Laura Russo

Sterol composition in plants is specific to pollen, leaf, pollination & pollinator & differs from wind & animal pollinated species but no evidence that sterols evolved to support insect pollinators. Great job by @SamuelFurse w/@Carlitoscapac & @HaukeKoch sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

I've been struggling with reviving old analyses for four papers (sorry co-authors). To recharge ~procrastinate~ I took a break with something less technical. This post has some details about the finer points of sampling nectar with micro-cap tubes. jacobsfrancis.com/tips-on-sampli…

Kalamazoo College is hiring an assistant professor with a specialty in invertebrate biology! careers.entsoc.org/jobs/18935191/…

New #EEID theory paper from our group. Predicting and controlling spillover in multi-species disease transmission networks: Steady-state analysis journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.108…

New paper: The use of pinned specimens helps uncover patterns of genetic differentiation and signatures of selection in a wild pollinator 🐝🧬🔬sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @faridasamadzada @NSERC_CRSNG

@jmheberling @abby_june24 I have often wondered at the impacts of getting stuck in leaf litter on plants! But alas will not be at ESA

Going to #ESA2023 next week? Be sure to check out @abby_june24's poster on the effects of leaf litter on herb layer spring phenology! Motivated by the observations pictured esa2023.eventscribe.net/fsPopup.asp?Mo…

EEB graduate student @biologybynicole was featured in a recent @audubonsociety magazine article about unpaid labor in conservation work. audubon.org/news/unpaid-la…

Here is a rare bee called a Brachynomada melanantha. The likely host, Anthophorula chionura, in the 2nd image had a large population in the area. One very interesting thing about this bee is according to the key, although the host tribe is known, the exact host bee is unknown.

Chuffed this chapter from my PhD is finally online!! 🙌😃🐜 Our meta-analysis quantifies the effect of non-native ants on local animal community diversity in multiple locations globally. Spoiler alert: non-native ants are PRETTY BAD 🧵 1/6 resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ic…

@amani__khalil Team work makes the dream work 😁

Happy to announce the first pub with my first grad student (@amani__khalil ) as first author, and the first pub on my TN work to come out! rdcu.be/dh1rT Floral identity and availability along with surrounding landscapes affect pollinator communities in eastern Tennessee

New position posted - Director of Collections & Access @CarnegieMNH us231.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePorta…

Our new paper on indirect effects and fitness in coevolved networks is out nature.com/articles/s4158…

Enseñando el manejo de las colmenas tradicionales mayas o jobones, con la abeja Xunáan kaab (Melipona beecheii). Cultura maya viva en Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo, México 🇲🇽🐝🇲🇽 #stinglessbees #meliponicultura #abejasnativas

Our winner in the Behaviour: Invertebrates category is Frank Deschandol. His image 'A tale of two wasps' is a remarkable framing of a red-banded sand wasp (left) and a cuckoo wasp, about to enter next-door nest holes. #WPY56

There is still time to apply! We are looking for an assistant prof in #forest #ecology. Come work in the wonderful and super diverse #Appalachian region👇🏼

Thanks so much to @MendelsLOLs and @DanielKronauer for covering our work in this CB Dispatch article! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New review paper out now on bee-fungi associations with @rachelvannette and Makena Weston. We discuss some common fungal associations and their impacts on bees, and highlight how much there is to learn still about these interactions! doi.org/10.1093/femsec…

#MetaAnalysis folks in ecology: My colleague Alicia Foxx at Chicago Botanic Gardens is recruiting a post-doc to work on a super interesting research synthesis project on plant restoration. Details here: tinyurl.com/CBG-postdoc