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botanyone, 16 days ago to random

Bangladesh to formalize fire mitigation plans for Sundarbans as burning risk rises https://botany.fyi/32s6of

A recent fire in the eastern Sundarbans of Bangladesh has highlighted the rising risk of burning in the world’s biggest mangrove forest.
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botanyone, 1 month ago to random

Are women in research being led up the garden path?
https://botany.fyi/FKYPCq

A moving memoir of botany and motherhood explores the historical pressures on female scientists.
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botanyone, 1 month ago to random

The effect of elevation, latitude, and plant richness on robustness of pollination networks at a global scale ($)
https://botany.fyi/vc3E8N

Wang et al analyzed a total of 87 networks of plant-pollinator interactions on 47 sites from 14 countries. They conducted a piecewise structural equation model to examine the direct and indirect effects of elevation, latitude, and plant richness on the network robustness.
ReadCube: https://rdcu.be/dEyrk
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botanyone, 2 months ago to random

New Cotswold wildflower grasslands to allow native species to return
https://botany.fyi/zceE3q?b1

New wildflower grasslands are to be developed in the Cotswolds to allow native species to return to the area.
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botanyone, 4 months ago to random

Found out why I've been tired all week.

botanyone, 5 months ago to random

There'll be some experiments here this week. Probably.

I'm going to experiment with 250 word blog posts, and see if they can also be posted direct to Mastodon, BlueSky and Threads as threads. They'll also go to LinkedIn, but won't need threading there.

The aim will be to see if people prefer that to a link off site. On the one hand you won't have to click out of the app to read a short blog post. On the other, a string of five posts together might be annoying.

botanyone, 5 months ago to random

Myrtle rust is devastating Australian forests. A new high-tech spray holds out hope for native trees
https://botany.fyi/aQkl5f?b1

Around a decade ago, an invasive fungal disease called myrtle rust reached Australia and began to spread like a plague through certain plants. The disease affects plants of the Myrtaceae family, which includes eucalypts, paperbarks and lilly pillies, and makes up 10% of Australian plant biodiversity.

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botanyone, 5 months ago to random

Climate-resilient crops: Lessons from xerophytes (OA)
https://botany.fyi/aaBUvo?b1

Chen et al. combined bioinformatics and physiological approaches to compare some of the key traits that may differentiate between xerophytes (naturally drought-tolerant plants) and mesophytes (to which the majority of the crops belong).

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botanyone, 5 months ago to random

Why Pineapples Are Sweeter When Picked During The Day, According To Science
https://botany.fyi/DW9L2P?b1

It turns out that pineapples go through mood swings just like the rest of us. While they, of course, don't experience emotions like we do, the time of day you pick one of these fruits has a big impact on the flavor. If you harvest your pineapple during the day, you're much more likely to get a sweeter bite, while at night, there's a higher chance your snack will end up tasting sour.

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botanyone, 5 months ago to random

Delaware Botanical Garden donates plant waste to help injured birds

https://botany.fyi/y8gxR5?b1

Mt. Cuba botanical garden sends its plant waste to help build habitats for injured birds at Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research.

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botanyone, 5 months ago to random

Farmers Are Turning To An Ancient Practice To Improve Agriculture

https://botany.fyi/Z54M1j?b1

From ancient Egypt to medieval England, cultivating one or more crops in the same field was common practice among many farmers for thousands of years. However, in the last century, food producers largely stopped ‘intercropping’ and moved towards an industrial type of agriculture – a shift that contributed to 34% of the world’s farmland being degraded today.

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botanyone, 5 months ago to random

Cessation of grazing causes biodiversity loss and homogenization of soil food webs (OA)

https://botany.fyi/M5xD7D?b1

There is widespread concern that cessation of grazing in historically grazed ecosystems is causing biotic homogenization and biodiversity loss. Schrama et al. used 12 montane grassland sites along an 800 km north–south gradient across the UK, to test whether cessation of grazing affects local α- and β-diversity of below-ground food webs.

