Yvonne Davila
@ydavila.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney.
Leader Pollination Ecology and Plant Conservation Lab.
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).
Leader Pollination Ecology and Plant Conservation Lab.
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).
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Yvonne Davila
@ydavila.bsky.social
· Dec 19
Buzz pollination in action!
𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮 sp. sonicating anthers and collecting pollen from climbing guinea flower (𝘏. 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴) in my garden 🌼🐝
#ozpollinators
𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮 sp. sonicating anthers and collecting pollen from climbing guinea flower (𝘏. 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴) in my garden 🌼🐝
#ozpollinators
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#LIBresearch: A new study introduces the Global Repository of Insect Traits (GRIT) — a worldwide initiative integrating insect trait data to make insects more understandable and comparable across ecosystems. → doi.org/10.1111/icad.70035
@cscherber.bsky.social
@cscherber.bsky.social
Toward a global repository of insect traits (GRIT)
Biodiversity loss is accelerating, yet insect conservation is hindered by the absence of a centralised, comprehensive trait database. We propose the GRIT, a FAIR, open-access platform uniting datase...
doi.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
#LIBresearch: A new study introduces the Global Repository of Insect Traits (GRIT) — a worldwide initiative integrating insect trait data to make insects more understandable and comparable across ecosystems. → doi.org/10.1111/icad.70035
@cscherber.bsky.social
@cscherber.bsky.social
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Hard to miss this Daisy, from weird mini Daisy to this larger more classic Daisy style, this is #Olearia rudis! Widespread in southwest and found in the southeast of Australia too, it’s common in breakaways and rocky outcroppings!
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Hard to miss this Daisy, from weird mini Daisy to this larger more classic Daisy style, this is #Olearia rudis! Widespread in southwest and found in the southeast of Australia too, it’s common in breakaways and rocky outcroppings!
It's Australian Pollinator Week!
8-16 November
Our native pollinators provide key ecosystem services, which contributes to maintaining our unique biodiversity.
I photographed this little pollinator, a male 𝘏𝘺𝘭𝘢𝘦𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘴, this week on Wangal Land.
#australianpollinatorweek
#ozpollinators
8-16 November
Our native pollinators provide key ecosystem services, which contributes to maintaining our unique biodiversity.
I photographed this little pollinator, a male 𝘏𝘺𝘭𝘢𝘦𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘴, this week on Wangal Land.
#australianpollinatorweek
#ozpollinators
November 8, 2025 at 4:27 AM
It's Australian Pollinator Week!
8-16 November
Our native pollinators provide key ecosystem services, which contributes to maintaining our unique biodiversity.
I photographed this little pollinator, a male 𝘏𝘺𝘭𝘢𝘦𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘴, this week on Wangal Land.
#australianpollinatorweek
#ozpollinators
8-16 November
Our native pollinators provide key ecosystem services, which contributes to maintaining our unique biodiversity.
I photographed this little pollinator, a male 𝘏𝘺𝘭𝘢𝘦𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘴, this week on Wangal Land.
#australianpollinatorweek
#ozpollinators
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Check out the work by my colleague Prof Shauna Murray on the ongoing algal blooms and ecological crisis in South Australia
New research awaiting peer review has provided a few revelations about the make-up of South Australia's algal bloom, with a new predominant species — Karenia cristata — identified by scientists. Here's what we know so far.
What is the new species detected in SA's algal bloom?
New research awaiting peer review has provided a few revelations about the make-up of South Australia's algal bloom, with a new predominant species — Karenia cristata — identified by scientists. Here's what we know so far.
www.abc.net.au
November 6, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Check out the work by my colleague Prof Shauna Murray on the ongoing algal blooms and ecological crisis in South Australia
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🌸 New article in @aobp.bsky.social reveals how moderate climate warming affects floral traits and reproduction across the flowering season in Impatiens oxyanthera, showing that plants don’t respond to heat the same way at every stage.
