Ecosystems
Your City’s Flowers Can Save Pollinators
Study shows how to combine design and ecology to feed urban pollinators.
The nonprofit plant magazine
Lab science. Citizen science. Your source for plant science.
There's some bad news this week. Dr Jonathan Mitchley, of Reading, has died. Among older academics he might be best known for his work on grasses, including restoring grasslands. For a lot of younger botanists he's going to be remembered as Dr M, one of the wizards behind Botanical University Challenge, and the Student Festival of Botany. Last week on the site I put up The brain does plant science, but the heart moves the body, and I think his infectious enthusiasm is as good an example as you could hope to find of someone who could capture the emotion that drives people to do science. He's going to be deeply missed.
If you're interested in making a difference and inspiring others, the deadline for the Chief Editor position for in silico Plants has yet to pass. It's a huge opportunity to help get good science to a wider audience. The position is open worldwide.
This week I aim to start filming for the video project. I'll write up something about that closer to launch as video brings opportunities but also potential problems. I also have a lot of text to edit so there'll be plenty to read on site this month as well. On top of that, there will also be another email sharing what we've posted as well as the stories you're sharing on Mastodon and Bluesky, and career postings at the usual time next week.
Until then, take care,
Alun (webmaster@botany.one)
On Botany One
How Can Overlooked Plants Help Rebuild Ecosystems Transformed by Mining?
Recovery after mining may begin close to the ground, with mosses and liverworts helping new ecosystems take shape.
Edel Pérez-López: Fighting Plant Diseases with Genomics and AI
Botany One interviews Dr Edel Pérez-López, a researcher combining plant pathology, genomics and artificial intelligence to develop more resilient crops and sustainable disease management.
Is the Presence of Invasive Seaweed Positive or Negative for Ecosystem Functions?
In the warming Mediterranean, invasive seaweeds may help replace some ecological functions lost as native species decline, revealing a more complex side of marine bioinvasions.
There was also Science Shared, Sudoku Garden celebrated hummingbirds, and Ballantinia pumilio was plant of the week. You can also see last week's Week in Botany too.
In AoBC Publications
- Functional traits reveal unaccounted diversity within Sonchus asper (L.) Hill (Asteraceae) in the northern Mediterranean and enable the reinstatement of ancient taxa 🆓
- Impacts of climate-driven loss of giant kelp forests on local dive tourism 🆓
- Island-wide population genomic analysis of the coastal shrub, beach naupaka (Scaevola taccada L.), on Oʻahu 🆓
News & Views
UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke to combine herbaria, creating the third-largest university plant collection in the United States
UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University will unite their herbaria under the management of the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill.
ncbg.unc.edu
Proving extinction is hard. But we can do so now.
For decades, climate change ecology has mostly been a story about shifts: species moving upslope, poleward, tracking the climate they’re adapted to as it slides out from under them. It’s one of the best-documented fingerprints of warming in nature. What we’ve been much worse at showing is what happens at the far end of these shifts: actual extinction.
the3dlab.org
CAM! An Enlightening Discussion with Karolina Heyduk - A Botanical Podcast
Host Shiran Ben-Zeev talks with Dr. Karolina Heyduk, University of Connecticut, about why she and her colleagues and students sometimes have slumber parties with (very special) plants.
buzzsprout.com
Obituary - Jonathan Mitchley Dr M the singing botanist
The University community was very sorry to hear of the sudden death this week of Dr Jonathan Mitchley, Associate Professor of Field Botany in the School of Biological Sciences.
reading.ac.uk
Almost half of world’s farmers poisoned by pesticides every year, experts find
Study reveals that pesticide poisoning kills 11,000 people each year, with India accounting for nearly 60% of fatalities.
theguardian.com
Wattle Day - Wattle Day
National Wattle Day is a formally proclaimed national day on 1 September. Today it is a unifying day to celebrate Australia and being Australian.
wattleday.asn.au
Botanical Photographer of the Year
Our photographic competition aims to highlight and celebrate the dazzling visual world of Britain and Ireland's wild plants, and the botanists who are interested in them.
bsbi.org
Going belowground in search of Oxalis
Sometimes looking belowground can bring us to amazing places. I recently visited Florianópolis, Brazil to meet Pedro Fiaschi, expert in Oxalis taxonomy and professor at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, and to see the Oxalis plants growing around the area.
plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com
Could an Australian banana prevent a global crop collapse?
