Bianca Butter Zorger
@biancazorger.bsky.social
Ecophysiologist investigating plant responses to heat and drought 🌡️💦🌲 at the University of Utah 🇺🇸
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Plant ecophysiologist, data scientist & HMC climate & bio prof. Jessica Guo has co-authored a new paper in @newphyt.bsky.social examining how atmospheric drought shapes dryland plant productivity responses under variable precipitation regimes. Read more about Guo's work at uqr.to/guo-np.
November 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Plant ecophysiologist, data scientist & HMC climate & bio prof. Jessica Guo has co-authored a new paper in @newphyt.bsky.social examining how atmospheric drought shapes dryland plant productivity responses under variable precipitation regimes. Read more about Guo's work at uqr.to/guo-np.
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High #temperature acclimation of #photosystem II in land plants
#TansleyReview by @bposch.bsky.social et al.
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@hultinelab.bsky.social #PlantScience #photosynthesis
#TansleyReview by @bposch.bsky.social et al.
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@hultinelab.bsky.social #PlantScience #photosynthesis
November 4, 2025 at 5:19 AM
High #temperature acclimation of #photosystem II in land plants
#TansleyReview by @bposch.bsky.social et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@hultinelab.bsky.social #PlantScience #photosynthesis
#TansleyReview by @bposch.bsky.social et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@hultinelab.bsky.social #PlantScience #photosynthesis
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🌳🔥Out now: Our review on compound droughts and forest responses - from leaf to ecosystem. Featuring a stunning 20-yr map of canopy temperatures variation across European forests. @chriswernerlab.bsky.social @simonhaber.bsky.social @vallicrosah.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Impact of emerging compound droughts on forests: A water supply and demand perspective
This review examines the physiological and ecological responses of trees to emerging compound droughts from a water demand and supply perspective, as well as the role of acclimation and consequences ...
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August 14, 2025 at 4:24 AM
🌳🔥Out now: Our review on compound droughts and forest responses - from leaf to ecosystem. Featuring a stunning 20-yr map of canopy temperatures variation across European forests. @chriswernerlab.bsky.social @simonhaber.bsky.social @vallicrosah.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Reposted by Bianca Butter Zorger
Come find the @esa-sw.bsky.social at #esa2025!!
August 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Come find the @esa-sw.bsky.social at #esa2025!!
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In addition to our three awesome @esa-sw.bsky.social events tomorrow (Wed Aug 12), two of my lab members will be presenting some of our first lab research findings!
Come check them out! #ecophys #southwest #ESA2025
@biancazorger.bsky.social @rebeccasenft.bsky.social
Come check them out! #ecophys #southwest #ESA2025
@biancazorger.bsky.social @rebeccasenft.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Excited to share our new paper led by Tsinghua Uni ECR Zhang Han: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... New model based on eco-evolutionary optimality explains observed seasonal and spatial trends in stem respiration, implies stem CO2 efflux down by >25% by 2100, reducing land carbon emissions.
Thermal acclimation of stem respiration implies a weaker carbon-climate feedback
The efflux of carbon dioxide (CO2) from woody stems, a proxy for stem respiration, is a critical carbon flux from ecosystems to the atmosphere, which increases with temperature on short timescales. Ho...
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May 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Excited to share our new paper led by Tsinghua Uni ECR Zhang Han: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... New model based on eco-evolutionary optimality explains observed seasonal and spatial trends in stem respiration, implies stem CO2 efflux down by >25% by 2100, reducing land carbon emissions.
Very happy to be part this wonderful group! 🤍
Official Aparecido Lab photo unlocked!! These people make work feel less like work every day ❤️ @uofubiology.bsky.social #plantecophys #universityofutah
May 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Very happy to be part this wonderful group! 🤍
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"Thinking time —the time needed to concentrate without interruptions has always been central to scholarly work. It is essential to designing experiments, compiling data, assessing results, reviewing literature and, of course, writing. Yet, [it] is often undervalued."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
May 23, 2025 at 2:56 AM
"Thinking time —the time needed to concentrate without interruptions has always been central to scholarly work. It is essential to designing experiments, compiling data, assessing results, reviewing literature and, of course, writing. Yet, [it] is often undervalued."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Apply for the 2025 ESA Southwest Chapter travel awards!! Open to all early-career ecologists working in the Southwest US and Northern MX that are attending ESA 2025! Please share
Applications are now open for the 2025 ESA Southwest Travel awards for ecologists and members of our Chapter presenting or just attending ESA this year!
