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Seema Sheth
@seemasheth.bsky.social
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evolutionary/population/community ecologist

associate professor at NC State

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Excited to share the first two publications from our PERSIST (Predicting Evolutionary Rescue of a Species in Space and Time) project. Thanks to NSF-DEB for supporting this work! (1/3)
Photo of a large number of scarlet monkeyflower plants growing in southern California (photo by MC Moazed).
December 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Finally got outside this morning for fall migration 🪶
Photo of a Cape May warbler perched on a diagonal branch with leaves on it
September 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Another week and more Friday #bloomscrolling Erigeron vagus near the summit of White Mountain in California
Photo of a cluster of white and purplish pink daisy-like flowers with a lot of rocks and a mountain peak with a snow patch visible in the background Photo of a cluster of white daisy-like flowers with a lot of rocks and a snow patch visible in the background
September 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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What a week. Going retro with some Friday #bloomscrolling. Taken in August 2008 at Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado.
Photo of a sunflower growing on the slope of a sand dune, with a sliver of blue sky and white clouds visible.
September 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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(Probably) Allen's hummingbird perched on the fruits of my study organism, scarlet monkeyflower
Photo of a hummingbird perched on crispy monkeyflower fruits. A dusting of pollen is visible on top of the hummingbird's head
September 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Absolutely beautiful and impressive tenure and promotion seminar by @kasieraymann.bsky.social yesterday!!!
Photo of a person standing next to a big screen with a title slide projected onto it
September 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Huge thanks to the many amazing team members who made this seemingly insurmountable amount of work possible, especially postdoc @lucasjalbano.bsky.social who went above and beyond during this trip
Photo of a person holding a meter stick up to measure the height of a plant stem. Several people are standing around this person to observe
August 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Yesterday was the last day of data collection for our scarlet monkeyflower project involving a resurrection study in 3 latitudinally arrayed common gardens. With tons of support from family, friends, and colleagues along the way, the literal seeds of this project developed in 2010.
Photo of several people crouching to collect data in an experimental garden of scarlet monkeyflowers Photo of many scarlet monkeyflowers growing in an experimental garden Photo of a hummingbird perched on a faded pink pin flag, with several blooming scarlet monkeyflowers all around, and a blue pin flag and environmental data logger visible in the background
August 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Chamaecrista, earth star and crane fly orchids from my walk this past weekend.
Photo of a partridge pea plant with open yellow flowers Photo of a star-shaped mushroom growing out of damp leaf litter Photo of crane fly orchid flowers with a mossy tree trunk in the background
August 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Came home to Mississippi kites hanging out in my yard 🤩 🪶
Photo of a front-facing Mississippi kite perched on a leafless branch with leaves and grey skies in the background
August 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Annual pilgrimage to paradise
August 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Photo of a female ruby-throated hummingbird feeding a baby hummingbird in a nest. Another baby's beak is visible in the background.
May 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Bird nerds, how many warbler species can you hear? And which ones? Magical spring morning on the Haw River🪶
April 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Wishing graduating seniors Mataeus Funderburk & Catherine Laufenberg all the best in their next chapter! For their senior theses/projects, Mataeus studied salinity tolerance in Venus flytraps & Catherine assessed community climatic niche affinities across spatiotemporal gradients on 5 alpine peaks!
Photo of a plant ecologist standing in front of a green poster with figures and text. Photo of a plant ecologist standing behind a podium. A slide with the word “Questions?” is being projected, and there is a photo of an aster with purple flowers growing in mountains that are rocky. Clouds and sky are visible in the background
April 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Beautiful songs that bring me peace 🪶
April 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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We had a fun weekend participating in Reach For the Stars! Be a Star! STEM and Resource Fair for K-12 Students with Disabilities, Family and Friends, and a lab celebration afterwards. Proud of what everyone in the lab has accomplished this year!
