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.
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I should start with flagging a job that's opened this week. One of the journals we're associated with, in silico Plants, is looking for a Chief Editor. in silico Plants is an open-access journal dedicated to digital plant science, computational modeling, and AI-informed plant research. This looks like a fun position, because the field is really shifting at the moment, and it opens the opportunity for a new editor to help support emerging research topics. Also, Rachel Shekar, the managing editor, is extraordinarily good at her job, so if there's a new direction you want to take the journal, the support will be there.
Looking ahead to next week, there's not just rain for me to look forward to. Pablo Santos has an article on using moss to rebuild ecosystems, and have a new author who will be writing about invasive seaweed. I have the first batch of video scripts to finish, but I expect I'll write at least one blog post about a paper too. Though probably not the 1000 underpants paper, as that's been covered by Ars Technica already.
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
The brain does plant science, but the heart moves the body
A survey of 421 plant biologists found the strongest recruiter for botany isn't argument. It’s contact.
Nina Bziuk: Uncovering the Secret Dialogue Between Plants and Microbes
Botany One interviews Dr Nina Bziuk, a microbial ecologist investigating how plants and their microbiomes communicate and how these interactions influence plant health and stress responses.
How sterile stamens produce more seeds
One plant has swapped some of its stamens for false petals, and that's something that catches a bee's eye.
The End of Papaya?: What Genomics Teaches Us About Its Survival
A study of papayas in Mexican backyards reveals how hybridisation between wild and cultivated plants can boost genetic diversity while creating new challenges for conservation.
There was also Science Shared, Sudoku Garden featured a hairy dandelion, and Adenophora triphylla was plant of the week. You can also see last week's Week in Botany too.
In AoBC Publications
- Winter chilling regulates seedling development in Mediterranean terrestrial orchids cultivated in vitro 🆓
- Elements of a functional-structural plant model 🆓
- Ambient-condition performance provides trait-dependent prediction of wheat genotype responses under elevated CO2 and chamber-associated warming 🆓
News & Views
Australia has a soft spot for the amazing flannel flower
The flannel flower is a beautiful bloom with a few superpowers up its floral sleeve. And it's not just an east-coast star.
abc.net.au
‘I love it. It’s hope’: the mysterious self-willed wildflower meadow that seeded itself
Farmer Derek Sayer let a boggy field run wild and just one annual hay-cut has led to remarkable biodiversity
theguardian.com
Ten simple rules for writing a peer review
Peer review is the cornerstone of scientific progress, and it does not exist without the “peers”. Thus, it is part of our responsibility as members of the scientific community to review manuscripts (as well as poster and talk abstracts, funding proposals, theses, white papers, etc.). Doing so can be a daunting task for novice reviewers.
journals.plos.org
Coexisting shrubs exhibit distinct hydraulic strategies and advantages for coping with desert environments
Wenyue Zhao, Xibin Ji, Rui Chen, Lishan Shan, Hai Zhou, Bowen Jin, Liwen Zhao, Dongsheng Li This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Water …
fesummaries.wordpress.com
In the footsteps of Ireland’s most famous naturalist
The BSBI is for everyone who cares about the wild plants of Britain and Ireland.
bsbi.org
A Day for BSA 2026
On August 27, 1895, the Botanical Society of America held its very first foundational meeting. To celebrate over 130 years of a continuing mission to support the botanical sciences, we are marking this day with our third annual “A Day for BSA!”
day-for-bsa.botany.org
Dolly Parton dies aged 80 — researchers celebrate her contributions to science
The country singer was an advocate for vaccines, public health, literacy and marginalized communities.
nature.com
Water Lilies At The Missouri Botanical Garden
Each summer when the heat and humidity make St. Louis feel like the tropics, giant Amazon Victoria water lilies at the Missouri Botanical Garden seem right at home.
discoverandshare.org
Ghost Orchid finder, Richard Bate, on BBC World Today
BSBI member Richard Bate was interviewed on BBC TV talking about how he refound a Ghost Orchid, the first sighting in UK since 2009.
youtube.com
Research differentiates new species of endangered baobab tree in Madagascar
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison recognize a new species of baobab tree, Adansonia bozy, unique to Madagascar, according to a study published in the journal Taxon.
biology.wisc.edu
Science Shared
Three botany papers widely shared on Bluesky this past week were:
1. Grassland destruction causes shifts in plant traits that persist during recovery 💰
Nerlekar, A. N. et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2 posts · 53 likes · 27 reposts on Bluesky
We synthesized trait data for 742 plant species from 24 studies across six continents to understand how plant species indicative of old-growth and secondary grasslands compare in their traits. Compared to old-growth grasslands, plants indicative of secondary grasslands were taller and had leaves with more nitrogen content, higher specific leaf area, and lower dry-matter content.
Lars Brudvig @lars-brudvig.bsky.social · on Bluesky
New from @ashishnerlekar.bsky.social @llseedsull.bsky.social me and many others: Grassland destruction causes shifts in plant traits that persist during recovery
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
eeb.msu.edu/news/why-anc...
