Carmen da Silva
@saltydasilva.bsky.social
Macquarie University Research Fellow 🔬Evolutionary physiology 🧬 climate adaptation 🌞native bees 🐝 butterflies 🦋
Check out the Research Highlight of our work on climate change impacts on bee flight performance in Nature Climate Change 🐝 @pipilika.bsky.social #bee #flight #climatechange @natclimate.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Check out the Research Highlight of our work on climate change impacts on bee flight performance in Nature Climate Change 🐝 @pipilika.bsky.social #bee #flight #climatechange @natclimate.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🌼🌡️ 🐝 Thermal conditions can directly reshape species interaction networks under climate change.
⬇️ In this invited short piece, I discuss how temperature-driven shifts in pollinators’ foraging choices, revealed by a new study, can cascade through entire plant–pollinator networks.
⬇️ In this invited short piece, I discuss how temperature-driven shifts in pollinators’ foraging choices, revealed by a new study, can cascade through entire plant–pollinator networks.
🌷New Research highlight showcases Arrowsmith et al. (2025), which shows that temperature alone can shift pollinators’ floral choices in diverse plant–pollinator communities. Such thermally-driven species interaction rewiring may have important consequences. ➡️ buff.ly/i5QrFjd
@blancaac.bsky.social
@blancaac.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
🌼🌡️ 🐝 Thermal conditions can directly reshape species interaction networks under climate change.
⬇️ In this invited short piece, I discuss how temperature-driven shifts in pollinators’ foraging choices, revealed by a new study, can cascade through entire plant–pollinator networks.
⬇️ In this invited short piece, I discuss how temperature-driven shifts in pollinators’ foraging choices, revealed by a new study, can cascade through entire plant–pollinator networks.
Thermal physiology and abundance trends over 30 years in 119 species of butterfly show narrow warming margins in tropical species and complex trends in abundance depending on climate adaptation, ecology and demography. @sarahdiamond.bsky.social
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October 27, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Thermal physiology and abundance trends over 30 years in 119 species of butterfly show narrow warming margins in tropical species and complex trends in abundance depending on climate adaptation, ecology and demography. @sarahdiamond.bsky.social
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Bumping this up one last time. I'm looking to hire graduate student(s) to work on an NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts among dragonflies here in Colorado. @cudenverclas.bsky.social 🧪🌍🐙
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
October 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Bumping this up one last time. I'm looking to hire graduate student(s) to work on an NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts among dragonflies here in Colorado. @cudenverclas.bsky.social 🧪🌍🐙
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
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I cannot believe our work is finally out there and in @journal-evo.bsky.social ! This was an enormous group effort!
We provide an updated estimate of the number of buzz pollinated angiosperm species, genera, and families, look at consequences for diversification, number of transitions, and more!
We provide an updated estimate of the number of buzz pollinated angiosperm species, genera, and families, look at consequences for diversification, number of transitions, and more!
October 23, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I cannot believe our work is finally out there and in @journal-evo.bsky.social ! This was an enormous group effort!
We provide an updated estimate of the number of buzz pollinated angiosperm species, genera, and families, look at consequences for diversification, number of transitions, and more!
We provide an updated estimate of the number of buzz pollinated angiosperm species, genera, and families, look at consequences for diversification, number of transitions, and more!
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Deep Time Australia
An epic story > 65,000 years in the making
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples have walked, worked & celebrated this land for millennia. Their cultures endure, alive in every story, every place, and every moment today
www.abc.net.au/news/deeptime/
An epic story > 65,000 years in the making
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples have walked, worked & celebrated this land for millennia. Their cultures endure, alive in every story, every place, and every moment today
www.abc.net.au/news/deeptime/
Explore an epic story 65,000 years in the making
Dive into Deep Time, an immersive story of the knowledge, art and ingenuity of Australia’s First Nations peoples — told like never before.
www.abc.net.au
October 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Deep Time Australia
An epic story > 65,000 years in the making
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples have walked, worked & celebrated this land for millennia. Their cultures endure, alive in every story, every place, and every moment today
www.abc.net.au/news/deeptime/
An epic story > 65,000 years in the making
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples have walked, worked & celebrated this land for millennia. Their cultures endure, alive in every story, every place, and every moment today
www.abc.net.au/news/deeptime/
Reposted by Carmen da Silva
Real time data coming out of the world’s climate measurement systems should be stopping us in our tracks. The latest estimate shows that, this week, the Earth is 1.9°C warmer than before we began burning fossil fuels.
