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Pawel Wasowicz

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Botanist at the Natural Science Institute of Iceland

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Pawel Wasowicz @pawelwasowicz.bsky.social · 5d

Our new study with @drandygreen.bsky.social
overturns the idea that seed or fruit traits determine plant spread. #botany #SeedDispersal #IslandEcology #Surtsey #Iceland #PlantScience #BirdEcology #EcologyLetters doi.org/10.1111/ele....

Putative ‘Dispersal Adaptations’ Do Not Explain the Colonisation of a Volcanic Island by Vascular Plants, but Birds Can

It is widely assumed that adaptations for long-distance dispersal are identifiable from seed and fruit traits used to define ‘dispersal syndromes’. Sixty years of monitoring a new island allowed us t...

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Pawel Wasowicz @pawelwasowicz.bsky.social · 5d

Remarkably, it has nonetheless reached Iceland — a country where ants do not occur link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Alien or native? Examining a case of Melampyrum pratense in Iceland - Polar Biology

In 2016, a single, large population of Melampyrum pratense (Orobanchaceae) was discovered in Vaglaskógur forest in NE Iceland. This population can be considered as extremely disjunct as the closest po...

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Tómas G. Gunnarsson @tomasgunnarsson.bsky.social · Feb 17

New paper on population changes in common waders and passerines in Iceland's largest breeding area. Most populations are declining fast.

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Pawel Wasowicz @pawelwasowicz.bsky.social · Jan 31

Yes and in a very relevant topic a bit understudied here

Pawel Wasowicz @pawelwasowicz.bsky.social · Jan 31

Everyone publishing in NeoBiota these days ;)

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Pawel Wasowicz @pawelwasowicz.bsky.social · Jan 27

Check out our latest paper on🌲 Pinus contorta 🌲 invasion in Iceland! Promoted as an "easy fix" to climate change, its use exacerbates the biodiversity crisis, threatening native ecosystems. #InvasiveSpecies #BiodiversityCrisis #ClimateAction #Forestry #Ecology neobiota.pensoft.net/article/1340...

Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Douglas ex Loudon) invasion in subarctic Iceland: evidence from a long-term study

The North American lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) has been widely introduced globally and is now considered invasive in several countries. It was first planted in subarctic Iceland in the 1950s. Rece...

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Pawel Wasowicz @pawelwasowicz.bsky.social · Jan 26

Winter afternoon in Akureyri.

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Nature @nature.com · Jan 17

Deforestation caused by nickel mining leads to carbon emissions on a scale that companies and governments have mostly failed to recognize

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Mines for a clean-energy metal have a surprise climate effect

Vegetation clearing to extract nickel, which is used in renewable technologies, leads to greater carbon emissions than realized.

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Pawel Wasowicz @pawelwasowicz.bsky.social · Jan 16

Yes, it's probably too large for lodgepole pine :)

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Pawel Wasowicz @pawelwasowicz.bsky.social · Jan 16

Lodgepole pine?

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Pawel Wasowicz @pawelwasowicz.bsky.social · Jan 14

Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) invasion in Steinadalur, SE Iceland.
A sub-arctic heathland is becoming a dense forest due to *Pinus contorta* invasion. This rapid ecological shift, seen across Iceland, will impact both native flora and birdlife in the years ahead.