Absolutely! I used this quote from Jeremy Fox's recent book as an opener to a recent paper: pollinationecology.org/index.php/jp...
@jeffollerton.bsky.social
Prof. Jeff Ollerton
@jeffollerton.bsky.social
Biodiversity scientist, focused mainly on pollinators and their interactions with plants. Author of 'Pollinators & Pollination: Nature and Society' (Pelagic 2021) and 'Birds & Flowers: An Intimate 50 Million Year Relationship' (Pelagic 2024).
@jeffollerton.bsky.social@jeffollerton.bsky.socialAre plant–pollinator interactions more specialised in the tropics? After almost 25 years of thinking about this question, our new global analysis suggests there’s no simple latitudinal rule - it all depends! Read about it here: jeffollerton.co.uk/2026/10/01/a...
#pollinators #ecology #biodiversity
@mcaterino.bsky.socialReposted by @jeffollerton.bsky.socialAn outstanding review of the myriad ways insects are central to vertebrate survival. They appropriately call attention to how much we still don't know about these interactions and how to conserve them, but avoid (intentionally?) calling attention to the fact that we are included in 'vertebrates'!
@anntics.bsky.socialReposted by @jeffollerton.bsky.socialInsects Matter Too
@jeffollerton.bsky.socialWant to conserve #birds, #mammals and other vertebrates? Then don’t forget their #insects. Our new Nature Reviews Biodiversity paper explores the many ways vertebrates depend on insects — for food, shelter, protection and much more. I’ve written about it here: jeffollerton.co.uk/2026/09/30/w...
@systems-ecology.bsky.socialReposted by @jeffollerton.bsky.social🌱 Systems Ecology is now live!
A new independent, researcher-run, diamond OA journal for ecological research through systems science.
Free to read. Free to publish. No APCs.
We are now open for submissions: systems-ecology.org
Please help spread the word!
@ricardsole.bsky.socialReposted by @jeffollerton.bsky.socialWe are very happy to announce the launch of Systems Ecology @systems-ecology.bsky.social, a new independent, diamond open-access journal dedicated to advancing systems-level understanding in ecology. systems-ecology.org/index.php/se Check the Founding editorial! systems-ecology.org/index.php/se...
@mcaterino.bsky.socialReposted by @jeffollerton.bsky.socialA fascinating story (summarized in a very digestible blog post)!
@jeffollerton.bsky.socialFake figs, fooled fig wasps & rewarded flies: this plant has one of the strangest #pollination systems yet found in #Apocynaceae. I’ve written about the new study and how it fits into our wider work on this extraordinary plant family. Read more here: jeffollerton.co.uk/2026/09/18/f...
@molbioevol.bsky.socialReposted by @jeffollerton.bsky.socialMullin et al. use WGS from 101 museum specimens of British/Irish moss carder bumblebees from 1894-2019 to reveal a dramatic drop in genetic diversity: ∼24.6% decrease in heterozygosity and a 2.86-fold increase in ROH
🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
📷 Gavin Broad
@jeffollerton.bsky.socialI agree 100%!! The current trend for f**king signs everywhere telling us how to feel is deeply, deeply annoying.
@annieleymarie.bsky.socialReposted by @jeffollerton.bsky.socialTHe UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH), together with local farmers, is trialling 9 hardy rice varieties in rewetted peat soils in the Fens.
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
@jeffollerton.bsky.social@jeffollerton.bsky.socialA new season of Radio Go! starts on 25th September! Don't forget to turn on your webcam...
@jeffollerton.bsky.socialThat's not a Theory, those are Premises.
@jeffollerton.bsky.social"Not all those who wander are lost"....unless they're trying to navigate through this book by #Tolkien
@jeffollerton.bsky.socialNature loss is increasingly a national security issue. From natural infrastructure and defensive rewilding to sovereign debt, food-system resilience and the UK’s Climate Security Taskforce, the framing is shifting. #NatureSecurity #Biodiversity #NationalSecurity
@jeffollerton.bsky.socialLatest blog post focuses on Common Elder and #bats:
jeffollerton.co.ukIs Common Elder an under-appreciated habitat for bats?Regular readers of my blog may recall that I have an obsession with something of an interest in Common Elder (Sambucus nigra) that goes back to my childhood, as I recounted in an article for Britis…