Susan Gritton Medcalf
@pennymarshwort.bsky.social
Plant ecologist & soprano 🌱🌿🍂🎶🎵🌿Studied botany at Oxford, London & Reading Universities.🎶 Kathleen Ferrier Award, Grammy nominated singer 🍄🌳 Lover of grasses, sheds & making music with friends & family 🎵
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Cool new paper from my colleague @djli.bsky.social out today on nitrogen deposition and loss of diversity of nitrogen fixing plants! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Long-term nitrogen deposition reduces the diversity of nitrogen-fixing plants
Anthropogenic nitrogen deposition reduces nitrogen-fixing plant diversity, but nitrogen-fixer losses are context dependent.
www.science.org
October 19, 2024 at 1:39 AM
Cool new paper from my colleague @djli.bsky.social out today on nitrogen deposition and loss of diversity of nitrogen fixing plants! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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On the beach at Minsmere #Suffolk Yellow Horned-poppy, Glaucium flavum, still in flower on the shingle.
#WildFlowerHour
#WildFlowerHour
November 10, 2024 at 8:03 PM
On the beach at Minsmere #Suffolk Yellow Horned-poppy, Glaucium flavum, still in flower on the shingle.
#WildFlowerHour
#WildFlowerHour
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A wonderful #wildflowerhour, huge thanks to everyone that took part this evening! A little more tricky in some places to spot those blooms, with cooler temperatures on the way, is it about to get even harder? Let’s meet again next Sunday to find out! ☺️🌿🌸
Lots of white flowers for #thewinter10 #wildflowerhour
November 10, 2024 at 9:00 PM
A wonderful #wildflowerhour, huge thanks to everyone that took part this evening! A little more tricky in some places to spot those blooms, with cooler temperatures on the way, is it about to get even harder? Let’s meet again next Sunday to find out! ☺️🌿🌸
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Headley Heath, Surrey: a minimum of 30 Hawfinches in the western valleys, mostly active and frequently in view #UKBirding
November 8, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Headley Heath, Surrey: a minimum of 30 Hawfinches in the western valleys, mostly active and frequently in view #UKBirding
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Integrating datasets from herbarium specimens and images to treat a Neotropical myrtle species complex ($)
https://botany.fyi/2zhm2w
Gaem et al employ an integrative methodology relying exclusively on herbarium specimens to investigate species boundaries in the Neotropical Myrcia neoobscura complex
https://botany.fyi/2zhm2w
Gaem et al employ an integrative methodology relying exclusively on herbarium specimens to investigate species boundaries in the Neotropical Myrcia neoobscura complex
Integrating datasets from herbarium specimens and images to treat a Neotropical myrtle species complex
AbstractBackground and Aims. Herbaria are the most important source of information for plant taxonomic work. Resources and technologies available today, su
botany.fyi
October 22, 2024 at 3:30 AM
Integrating datasets from herbarium specimens and images to treat a Neotropical myrtle species complex ($)
https://botany.fyi/2zhm2w
Gaem et al employ an integrative methodology relying exclusively on herbarium specimens to investigate species boundaries in the Neotropical Myrcia neoobscura complex
https://botany.fyi/2zhm2w
Gaem et al employ an integrative methodology relying exclusively on herbarium specimens to investigate species boundaries in the Neotropical Myrcia neoobscura complex
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my dept is looking to hire two professors in plant/fungi/algae evolution & ecology! 🧪 apps due Nov 15 jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/profess...
Professor of Botany - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Job Summary:
The Department of Botany along with the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison seek applicants for up to two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions...
jobs.wisc.edu
October 22, 2024 at 6:11 AM
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Critically endangered palm planted at Eden Project
https://botany.fyi/e1tti3
One of the rarest plants on earth has been planted in the rainforest biome at the Eden Project in Cornwall.
#Botany
https://botany.fyi/e1tti3
One of the rarest plants on earth has been planted in the rainforest biome at the Eden Project in Cornwall.