If you fit the description or know someone who does, apply and share!
Looking forward to seeing you in Baltimore!
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If you fit the description or know someone who does, apply and share!
Looking forward to seeing you in Baltimore!
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Southwest Ecologist Awards ($700 travel award)
We are excited to announce the 2025 Southwest Ecologist Travel award ($700)! Funding will be awarded to three early career (students and post-graduates) and/or federal agency ecologists whose work is ...
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May 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Apply for the 2025 ESA Southwest Chapter travel awards!! Open to all early-career ecologists working in the Southwest US and Northern MX that are attending ESA 2025! Please share
New paper 📣🏔️ In tropical montane grassland, an increase of 3°C in temperature by 2100 will increase the proportion of species with entire leaves. In contrast, toothed leaves have higher stomatal conductance rates, making them vulnerable to atmospheric drought. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
May 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
New paper 📣🏔️ In tropical montane grassland, an increase of 3°C in temperature by 2100 will increase the proportion of species with entire leaves. In contrast, toothed leaves have higher stomatal conductance rates, making them vulnerable to atmospheric drought. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
My PhD paper is out!
We showed that both forest and grassland are vulnerable to drought, but the vulnerability is attributable to different reasons: higher sensitivity to drought in forests (narrower #SM50) and lower fog exposure in grasslands. Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We showed that both forest and grassland are vulnerable to drought, but the vulnerability is attributable to different reasons: higher sensitivity to drought in forests (narrower #SM50) and lower fog exposure in grasslands. Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
May 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
My PhD paper is out!
We showed that both forest and grassland are vulnerable to drought, but the vulnerability is attributable to different reasons: higher sensitivity to drought in forests (narrower #SM50) and lower fog exposure in grasslands. Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We showed that both forest and grassland are vulnerable to drought, but the vulnerability is attributable to different reasons: higher sensitivity to drought in forests (narrower #SM50) and lower fog exposure in grasslands. Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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New paper published by Wilder et al. in the journal Global Change Biology reveals how recent anomalous drought and heat events are impacting native succulents in the Sonoran Desert. The paper can be accessed at: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
May 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
New paper published by Wilder et al. in the journal Global Change Biology reveals how recent anomalous drought and heat events are impacting native succulents in the Sonoran Desert. The paper can be accessed at: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Atmospheric CO2 has passed 430 parts per million.
The last time atmospheric CO2 was at 430 ppm was during the ancient Pliocene Era, three to five million years ago, and humans didn’t exist.
The last time atmospheric CO2 was at 430 ppm was during the ancient Pliocene Era, three to five million years ago, and humans didn’t exist.
April 22, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Atmospheric CO2 has passed 430 parts per million.
The last time atmospheric CO2 was at 430 ppm was during the ancient Pliocene Era, three to five million years ago, and humans didn’t exist.
The last time atmospheric CO2 was at 430 ppm was during the ancient Pliocene Era, three to five million years ago, and humans didn’t exist.
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The Trump administration has removed protections on thousands of acres of land in Nevada and New Mexico. The administration hopes to encourage logging, oil, and mineral mining in the region. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/c...
April 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The Trump administration has removed protections on thousands of acres of land in Nevada and New Mexico. The administration hopes to encourage logging, oil, and mineral mining in the region. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/c...
