FLOWer Lab 🌸🍒 🐝 🪰🔬🧬
@flowerlab.bsky.social
FLOWer Lab of the Centre for Functional Ecology of the University of Coimbra - Plant #Ecology and #Evolution (in particular #Polyploidy), #Pollination Services and #Agroecology led by João Loureiro and Sílvia Castro
Magusto 2025!
Bonfire chestnut celebration 2025!
Bonfire chestnut celebration 2025!
November 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Magusto 2025!
Bonfire chestnut celebration 2025!
Bonfire chestnut celebration 2025!
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🐝 Os polinizadores valem milhões... Um novo estudo do FLOWer Lab revela que garantem mais de 2 mil milhões de €/ano à agricultura PT, sendo 1,1 mil milhões assegurados por polinizadores selvagens. Protegê-los é vital para a nossa alimentação, economia e futuro.
Notícia: www.uc.pt/fctuc/notici...
Notícia: www.uc.pt/fctuc/notici...
Pollinator contribution to crop production: a temporal and economic assessment in Portugal - Regional Environmental Change
Pollination is a key ecosystem service that supports agriculture and food security, with significant economic relevance. Yet, national-scale assessments remain scarce, despite their critical role in i...
link.springer.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
🐝 Os polinizadores valem milhões... Um novo estudo do FLOWer Lab revela que garantem mais de 2 mil milhões de €/ano à agricultura PT, sendo 1,1 mil milhões assegurados por polinizadores selvagens. Protegê-los é vital para a nossa alimentação, economia e futuro.
Notícia: www.uc.pt/fctuc/notici...
Notícia: www.uc.pt/fctuc/notici...
🐝 Pollinators are worth billions. A new study from the FLOWer Lab shows they secure over €2B/year for PT agriculture, with €1.1B coming from wild pollinators. Protecting them is essential for our food, economy and future.
Read it: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
News: www.uc.pt/fctuc/notici...
Read it: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
News: www.uc.pt/fctuc/notici...
Pollinator contribution to crop production: a temporal and economic assessment in Portugal - Regional Environmental Change
Pollination is a key ecosystem service that supports agriculture and food security, with significant economic relevance. Yet, national-scale assessments remain scarce, despite their critical role in i...
link.springer.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
🐝 Pollinators are worth billions. A new study from the FLOWer Lab shows they secure over €2B/year for PT agriculture, with €1.1B coming from wild pollinators. Protecting them is essential for our food, economy and future.
Read it: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
News: www.uc.pt/fctuc/notici...
Read it: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
News: www.uc.pt/fctuc/notici...
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O suspense acabou… 🤭 Já podemos revelar a data e o programa de inauguração da nova exposição do #PavilhaodoConhecimento: “SUPERBICHOS! Incríveis por Natureza”.
📢 Marquem na agenda: 24 de outubro, sexta-feira, a partir das 18.30. Entrada livre.
Programa: www.pavconhecimento.pt/exposicoes/s...
📢 Marquem na agenda: 24 de outubro, sexta-feira, a partir das 18.30. Entrada livre.
Programa: www.pavconhecimento.pt/exposicoes/s...
SUPERBICHOS! Incríveis por Natureza - Inauguração
A exposição
www.pavconhecimento.pt
October 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
O suspense acabou… 🤭 Já podemos revelar a data e o programa de inauguração da nova exposição do #PavilhaodoConhecimento: “SUPERBICHOS! Incríveis por Natureza”.
📢 Marquem na agenda: 24 de outubro, sexta-feira, a partir das 18.30. Entrada livre.
Programa: www.pavconhecimento.pt/exposicoes/s...
📢 Marquem na agenda: 24 de outubro, sexta-feira, a partir das 18.30. Entrada livre.
Programa: www.pavconhecimento.pt/exposicoes/s...
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#OpenAccess
Flowering synchrony and cultivar compatibility as key factors for optimising sweet cherry pollination and production
🍒 doi.org/10.1111/aab....
🌸 It's essential to include compatibility & regional flower phenology in orchard design 🌸
@catarinasiopa.bsky.social @jloureiro13.bsky.social
Flowering synchrony and cultivar compatibility as key factors for optimising sweet cherry pollination and production
🍒 doi.org/10.1111/aab....
