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Julia Koricheva
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Professor of Ecology at Royal Holloway University of London | Forest biodiversity and ecosystem functioning | Plant-herbivore interactions | Methods and applications of meta-analysis in ecology

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Julia Koricheva is an ecologist in the UK. She is professor of ecology at Royal Holloway, University of London and she researches ecosystem services in forests, the interactions between insects and plants and is an expert in meta-analysis. .. more

Environmental science 43%
Agriculture 21%
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JASP @jaspstats.bsky.social · 3d
"State-of-the-Art Meta-Analysis using JASP", the second of four summer workshops, is now open for registration. Join František Bartoš in Amsterdam or online!
jasp-stats.org/2026/02/05/h...
Hybrid Workshop "State-of-the-Art Meta-Analysis using JASP", August 25th, 2026 - JASP - Free and User-Friendly Statistical Software
We are happy to announce that the JASP team will offer a week of workshops in Amsterdam this summer.  In this blogpost we’ll highlight the second of four workshops: “State-of-the-Art Meta-Analysis usi...
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 5d
Save the date!

48th New Phytologist Symposium: Forest interactions

📅 13–16 October 2026
📍 Leysin, Switzerland

www.newphytologist.org/events/48-nps

#PlantScience
Forest interactions
Explore plant interactions in forest environments at all levels from micro- to macro-scales and across the whole spectrum of plant biology.
www.newphytologist.org

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International Union of Forest Research Organizations - IUFRO @iufro.bsky.social · 7d
🚨New deadline!🚨

⚡️The Call for Abstracts has been extended to:
⚡️February 15, 2026, 11:59pm PST.

➡️ www.ibfra2026.org/callforabstr...

#BorealForests #ForestScience #ForestResearch #WeCantLiveWithoutForests

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Jake Robinson @jake1.bsky.social · 9d
Healthy #soils are alive with movement, feeding, digging, and tiny interactions that shape our food, climate and health. In this video, I explore soil ecoacoustics — a cutting-edge way to “listen” to the hidden world beneath our feet.

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Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · 10d
Thanks for your reply! And yes, I would be happy to comment on the draft of your revised chapter on BEF when it is ready

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Tadashi Fukami @fukamit.bsky.social · 11d
Lecturer in Ecology and Evolution position available in Biology Department at Stanford University. Apply by April 1, 2026. (Photo by Rick Morris)
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Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · 11d
I added some comments to your blog, hope these make sense

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 11d
A global synthesis of >600 studies finds that across agro-ecosystems, grasslands and forests in temperate and tropical zones, increasing plant diversity has a consistently positive effect on plant performance and the suppression of antagonists 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Global evidence that plant diversity suppresses pests and promotes plant performance and crop production - Nature Ecology & Evolution
A global synthesis of >600 studies finds that across agro-ecosystems, grasslands and forests in temperate and tropical zones, increasing plant diversity has a consistently positive effect on plant ...
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Biodiversity Exploratories @bexplo.bsky.social · 12d
📣 Only 3 days left to submit abstracts for the #BE20Conference.
Deadline & early-bird registration: 31 January 2026.

Biodiversity researchers from around the world are invited to contribute.🌐
More info: www.biodiversity-exploratories.de/de/be20/

#Biodiversity #Ecology #ScienceCommunity #Berlin2026

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Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · 12d
Many thanks for your fascinating seminar at @rhulbiology.bsky.social @clairenarraway.bsky.social and for staying to chat to our students about your career path and your research!

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Robin Heinen @robinheinennl.bsky.social · 13d
Recent paper in @annalsapplbio.bsky.social - Khan et al. reviewed the functional role of trichomes as defense structures, with particular focus on three plant families that strongly rely on these structures.

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Trichomes as chemical defenders: Ecological implications of evolutionary adaptations in angiosperms
Micromorphological diversity of glandular and nonglandular trichomes across angiosperms; Asteraceae, Lamiaceae, and Solanaceae species revealed characters of ecological importance.
doi.org

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Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · 15d
Completed #BigGardenBirdwatch and the bird count came above the national average (first time ever, I think) thanks to a large flock of house sparrows. Thanks, sparrows!

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Royal Holloway Biology @rhulbiology.bsky.social · 18d
Prof Julia Koricheva (@juliakoricheva.bsky.social) leads research in Finland’s long‑term forest diversity experiments within new @trees4adapt.bsky.social EU project aiming to develop tree‑based solutions to reduce risks from climate change & biodiversity loss www.royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/new...

Reposted by Julia Koricheva, Markus P. Eichhorn

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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 21d
Introducing the second cohort of BES Fellows 🙌 

We are delighted to announce that 23 outstanding ecologists have been selected to join our prestigious membership category. 

👇Meet our new Fellows here 

Announcing the second round of BES Fellows - British Ecological Society
Meet our second round of Fellows of the British Ecological Society (FBES), a new cohort of ecologists making lasting impact on the discipline.
f.mtr.cool

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Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · 21d
The #ForestInvertebrates SIG brings together research on trees, invertebrates & urban ecosystems.