Australia's first genetically modified banana has been tweaked to protect it from a disease that's on the verge of wiping out crops around the world. Researchers hope it may be on our shelves by 2027.
abc.net.au
The Garden You Choose: A Post-PhD Career Guide for Plant Scientists | Plantae
You finish high school, then a bachelor’s degree, then a master’s, and eventually a PhD. Each step can feel like the natural continuation of the one before it.
plantae.org
Science Shared
Three botany papers widely shared on Bluesky this past week were:
1. Progressive oxygenation of developing leaves directs morphogenesis
Panicucci, G. et al. · Science Advances · 2 posts · 84 likes · 41 reposts on Bluesky
Here, we show that developing leaves form a spatiotemporal oxygen gradient that is sensed through the oxygen-sensing machinery. This pathway integrates local oxygen availability to regulate leaf morphogenesis: Early hypoxia restricts cell expansion, whereas subsequent distal-to-proximal oxygenation depletes group VII ethylene response factors enabling specialized cell-fate acquisition and controlling proliferation.
International Society for Plant Low Oxygen Research @isplore.bsky.social · on Bluesky
Progressive oxygenation of developing leaves directs morphogenesis
Exciting #plantscience work by @daanweits.bsky.social @panicuccigabriele.bsky.social @syno2xis.bsky.social out now in Science Advances
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
2. Recent high-severity wildfires in a dry-conifer landscape are unprecedented over five centuries and foretell future forest loss
Wion, A. P. et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1 post · 55 likes · 23 reposts on Bluesky
To what extent do modern high-severity fires depart from pre-1900 fire regimes, and how do these departures affect the future persistence of dry-conifer forests? We address these questions using a multiscalar approach that combines the largest landscape-scale tree-ring fire-scar network in North America with neutral landscape model simulations in the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico.
Discussed on Bluesky by @grumpyunclesean.bsky.social.
3. A genomic catalog of Earth’s bacterial and archaeal symbionts
Villada, J. C. et al. · Nature Biotechnology · 1 post · 31 likes · 17 reposts on Bluesky
This study used machine learning (ML) to predict symbiotic lifestyles in more than a hundred thousand microbial genomes from diverse environmental metagenome samples and reference genomes. Predictions were performed using symclatron, an ML framework developed to identify genomic signatures of symbionts.
Axel Visel @axelvisel.bsky.social · on Bluesky
A Global Catalog of Microbial Symbionts 🌍🦠🧬🫨
New resource from @jgi.doe.gov, led by @astrogenomics.bsky.social and @fmschu.bsky.social with contributions by @emileyeloe-fadrosh.bsky.social @miferg.bsky.social and many more
🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@biosci.lbl.gov @berkeleylab.lbl.gov
You can see the full list with more details at Science Shared: August 29.
Careers on Bluesky
Please note these are not jobs I am offering. Nor can I help you with any visa requirements. At time of writing there are around 130 other jobs posted at Botany One.
Research Assistant // University of Oxford
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSU198/r...
We are looking for a motivated graduate research assistant for a one-year project aimed at exploring the interactions of a conserved class of small, secreted proteins that are involved in virulence.
Lecturer - Botany // University of Otago
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSU157/l...
We are seeking to appoint a researcher and teacher with a strong track record of research in plant genetics, plant physiology, plant pathology or a similar field
Doctoral researcher, Effects of biochar - fertilizer combinations on tree seedling growth // Helsinki
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
The successful candidate will determine the growth of tree seedlings, and mechanisms of how biochar affects mineral versus organic N fertilizer uptake of seedlings.
