Eliza Maher Hasselquist
@emhasselquist.bsky.social
Forest Ecology & Management w/a dash of policy at SLU, Umeå. 🌲🌳Forestry effects on freshwaters 🌊 || ecology of ditches, streams & in between (DREAMS!) || riparian zones || wetland restoration || American 🇺🇸 thriving in Sweden 🇸🇪
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It's out! 🧪 "Lines in the landscape," on the under-appreciated importance of #ditches as diverse ecosystems: doi.org/10.1038/s432.... By @peatymike.bsky.social, @fluitans.bsky.social, @drtatariw.bsky.social, @timaukel.bsky.social, @jordannabergman.bsky.social, @juliecrabot.bsky.social, ...
Lines in the landscape - Communications Earth & Environment
Ditches have many overlooked environmental and societal roles, including impact on biodiversity and pollution, and management strategies to enhance their multifunctional landscape-scale benefits are n...
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August 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
It's out! 🧪 "Lines in the landscape," on the under-appreciated importance of #ditches as diverse ecosystems: doi.org/10.1038/s432.... By @peatymike.bsky.social, @fluitans.bsky.social, @drtatariw.bsky.social, @timaukel.bsky.social, @jordannabergman.bsky.social, @juliecrabot.bsky.social, ...
Bottom line... Ditch Network Maintenance (DNM) doesn't help tree growth and increases drought risk.
www.mdpi.com/3446686
www.mdpi.com/3446686
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August 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Bottom line... Ditch Network Maintenance (DNM) doesn't help tree growth and increases drought risk.
www.mdpi.com/3446686
www.mdpi.com/3446686
Not from the EU and looking to come to Sweden to do reseach? There is a grant for that! Applications taken through December 2025. www.vr.se/english/appl...
August 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Not from the EU and looking to come to Sweden to do reseach? There is a grant for that! Applications taken through December 2025. www.vr.se/english/appl...
I had a few people at #ESA2025 say that it was hard to find where to apply for jobs in Sweden. If you want to check jobs at university, here's the website: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
#forests #restorationecology #forestry #silviculture
#forests #restorationecology #forestry #silviculture
Jobs and vacancies | slu.se
Would you like to join us in creating the conditions for a sustainable, thriving and better world? Welcome with your application!
www.slu.se
August 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I had a few people at #ESA2025 say that it was hard to find where to apply for jobs in Sweden. If you want to check jobs at university, here's the website: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
#forests #restorationecology #forestry #silviculture
#forests #restorationecology #forestry #silviculture
I’m at #ESA2025 through tomorrow and may be hiring soon! If you are interested in biodiversity and ecology of peatlands, riparian zones, ditches, and/or forestry let’s meet up and chat! PhD and postdoc opportunities with all the benefits of the Swedish social system will be published soon!
August 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I’m at #ESA2025 through tomorrow and may be hiring soon! If you are interested in biodiversity and ecology of peatlands, riparian zones, ditches, and/or forestry let’s meet up and chat! PhD and postdoc opportunities with all the benefits of the Swedish social system will be published soon!
100 papers every ECOLOGY student should read - from 2017.
If you could add a paper to this list, what would it be? biodiversitydynamics.wordpress.com/2017/11/13/1...
#phdstudent #ecology #forestry #biodiversity
If you could add a paper to this list, what would it be? biodiversitydynamics.wordpress.com/2017/11/13/1...
#phdstudent #ecology #forestry #biodiversity
100 papers every students should read
Ever wondered whether you had completely missed some of the most important papers in your discipline? Or whether you just read enough? Well, now you can’t stop wondering, since the answer is …
biodiversitydynamics.wordpress.com
May 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
100 papers every ECOLOGY student should read - from 2017.
If you could add a paper to this list, what would it be? biodiversitydynamics.wordpress.com/2017/11/13/1...
#phdstudent #ecology #forestry #biodiversity
If you could add a paper to this list, what would it be? biodiversitydynamics.wordpress.com/2017/11/13/1...
#phdstudent #ecology #forestry #biodiversity
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What I wish I knew: 33 thoughts for early career researchers
Reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.
predirections.substack.com/p/what-i-wis...
Reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.
predirections.substack.com/p/what-i-wis...
What I wish I knew: 33 thoughts for early career researchers
Thirty three reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.
predirections.substack.com
April 29, 2025 at 3:08 AM
What I wish I knew: 33 thoughts for early career researchers
Reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.
predirections.substack.com/p/what-i-wis...
Reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.
predirections.substack.com/p/what-i-wis...
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Last week to apply!
We are hiring a postdoc at Umeå University in aquatic ecosystem ecology. See the link for details!
www.umu.se/en/work-with...
@grocherros.bsky.social
www.umu.se/en/work-with...
@grocherros.bsky.social
Postdoc (2 years) in aquatic ecosystem ecology
www.umu.se
April 8, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Last week to apply!