🌸 It's essential to include compatibility & regional flower phenology in orchard design 🌸
@catarinasiopa.bsky.social @jloureiro13.bsky.social
Flowering synchrony and cultivar compatibility as key factors for optimising sweet cherry pollination and production
Effective pollination is crucial for sweet cherry production, as 82% of its yield depends on animal pollination. However, factors like flower phenology and cultivar compatibility are often overlooked...
doi.org
August 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
#OpenAccess
Flowering synchrony and cultivar compatibility as key factors for optimising sweet cherry pollination and production
🍒 doi.org/10.1111/aab....
🌸 It's essential to include compatibility & regional flower phenology in orchard design 🌸
@catarinasiopa.bsky.social @jloureiro13.bsky.social
Flowering synchrony and cultivar compatibility as key factors for optimising sweet cherry pollination and production
🍒 doi.org/10.1111/aab....
🌸 It's essential to include compatibility & regional flower phenology in orchard design 🌸
@catarinasiopa.bsky.social @jloureiro13.bsky.social
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Very proud to hear this wonderful talk by #SilviaCastro from @pollinet.bsky.social. 👏 #SPECO has been very well represented at @sibecol.bsky.social #congress
June 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Very proud to hear this wonderful talk by #SilviaCastro from @pollinet.bsky.social. 👏 #SPECO has been very well represented at @sibecol.bsky.social #congress
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The Dutch Grassland Butterfly indicator (www.clo.nl/indicatoren/...) shows a decline of more than 70%. It will be hard to achieve an increasing trend in 2030, as required in art 11 in the Nature Restoration Regulation (eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...).
April 24, 2025 at 6:20 AM
The Dutch Grassland Butterfly indicator (www.clo.nl/indicatoren/...) shows a decline of more than 70%. It will be hard to achieve an increasing trend in 2030, as required in art 11 in the Nature Restoration Regulation (eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...).
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Las moscas florícolas (Syrphidae) son insectos altamente beneficiosos: mientras que los adultos polinizan, sus larvas contribuyen al reciclaje de la materia orgánica 🍂 o al control de plagas agrícolas.
Os dejo aquí una lámina genial con las especies del género Eristalis de la península ibérica 😉👇
Os dejo aquí una lámina genial con las especies del género Eristalis de la península ibérica 😉👇
April 9, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Las moscas florícolas (Syrphidae) son insectos altamente beneficiosos: mientras que los adultos polinizan, sus larvas contribuyen al reciclaje de la materia orgánica 🍂 o al control de plagas agrícolas.
Os dejo aquí una lámina genial con las especies del género Eristalis de la península ibérica 😉👇
Os dejo aquí una lámina genial con las especies del género Eristalis de la península ibérica 😉👇
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How to create a #nature-literate society.
My latest article @theconversation.com
Revaluing naturalists' skills is essential for a future where we work with, not against, nature.
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#GreenJobs
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My latest article @theconversation.com
Revaluing naturalists' skills is essential for a future where we work with, not against, nature.
Notice
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Nurture
#GreenJobs
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Here’s how to create a more nature-literate society
Nature literacy has inspired creativity and innovation for thousands of years.
theconversation.com
April 5, 2025 at 7:44 AM
How to create a #nature-literate society.
My latest article @theconversation.com
Revaluing naturalists' skills is essential for a future where we work with, not against, nature.
Notice
Name
Nurture
#GreenJobs
theconversation.com/heres-how-to...
@uclnews.bsky.social @curlewaction.bsky.social
My latest article @theconversation.com
Revaluing naturalists' skills is essential for a future where we work with, not against, nature.
Notice
Name
Nurture
#GreenJobs
theconversation.com/heres-how-to...
@uclnews.bsky.social @curlewaction.bsky.social
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Ontem foi um dia muito bonito! Obrigado a todos os envolvidos!
Visitem a exposição Pequenos Gigantes - Guardiões da Biodiversidade para ficarem a conhecer melhor alguns da diversidade de polinizadores que podem encontrar em Portugal através do olho e da lente do Albano Soares!
Visitem a exposição Pequenos Gigantes - Guardiões da Biodiversidade para ficarem a conhecer melhor alguns da diversidade de polinizadores que podem encontrar em Portugal através do olho e da lente do Albano Soares!
March 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Ontem foi um dia muito bonito! Obrigado a todos os envolvidos!
Visitem a exposição Pequenos Gigantes - Guardiões da Biodiversidade para ficarem a conhecer melhor alguns da diversidade de polinizadores que podem encontrar em Portugal através do olho e da lente do Albano Soares!