Researcher in Structural Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture // Gothenburg
web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
The position will examine how microorganisms regulate micronutrient availability across microalgal cultivation.
Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecological Networks and Biodiversity Conservation // Helsinki
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
They will lead research on the mechanisms underlying ecological network novelty and its consequences for ecosystem functioning.
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Oat Rust Genetics // Sydney
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
The appointee will undertake research to identify and characterise genetic sources of crown rust resistance in oat germplasm.
Cover Image: Pérez-López recording an interview in the greenhouse. Photo by Edel Pérez-López.
Meeting Plant Scientists
Mariana López-Gordillo: The Case of the Disappearing Rose Scent
Botany One interviews Dr. Mariana López-Gordillo, a researcher combining molecular biology, biochemistry and physiology to investigate the genetics of floral fragrance in roses. She asks why so many modern roses don’t smell and how we can bring fragrance back.
Ecosystems
Is the Presence of Invasive Seaweed Positive or Negative for Ecosystem Functions?
In the warming Mediterranean, invasive seaweeds may help replace some ecological functions lost as native species decline, revealing a more complex side of marine bioinvasions.
Latest stories
Plants & People
It looked like wild garlic
Over 80,000 accidental plant exposures in France, and the deadliest mistakes were mostly made by people who thought they knew what they were picking.
The Week in Botany
The Week in Botany September 7, 2026
This week: Rebuilding ecosystems, invasive seaweeds, and fighting plant diseases.
Plant of the Week
*Ballantinia pumilio*
What’s in a name?
Science Shared
Science Shared: September 5
This week: Oxygen developing leaves, oxygen burning leaves, GPT's problems for non-native English speakers and more.
Puzzles
Sudoku Garden
National(?) Hummingbird Day
Meeting Plant Scientists
Edel Pérez-López: Fighting Plant Diseases with Genomics and AI
Botany One interviews Dr Edel Pérez-López, a researcher combining plant pathology, genomics and artificial intelligence to develop more resilient crops and sustainable disease management.
Ecosystems
How Can Overlooked Plants Help Rebuild Ecosystems Transformed by Mining?
Recovery after mining may begin close to the ground, with mosses and liverworts helping new ecosystems take shape.
The Week in Botany
The Week in Botany August 30, 2026
This week: Talking to plants, talking to microbes and talking to humans
Plant of the Week
*Adenophora triphylla*
A plant with an unusual number of names.
Science Shared
Science Shared: August 29
This week: Grassland destruction, the questions 100 botanists are asking, Arabidopsis, and more.
From the archive
Digital Botany Focus Issue
Introducing Botany One’s Digital Botany Special Focus Issue
Why digital botany matters now
Plants & People
The Guardians of the Fig: How Borneo’s Spirits Protect a Keystone Tree
In Borneo’s forests, fear of spirits has achieved what many laws cannot: turning the farmland mosaic into safe sanctuaries for the jungle’s largest trees.
Close Encounters
How Orchid Bees Craft Unique Scents from Non-Floral Sources
Discover how orchid bees use surprising, non-floral sources to create perfumes that attract mates in the tropical forest.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Can you teach an old log new tricks?
Mareike Jezek shares the latest advances on epigenetic changes in trees – changes that “allow” plants to prepare their offspring for the environments they might face.
The editors
Botany One is a blog run by the Annals of Botany Company, a non-profit educational charity. The goal of the blog is to promote Botany in all its aspects as well as discuss the human issues involved in being a botanist.
The current editors are:
Sarah Covshoff - Botany One
Sarah is a plant molecular biologist passionate about communicating the science of the natural world to lay people and experts alike. She previously worked as a postdoctoral fellow on C4 photosynthesis and now focuses on science communication.
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Carlos A. Ordóñez-Parra - Botany One
Carlos (he/him) is a Colombian PhD candidate at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil). He works as an Editor at Botany One and a Communications Officer at the International Society for Seed Science. Follow him at @caordonezparra.bksy.social.
