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Andrew Hacket-Pain
@andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social
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Forest & tree ecology, woodlands, tree seeds and regeneration, the phenomenon of masting. New interest in wild (& rewilded) woodland. First love = tree rings, soulmate = tree seeds
Uni of Liverpool, UK
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Andrew Hacket-Pain @andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social · 9d
And for anyone working with systems that exhibit spatial synchrony, there are brilliant new tools that offer so much potential for understanding the nature and driver of synchrony, e.g.
doi.org/10.1111/ele....
doi.org/10.1111/ele....
Insights Into Spatial Synchrony Enabled by Long‐Term Data
We review and synthesise some important recent advances in spatial synchrony, with a focus on how long-term data have facilitated new understanding. Longer time series do not just facilitate better t...
doi.org

Reposted by Xavier Serra‐Maluquer

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Andrew Hacket-Pain @andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social · 9d
🌲🌳🌰 Masting synchrony extends over vast areas. But perhaps distracted by the drama of bumper seed crops, we hadn’t noticed until now that synchrony is dominated by the failure years. Cool result for us, super-relevant for the animals who eat those seeds… 🐿️🐦🐛 doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2518918122

Reposted by Tommaso Jucker, Andrew Hacket‐Pain

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Amelia Hood @milliehood.bsky.social · 9d
Agroforestry can benefit the environment & production, so why isn't it more widely adopted?🌳🚜

Knowledge is a major barrier to uptake! We worked with 75 UK stakeholders to identify barriers & co-design solutions

doi.org/10.1002/pan3... Tnks
@uktreescapes.bsky.social @peopleandnature.bsky.social
Identifying knowledge barriers to agroforestry adoption and co‐designing solutions to them
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
doi.org

Reposted by Marco Festa‐Bianchet, Craig R. Primmer, Jesse R. Lasky , and 3 more

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Rike Stelkens @stelkens.bsky.social · 11d
We're looking for a new colleague at Asssoc Prof level! Come join us in the Zoology Department at Stockholm University. A teaching profile in ecology, faunistics and/or physiology is beneficial. Find the full job advertisemnt here: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Associate Professor in Zoology with focus on ecology and evolution
Department of Zoology  at Stockholm University includes ca. 80 employees counting researchers, PhD students, and administrative staff. Research and education at the department occurs in an internatio
su.varbi.com

Reposted by Ben Bond‐Lamberty, John A. Finn, Tommaso Jucker , and 2 more

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Andrew Hacket-Pain @andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social · 13d
🚨New paper!🚨 Models predict trees like beech will migrate north as climate warms, but rarely consider tree reproduction. Jessie shows these “refuges” are exactly where climate warming will disrupt seed production the most. They may not be such great climate refuges after all.
doi.org/10.1111/ele....

Reposted by Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Neil Pederson, Brian J. Harvey , and 9 more

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Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 16d
Calling on all forest disturbance experts: Please consider contributing to our study on global forest disturbance change, and help resolve the nuances of changing forest disturbance regimes. More details and survey here: www.lss.ls.tum.de/edfm/disturb...

Reposted by Tommaso Jucker, Andrew Hacket‐Pain

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Rachel Jade Kuzmich @thatracheljade.bsky.social · 18d
Psst, we're one week in on my advent series focusing on why remote sensing can be a great tool in ecology!

rachelkuzmich.github.io/blog/

Reposted by Julia Koricheva, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Richard J. Butler , and 8 more

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Andrew Hacket-Pain @andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social · 21d
University of Birmingham, UK, are advertising a permanant position (Assistant or Associate Professor) in *Forests under Global Change*. A wide net has been cast - ecology, physiology, modelling, remote sensing, functioning, biodiversity, management... 🌲🌱🌳🌳🦌🌳🛰️🐿️🌲🔬🌳
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPS459/a...
Seedling growing in the forest

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Woodland Trust Scotland @wtscotsocial.bsky.social · 29d
Ever fancied growing your own native trees from seed or helping supply a nursery? We have just the publication to show how it's done. 📖

Check it out this #NationalTreeWeek

View or download a pdf of the handbook here👉 buff.ly/NxEkKPJ
Image of document titled, A Guide To Collecting Seed From Native Trees and Shrubs in the UK. A woman is pictured reaching up into green leaves with a wooden tool.