Full #openaccess
👉 doi.org/qb9z
#PlantScience
Full #openaccess
👉 doi.org/qb9z
#PlantScience
November 4, 2025 at 7:07 AM
🌸 New article in @aobp.bsky.social reveals how moderate climate warming affects floral traits and reproduction across the flowering season in Impatiens oxyanthera, showing that plants don’t respond to heat the same way at every stage.
Full #openaccess
👉 doi.org/qb9z
#PlantScience
Full #openaccess
👉 doi.org/qb9z
#PlantScience
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Too warm to buzz? Check out our newest paper on how warming temperatures affect bee buzzes in the Arctic. Well done to Charlie and Guadalupe and other coauthors for this nice study in the Swedish Arctic! @hfspo.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Increasing temperatures affect thoracic muscle performance in Arctic bumblebees - Nature Communications
Increasing temperatures threaten cold-adapted pollinators such as Arctic bumblebees by disrupting their physiology. This study found that thorax acceleration during non-flight vibrations peaks at 25 °...
www.nature.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Too warm to buzz? Check out our newest paper on how warming temperatures affect bee buzzes in the Arctic. Well done to Charlie and Guadalupe and other coauthors for this nice study in the Swedish Arctic! @hfspo.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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SPECIAL ISSUE: Understanding novel fire regimes using plant trait‐based approaches
With an outstanding cover photo by @markooiecol.bsky.social
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15372197...
With an outstanding cover photo by @markooiecol.bsky.social
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15372197...
SPECIAL ISSUE: Understanding novel fire regimes using plant trait‐based approaches: American Journal of Botany: Vol 112, No 10
Click on the title to browse this issue
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October 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
SPECIAL ISSUE: Understanding novel fire regimes using plant trait‐based approaches
With an outstanding cover photo by @markooiecol.bsky.social
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15372197...
With an outstanding cover photo by @markooiecol.bsky.social
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15372197...
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Great fun working with Lyndle Hardstaff, Megan Murray, and @zoexiro.bsky.social on our latest flammability project
Toward a macroevolutionary understanding of live-leaf flammability in plant species of fire-prone forests
@botsocamerica.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
Toward a macroevolutionary understanding of live-leaf flammability in plant species of fire-prone forests
@botsocamerica.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
July 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Great fun working with Lyndle Hardstaff, Megan Murray, and @zoexiro.bsky.social on our latest flammability project
Toward a macroevolutionary understanding of live-leaf flammability in plant species of fire-prone forests
@botsocamerica.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
Toward a macroevolutionary understanding of live-leaf flammability in plant species of fire-prone forests
@botsocamerica.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
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Discover a new data paper by Barberis, Bitonto, Costantino et al. where they make "Insect-flower interactions in the Mediterranean area: a Citizen Science dataset collated within the Life4Pollinators project" available: doi.org/10.26786/192...
November 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Discover a new data paper by Barberis, Bitonto, Costantino et al. where they make "Insect-flower interactions in the Mediterranean area: a Citizen Science dataset collated within the Life4Pollinators project" available: doi.org/10.26786/192...
Congratulations to my Honours student, Leon Sims, who graduated this week! Leon achieved First Class Honours for his thesis investigating how microclimatic variation in Australian Alps influences flowering and plant-pollinator networks. An outstanding achievement. Very proud supervisor here! 🐝🌸🪰🌼🦋
October 29, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Congratulations to my Honours student, Leon Sims, who graduated this week! Leon achieved First Class Honours for his thesis investigating how microclimatic variation in Australian Alps influences flowering and plant-pollinator networks. An outstanding achievement. Very proud supervisor here! 🐝🌸🪰🌼🦋
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🌷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 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
🌷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
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🌸 Pollination syndromes are more flexible than we thought! Floral trait importance shifts with season and habitat type for different pollinator groups in Caribbean dry forest🐝
#pollinationecology
@harrisia.bsky.social
Read more:https://buff.ly/0BONQ68
#pollinationecology
@harrisia.bsky.social
Read more:https://buff.ly/0BONQ68
October 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🌸 Pollination syndromes are more flexible than we thought! Floral trait importance shifts with season and habitat type for different pollinator groups in Caribbean dry forest🐝
#pollinationecology
@harrisia.bsky.social
Read more:https://buff.ly/0BONQ68
#pollinationecology
@harrisia.bsky.social
Read more:https://buff.ly/0BONQ68
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A new review gives us a deeper understanding of the evolution of plant-pollinator interactions!
