Ruby E. Stephens
@rubyecology.bsky.social
Australian plant and pollination ecologist, working to make the world greener and kinder. Postdoc at UNSW Sydney thinking about the renewable energy transition. Keen reader, bushwalker, bee admirer
rubyestephens.com
rubyestephens.com
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'Hello human, nice to meet you'
July 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
'Hello human, nice to meet you'
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New paper open access in @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Cit sci data quality is a hot topic, and assumptions about ID accuracy are often made without evidence. We decided to test identification accuracy for a WA plants @inaturalist.bsky.social dataset
Cit sci data quality is a hot topic, and assumptions about ID accuracy are often made without evidence. We decided to test identification accuracy for a WA plants @inaturalist.bsky.social dataset
Expert identification blitz: A rapid high value approach for assessing and improving iNaturalist identification accuracy and data precision and confidence
Citizen science data are increasingly used in research and conservation, so assessing and improving data accuracy is important. We recruited 50 experts to review a dataset of Western Australian plant....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 17, 2025 at 4:42 AM
New paper open access in @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Cit sci data quality is a hot topic, and assumptions about ID accuracy are often made without evidence. We decided to test identification accuracy for a WA plants @inaturalist.bsky.social dataset
Cit sci data quality is a hot topic, and assumptions about ID accuracy are often made without evidence. We decided to test identification accuracy for a WA plants @inaturalist.bsky.social dataset
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In part two of our #BiologyLetters #ECR Competition series, we speak with Ruby Stephens, the runner-up of the 2024 competition, about her research paper: Zygomorphic flowers last longer: The evolution of floral symmetry and floral longevity. ow.ly/tRWt50V2BrO @rubyecology.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 10:36 AM
In part two of our #BiologyLetters #ECR Competition series, we speak with Ruby Stephens, the runner-up of the 2024 competition, about her research paper: Zygomorphic flowers last longer: The evolution of floral symmetry and floral longevity. ow.ly/tRWt50V2BrO @rubyecology.bsky.social
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Widespread planned burning accelerates loss of large trees and locks in higher flammability for decades. There are alternatives that the Western Australian government should invest in. Check the video featuring fire expert Phil Zylstra🌏
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
Giant 400-year-old tingle tree accidentally destroyed by authorities
WA officials have defended the state's prescribed burning strategy after an enormous tingle tree was destroyed in a recent fire.
www.abc.net.au
January 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Widespread planned burning accelerates loss of large trees and locks in higher flammability for decades. There are alternatives that the Western Australian government should invest in. Check the video featuring fire expert Phil Zylstra🌏
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
Excellent news to start the new year on, thanks @royalsocietypublishing.org !
Congratulations to Ruby Stephens on being a runner-up for the #BiologyLetters #ECR Competition. Read Ruby’s paper “Zygomorphic flowers last longer: the evolution of floral symmetry and floral longevity” here: ow.ly/Suw450UCogv @rubyecology.bsky.social
January 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Excellent news to start the new year on, thanks @royalsocietypublishing.org !
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I'd like to encourage folks to publish their code. Not only does it make studies more transparent and reproducible, but it also increases citation rates!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Code sharing in ecology and evolution increases citation rates but remains uncommon
Biologists increasingly rely on computer code to collect and analyze their data, reinforcing the importance of published code for transparency, reproducibility, training, and a basis for further work...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 23, 2024 at 3:56 PM
I'd like to encourage folks to publish their code. Not only does it make studies more transparent and reproducible, but it also increases citation rates!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
A DnD campaign for environmental educators! So cool 🤓
I helped play test @drandrewthaler.bsky.social ‘s new dungeons and dragons campaign, so you know it’s truly idiot proof.
www.southernfriedscience.com/hunt-the-jab...
www.southernfriedscience.com/hunt-the-jab...
Hunt the Jabberwock, Defend the Warren, Save the Forest: a D&D 5e Adventure for Environmental Educators
Welcome to the Warren. Within this tiny Domain of Delight, Rabbitfolk engage in an endless battle against the Jabberwock, a manxome foe that refuses to stay dead. With the aid of their Archfey and …
www.southernfriedscience.com
December 13, 2024 at 9:03 PM
A DnD campaign for environmental educators! So cool 🤓
Fabulous address by @ecolsocaus.bsky.social Gold Medal winner Alan Anderson at #ESAus2024 on ant biodiversity in Australian savannahs - which may be much higher than pictured in this map due to a large number of undescribed Australian ant species!