#climatecrisis #ClimateEmergency #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-re-t...
#climatecrisis #ClimateEmergency #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-re-t...
We’re Touching 1.9°C - And It’s Only 2025
Real time data coming out of the world’s climate measurement systems should be stopping us in our tracks. The latest estimate by climate scientist Dr Karsten Haustein shows that, this week, the Earth ...
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October 20, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Real time data coming out of the world’s climate measurement systems should be stopping us in our tracks. The latest estimate shows that, this week, the Earth is 1.9°C warmer than before we began burning fossil fuels.
#climatecrisis #ClimateEmergency #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-re-t...
#climatecrisis #ClimateEmergency #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-re-t...
Sublethal impacts of climate change on stingless bees, check out our hot off the press publication in @thermal-biology.bsky.social 🔥
How is flight speed impacted by changes in temperature? We tested #TPCs in an arid and subtropical bee 🐝 @pipilika.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
How is flight speed impacted by changes in temperature? We tested #TPCs in an arid and subtropical bee 🐝 @pipilika.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Before the brink: considering sublethal impacts of climate change on stingless bee flight performance
Vulnerability to climate change is often predicted using species critical thermal limits (CTMAX), the temperature at which an organism experiences a l…
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October 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Sublethal impacts of climate change on stingless bees, check out our hot off the press publication in @thermal-biology.bsky.social 🔥
How is flight speed impacted by changes in temperature? We tested #TPCs in an arid and subtropical bee 🐝 @pipilika.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
How is flight speed impacted by changes in temperature? We tested #TPCs in an arid and subtropical bee 🐝 @pipilika.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Nesting behaviour drives the evolution of heat tolerance and climate vulnerability in bees! Check out our pre-print on 95 species of Australian native bee across the latitudinal extent of Australia! 🐝 #nativebee #climateadaptation #heattolerance #plasticity #behaviour #bees #climatechange
September 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Nesting behaviour drives the evolution of heat tolerance and climate vulnerability in bees! Check out our pre-print on 95 species of Australian native bee across the latitudinal extent of Australia! 🐝 #nativebee #climateadaptation #heattolerance #plasticity #behaviour #bees #climatechange
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🐝 ECR Spotlight interview 🐝
🐟 Learn about my scientific journey and my future plans here ⛰️ : journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Thanks for the interview and platform @jexpbiol.bsky.social
🐟 Learn about my scientific journey and my future plans here ⛰️ : journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Thanks for the interview and platform @jexpbiol.bsky.social
ECR Spotlight – Carmen da Silva
journals.biologists.com
May 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM
🐝 ECR Spotlight interview 🐝
🐟 Learn about my scientific journey and my future plans here ⛰️ : journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Thanks for the interview and platform @jexpbiol.bsky.social
🐟 Learn about my scientific journey and my future plans here ⛰️ : journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Thanks for the interview and platform @jexpbiol.bsky.social
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Excited to see our ms published with @jexpbiol.bsky.social! We show that temperature and precipitation explain metabolic rate in Fijian bees across an elevational gradient. #metabolicrate #bee #adaptation
#climate
Check it out here journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
#climate
Check it out here journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Temperature and precipitation explain variation in metabolic rate but not frequency of gas exchange in Fijian bees
Summary: Temperature and precipitation explain variation in Fijian bee metabolic rate, partially supporting the metabolic cold adaptation hypothesis. Aridity does not explain variation in frequency of...
journals.biologists.com
May 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Excited to see our ms published with @jexpbiol.bsky.social! We show that temperature and precipitation explain metabolic rate in Fijian bees across an elevational gradient. #metabolicrate #bee #adaptation
#climate
Check it out here journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
#climate
Check it out here journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
🐝 ECR Spotlight interview 🐝
🐟 Learn about my scientific journey and my future plans here ⛰️ : journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Thanks for the interview and platform @jexpbiol.bsky.social
🐟 Learn about my scientific journey and my future plans here ⛰️ : journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Thanks for the interview and platform @jexpbiol.bsky.social
ECR Spotlight – Carmen da Silva
journals.biologists.com
May 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM
🐝 ECR Spotlight interview 🐝
🐟 Learn about my scientific journey and my future plans here ⛰️ : journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Thanks for the interview and platform @jexpbiol.bsky.social
🐟 Learn about my scientific journey and my future plans here ⛰️ : journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Thanks for the interview and platform @jexpbiol.bsky.social
Excited to see our ms published with @jexpbiol.bsky.social! We show that temperature and precipitation explain metabolic rate in Fijian bees across an elevational gradient. #metabolicrate #bee #adaptation
#climate
Check it out here journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
#climate
Check it out here journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Temperature and precipitation explain variation in metabolic rate but not frequency of gas exchange in Fijian bees
Summary: Temperature and precipitation explain variation in Fijian bee metabolic rate, partially supporting the metabolic cold adaptation hypothesis. Aridity does not explain variation in frequency of...
