Maria Clara Castellanos
@calacastellanos.bsky.social
Plant evolutionary ecologist @Sussex Uni | Pollination and flower evolution + fire ecology research | Editor-in-Chief Journal of Pollination Ecology @jpollecol.bsky.social
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I'm very sad to say William Bond, of the University of Cape Town & Fellow of the Royal Society (@royalsociety.org ), has passed away. It is a great loss. He was an enthusiastic ecologist and a critical thinker. I learned a lot, and I still had a lot to learn from him. RIP. 😢
🧪🌎🔥🌿🌳🪴🌐 #PlantScience
🧪🌎🔥🌿🌳🪴🌐 #PlantScience
December 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I'm very sad to say William Bond, of the University of Cape Town & Fellow of the Royal Society (@royalsociety.org ), has passed away. It is a great loss. He was an enthusiastic ecologist and a critical thinker. I learned a lot, and I still had a lot to learn from him. RIP. 😢
🧪🌎🔥🌿🌳🪴🌐 #PlantScience
🧪🌎🔥🌿🌳🪴🌐 #PlantScience
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Looking for a postdoctoral fellowship? Get in touch with me if you’re interested in joining my lab and applying to a Sintring 2-year fellowship. I’m particularly interested in developing applications on buzz pollination, floral evolution, and Mimulus eco-gen projects. www.uu.se/en/departmen...
The Birgitta Sintring Foundation
- Uppsala University
www.uu.se
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Looking for a postdoctoral fellowship? Get in touch with me if you’re interested in joining my lab and applying to a Sintring 2-year fellowship. I’m particularly interested in developing applications on buzz pollination, floral evolution, and Mimulus eco-gen projects. www.uu.se/en/departmen...
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And another freshly published article by van Kolfschoten & Vallejo-Marín: Getting hooked? Testing the function of anther spurs in Vaccinium myrtillus: doi.org/10.26786/192...
November 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
And another freshly published article by van Kolfschoten & Vallejo-Marín: Getting hooked? Testing the function of anther spurs in Vaccinium myrtillus: doi.org/10.26786/192...
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Managed honeybees affect the foraging behaviour of bumblebees in Geranium sylvaticum - new study out by Soininen et al.: doi.org/10.26786/192...
November 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Managed honeybees affect the foraging behaviour of bumblebees in Geranium sylvaticum - new study out by Soininen et al.: doi.org/10.26786/192...
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Rapid postfire color shift in a Mediterranean lizard
@jzoology.bsky.social
#Lizards inhabiting recently burned areas display lighter coloration, as a #thermoregulatory response
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🧪🌍🔥🦎📏 #trait #fauna #zoology #wildfire #fireecology #fire
@jzoology.bsky.social
#Lizards inhabiting recently burned areas display lighter coloration, as a #thermoregulatory response
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🧪🌍🔥🦎📏 #trait #fauna #zoology #wildfire #fireecology #fire
November 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Rapid postfire color shift in a Mediterranean lizard
@jzoology.bsky.social
#Lizards inhabiting recently burned areas display lighter coloration, as a #thermoregulatory response
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🧪🌍🔥🦎📏 #trait #fauna #zoology #wildfire #fireecology #fire
@jzoology.bsky.social
#Lizards inhabiting recently burned areas display lighter coloration, as a #thermoregulatory response
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🧪🌍🔥🦎📏 #trait #fauna #zoology #wildfire #fireecology #fire
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Testing the pollen competition hypothesis - new article published by Yu & Muchhala: Greater number of pollen donors improves female reproductive success but not progeny vigour in Allium stellatum - doi.org/10.26786/192...
November 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Testing the pollen competition hypothesis - new article published by Yu & Muchhala: Greater number of pollen donors improves female reproductive success but not progeny vigour in Allium stellatum - doi.org/10.26786/192...
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New publication: Pollination facilitation and temporal changes of plant-floral visitor network in a serpentine shrubwood of Cuba by Alameda et al. doi.org/10.26786/192...
