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
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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! 🐝🌸🪰🌼🦋

🐝🌸 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?"

Happy Wattle Day!

I'm still buzzing after an amazing day at the Sydney Science Trail, Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan! #NationalScienceWeek

I had a great time talking to the community about how pollination ecologists study and conserve plants and their pollinators
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#STEMEducation
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🌼🐝 Can plants respond to sounds made by pollinators with changes in floral nectar and aroma?
Amazing seminar given by Tomás Matus @jtmatus.bsky.social at UTS RES Hub on 'Deciphering plant-to-plant and plant-to-insect communication mechanisms via volatile organic compounds'.

Happy World Bee Day! 🐝

This year's theme, "Bee inspired by nature to nourish us all", highlights the critical roles bees and other pollinators play in agrifood systems and ecosystem health.

Here's a Lipotriches bee buzz-pollinating a Dianella flower (Wangal land).

#worldbeeday #ozpollinators

Congratulations to all the UTS Environmental Sciences students who graduated today! Wishing you all the best for your next exciting chapter! 🌱🌳🌸🐝

Congratulations to my Honours student Leon Sims who handed in his Honours thesis last week!
Leon investigated how alpine microclimatic variation influences plant-pollinator networks (co-supervised with the amazing Andy Leigh)
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Buzz pollination in action!
𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮 sp. sonicating anthers and collecting pollen from climbing guinea flower (𝘏. 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴) in my garden 🌼🐝
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Still on an ecological high after the week that was #ESAus2024! Thanks to everyone who dropped by my poster for a chat. I had a blast talking #ecology, #plants and #pollinators 🌻🐝🌸🪰🌱

Amazing session on #Pollination at #ESAus2024! Impressive research on plant-pollinator networks and plant reproductive ecology around Australia. Well done to all the speakers!

Thank you to all the speakers and people involved in the Indigenous ecological knowledge symposium for sharing your amazing work!
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Excited to be back at the Ecological Society of Australia conference at naarm. #ESAus2024 begins with a smoking ceremony.

I'm looking forward to catching up with old friends and new at #ESAus2024 next week! I'll be presenting at the Monday Poster session (17:45-19:45) in the Management and Restoration session on Monitoring plant-pollinator networks in mining restoration areas 🌸🐝🌼🦋