Annals of Botany

🎉We invite you to meet Ramiro Aguilar, Annals of Botany sponsored speaker at #ATBC2025, and researcher at IMBIV, Argentina. Get to know him and his passion for plant-animal interactions in the context of anthropogenic disturbances 🧵

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🐝🌸What inspired to study plant-animal interactions in the context of anthropogenic disturbances? "...pollination and seed dispersal are largely mediated by animals...Understanding how these mutualisms respond to human-driven environmental change is essential...” (2/9)
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Who have been the strongest influences on your career so far? “...I had the good fortune of learning from and collaborating with Marcelo Aizen, Leonardo Galetto, and Gabriel Bernardello...I also had the privilege of working with Mauricio Quesada...” (3/9)
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What are you most proud of accomplishing? “One of the accomplishments I’m most proud of is contributing to our understanding of how anthropogenic land-use changes affect plant reproduction and genetic diversity at the global scale...” (4/9)
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What key findings would you highlight? “... We propose that these unexpected results can be explained by the asymmetric nature of plant–pollinator interactions and the relative resilience of generalist pollinators to fragmentation...” (5/9)
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If you could teach the world one thing about plant science, what would it be? “I would like the world to understand that plants are the most incredible organisms on Earth. They are the planet’s primary source of energy…” (6/9)
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What advice would you give to students interested in plant sciences?“...field observation is essential for truly understanding your study system and generating new questions that might not emerge otherwise. During fieldwork, dedicate time to carefully observe the environment..." (7/9)
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When you retire, what problem in plant science would you like to have solved?“...I hope future research focuses on restoring ecological interactions in fragmented and human-altered landscapes to prevent or minimize local extinctions,which already have started taking place...” 8/9
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🌱Don’t miss the Pollination and Plant Reproduction in the Anthropocene symposium at #ATBC2025 on July 3 at 1:10 pm

🔥Join us for Ramiro Aguilar’s talk: “Fire effects on pollination and plant reproduction: a quantitative review.” (9/9)

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