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Alun Salt - Botany One
Alun (he/him) is the Producer for Botany One. It’s his job to keep the server running.
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You can read more about Botany One on our About page.
In addition to Botany One, the company currently publishes three journals, the Annals of Botany, AoB PLANTS, and in silico Plants.
The writers
The people behind our recent articles
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Andressa Luna
Andressa is a Brazilian biologist and PhD student fascinated by flowers. Her current research explores how floral traits shape plant reproduction and pollinator attraction across tropical habitats, from natural ecosystems to urban landscapes.
Latest article: Your City’s Flowers Can Save Pollinators
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Ana Valladares
Ana is a Mexican scientist, with a background in biotech, plant breeding and data analysis currently living in Madagascar. Curious by nature, she loves exploring new topics, especially about plants.
Latest article: Mariana López-Gordillo: The Case of the Disappearing Rose Scent
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Giovanna O. Reis
Giovanna (she/her) is a biologist with a PhD in Animal Biology who studies freshwater and marine crustaceans. She describes new species, clarifies their classification, and explores how they relate to their environment and can be conserved.
Latest article: Is the Presence of Invasive Seaweed Positive or Negative for Ecosystem Functions?
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Erika Alejandra Chaves-Diaz
Erika is a Colombian biologist and ecologist passionate about tropical forests, primates and science communication. She holds an MSc in Ecology and Wildlife Conservation and works with @cienciatropical to connect people with biodiversity.
Latest article: The End of Papaya?: What Genomics Teaches Us About Its Survival
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Erika Alejandra Chaves-Diaz
Erika is a Colombian biologist and ecologist passionate about tropical forests, primates and science communication. She holds an MSc in Ecology and Wildlife Conservation and works with @cienciatropical to connect people with biodiversity.
Latest article: Why Some Plants Need a Bear's Stomach to Sprout
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Andressa Luna
Andressa is a Brazilian biologist and PhD student fascinated by flowers. Her current research explores how floral traits shape plant reproduction and pollinator attraction across tropical habitats, from natural ecosystems to urban landscapes.
Latest article: Meet the Brazilian Cerrado’s Greatest Impostor
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Andressa Luna
Andressa is a Brazilian biologist and PhD student fascinated by flowers. Her current research explores how floral traits shape plant reproduction and pollinator attraction across tropical habitats, from natural ecosystems to urban landscapes.
Latest article: Ancient Tropical Mountaintop Plants Bet Big to Attract Pollinators
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Erika Alejandra Chaves-Diaz
Erika is a Colombian biologist and ecologist passionate about tropical forests, primates and science communication. She holds an MSc in Ecology and Wildlife Conservation and works with @cienciatropical to connect people with biodiversity.
Latest article: Why Do Lemurs Always Return to the Same Tree?
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Andressa Luna
Andressa is a Brazilian biologist and PhD student fascinated by flowers. Her current research explores how floral traits shape plant reproduction and pollinator attraction across tropical habitats, from natural ecosystems to urban landscapes.
Latest article: The Amazon’s Invisible Network: How Animals and Trees Sustain the World’s Largest Rainforest
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Andressa Luna
Andressa is a Brazilian biologist and PhD student fascinated by flowers. Her current research explores how floral traits shape plant reproduction and pollinator attraction across tropical habitats, from natural ecosystems to urban landscapes.
Latest article: How Climate and Pollinators Shape the Colour Palette of Brazilian Mountain Ecosystems
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Juniper Kiss
Juniper Kiss is a globe-trotting plant scientist and data-lover, Botany One Guest Editor and former writer, loves pretty plots, digi solutions, working with landowners, brambles and bananas.
Latest article: The Digital Biodiversity Revolution Needs More Than Data (Part 2)
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Juniper Kiss
Juniper Kiss is a globe-trotting plant scientist and data-lover, Botany One Guest Editor and former writer, loves pretty plots, digi solutions, working with landowners, brambles and bananas.
