Brian J. Enquist

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Brian Joseph Enquist is an American biologist and academic. Enquist is a professor of biology at the University of Arizona. He is also external professor at the Santa Fe Institute. He is a biologist, plant biologist and an ecologist. He was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012 and the Ecological Society of America (ESA) in 2018. .. more

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · May 9

In our latest paper in PNAS, we ask: How can scientific progress be accelerated to meet the urgent challenges of the Anthropocene? We point to significant barriers in forecasting & prediction efforts for the biosphere 🧵👇 🧪🌎🦋 1/n www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#ScienceTwitter #Ecology #Anthropocene

Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 3d

Based on this really intriguing paper by Daniel Lusk et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪🌐🌾📏🧮🌵

Crowdsourced biodiversity monitoring fills gaps in global plant trait mapping - Nature Communications

Plant traits drive ecosystem dynamics yet are challenging to map globally due to sparse measurements. Here, the authors combine crowdsourced biodiversity observations with Earth observation data to ac...

www.nature.com

Reposted by Seth M. Munson

Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 3d

👀 Global maps of 37 plant #FunctionalTraits as defined in the TRY Plant Trait Database with a resolution of 1 km and a global extent 🌐🧪 📏🧮🌮 global-traits.projects.earthengine.app/view/global-...

Citizen science-powered global trait maps

global-traits.projects.earthengine.app

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist, Julie L. Lockwood

Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · 4d

An article from WHYY reports on New Jersey’s newly finalized coastal building regulations that require new construction in flood-prone areas along the Jersey Shore to be built significantly higher to account for future sea level rise driven by climate change ...

Read more at tinyurl.com/yh8b7j9s

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist

EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 4d

A postdoc position in Biogeography and Macroecology is available at Palacky University, Czech Republic, with an application deadline of March 15, 2026. For details, contact prof. Vladimir Remes at vladimir.remes@upol.cz. More info: https://vladremes.github.io #postdoc

Vladimír Remeš -

vladremes.github.io

Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 5d

Interested in long-term forest plot dynamics in one of the longest running big tropical forest plots? Comparisons with other #ForestGeo plots? Check out the SEFDP forestgeo.si.edu/sites/san-em...

Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 7d

me too. Its coming

Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 7d

Hang in there. You are not alone. Its always darkest before the dawn

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist, Jesse M. Shapiro

Michael Baym @baym.lol · 7d

Condolences to nearly everyone in ecology and evolution today on your grant rejection!

Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 8d

Sadly, there is much truth here 👇 Public funding of science is a foundational but often understated corner stone of a free and prosperous democratic society

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 8d

Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist, David Darmofal

Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 8d

A year ago this week, an Executive Order came out on a Friday afternoon/evening that reduced all indirect costs rate recovery to 15% the following Monday. In this article I discuss what would have happened across the U.S. if this had not been halted. www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...

Cutting Indirect Costs for Universities Impacts More Than Research

Incoming APS President Pamela Davis-Kean describes the role indirect costs play in the U.S. research landscape and the economies of university communities.

www.psychologicalscience.org

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Lisa W. Fazio, Brian J. Enquist , and 12 more Anna O. Law, Lisa W. Fazio, Brian J. Enquist, Joe R. Feagin, Gordon Pennycook, Juan Cole, Alan Richardson, Andrew Jacobs, Andrew Livingstone, James Goodwin, Brian Keegan, Timothy Burke, Mark Priestley, Prakash Kashwan, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 8d

Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Patrick A. Jansen , and 2 more Brian J. Enquist, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Patrick A. Jansen, Karen R. Lips, Martin Ehbrecht

Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 9d

A study in Nature Ecology & Evolution shows the long-term changes in tree species diversity across tropical forests in the Andes and Amazon. go.nature.com/45FPc1M 🌍 🧪

This is figure 3, which shows forest plot and regional changes in richness.

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist, Ben Bond‐Lamberty

New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 9d

Carbon uptake, storage, and allocation patterns contribute to blurring of annual 14C signals in tree rings

📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#TansleyReview by Hessl et al.

@WIleyPlantSci #PlantScience

The path of 14C from cosmic rays to cellulose.

