Mastodawn

New publication: On the role of #mutualisms in #plant #biogeography: consequences for ecology, evolution, and invasion.
https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70465

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Jul 17, 2025

Tropical #butterflies that look alike, see alike https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/july/tropical-butterfly-evolution.html

#Mutualisms within light microhabitats are associated with sensory convergence in a mimetic butterfly community https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2422397122

"distantly related species living in the same pockets of #rainforest light have evolved remarkably similar visual systems... & butterflies that mimic each other's warning colours tend to live in the same lighting environments, likely enhancing their shared warning signal to predators"

Journal of Plant Ecology Jun 12, 2025

【EDITOR'S CHOICE】
Asymmetric and uncertain interactions within #Mutualisms

#AsymmetricInteraction | #HostSanction | #EvolutionaryRate | #Cheater

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtad042

Connor Morozumi Aug 5, 2023

I’m very excited to be headed to Portland for #esa2023 If anyone would like to meet up for coffee or a meal and chat #mutualisms #CommunityEcology #syntheticEcology #PUIs or really anything

Otti Croze Jan 30, 2023

Hello, my name is Otti and I am a lecturer at Newcastle university (UK). My research is in the #biophysics and #mathbiology of #microbes (#mathmodelling & #experiment). I have a particular interest in swimming microalgae and bacteria (#microswimmers) with application to sustainable #biotechnology. I have also worked on algal-bacterial #mutualisms between #soil species. I teach #mathematics to #engineering students, and am interested in #maths, #physics and #science #education and #outreach.

Connor Morozumi Nov 11, 2022

This weeks #MutualismsOnMain is an interaction that first got me interested in mutualisms! Ant-acacia mutualisms are a protection type interaction where the ant provides the plant with defense against herbivory while the plant provides a home and usually some food. These mutualisms are powerful—in some cases vastly shaping forest structure and communities! 📸 https://www.flickr.com/photos/kafka4prez shared under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
#ants #acacia #mutualisms

Connor Morozumi Nov 4, 2022

I’m going to post a regular series highlighting different #mutualisms each week. In this weeks #MutualismsOnMain let’s meet a fungal group I’m so enamored with right now. Epichloë are endophytes living in grass hosts. They provide the plant with protection from herbivores by producing a range of intense alkaloids. One neat feature of this microbe: vertical transmission! Plants can pass down their epichloë to their offspring.

Connor Morozumi Nov 4, 2022

Hi! I’m a #queer postdoc working on multispecies #mutualisms and all things #community #ecology. I’m building synthetic mutualistic networks with plants and AMF fungi 🍀🍄 The other half of my work relates to increasing #belongingness and #inclusivity in #STEM, currently starting a living learning community for 1st-yr bio students from under resourced backgrounds. I’m excited to build community here!
Will toot(!?) about mutualisms, inclusive pedagogy & centering diverse voices
#introduction