Visitem a exposição Pequenos Gigantes - Guardiões da Biodiversidade para ficarem a conhecer melhor alguns da diversidade de polinizadores que podem encontrar em Portugal através do olho e da lente do Albano Soares!
🌿 New publication with FLOWer Lab’s contribution!
With Sílvia Castro, led by Catarina Gomes from Madeira Botanical Group, this study on Musschia wollastonii reveals its mixed reproductive system—self-pollination and insect pollinators, mostly hoverflies and butterflies. Many act as pollen robbers!
With Sílvia Castro, led by Catarina Gomes from Madeira Botanical Group, this study on Musschia wollastonii reveals its mixed reproductive system—self-pollination and insect pollinators, mostly hoverflies and butterflies. Many act as pollen robbers!
March 19, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🌿 New publication with FLOWer Lab’s contribution!
With Sílvia Castro, led by Catarina Gomes from Madeira Botanical Group, this study on Musschia wollastonii reveals its mixed reproductive system—self-pollination and insect pollinators, mostly hoverflies and butterflies. Many act as pollen robbers!
With Sílvia Castro, led by Catarina Gomes from Madeira Botanical Group, this study on Musschia wollastonii reveals its mixed reproductive system—self-pollination and insect pollinators, mostly hoverflies and butterflies. Many act as pollen robbers!
🐝 New publication!
The chapter "Taxonomy of European Apoidea: Anthophila", by Hugo Gaspar (FLOWer Lab) & Simone Flaminio (Univ. of Mons), provides a practical guide to bee diversity & identification in Europe.
📖 Part of "Hidden and Wild: An Integrated Study of European Wild Bees". Read it 👇
The chapter "Taxonomy of European Apoidea: Anthophila", by Hugo Gaspar (FLOWer Lab) & Simone Flaminio (Univ. of Mons), provides a practical guide to bee diversity & identification in Europe.
📖 Part of "Hidden and Wild: An Integrated Study of European Wild Bees". Read it 👇
Taxonomy of European Apoidea Anthophila
While taxonomy in general is not often widely considered a thriving scientific subject, European bee taxonomy is living in an exciting era, pushed by a new generation of taxonomists who are creating r...
link.springer.com
March 4, 2025 at 10:20 AM
🐝 New publication!
The chapter "Taxonomy of European Apoidea: Anthophila", by Hugo Gaspar (FLOWer Lab) & Simone Flaminio (Univ. of Mons), provides a practical guide to bee diversity & identification in Europe.
📖 Part of "Hidden and Wild: An Integrated Study of European Wild Bees". Read it 👇
The chapter "Taxonomy of European Apoidea: Anthophila", by Hugo Gaspar (FLOWer Lab) & Simone Flaminio (Univ. of Mons), provides a practical guide to bee diversity & identification in Europe.
📖 Part of "Hidden and Wild: An Integrated Study of European Wild Bees". Read it 👇
Congratulations to Tiago Laranjo for successfully defending his MSc thesis in Ecology at UC! 🎓🌱
His research, "Contributions to the conservation of threatened plant species and their habitats in Serra do Caramulo", was supervised by Mariana Castro & António Gouveia!
Wishing you all the best! 🚀
His research, "Contributions to the conservation of threatened plant species and their habitats in Serra do Caramulo", was supervised by Mariana Castro & António Gouveia!
Wishing you all the best! 🚀
February 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Congratulations to Tiago Laranjo for successfully defending his MSc thesis in Ecology at UC! 🎓🌱
His research, "Contributions to the conservation of threatened plant species and their habitats in Serra do Caramulo", was supervised by Mariana Castro & António Gouveia!
Wishing you all the best! 🚀
His research, "Contributions to the conservation of threatened plant species and their habitats in Serra do Caramulo", was supervised by Mariana Castro & António Gouveia!
Wishing you all the best! 🚀
Congratulations Rafael Matos for the successful defense of your MSc in Ecology! His work "Reassessing changes in reproductive strategies and population structure of Oxalis pes-caprae in the invaded range" supervised by Sílvia Castro & Mariana Castro, brings new insights into invasive plant dynamics.
February 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Congratulations Rafael Matos for the successful defense of your MSc in Ecology! His work "Reassessing changes in reproductive strategies and population structure of Oxalis pes-caprae in the invaded range" supervised by Sílvia Castro & Mariana Castro, brings new insights into invasive plant dynamics.
