Abdulwakeel
@ajwakbot.bsky.social
Botanist | Taxonomist | Ethnobotanist | Biodiversity consultant |#GreatIfealumnusx2 |PhD; Postdoc @go2uj | #YNWA | #LFC
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Why are some species smaller than a paperclip while others grow longer than a school bus? How is body size evolution governed in animals? Out now in @pnas.org we tackle these longstanding questions through a genetic lens using my favorite group of fishes as our model!! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Parallel shifts in differential gene expression reveal convergent miniaturization in fishes | PNAS
Body size variation in vertebrates is a complex polygenic trait, tightly correlated
with numerous aspects of a species’ biology, ecology, and physi...
www.pnas.org
October 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Why are some species smaller than a paperclip while others grow longer than a school bus? How is body size evolution governed in animals? Out now in @pnas.org we tackle these longstanding questions through a genetic lens using my favorite group of fishes as our model!! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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I am recruiting a postdoc to work for 2-3 yrs on our NSF-funded project aiming to investigate plant migration and river connectivity with the closure of the Isthmus of Panama. Leading publications, fieldwork in CR & Panama, applying and expanding phylo. & pop.gen tools👇
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Employment | New York Botanical Garden
Find out what employment opportunities are available at The New York Botanical Garden.
www.nybg.org
August 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am recruiting a postdoc to work for 2-3 yrs on our NSF-funded project aiming to investigate plant migration and river connectivity with the closure of the Isthmus of Panama. Leading publications, fieldwork in CR & Panama, applying and expanding phylo. & pop.gen tools👇
www.nybg.org/about/work-w...
www.nybg.org/about/work-w...
Sleep pressure causes birds to trade asymmetric sleep for symmetric sleep: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
Sleep pressure causes birds to trade asymmetric sleep for symmetric sleep
Avian non-REM sleep can occur symmetrically, with both cerebral hemispheres sleeping
deeply, or asymmetrically, with one sleeping lighter than the other. van Hasselt et
al. find that during periods of...
www.cell.com
June 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Sleep pressure causes birds to trade asymmetric sleep for symmetric sleep: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
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🎉 New paper: Introducing SocSES – Why SocSES, and why now? 🎉
Read the open-access paper in Ecology and Society here 🔗 tinyurl.com/22zhetsc and visit the SocSES webpage that accompanies the paper here 🔗 tinyurl.com/35zuaamk
Read the open-access paper in Ecology and Society here 🔗 tinyurl.com/22zhetsc and visit the SocSES webpage that accompanies the paper here 🔗 tinyurl.com/35zuaamk
June 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
🎉 New paper: Introducing SocSES – Why SocSES, and why now? 🎉
Read the open-access paper in Ecology and Society here 🔗 tinyurl.com/22zhetsc and visit the SocSES webpage that accompanies the paper here 🔗 tinyurl.com/35zuaamk
Read the open-access paper in Ecology and Society here 🔗 tinyurl.com/22zhetsc and visit the SocSES webpage that accompanies the paper here 🔗 tinyurl.com/35zuaamk
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It's the best time of the year! I get to see all the wonderful work from my entomology students 🥰
June 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
It's the best time of the year! I get to see all the wonderful work from my entomology students 🥰
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Bittere scheefbloem (Iberis amara) op straat in Overvecht, Utrecht
June 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Bittere scheefbloem (Iberis amara) op straat in Overvecht, Utrecht
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📣 Call for speakers 📣
Present your contribution to the SES Methods website at the next speed talk-style SES Methods Bazaar on 🗓️ 19 June 2025.
🔗 Sign up as a speaker: tinyurl.com/yc34sa6z
⚠️ Sign up by Tuesday, 27 May 2025, at 18:00 Central (Africa/Europe – UTC+2)
Present your contribution to the SES Methods website at the next speed talk-style SES Methods Bazaar on 🗓️ 19 June 2025.
🔗 Sign up as a speaker: tinyurl.com/yc34sa6z
⚠️ Sign up by Tuesday, 27 May 2025, at 18:00 Central (Africa/Europe – UTC+2)
May 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
📣 Call for speakers 📣
Present your contribution to the SES Methods website at the next speed talk-style SES Methods Bazaar on 🗓️ 19 June 2025.
🔗 Sign up as a speaker: tinyurl.com/yc34sa6z
⚠️ Sign up by Tuesday, 27 May 2025, at 18:00 Central (Africa/Europe – UTC+2)
Present your contribution to the SES Methods website at the next speed talk-style SES Methods Bazaar on 🗓️ 19 June 2025.
