Almost back home after an amazing 12 days in Mpala, Kenya, teaching our MSc field course. So much life.

Learning about the biodiversity of Mpala in Kenya, with the @liverpooluni.bsky.social MSc Global Change Ecology and Evolution course. Just found this handsome leopard tortoise in our camp.

Early spring on Ynys Môn: Lesser celandine, common whitlow grass, sunlight in Bryn Celli Ddu.

New #OpenAccess work by @pierretichit.bsky.social, @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social et al. in #RESInsectConsDiv found continued expansion of invasive #carabids across elevation and habitats on sub-#Antarctic South Georgia.
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70064

@manusaunders.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

A Norfolk Winter Solstice.

It's that time of year when I'm frustrated by being asked to review multiple papers, but I don't have my own papers written and submitted 😬

One of multiple S hemisphere plants in GB that we would like a talented PhD student to study! See link for funded NERC ACCE+ PhD opportunity at Liverpool: www.findaphd.com/phds/project....

Reassociation of specialist herbivores with an invasive plant selects for reduced allocation to soil mutualists Invasive plants often escape specialist herbivores and can evolve to reallocate resources to growth from defense, but reunion with specialists can reverse this evolutionary trade-off. It remains u...

Revealing links between herbivore release and soil mutualist enhancement in an invasive plant:
doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Phylogenomic Barcoding of Soil Seed Bank–Persistent and Wind‐Dispersed Non‐Native Plant Species in South Georgia Climate change and invasive species are leading drivers of biodiversity loss, with island ecosystems being especially vulnerable. South Georgia, a remote sub-Antarctic island, is 170 km long with app....

Barcoding non-native plant species on South Georgia:
doi.org/10.1111/1755...

Climate niche analysis predicts 2,554 potential new alien vascular plant species could invade the Arctic, emphasising urgent need for biosecurity and monitoring under climate change.

🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neob...

@liverpooluni.bsky.social

The updated Global Naturalized Alien Flora (GloNAF 2.0) database GloNAF is a continuously updated, curated compilation of alien naturalized vascular plant inventories for geographic regions worldwide. Building on its predecessor, GloNAF 2.0 now contains 16,429 tax...

▶️‼️𝐀 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐍𝐀𝐅, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰‼️◀️
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

1️⃣ it now contains 16,429 plant taxa
2️⃣ removal of outdated data & errors
3️⃣ 117,229 new records
4️⃣ 31% increase in the number of geographic regions

As usual, @markavery.bsky.social has it right. Things are not getting better for our wild plants

The 20-year efforts of #BSBImembers & the botanical community gave us #PlantAtlas2020, which provides the evidence base for much of this #GBRedList assessment.

Your #botany records make a difference!

Fair, though climate match is unlikely to explain everything: need to consider the 'failed' introductions from said climates too. Thanks for reposting!

@ukladybirds.bsky.social

Pirri-Pirri Bur, Pampas grass, Wireweed: all plants from the S Hemisphere that are establishing in the UK. Can we explain current and predict future invasions by S Hemisphere plants? Apply for this NERC ACCE+ PhD project to find out: tinyurl.com/374ty2b7
Please Repost! @acce-dla.bsky.social

A windy, raw, but sunny day in and above Hope Valley, the Peak District.

Donated.

So true

#Introverts

And then, some plants appeared.

This might be science, or science fiction, in the making.

Well done Dan!

Hi @ukladybirds.bsky.social, this should be of interest.

Controversial opinion: many scientists (probably a majority) are terrible at conversation. Conversation is an art. It requires listening and not simply talking when and however much one wants.

A lovely encounter with a New Zealand Fantail on Banks Peninsula. Very cute.

Alison got first prize for her poster on Bermuda's invader-dominated communities at EMAPI 2025. Well done! @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social

Accompanied by a great talk by @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social on her huge survey effort to study invader-dominated plant communities in Bermuda.

And Alison won first poster prize! Well done.