Photo of four people standing behind a table with a “Coping with Climate Change” sign on the front. There are various live plants, including pitcher plants, Venus flytraps, orchids, and Spanish moss, and jars containing different types of seeds. On either side of the table there are posters about how plants can cope with climate change and how humans are impacting the environment Photo of 8 happy looking people standing in front of an azalea bush with magenta flowers
April 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Herps (5/5)
Photo of a dark snake with a yellow ring around its neck poking its head out of the leaf litter Photo of a frog camouflaged in the leaf litter
April 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Flowering vines and shrubs (4/5)
Photo of a deep red pawpaw flower and a green flower with two leaves and a big tree trunk in the background Photo of a painted buckeye in bloom Photo of pinxter flowers and leaves Photo of crossvine leaves and flowers
April 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Spring ephemerals/wildflowers (3/5)
Photo of a robust jack-in-the-pulpit plant growing from the leaf litter with several trees with leaves in the background Photo of two heart-shaped leaves with two brown/grey flowers at the base, surrounded by leaf litter Photo of a mayapple growing out of the leaf litter with trees and greenery in the background Photo of a bellwort with a hanging yellow flower growing out of leaf litter
April 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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so many fun insects out and about (2/5)
Photo of a spicebush swallowtail butterfly perched on mud Photo of an endangered dragonfly perched on leaf litter Photo of a metallic green beetle on a muddy trail Photo of a beetle on a muddy trail
April 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Highlights from first weekend of April (1/5)
my warbler friends are returning to breed
Photo of a northern parula perched on a branch with green leaves in the background Photo of a hooded warbler perched on a twig with green leaves in the background Photo of an ovenbird perched on a branch with green leaves in the background
April 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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And current temperature at 7 AM is 72F w high 89F
High Minimum Temperature Records Shattered at all Three Climate Sites April 3rd, 2025 Minimum Temperature Departure from Normal Previous Record Greensboro Airport 69°F +25°F 64°F in 1946 Raleigh-Durham Airport 69°F +24°F 62°F in 2000 Fayetteville Airport 71°F +24°F 65°F in 1977 This was the 2nd-warmest low temperature ever recorded at GSO in the month of April, while it was the 6th-warmest on record at FAY and tied for the 6th-warmest at RDU. Records for the Piedmont Triad (Greensboro), NC date back to 1903. Records for Raleigh-Durham, NC date back to 1887. Records for Fayetteville, NC date back to 1910. National weather service NOAA
April 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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It has been fun to hear Louisiana waterthrushes singing their little hearts out along creeks around Raleigh 🪶
Photo of a Louisiana waterthrush perched on a leafless branch with blurry green leaves visible in the background.
March 31, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Excited for @kalebgoff.bsky.social's 1st dissertation chapter to be out w co-authors M Oldfather, J Nachlinger, B Smithers, @mikoontz.bsky.social, J & C Bishop & M Burke. Limited Directional Change in Mountaintop Plant Communities over 19 years in Western North America
doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...
Photo of Primula parryi, a robust alpine plant with magenta flowers, with mountains, clouds, and sky visible in the background Photo of Polemonium chartaceum, a small alpine plant with purple flowers, with mountains, snow, and blue sky visible in the background A photo of two plant ecologists standing on the top of White Mountain peak and holding a sign that says "White Mountain Pk. 14,252'". The top of the mountain is rocky and there are many clouds in the sky.
March 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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I had such a wonderful time at the #CologneSpringMeeting2025. Many thanks to the organizers, presenters & attendees for a great #PlantEcologicalGenetics conference! Really enjoyed meeting so many excellent faculty, students and postdocs based in Europe (mostly Germany) @trr341@bsky.social
Photo of a small dainty bird with a brown back, white belly, and orange breast standing on a concrete wall Photo of a tiny Arabidopsis thaliana rosette growing in the crack of a cement floor. Black boots with white soles are visible in the background Photo of an old cathedral in early morning light
March 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM