Pussy willow, Salix discolor, can you tell I'm pleased that spring has arrived. #springflowers
Another early flowerer, Cornelian cherry (Cornus mas) on the unrelated Cornell campus, a small Eurasian dogwood tree that produces edible red fruits in autumn; typically highly tannic until they fall on the ground. #springflowers
Open postdoc position in my lab at Cornell, conducting comparative and experimental studies on transcriptomic responses to diet and toxins, utilizing the milkweed-insect community. Background in molecular bio & herbivory desired. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31867
Flatbacked #millipede I think, cruising unmolested amidst this #ant colonynon the move in Costa Rica. A #parasite, I guess?
Watch the Extraordinary Caterpillar film trailer! homegrownnationalpark.org/extraordinar...
Hepatica acutiloba, sharp-lobed hepatica, (Ranunculaceae), one our first ephemerals, these in the flood plane forest next to 6-mile Creek in Ithaca
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Milkweed seeds, still dispersing
Prof. Juan Núñez Farfán and I are co-editing a special issue in the journal Insects, titled 🔴Evolutionary and Ecological Mechanisms of Plant Defense against Insects🔴.
We are looking for original work that explores the links between plant defense and insect herbivory!
Please see more details below!
Job #AJO31867, WDR-00057721 Postdoctoral Associate, CALS Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