journals.biologists.com
May 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Excited to see our ms published with @jexpbiol.bsky.social! We show that temperature and precipitation explain metabolic rate in Fijian bees across an elevational gradient. #metabolicrate #bee #adaptation
#climate
Check it out here journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
#climate
Check it out here journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Revegetation and koala conservation project on Kangaroo Island led by Julian Beaman, Karen Burke da Silva and Alan Nobel just launched! 🐨 #conservation #revegetation #koala
January 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Revegetation and koala conservation project on Kangaroo Island led by Julian Beaman, Karen Burke da Silva and Alan Nobel just launched! 🐨 #conservation #revegetation #koala
Check out our new paper in Scientific Data introducing PapilioTherm, a North American and multicontinental dataset on butterfly thermal tolerance (CTmax and min), body mass, and metabolic rate. Led by Sarah Diamond and with Osmary Medina-Baez 🦋
www.nature.com/articles/s41... #evophys
www.nature.com/articles/s41... #evophys
A multicontinental dataset of butterfly thermal physiological traits - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - A multicontinental dataset of butterfly thermal physiological traits
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December 20, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Check out our new paper in Scientific Data introducing PapilioTherm, a North American and multicontinental dataset on butterfly thermal tolerance (CTmax and min), body mass, and metabolic rate. Led by Sarah Diamond and with Osmary Medina-Baez 🦋
www.nature.com/articles/s41... #evophys
www.nature.com/articles/s41... #evophys
Butterflies in the USA are shifting their ranges in all directions, except towards regions where climate is warming the fastest. They rate that they shift their ranges is correlated with the rate temperature is warming. 🦋 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
December 1, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Butterflies in the USA are shifting their ranges in all directions, except towards regions where climate is warming the fastest. They rate that they shift their ranges is correlated with the rate temperature is warming. 🦋 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Time to rebuild from the bird site!! Im looking for fellow bee-ecologist and wildlife enthusiasts!
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November 28, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Time to rebuild from the bird site!! Im looking for fellow bee-ecologist and wildlife enthusiasts!
go.bsky.app/PrjzU94
go.bsky.app/PrjzU94
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📖Published📖
Our new Research Article introduces a novel phylogenetic comparative method for comparing within-species patterns among species while accounting for their phylogenetic non-independence. 🌎 🧪 Check it out here 👇
Our new Research Article introduces a novel phylogenetic comparative method for comparing within-species patterns among species while accounting for their phylogenetic non-independence. 🌎 🧪 Check it out here 👇
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November 22, 2024 at 12:00 PM
📖Published📖
Our new Research Article introduces a novel phylogenetic comparative method for comparing within-species patterns among species while accounting for their phylogenetic non-independence. 🌎 🧪 Check it out here 👇
Our new Research Article introduces a novel phylogenetic comparative method for comparing within-species patterns among species while accounting for their phylogenetic non-independence. 🌎 🧪 Check it out here 👇
Check out our new publication on genetic divergence and gene flow in an Australian stingless bee. 🐝 Led by Genevieve Law and Ros Gloag.
@jamesbeedorey.bsky.social
#nativebee #evolution
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@jamesbeedorey.bsky.social
#nativebee #evolution
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Gene Flow Between Populations With Highly Divergent Mitogenomes in the Australian Stingless Bee, Tetragonula hockingsi
We investigate genetic divergence and gene flow between populations of a stingless bee (Tetragonula hockingsi) that have highly divergent mitogenomes. We identify at least two zones of gene flow betw...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 19, 2024 at 8:51 AM
Check out our new publication on genetic divergence and gene flow in an Australian stingless bee. 🐝 Led by Genevieve Law and Ros Gloag.
@jamesbeedorey.bsky.social
#nativebee #evolution
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@jamesbeedorey.bsky.social
#nativebee #evolution
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....