2. TOR–NOT4 signalling couples translation to co-translational quality control in plants
Schwarze, M. A. et al. · Nature Communications · 1 post · 42 likes · 21 reposts on Bluesky
Protein synthesis must be tightly coordinated with quality control to prevent proteotoxic stress, yet the mechanisms underlying co-translational surveillance in plants, and how these are aligned with translational output, remain poorly understood. Here, we identify three NOT4-like E3 ubiquitin ligases in Arabidopsis thaliana as regulators of co-translational protein quality control and uncover a functional link between NOT4 and TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN (TOR) signalling that coordinates quality-control capacity with translational output.
Dan Gibbs 🌱🧬 @djgibbs.bsky.social · on Bluesky
Protein synthesis is dynamically responsive to the environment, but how do cells ensure that their protein quality control mechanisms are appropriately scaled to changing translational demand?
We address this question in our new study in @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
3. Herbaceous Plants in Forest Ecosystems: One Hundred Fundamental and Applied Questions
Radhamoni, H. V. N. et al. · Journal of Vegetation Science · 1 post · 22 likes · 13 reposts on Bluesky
Understanding this knowledge gap, and recognizing the critical importance of expanding and streamlining the scope of research on forest herbs, we set out to identify 100 fundamental and applied questions related to the ecology of this distinct plant group. We first conducted a survey shared widely online with the ecological community, which generated a total of 130 questions. We then held a 3‐day workshop involving invited herb researchers with expertise in various forest ecosystems, during which the questions were narrowed down through multiple rounds of discussion, revision, and rewording.
Martin Dovciak🌳🌱🌻 @dovciak-lab.bsky.social · on Bluesky
🌿 New paper! The forest herb layer can account for up to 80% of plant diversity, yet remains understudied.
I’m glad to have contributed to this Yale-led collaboration identifying 100 questions to advance forest herb-layer ecology.
What did we miss?
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
View on Bluesky →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.
Postdoc ‘Breeding for resilient crops' // Wageningen
www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
Our research aims to explore plant genetic resources by using advanced biotechnology and molecular breeding tools to create cultivars of crops (with the focus on tomato) resistant to different diseases.
Postdoctoral researcher in plant cell biology // Umeå Plant Science Centre
www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
You will be part of a team that work at building a better understanding in the signaling controlling cell fate acquisition in Arabidopsis root.
Postdoc in ecology // Umeå
www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
This Post doc position offers an opportunity to work with these questions through studies of fungi and continuous cover forestry in boreal forest landscapes.
Research Assistant // Kew
careers.kew.org/vacancy/rese...
The Mycorrhizal Ecology Team within the Ecosystem and Conservation Science Department is seeking an experienced Research Assistant to provide lab, data and organisational support for the sample processing of soil and roots.
Curator Botanist Asia // Kew
careers.kew.org/vacancy/cura...
This is an excellent opportunity to join the Herbarium Curation team within the Scientific Collections Department as a Curator Botanist (Asia). The successful candidate will curate the Herbarium collections to a high standard
Cover Image: Marchantia polymorpha in vitro cultivation. Picture taken by Nina Bziuk.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
The End of Papaya?: What Genomics Teaches Us About Its Survival
A study of papayas in Mexican backyards reveals how hybridisation between wild and cultivated plants can boost genetic diversity while creating new challenges for conservation.
Meeting Plant Scientists
Nina Bziuk: Uncovering the Secret Dialogue Between Plants and Microbes
Botany One interviews Dr Nina Bziuk, a microbial ecologist investigating how plants and their microbiomes communicate and how these interactions influence plant health and stress responses.
Latest stories
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.
Puzzles
Sudoku Garden
The dandelion at the edge of the world
Growth & Development
How sterile stamens produce more seeds
One plant has swapped some of its stamens for false petals, and that's something that catches a bee's eye.
Plants & People
The brain does plant science, but the heart moves the body
A survey of 421 plant biologists found the strongest recruiter for botany isn't argument. It’s contact.
The Week in Botany
The Week in Botany August 23, 2026
This week: Tell-tale moss, inside biogeography and some computer assistance.
Plant of the Week
*Caladenia crebra*
An orchid that offers a wasp everything and delivers nothing.
Science Shared
Science Shared: August 22
This week: Plants in water, out of water and under water, among other things.
Puzzles
Sudoku Garden
World Plant Milk Day
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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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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Magda Upton
Magda (she/her) trained as a field ecologist, but made the pivot to herbarium digitisation and curation in 2023 at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. She will be joining Trinity College Dublin this autumn.
Latest article: Interview with Bob Allkin about Name Games: How to Untangle the Web of Plant Names and Uses?
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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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Magda Upton
Magda (she/her) trained as a field ecologist, but made the pivot to herbarium digitisation and curation in 2023 at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. She will be joining Trinity College Dublin this autumn.
Latest article: Lights, Camera, Action! Behind the lens of Kew’s mass herbarium digitisation project
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Magda Upton
Magda (she/her) trained as a field ecologist, but made the pivot to herbarium digitisation and curation in 2023 at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. She will be joining Trinity College Dublin this autumn.
Latest article: Heather Cole: Best Tricks, Equipment and Software for Digitisation
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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
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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: Bringing Darwin’s Botanical Work Into the Spotlight
