Edina Török
@edinatorok.bsky.social
Biologist & entomologist 🐝🪰, advocate for #womenInEcology, protector of pollinators, Diptera enthusiast, nature lover🌿, and always a friend
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The @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social & the #RoyalHorticulturalSociety are championing hoverflies! Finally the light is shining on the Diptera, highlighting the pollinating adults, & the predatory/decomposer larvae within Syrphidae
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/wild-ab...
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/wild-ab...
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social
Wild about Gardens campaign asks us all to become hoverfly heroes | The Wildlife Trusts
Humble hoverfly needs our help, say Royal Horticultural Society and The Wildlife Trusts
www.wildlifetrusts.org
March 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social & the #RoyalHorticulturalSociety are championing hoverflies! Finally the light is shining on the Diptera, highlighting the pollinating adults, & the predatory/decomposer larvae within Syrphidae
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/wild-ab...
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/wild-ab...
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social
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A wasp-mimic Drone fly (Monoceromyia trinotata) for #insectthursday.
Kalagarh Tiger Reserve, Aug 2025.
#macroPhotography #macrohour #ThePhotoHour #natgeoyourshot #Himalayas #nature #entomology #biodiversity #Nikon #insectencounter #niffeature2025 @royentsoc.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
Kalagarh Tiger Reserve, Aug 2025.
#macroPhotography #macrohour #ThePhotoHour #natgeoyourshot #Himalayas #nature #entomology #biodiversity #Nikon #insectencounter #niffeature2025 @royentsoc.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A wasp-mimic Drone fly (Monoceromyia trinotata) for #insectthursday.
Kalagarh Tiger Reserve, Aug 2025.
#macroPhotography #macrohour #ThePhotoHour #natgeoyourshot #Himalayas #nature #entomology #biodiversity #Nikon #insectencounter #niffeature2025 @royentsoc.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
Kalagarh Tiger Reserve, Aug 2025.
#macroPhotography #macrohour #ThePhotoHour #natgeoyourshot #Himalayas #nature #entomology #biodiversity #Nikon #insectencounter #niffeature2025 @royentsoc.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
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Learn more about #diptera Funding available for Summer field meeting 2026 #fieldcraft #entomology #pollinators #foodwebs #detritivores
Application deadline is 5th Jan. Email [email protected]
@britentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social
Application deadline is 5th Jan. Email [email protected]
@britentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social
December 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Learn more about #diptera Funding available for Summer field meeting 2026 #fieldcraft #entomology #pollinators #foodwebs #detritivores
Application deadline is 5th Jan. Email [email protected]
@britentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social
Application deadline is 5th Jan. Email [email protected]
@britentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social
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Happy to see our paper out! 🎉
We assess the relative roles of past/present environmental & anthropogenic drivers shaping functional & phylogenetic diversity in Mediterranean forests, highlighting the key role of past climate stability 🌳
➡️https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/geb.70177
(1/8)
We assess the relative roles of past/present environmental & anthropogenic drivers shaping functional & phylogenetic diversity in Mediterranean forests, highlighting the key role of past climate stability 🌳
➡️https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/geb.70177
(1/8)
December 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Happy to see our paper out! 🎉
We assess the relative roles of past/present environmental & anthropogenic drivers shaping functional & phylogenetic diversity in Mediterranean forests, highlighting the key role of past climate stability 🌳
➡️https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/geb.70177
(1/8)
We assess the relative roles of past/present environmental & anthropogenic drivers shaping functional & phylogenetic diversity in Mediterranean forests, highlighting the key role of past climate stability 🌳
➡️https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/geb.70177
(1/8)
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🌸 Flowers that are attractive and occupy a complementary position in interaction space could be prioritized in flower mixes to recover rare and specialized pollinators 👇
📖 : buff.ly/HIu8R7Y
📖 : buff.ly/HIu8R7Y
December 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🌸 Flowers that are attractive and occupy a complementary position in interaction space could be prioritized in flower mixes to recover rare and specialized pollinators 👇
📖 : buff.ly/HIu8R7Y
📖 : buff.ly/HIu8R7Y
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Multispecies grasslands produce more yield from lower nitrogen inputs across a climatic gradient | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Multispecies grasslands produce more yield from lower nitrogen inputs across a climatic gradient
High-yielding forage grasslands frequently comprise low species diversity and receive high inputs of nitrogen fertilizer. To investigate multispecies mixtures as an alternative strategy, the 26-site i...
