Wayne Dawson
@waynedawsoneco.bsky.social
Ecologist, @liverpooluni.bsky.social. Director, NERC ACCE+ DLA: https://accedtp.ac.uk/
🏳️🌈, firstgen.
www.dawsonecology.com
🏳️🌈, firstgen.
www.dawsonecology.com
One of multiple S hemisphere plants in GB that we would like a talented PhD student to study! See link for funded NERC ACCE+ PhD opportunity at Liverpool: www.findaphd.com/phds/project....
November 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
One of multiple S hemisphere plants in GB that we would like a talented PhD student to study! See link for funded NERC ACCE+ PhD opportunity at Liverpool: www.findaphd.com/phds/project....
Revealing links between herbivore release and soil mutualist enhancement in an invasive plant:
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Reassociation of specialist herbivores with an invasive plant selects for reduced allocation to soil mutualists
Invasive plants often escape specialist herbivores and can evolve to reallocate resources to growth from defense, but reunion with specialists can reverse this evolutionary trade-off. It remains u...
doi.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Revealing links between herbivore release and soil mutualist enhancement in an invasive plant:
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Barcoding non-native plant species on South Georgia:
doi.org/10.1111/1755...
doi.org/10.1111/1755...
Phylogenomic Barcoding of Soil Seed Bank–Persistent and Wind‐Dispersed Non‐Native Plant Species in South Georgia
Climate change and invasive species are leading drivers of biodiversity loss, with island ecosystems being especially vulnerable. South Georgia, a remote sub-Antarctic island, is 170 km long with app....
doi.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Barcoding non-native plant species on South Georgia:
doi.org/10.1111/1755...
doi.org/10.1111/1755...
Reposted by Wayne Dawson
Climate niche analysis predicts 2,554 potential new alien vascular plant species could invade the Arctic, emphasising urgent need for biosecurity and monitoring under climate change.
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neob...
@liverpooluni.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neob...
@liverpooluni.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Climate niche analysis predicts 2,554 potential new alien vascular plant species could invade the Arctic, emphasising urgent need for biosecurity and monitoring under climate change.
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neob...
@liverpooluni.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neob...
@liverpooluni.bsky.social
Reposted by Wayne Dawson
▶️‼️𝐀 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐍𝐀𝐅, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰‼️◀️
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
1️⃣ it now contains 16,429 plant taxa
2️⃣ removal of outdated data & errors
3️⃣ 117,229 new records
4️⃣ 31% increase in the number of geographic regions
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
1️⃣ it now contains 16,429 plant taxa
2️⃣ removal of outdated data & errors
3️⃣ 117,229 new records
4️⃣ 31% increase in the number of geographic regions
The updated Global Naturalized Alien Flora (GloNAF 2.0) database
GloNAF is a continuously updated, curated compilation of alien naturalized vascular plant inventories for geographic regions worldwide. Building on its predecessor, GloNAF 2.0 now contains 16,429 tax...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
▶️‼️𝐀 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐍𝐀𝐅, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰‼️◀️
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
1️⃣ it now contains 16,429 plant taxa
2️⃣ removal of outdated data & errors
3️⃣ 117,229 new records
4️⃣ 31% increase in the number of geographic regions
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
1️⃣ it now contains 16,429 plant taxa
2️⃣ removal of outdated data & errors
3️⃣ 117,229 new records
4️⃣ 31% increase in the number of geographic regions
Reposted by Wayne Dawson
As usual, @markavery.bsky.social has it right. Things are not getting better for our wild plants
The 20-year efforts of #BSBImembers & the botanical community gave us #PlantAtlas2020, which provides the evidence base for much of this #GBRedList assessment.
Your #botany records make a difference!
The 20-year efforts of #BSBImembers & the botanical community gave us #PlantAtlas2020, which provides the evidence base for much of this #GBRedList assessment.
Your #botany records make a difference!
New GB Red List for vascular plants from @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social is comprehensive revision of 2005 list.
Plants are good indicators of the pressures on all our wildlife - things are not getting better.
More details: markavery.info/2025/11/05/b...
Plants are good indicators of the pressures on all our wildlife - things are not getting better.
More details: markavery.info/2025/11/05/b...
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
As usual, @markavery.bsky.social has it right. Things are not getting better for our wild plants
The 20-year efforts of #BSBImembers & the botanical community gave us #PlantAtlas2020, which provides the evidence base for much of this #GBRedList assessment.
Your #botany records make a difference!
The 20-year efforts of #BSBImembers & the botanical community gave us #PlantAtlas2020, which provides the evidence base for much of this #GBRedList assessment.
Your #botany records make a difference!