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You complete my life-cycle 💕
One of the best ways to help moths thrive is by growing their favourite food plants.
#MoonMeadows #MothsMatter
One of the best ways to help moths thrive is by growing their favourite food plants.
#MoonMeadows #MothsMatter
February 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
You complete my life-cycle 💕
One of the best ways to help moths thrive is by growing their favourite food plants.
#MoonMeadows #MothsMatter
One of the best ways to help moths thrive is by growing their favourite food plants.
#MoonMeadows #MothsMatter
Huge congratulations @wilosterman.bsky.social for a very good viewpoint paper on @newphyt.bsky.social!
🎉 Dive into "The ecology of polyploid establishment and exclusion, with implications for polyploid biogeography" for a great read! 🔬📚👏
#polyploidy #plantsarefascinating
🎉 Dive into "The ecology of polyploid establishment and exclusion, with implications for polyploid biogeography" for a great read! 🔬📚👏
#polyploidy #plantsarefascinating
The ecology of polyploid establishment and exclusion, with implications for polyploid biogeography
The relationship between polyploid formation, triploid fitness and plant reproduction has been studied for over a century, and uniparental reproduction has long been recognized to play a crucial role...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 14, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Huge congratulations @wilosterman.bsky.social for a very good viewpoint paper on @newphyt.bsky.social!
🎉 Dive into "The ecology of polyploid establishment and exclusion, with implications for polyploid biogeography" for a great read! 🔬📚👏
#polyploidy #plantsarefascinating
🎉 Dive into "The ecology of polyploid establishment and exclusion, with implications for polyploid biogeography" for a great read! 🔬📚👏
#polyploidy #plantsarefascinating
Sílvia Castro, co-PI of FLOWer Lab, participated yesterday in the round table organised by the Biology students association on the role of women in science, during the celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 👩🔬
#internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience
#internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience
February 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Sílvia Castro, co-PI of FLOWer Lab, participated yesterday in the round table organised by the Biology students association on the role of women in science, during the celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 👩🔬
#internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience
#internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience
🐝 New data on Portugal’s bees!
The Science Museum of the University of Coimbra holds the largest historical bee collection in Portugal.
A new study by the FLOWer Lab reveals 13,374 records, 11,053 unpublished until now, covering 464 species, incl. 11 new to Portugal!
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
The Science Museum of the University of Coimbra holds the largest historical bee collection in Portugal.
A new study by the FLOWer Lab reveals 13,374 records, 11,053 unpublished until now, covering 464 species, incl. 11 new to Portugal!
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
New data from the historical bee collection (Hymenoptera, Anthophila) of the Science Museum of the University of Coimbra and additional faunistic updates for Portugal
Entomological collections hold significant scientific potential, especially understudied taxa of historical collections from important biogeographical regions, such as bees in Portugal. The S...
doi.org
February 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
🐝 New data on Portugal’s bees!
The Science Museum of the University of Coimbra holds the largest historical bee collection in Portugal.
A new study by the FLOWer Lab reveals 13,374 records, 11,053 unpublished until now, covering 464 species, incl. 11 new to Portugal!
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
The Science Museum of the University of Coimbra holds the largest historical bee collection in Portugal.
A new study by the FLOWer Lab reveals 13,374 records, 11,053 unpublished until now, covering 464 species, incl. 11 new to Portugal!
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
The FLOWer Lab at #EcoFlor2025 (León, Spain, @ecoflor2025.bsky.social)!
🌱 Afonso Petronilho presented the oral communication: "Two congeneric Utricularia L. species with distinct reproductive strategies"
Exploring plant reproductive diversity in the fascinating aquatic carnivorous species.
🌱 Afonso Petronilho presented the oral communication: "Two congeneric Utricularia L. species with distinct reproductive strategies"
Exploring plant reproductive diversity in the fascinating aquatic carnivorous species.
February 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The FLOWer Lab at #EcoFlor2025 (León, Spain, @ecoflor2025.bsky.social)!
🌱 Afonso Petronilho presented the oral communication: "Two congeneric Utricularia L. species with distinct reproductive strategies"
Exploring plant reproductive diversity in the fascinating aquatic carnivorous species.
🌱 Afonso Petronilho presented the oral communication: "Two congeneric Utricularia L. species with distinct reproductive strategies"
Exploring plant reproductive diversity in the fascinating aquatic carnivorous species.