www.science.org
December 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Multispecies grasslands produce more yield from lower nitrogen inputs across a climatic gradient | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Flying changes how metabolism scales with body mass –> NEW META-ANALYSIS of insects and spiders in Ecology Letters with @vojsavagjoni.bsky.social, H. Tan, A. Hirst and D. Atkinson
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Locomotion Reveals Contrasting Responses in Body Mass‐Scaling of Metabolic Rates Between Winged and Wingless Arthropods
We test how activity and locomotor mode affect metabolic scaling in arthropods. Only winged insects show increased scaling with activity, likely due to flight-related thermal and biomechanical factor...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Flying changes how metabolism scales with body mass –> NEW META-ANALYSIS of insects and spiders in Ecology Letters with @vojsavagjoni.bsky.social, H. Tan, A. Hirst and D. Atkinson
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Small fields, big benefits: But only with semi-natural habitats nearby 🌱🌎
New blog post explores the effect of field size on Bumble bee populations in Austria and Hungary 🐝🧪
Read more 👇
appliedecologistsblog.com/2025/12/10/s...
New blog post explores the effect of field size on Bumble bee populations in Austria and Hungary 🐝🧪
Read more 👇
appliedecologistsblog.com/2025/12/10/s...
Small fields, big benefits: But only with semi-natural habitats nearby
Pollinators, like bumblebees, are essential for agriculture, yet they’re declining due to landscape simplification and habitat loss. In this blog post, Riho Marja and colleagues tell us more about …
appliedecologistsblog.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Small fields, big benefits: But only with semi-natural habitats nearby 🌱🌎
New blog post explores the effect of field size on Bumble bee populations in Austria and Hungary 🐝🧪
Read more 👇
appliedecologistsblog.com/2025/12/10/s...
New blog post explores the effect of field size on Bumble bee populations in Austria and Hungary 🐝🧪
Read more 👇
appliedecologistsblog.com/2025/12/10/s...
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The UK’s #wildlife is under increasing pressure, and #gardens are becoming ever more important.
That’s exactly why the Wildlife Gardening Virtual Symposium has become such a valuable (& free!) annual event.
More details here:
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/12/10/j...
#pollinators #mammals #fungi #ponds
That’s exactly why the Wildlife Gardening Virtual Symposium has become such a valuable (& free!) annual event.
More details here:
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/12/10/j...
#pollinators #mammals #fungi #ponds
Join me at the Wildlife Gardening Virtual Symposium 14th January 2026 – Free Registration Now Open!
At a time when the UK’s wildlife is under increasing pressure, the everyday spaces we manage—especially gardens—are becoming ever more important. Although interest in wildlife-friendly gardening ha…
jeffollerton.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The UK’s #wildlife is under increasing pressure, and #gardens are becoming ever more important.
That’s exactly why the Wildlife Gardening Virtual Symposium has become such a valuable (& free!) annual event.
More details here:
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/12/10/j...
#pollinators #mammals #fungi #ponds
That’s exactly why the Wildlife Gardening Virtual Symposium has become such a valuable (& free!) annual event.
More details here:
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/12/10/j...
#pollinators #mammals #fungi #ponds
8 years ago, I started working with cavity-nesting Hymenopterans using the trap-nest method. Based on Hungarian projects and these experiences, we compiled a practical protocol for researchers who are using trap nests for the first time
🔗 dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.ewov11znovr2/v2
🔗 dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.ewov11znovr2/v2
A step-by-step protocol and guide for cavity-nesting Hymenoptera sampling and data collection using trap ne...
This step-by-step protocol details the production, deployment, and processing of trap nests, a sampling tool for cavity-nesting Hymenoptera that enables the collection of detail...
dx.doi.org
December 9, 2025 at 8:58 AM
8 years ago, I started working with cavity-nesting Hymenopterans using the trap-nest method. Based on Hungarian projects and these experiences, we compiled a practical protocol for researchers who are using trap nests for the first time
🔗 dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.ewov11znovr2/v2
🔗 dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.ewov11znovr2/v2
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December 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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What is the effect of increasing disturbances in C European forests on insect diversity, and how does salvage logging modulate it? We found an overall positive response for both cleared and uncleared sites, with a stronger signal for taxonomic vs phylogenetic diversity doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
December 4, 2025 at 4:33 AM
What is the effect of increasing disturbances in C European forests on insect diversity, and how does salvage logging modulate it? We found an overall positive response for both cleared and uncleared sites, with a stronger signal for taxonomic vs phylogenetic diversity doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
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The file with the final figures is finally finished! Sadly the stochastic map is way too high fidelity for the publication - but if you'd like the high resolution PDF of that figure to make a nice poster, here's the link! therusselllab.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
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December 4, 2025 at 5:57 AM
The file with the final figures is finally finished! Sadly the stochastic map is way too high fidelity for the publication - but if you'd like the high resolution PDF of that figure to make a nice poster, here's the link! therusselllab.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
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‼️ Discover the WildPosh promotional toolkit!