#Botany
Critically endangered palm planted at Eden Project in Cornwall
The Tahina spectabilis is one of the rarest plants on earth with only 29 adult individuals in the wild.
botany.fyi
October 22, 2024 at 5:30 AM
Critically endangered palm planted at Eden Project
https://botany.fyi/e1tti3
One of the rarest plants on earth has been planted in the rainforest biome at the Eden Project in Cornwall.
#Botany
https://botany.fyi/e1tti3
One of the rarest plants on earth has been planted in the rainforest biome at the Eden Project in Cornwall.
#Botany
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A new poll shows that 61% of UK adults believe universities like Cambridge will develop key technologies to reduce climate change impacts, outpacing expectations for government and businesses @Cambridge_Uni scienceblog.com/548787/publi...
Public Looks to Universities for Climate Change Solutions, New Poll Reveals
A majority of British adults expect global research universities to lead the way in developing innovations to combat climate change, according to a recent
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October 21, 2024 at 3:25 PM
A new poll shows that 61% of UK adults believe universities like Cambridge will develop key technologies to reduce climate change impacts, outpacing expectations for government and businesses @Cambridge_Uni scienceblog.com/548787/publi...
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Accepting graduate student applications for Ph.D. student in Fall 2025 to work on community assembly mechanisms and prediction in restoration of plant communities. damschenlab.zoology.wisc.edu/2024/10/21/a...
October 22, 2024 at 1:39 AM
Accepting graduate student applications for Ph.D. student in Fall 2025 to work on community assembly mechanisms and prediction in restoration of plant communities. damschenlab.zoology.wisc.edu/2024/10/21/a...
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Anyone else going to the Ecological Society of Australia conference in Melbourne this December? I need 5 more people before Blue Sky will let me put together a starter pack to connect us!
Let's try this out with #ESAus2024! If you're planning to go to the conference in Melbourne in December, reply here and I'll add you to a #ESAus2024 starter pack.
(Minimum 7 replies needed before I can start the pack.)
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(Minimum 7 replies needed before I can start the pack.)
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I think BlueSky will be significantly better for conferences than any other site. Organisers can create speaker starter packs to allow attendees to auto-follow all speakers. Also a custom feed of all folks skeeting abut a conf would be a big win.
October 22, 2024 at 4:11 AM
Anyone else going to the Ecological Society of Australia conference in Melbourne this December? I need 5 more people before Blue Sky will let me put together a starter pack to connect us!
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Two delightful Snow Bunting on the beach at Budleigh Salterton, Devon. Very confiding, coming within 6 feet of me. A great show for the local birders and of interest to lots of locals asking what they were #UKBirding
October 20, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Two delightful Snow Bunting on the beach at Budleigh Salterton, Devon. Very confiding, coming within 6 feet of me. A great show for the local birders and of interest to lots of locals asking what they were #UKBirding
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Lurking in the compost bin this morning was a meal Moth.
#moths #MothsMatter #TeamMoth #ento #UKwildlife
#moths #MothsMatter #TeamMoth #ento #UKwildlife
October 17, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Lurking in the compost bin this morning was a meal Moth.
#moths #MothsMatter #TeamMoth #ento #UKwildlife
#moths #MothsMatter #TeamMoth #ento #UKwildlife
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Lovely to see a Yellow Horned-poppy in flower at Snettisham beach.
#WildflowerHour
#WildflowerHour
October 13, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Lovely to see a Yellow Horned-poppy in flower at Snettisham beach.
#WildflowerHour
#WildflowerHour
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Thankful to have some winter bird surveys going on here in Hampshire. Dark-bellied Brent Geese and Curlews the target species. The geese will move on in spring, and then it'll be serious botany time again!
December 5, 2023 at 8:47 PM
Thankful to have some winter bird surveys going on here in Hampshire. Dark-bellied Brent Geese and Curlews the target species. The geese will move on in spring, and then it'll be serious botany time again!