📅 5 March 2026
📍 Hyde Park Learning Centre
🌱 Optional field visit on 4 March

Submit your research abstracts & join the conversation 🔽
Share your research - Submit your abstract by 30 January
Forest Invertebrates Special Interest Group
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Reposted by Julia Koricheva, Nicolas Gross, Maximilian Hanusch

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The Jena Experiment @jena-experiment.bsky.social · 24d
New study by Medina-van Berkum et al. in @pnas.org

Plant diversity influences plant volatile emission with varying effects at the species and community levels 🌱🌼🌿

-> "At the community level, plant species richness directly enhanced VOC emission and increased VOC richness"

doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Jake Robinson @jake1.bsky.social · 27d
Delighted to share our new paper 'Hums in the humus: opportunities and challenges for soil #ecoacoustics'

and Alex Taylor's first 'first author' paper!

authors.elsevier.com/a/1mRHK_3sj9...

... with an all-star soil ecoacoustics team!

Reposted by Julia Koricheva, Martin Jung

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Trees4Adapt @trees4adapt.bsky.social · 28d
🍃🌳 Read the press release about the recent start of our #HorizonEurope project @trees4adapt.bsky.social

#Tree‑based solutions for climate adaptation and biodiversity conservation.

🔗 www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-D...

🧷 www.trees4adapt.eu

#NatureBasedSolutions #MissionClimateAdapt

Reposted by Mathias Disney

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Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · Jan 9
New #OA output from @uktreescapes.bsky.social #TreE_PlaNat project: a LiDAR-based comparison of structural complexity of woodlands established through planting, natural colonisation and hybrid approach, led by Sam Hughes and @thisanna.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Reposted by Julia Koricheva, Benjamin Wildermuth

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Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · Jan 7
🐝 New research finds the mechanism by which tree species richness influences bee diversity—taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional—through alterations in the microenvironmental conditions in the understory.

📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/cHvVYER

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Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · Jan 6
The last chapter from PhD thesis by Juri Felix (co-supervised with @philstevenson.bsky.social) is now out in @oikosjournal.bsky.social! The study explores the effects of tree species identity and spatial scale on tree diversity effects #TreeDivNet nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · Jan 3
Ecological insights from three decades of forest biodiversity experiments @natrevbiodiv.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Ecological insights from three decades of forest biodiversity experiments - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Experiments manipulating tree species diversity and measuring effects on ecosystem function have been important tools for assessing how biodiverse forests can accumulate biomass, store carbon and help...
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Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · Dec 31
Last sunset of 2025 at the Stiperstones NNR, Shropshire

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Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · Dec 29
Impressive yellow meadow ant mounds around Powis Castle, Wales

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Physalia-courses@Online @physaliacourses.bsky.social · Dec 27
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Meta-analysis in R (2nd edition) — registrations open 🚀
Hands-on systematic reviews & modern meta-analysis in R with
@asanchez-tojar.bsky.social & @shreyadimri.bsky.social
📅11–14 May 2026| Online |Ecology & evolution
www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...
#MetaAnalysis #SystematicReview #Rstats

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Elina Mäntylä @elinamantyla.bsky.social · Dec 18
Escaliante et al. Effects of tree diversity on oak litter VOC emissions link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Effects of tree diversity on oak litter VOC emissions - Chemoecology
Leaf metabolites are important drivers of biotic interactions. Leaf metabolic profiles are changing over ontogeny and in response to biotic and abiotic conditions. Additionally, plant species diversit...
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Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · Dec 18
Our #OA meta-analysis on ecological predictors of plant responses to sequential herbivory is out in @newphyt.bsky.social. It was an enjoyable collaboration with Zoë Delamore & Erik Poelman from @w-u-r.bsky.social and Zoë did a great job leading the project nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist, Julia Koricheva, Garry Peterson , and 21 more

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Natalie Cooper @nhcooper123.bsky.social · Dec 16
Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!
Book cover for Reproducible Code guide. The cover has a red background with a large yellow-bodied black-headed stag beetle.

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International Union of Forest Research Organizations - IUFRO @iufro.bsky.social · Dec 15
📢Save the date and submit your abstracts!

⚡️The Call for Abstracts is now open until 1 February 2026!

🌲International Boreal Forest Research Association 2026 Conference🌳
🗓️24-27 Aug 2026; 📍Quebec City, Canada

➡️ www.ibfra2026.org/callforabstr...

#ForestScience #ForestResearch #BorealForests

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Andrea Fuller @andreafuller.bsky.social · Dec 15
How to write a constructive peer review - see our new editorial, led by @biolumijeffence.bsky.social

With some of the team from @conphysjournal.bsky.social
Tips and tricks for writing constructive peer reviews
Peer review has been the cornerstone of scientific inquiry for centuries and is considered the backbone of scientific quality and rigour (Spier, 2002). Des
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