Reposted by Francis Martin, Andrew Hacket‐Pain, Joshua S. Lynn , and 1 more

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Paul Kardol @paulkardol.bsky.social · Nov 26
Explore how soil food webs withstand droughts and heatwaves, and what this means for tree regeneration in Swedish forests! 🌲🪱🌳🍄Become a PhD student in the WIFORCE Research School and work with us at SLU-Uppsala @mycopat.bsky.social #climate #forest #microbes #nematodes

www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

Reposted by Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Andrew Hacket‐Pain, Julen Astigarraga

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Reynaldo Linares-Palomino @rlinares.bsky.social · Nov 20
Exciting #postdoc opportunity with #ForestGEO: forestgeo.si.edu/postdoctoral...
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Tropical Forest Mortality
The position will be based at the ForestGEO headquarters at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.
forestgeo.si.edu

Reposted by Andrew Hacket‐Pain, Benjamin Wildermuth

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Chris Foster @chrisfoster.bsky.social · Nov 19
Excited to have a ground beetle project @carabidaeuk.bsky.social open for applications in @crocus-dla.bsky.social. Nice mix of analysing long-term data, fieldwork and time at @forestresearchuk.bsky.social, assessing trends in woodland carabids. Please share!

blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
CR2026_58 – Crocus DLA
blogs.reading.ac.uk

Reposted by Andrew Hacket‐Pain, Benjamin Wildermuth

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Paulina Arancibia @pauliarancibia.bsky.social · Nov 14
🌎 Experiments are central to understanding community dynamics, yet their use is declining.
We're trying to understand why.
If you work in community ecology, we'd really appreciate your input in a quick survey (<5 mins).
👉🏼 link.webropolsurveys.com/S/2022629791...
Reposts welcome!
Webropol Survey
Survey Powered by Webropol
link.webropolsurveys.com

Reposted by Håvard Kauserud, Dustin J. Marshall, Stephen D. Murphy , and 2 more

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Katie Field @katiefield4.bsky.social · Nov 8
🌿🍄‍🟫🌱🍄We’re recruiting!!🌿🍄‍🟫🌱🍄

I’m looking for two postdocs and a technician to join my group @sheffielduni.bsky.social @sheffieldpps.bsky.social to work with me on my exciting @royalsociety.org Faraday Discovery Fellowship project, details for each post as follows:

Reposted by Andrew Hacket‐Pain

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Rich Boothroyd @rjboothroyd.bsky.social · Nov 4
🌎 Funded PhD Opportunity | @acce-dla.bsky.social

**The carbon drain: quantifying carbon removal from peatlands and forests by rivers in the Peruvian Amazon**

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Andrew Hacket-Pain @andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social · Nov 4
Link doesn't seem to work, please use this: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
ACCE+ DLA Programme: Forest responses to extremes - how does drought affect tree seed production? at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - ACCE+ DLA Programme: Forest responses to extremes - how does drought affect tree seed production? at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com

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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · Nov 4
Interested in peatlands and biogeochemistry? Like fieldwork? Then come and do a PhD at @livunigeog.bsky.social
supervised by me, @rchiverrell.bsky.social, Jenny Williamson (@ukceh.bsky.social eh.bsky.social) + Dewi Davies (@nationaltrust.org.uk ltrust.org.uk) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Reposted by Belén Fadrique

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Andrew Hacket-Pain @andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social · Nov 4
Based in Liverpool, UK with me & @belenfadrique.bsky.social. You'll also be registered at Kew & spend time working there during your PhD.

International applicants *very welcome* & eligible for funding.

Tips & advice on applying via the @acce-dla.bsky.social
link above. Contact me with questions!

Reposted by Marco Festa‐Bianchet, Jonathan Lenoir, Gavin A. Schmidt , and 7 more

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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · Nov 3
a century of glaciers melting 🧪🌐

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Woodland Trust Scotland @wtscotsocial.bsky.social · Oct 31
Can you help restore Scotland's precious temperate rainforest by
🥬Raising the profile of ancient woodland?
🥬Managing partner relationships & projects?
🥬Providing advice to landowners & managers?
This really is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference.
Apply 👉 buff.ly/VyWT9BL
Green graphic with yellow leaf border and a Woodland Trust Scotland logo. It reads. 'Job Opportunity. Outreach Adviser Scotland's rainforest. Closes 16 Nov 2025.'

