Edina Török
@edinatorok.bsky.social
Biologist & entomologist 🐝🪰, advocate for #womenInEcology, protector of pollinators, Diptera enthusiast, nature lover🌿, and always a friend
8 years ago, I started working with cavity-nesting Hymenopterans using the trap-nest method. Based on Hungarian projects and these experiences, we compiled a practical protocol for researchers who are using trap nests for the first time
🔗 dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.ewov11znovr2/v2
🔗 dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.ewov11znovr2/v2
A step-by-step protocol and guide for cavity-nesting Hymenoptera sampling and data collection using trap ne...
This step-by-step protocol details the production, deployment, and processing of trap nests, a sampling tool for cavity-nesting Hymenoptera that enables the collection of detail...
dx.doi.org
December 9, 2025 at 8:58 AM
8 years ago, I started working with cavity-nesting Hymenopterans using the trap-nest method. Based on Hungarian projects and these experiences, we compiled a practical protocol for researchers who are using trap nests for the first time
🔗 dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.ewov11znovr2/v2
🔗 dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.ewov11znovr2/v2
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December 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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What is the effect of increasing disturbances in C European forests on insect diversity, and how does salvage logging modulate it? We found an overall positive response for both cleared and uncleared sites, with a stronger signal for taxonomic vs phylogenetic diversity doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
December 4, 2025 at 4:33 AM
What is the effect of increasing disturbances in C European forests on insect diversity, and how does salvage logging modulate it? We found an overall positive response for both cleared and uncleared sites, with a stronger signal for taxonomic vs phylogenetic diversity doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
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The file with the final figures is finally finished! Sadly the stochastic map is way too high fidelity for the publication - but if you'd like the high resolution PDF of that figure to make a nice poster, here's the link! therusselllab.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
December 4, 2025 at 5:57 AM
The file with the final figures is finally finished! Sadly the stochastic map is way too high fidelity for the publication - but if you'd like the high resolution PDF of that figure to make a nice poster, here's the link! therusselllab.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
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‼️ Discover the WildPosh promotional toolkit!
A set of materials that introduces WildPosh is now available. These resources help partners introduce the project and its objectives at conferences, talks, and workshops.
Designed by @pensoft.net.
👉 Explore the toolkit: wildposh.eu/news/get-kno...
A set of materials that introduces WildPosh is now available. These resources help partners introduce the project and its objectives at conferences, talks, and workshops.
Designed by @pensoft.net.
👉 Explore the toolkit: wildposh.eu/news/get-kno...
December 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
‼️ Discover the WildPosh promotional toolkit!
A set of materials that introduces WildPosh is now available. These resources help partners introduce the project and its objectives at conferences, talks, and workshops.
Designed by @pensoft.net.
👉 Explore the toolkit: wildposh.eu/news/get-kno...
A set of materials that introduces WildPosh is now available. These resources help partners introduce the project and its objectives at conferences, talks, and workshops.
Designed by @pensoft.net.
👉 Explore the toolkit: wildposh.eu/news/get-kno...
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One more piece of evidence, on a growing pile, that insects are in decline.
"...the general species turnover and biomass trends emphasize ongoing arthropod community simplification, and that even common species may be increasingly under threat."
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"...the general species turnover and biomass trends emphasize ongoing arthropod community simplification, and that even common species may be increasingly under threat."
🪲🪳🧪🌍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Arthropod species loss underpins biomass declines - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Insects are declining in many regions. Here the authors show that arthropod biomass losses in Jena Experiment and Biodiversity Exploratories time series are driven more by species loss than by species...
www.nature.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
One more piece of evidence, on a growing pile, that insects are in decline.
"...the general species turnover and biomass trends emphasize ongoing arthropod community simplification, and that even common species may be increasingly under threat."
🪲🪳🧪🌍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"...the general species turnover and biomass trends emphasize ongoing arthropod community simplification, and that even common species may be increasingly under threat."
🪲🪳🧪🌍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🤔 What is @ipbes.net?
We strengthen the science-policy interface for biodiversity and ecosystem services, ensuring that global environmental decision making is informed by the best available knowledge!
Illustration by Michaël Olbrechts 🌍🧪
www.biodiversity.be/4128/
We strengthen the science-policy interface for biodiversity and ecosystem services, ensuring that global environmental decision making is informed by the best available knowledge!