Pirri-Pirri Bur, Pampas grass, Wireweed: all plants from the S Hemisphere that are establishing in the UK. Can we explain current and predict future invasions by S Hemisphere plants? Apply for this NERC ACCE+ PhD project to find out: tinyurl.com/374ty2b7
Please Repost! @acce-dla.bsky.social
Please Repost! @acce-dla.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Pirri-Pirri Bur, Pampas grass, Wireweed: all plants from the S Hemisphere that are establishing in the UK. Can we explain current and predict future invasions by S Hemisphere plants? Apply for this NERC ACCE+ PhD project to find out: tinyurl.com/374ty2b7
Please Repost! @acce-dla.bsky.social
Please Repost! @acce-dla.bsky.social
A windy, raw, but sunny day in and above Hope Valley, the Peak District.
November 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
A windy, raw, but sunny day in and above Hope Valley, the Peak District.
Donated.
As the world is showing, nature has the weakest protections imaginable. Communities buying up as much land as possible for nature remains a top priority. One way people can do this is through financially supporting conservation charities. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sir David Attenborough inspires Rothbury Estate donations - BBC News
Sir David Attenborough inspires a surge in backing for a £30m campaign to create a nature haven.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Donated.
Reposted by Wayne Dawson
October 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This might be science, or science fiction, in the making.
October 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This might be science, or science fiction, in the making.
Hi @ukladybirds.bsky.social, this should be of interest.
Green Iguanas were identified as highly likely to arrive during a horizon scanning exercise (Dawson et al., 2023: doi.org/10.1111/conl...), and it looks they have. Well done on the intercept. 🦎
bernews.com/2025/10/igua...
bernews.com/2025/10/igua...
Two Iguanas Found Aboard Ships In Bermuda - Bernews
Thanks to the “vigilance of the crew on both vessels” two iguanas that were discovered on ships docked in Bermuda this past summer were prevented from actually entering Bermuda. An article in Envirota...
bernews.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Hi @ukladybirds.bsky.social, this should be of interest.
Controversial opinion: many scientists (probably a majority) are terrible at conversation. Conversation is an art. It requires listening and not simply talking when and however much one wants.
October 16, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Controversial opinion: many scientists (probably a majority) are terrible at conversation. Conversation is an art. It requires listening and not simply talking when and however much one wants.
A lovely encounter with a New Zealand Fantail on Banks Peninsula. Very cute.
September 8, 2025 at 7:05 AM
A lovely encounter with a New Zealand Fantail on Banks Peninsula. Very cute.
Alison got first prize for her poster on Bermuda's invader-dominated communities at EMAPI 2025. Well done! @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Alison got first prize for her poster on Bermuda's invader-dominated communities at EMAPI 2025. Well done! @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social
And that's me done. Can relax and enjoy the rest of the EMAPi 2025 conference now!
September 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
And that's me done. Can relax and enjoy the rest of the EMAPi 2025 conference now!
It's 23:40 on bank holiday Monday, and I think I just finished a grant proposal 😬😴
August 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
It's 23:40 on bank holiday Monday, and I think I just finished a grant proposal 😬😴
Reposted by Wayne Dawson
Climate models since the 1970s nailed it—most predicted global warming almost exactly as it happened.
August 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Climate models since the 1970s nailed it—most predicted global warming almost exactly as it happened.
My first ever crop of onions, and they look great! About 50 or so, still another 17 in the ground. Now, for curing.
August 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
My first ever crop of onions, and they look great! About 50 or so, still another 17 in the ground. Now, for curing.
What happens to an abandoned golf course.
August 15, 2025 at 9:17 AM
What happens to an abandoned golf course.
Found a young dead dunnock in my garden. No doubt the work of the neighbour's cat. Such a waste.
August 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Found a young dead dunnock in my garden. No doubt the work of the neighbour's cat. Such a waste.
In the Royal Albert Hall for an exciting Prom! Including Holst's 'The Planets' (a favourite in our house), and Star Wars. What a combo!
August 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
In the Royal Albert Hall for an exciting Prom! Including Holst's 'The Planets' (a favourite in our house), and Star Wars. What a combo!
Missed #wildflowerhour yet again! But, the flowers were too lovely at the Keen of Hamar, #Unst ( #Shetland ), not to share. This site is special for its barren, rocky landscape of weathered, rare serpentine rock. We were lucky to see a late-flowering 'Shetland mouse-ear' (endemic).
August 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Missed #wildflowerhour yet again! But, the flowers were too lovely at the Keen of Hamar, #Unst ( #Shetland ), not to share. This site is special for its barren, rocky landscape of weathered, rare serpentine rock. We were lucky to see a late-flowering 'Shetland mouse-ear' (endemic).
On the way home, we stopped at Birnam to say 'hello' to the ancient oak. We were treated to two osprey, hunting on the Tay over Dunkeld bridge.
August 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
On the way home, we stopped at Birnam to say 'hello' to the ancient oak. We were treated to two osprey, hunting on the Tay over Dunkeld bridge.
Back on the ferry to Britain. Had a wonderful 2 weeks in Orkney and Shetland. Yesterday's clifftop walk on Muckle Roe was a highlight!
August 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Back on the ferry to Britain. Had a wonderful 2 weeks in Orkney and Shetland. Yesterday's clifftop walk on Muckle Roe was a highlight!