Lorena Torres Martínez
@loretorresm.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @ St Mary's College of Maryland | Plant Evolutionary Ecologist | Plant-microbe interactions | Conservation genomics | Colombian!
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🚨🐘 New study shows that elder elephants are living libraries of knowledge vital to herd survival; their loss (poaching/habitat destruction) weakens entire herds. 🌍🧪
Research by Bates L., Fishlock V. L., Plotnik J. et al. w/ @royalsocietypublishing.org royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Research by Bates L., Fishlock V. L., Plotnik J. et al. w/ @royalsocietypublishing.org royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Knowledge transmission, culture and the consequences of social disruption in wild elephants | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Cultural knowledge is widely presumed to be important for elephants. In all three elephant species, individuals tend to congregate around older conspecifics, creating opportunities for social transmission. However, direct evidence of social learning and ...
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May 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🚨🐘 New study shows that elder elephants are living libraries of knowledge vital to herd survival; their loss (poaching/habitat destruction) weakens entire herds. 🌍🧪
Research by Bates L., Fishlock V. L., Plotnik J. et al. w/ @royalsocietypublishing.org royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Research by Bates L., Fishlock V. L., Plotnik J. et al. w/ @royalsocietypublishing.org royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Reposted by Lorena Torres Martínez
"The ‘silent’ half: diversity, function and the critical knowledge gap on female frog vocalizations" –Such cool work! Super proud of these three #HERpers latinas🇨🇴🇧🇷! 🎵🐸🎶
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
May 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"The ‘silent’ half: diversity, function and the critical knowledge gap on female frog vocalizations" –Such cool work! Super proud of these three #HERpers latinas🇨🇴🇧🇷! 🎵🐸🎶
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...