A set of materials that introduces WildPosh is now available. These resources help partners introduce the project and its objectives at conferences, talks, and workshops.
Designed by @pensoft.net.
👉 Explore the toolkit: wildposh.eu/news/get-kno...
A set of materials that introduces WildPosh is now available. These resources help partners introduce the project and its objectives at conferences, talks, and workshops.
Designed by @pensoft.net.
👉 Explore the toolkit: wildposh.eu/news/get-kno...
December 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
‼️ Discover the WildPosh promotional toolkit!
A set of materials that introduces WildPosh is now available. These resources help partners introduce the project and its objectives at conferences, talks, and workshops.
Designed by @pensoft.net.
👉 Explore the toolkit: wildposh.eu/news/get-kno...
A set of materials that introduces WildPosh is now available. These resources help partners introduce the project and its objectives at conferences, talks, and workshops.
Designed by @pensoft.net.
👉 Explore the toolkit: wildposh.eu/news/get-kno...
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One more piece of evidence, on a growing pile, that insects are in decline.
"...the general species turnover and biomass trends emphasize ongoing arthropod community simplification, and that even common species may be increasingly under threat."
🪲🪳🧪🌍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"...the general species turnover and biomass trends emphasize ongoing arthropod community simplification, and that even common species may be increasingly under threat."
🪲🪳🧪🌍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Arthropod species loss underpins biomass declines - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Insects are declining in many regions. Here the authors show that arthropod biomass losses in Jena Experiment and Biodiversity Exploratories time series are driven more by species loss than by species...
www.nature.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
One more piece of evidence, on a growing pile, that insects are in decline.
"...the general species turnover and biomass trends emphasize ongoing arthropod community simplification, and that even common species may be increasingly under threat."
🪲🪳🧪🌍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"...the general species turnover and biomass trends emphasize ongoing arthropod community simplification, and that even common species may be increasingly under threat."
🪲🪳🧪🌍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🤔 What is @ipbes.net?
We strengthen the science-policy interface for biodiversity and ecosystem services, ensuring that global environmental decision making is informed by the best available knowledge!
Illustration by Michaël Olbrechts 🌍🧪
www.biodiversity.be/4128/
We strengthen the science-policy interface for biodiversity and ecosystem services, ensuring that global environmental decision making is informed by the best available knowledge!
Illustration by Michaël Olbrechts 🌍🧪
www.biodiversity.be/4128/
May 9, 2025 at 7:54 AM
🤔 What is @ipbes.net?
We strengthen the science-policy interface for biodiversity and ecosystem services, ensuring that global environmental decision making is informed by the best available knowledge!
Illustration by Michaël Olbrechts 🌍🧪
www.biodiversity.be/4128/
We strengthen the science-policy interface for biodiversity and ecosystem services, ensuring that global environmental decision making is informed by the best available knowledge!
Illustration by Michaël Olbrechts 🌍🧪
www.biodiversity.be/4128/
I attended the SCAPE Conference for the first time. The atmosphere and the spirit were wonderful! It was inspiring to be surrounded by researchers who share the same passion for pollinators.
I finally met my SEPPI project colleagues in person after many online meetings. Hope to meet again next year!
I finally met my SEPPI project colleagues in person after many online meetings. Hope to meet again next year!
November 19, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I attended the SCAPE Conference for the first time. The atmosphere and the spirit were wonderful! It was inspiring to be surrounded by researchers who share the same passion for pollinators.
I finally met my SEPPI project colleagues in person after many online meetings. Hope to meet again next year!
I finally met my SEPPI project colleagues in person after many online meetings. Hope to meet again next year!
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Rearing insects in class is an excellent science education tool, but using non-native insects can lead to ethical and environmental issues. Native insects should be prioritised! Great paper exploring this overlooked issue #RESInsectConsDiv 🌏🧪
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Native insect species should be selected for classroom rearings
Rearing insects in the school classroom can build positive attitudes towards insects among schoolchildren, which is becoming increasingly important as insect populations decline. Identified frequent...
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Rearing insects in class is an excellent science education tool, but using non-native insects can lead to ethical and environmental issues. Native insects should be prioritised! Great paper exploring this overlooked issue #RESInsectConsDiv 🌏🧪
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Interesting development - $50 million for "polar bear conservation" in Greenland.