A brilliant critical review of the Grant–Stebbins model of how plants evolve by Kathleen Kay and Bruce Anderson just published.
Read more about it here: jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/09/12/a...
A brilliant critical review of the Grant–Stebbins model of how plants evolve by Kathleen Kay and Bruce Anderson just published.
Read more about it here: jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/09/12/a...
A new review gives us a deeper understanding of the evolution of plant-pollinator interactions
If you’ve read my book Birds & Flowers: An Intimate 50 Million Year Relationship, you’ll know that I spend a few pages discussing the long-standing paradigm of how interactions betw…
jeffollerton.co.uk
September 12, 2025 at 10:04 AM
A new review gives us a deeper understanding of the evolution of plant-pollinator interactions!
A brilliant critical review of the Grant–Stebbins model of how plants evolve by Kathleen Kay and Bruce Anderson just published.
Read more about it here: jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/09/12/a...
A brilliant critical review of the Grant–Stebbins model of how plants evolve by Kathleen Kay and Bruce Anderson just published.
Read more about it here: jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/09/12/a...
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I recently completed work with my colleagues at CSIRO modelling the Murray River's food web
From phytoplankton to the Murray cod: modelling the Murray River’s food web
I recently completed work with my colleagues at CSIRO modelling the Murray Rivers food web.
open.substack.com
July 9, 2025 at 5:26 AM
I recently completed work with my colleagues at CSIRO modelling the Murray River's food web
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Had the pleasure to contribute to a new paper just published, led by Jo Bennett (CSU), on using environmental water to maintain wetland refugia and increase ecosystem resilience to severe drought www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Conservation planning for environmental water to climate refugia in the manageable Murray–Darling Basin
One mechanism for improving the resilience of freshwater systems affected by climate change is to use environmental water to support refugial habitats…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Had the pleasure to contribute to a new paper just published, led by Jo Bennett (CSU), on using environmental water to maintain wetland refugia and increase ecosystem resilience to severe drought www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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It was such an honour to present my research at UTS! Thank you to @zoexiro.bsky.social and @ecologybrad.bsky.social for the invitation and to everyone who came to listen to my talk 🌿
🐝🌸 With climate change, many organisms are shifting their ranges, but some are shifting in the opposite direction to what we expect.
Insightful and entertaining seminar by Inna Osmolovsky @innaosmol.bsky.social on "Climate Change and Shifting Interactions: Where Do Species Go from Here?"
Insightful and entertaining seminar by Inna Osmolovsky @innaosmol.bsky.social on "Climate Change and Shifting Interactions: Where Do Species Go from Here?"
September 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
It was such an honour to present my research at UTS! Thank you to @zoexiro.bsky.social and @ecologybrad.bsky.social for the invitation and to everyone who came to listen to my talk 🌿
🐝🌸 With climate change, many organisms are shifting their ranges, but some are shifting in the opposite direction to what we expect.
Insightful and entertaining seminar by Inna Osmolovsky @innaosmol.bsky.social on "Climate Change and Shifting Interactions: Where Do Species Go from Here?"
Insightful and entertaining seminar by Inna Osmolovsky @innaosmol.bsky.social on "Climate Change and Shifting Interactions: Where Do Species Go from Here?"