December 12, 2024 at 5:58 AM
Fabulous address by @ecolsocaus.bsky.social Gold Medal winner Alan Anderson at #ESAus2024 on ant biodiversity in Australian savannahs - which may be much higher than pictured in this map due to a large number of undescribed Australian ant species!
Excited for a room full of (Australian) pollination talks! #ESAus2024
December 12, 2024 at 2:31 AM
Excited for a room full of (Australian) pollination talks! #ESAus2024
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[new paper] You probably suspected that loss of pollinator diversity consistently reduces reproductive success for wild and cultivated plants, but here we quantify it: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Loss of pollinator diversity consistently reduces reproductive success for wild and cultivated plants
Nature Ecology & Evolution - A meta-analysis finds that decreasing diversity of pollinator species has a negative affect on multiple measures of plant reproductive success, with wild plant...
www.nature.com
December 11, 2024 at 8:49 PM
[new paper] You probably suspected that loss of pollinator diversity consistently reduces reproductive success for wild and cultivated plants, but here we quantify it: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Today’s opening plenary at #ESAus2024 by @philzyl.bsky.social urges us to look deeper & not simply accept the dominant dogma that more fuel load means higher rate of spread. Tall biomass can calm the fire by slowing wind. We need to learn from deep Indigenous knowledge to better manage our forests.
December 10, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Today’s opening plenary at #ESAus2024 by @philzyl.bsky.social urges us to look deeper & not simply accept the dominant dogma that more fuel load means higher rate of spread. Tall biomass can calm the fire by slowing wind. We need to learn from deep Indigenous knowledge to better manage our forests.
Delightful to see an orchid nerd butcher an orchid- for science!
I loved Andrew Bird's method for figuring out what part of the Caladenia flower smells most attractive to pollinators #ESAus2024
I loved Andrew Bird's method for figuring out what part of the Caladenia flower smells most attractive to pollinators #ESAus2024
December 10, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Delightful to see an orchid nerd butcher an orchid- for science!
I loved Andrew Bird's method for figuring out what part of the Caladenia flower smells most attractive to pollinators #ESAus2024
I loved Andrew Bird's method for figuring out what part of the Caladenia flower smells most attractive to pollinators #ESAus2024
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Second day of #ESAus2024 and we have 60 people in the conference starter pack. Follow other austral ecologists, ask to join the list, and maybe even share the link with people who need a little encouragement to come over to Blue Sky.
#StarterPack 🧪🌏🇦🇺
go.bsky.app/5YmZLNm
#StarterPack 🧪🌏🇦🇺
go.bsky.app/5YmZLNm
December 9, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Second day of #ESAus2024 and we have 60 people in the conference starter pack. Follow other austral ecologists, ask to join the list, and maybe even share the link with people who need a little encouragement to come over to Blue Sky.
#StarterPack 🧪🌏🇦🇺
go.bsky.app/5YmZLNm
#StarterPack 🧪🌏🇦🇺
go.bsky.app/5YmZLNm
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In her latest, beautiful comic, Sofia Sabbagh goes in search of forest critters, from the graciillaridae to the psyllids. Generously sponsored by @copower.bsky.social.
So much to tell you: or, piercing plant tissue with needle-like mouth-parts - Overland literary journal
Looking for things meant I could enjoy the feeling in my body. Something like hope, or friendship.
overland.org.au
November 27, 2024 at 1:12 AM
In her latest, beautiful comic, Sofia Sabbagh goes in search of forest critters, from the graciillaridae to the psyllids. Generously sponsored by @copower.bsky.social.
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All high-success climate action models show a sustained very-high construction rate of new renewable energy for the rest of our lives.
This is why development needs to fundamentally respect biodiversity and people: blunt-force approaches cannot deliver smooth growth over many decades.
This is why development needs to fundamentally respect biodiversity and people: blunt-force approaches cannot deliver smooth growth over many decades.
Nature and people shouldn’t be designated losers in the energy transition
A rebuttal, in which I argue that we don’t have to sacrifice nature or community cohesion to build clean power
ketanjoshi.co
November 23, 2024 at 7:27 PM
All high-success climate action models show a sustained very-high construction rate of new renewable energy for the rest of our lives.
This is why development needs to fundamentally respect biodiversity and people: blunt-force approaches cannot deliver smooth growth over many decades.