My articles about how some conservation NGO projects are not what they seem -
www.int-res.com/abstracts/es...
www.commondreams.org/opinion/war-...
show how this will play out
🌍
1/n 🧵
My articles about how some conservation NGO projects are not what they seem -
www.int-res.com/abstracts/es...
www.commondreams.org/opinion/war-...
show how this will play out
🌍
1/n 🧵
Trump’s new foreign aid plan eyes $50 million for Greenland’s polar bears
Documents reviewed by The Post show the administration may spend millions to protect vulnerable wildlife, proposals that stunned critics of its moves to gut foreign assistance.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Interesting development - $50 million for "polar bear conservation" in Greenland.
My articles about how some conservation NGO projects are not what they seem -
www.int-res.com/abstracts/es...
www.commondreams.org/opinion/war-...
show how this will play out
🌍
1/n 🧵
My articles about how some conservation NGO projects are not what they seem -
www.int-res.com/abstracts/es...
www.commondreams.org/opinion/war-...
show how this will play out
🌍
1/n 🧵
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"You shared her refusal to give up, and that meant the world to her.
It means the world to our team, too. We have been inundated with heartfelt messages, and we are so grateful for your kindness and your support – and your determination to carry Jane's mission forward."
Read more:
It means the world to our team, too. We have been inundated with heartfelt messages, and we are so grateful for your kindness and your support – and your determination to carry Jane's mission forward."
Read more:
A Note from Our CEO: Remembering Dr. Jane Goodall
Photo: Katherine Holland Dear Friend, I’m reaching out with profound sadness – and with gratitude for a life well lived. As you may have seen, Dr. Jane Goodall has passed away at the age of 91. We’ve ...
janegoodall.ca
October 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"You shared her refusal to give up, and that meant the world to her.
It means the world to our team, too. We have been inundated with heartfelt messages, and we are so grateful for your kindness and your support – and your determination to carry Jane's mission forward."
Read more:
It means the world to our team, too. We have been inundated with heartfelt messages, and we are so grateful for your kindness and your support – and your determination to carry Jane's mission forward."
Read more:
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#Publication Our paper, co-authored by @edinatorok.bsky.social, Robi, and Péter, and led by Lorenzo Marini, has been published in the Journal of Applied Ecology under the title "Using total abundance as a proxy for wild bee species richness: A practical tool for non-experts." doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Using total abundance as a proxy for wild bee species richness: A practical tool for non‐experts
The use of a simple but effective proxy could be an important starting point for the expansion of wild bee monitoring initiatives at the regional scale, particularly given the growing involvement of ....
doi.org
September 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
#Publication Our paper, co-authored by @edinatorok.bsky.social, Robi, and Péter, and led by Lorenzo Marini, has been published in the Journal of Applied Ecology under the title "Using total abundance as a proxy for wild bee species richness: A practical tool for non-experts." doi.org/10.1111/1365...
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The Pollinator Academy is an online platform that provides tools and training to help strengthen your knowledge of the taxonomy of European pollinators. Follow us and visit our website to find out more! #PollinatorAcademy #Pollinators #Taxonomy #Bee #Hoverfly #Butterfly Pollinatoracademy.eu
September 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The Pollinator Academy is an online platform that provides tools and training to help strengthen your knowledge of the taxonomy of European pollinators. Follow us and visit our website to find out more! #PollinatorAcademy #Pollinators #Taxonomy #Bee #Hoverfly #Butterfly Pollinatoracademy.eu
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Finally read the abstract for www.nature.com/articles/s41... and umm wow some bombshells there in terms of "what is a species even"!
"We term females exhibiting this reproductive mode as xenoparous, meaning they give birth to other species as part of their life cycle."
"We term females exhibiting this reproductive mode as xenoparous, meaning they give birth to other species as part of their life cycle."
One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants - Nature
In a case of obligate cross-species cloning, female ants of Messor ibericus need to clone males of Messor structor to obtain sperm for producing the worker caste, resulting in males from the same moth...
www.nature.com
September 5, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Finally read the abstract for www.nature.com/articles/s41... and umm wow some bombshells there in terms of "what is a species even"!
"We term females exhibiting this reproductive mode as xenoparous, meaning they give birth to other species as part of their life cycle."
"We term females exhibiting this reproductive mode as xenoparous, meaning they give birth to other species as part of their life cycle."
Small fields have big benefits for pollinators – but only with semi-natural habitats nearby | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Small fields have big benefits for pollinators – but only with semi-natural habitats nearby
Pollinators, such as bumblebees, are essential providers of ecosystem services for agriculture, yet their numbers are declining due to landscape structure simplification and habitat loss. To explore t...
www.eurekalert.org
September 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Small fields have big benefits for pollinators – but only with semi-natural habitats nearby | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...