Illustration by Michaël Olbrechts 🌍🧪
www.biodiversity.be/4128/
May 9, 2025 at 7:54 AM
🤔 What is @ipbes.net?
We strengthen the science-policy interface for biodiversity and ecosystem services, ensuring that global environmental decision making is informed by the best available knowledge!
Illustration by Michaël Olbrechts 🌍🧪
www.biodiversity.be/4128/
We strengthen the science-policy interface for biodiversity and ecosystem services, ensuring that global environmental decision making is informed by the best available knowledge!
Illustration by Michaël Olbrechts 🌍🧪
www.biodiversity.be/4128/
I attended the SCAPE Conference for the first time. The atmosphere and the spirit were wonderful! It was inspiring to be surrounded by researchers who share the same passion for pollinators.
I finally met my SEPPI project colleagues in person after many online meetings. Hope to meet again next year!
I finally met my SEPPI project colleagues in person after many online meetings. Hope to meet again next year!
November 19, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I attended the SCAPE Conference for the first time. The atmosphere and the spirit were wonderful! It was inspiring to be surrounded by researchers who share the same passion for pollinators.
I finally met my SEPPI project colleagues in person after many online meetings. Hope to meet again next year!
I finally met my SEPPI project colleagues in person after many online meetings. Hope to meet again next year!
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Rearing insects in class is an excellent science education tool, but using non-native insects can lead to ethical and environmental issues. Native insects should be prioritised! Great paper exploring this overlooked issue #RESInsectConsDiv 🌏🧪
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Native insect species should be selected for classroom rearings
Rearing insects in the school classroom can build positive attitudes towards insects among schoolchildren, which is becoming increasingly important as insect populations decline. Identified frequent...
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Rearing insects in class is an excellent science education tool, but using non-native insects can lead to ethical and environmental issues. Native insects should be prioritised! Great paper exploring this overlooked issue #RESInsectConsDiv 🌏🧪
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Interesting development - $50 million for "polar bear conservation" in Greenland.
My articles about how some conservation NGO projects are not what they seem -
www.int-res.com/abstracts/es...
www.commondreams.org/opinion/war-...
show how this will play out
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1/n 🧵
My articles about how some conservation NGO projects are not what they seem -
www.int-res.com/abstracts/es...
www.commondreams.org/opinion/war-...
show how this will play out
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1/n 🧵
Trump’s new foreign aid plan eyes $50 million for Greenland’s polar bears
Documents reviewed by The Post show the administration may spend millions to protect vulnerable wildlife, proposals that stunned critics of its moves to gut foreign assistance.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Interesting development - $50 million for "polar bear conservation" in Greenland.
My articles about how some conservation NGO projects are not what they seem -
www.int-res.com/abstracts/es...
www.commondreams.org/opinion/war-...
show how this will play out
🌍
1/n 🧵
My articles about how some conservation NGO projects are not what they seem -
www.int-res.com/abstracts/es...
www.commondreams.org/opinion/war-...
show how this will play out
🌍
1/n 🧵
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"You shared her refusal to give up, and that meant the world to her.
It means the world to our team, too. We have been inundated with heartfelt messages, and we are so grateful for your kindness and your support – and your determination to carry Jane's mission forward."
Read more:
It means the world to our team, too. We have been inundated with heartfelt messages, and we are so grateful for your kindness and your support – and your determination to carry Jane's mission forward."
Read more:
A Note from Our CEO: Remembering Dr. Jane Goodall
Photo: Katherine Holland Dear Friend, I’m reaching out with profound sadness – and with gratitude for a life well lived. As you may have seen, Dr. Jane Goodall has passed away at the age of 91. We’ve ...
janegoodall.ca
October 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"You shared her refusal to give up, and that meant the world to her.
It means the world to our team, too. We have been inundated with heartfelt messages, and we are so grateful for your kindness and your support – and your determination to carry Jane's mission forward."
Read more:
It means the world to our team, too. We have been inundated with heartfelt messages, and we are so grateful for your kindness and your support – and your determination to carry Jane's mission forward."
Read more:
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#Publication Our paper, co-authored by @edinatorok.bsky.social, Robi, and Péter, and led by Lorenzo Marini, has been published in the Journal of Applied Ecology under the title "Using total abundance as a proxy for wild bee species richness: A practical tool for non-experts." doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Using total abundance as a proxy for wild bee species richness: A practical tool for non‐experts
The use of a simple but effective proxy could be an important starting point for the expansion of wild bee monitoring initiatives at the regional scale, particularly given the growing involvement of ....
doi.org
September 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
#Publication Our paper, co-authored by @edinatorok.bsky.social, Robi, and Péter, and led by Lorenzo Marini, has been published in the Journal of Applied Ecology under the title "Using total abundance as a proxy for wild bee species richness: A practical tool for non-experts." doi.org/10.1111/1365...
