Thank to everyone involved, not sure whos on here sorry if you don't get tagged

P.S. the papers pay walled but I know a guy who can pass it on for free.... 4/4

@markooiecol.bsky.social @saltandbrine.bsky.social @seedysarah.bsky.social @joe-atkinson.bsky.social

Our study shows managers can have confidence in rapid assessments of extinction risk and it has great potential as a tool for quickly responding to megadisturbances. We also believe the project shows comprehensive assessments of the Australian flora are within reach given the right resourcing 3/4

The rapid assessments accurately identified species as threatened in 84% of cases despite much less time and data per species. Importantly they were accurate in identifying Critically Endangered species (67%) and Endangered species (54%). 2/4

Thanks to my awesome coauthors Dr Chantelle Doyle @saltandbrine.bsky.social, Dr Amy-Marie Gilpin and Associate Professor Mark Ooi @markooiecol.bsky.social. And thanks to the Editorial team and reviewers at @ausjbotany.bsky.social their input was invaluable. 5/5

#bees #varroamite #plantconservation

To get started we are launching a citizen science project on iNaturalist where anyone can contribute images of honeybees or native pollinators visiting native flowers so we can have a baseline for how flower visitation changes before and after varroa mite reaches different parts of the country 4/5

There is a huge need for more research on pollination in native species and support for existing work. Collection of baseline data is crucial as is monitoring already threatened species. There may also be unexpected impacts arise through interactions with other threats like fragmentation or fire 3/5

We found a decline in feral honeybees will be good news for some plants and bad news for others. But we found major gaps in our knowledge of how honeybees influence native plant pollination and pollinators. The loss of feral honeybees due to varroa mite is an opportunity to fill these gaps 2/5