September 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
New publication: Pollination facilitation and temporal changes of plant-floral visitor network in a serpentine shrubwood of Cuba by Alameda et al. doi.org/10.26786/192...
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Discover a new data paper by Barberis, Bitonto, Costantino et al. where they make "Insect-flower interactions in the Mediterranean area: a Citizen Science dataset collated within the Life4Pollinators project" available: doi.org/10.26786/192...
November 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Discover a new data paper by Barberis, Bitonto, Costantino et al. where they make "Insect-flower interactions in the Mediterranean area: a Citizen Science dataset collated within the Life4Pollinators project" available: doi.org/10.26786/192...
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Bumble bee colony health is diminished in a mesotunnel enclosure planted with a cucurbit monoculture crop - New publication out by Gauger et al. doi.org/10.26786/192...
October 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Bumble bee colony health is diminished in a mesotunnel enclosure planted with a cucurbit monoculture crop - New publication out by Gauger et al. doi.org/10.26786/192...
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How do plants stave off greedy pollinators? Read our new paper on pollen dosing in buzz pollinated flowers just out in @funecology.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Gradual pollen release in a buzz‐pollinated plant: Investigating pollen presentation theory under bee visitation
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
How do plants stave off greedy pollinators? Read our new paper on pollen dosing in buzz pollinated flowers just out in @funecology.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
👇 🌸 see Special Issue in New Phytologist on Nectar & nectaries with many ways of studying nectar biology - including our 2024 paper on nectar traits evolutionary potential @a-romerobravo.bsky.social @newphyt.bsky.social
On the cover of our #LatestIssue: #Nectar collecting at the tip of the stigma in Agapetes lacei (Ericaceae). Photo by Evin Magner, courtesy of the University of Minnesota CBS Conservatory.
📖 See Virtual Issue: Nectar and nectaries
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#PlantScience
📖 See Virtual Issue: Nectar and nectaries
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
#PlantScience
October 5, 2025 at 10:36 AM
👇 🌸 see Special Issue in New Phytologist on Nectar & nectaries with many ways of studying nectar biology - including our 2024 paper on nectar traits evolutionary potential @a-romerobravo.bsky.social @newphyt.bsky.social
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Those savannas next to the river that experienced flooding a few months ago are now ready to burn (flood-sensitive grasses); savannas further from the river are green (non-flammable).
Flooding enhances fire, i.e., water and fire are complementary forces in Los Llanos del Orinoco, Colombia.
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Flooding enhances fire, i.e., water and fire are complementary forces in Los Llanos del Orinoco, Colombia.
🧪🌍🔥
September 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Those savannas next to the river that experienced flooding a few months ago are now ready to burn (flood-sensitive grasses); savannas further from the river are green (non-flammable).
Flooding enhances fire, i.e., water and fire are complementary forces in Los Llanos del Orinoco, Colombia.
🧪🌍🔥
Flooding enhances fire, i.e., water and fire are complementary forces in Los Llanos del Orinoco, Colombia.
🧪🌍🔥
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Where does pollen go after leaving a flower? Our paper on pollen fates in buzz pollinated flowers is out. Congrats to the three brilliant undergrads that carried out this study from beginning to end!
pollinationecology.org/index.php/jp...
pollinationecology.org/index.php/jp...
September 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Where does pollen go after leaving a flower? Our paper on pollen fates in buzz pollinated flowers is out. Congrats to the three brilliant undergrads that carried out this study from beginning to end!
pollinationecology.org/index.php/jp...
pollinationecology.org/index.php/jp...
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The Pollinator Academy is an online platform that provides tools and training to help strengthen your knowledge of the taxonomy of European pollinators. Follow us and visit our website to find out more! #PollinatorAcademy #Pollinators #Taxonomy #Bee #Hoverfly #Butterfly Pollinatoracademy.eu
September 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The Pollinator Academy is an online platform that provides tools and training to help strengthen your knowledge of the taxonomy of European pollinators. Follow us and visit our website to find out more! #PollinatorAcademy #Pollinators #Taxonomy #Bee #Hoverfly #Butterfly Pollinatoracademy.eu
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Extremely interesting opinion piece by MacIvor & Irwin on "Mail-order solitary bee cocoons as a gateway for biological invasion": doi.org/10.26786/192...
September 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Extremely interesting opinion piece by MacIvor & Irwin on "Mail-order solitary bee cocoons as a gateway for biological invasion": doi.org/10.26786/192...
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The second one comes from India, looking at Bee diversity in apple orchards of the Lower Himalaya: research synthesis, a new field study, and future needs - by Virkar et al.: doi.org/10.26786/192...
September 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The second one comes from India, looking at Bee diversity in apple orchards of the Lower Himalaya: research synthesis, a new field study, and future needs - by Virkar et al.: doi.org/10.26786/192...
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Two new papers out from very different regions: the first one investigates how Timing of flowering affects pollination of Viburnum edule in Alaskan boreal forest by Kornhauser & Mulder: doi.org/10.26786/192...
September 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Two new papers out from very different regions: the first one investigates how Timing of flowering affects pollination of Viburnum edule in Alaskan boreal forest by Kornhauser & Mulder: doi.org/10.26786/192...
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🍅Our new paper in @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social evaluating the effectiveness of #CitizenScience approach for understanding plant-pollinator interactions in urban food growing 🫛 @davegoulson.bsky.social @calacastellanos.bsky.social @leah-salm.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Understanding Pollination in Urban Food Production: The Importance of Data Validation and Participant Feedback for Citizen Science Project Design
Urban agriculture depends on insect pollination, but knowledge gaps persist due to difficulties accessing diverse growing spaces. We developed a citizen science approach for monitoring insect visits ...
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September 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
🍅Our new paper in @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social evaluating the effectiveness of #CitizenScience approach for understanding plant-pollinator interactions in urban food growing 🫛 @davegoulson.bsky.social @calacastellanos.bsky.social @leah-salm.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Experts on wildfires are posting about the fires in the northern part of Iberia, because fires there right now are remarkably large and numerous. But the causes are the same as in any Mediterranean environment. The thread below explains the complexity and why we need to adapt (in Spanish).
¿Por qué la región entre Zamora, León y Ourense arde tanto?
No, no es para construir aerogeneradores, ni por ninguna de las teorías conspiranoicas que estamos leyendo. La explicación es más compleja… y menos cómoda para quienes buscan respuestas simples. 1/13
No, no es para construir aerogeneradores, ni por ninguna de las teorías conspiranoicas que estamos leyendo. La explicación es más compleja… y menos cómoda para quienes buscan respuestas simples. 1/13
August 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Experts on wildfires are posting about the fires in the northern part of Iberia, because fires there right now are remarkably large and numerous. But the causes are the same as in any Mediterranean environment. The thread below explains the complexity and why we need to adapt (in Spanish).
Reposted by Maria Clara Castellanos
¿Por qué la región entre Zamora, León y Ourense arde tanto?
No, no es para construir aerogeneradores, ni por ninguna de las teorías conspiranoicas que estamos leyendo. La explicación es más compleja… y menos cómoda para quienes buscan respuestas simples. 1/13
No, no es para construir aerogeneradores, ni por ninguna de las teorías conspiranoicas que estamos leyendo. La explicación es más compleja… y menos cómoda para quienes buscan respuestas simples. 1/13
August 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
¿Por qué la región entre Zamora, León y Ourense arde tanto?
No, no es para construir aerogeneradores, ni por ninguna de las teorías conspiranoicas que estamos leyendo. La explicación es más compleja… y menos cómoda para quienes buscan respuestas simples. 1/13
No, no es para construir aerogeneradores, ni por ninguna de las teorías conspiranoicas que estamos leyendo. La explicación es más compleja… y menos cómoda para quienes buscan respuestas simples. 1/13
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An article I wrote for @theconversation.com in response to #allotment sell-offs. Featuring evidence from myself and @davegoulson.bsky.social and the amazing work led by Jill Edmondson's team at Sheffield. #communitygardens #urbanbiodiversity #growyourown
theconversation.com/allotments-a...
theconversation.com/allotments-a...