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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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Finally read the abstract for www.nature.com/articles/s41... and umm wow some bombshells there in terms of "what is a species even"!
"We term females exhibiting this reproductive mode as xenoparous, meaning they give birth to other species as part of their life cycle."
"We term females exhibiting this reproductive mode as xenoparous, meaning they give birth to other species as part of their life cycle."
One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants - Nature
In a case of obligate cross-species cloning, female ants of Messor ibericus need to clone males of Messor structor to obtain sperm for producing the worker caste, resulting in males from the same moth...
www.nature.com
September 5, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Finally read the abstract for www.nature.com/articles/s41... and umm wow some bombshells there in terms of "what is a species even"!
"We term females exhibiting this reproductive mode as xenoparous, meaning they give birth to other species as part of their life cycle."
"We term females exhibiting this reproductive mode as xenoparous, meaning they give birth to other species as part of their life cycle."
Small fields have big benefits for pollinators – but only with semi-natural habitats nearby | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Small fields have big benefits for pollinators – but only with semi-natural habitats nearby
Pollinators, such as bumblebees, are essential providers of ecosystem services for agriculture, yet their numbers are declining due to landscape structure simplification and habitat loss. To explore t...
www.eurekalert.org
September 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Small fields have big benefits for pollinators – but only with semi-natural habitats nearby | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
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Urban habitats may not be supporting as many female #bees...
"Since females are the ones responsible for nest-building and and potentially #pollination, as they visit more flowers, this imbalance could have long-term effects on bee populations and the pollination services they provide."
#nature
"Since females are the ones responsible for nest-building and and potentially #pollination, as they visit more flowers, this imbalance could have long-term effects on bee populations and the pollination services they provide."
#nature
(Bee) Sex in the city: As part of a recent study led by Muzafar Sirohi, we explored how urban conditions might be influencing the timing of bee emergence and the sex ratios of different species. Read more about it here: jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/08/08/b...
#pollinators #bees #biodiversity #ecology
#pollinators #bees #biodiversity #ecology
(Bee) Sex in the city: a new study shows how urban life skews pollinator populations
Bees are among the most important pollinators in the natural world, quietly sustaining ecosystems and food production. While honeybees often steal the spotlight, a vast number of solitary and primi…
jeffollerton.co.uk
August 10, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Urban habitats may not be supporting as many female #bees...
"Since females are the ones responsible for nest-building and and potentially #pollination, as they visit more flowers, this imbalance could have long-term effects on bee populations and the pollination services they provide."
#nature
"Since females are the ones responsible for nest-building and and potentially #pollination, as they visit more flowers, this imbalance could have long-term effects on bee populations and the pollination services they provide."
#nature
I just visited a fascinating #DNA exhibition and learned something unexpected: Neanderthal genes can influence whether you're an early bird!
Some of our inherited Neanderthal DNA is linked to circadian rhythms and a tendency to wake up early.
As Richard Dawkins said: “Genes control everything.” :D
Some of our inherited Neanderthal DNA is linked to circadian rhythms and a tendency to wake up early.
As Richard Dawkins said: “Genes control everything.” :D
August 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I just visited a fascinating #DNA exhibition and learned something unexpected: Neanderthal genes can influence whether you're an early bird!
Some of our inherited Neanderthal DNA is linked to circadian rhythms and a tendency to wake up early.
As Richard Dawkins said: “Genes control everything.” :D
Some of our inherited Neanderthal DNA is linked to circadian rhythms and a tendency to wake up early.
As Richard Dawkins said: “Genes control everything.” :D
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More bad news for butterflies. Our new paper led by Wendy Leuenberger shows common species are declining even more rapidly than rare ones. @ZipkinLab
Three decades of declines restructure butterfly communities in the Midwestern United States | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2501340122
Three decades of declines restructure butterfly communities in the Midwestern United States | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2501340122
Three decades of declines restructure butterfly communities in the Midwestern United States | PNAS
Insects are declining worldwide. These declines have been documented across taxonomic
groups and are worrisome given ecosystem services provided by...
www.pnas.org
August 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
More bad news for butterflies. Our new paper led by Wendy Leuenberger shows common species are declining even more rapidly than rare ones. @ZipkinLab
Three decades of declines restructure butterfly communities in the Midwestern United States | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2501340122
Three decades of declines restructure butterfly communities in the Midwestern United States | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2501340122
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Ouch.
