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Tommaso Jucker
@tommaso-jucker.bsky.social
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Head of Selva lab at the University of Bristol: https://www.selvalab.org
Inordinate fondness for trees and lasers 🌳 🛰️

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Tommaso Jucker @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social · 23d
Massive update to the Global Wood Density Database out today @newphyt.bsky.social led by the brilliant Fabian Fischer. What an amazing community resource!
🧪🍁🌐

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Tommaso Jucker @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social · 9h
I always knew I was fringe ...

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Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 16h
Central Europe has seen unprecedented forest disturbances recently, but how are forests recovering? We surveyed disturbance hotspots in 10 countries 3-5 years after disturbance, finding ample tree regeneration and no signs of forest loss (median 4750 stems/ha), but... 1/2 doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

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Imma Oliveras Menor @ioliverasmenor.bsky.social · 3d
Are you a community ecologist interested in fire ecology? Come join our group! Postdoc position for project FEVER, that aims to understand how fire affects biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and biogeochemical cycles in Mediterranean forests @umramap.bsky.social.
Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - M/F Postdoctorat projet FEVER: Fire effects on vegetation productivity and nutrient fluxes in Mediterranean ecosystems
Assurez-vous que votre profil candidat soit correctement renseigné avant de postuler
emploi.cnrs.fr

Reposted by Mathias Disney

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Tommaso Jucker @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social · 3d
This is pretty cool! #EDGE
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NASA Selects Two Earth System Explorers Missions - NASA
These two missions were selected for continued development as part of NASA’s Earth System Explorers Program, which conducts principal investigator-led Earth
www.nasa.gov

Reposted by Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Sabina Burrascano, Darío Martin‐Benito

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Tommaso Jucker @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social · 4d
You won't want to miss this! Keep your calendars free and hopefully see you in Switzerland in October 🌳🍁🌐🧪

Reposted by Julia Koricheva, Francis Martin, Tommaso Jucker , and 2 more

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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

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist, Tobias Kuemmerle, Hans Henrik Bruun , and 8 more

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Jens-Christian Svenning @jcsvenning.bsky.social · 11d
Fast-growing trees are set to dominate the #forests of the #future — but at a cost🌳
Our Nature Plants (@natplants.nature.com) study shows a global shift toward "sprinter" tree species, while slow-growing, functionally critical #trees face elevated #extinction risk. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Global functional shifts in trees driven by alien naturalization and native extinction - Nature Plants
This study finds that native tree extinctions and alien naturalizations are pushing forests towards fast-growing, resource-demanding species. This global shift could affect carbon storage and ecosyste...
www.nature.com

Reposted by Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Ian J. Wright, Tommaso Jucker

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 12d
Global variation in the ratio of sapwood to leaf area explained by optimality principles

Xu et al. @huiyingxu.bsky.social @lemontree-uofr.bsky.social

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The sensitivities of the theoretical model to climate and hydraulic traits.

Reposted by Mathias Disney, Tommaso Jucker, Markus P. Eichhorn

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Laura Boeschoten @lauraboeschoten.bsky.social · 14d
Thrilled to share our new paper on restoring tree diversity in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest!🌳

Our findings are encouraging: restoration shows high diversity, though old-growth-like composition needs more time.

Amazing team effort from the Newfor team @ USP & @w-u-r.bsky.social
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All Reforestation Methods Can Support Tropical Tree Diversity Recovery, but Drivers and Species Composition Vary
We assessed tree diversity recovery across five reforestation methods (white background) and compared them to three reference systems (grey background). In the rainforest, none of the restoration met...
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Reposted by Brian J. Enquist, Mathias Disney, Pieter A. Zuidema , and 7 more

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 17d
Tree diversity is changing in the Amazon and Andes.

Belen Fadrique leads our analysis in @natecoevo.nature.com w/ 400 plots + 40 years of RAINFOR records.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Hot, drier, more fragmented forests are losing species. Many in the Andes + western Amazon are gaining them.

Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips, Simon L. Lewis, Jonathan Lenoir , and 7 more

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Belen Fadrique @belenfadrique.bsky.social · 17d
Very happy to share this new article on Andes-Amazon tree diversity change. We found that over the last 4 decades, tree richness changed differently across the Andes-Amazon regions. Thanks to the many researchers across the world who made this possible!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Keep reading!

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Tommaso Jucker @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social · 19d
Congrats - very cool thesis (pun intended 😜)! It's been fun following your science here. Looking forward to seeing what you get up to next!

Reposted by Tommaso Jucker, Cornelius Senf

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Lisa Mandl @lisa-mandl.bsky.social · 29d
New paper out!
We mapped forest recovery and its drivers in the Alps using multi-decadal fractional cover maps 🛰 and ecologically-informed recovery indicators 🌲.
corneliussenf.bsky.social Cornelius Senf @corneliussenf.bsky.social · Jan 7
New paper - and final PhD chapter of @lisa-mandl.bsky.social - published in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. Using Landsat recovery and meteorological data, we show that thermal limitations constrain post-disturbance recovery success across forests of the European Alps: doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...

