We are using white stork pellets to quantify dispersal of seeds in Andalusia in our #Waterzoo project, as well as biovectoring of plastics #GuanoPlastic. PhD work for @juliancap.bsky.social @iciarjimenez.bsky.social and also Manu
Discussing our Buttonweed Cotula coronopifolia experiment with Montse Vila. As part of our #Waterzoo project we ask how salinity and #endozoochory affects establishment and fitness of this #invasivespecies of wetland margins @PhD_EBD @ebdonana @BSBIbotany @sibecol @RJBOTANICO
Lots of interest from cows (plant dispersers) in my sampling of #Eleocharis palustris at #RSPB marshside for our #WaterZoo project on how plant genetics relates to waterbird connectivity @ebdonana @RSPBScience @ajgreen_lab @rausangar98 @UoM_EES @CoDisperse @jkrowan @KrstnGrc
At 33C in #Doñana, remaining wetlands dry out fast. It took hours to find enough green #Juncus bufonius for our #WaterZoo study relating plant genetics to #dispersal by waterbirds @ajgreen_lab @ebdonana @KrstnGrc @UoM_EES @jkrowan @chavanleeuwen @DPavonJordan @AdamLovasKiss
Sampling buttonweed #Cotula for our #WaterZoo project to see how genetics of populations across the alien range is related to #SeedDispersal by waterbirds. Is it a threat to native plants in #Doñana? @ebdonana @ajgreen_lab @CABI_Invasives @sibecol @EU_Aliens @RJBOTANICO @jkrowan
When sampling toadrush Juncus bufonius in #Doñana for our #Waterzoo project we found they were being eaten by these caterpillars. Can anyone ID them? @ebdonana @NMNH_Entomology @cmhmaliani
Battle for space between #alienspecies #Crassula helmsii (white flowers) & #Cotula coronopifolia (yellow) on old mining waste in an #RSPB site. Only Crassula is considered a threat. Cotula is better at dispersing by waterbirds @BESInvasionSci @RSPBScience @UoM_EES #WATERZOO
Hot but successful day spent looking for toad rush #Juncus bufonius in #Wigan for our new #WaterZoo project on #seeddispersal by #waterbirds 1/2 @ebdonana @ajgreen_lab @NgelesOrtiz @KaneBrides @jkrowan @MMUEcolEnv @UoM_EES @AdamLovasKiss @KrstnGrc