Our final #JSE 2024🏆Outstanding Paper Award feature is a fascinating journey into the world of #cryptic lineages and potential introgression in a mixed-#ploidy species (#Phragmites australis) across temperate #China.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jse.12672
Wiley Plant Science
#systematics #evolution #botany

Reed bench at the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge (Tinicum, PA). Found a few plugged by mason bees but not as much activity as you'd expect on a warm spring day. #bees #philadelphia #phragmites #osmia

Vandaag was de afscheidsreceptie van Adrie van der Werf van Wageningen Universiteit https://research.wur.nl/en/persons/adrie-van-der-werf. Hij was éen van de betrokken onderzoekers bij de aanleg van het Waterpark. Waar het waterzuiverend vermogen van riet gedurende 6 jaar is gemonitord van 2006-2012.
Tijdens toespraken en in persoonlijke contacten werd het Lankheet regelmatig genoemd! #onderzoek #waterkwaliteit #riet #Phragmites #WUR

Sharing my new research paper "Photosynthetic traits of Phragmites australis along an ecological gradient and developmental stages", which examines how photophysiological traits and their plasticity respond to different levels of environmental degradation and with season.
📖 Read the full article here: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1476142
#WetlandEcology #Phragmites #LakeFertő

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-phragmites-invasive-species-ontario/ In battle against phragmies, Ontario has money for herbicide (glysophate). But it appears an effective treatment might be hands-on, cutting below the water line. Ask the nature lovers to pitch in. We'll be there. #phragmites

Le chanteur des roseaux (Phragmite des joncs, Loir-et-Cher, 16/04/24)
Singing in the reeds (Sedge warbler, Loir-et-Cher, Fr, 16/04/24)

#Nature #Oiseaux #Passereaux #Phragmites #PhragmiteDesJoncs #ChantDesOiseaux #Roseaux #Roselière #ObservationOiseaux #NatureObservation #BirdsOfPixelfed #BirdWatching #Birding #Birds #Passerine #Warbler #SedgeWarbler #Reeds #ReedBed