Come do a postdoc in our department with one of the biggest rising stars around (@kuglerovastripe.bsky.social) ! Northern lights, cozy winters, forests, water, parental leave, and reasonable boundaries to foster a good work-life balance.
January 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Come do a postdoc in our department with one of the biggest rising stars around (@kuglerovastripe.bsky.social) ! Northern lights, cozy winters, forests, water, parental leave, and reasonable boundaries to foster a good work-life balance.
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In January I'm starting as an Assistant Professor in Ecosystem Ecology, and will be part of @icelabumu.bsky.social !
IceLab is an interdisciplinary center with an open and stimulating environment, and being there is my dream job.
Now we are starting a research school with multiple PhDs available 👇
IceLab is an interdisciplinary center with an open and stimulating environment, and being there is my dream job.
Now we are starting a research school with multiple PhDs available 👇
🔎 for a #PhD in #computational science applied to living systems, with a #complexity angle? Do you want to work in a fun, supportive and academically stimulating environment in a city that experiences real winter and is close to nature? 5 #fundedphd available in IceLab! icelab.se/opportunitie...
December 20, 2024 at 1:58 PM
In January I'm starting as an Assistant Professor in Ecosystem Ecology, and will be part of @icelabumu.bsky.social !
IceLab is an interdisciplinary center with an open and stimulating environment, and being there is my dream job.
Now we are starting a research school with multiple PhDs available 👇
IceLab is an interdisciplinary center with an open and stimulating environment, and being there is my dream job.
Now we are starting a research school with multiple PhDs available 👇
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Ten practical guidelines for #microclimate research in terrestrial ecosystems
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
from #SoilTemp core group, lead by @pieterdefrenne.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
from #SoilTemp core group, lead by @pieterdefrenne.bsky.social
December 17, 2024 at 7:06 AM
Ten practical guidelines for #microclimate research in terrestrial ecosystems
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
from #SoilTemp core group, lead by @pieterdefrenne.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
from #SoilTemp core group, lead by @pieterdefrenne.bsky.social
PHD STUDENT WANTED! As part of the @kawresearch.bsky.social Wallenberg Initiative in Forest Research (WIFORCE), we are offering a fully funded, 4yr, #PhD position studying #riparian forest #biodiversity & #microclimate. Due date Jan 21st!
www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
December 12, 2024 at 2:25 PM
PHD STUDENT WANTED! As part of the @kawresearch.bsky.social Wallenberg Initiative in Forest Research (WIFORCE), we are offering a fully funded, 4yr, #PhD position studying #riparian forest #biodiversity & #microclimate. Due date Jan 21st!
www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
Polar stratospheric clouds so beautiful I nearly cried. Little glimpses of the heavens…
December 11, 2024 at 7:34 AM
Polar stratospheric clouds so beautiful I nearly cried. Little glimpses of the heavens…
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Interesting pre-print showing that clear-cutting in boreal and northern temperate is followed by a substantial and long-lasting decline in forest soil C stocks.
Decadal Decline in Forest Floor Soil Organic Carbon after Clear-Cutting in Nordic and Canadian Forests
Nordic and Canadian forests store substantial amounts of carbon (C) and are largely managed in a silvicultural system with clear-cut harvest. Previous meta-anal
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November 24, 2024 at 7:42 AM
Interesting pre-print showing that clear-cutting in boreal and northern temperate is followed by a substantial and long-lasting decline in forest soil C stocks.
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In Washington’s Central Cascades, The Nature Conservancy is carrying out cutting-edge forest restoration work to reduce wildfire risk, improve watershed health and build climate resilience.
www.cnn.com/2024/12/02/w...
www.cnn.com/2024/12/02/w...
A living lab approach to forest restoration | CNN
In Washington’s Central Cascades, The Nature Conservancy is carrying out cutting-edge forest restoration work to reduce wildfire risk, improve watershed health and build climate resilience.
www.cnn.com
December 4, 2024 at 4:13 AM
In Washington’s Central Cascades, The Nature Conservancy is carrying out cutting-edge forest restoration work to reduce wildfire risk, improve watershed health and build climate resilience.
www.cnn.com/2024/12/02/w...
www.cnn.com/2024/12/02/w...
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With climate change upon us fish need need wide buffer zones of mixed mature forest to keep rivers cool. Sweden is unprepared with < 5 m mean zones. River temps are now more often over 20°, critical for salmon and trout, lets put a proper green roof over our rivers.
November 25, 2023 at 9:07 AM
With climate change upon us fish need need wide buffer zones of mixed mature forest to keep rivers cool. Sweden is unprepared with < 5 m mean zones. River temps are now more often over 20°, critical for salmon and trout, lets put a proper green roof over our rivers.