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🎉Congratulations! The PolinizAÇÃO project wraps up its 7 participatory workshops, paving the way for an Action Plan to protect #pollinators in Portugal! A great collaboration between citizens & institutions. We’re proud to be part of it! Here's how it happened! 🐝🌿 @pollinet.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🎉Congratulations! The PolinizAÇÃO project wraps up its 7 participatory workshops, paving the way for an Action Plan to protect #pollinators in Portugal! A great collaboration between citizens & institutions. We’re proud to be part of it! Here's how it happened! 🐝🌿 @pollinet.bsky.social
🌿 @jloureiro13.bsky.social was one of the speakers at dcv.talks this week! He presented "Through the citizens’ lenses: Plant-Pollinator Interactions on iNaturalist", showcasing how citizen science helps unveil plant-pollinator interactions. This initiative was launched by the PolinizAÇÃO project 🐝📸
February 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
🌿 @jloureiro13.bsky.social was one of the speakers at dcv.talks this week! He presented "Through the citizens’ lenses: Plant-Pollinator Interactions on iNaturalist", showcasing how citizen science helps unveil plant-pollinator interactions. This initiative was launched by the PolinizAÇÃO project 🐝📸
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Até já @catarinasiopa.bsky.social! Estamos sempre aqui para o que necessitares e o @flowerlab.bsky.social estará sempre de portas abertas para ti.
Boa sorte para esta nova etapa!
Boa sorte para esta nova etapa!
February 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Até já @catarinasiopa.bsky.social! Estamos sempre aqui para o que necessitares e o @flowerlab.bsky.social estará sempre de portas abertas para ti.
Boa sorte para esta nova etapa!
Boa sorte para esta nova etapa!
🌿🐝 New paper! Sílvia Castro, Sara Lopes, @catarinasiopa.bsky.social, @jloureiro13.bsky.social & Hugo Gaspar coauthored a study on EuPPollNet, Europe’s largest plant-pollinator network database! 🌍💡
Thanks @joseblanuza.bsky.social and @ibartomeus.bsky.social for the great coordination!
📖 Read it 👇
Thanks @joseblanuza.bsky.social and @ibartomeus.bsky.social for the great coordination!
📖 Read it 👇
EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant‐Pollinator Networks
Motivation Pollinators play a crucial role in maintaining Earth's terrestrial biodiversity. However, rapid human-induced environmental changes are compromising the long-term persistence of plant-pol...
doi.org
February 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🌿🐝 New paper! Sílvia Castro, Sara Lopes, @catarinasiopa.bsky.social, @jloureiro13.bsky.social & Hugo Gaspar coauthored a study on EuPPollNet, Europe’s largest plant-pollinator network database! 🌍💡
Thanks @joseblanuza.bsky.social and @ibartomeus.bsky.social for the great coordination!
📖 Read it 👇
Thanks @joseblanuza.bsky.social and @ibartomeus.bsky.social for the great coordination!
📖 Read it 👇
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[new paper] EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant-Pollinator Networks
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Another wonderful paper of @joseblanuza.bsky.social making open more than >1500 networks and looking at their properties. Come for the data, stay for the cool figures!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Another wonderful paper of @joseblanuza.bsky.social making open more than >1500 networks and looking at their properties. Come for the data, stay for the cool figures!
EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant‐Pollinator Networks
Motivation Pollinators play a crucial role in maintaining Earth's terrestrial biodiversity. However, rapid human-induced environmental changes are compromising the long-term persistence of plant-pol...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
[new paper] EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant-Pollinator Networks
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Another wonderful paper of @joseblanuza.bsky.social making open more than >1500 networks and looking at their properties. Come for the data, stay for the cool figures!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Another wonderful paper of @joseblanuza.bsky.social making open more than >1500 networks and looking at their properties. Come for the data, stay for the cool figures!
🌿 Sílvia Castro was Feb’s speaker of Sociedade Broteriana Talks! Sílvia Castro presented “Nothing is permanent except change: O. pes-caprae on the Mediterranean Basin”. She shared progress from COST ConservePlants initiative studying floral morphotypes & ploidy levels of invasive Bermuda buttercup.
January 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
🌿 Sílvia Castro was Feb’s speaker of Sociedade Broteriana Talks! Sílvia Castro presented “Nothing is permanent except change: O. pes-caprae on the Mediterranean Basin”. She shared progress from COST ConservePlants initiative studying floral morphotypes & ploidy levels of invasive Bermuda buttercup.