Catarina Siopa
@catarinasiopa.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Freiburg, interested in crop pollination, insect conservation and applied ecology 🍎🌻🐝🦋🌸🍒
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✨ Cambridge Botanic Lights returns in just 4 weeks - with a brand-new theme: Night Pollination! 🌙
🌼 Moths pollinate 30% of the world’s flowering plants.
🦇 500+ species rely on bats - including the agave for tequila!
Celebrate our amazing night pollinators!
#CUBG #WinterLights #Cambridge
🌼 Moths pollinate 30% of the world’s flowering plants.
🦇 500+ species rely on bats - including the agave for tequila!
Celebrate our amazing night pollinators!
#CUBG #WinterLights #Cambridge
October 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
✨ Cambridge Botanic Lights returns in just 4 weeks - with a brand-new theme: Night Pollination! 🌙
🌼 Moths pollinate 30% of the world’s flowering plants.
🦇 500+ species rely on bats - including the agave for tequila!
Celebrate our amazing night pollinators!
#CUBG #WinterLights #Cambridge
🌼 Moths pollinate 30% of the world’s flowering plants.
🦇 500+ species rely on bats - including the agave for tequila!
Celebrate our amazing night pollinators!
#CUBG #WinterLights #Cambridge
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Fruit production in Spain and some Nature Group team members inbetween millions of apples #RestPollAGM2
October 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Fruit production in Spain and some Nature Group team members inbetween millions of apples #RestPollAGM2
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Five 3-year Postdoc positions open at @ebdonana.bsky.social. I am happy to sponsor and mentor good candidates working in my field, but note that these are quite independent positions aimed at helping stabilize new researchers in the system. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4nqkq...
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August 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Five 3-year Postdoc positions open at @ebdonana.bsky.social. I am happy to sponsor and mentor good candidates working in my field, but note that these are quite independent positions aimed at helping stabilize new researchers in the system. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4nqkq...
Another work resulting from my PhD is out! 🍒🐝
Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/aab....
Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/aab....
#OpenAccess
Flowering synchrony and cultivar compatibility as key factors for optimising sweet cherry pollination and production
🍒 doi.org/10.1111/aab....
🌸 It's essential to include compatibility & regional flower phenology in orchard design 🌸
@catarinasiopa.bsky.social @jloureiro13.bsky.social
Flowering synchrony and cultivar compatibility as key factors for optimising sweet cherry pollination and production
🍒 doi.org/10.1111/aab....
🌸 It's essential to include compatibility & regional flower phenology in orchard design 🌸
@catarinasiopa.bsky.social @jloureiro13.bsky.social
Flowering synchrony and cultivar compatibility as key factors for optimising sweet cherry pollination and production
Effective pollination is crucial for sweet cherry production, as 82% of its yield depends on animal pollination. However, factors like flower phenology and cultivar compatibility are often overlooked...
doi.org
August 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Another work resulting from my PhD is out! 🍒🐝
Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/aab....
Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/aab....
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Agroecological farming promotes yield & biodiversity but may require subsidy to be profitable 🌾🌏
Suggests that the transition to more sustainable farming systems needs to overcome economic constraints with new policy interventions 📑🧪
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Suggests that the transition to more sustainable farming systems needs to overcome economic constraints with new policy interventions 📑🧪
🔗
Agroecological farming promotes yield and biodiversity but may require subsidy to be profitable
These results highlight that while evidence for the role of ecosystem services in supporting crop yield can be found, overcoming economic constraints within conventional farming systems is likely to ...
doi.org
July 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Agroecological farming promotes yield & biodiversity but may require subsidy to be profitable 🌾🌏
Suggests that the transition to more sustainable farming systems needs to overcome economic constraints with new policy interventions 📑🧪
🔗
Suggests that the transition to more sustainable farming systems needs to overcome economic constraints with new policy interventions 📑🧪
🔗
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Experts are concerned, as a number of scientists 🧪have recorded huge die-offs of insects in nature reserves around the world. The reported collapse of insect populations in supposedly protected regions is part of a newer phenomenon. 🌏🐜
Read more in @theguardian.com:
Read more in @theguardian.com:
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
bit.ly
July 14, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Experts are concerned, as a number of scientists 🧪have recorded huge die-offs of insects in nature reserves around the world. The reported collapse of insect populations in supposedly protected regions is part of a newer phenomenon. 🌏🐜
Read more in @theguardian.com:
Read more in @theguardian.com:
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Ethical scientific journals and where to find them....here is DAFNEE, a #database of non-profit journals in #Ecology and #Evolution #EvoBio, to choose an ethical place where to publish your next articles! (1/2)
dafnee.isem-evolution.fr
🧪 #science
dafnee.isem-evolution.fr
🧪 #science
DAFNEE, a Database of Academia Friendly jourNals in Ecology and Evolution
dafnee.isem-evolution.fr
June 25, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Ethical scientific journals and where to find them....here is DAFNEE, a #database of non-profit journals in #Ecology and #Evolution #EvoBio, to choose an ethical place where to publish your next articles! (1/2)
dafnee.isem-evolution.fr
🧪 #science
dafnee.isem-evolution.fr
🧪 #science
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What I wish I knew: 33 thoughts for early career researchers
Reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.
predirections.substack.com/p/what-i-wis...
Reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.
predirections.substack.com/p/what-i-wis...
What I wish I knew: 33 thoughts for early career researchers
Thirty three reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.
predirections.substack.com
April 29, 2025 at 3:08 AM
What I wish I knew: 33 thoughts for early career researchers
Reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.
predirections.substack.com/p/what-i-wis...
Reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.
predirections.substack.com/p/what-i-wis...
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"Climate-change-induced extreme #heat and #drought... present critical threats to pollen viability, the pollination process, and seed formation, with significant implications for plant sexual reproduction and global #foodsecurity."
#ClimateSky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#ClimateSky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Sexual reproduction in plants under high temperature and drought stress
Climate-change-induced extreme heat and drought increasingly threaten plant growth and development, with a particularly significant impact on sexual r…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 7, 2025 at 3:57 AM
"Climate-change-induced extreme #heat and #drought... present critical threats to pollen viability, the pollination process, and seed formation, with significant implications for plant sexual reproduction and global #foodsecurity."
#ClimateSky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#ClimateSky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Long-term management is required for the recovery of pollination networks and function in restored grasslands 🌱🌏
Grassland management, including mowing, should be maintained for a certain period that exceeds at least 75 years 📈🧪
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Grassland management, including mowing, should be maintained for a certain period that exceeds at least 75 years 📈🧪
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
April 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Long-term management is required for the recovery of pollination networks and function in restored grasslands 🌱🌏
Grassland management, including mowing, should be maintained for a certain period that exceeds at least 75 years 📈🧪
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Grassland management, including mowing, should be maintained for a certain period that exceeds at least 75 years 📈🧪
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
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One of the easiest ways to create homes for insects is to avoid being too tidy. Letting a patch of grass grow long (good for nesting bumblebees), leaving dead stems in situ over winter, and having a wild corner will all help boost insect populations.
More: bit.ly/4jGzo4f
More: bit.ly/4jGzo4f
March 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
One of the easiest ways to create homes for insects is to avoid being too tidy. Letting a patch of grass grow long (good for nesting bumblebees), leaving dead stems in situ over winter, and having a wild corner will all help boost insect populations.
More: bit.ly/4jGzo4f
More: bit.ly/4jGzo4f
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Excited to see this out!! In this thought-provoking review led by @davidperis.bsky.social and Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente we further demonstrate that insect #pollination was once widespread among #gymnosperms and existed long before the origin of #angiosperms
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
March 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Excited to see this out!! In this thought-provoking review led by @davidperis.bsky.social and Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente we further demonstrate that insect #pollination was once widespread among #gymnosperms and existed long before the origin of #angiosperms
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Please share widely! We have two open postdoctoral positions in my lab: lopezuribelab.com/join-the-lab/ Some details below👇👇👇
Join the lab
MANUAL OF MUTUAL EXPECTATIONS Are you interested in joining the lab? Please read this document that details the role and expectations for the PI and all members of the lab. GRADUATE ST…
lopezuribelab.com
December 2, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Please share widely! We have two open postdoctoral positions in my lab: lopezuribelab.com/join-the-lab/ Some details below👇👇👇
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🌿🐝 New paper! Sílvia Castro, Sara Lopes, @catarinasiopa.bsky.social, @jloureiro13.bsky.social & Hugo Gaspar coauthored a study on EuPPollNet, Europe’s largest plant-pollinator network database! 🌍💡
Thanks @joseblanuza.bsky.social and @ibartomeus.bsky.social for the great coordination!
📖 Read it 👇
Thanks @joseblanuza.bsky.social and @ibartomeus.bsky.social for the great coordination!
📖 Read it 👇
EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant‐Pollinator Networks
Motivation Pollinators play a crucial role in maintaining Earth's terrestrial biodiversity. However, rapid human-induced environmental changes are compromising the long-term persistence of plant-pol...
doi.org
February 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🌿🐝 New paper! Sílvia Castro, Sara Lopes, @catarinasiopa.bsky.social, @jloureiro13.bsky.social & Hugo Gaspar coauthored a study on EuPPollNet, Europe’s largest plant-pollinator network database! 🌍💡
Thanks @joseblanuza.bsky.social and @ibartomeus.bsky.social for the great coordination!
📖 Read it 👇
Thanks @joseblanuza.bsky.social and @ibartomeus.bsky.social for the great coordination!
📖 Read it 👇
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Many arthropods are harmed by mowing management. However, mowing is ofter required to maintain species richness in high nature value grasslands. This is yet another case for phased mowing, of which Sinus mowing is a very nice example. Variation in mowing dates on landscape scale may also help.