September 11, 2025 at 5:15 AM
🐝🌸 With climate change, many organisms are shifting their ranges, but some are shifting in the opposite direction to what we expect.
Insightful and entertaining seminar by Inna Osmolovsky @innaosmol.bsky.social on "Climate Change and Shifting Interactions: Where Do Species Go from Here?"
Insightful and entertaining seminar by Inna Osmolovsky @innaosmol.bsky.social on "Climate Change and Shifting Interactions: Where Do Species Go from Here?"
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📖Published📖
Arnold et al. propose a design that will allow ecologists to simulate more realistic heat events in the field by combining a controllable convection heater system with a semi-enclosed chamber with adjustable vents 🌍 🧪
buff.ly/k2GJSA2
Arnold et al. propose a design that will allow ecologists to simulate more realistic heat events in the field by combining a controllable convection heater system with a semi-enclosed chamber with adjustable vents 🌍 🧪
buff.ly/k2GJSA2
August 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
📖Published📖
Arnold et al. propose a design that will allow ecologists to simulate more realistic heat events in the field by combining a controllable convection heater system with a semi-enclosed chamber with adjustable vents 🌍 🧪
buff.ly/k2GJSA2
Arnold et al. propose a design that will allow ecologists to simulate more realistic heat events in the field by combining a controllable convection heater system with a semi-enclosed chamber with adjustable vents 🌍 🧪
buff.ly/k2GJSA2
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Bearded dragon spotted during field teaching. Wonderful camo!
September 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Bearded dragon spotted during field teaching. Wonderful camo!
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Today is #nationalthreatenedspecies Day. This picture represents the halfway point of a long and heartbreaking project to create a visual display of Australia's 2200+ critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable and extinct plants and animals
#redlist
#threatenedspecies
#redlist
#threatenedspecies
September 7, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Today is #nationalthreatenedspecies Day. This picture represents the halfway point of a long and heartbreaking project to create a visual display of Australia's 2200+ critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable and extinct plants and animals
#redlist
#threatenedspecies
#redlist
#threatenedspecies
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Spent threatened species day surveying for...threatened species. Perfect weather for the Bathurst Copper Paralucia spinifera. Such stunning butterflies and so very threatened. Sad to see blackberry and scotch broom untreated and expanding on important sites.
September 7, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Spent threatened species day surveying for...threatened species. Perfect weather for the Bathurst Copper Paralucia spinifera. Such stunning butterflies and so very threatened. Sad to see blackberry and scotch broom untreated and expanding on important sites.
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📰Published📰 Do sun orchids mimic buzz-pollinated plants?🐝
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Check out a video about this research here!📽️
buff.ly/tMOYfPG
buff.ly/Tr4POIp
Check out a video about this research here!📽️
buff.ly/tMOYfPG
Do sun orchids mimic buzz-pollinated plants?
Daniela Scaccabarozzi, Nina Sletvold This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Check out this video from the authors for more details about …
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September 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
📰Published📰 Do sun orchids mimic buzz-pollinated plants?🐝
buff.ly/Tr4POIp
Check out a video about this research here!📽️
buff.ly/tMOYfPG
buff.ly/Tr4POIp
Check out a video about this research here!📽️
buff.ly/tMOYfPG
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🌐 The @ipbes.net #NexusAssessment Report reveals critical interactions among nexus elements—biodiversity, water, food, health, and climate change. 🌏🧪
🚨 Explore how cascading effects like land-use change can reduce biodiversity⤵️
🚨 Explore how cascading effects like land-use change can reduce biodiversity⤵️
September 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🌐 The @ipbes.net #NexusAssessment Report reveals critical interactions among nexus elements—biodiversity, water, food, health, and climate change. 🌏🧪
🚨 Explore how cascading effects like land-use change can reduce biodiversity⤵️
🚨 Explore how cascading effects like land-use change can reduce biodiversity⤵️
Happy Wattle Day!
September 1, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Happy Wattle Day!