Plant antics

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Abby McBride

For the latest cover of the journal Oikos, I illustrated a paper about kin selection in plants by Bodil K. Ehlers and Trine Bilde.

Tagline: “Imagine you and your cousin are two plants growing in the same pot. In what conditions would it make sense to cooperate rather than compete?”

I’m not sure if anyone noticed that the cover image for this Swedish publication includes a portrayal of the Scandinavian Ox Dance.

June cover of @Oikos_Journal! To show that kin selection is really happening, argues this 'Forum' paper, you have to measure inclusive fitness. The authors simulated interactions between plants and predicted conditions that favor kin selection. https://t.co/qnzD6Ppvh2 #ecology https://t.co/V8dntyCGxa

— Nordic Society Oikos (@NordicOikos) June 30, 2019

Seabird style

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This week in @stylistfrance magazine: Julia is wearing Lancôme. Abby is wearing ‘eau de seabird’ and a $17 coat and some pants she's had since 1999. (Accessorized, of course, with a grey-faced petrel chick.) Link here: http://bit.ly/stylist-abby-mcbride. ABBY BIRD-AY. What? . Photo by @edinzphoto! . #seabird #fashion #sketchbiologist #style #birds #nature #wildlife #animals #fulbright #nationalgeographic #newzealand #fulbrightnz #nz #science #conservation #seabirdstory @insidenatgeo

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Zee and the Glacier Mouse

A glacier mouse is a ball of moss that forms around a pebble and gets blown around on a glacier. Lots of tiny animals live inside of it!

More Adventures of Zee...

Fjord expedition

Heading up the fjord (Hvalfjörður, Iceland) to do some oceanography with @BowdoinCollege #EOSIceland #sketch #tbt #lastweek

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Glacier Lagoon

Sketching ash-marbled icebergs as they float by, on their way from Breiðamerkurjökull glacier to the ocean. #iceland #sketch #eosiceland

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