Reposted by Tommaso Jucker, Catherine M. Hulshof

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Dave Klinges @thenaturedave.bsky.social · Jan 8
New paper in TREE: we propose a framework to think more clearly about the scale of climate exposure of organisms—and why mismatches between climate data and biology can mislead ecological inference.
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Matching climate to biological scales
Recent advances in climate modeling and remote sensing have increased the expectation that finer-grained climate data will improve biological relevance. However, the appropriate scale for biology depe...
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Tommaso Jucker @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social · Jan 7
#oneforjournalclub

Important work, if somewhat scary. Do we know much about what is going on in WA?

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Richard Betts , and 7 more

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Belinda Medlyn @bmedlyn.bsky.social · Jan 6
New research from our group: A pervasive increase in tree mortality across the Australian continent - driven by rising temperatures
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Pervasive increase in tree mortality across the Australian continent
Nature Plants - Eight decades of forest plot monitoring show a pervasive increase in tree mortality across Australia’s forest biomes driven by climate change, jeopardizing their role as...
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Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · Dec 18
Such good news🥳🫶🏽
newphyt.bsky.social New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · Dec 18
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2025 New Phytologist #TansleyMedal is @camilledelavaux.bsky.social!

Read the #Editorial by Slater & Dolan 👇

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#LatestIssue #PlantScience @niooknaw.bsky.social

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Camille S. Delavaux

Reposted by Tommaso Jucker, Pieter Vantieghem, Tuomas Kankaanpää

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Rochelle Meah @rochellemeah.bsky.social · Dec 17
Multiple anthropogenic stressors can negatively impact species but can a single stressor also have multiple, concurrent impacts? Here we show that light pollution creates several simultaneous impacts to the nocturnal movement ecology of a moth and a spider: tinyurl.com/5eku5bff (1/5)

Reposted by Tommaso Jucker, Andrew Hacket‐Pain

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Amelia Hood @milliehood.bsky.social · Dec 17
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

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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.
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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.

Reposted by Tommaso Jucker, Darío Martin‐Benito, Julen Astigarraga

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Antonio J. Pérez-Luque @ajpelu.bsky.social · Dec 16
🧵 1/5 New paper out at @jappliedecology.bsky.social

We evaluate how #carbon allocation strategies determine the long-term carbon sink potential of large-scale pine reforestations under climate change. We combined #RemoteSensing and #dendrochronological plots

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Reposted by Graeme S. Cumming, Halley E. Froehlich, Tommaso Jucker , and 1 more

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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · Dec 16
Published!📖

This study shows that choosing the most effective restoration strategy for tropical forests at scale depends equally if not more on economic and logistical than ecological constraints.

Read more:https://buff.ly/MTipuln

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Tommaso Jucker @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social · Dec 13
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Andrew Hacket-Pain @andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social · Dec 13
🚨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.
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Reposted by Brian J. Enquist, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Tommaso Jucker , and 3 more

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Daniela Nemetschek (Krebber) @danielanemetschek.bsky.social · Dec 12
Working with dendrometers or curious about dendrometer research? 🌱🌐🍁🌳

🚨 Join the Global Dendrometer Network 🚨

We’re building a global community using dendrometers to study plant growth, stress, phenology & more.

Sign up for updates on meetings, data calls & more 👇
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Reposted by Doerthe Tetzlaff, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Tommaso Jucker , and 5 more

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · Dec 11
🌱 Delve deeper into the ecology of soil with "The Ecology of Soil: From communities to ecosystems", a fascinating new book release from our Executive Editor Richard Bardgett!

🪱 Read more: buff.ly/6A4abeW

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist, Julia Koricheva, Carlos P. Carmona , and 7 more

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Pablo Castro Sánchez-Bermejo @castretis.bsky.social · Dec 11
In trees, intraspecific and intraindividual leaf trait variability decrease along a gradient of tree species richness and are an important part of functional diversity in forest stands,
Our new paper is already out in @natcomms.nature.com

doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Want to know more about it? 🧵
Intraspecific and intraindividual trait variability decrease with tree richness in a subtropical tree biodiversity experiment - Nature Communications
In forests, trait expression is influenced by tree-tree interactions. Castro Sánchez-Bermejo et al. show how phenotypic variability of tree species decreases with tree diversity and contributes import...
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · Dec 11
NEW: Mapping England's Landscape Recovery projects

The Government refused to release maps of these groundbreaking projects to restore nature

So I had a go at mapping them myself

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Mapping England’s Landscape Recovery Projects
This post is by Guy Shrubsole. Image: West Penwith, Cornwall – one of over 50 Landscape Recovery pilots. Since Brexit, the UK Government has been engaged in lengthy reforms of farm payments &…
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Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips, Tommaso Jucker, Pierre Mariotte

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · Dec 11
🏆We are pleased to announce that our Eminent Ecologist for 2025 is Angela Moles!

✨Angela has collected a few of her favourite Journal of Ecology papers together here: buff.ly/86uQ6v5