ella martin
@ellmartin.bsky.social
PhD candidate at UofT studying ecology and evolution in cities 🌱🏙
🐝 Herbivory (especially by vertebrates) was higher in rural environments, and pollinator visitation on plants that did not produce HCN was higher in urban environments, suggesting eco-evo feedbacks between plant traits and ecological communities
November 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
🐝 Herbivory (especially by vertebrates) was higher in rural environments, and pollinator visitation on plants that did not produce HCN was higher in urban environments, suggesting eco-evo feedbacks between plant traits and ecological communities
🏙 Although we didn't see signatures of local adaptation, we did find that plants from urban and rural source populations differed in their life history traits: urban plants invested more in vegetative growth and rural plants produced more flowers and seeds
November 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🏙 Although we didn't see signatures of local adaptation, we did find that plants from urban and rural source populations differed in their life history traits: urban plants invested more in vegetative growth and rural plants produced more flowers and seeds
☘ We find evidence of selection for HCN (hydrogen cyanide, an anti-herbivore defense) in rural environments, where HCN-producing plants produce more seeds and are more likely to survive over winter, but not in urban environments.
November 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
☘ We find evidence of selection for HCN (hydrogen cyanide, an anti-herbivore defense) in rural environments, where HCN-producing plants produce more seeds and are more likely to survive over winter, but not in urban environments.
I found a 5-leaf one too but it got too hot and my camera stopped working (bad luck??)
July 16, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I found a 5-leaf one too but it got too hot and my camera stopped working (bad luck??)