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Emilio Vilanova
@evilanova.bsky.social
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Venezuelan | 🌳 Forest ecologist /scientist. Senior Program Officer - Forest Carbon (ARR | IFM) @VERRA. Views and opinions are my own en English & Español.

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Emilio Vilanova @evilanova.bsky.social · Dec 8
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Más de 50 años de seguimiento a la ecología y dinámica de los bosques de Venezuela: un esfuerzo multinstitucional
A inicios de la década de los 1950s, bajo el liderazgo de los ingenieros forestales suizos Jean Pierre Veillon (1914-2002) y Hans Lamprecht (1919-2012),  profesores del entonces Instituto de S…
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Emilio Vilanova @evilanova.bsky.social · 4d
Once published, I think this paper will be significant for the global community interested in the global forest carbon sink www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8...
The hidden demography of the 21st century global forest carbon sink
Forests play a central role in the global carbon cycle, yet most assessments quantify only net carbon balance, obscuring the demographic processes that govern long-term forest carbon dynamics1-3, and ...
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Reposted by Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Pieter A. Zuidema, Emilio Vilanova , and 1 more

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 7d
Climate warming is generally making trees grow faster, but the greater effect is that tree growth is becoming more unpredictable, creating a threat to the stability of forests. New paper by Li & He (2026). 🧪🌏🌐🌲🌳
Variation in Tree Growth Increases With Global Warming
In recent decades, considerable research has focused on the long-term trend of tree growth rates under global warming, yet little attention has been paid to trends in high-frequency tree growth varia...
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Emilio Vilanova @evilanova.bsky.social · 12d
"Our results reveal that mining-induced deforestation is two to three times higher than previous estimates, accounting for 19,765 km2 of deforestation. Notably, over half (50.29%) of this deforestation is linked to unrecorded mining activities" www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🌴🔥 🍁
Overlooked deforestation from global mining activities in the 21st century - Nature Communications
The study provides a comprehensive inventory of global mining footprints, finding that mining causes higher deforestation than previously estimated, with half linked to unrecorded activities, and high...
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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 13d
The Yanomami, an Indigenous group from the Amazon, is confronting surges in #malaria amid increasing illegal gold mining in their territory. Read 'Investigating the Yanomami malaria outbreak: gold mining and malaria': doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... #BiologyLetters

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 13d
environment.leeds.ac.uk/faculty/news...

Our new paper uses the Power of Plots to reveal how tropical forests are changing: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Forty years of tracking trees reveals changes in Amazon and Andean Forest diversity
New research reveals significant recent shifts in tree diversity among the tropical forests of the Andes and Amazon, driven by global change.
environment.leeds.ac.uk

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Monica Piccinini @monicapiccinini.bsky.social · 14d
A new study warns that climate change could wipe out large areas where the Amazon’s biggest trees can survive. If emissions stay high, up to 45% of their habitat could be lost by 2080.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Warmer climate threatens the occurrence of giant trees in the Amazon basin
Giant trees in the Amazon serve as critical carbon sinks and underpin diverse forest ecosystems. Yet, these emergent giants are increasingly vulnerabl…
www.sciencedirect.com

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Global Change Biology @globalchangebio.bsky.social · 15d
Tropical Montane Cloud Forests Have High Resilience to Five Years of Severe Soil Drought

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Emilio Vilanova @evilanova.bsky.social · 17d
Oil helped build Venezuela’s science. Can oil now revive it? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Oil helped build Venezuela’s science. Can oil now revive it?
Decades ago, Venezuelan researchers helped the oil industry thrive. Now they hope to be part of its reconstruction
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Emilio Vilanova @evilanova.bsky.social · 17d
I’m proud to be a co-author on this study, greatly led by Belen, which uses four decades of plot data across the Andes and Amazon to reveal how tree species richness is shifting in response to global change. Sustaining and expanding long-term collaborations like this is of extreme importance!
belenfadrique.bsky.social 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!

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!

Reposted by Ghislain Vieilledent, Emilio Vilanova

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 19d
✨ Paper spotlight ✨

(🧵 1/7) Beyond species means – the intraspecific contribution to global wood density variation
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Fig. 1 Tree species coverage in the Global Wood Density Database (GWDD) v.2.

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T.M. Perez @tmperez.bsky.social · 20d
I’m #hiring - Our company is looking for a Remote Sensing Data Engineer! If you're interested innovative remote sensing analytics and developing systems to scale-up reforestation projects, we’d love to hear from you. Our j.d. and links to apply are here: lnkd.in/gvzb_3ck
Reach out to learn more
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Living Carbon hiring Remote Sensing Data Engineer in United States | LinkedIn
Posted 8:04:46 PM. Living Carbon is a public benefit company with a mission to fight climate change by transforming…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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Nature @nature.com · 21d
Intense droughts have caused water stress and elevated mortality for trees in the Amazon, foreshadowing the future of tropical forests as the climate changes

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Predicting the fate of tropical forests under intensifying heat
Intense droughts have caused water stress and elevated mortality for trees in the Amazon, foreshadowing the future of tropical forests as the climate changes.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 26d
The red dot is a baby North Atlantic right whale trying to migrate up the east coast of the United states.

The blue streaks are fast moving shipping vessels entering and leaving New York City harbor.

One collision and the whale is dead.

