Julia Koricheva

@juliakoricheva.bsky.social

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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

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Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · 17d

📣 Excited to advertise a new @treesdla.bsky.social CASE PhD project exploring the effects of forest diversity on soil fauna with ecoacoustics. Supervised by me, @evolecollab.bsky.social and Carlos Abrahams @soilacoustics.bsky.social. Apply by December 17th! 🌳🌲🐜🎧🎤 www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/nov...

Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you! 😀

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Elina Mäntylä @elinamantyla.bsky.social · 5d

Zhu et al. Volatile‐Mediated Plant Defense Networks: Field Evidence for Isoprene as a Short‐Distance Immune Signal onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Volatile‐Mediated Plant Defense Networks: Field Evidence for Isoprene as a Short‐Distance Immune Signal

Transgenic silver birch (Betula pendula) with altered isoprene emission capacities enhanced pathogen resistance in neighboring Arabidopsis thaliana through a jasmonate-independent, salicylate-depende...

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Matt Grainger @drmattg.bsky.social · 7d

Dynamic meta-analysis tools promise transparency by letting users explore evidence by species, region or outcome — but each filter is a new test. My new post argues that without safeguards, transparency can become multiplicity.
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Dynamic Meta-analysis: When Transparency Meets Multiplicity

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Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · 8d

Crimped Gill fungus (Plicatura crispa) on a birch log

Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · 8d

Autumn in Windsor Great Park

Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · 8d

Congratulations Alfredo! Exciting new chapter for you, and Coimbra is such a lovely place

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Ramya Ganesan @chaintist.bsky.social · 9d

Had to draw a cartoon for this fascinating finding!
Defensive fungal symbiosis on insect hindlegs: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#SymbioSky

A cartoon/ digital drawing summarising the findings of the paper "Defensive fungal symbiosis on insect hindlegs" by T. Nishino et al published in 2025. On the top left, a female Megymenum gracilicorne bug shows off symbiotic organs on the hind legs where she carries Ascomycota fungi. These were previously assumed to be Tympanal organs in these bugs but only females had them?; that didnt make a whole lot of sense to the authors...To the right of the bug is a row of eggs lying side by side. The paper shows that the bugs deposit the symbiotic fungi on the egg surface after egg-laying. Next on the image, fungal conidia grow on the egg surface. The eggs are pinkish in colour. A few fungi wear sunglasses like they are body guards. The paper shows that they protect the eggs from Trissolcus brevinotaulus, a parasitoid wasp, that likes to lay its eggs inside the developing bug's eggs. There are two wasps in this cartoon "eyeing" the fungi and looking frustrated. Eggs turn from whitish to pinkish within 10-days because they are reflecting the body colour of the nymph within the eggs.

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Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · 9d

Green islands on beech leaves with Stigmella tityrella mines and galls caused by Hartigiola annulipes

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Phil Stevenson @philstevenson.bsky.social · 13d

I have a PhD opportunity with @juliakoricheva.bsky.social at @rhulbiology.bsky.social and @rbgkew.bsky.social to research the effect of forest diversification on understory forage provision for pollinators in an experimental mixed forest in Finland. www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/eff... please share

Effects of forest diversification on floral reward production for pollinators | TREES DLA

The herb layer in forests has a large potential to provide nectar and pollen for pollinators, but forest management practices such as planting tree species mixtures vs monocultures can affect floral r...

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International Union of Forest Research Organizations - IUFRO @iufro.bsky.social · 14d

🚨Application deadline has been extended to 1 December 2025!

🔗 www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

#ForestScience #ForestResearch #entomology

Reposted by Ben C. Sheldon, Julia Koricheva

Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 15d

Humans perceive but animals don’t: pitfalls in using plasticine models for assessing biotic interactions buff.ly/7hcLYXx | #ProcB #Ecology

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Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · 16d

Green pathways to mental health: relationships between treescapes and well-being and distress @peopleandnature.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Green pathways to mental health: Relationships between treescapes and well‐being and distress

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · 18d

Love @royalholloway.bsky.social campus! Short walk around my office building provided sufficient material to demonstrate green islands phenmenon at today's lectures on herbivory simonleather.wordpress.com/tag/green-is...

Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · 18d

Another nice output from TreE_PlaNat project @uktreescapes.bsky.social: a video on integrating natural processes into woodland creation has just been released www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0N2...

Integrating natural processes into woodland creation

YouTube video by TreE PlaNat

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Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · 18d

sorry, not really my area of expertise, but I think the summary of this report contains some answers www.gov.uk/government/p...

Tree Supply Report

Analysis of tree sapling supply in Great Britain 2022/2023.

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Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · 19d

See press release here: www.stir.ac.uk/news/2025/oc...

Woodland creation strategies reshaped by Stirling-led research | About | University of Stirling

Woodland creation strategies reshaped by Stirling-led research

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Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · 19d

yes, see e.g. www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-re...

Provenance trials of native tree species - Forest Research

Project page about Genetic conservation in forestry.This project also considers various aspects of the genetic diversity of forest dwelling species.

www.forestresearch.gov.uk

Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · 19d

thanks Ros!

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Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · 19d

New OA publication from TreE_PlaNat project @uktreescapes.bsky.social in Ecological Solutions and Evidence: Creating woodland through natural processes: Current understanding and knowledge gaps in Great Britain besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Creating woodland through natural processes: Current understanding and knowledge gaps in Great Britain

Natural colonisation can successfully create structurally diverse, locally adapted woodlands in Britain, but the outcomes of this process can vary considerably. Combining natural colonisation and tre...

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Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · 19d

That was great fun!

Royal Holloway Biology @rhulbiology.bsky.social · 19d

Today we had @rhulbiology.bsky.social annual fungal foray @royalholloway.bsky.social campus led by our fungal expert Dr Brian Ferry. Lots of interesting finds! Many thanks to everyone who came and to Brian for sharing his vast knowledge 🍄‍🟫

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Royal Holloway Biology @rhulbiology.bsky.social · 19d

Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · 19d

This is so cool!

Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 25d

Deciduous leaves may have evolved to be symmetrical and subtly lobed so they fall quicker and land near their parent tree, recycling their annually sequestered carbon. Join us 22 Oct 3:00 PM (London, UK) to hear #JRSocInterface author Kaare Jensen talk about his research: cassyni.com/events/5PbU2...

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Functional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · 20d

📰Published📰Plant chemistry diversity drives insect community patterns🐛

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Plant chemistry diversity drives insect community patterns

Lina Ojeda-Prieto, Eliecer L. Moreno, Robin Heinen, Wolfgang W. Weisser This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Plants interact with insec…

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Reposted by Julia Koricheva, Tuomas Kankaanpää, Benjamin Wildermuth

Sharon Zytynska @szytynska.bsky.social · 20d

📢 Our meta-analysis examining effects of experimental inoculation of plants with soil rhizobacteria on insect herbivores is now online.
📜Inoculated plants reduce insect fitness and alter host-choice behaviours, promising effects also on recruiting natural enemies.
✔️ Open access at bit.ly/49cMX8v

Reposted by Teja Tscharntke, Ingolf Kühn, Simon L. Lewis , and 6 more Teja Tscharntke, Ingolf Kühn, Simon L. Lewis, Mathias Disney, John Parker, Glenn H. Shepard, Haben Blondeel, Orlando Schwery, Benjamin Wildermuth

Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · 20d

PhD applications are now open @treesdla.bsky.social for 2026 intake. Have a look at a project on effects of forest diversity on floral reward production for pollinators that we advertise with @philstevenson.bsky.social. Do apply/get in touch if you are interested! www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/eff...