Latest article: The Digital Biodiversity Revolution Needs More Than Data
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Erika Alejandra Chaves-Diaz
Erika is a Colombian biologist and ecologist passionate about tropical forests, primates and science communication. She holds an MSc in Ecology and Wildlife Conservation and works with @cienciatropical to connect people with biodiversity.
Latest article: After 400 Years, Scientists May Know Only a Third of Europe’s Seed-Dispersal Network
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Andrés Pereira-Guaquetá
Andrés is a Colombian biologist fascinated by plant-animal interactions and eager to share nature stories and scientific knowledge beyond academia. He holds a master’s degree in ecology from the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Latest article: The Cross-Cultural Partnership That Rediscovered Guatemala’s Lost Passionflower
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Erika Alejandra Chaves-Diaz
Erika is a Colombian biologist and ecologist passionate about tropical forests, primates and science communication. She holds an MSc in Ecology and Wildlife Conservation and works with @cienciatropical to connect people with biodiversity.
Latest article: How Seeds Travelled Through Plant History
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Juniper Kiss
Juniper Kiss is a globe-trotting plant scientist and data-lover, Botany One Guest Editor and former writer, loves pretty plots, digi solutions, working with landowners, brambles and bananas.
Latest article: Editorial Reflection: Digital Botany, One Story at a Time
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Ben Carson
Ben is a New Zealand-born, London-based ecology graduate surveying mycorrhizal diversity as part of the RBG Kew team. He is passionate about natural history collections and excited to spotlight their stories as a Botany One guest writer.
Latest article: The Ecology of a Herbarium: How Te Papa connects plants, people, and data
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Erika Alejandra Chaves-Diaz
Erika is a Colombian biologist and ecologist passionate about tropical forests, primates and science communication. She holds an MSc in Ecology and Wildlife Conservation and works with @cienciatropical to connect people with biodiversity.
Latest article: How Your iNaturalist Photos Feed the Digital Botany Revolution
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Erika Alejandra Chaves-Diaz
Erika is a Colombian biologist and ecologist passionate about tropical forests, primates and science communication. She holds an MSc in Ecology and Wildlife Conservation and works with @cienciatropical to connect people with biodiversity.
Latest article: Scaled Gardeners: How Fish Dictate the Future of the Amazonian Flooded Forest
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Juniper Kiss
Juniper Kiss is a globe-trotting plant scientist and data-lover, Botany One Guest Editor and former writer, loves pretty plots, digi solutions, working with landowners, brambles and bananas.
Latest article: María Susana Sánchez Chávez on EDGE, data and conserving Pinus culminicola on the ground in Mexico
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Ana Valladares
Ana is a Mexican scientist, with a background in biotech, plant breeding and data analysis currently living in Madagascar. Curious by nature, she loves exploring new topics, especially about plants.
Latest article: Unravelling Human-Plant Connections
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Erika Alejandra Chaves-Diaz
Erika is a Colombian biologist and ecologist passionate about tropical forests, primates and science communication. She holds an MSc in Ecology and Wildlife Conservation and works with @cienciatropical to connect people with biodiversity.
Latest article: The Plants Closest to Extinction Are the Ones Science Often Knows Least
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Erika Alejandra Chaves-Diaz
Erika is a Colombian biologist and ecologist passionate about tropical forests, primates and science communication. She holds an MSc in Ecology and Wildlife Conservation and works with @cienciatropical to connect people with biodiversity.
Latest article: Will State Flowers and Insects Leave Home?
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Ben Carson
Ben is a New Zealand-born, London-based ecology graduate surveying mycorrhizal diversity as part of the RBG Kew team. He is passionate about natural history collections and excited to spotlight their stories as a Botany One guest writer.
Latest article: How Digitisation Gives Specimens More Meaning: The Fungal Collections and Networks of Greta Stevenson
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Filippo Guzzon
Filippo Guzzon is a plant biologist working on seed biology and genebank management, with a side interest in ethnobotany. He has worked with different organisations across Europe, Latin America and the South Pacific.
