Imma Oliveras Menor
@ioliverasmenor.bsky.social
Ecosystems scientist: plants |disturbance ecology | global change | tropical ecosystems |(wild)fires| droughts| applied ecology || She/her|| Research Director AMAP, IRD. ||Senior Scientist SoGE, U.Oxford. ||Passionate about life on Earth 🌱⛰️🧘♀️👩🍼
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The legacy of pine plantations on fire severity - Repeto‐Deudero @jgpausas.bsky.social
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The legacy of pine plantations on fire severity
Our findings provide quantitative evidence that pine plantations can exacerbate fire severity under contemporary climate conditions, and that, once burned, these areas seldom recover. Effective spati...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The legacy of pine plantations on fire severity - Repeto‐Deudero @jgpausas.bsky.social
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As the giants of the animal kingdom dwindle in numbers, a new way to assess ecosystem function sheds light on animals’ changing ecological contributions
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What changing energy flows reveal about Africa’s ecosystems
As the giants of the animal kingdom dwindle in numbers, a new way to assess ecosystem function sheds light on animals’ changing ecological contributions.
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October 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM
As the giants of the animal kingdom dwindle in numbers, a new way to assess ecosystem function sheds light on animals’ changing ecological contributions
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Understanding novel fire regimes using plant trait-based approaches: An introduction
Here's the introduction to the Special Issue of the American Journal of Botany @botsocamerica.bsky.social
Thanks to all who contributed!
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Here's the introduction to the Special Issue of the American Journal of Botany @botsocamerica.bsky.social
Thanks to all who contributed!
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October 30, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Understanding novel fire regimes using plant trait-based approaches: An introduction
Here's the introduction to the Special Issue of the American Journal of Botany @botsocamerica.bsky.social
Thanks to all who contributed!
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Here's the introduction to the Special Issue of the American Journal of Botany @botsocamerica.bsky.social
Thanks to all who contributed!
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Our new paper in Nature uses ecological energetics to track ten ecosystem functions of all birds and mammals in sub-Saharan Africa. It shows that the ecological power of African wildlife has declined by a third since pre-colonial times @natureportfolio.nature.com
🌍 New Oxford-led study in Nature finds Africa’s wildlife has lost a third of its natural “power” — the energy driving ecosystems and livelihoods.
Large animals once sustained this flow; their loss now reshapes life across the continent. @ymalhi.bsky.social
Large animals once sustained this flow; their loss now reshapes life across the continent. @ymalhi.bsky.social
Africa’s wildlife has lost a third of its natural ‘power’, Oxford-led study warns
New paper in Nature today
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October 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Our new paper in Nature uses ecological energetics to track ten ecosystem functions of all birds and mammals in sub-Saharan Africa. It shows that the ecological power of African wildlife has declined by a third since pre-colonial times @natureportfolio.nature.com
New study from Ty Loft’s PhD thesis. We used an energetic approach to quantify, acr sub-Saharan Africa, how mammal- and bird-mediated ecosystem functions have changed. We found that overall trophic energy flows have decreased by more than one-third, but this change varies across biomes and land uses
Energy flows reveal declining ecosystem functions by animals across Africa - Nature
An ecosystem energetics approach, quantifying trophic energy flows across species, offers a unified framework for linking animal biodiversity loss to changes in ecosystem function and Earth system pro...
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October 30, 2025 at 7:02 AM
New study from Ty Loft’s PhD thesis. We used an energetic approach to quantify, acr sub-Saharan Africa, how mammal- and bird-mediated ecosystem functions have changed. We found that overall trophic energy flows have decreased by more than one-third, but this change varies across biomes and land uses
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Interested in learning about research into Cerrado fire ecology? Curious to hear about my views and experiences in plant sciences? Check out this new interview @botany.one
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Gracias @caordonezparra.bsky.social for the opportunity 😊
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Gracias @caordonezparra.bsky.social for the opportunity 😊
Francisco Navarro-Rosales: Studying Plant Resilience in the Cerrado and Beyond
Botany One interviews Francisco Navarro-Rosales, a PhD student fascinated by fire ecology in tropical ecosystems.