📢New Paper about varied effects of #grassland mowing on #arthropod taxa. While #mowing generally reduces overall arthropod abundance, it has consistent negative (e.g. Diptera) or positive effects (e.g. Coleoptera) for some taxa. Mixed responses depend on factors like region, sampling, and management
December 3, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Many arthropods are harmed by mowing management. However, mowing is ofter required to maintain species richness in high nature value grasslands. This is yet another case for phased mowing, of which Sinus mowing is a very nice example. Variation in mowing dates on landscape scale may also help.
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Reposted by Catarina Siopa
🌸 Novidades fresquinhas 🌸
Em breve será lançada uma série de crónicas sobre Polinizadores e Polinização, em parceria com a revista Wilder!
Ao longo dos próximos meses poderão deliciar-se com 13 crónicas com histórias, curiosidades e factos acerca destes pequenos guardiões das flores!
Não percam!
Em breve será lançada uma série de crónicas sobre Polinizadores e Polinização, em parceria com a revista Wilder!
Ao longo dos próximos meses poderão deliciar-se com 13 crónicas com histórias, curiosidades e factos acerca destes pequenos guardiões das flores!
Não percam!
November 27, 2024 at 12:13 PM
🌸 Novidades fresquinhas 🌸
Em breve será lançada uma série de crónicas sobre Polinizadores e Polinização, em parceria com a revista Wilder!
Ao longo dos próximos meses poderão deliciar-se com 13 crónicas com histórias, curiosidades e factos acerca destes pequenos guardiões das flores!
Não percam!
Em breve será lançada uma série de crónicas sobre Polinizadores e Polinização, em parceria com a revista Wilder!
Ao longo dos próximos meses poderão deliciar-se com 13 crónicas com histórias, curiosidades e factos acerca destes pequenos guardiões das flores!
Não percam!
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🌡️ 🌼 New article in @aobp.bsky.social addressing how heatwaves during flower development affect pollen production, viability, and pollination success, ultimately impacting seed set
Full #openaccess
👉 https://buff.ly/3XKOTz8
#PlantScience
Full #openaccess
👉 https://buff.ly/3XKOTz8
#PlantScience
November 26, 2024 at 7:07 AM
🌡️ 🌼 New article in @aobp.bsky.social addressing how heatwaves during flower development affect pollen production, viability, and pollination success, ultimately impacting seed set
Full #openaccess
👉 https://buff.ly/3XKOTz8
#PlantScience
Full #openaccess
👉 https://buff.ly/3XKOTz8
#PlantScience
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“Our knowledge about the planet is extremely biased. Most research comes from a few wealthy counties. To the point that 7 countries produce 70% of the scientific papers”🧪🌐
November 26, 2024 at 4:30 PM
“Our knowledge about the planet is extremely biased. Most research comes from a few wealthy counties. To the point that 7 countries produce 70% of the scientific papers”🧪🌐
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Find joy in the small things… like finding that reference
November 25, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Find joy in the small things… like finding that reference
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This new study suggests that high-quality old grassland may be particularly good at supporting pollinators because diverse food sources provided by such grassland provide additional health benefits.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
| Pornon et al. @funecology.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
| Pornon et al. @funecology.bsky.social
Species‐rich old grasslands have beneficial effects on the health and gut microbiome of bumblebees
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 25, 2024 at 8:20 AM
This new study suggests that high-quality old grassland may be particularly good at supporting pollinators because diverse food sources provided by such grassland provide additional health benefits.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
| Pornon et al. @funecology.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
| Pornon et al. @funecology.bsky.social
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Very interesting review paper by Suijkerbuijk and co-authors in Trends in Plant Science (@cellpressnews.bsky.social)! 🌺🌻
Plasticity in plant mating systems
Many plants are extremely plastic in their vegetative and life-history traits, allowing
them to deal with a variety of environmental conditions during their lifetime. However,
in our understanding of ...
www.cell.com
November 22, 2024 at 7:53 AM
Very interesting review paper by Suijkerbuijk and co-authors in Trends in Plant Science (@cellpressnews.bsky.social)! 🌺🌻
what? 🤨
Wishing the Elsevier editors who desk-accepted this all the best for their next career moves.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
November 23, 2024 at 2:09 PM
what? 🤨
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BioBlitz in Coimbra organized by meet.Eco by Biology Students Association with the participation of the FLOWer Lab (@jloureiro13.bsky.social), @cfemycolab.bsky.social and @srgtmt.bsky.social! Some of the flora observed today!
November 22, 2024 at 9:01 PM
BioBlitz in Coimbra organized by meet.Eco by Biology Students Association with the participation of the FLOWer Lab (@jloureiro13.bsky.social), @cfemycolab.bsky.social and @srgtmt.bsky.social! Some of the flora observed today!
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The video provided in Supplementary Information from the very interesting paper by Lai and co-authors in Ecology, showing potential pollination by Ethiopian wolves of Kniphofia foliosa! 🐺
Read it here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@pollinet.bsky.social
Read it here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@pollinet.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 10:41 AM
The video provided in Supplementary Information from the very interesting paper by Lai and co-authors in Ecology, showing potential pollination by Ethiopian wolves of Kniphofia foliosa! 🐺
Read it here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@pollinet.bsky.social
Read it here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@pollinet.bsky.social