Reposted by Michael E. Mann, Brian J. Enquist, Stephan Lewandowsky , and 4 more Michael E. Mann, Brian J. Enquist, Stephan Lewandowsky, Peter Thorne, Gavin A. Schmidt, Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Christina Pagel

Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 10d

"A federal judge on Friday ruled the Energy Department violated the law when Secretary Chris Wright handpicked five researchers who reject the scientific consensus on climate change to work in secret on a sweeping government report on global warming."

Gift link.

A Secret Panel to Question Climate Science Was Unlawful, Judge Rules

www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist, David Rothschild, Margot C. Finn

Jan Brunson @janbrunson.bsky.social · 10d

"Texas A&M University said on Friday that it would end its women’s and gender studies program, and that the syllabuses for hundreds of courses had been altered under new policies limiting how race and gender ideology may be discussed in classrooms" (gift article)

Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Classes Over Race and Gender

www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist

Journal of Systematics and Evolution @journalsysevo.bsky.social · 10d

Who loves the #tropics more than we do? Magnolias, apparently😜🍹💮
Xie et al. show that higher diversification rate, rather than longer speciation time, explains the high #diversity of Magnoliaceae in the tropics.
doi.org/10.1111/jse....
@wileyecology.bsky.social
#PlantScience #evolution #EcoEvo

Why are Magnoliaceae so diverse in the tropics? Disentangling the roles of diversification and time‐for‐speciation effects

The boreotropical relict Magnoliaceae, now rich in the tropics, experienced a major range contraction from high latitudes to the amphi-Pacific tropics following the mid-Eocene extinction. This histor...

doi.org

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist, Julie L. Lockwood, Joshua S. Weitz , and 2 more Brian J. Enquist, Julie L. Lockwood, Joshua S. Weitz, Smith, Zen Faulkes

Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 10d

If you are a student whose NSF GRFP application was returned without review for vague 'eligibility' reasons:
1) Let your department chair & Graduate School know. Encourage them to contact NSF & congress
2) Write to your congressional reps.
3) Write to grfp@nsf.gov to request re-consideration;

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist

Ecological Society of America @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social · 10d

New results to share? New methods? Your science matters, and #ESA2026 is the perfect venue for it. Share, get (and give!) feedback, and build your professional network in ecology. Contributed talk & poster abstract submissions open through 2/19! https://ow.ly/OpyP50Y62qh

A promotional image, a blue background with white rhombuses that was definitely made in Canva AI, with text making the call to action to submit an abstract for the event, featuring a photo of a presenter at a past Annual Meeting, surrounded by onlookers about to share their feedback with her. Click through for full information and to register.

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist

franck-jabot.bsky.social @franck-jabot.bsky.social · 10d

Excited to share our latest research now out in @OikosJournal! 🌿
This paper leverages the anisotropy of environmental variation at habitat edges to disentangle community assembly drivers
doi.org/10.1002/oik....
#Ecology #Metacommunity #SoilBiology #Biodiversity #DNAbarcoding #Oikos #Macrofauna

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist, Neil Pederson

Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 11d

Several BSA award deadlines are coming up fast in February, including $10,000 dissertation awards, grad student research awards, and public policy awards.

Our new BSA Member Toolkit video shows you how to apply, step by step:
youtu.be/vRZdmrb-cFs?...

Apply today!
www.botany.org/home/awards.html 🌱

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist

Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 11d

A year later, we're hitting the streets again, stronger and more determined.

For our families, our freedoms, and our futures.
For science and for democracy.

Rally with us to TAKE BACK SCIENCE!
March 7th, 2026 in Washington DC
standupforscience.net/march7

#takebackscience #standupforscience 🧵/3

Stand Up for Science: March 7th, 2026 — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

standupforscience.net

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist

Arvid Ågren @arvidagren.bsky.social · 11d

If you can only visit one place at Harvard, make it the glass flower exhibit at the Museum of Natural History.

4000 models, 847 species.

Commissioned by the university for teaching botany and created by the Czech father and son Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka 1887 through 1936.