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October 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Interested in learning about research into Cerrado fire ecology? Curious to hear about my views and experiences in plant sciences? Check out this new interview @botany.one
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Gracias @caordonezparra.bsky.social for the opportunity 😊
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Gracias @caordonezparra.bsky.social for the opportunity 😊
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The NEOFire team has now finished another experimental fire campaign at Serra das Araras! This is the 8th consecutive year we burn savanna plots to investigate the effects of altered fire regimes on the Cerrado
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September 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The NEOFire team has now finished another experimental fire campaign at Serra das Araras! This is the 8th consecutive year we burn savanna plots to investigate the effects of altered fire regimes on the Cerrado
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The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation have published their Code of Conduct and Code of Ethics, setting a great example for other academic societies. 🌏🧪🌐
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ATBC Code of Conduct
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September 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation have published their Code of Conduct and Code of Ethics, setting a great example for other academic societies. 🌏🧪🌐
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⚡Striking impacts on forests!⚡
Our perspective on how lightning impacts forest dynamics, through igniting fires in boreal forests and being a major cause of tree mortality in tropical forests.🔥🌳⚡ Led by Sander Veraverbeke @vuamsterdam.bsky.social @globalchangebio.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
Our perspective on how lightning impacts forest dynamics, through igniting fires in boreal forests and being a major cause of tree mortality in tropical forests.🔥🌳⚡ Led by Sander Veraverbeke @vuamsterdam.bsky.social @globalchangebio.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
Lightning Impacts on Global Forest and Carbon Dynamics: Current Understanding and Knowledge Gaps
Lightning is a fundamental Earth system process that influences the world's major forest biomes and their carbon storage through two primary pathways. Lightning is the major cause of boreal forest fi....
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April 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
⚡Striking impacts on forests!⚡
Our perspective on how lightning impacts forest dynamics, through igniting fires in boreal forests and being a major cause of tree mortality in tropical forests.🔥🌳⚡ Led by Sander Veraverbeke @vuamsterdam.bsky.social @globalchangebio.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
Our perspective on how lightning impacts forest dynamics, through igniting fires in boreal forests and being a major cause of tree mortality in tropical forests.🔥🌳⚡ Led by Sander Veraverbeke @vuamsterdam.bsky.social @globalchangebio.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
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In this blog @h-zhang.bsky.social discusses how #Eco-Evolutionary Optimality theory can help address knowledge gaps at a site in #Ghana
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July 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM
In this blog @h-zhang.bsky.social discusses how #Eco-Evolutionary Optimality theory can help address knowledge gaps at a site in #Ghana
@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @jeaggu.bsky.social @ymalhi.bsky.social @ioliverasmenor.bsky.social
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NEW! Journal of #Pyrogeography has been launched! We cover landscape #fire interactions with #climate, #ecosystems, and #society and welcome studies from diverse research fields spanning the natural and social sciences.
Stay tuned to Upcoming Special Issues!
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Stay tuned to Upcoming Special Issues!
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Aims and scope - Journal of Pyrogeography | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
Read the latest articles of Journal of Pyrogeography at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
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July 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
NEW! Journal of #Pyrogeography has been launched! We cover landscape #fire interactions with #climate, #ecosystems, and #society and welcome studies from diverse research fields spanning the natural and social sciences.
Stay tuned to Upcoming Special Issues!
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Stay tuned to Upcoming Special Issues!
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Last publication of @h-zhang.bsky.social 's PhD thesis is finally out! This study tests optimality theory on the effect of vapour pressure deficit using tree trait data collected in West Africa
Testing ecophysiological theory using tree traits along a vapour pressure deficit (VPD) gradient shows, as predicted, that photosynthetic capacity is higher at higher VPD sites. Contrary to the predictions, potential water conductivity tends to increase with higher VPD. doi.org/10.1038/s420...
July 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Last publication of @h-zhang.bsky.social 's PhD thesis is finally out! This study tests optimality theory on the effect of vapour pressure deficit using tree trait data collected in West Africa
New study shows that transitional Amazon-Cerrado vegetation have different response strategies to fire based on their functional traits. These strategies influence post-fire survival and overall community structure and composition
#DiscoLab
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#DiscoLab
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🔥🌱 From the #AJB Special Issue: “Understanding novel #fire regimes using plant trait‐based approaches" 🌱🔥
Deciphering fire tolerance of #trees at the Amazonia–Cerrado transition by trait-based approach: Implications from species to communities
Wesley Jonatar Cruz, et al.
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Deciphering fire tolerance of #trees at the Amazonia–Cerrado transition by trait-based approach: Implications from species to communities
Wesley Jonatar Cruz, et al.
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July 9, 2025 at 1:07 AM
New study shows that transitional Amazon-Cerrado vegetation have different response strategies to fire based on their functional traits. These strategies influence post-fire survival and overall community structure and composition
#DiscoLab
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#DiscoLab
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Our research group presented at a Symposium about Cerrado at ATBC2025 with fantastic speakers and presentations. Kuddos to @manumachadoeco.bsky.social and @navarrosales.bsky.social for their work organising the Symposium !