Latest article: How to Keep Track of 2 million Crop Accessions
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Erika Alejandra Chaves-Diaz
Erika is a Colombian biologist and ecologist passionate about tropical forests, primates and science communication. She holds an MSc in Ecology and Wildlife Conservation and works with @cienciatropical to connect people with biodiversity.
Latest article: The Fragrant Library: Can a Perfume Bottle Save a Rainforest?
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Ana Valladares
Ana is a Mexican scientist, with a background in biotech, plant breeding and data analysis currently living in Madagascar. Curious by nature, she loves exploring new topics, especially about plants.
Latest article: Turning Plants into Data: A Deeply Human Experience
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Juniper Kiss
Juniper Kiss is a globe-trotting plant scientist and data-lover, Botany One Guest Editor and former writer, loves pretty plots, digi solutions, working with landowners, brambles and bananas.
Latest article: Introducing Botany One’s Digital Botany Special Focus Issue
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Erika Alejandra Chaves-Diaz
Erika is a Colombian biologist and ecologist passionate about tropical forests, primates and science communication. She holds an MSc in Ecology and Wildlife Conservation and works with @cienciatropical to connect people with biodiversity.
Latest article: Have We Forgotten the Names of Plants?
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Andrés Pereira-Guaquetá
Andrés is a Colombian biologist fascinated by plant-animal interactions and eager to share nature stories and scientific knowledge beyond academia. He holds a master’s degree in ecology from the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Latest article: What Would a Flower Need an Elephant’s Trunk For?
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Erika Alejandra Chaves-Diaz
Erika is a Colombian biologist and ecologist passionate about tropical forests, primates and science communication. She holds an MSc in Ecology and Wildlife Conservation and works with @cienciatropical to connect people with biodiversity.
Latest article: The Silent Partner: The Real Value of Pollination in Daily Life
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Erika Alejandra Chaves-Diaz
Erika is a Colombian biologist and ecologist passionate about tropical forests, primates and science communication. She holds an MSc in Ecology and Wildlife Conservation and works with @cienciatropical to connect people with biodiversity.
Latest article: The Jungle’s Heaviest Courier Service: The Case of Tent-Roosting Bats
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Andrés Pereira-Guaquetá
Andrés is a Colombian biologist fascinated by plant-animal interactions and eager to share nature stories and scientific knowledge beyond academia. He holds a master’s degree in ecology from the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Latest article: Ancient Sacred Stories Shed Light on the Long-debated Ecological Value of Indian Savannas
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Erika Alejandra Chaves-Diaz
Erika is a Colombian biologist and ecologist passionate about tropical forests, primates and science communication. She holds an MSc in Ecology and Wildlife Conservation and works with @cienciatropical to connect people with biodiversity.
Latest article: Can a Garden Change How You Feel About Wildlife?
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Erika Alejandra Chaves-Diaz
Erika is a Colombian biologist and ecologist passionate about tropical forests, primates and science communication. She holds an MSc in Ecology and Wildlife Conservation and works with @cienciatropical to connect people with biodiversity.
Latest article: What It Takes to Get Europe Watching Flowers
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Erika Alejandra Chaves-Diaz
Erika is a Colombian biologist and ecologist passionate about tropical forests, primates and science communication. She holds an MSc in Ecology and Wildlife Conservation and works with @cienciatropical to connect people with biodiversity.
Latest article: Smells Like Green City?
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Erika Alejandra Chaves-Diaz
Erika is a Colombian biologist and ecologist passionate about tropical forests, primates and science communication. She holds an MSc in Ecology and Wildlife Conservation and works with @cienciatropical to connect people with biodiversity.
Latest article: Fizz With a Conscience: Reintegrating Indigenous Knowledge Into Australia’s Native Food Industry
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Erika Alejandra Chaves-Diaz
Erika is a Colombian biologist and ecologist passionate about tropical forests, primates and science communication. She holds an MSc in Ecology and Wildlife Conservation and works with @cienciatropical to connect people with biodiversity.