Allotments are vanishing when the UK urgently needs more of them
In praise of digging for potatoes.
theconversation.com
August 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
An article I wrote for @theconversation.com in response to #allotment sell-offs. Featuring evidence from myself and @davegoulson.bsky.social and the amazing work led by Jill Edmondson's team at Sheffield. #communitygardens #urbanbiodiversity #growyourown
theconversation.com/allotments-a...
theconversation.com/allotments-a...
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Having Sir David Attenborough narrate a story based on our findings on the dyeing poison frog was something that I never imagined, even in my wildest dreams. Now it’s happening, in the new BBC series “Parenthood” (Episode on Freshwater)! 🤩 www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zih...
📸: Screenshot from trailer
📸: Screenshot from trailer
August 8, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Having Sir David Attenborough narrate a story based on our findings on the dyeing poison frog was something that I never imagined, even in my wildest dreams. Now it’s happening, in the new BBC series “Parenthood” (Episode on Freshwater)! 🤩 www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zih...
📸: Screenshot from trailer
📸: Screenshot from trailer
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🥕 Are you a UK researcher or practitioner working in urban agriculture? Please join us at 'Growing Together: A Transdisciplinary Forum on UK Urban Food Systems'
📅17-18th September 2025
📍University of Sussex
✍️Register by 31st Aug: lnkd.in/eQHbQxP2
❓More info? Contact: e.nicholls@sussex.ac.uk
📅17-18th September 2025
📍University of Sussex
✍️Register by 31st Aug: lnkd.in/eQHbQxP2
❓More info? Contact: e.nicholls@sussex.ac.uk
July 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🥕 Are you a UK researcher or practitioner working in urban agriculture? Please join us at 'Growing Together: A Transdisciplinary Forum on UK Urban Food Systems'
📅17-18th September 2025
📍University of Sussex
✍️Register by 31st Aug: lnkd.in/eQHbQxP2
❓More info? Contact: e.nicholls@sussex.ac.uk
📅17-18th September 2025
📍University of Sussex
✍️Register by 31st Aug: lnkd.in/eQHbQxP2
❓More info? Contact: e.nicholls@sussex.ac.uk
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Paying attention to the correct sequence of numbers is important! Find out why in this freshly published paper by Symington & Rockx: A pervasive typographical error in an equation for calculating nectar density is likely to have limited consequences - doi.org/10.26786/192...
July 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Paying attention to the correct sequence of numbers is important! Find out why in this freshly published paper by Symington & Rockx: A pervasive typographical error in an equation for calculating nectar density is likely to have limited consequences - doi.org/10.26786/192...
Reposted by Maria Clara Castellanos
Can plants keep up with fire regime changes through evolution?
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... | @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social
What about animals?
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... | @globalchangebio.bsky.social
Trait–fire mismatching
Food for thought by @ltkelly.bsky.social et al
🧪🌍🔥🌳🌿🌾🌐 #ecoevo
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... | @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social
What about animals?
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... | @globalchangebio.bsky.social
Trait–fire mismatching
Food for thought by @ltkelly.bsky.social et al
🧪🌍🔥🌳🌿🌾🌐 #ecoevo
July 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Can plants keep up with fire regime changes through evolution?
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... | @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social
What about animals?
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... | @globalchangebio.bsky.social
Trait–fire mismatching
Food for thought by @ltkelly.bsky.social et al
🧪🌍🔥🌳🌿🌾🌐 #ecoevo
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... | @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social
What about animals?
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... | @globalchangebio.bsky.social
Trait–fire mismatching
Food for thought by @ltkelly.bsky.social et al
🧪🌍🔥🌳🌿🌾🌐 #ecoevo