🔗 Sign up as a speaker: tinyurl.com/yc34sa6z
⚠️ Sign up by Tuesday, 27 May 2025, at 18:00 Central (Africa/Europe – UTC+2)
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Nature supports livelihoods and is vital for our health & wellbeing. But we're perpetuating a biodiversity crisis across the globe. 🌍🧪
.— @nevilleash.bsky.social, IPBES Officer-in-Charge
Let's act for harmony with nature & sustainable development.
🎥https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgkWNxaV4uA
.— @nevilleash.bsky.social, IPBES Officer-in-Charge
Let's act for harmony with nature & sustainable development.
🎥https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgkWNxaV4uA
May 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Nature supports livelihoods and is vital for our health & wellbeing. But we're perpetuating a biodiversity crisis across the globe. 🌍🧪
.— @nevilleash.bsky.social, IPBES Officer-in-Charge
Let's act for harmony with nature & sustainable development.
🎥https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgkWNxaV4uA
.— @nevilleash.bsky.social, IPBES Officer-in-Charge
Let's act for harmony with nature & sustainable development.
🎥https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgkWNxaV4uA
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May 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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I credit my career path to being a 2015 PLANTS grant recipient and have volunteered as a mentor almost every year since. I cannot imagine BSA or the field of botany without it. Please consider donating to the BSA Human Diversity Fund to support future generations: crm.botany.org/makeadonation
May 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I credit my career path to being a 2015 PLANTS grant recipient and have volunteered as a mentor almost every year since. I cannot imagine BSA or the field of botany without it. Please consider donating to the BSA Human Diversity Fund to support future generations: crm.botany.org/makeadonation
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IAPT Photo Contest! 📸💚
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May 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
IAPT Photo Contest! 📸💚
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Estimating effective population size trajectories from time-series identity-by-descent segments
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Estimating effective population size trajectories from time-series identity-by-descent segments
Abstract. Long, identical haplotypes shared between pairs of individuals, known as identity-by-descent (IBD) segments, result from recently shared co-ances
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May 7, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Estimating effective population size trajectories from time-series identity-by-descent segments
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academic.oup.com/genetics/art...
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“86% of global deforestation occurring between 2001 and 2022 can be attributed to crop and cattle production.”
The title of the paper might lead people to think that it’s closer to 50%.
The title of the paper might lead people to think that it’s closer to 50%.
The global deforestation footprint of agriculture and forestry
West+
doi.org/10.1038/s430...
reviews state of the art
"Regulation to mandate transparency and data sharing (from public and private sectors) could be a valuable mechanism to further improve data quality and overcome persistent gaps."
West+
doi.org/10.1038/s430...
reviews state of the art
"Regulation to mandate transparency and data sharing (from public and private sectors) could be a valuable mechanism to further improve data quality and overcome persistent gaps."
April 30, 2025 at 8:55 AM
“86% of global deforestation occurring between 2001 and 2022 can be attributed to crop and cattle production.”
The title of the paper might lead people to think that it’s closer to 50%.
The title of the paper might lead people to think that it’s closer to 50%.
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I have spent much more time putting out fires in the last 100 days than I have educating students or conducting research to address real-world problems.
April 30, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I have spent much more time putting out fires in the last 100 days than I have educating students or conducting research to address real-world problems.
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@alexandreloureiro.bsky.social led a global #meta-analysis in @respublications.bsky.social #RESEcolEnt that found many taxonomic holes and no evidence of a common pattern of taxon or #phylogenetic #diversity across #elevation for #beetle #Coleoptera families
doi.org/10.1111/een....
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@alexandreloureiro.bsky.social led a global #meta-analysis in @respublications.bsky.social #RESEcolEnt that found many taxonomic holes and no evidence of a common pattern of taxon or #phylogenetic #diversity across #elevation for #beetle #Coleoptera families
doi.org/10.1111/een....
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April 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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@alexandreloureiro.bsky.social led a global #meta-analysis in @respublications.bsky.social #RESEcolEnt that found many taxonomic holes and no evidence of a common pattern of taxon or #phylogenetic #diversity across #elevation for #beetle #Coleoptera families
doi.org/10.1111/een....
🧪🪲🐞🗺️
@alexandreloureiro.bsky.social led a global #meta-analysis in @respublications.bsky.social #RESEcolEnt that found many taxonomic holes and no evidence of a common pattern of taxon or #phylogenetic #diversity across #elevation for #beetle #Coleoptera families
doi.org/10.1111/een....