“If we plan restoration targets to match future climatic conditions and consider state transitions of currently natural ecosystems due to climate change, the potential for natural climate solutions related to ecosystem restoration is close to zero.”
“If we plan restoration targets to match future climatic conditions and consider state transitions of currently natural ecosystems due to climate change, the potential for natural climate solutions related to ecosystem restoration is close to zero.”
August 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Ouch.
“If we plan restoration targets to match future climatic conditions and consider state transitions of currently natural ecosystems due to climate change, the potential for natural climate solutions related to ecosystem restoration is close to zero.”
“If we plan restoration targets to match future climatic conditions and consider state transitions of currently natural ecosystems due to climate change, the potential for natural climate solutions related to ecosystem restoration is close to zero.”
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👏 Incredible work by @pieterzuidema.bsky.social!
This global tree-ring study shows the real toll of droughts on tropical forests—some seeing >10% growth loss.
#ClimateScience #ForestsUnderThreat #TreeGrowth #Forestry
🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿🦤
This global tree-ring study shows the real toll of droughts on tropical forests—some seeing >10% growth loss.
#ClimateScience #ForestsUnderThreat #TreeGrowth #Forestry
🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿🦤
How do tropical #trees deal with droughts? The answer is published today in @science.org
Our pantropical #treering analysis revealed 2.5% growth reduction during #drought years. Yet, growth declined by >10% in 1/4 of 500 study sites, and in hotter & drier regions.
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
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(1/4)
Our pantropical #treering analysis revealed 2.5% growth reduction during #drought years. Yet, growth declined by >10% in 1/4 of 500 study sites, and in hotter & drier regions.
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
🌍🍁🌐
(1/4)
Pantropical tree rings show small effects of drought on stem growth
Increasing drought pressure under anthropogenic climate change may jeopardize the potential of tropical forests to capture carbon in woody biomass and act as a long-term carbon dioxide sink. To evalua...
doi.org
August 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
👏 Incredible work by @pieterzuidema.bsky.social!
This global tree-ring study shows the real toll of droughts on tropical forests—some seeing >10% growth loss.
#ClimateScience #ForestsUnderThreat #TreeGrowth #Forestry
🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿🦤
This global tree-ring study shows the real toll of droughts on tropical forests—some seeing >10% growth loss.
#ClimateScience #ForestsUnderThreat #TreeGrowth #Forestry
🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿🦤
Reposted by Edina Török
Yes, many tropical trees have annual rings! Great to contribute to this global synthesis led by @pieterzuidema.bsky.social, indicating stronger droughts w climate change may shift observed more resilient responses toward more widespread decreases in productivity www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪🌾🌐
Pantropical tree rings show small effects of drought on stem growth
Increasing drought pressure under anthropogenic climate change may jeopardize the potential of tropical forests to capture carbon in woody biomass and act as a long-term carbon dioxide sink. To evalua...
www.science.org
August 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Yes, many tropical trees have annual rings! Great to contribute to this global synthesis led by @pieterzuidema.bsky.social, indicating stronger droughts w climate change may shift observed more resilient responses toward more widespread decreases in productivity www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪🌾🌐
I recently visited beautiful Finland 🇫🇮 and was amazed to learn that the country has around 200,000 islands!
Suddenly, Ilkka Hanski’s metapopulation theory makes even more sense. 🌿🦋
#Ecology #Metapopulation #IlkkaHanski #Finland #Conservation
Suddenly, Ilkka Hanski’s metapopulation theory makes even more sense. 🌿🦋
#Ecology #Metapopulation #IlkkaHanski #Finland #Conservation
August 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I recently visited beautiful Finland 🇫🇮 and was amazed to learn that the country has around 200,000 islands!
Suddenly, Ilkka Hanski’s metapopulation theory makes even more sense. 🌿🦋
#Ecology #Metapopulation #IlkkaHanski #Finland #Conservation
Suddenly, Ilkka Hanski’s metapopulation theory makes even more sense. 🌿🦋
#Ecology #Metapopulation #IlkkaHanski #Finland #Conservation