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botanyone, 6 months ago to random

Insects thrive on solar farms planted with native flowers

https://botany.fyi/Ngli1V?b1

Two solar farms in Minnesota saw big increases in bees and other insects after a variety of native grasses and wildflowers were planted among the panels.

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botanyone, 6 months ago to random

Tiny Forest at Lyndhurst Community of Faith Church may have big benefits

https://botany.fyi/6n4mZp?b1

When I visited the beautiful native pollinator garden at the Lyndhurst Community of Faith Church, described in a column last August, congregant John McCumber told me that the church was also planting a “Tiny Forest.” I had never heard the term before and imagined an oversized fairy garden with miniature trees and perhaps a pony ride.

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botanyone, 6 months ago to random

‘Pocket Prairie’ project restores native Nebraska plants to unused spaces

https://botany.fyi/eUrVEH?b1

Making use of bland, empty spaces. That’s what an Omaha organization is doing around the metro, with hopes to expand across other parts of the Great Plains. “Pocket Prairies” is what they’re called, and the idea was born and bred by Grasslands Unlimited, an organization whose goal is restoring and protecting grassland ecosystems.

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botanyone, 6 months ago to random

🌱 Psychadelic Houseplants and other stories
https://botany.one/2023/12/psychadelic-houseplants-and-other-stories/
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botanyone, 6 months ago to random

Calcium: A master regulator of stress tolerance in plants ($)

https://botany.fyi/IvuLf4?b1

This review emphasizes the role of Calcium, its transportation, sensing mechanisms by cellular proteins (such as CaMs, CBLs, and CDPKs), and the underlying molecular processes in plants under abiotic stress conditions.

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botanyone, 6 months ago to random

Do Not Taunt the Native Plants

https://botany.fyi/aVpFcK?b1

South Bay Parkland Conservancy is taking the protection of native plants VERY seriously. Via @kelson on Mastodon.

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botanyone, 6 months ago to random

The best forest managers? Indigenous peoples, study says.

https://botany.fyi/XAY2U2?b1

Scientists suggest that long term, local governance is the best way to save forests.

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botanyone, 6 months ago to random

It looks festive, but this invasive tree is infesting NW forests

https://botany.fyi/9HD6c1?b1

"We were looking for English holly, a cherished Christmas symbol that is threatening biodiversity in the Pacific Northwest. We were there to poison it."

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botanyone, 6 months ago to random

With The Right Care, Coffee Plants Can Actually Thrive For Decades: Here’s How You Can Grow This Unique Plant In Your Very Own Home

https://botany.fyi/a8QHaL?b1

If you’re keen on adding a glossy green houseplant to your collection that’s a bit out of the ordinary, say hello to the coffee plant.

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botanyone, 6 months ago to random

Poisonous invasive plant exhibits twice as many genes as expected

https://botany.fyi/YoERCQ?b1

For the first time ever, scientists have studied the genome of Sosnowsky's hogweed, a poisonous invasive plant whose juice causes skin burns. They found that its genome has nearly twice as many genes as most other plants. The study is published in The Plant Journal.

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botanyone, 6 months ago to random

Cameroon Says Nigerian Refugee Trees Reduce Conflicts

https://allafrica.com/stories/202311240071.html ?b1

Officials in northern Cameroon say conflicts over food, water and other resources have greatly declined due to the planting of about half-a-million trees in and around a refugee camp. U.N. officials and rights groups visited the area to collect success stories on reforestation projects that also reduce climate shocks to share during the upcoming COP 28 climate conference.

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botanyone, 6 months ago to random

Beavers Are Ecosystem Engineers, But Hungry Wolves Limit How Far They Influence

https://botany.fyi/eU5rlm?b1

The study found that wolves are more likely to predate the beavers that travel further away from the water on the longer feeding trails. Because of this, the wolves are directly affecting the forest structure by limiting how far the beavers travel away from the water to fell trees and forage.

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