🧪🪲🐞🗺️
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The Biodiversity Heritage Library has just surpassed 63 million pages! Spanning 1469–2025, BHL provides invaluable #OpenAccess to the foundation of our understanding of biodiversity. 🌎 📚 🌱 #ILoveBHL #BHLib ➡️ www.biodiversitylibrary.org
April 28, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The Biodiversity Heritage Library has just surpassed 63 million pages! Spanning 1469–2025, BHL provides invaluable #OpenAccess to the foundation of our understanding of biodiversity. 🌎 📚 🌱 #ILoveBHL #BHLib ➡️ www.biodiversitylibrary.org
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Let's talk about the interaction of fire exclusion with the return of fire to #prairie. This bluff prairie in SW WI had not seen fire for at least many decades and was being encroached on by woody vegetation. Low herbaceous plants had been excluded from large portions by excessive thatch. 1/
April 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Let's talk about the interaction of fire exclusion with the return of fire to #prairie. This bluff prairie in SW WI had not seen fire for at least many decades and was being encroached on by woody vegetation. Low herbaceous plants had been excluded from large portions by excessive thatch. 1/
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Are you an early career systematist needing a little extra funding for conferences this year? Check out SSB’s new Early Career Travel Fund!
www.systbio.org/early-career...
Deadline is coming up soon - March 31 to accommodate travel for summer meetings such as #Evol2025
www.systbio.org/early-career...
Deadline is coming up soon - March 31 to accommodate travel for summer meetings such as #Evol2025
Early Career Travel Funds
Purpose
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March 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Are you an early career systematist needing a little extra funding for conferences this year? Check out SSB’s new Early Career Travel Fund!
www.systbio.org/early-career...
Deadline is coming up soon - March 31 to accommodate travel for summer meetings such as #Evol2025
www.systbio.org/early-career...
Deadline is coming up soon - March 31 to accommodate travel for summer meetings such as #Evol2025
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#WorldWildlifeDay 2025 is here!
To celebrate, we’re highlighting recent #DNABarcoding research that enhances our understanding of wild animals and plants
Today, we’re focusing on 🧬🔬 methods to ID species, with a comparative study on butterflies, bumblebees, and parasitic wasps 🦋🐝.
#WorldWildlifeDay 2025 is here!
To celebrate, we’re highlighting recent #DNABarcoding research that enhances our understanding of wild animals and plants
Today, we’re focusing on 🧬🔬 methods to ID species, with a comparative study on butterflies, bumblebees, and parasitic wasps 🦋🐝.
March 3, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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#WorldWildlifeDay 2025 is here!
To celebrate, we’re highlighting recent #DNABarcoding research that enhances our understanding of wild animals and plants
Today, we’re focusing on 🧬🔬 methods to ID species, with a comparative study on butterflies, bumblebees, and parasitic wasps 🦋🐝.
#WorldWildlifeDay 2025 is here!
To celebrate, we’re highlighting recent #DNABarcoding research that enhances our understanding of wild animals and plants
Today, we’re focusing on 🧬🔬 methods to ID species, with a comparative study on butterflies, bumblebees, and parasitic wasps 🦋🐝.
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Look at this Huernia zebrina flower! So amazing and unreal looking, as if made of rubber and belong to an alien world. #iamabotanist #plantjoy 🧪🌱🌸
February 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Look at this Huernia zebrina flower! So amazing and unreal looking, as if made of rubber and belong to an alien world. #iamabotanist #plantjoy 🧪🌱🌸
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Fascinating. Allometry of nostril spacing in whales negative scales with the trophic level.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
🧪 #EvoBio #Macroecology
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
🧪 #EvoBio #Macroecology
February 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Fascinating. Allometry of nostril spacing in whales negative scales with the trophic level.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
🧪 #EvoBio #Macroecology
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
🧪 #EvoBio #Macroecology
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#Climatechange shuffles nature’s deck, reshaping ecosystems as species struggle to keep up. Study on @nature.com finds rapid temperature shifts accelerate species turnover, threatening #biodiversity. Human impact worsens the crisis—making #conservation urgent than ever.
👓 10.1038/s41586-024-08456-z
👓 10.1038/s41586-024-08456-z
January 31, 2025 at 10:53 AM
#Climatechange shuffles nature’s deck, reshaping ecosystems as species struggle to keep up. Study on @nature.com finds rapid temperature shifts accelerate species turnover, threatening #biodiversity. Human impact worsens the crisis—making #conservation urgent than ever.
👓 10.1038/s41586-024-08456-z
👓 10.1038/s41586-024-08456-z