This is why development needs to fundamentally respect biodiversity and people: blunt-force approaches cannot deliver smooth growth over many decades.
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A few years ago on 🐦 we had a wonderful culture of sharing Australian ecological science and nature photography with the #WildOz hashtag.
I'd love to bring it back to Bluesky, so here's a starterpack of Australian ecologists, botanists, naturalists & nature photographers! 📸🦘🌳🐨🦜
go.bsky.app/5hG9bGW
I'd love to bring it back to Bluesky, so here's a starterpack of Australian ecologists, botanists, naturalists & nature photographers! 📸🦘🌳🐨🦜
go.bsky.app/5hG9bGW
November 14, 2024 at 9:45 PM
A few years ago on 🐦 we had a wonderful culture of sharing Australian ecological science and nature photography with the #WildOz hashtag.
I'd love to bring it back to Bluesky, so here's a starterpack of Australian ecologists, botanists, naturalists & nature photographers! 📸🦘🌳🐨🦜
go.bsky.app/5hG9bGW
I'd love to bring it back to Bluesky, so here's a starterpack of Australian ecologists, botanists, naturalists & nature photographers! 📸🦘🌳🐨🦜
go.bsky.app/5hG9bGW
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I was looking for an #Entomology Starter Pack but I couldn't find one - so I started to build one! It's already morphing into more of a list of invertebrate aficionado/lovers.
Did I miss you? Aplogies! Reply to this post and I'll remedy that!
#StarterPack #Invertebrate
go.bsky.app/7CaCbMC
Did I miss you? Aplogies! Reply to this post and I'll remedy that!
#StarterPack #Invertebrate
go.bsky.app/7CaCbMC
October 22, 2024 at 11:40 PM
I was looking for an #Entomology Starter Pack but I couldn't find one - so I started to build one! It's already morphing into more of a list of invertebrate aficionado/lovers.
Did I miss you? Aplogies! Reply to this post and I'll remedy that!
#StarterPack #Invertebrate
go.bsky.app/7CaCbMC
Did I miss you? Aplogies! Reply to this post and I'll remedy that!
#StarterPack #Invertebrate
go.bsky.app/7CaCbMC
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Here's a still soemwhat rudimentary starter pack for Seed Science and Ecology. So far I have only added people who specify these interests in their profiles. If you're not yet on there please let me know, there's plenty of spaces left at the moment. go.bsky.app/C19mriU
November 11, 2024 at 10:25 AM
Here's a still soemwhat rudimentary starter pack for Seed Science and Ecology. So far I have only added people who specify these interests in their profiles. If you're not yet on there please let me know, there's plenty of spaces left at the moment. go.bsky.app/C19mriU
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(29/30) Let's continue! Here's an excellent starter pack for journals in ecology and evolution, compiled by @hilaryrosed.bsky.social
#ecology #evolution
#ecology #evolution
September 15, 2024 at 2:27 PM
(29/30) Let's continue! Here's an excellent starter pack for journals in ecology and evolution, compiled by @hilaryrosed.bsky.social
#ecology #evolution
#ecology #evolution
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I tried to build a starter pack for researchers in ecology sensu lato. Who am I missing? go.bsky.app/2MdGeqi I can add more people and spread it around.
October 19, 2024 at 3:43 PM
I tried to build a starter pack for researchers in ecology sensu lato. Who am I missing? go.bsky.app/2MdGeqi I can add more people and spread it around.
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As this place keeps growing, here's a starter pack for restoration ecology, currently featuring 50+ accounts. Please let me know of other relevant accounts (including your own if you post on restoration ecology) or feeds to be added, the maximum limit is apparently 150 accounts. go.bsky.app/GaFrxq
November 8, 2024 at 10:08 AM
As this place keeps growing, here's a starter pack for restoration ecology, currently featuring 50+ accounts. Please let me know of other relevant accounts (including your own if you post on restoration ecology) or feeds to be added, the maximum limit is apparently 150 accounts. go.bsky.app/GaFrxq
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Here is a starter pack for scientists and others interested in trait-based ecology and evolution. Still trying to find everyone here. Please let me know if you would like to be added to the list! go.bsky.app/PThMXeX 🧪🌎🌾
November 10, 2024 at 9:32 AM
Here is a starter pack for scientists and others interested in trait-based ecology and evolution. Still trying to find everyone here. Please let me know if you would like to be added to the list! go.bsky.app/PThMXeX 🧪🌎🌾