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist, Tobias Kuemmerle, Hans Henrik Bruun , and 8 more Brian J. Enquist, Tobias Kuemmerle, Hans Henrik Bruun, James M. Bullock, Tommaso Jucker, Sabina Burrascano, Markus P. Eichhorn, Martin Ehbrecht, Irena Šímová, Joan Dudney, Julen Astigarraga

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 Brian J. Enquist, Chris R. Shepherd

Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 11d

A Biodiversity Crisis
Forests are home to 80% of terrestrial biodiversity. Destroying them doesn't just remove trees; it triggers a silent extinction. Thriving under nature's laws means protecting these irreplaceable life networks. #Biodiversity
Source: WWF

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist, Simon Roux, Craig R. Primmer , and 6 more Brian J. Enquist, Simon Roux, Craig R. Primmer, Per Ahlberg, Jason Stajich, Stephen D. Murphy, Jesse R. Lasky, Susanne Lachmuth, Samuele Ramellini

Mario Vallejo-Marin @nicrodemo.bsky.social · 12d

Join us at the Evolutionary Biology Centre at Uppsala University. We’re searching for an Assistant Professor in Biology. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

Reposted by Rebecca Solnit, Brian J. Enquist, Mark A. Lemley , and 9 more Rebecca Solnit, Brian J. Enquist, Mark A. Lemley, Simon Roux, Howard Williams, Hugo Mercier, Michael Kevane, Timothy Graham, Mauro Gatti, Jonathan J. Buonocore, Nathan Richardson, Todd Hedrick

Mistress Usili (Sage) 🏳️‍⚧️ @usili.bsky.social · 12d

Bilbo looking at his phone top

on bottom is ChatGPT

After all, why not? Why shouldn't I keep it?

You're absolutely right — you found it, it's been with you a long while, and it's only natural to feel fond of something that's served you so well, especially when someone like Gandalf suddenly seems to want it for himself.

Reposted by Jens‐Christian Svenning, Brian J. Enquist, Stephen D. Murphy

Jamie Rohu @jamierohu.bsky.social · 13d

The third Rewilding event at Trinity in association with @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social during Autumn 2025.

In the final event, Professor @jcsvenning.bsky.social spoke, amongst other things, about the vital role of large herbivores in shaping natural ecosystems.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTts...

Rewilding in Europe | Past, Present, Future

YouTube video by Irish Wildlife Trust

www.youtube.com

Reposted by Scott C. Doney, Brian J. Enquist, Ben Bond‐Lamberty , and 4 more Scott C. Doney, Brian J. Enquist, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Gavin A. Schmidt, Matthias Cuntz, Rosie A. Fisher, Peter Jacobs

Eos @eos.org · 13d

NCAR represents what is possible when a nation chooses to invest in science as a public good, writes @carlonimbus.bsky.social of @ucs.org. #SaveNCAR eos.org/opinions/wha...

What Americans Lose If Their National Center for Atmospheric Research Is Dismantled - Eos

Five ways dismantling NCAR will cost the American people, and two ways to save it.

eos.org

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist, Jonathan M. Gilligan

Central NJ Yimby 🏗️🚲🚇🇺🇸 @princetonyimby.bsky.social · 13d

Princeton U. Neuroscience professor Sam Wang has entered the race for Bonnie Watson-Coleman's NJ-12 congressional seat. Wang also runs the "Princeton Gerrymandering Project" and is a co-founder of the "Princeton For All" anti-NIMBY campaign. newjerseyglobe.com/congress/pri...

Princeton Gerrymandering Project leader plans to run for Congress - New Jersey Globe

The man who helped draw New Jersey’s congressional map in 2021 is now running for one of the seats he created. Sam Wang, a Princeton neuroscience

newjerseyglobe.com

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist

Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 13d

To see how Kirsty Duncan advocated for science, watch her TED talk or read her book, "The Exclusion Effect: How the sciences discourage women & girls and what to do about it"

Scientists must be free to learn, to speak, and to challenge, she said -- an even more vital argument now than then.

Scientists must be free to learn, to speak and to challenge

"You do not mess with something so fundamental, so precious, as science," says Kirsty Duncan, Canada's first Minister of Science. In a heartfelt, inspiring talk about pushing boundaries, she makes the...

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