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Kevin Watts @watts-km.bsky.social · Oct 31
🚨PhD opportunity🚨Come and work with us & Stirling Uni to understand the role of woodland creation 🌳in nature recovery 🌺🦋

iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Understanding the ecological interplay between tree planting and natural processes to create future forests
iapetus.ac.uk

Reposted by Julia Koricheva, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Andrew Hacket‐Pain , and 3 more

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Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Oct 30
Mortality from fire & wind is increasing in Europe's forests, but what about biotic disturbances? A new, massive dataset compiled by @thlasny.bsky.social and many local experts shows a mixed picture: While wood borers increase strongly, defoliator activity generally decreases doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

Reposted by Jens‐Christian Svenning, Oliver L. Phillips, Simon L. Lewis , and 19 more

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · Oct 21
Please pass along, I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study phys ecology, macroecology, biodiversity - spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested🧪🌐🌾

Reposted by Tim M. Blackburn, Marcel E. Visser, Patrick A. Jansen , and 6 more

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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · Oct 20
Interested in a PhD in ornithology? Funding available for projects at the interface of ecology, behaviour & evolution from Oct '26 working on long-term population studies of tits at Wytham, based in @biology.ox.ac.uk in the new Life & Mind Building in Oxford
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Examples of some recent papers from graduate students in my group - a full list of recent papers and preprints can be found here (https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&user=pTdxVdIAAAAJ) and profile of the group here: https://egioxford.web.ox.ac.uk/members The annual Wytham Field Team Photo! Celebrating a successful field season with great food & good company - May 2025 Front view of the Life & Mind Building, which opened in Oct 2025: The new home of Biology at Oxford

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CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · Oct 20
The CIRES prestigious Visiting Fellows Program invites scientists to join the thriving community of researchers at @colorado.edu and @noaa.gov laboratories. Applications opened TODAY, and will be accepted through January 1, 2026. Learn more here: buff.ly/gg7HNXe
Sunrise on flat but almost vertical mountains making them red with fall colored foliage in the foreground.

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Valentin Journé @valentinjourne.bsky.social · Oct 20
Happy to share our last study published in @natcomms.nature.com

We asked

Can the weather tell trees when it’ is time to reproduce?

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Picture of Japanese pine

Reposted by Jens‐Christian Svenning, Fernando T. Maestre, James M. Bullock , and 2 more

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SAOCousins @saocousins.bsky.social · Oct 17
New paper out 🥳
Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

@stockholm-uni.bsky.social
Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity
As droughts become longer and more intense, impacts on terrestrial primary productivity are expected to increase progressively. Yet, some ecosystems appear to acclimate to multiyear drought, with cons...
www.science.org

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Andrew Hacket-Pain @andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social · Oct 13
Why are there so many acorns in the UK this year? Oaks everywhere seem to have been laden with acorns. Nice to quoted when the BBC investigated!
There are lots of chestnuts too, and beech seeds in some places but not others. Happy squirrels and jays this year! 🐿🌰🌳
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The National Trust explains why there are so many acorns this year
A National Trust gardener said the volume of acorns was
www.bbc.co.uk

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Ecological Continuity Trust (ECT) @ect-uk.bsky.social · Oct 1
#LadyParkWood which borders #England & #Wales is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

@andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social from @liverpooluni.bsky.social, & John Healey from @bangoruniversity.bsky.social are looking at #woodland development bit.ly/LadyParkWood 🌏
Text: LTE Site of the Week- Lady Park Wood, Wales/ England. Photo of a forest with little sunlight reaching the floor. Text: Running since 1944. Andrew Hacket-Pain, Liverpool University, John Healey, Bangor University. Icons for woodland and grazing.

Reposted by Richard D. Gregory, Kathleen Kennedy, Andrew Hacket‐Pain

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British Birds @britishbirds.bsky.social · Sep 27
Ticks are more likely to carry the bacteria that cause Lyme disease in areas where Common Pheasants Phasianus colchicus are released, according to new research.

Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...
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