Full article: Effects of changed interpretation of the Finnish Forest Act on the Riparian Woodland Key habitats www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 29, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Full article: Effects of changed interpretation of the Finnish Forest Act on the Riparian Woodland Key habitats www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
First advent fires on campus in Umeå. Magical sunrise at 8:30!
November 29, 2024 at 7:29 AM
First advent fires on campus in Umeå. Magical sunrise at 8:30!
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New #silviculture paper that shows that #irregularshelterwood may reduce #wildfire effects in #centralBC #lodgepolepine stands. This case study suggests effectiveness of irregular shelterwood in mitigating #wildfirerisk + promoting #resilience.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Influence of irregular shelterwood treatments on intensity and severity after a large wildfire in lodgepole pine stands: A case study from the interior British Columbia
Climate change has significantly impacted the wildfire regimes in lodgepole pine forests, resulting in prolonged fire seasons and altered fire behaviour. In North America, fire patterns have shifted t...
journals.plos.org
November 21, 2024 at 7:30 PM
New #silviculture paper that shows that #irregularshelterwood may reduce #wildfire effects in #centralBC #lodgepolepine stands. This case study suggests effectiveness of irregular shelterwood in mitigating #wildfirerisk + promoting #resilience.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Studying intermittent streams' expansion and contraction aids understanding of their ecosystem services and environmental responses.
This research which will be presented during #AGU24 was conducted in the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest.
🗓️🔗: bit.ly/AGU24_H11T08
This research which will be presented during #AGU24 was conducted in the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest.
🗓️🔗: bit.ly/AGU24_H11T08
November 19, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Studying intermittent streams' expansion and contraction aids understanding of their ecosystem services and environmental responses.
This research which will be presented during #AGU24 was conducted in the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest.
🗓️🔗: bit.ly/AGU24_H11T08
This research which will be presented during #AGU24 was conducted in the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest.
🗓️🔗: bit.ly/AGU24_H11T08
Looking for a new textbook for the #silviculture course I am leading (w/ guest lectures from experts). We're using Pommerening's new #ContinuousCoverForestry Book, but also looking for either a book, book chapters, or key papers to supplement. Any suggestions? #CCF www.google.com/search?sca_e...
Continuous Cover Forestry: Theories, Concepts, and Implementation Arne Pommerening - Google Search
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November 19, 2024 at 8:01 AM
Looking for a new textbook for the #silviculture course I am leading (w/ guest lectures from experts). We're using Pommerening's new #ContinuousCoverForestry Book, but also looking for either a book, book chapters, or key papers to supplement. Any suggestions? #CCF www.google.com/search?sca_e...
My son learned to use a pacifier the trip that started this side project-he’s now 8yo! Life happens!! ”River restoration effects on dispersal & the development of riparian seed bank: do poor seed banks limit restoration of boreal riparian zones?” onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 13, 2024 at 5:49 PM
My son learned to use a pacifier the trip that started this side project-he’s now 8yo! Life happens!! ”River restoration effects on dispersal & the development of riparian seed bank: do poor seed banks limit restoration of boreal riparian zones?” onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Three (!) positions as Assistant Professor in #Biodiversity
We hope to get one to our department #biogeography
A super recruitment within Life sciences. Maximum of 7 since PhD 🌍🧪
#biodiversity #academic #climatechange #lifescience #ecology #StockholmUniversity
Please re-🦋
www.su.se/english/news...
We hope to get one to our department #biogeography
A super recruitment within Life sciences. Maximum of 7 since PhD 🌍🧪
#biodiversity #academic #climatechange #lifescience #ecology #StockholmUniversity
Please re-🦋
www.su.se/english/news...
Faculty of Science is recruiting Assistant Professors in Biodiversity - Stockholm University
Faculty of Science is recruiting Assistant Professors in Biodiversity - Stockholm University
www.su.se
November 12, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Three (!) positions as Assistant Professor in #Biodiversity
We hope to get one to our department #biogeography
A super recruitment within Life sciences. Maximum of 7 since PhD 🌍🧪
#biodiversity #academic #climatechange #lifescience #ecology #StockholmUniversity
Please re-🦋
www.su.se/english/news...
We hope to get one to our department #biogeography
A super recruitment within Life sciences. Maximum of 7 since PhD 🌍🧪
#biodiversity #academic #climatechange #lifescience #ecology #StockholmUniversity
Please re-🦋
www.su.se/english/news...
Great winter field trip to the local continuous cover forestry field trial! Crust so thick we could walk on it! Being course leader for a Silviculture course in N Sweden in the middle of winter has its challenges, but it’s so worth it to get the students out of the classroom.
#CCF #hyggesfritt
#CCF #hyggesfritt
March 14, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Great winter field trip to the local continuous cover forestry field trial! Crust so thick we could walk on it! Being course leader for a Silviculture course in N Sweden in the middle of winter has its challenges, but it’s so worth it to get the students out of the classroom.
#CCF #hyggesfritt
#CCF #hyggesfritt