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Weasel's Snout Misopates orontium in Hampshire yesterday, at the edge of a maize field.
October 19, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Weasel's Snout Misopates orontium in Hampshire yesterday, at the edge of a maize field.
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Details of a spicate cudweed Gamochaeta sp. from Southampton, Hampshire. 1) showing two bisexual florets; 2) individual involucres; 3) stem leaves, upper and lower surfaces; 4) inflorescence. Scale in mm.
October 19, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Details of a spicate cudweed Gamochaeta sp. from Southampton, Hampshire. 1) showing two bisexual florets; 2) individual involucres; 3) stem leaves, upper and lower surfaces; 4) inflorescence. Scale in mm.
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I was just forwarded communications from Duke admins that this is true: one of the largest and most active herbaria in the United States is being closed in the middle of an extinction crisis, because Duke leadership does not wish to support the infrastructure costs.
sad news - Duke University decided to dump their herbarium, which has over 800,000 plant specimens, one of the largest among in America, and includes many type specimens of Lady Gaga ferns. What a shame. Please stop Duke admins for making this horrible mistake!!
February 14, 2024 at 7:11 PM
I was just forwarded communications from Duke admins that this is true: one of the largest and most active herbaria in the United States is being closed in the middle of an extinction crisis, because Duke leadership does not wish to support the infrastructure costs.
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Exciting team names traditional Botanical University Challenge. Which will you like in BUC2024? Go with the phloem? Cereal killers? The merry STEMs? 28 to choose from. Competition for audience to pick their favourite!! Watch from 14:00 Wednesday 14 February on YouTube youtube.com/@BotanicalUn...
Botanical University Challenge
Botanical University Challenge is a fun and educational quiz celebrating plants and the next generation of botanists and plant-aware students. BUC2022 is the biggest ever since we started back in 201...
https://youtube.com/@BotanicalUniversityChallenge?si=tMoVT8XjnMHH8M6Y🧪
February 12, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Exciting team names traditional Botanical University Challenge. Which will you like in BUC2024? Go with the phloem? Cereal killers? The merry STEMs? 28 to choose from. Competition for audience to pick their favourite!! Watch from 14:00 Wednesday 14 February on YouTube youtube.com/@BotanicalUn...
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Botanical University Challenge 2024 starts tomorrow 14:00 GMT Wednesday 14 February. Competition of plant knowledge between UK & Irish teams that love plants! See teams, & plant-related courses they study on our YouTube channel. Quiz streams from same channel.🧪🌱🌹🌴🌵🌿🌍
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ3r...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ3r...
February 13, 2024 at 11:17 AM
Botanical University Challenge 2024 starts tomorrow 14:00 GMT Wednesday 14 February. Competition of plant knowledge between UK & Irish teams that love plants! See teams, & plant-related courses they study on our YouTube channel. Quiz streams from same channel.🧪🌱🌹🌴🌵🌿🌍
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ3r...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ3r...
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This could be a major setback for agricultural research. Long term field trials are extremely rare. We need these institutions to prepare agriculture for what's to come with climate change.
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
UK’s leading agricultural research facility facing funding crisis
Exclusive: Rothamsted Research is having to pause ‘non-essential’ work, according to a letter from its director
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2024 at 10:53 AM
This could be a major setback for agricultural research. Long term field trials are extremely rare. We need these institutions to prepare agriculture for what's to come with climate change.
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
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Final version published:
Microplastic fibres affect soil fungal communities depending on drought conditions with consequences for ecosystem functions
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Lozano et al. Environmental Microbiology
doi.org/10.1111/1462...
Microplastic fibres affect soil fungal communities depending on drought conditions with consequences for ecosystem functions
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Lozano et al. Environmental Microbiology
doi.org/10.1111/1462...