Latest article: Healing at What Cost? The Conservation Status of Britain’s Herbs
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Andrés Pereira-Guaquetá
Andrés is a Colombian biologist fascinated by plant-animal interactions and eager to share nature stories and scientific knowledge beyond academia. He holds a master’s degree in ecology from the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Latest article: Eau De Fourmi Mourante: A Bizarre Floral Fragrance To Attract the Right Lover
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Erika Alejandra Chaves-Diaz
Erika is a Colombian biologist and ecologist passionate about tropical forests, primates and science communication. She holds an MSc in Ecology and Wildlife Conservation and works with @cienciatropical to connect people with biodiversity.
Latest article: Lights, Camera, Bloom!
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Juniper Kiss
Juniper Kiss is a globe-trotting plant scientist and data-lover, Botany One Guest Editor and former writer, loves pretty plots, digi solutions, working with landowners, brambles and bananas.
Latest article: Plant Hunt
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Erika Alejandra Chaves-Diaz
Erika is a Colombian biologist and ecologist passionate about tropical forests, primates and science communication. She holds an MSc in Ecology and Wildlife Conservation and works with @cienciatropical to connect people with biodiversity.
Latest article: More Heart than Logic: What Drives a Scientist to Pursue Botany?
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Erika Alejandra Chaves-Diaz
Erika is a Colombian biologist and ecologist passionate about tropical forests, primates and science communication. She holds an MSc in Ecology and Wildlife Conservation and works with @cienciatropical to connect people with biodiversity.
Latest article: The Guardians of the Fig: How Borneo’s Spirits Protect a Keystone Tree
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Andrés Pereira-Guaquetá
Andrés is a Colombian biologist fascinated by plant-animal interactions and eager to share nature stories and scientific knowledge beyond academia. He holds a master’s degree in ecology from the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Latest article: The Buzz Behind Your Favourite Morning Aroma
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Erika Alejandra Chaves-Diaz
Erika is a Colombian biologist and ecologist passionate about tropical forests, primates and science communication. She holds an MSc in Ecology and Wildlife Conservation and works with @cienciatropical to connect people with biodiversity.
Latest article: Three Words for Forest: When Forestry Meets the Stage
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Erika Alejandra Chaves-Diaz
Erika is a Colombian biologist and ecologist passionate about tropical forests, primates and science communication. She holds an MSc in Ecology and Wildlife Conservation and works with @cienciatropical to connect people with biodiversity.
Latest article: From Deep Time to Urban Nature: How the Natural History Museum Reimagined Its Gardens
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Guest Author
You can now be a guest author on Botany One. We're happy to publish anything of interest to plant scientists.
Latest article: The Seed Dispersal Crisis
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Andrés Pereira-Guaquetá
Andrés is a Colombian biologist fascinated by plant-animal interactions and eager to share nature stories and scientific knowledge beyond academia. He holds a master’s degree in ecology from the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Latest article: Trees Vs. Bugs: Novel Twists in A Timeless Plant Drama
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Erika Alejandra Chaves-Diaz
Erika is a Colombian biologist and ecologist passionate about tropical forests, primates and science communication. She holds an MSc in Ecology and Wildlife Conservation and works with @cienciatropical to connect people with biodiversity.
Latest article: Your Eyes and Ears Are Better At Detecting Biodiversity Than You Think
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Erika Alejandra Chaves-Diaz
Erika is a Colombian biologist and ecologist passionate about tropical forests, primates and science communication. She holds an MSc in Ecology and Wildlife Conservation and works with @cienciatropical to connect people with biodiversity.
Latest article: Nigeria’s Silent Libraries of Plant Life
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Andrés Pereira-Guaquetá
Andrés is a Colombian biologist fascinated by plant-animal interactions and eager to share nature stories and scientific knowledge beyond academia. He holds a master’s degree in ecology from the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Latest article: Eccentric Pollinating Mates for An Eccentric Flowering Plant
