! Meet Pleurojulus, a 305 million year old animal from the USA. The fossil preserves details including the head (marked h, in the top image), with chewing mouthparts (marked m). ⚒️🧪🦀🦑 #evosky