Microplastic fibres affect soil fungal communities depending on drought conditions with consequences for ecosystem functions
In watered soils, leaching of microplastic toxic substances into the soil decreases fungal richness, while by contrast in droughted soils, microplastics ameliorate soil properties increasing fungal r...
doi.org
February 8, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Final version published:
Microplastic fibres affect soil fungal communities depending on drought conditions with consequences for ecosystem functions
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Lozano et al. Environmental Microbiology
doi.org/10.1111/1462...
Microplastic fibres affect soil fungal communities depending on drought conditions with consequences for ecosystem functions
🧪🦠🌱
Lozano et al. Environmental Microbiology
doi.org/10.1111/1462...
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Interesting opportunity to tender for working with Plantlife to produce a definition of UK Ancient Grassland and to develop a metholodogy for identifying such grassland www.plantlife.org.uk/about-us/car... brought to my attention by @pennymarshwort.bsky.social
Find out more about working at Plantlife
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February 11, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Interesting opportunity to tender for working with Plantlife to produce a definition of UK Ancient Grassland and to develop a metholodogy for identifying such grassland www.plantlife.org.uk/about-us/car... brought to my attention by @pennymarshwort.bsky.social
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📗Nature's Lexicon: Unlocking the enigmatic language of #biodiversity🌱🌏🧪
🔹Peatlands
🔹Marshes
🔹Swamps
🔹Sloughs
🔹Fens
🔹Bogs
🔹Wet meadows...
... are some of the names often used to describe #wetlands.
But what is a wetland according to @IPBES? ⬇️
#ForNature #WorldWetlandsDay
🔹Peatlands
🔹Marshes
🔹Swamps
🔹Sloughs
🔹Fens
🔹Bogs
🔹Wet meadows...
... are some of the names often used to describe #wetlands.
But what is a wetland according to @IPBES? ⬇️
#ForNature #WorldWetlandsDay
February 2, 2024 at 8:16 AM
📗Nature's Lexicon: Unlocking the enigmatic language of #biodiversity🌱🌏🧪
🔹Peatlands
🔹Marshes
🔹Swamps
🔹Sloughs
🔹Fens
🔹Bogs
🔹Wet meadows...
... are some of the names often used to describe #wetlands.
But what is a wetland according to @IPBES? ⬇️
#ForNature #WorldWetlandsDay
🔹Peatlands
🔹Marshes
🔹Swamps
🔹Sloughs
🔹Fens
🔹Bogs
🔹Wet meadows...
... are some of the names often used to describe #wetlands.
But what is a wetland according to @IPBES? ⬇️
#ForNature #WorldWetlandsDay
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How well do you know your birds?
With the Big Garden Birdwatch taking place this weekend, get prepped and ready by taking our just for fun bird identification quiz.
Test your knowledge and see how many you can successfully identify.
sussexwildlifetrust.typeform.com/to/Homyyhnf
With the Big Garden Birdwatch taking place this weekend, get prepped and ready by taking our just for fun bird identification quiz.
Test your knowledge and see how many you can successfully identify.
sussexwildlifetrust.typeform.com/to/Homyyhnf
January 26, 2024 at 11:02 AM
How well do you know your birds?
With the Big Garden Birdwatch taking place this weekend, get prepped and ready by taking our just for fun bird identification quiz.
Test your knowledge and see how many you can successfully identify.
sussexwildlifetrust.typeform.com/to/Homyyhnf
With the Big Garden Birdwatch taking place this weekend, get prepped and ready by taking our just for fun bird identification quiz.
Test your knowledge and see how many you can successfully identify.
sussexwildlifetrust.typeform.com/to/Homyyhnf
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Team joining contest from university hosting live semi & final Botanical University Challenge 2024! University of Oxford. Queens College and Oxford Botanic Garden & Arboretum providing the venue. All contest will be streamed on YouTube for viewing at home!
January 26, 2024 at 12:31 PM
Team joining contest from university hosting live semi & final Botanical University Challenge 2024! University of Oxford. Queens College and Oxford Botanic Garden & Arboretum providing the venue. All contest will be streamed on YouTube for viewing at home!