We need *mandatory* speed limits for these vessels! 🧪🦑🌍

Reposted by Emilio Vilanova, Joan Dudney

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Ade Martin @ademartindc.bsky.social · Jan 10
Good morning everyone. Today in “one day, one paper “, forest loss intensifies meteorological drought across over half of global climate zones, with boreal regions most affected as reduced precipitation and altered surface energy amplify water deficits and extend drought impacts 🌎🍁
Forest loss intensifies meteorological drought in more than half of Earth’s climate zones
Forest loss increases the risk of meteorological drought more in boreal zones than in the tropics.
www.science.org

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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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Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · Jan 3
Ecological insights from three decades of forest biodiversity experiments @natrevbiodiv.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Ecological insights from three decades of forest biodiversity experiments - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Experiments manipulating tree species diversity and measuring effects on ecosystem function have been important tools for assessing how biodiverse forests can accumulate biomass, store carbon and help...
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Reposted by Pieter A. Zuidema, Emilio Vilanova, Joan Dudney

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · Dec 16
Land-use change is the main cause of deforestation in the Amazon, but the risk of abrupt forest decline, along with its potentially devastating consequences, increases as the planet warms, with a strong nonlinear trend beyond 2.3° C of warming. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/6Prr50XKAN1
Aerial view of Amazon rainforest tree canopy. CREDIT: Philippe Ciais

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · Dec 13
Global Forest Watch has launched a new AI-powered alert system that identifies what’s driving deforestation — from agriculture and mining to wildfires.

The data currently cover the Amazon, Congo Basin and Indonesia, with plans to expand to other forests and ecosystems.
Real-time deforestation alerts get an AI boost to identify the causes
Forest logging decreases during rainy seasons. Deforestation caused by mining might not be as seasonal as previously thought. One of the largest drivers of deforestation in Latin America is…
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Emilio Vilanova @evilanova.bsky.social · Dec 11
Amazon forest faces severe decline under the dual pressures of anthropogenic climate change and land-use change | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Amazon forest faces severe decline under the dual pressures of anthropogenic climate change and land-use change | PNAS
The Amazon is a key climate system component, hotspot of biodiversity and many other ecosystem functions. However, progressive rainforest degradati...
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Reposted by Emilio Vilanova, Pablo García‐Díaz, Alicia Valdés , and 1 more

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · Dec 11
Comment article: Matthew Fagan, Naomi Schwartz and Ruth DeFries offer three considerations on uncertainties and potential misapplications of global datasets to ensure responsible use of remote-sensing datasets in ecology and environmental science.

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The responsible use of global remote-sensing datasets - Nature Ecology & Evolution
In this age of abundant remote-sensing data, global datasets are increasingly relied upon to analyse the planet at unprecedented scale and resolution. We offer three considerations on uncertainties an...
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Reposted by Emilio Vilanova, Carly D. Ziter, Joan Dudney

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Monica G. Turner @monicagturner.bsky.social · Dec 10
Please contribute! We neex broad input, different forest types, and an array of natural disturbances to see how disturbance regimes are changing.

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Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Dec 9
Calling on all forest disturbance experts: Please consider contributing to our study on global forest disturbance change, and help resolve the nuances of changing forest disturbance regimes. More details and survey here: www.lss.ls.tum.de/edfm/disturb...

Reposted by Julia Koricheva, John Parker, Emilio Vilanova

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · Dec 9
More diverse forests have greater productivity, but do they use more water? A new meta-analysis by Shovon et al. in @journalofecology.bsky.social suggests not. 🌐🌏🧪 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Figure 4 from Shovon et al. (2025). Influence of diversity on transpiration as described by Hedges' g effect size as a function of species richness and water limitations at the (a–c) community level and (b–d) species level. Upper panels assess the influence of drought stress by comparing drought versus no drought conditions, defined through self-reported information. Lower panels assess the influence of regional aridity by comparing humid climates (aridity index >0.65) and dry climates (aridity index ≤0.65). Circles represent observed effect sizes; lines represent posterior mean trends, and shaded areas represent the 95% credible intervals.

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Canadian Journal of Forest Research @canjforestres.bsky.social · Dec 8
Spatially detailed tree-ring analysis exposes widespread forest growth decline throughout Canada

Girardin et al.
🔗 https://ow.ly/UhXN50Xz1Fe #OpenAccess

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Ben Bond-Lamberty @benbondlamberty.bsky.social · Dec 3
"Overlooked and extensive ghost forest formation across the US Atlantic coast" -- wow what a comprehensive analysis by Yeung, @xiyang.bsky.social et al. 🎉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Overlooked and extensive ghost forest formation across the US Atlantic coast - Nature Sustainability
Large swathes of standing dead trees or ‘ghost forests’ can form owing to rising sea levels in coastal areas, but the extent to which this occurs is unclear. This study maps ghost forests at the indiv...
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Nov 30
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.

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Global Change Biology @globalchangebio.bsky.social · Nov 26
Extreme Heatwave Causes Immediate, Widespread Mortality of Forest Canopy Foliage, Highlighting Modes of Forest Sensitivity to Extreme Heat

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Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · Nov 24
QUESTION: @evilanova.bsky.social and I were discussing resources for finding root:shoot ratios (belowground biomass, root biomass, etc) for global forests / ecoregions

And really doesn't feel like there has been much progress in this

Any suggestions for where to look!??
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