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Leaf drought and heat tolerance are integrated across three temperate biome types
I am very happy to see our paper out! Plant responses to many stresses are mediated by the same processes and I have long wondered how this relates to hotter droughts.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I am very happy to see our paper out! Plant responses to many stresses are mediated by the same processes and I have long wondered how this relates to hotter droughts.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Leaf drought and heat tolerance are integrated across three temperate biome types - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Leaf drought and heat tolerance are integrated across three temperate biome types
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April 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Leaf drought and heat tolerance are integrated across three temperate biome types
I am very happy to see our paper out! Plant responses to many stresses are mediated by the same processes and I have long wondered how this relates to hotter droughts.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I am very happy to see our paper out! Plant responses to many stresses are mediated by the same processes and I have long wondered how this relates to hotter droughts.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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My first paper is out! We investigated how #photosynthetic and #respiratory #thermal #acclimation 🌡️ and #canopy size 🌳 shape tree net #carbon uptake under prolonged warming and drought. Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
@charlottegrossiord.bsky.social
@wslresearch.bsky.social
@charlottegrossiord.bsky.social
@wslresearch.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
My first paper is out! We investigated how #photosynthetic and #respiratory #thermal #acclimation 🌡️ and #canopy size 🌳 shape tree net #carbon uptake under prolonged warming and drought. Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
@charlottegrossiord.bsky.social
@wslresearch.bsky.social
@charlottegrossiord.bsky.social
@wslresearch.bsky.social
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Leaf Excision and Exposure Duration Alter the Estimates of the Irreversible Photosynthetic Thermal Thresholds
Leaf Excision and Exposure Duration Alter the Estimates of the Irreversible Photosynthetic Thermal Thresholds
Our study highlights the importance of assessing thermal thresholds using consistent exposure duration and plant material type when comparing studies, as well as their relationship to functional re...
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April 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Leaf Excision and Exposure Duration Alter the Estimates of the Irreversible Photosynthetic Thermal Thresholds
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A busy day for the Aparecido lab! @biancazorger.bsky.social taught my Ecosystem Ecology class on warming effects on ecosystems. Later, lab undergrads, Tucker (mentored by @rebeccasenft.bsky.social) and Sydney, presented on their ug research at the College of Science res symp. Proud of this crew!! 😎🤩
March 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
A busy day for the Aparecido lab! @biancazorger.bsky.social taught my Ecosystem Ecology class on warming effects on ecosystems. Later, lab undergrads, Tucker (mentored by @rebeccasenft.bsky.social) and Sydney, presented on their ug research at the College of Science res symp. Proud of this crew!! 😎🤩
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Excited to share our detailed and comprehensive protocol on leaf clearing that has been developed throughout the years and across institutions. Enjoy! :)
A comprehensive illustrated protocol for clearing, mounting, and imaging leaf venation networks
New in #AppsPlantSci by Niewiadomski, @luiza-aparecido.bsky.social, Blonder, et al
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #botany #plantscience #herbaria #PlantEvolution #PlantEcology
New in #AppsPlantSci by Niewiadomski, @luiza-aparecido.bsky.social, Blonder, et al
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #botany #plantscience #herbaria #PlantEvolution #PlantEcology
March 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Excited to share our detailed and comprehensive protocol on leaf clearing that has been developed throughout the years and across institutions. Enjoy! :)
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Leaf minimum conductance dynamics during and after heat stress: Implications for plant survival under hotter droughts (Viviane de Araújo Brito Fernandes, Fernanda Santos Farnese, Brenner Ryan Arantes, et. al.) https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiaf026 @ASPB #PlantScience
February 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Leaf minimum conductance dynamics during and after heat stress: Implications for plant survival under hotter droughts (Viviane de Araújo Brito Fernandes, Fernanda Santos Farnese, Brenner Ryan Arantes, et. al.) https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiaf026 @ASPB #PlantScience
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As we close the semester and 2024, I want to acknowledge the amazing work of the undergrads in our lab.
Lucy, Sydney, Tucker, Brandt and Cindy have been outstanding! As students that had no prior research experience, they learned quickly and pulled thru in presenting… (1/3)
Lucy, Sydney, Tucker, Brandt and Cindy have been outstanding! As students that had no prior research experience, they learned quickly and pulled thru in presenting… (1/3)
December 6, 2024 at 7:40 PM
As we close the semester and 2024, I want to acknowledge the amazing work of the undergrads in our lab.
Lucy, Sydney, Tucker, Brandt and Cindy have been outstanding! As students that had no prior research experience, they learned quickly and pulled thru in presenting… (1/3)
Lucy, Sydney, Tucker, Brandt and Cindy have been outstanding! As students that had no prior research experience, they learned quickly and pulled thru in presenting… (1/3)