July 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Our research group presented at a Symposium about Cerrado at ATBC2025 with fantastic speakers and presentations. Kuddos to @manumachadoeco.bsky.social and @navarrosales.bsky.social for their work organising the Symposium !
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Active forest fires in BC, AB and ON today. GOES-West mid-ir showing active and extremely active fires (white and red respectively) in BC and AB. Another active day tomorrow for BC & AB and area burned in Canada will likely hit 3 million ha soon. Only 2023 had more area burned at this time of year.
June 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Active forest fires in BC, AB and ON today. GOES-West mid-ir showing active and extremely active fires (white and red respectively) in BC and AB. Another active day tomorrow for BC & AB and area burned in Canada will likely hit 3 million ha soon. Only 2023 had more area burned at this time of year.
Read a summary of science results in this post! Thank you @unemat @icmbio for the partnership
My first PhD paper is now published in #STOTEN! We used a long-term fire experiment and ecosystem monitoring protocol to quantify the effect of burning on the productivity, respiration and ecosystem #carbon balance of Cerrado #savanna (1/6)
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The effect of fire on the carbon fluxes and productivity of Brazilian woodland savannas
The effects of altered fire regimes within open ecosystems are poorly understood and can have serious consequences on functioning and conservation acr…
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June 5, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Read a summary of science results in this post! Thank you @unemat @icmbio for the partnership
After 8 years of continuous monitoring we have published the first results of our long term CerFogo experimental fire project as part of @navarrosales.bsky.social PhD thesis. Very happy to see this milestone accomplished!
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The effect of fire on the carbon fluxes and productivity of Brazilian woodland savannas
The effects of altered fire regimes within open ecosystems are poorly understood and can have serious consequences on functioning and conservation acr…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 5, 2025 at 4:45 AM
After 8 years of continuous monitoring we have published the first results of our long term CerFogo experimental fire project as part of @navarrosales.bsky.social PhD thesis. Very happy to see this milestone accomplished!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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My first PhD paper is now published in #STOTEN! We used a long-term fire experiment and ecosystem monitoring protocol to quantify the effect of burning on the productivity, respiration and ecosystem #carbon balance of Cerrado #savanna (1/6)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The effect of fire on the carbon fluxes and productivity of Brazilian woodland savannas
The effects of altered fire regimes within open ecosystems are poorly understood and can have serious consequences on functioning and conservation acr…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
My first PhD paper is now published in #STOTEN! We used a long-term fire experiment and ecosystem monitoring protocol to quantify the effect of burning on the productivity, respiration and ecosystem #carbon balance of Cerrado #savanna (1/6)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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New article from Imma Oliveras (@ioliverasmenor.bsky.social)
Roland H., Matos I. S., Rosado B. H. P., Oliveras Menor I. 2025. Non-additive effects on plant mixtures flammability in a tropical mountain ecosystem. International Journal of Wildland Fire
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Roland H., Matos I. S., Rosado B. H. P., Oliveras Menor I. 2025. Non-additive effects on plant mixtures flammability in a tropical mountain ecosystem. International Journal of Wildland Fire
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Non-additive effects on plant mixtures flammability in a tropical mountain ecosystem
Background Consumability, a component of flammability, describes how well plants burn and may be influenced by species traits and climate change. However, knowledge gaps remain regarding how species m...
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May 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
New article from Imma Oliveras (@ioliverasmenor.bsky.social)
Roland H., Matos I. S., Rosado B. H. P., Oliveras Menor I. 2025. Non-additive effects on plant mixtures flammability in a tropical mountain ecosystem. International Journal of Wildland Fire
doi.org/10.1071/WF24...
Roland H., Matos I. S., Rosado B. H. P., Oliveras Menor I. 2025. Non-additive effects on plant mixtures flammability in a tropical mountain ecosystem. International Journal of Wildland Fire
doi.org/10.1071/WF24...
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📢 New article out!
#FIREADAPT Early Stage Researcher glspadoni.bsky.social is the corresponding author of "Devegetation is a widespread driver of fire in the Brazilian Cerrado" in the #JournalOfEnvironmentalManagement.
Congrats Gian Luca & co-authors! 👏
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#FIREADAPT Early Stage Researcher glspadoni.bsky.social is the corresponding author of "Devegetation is a widespread driver of fire in the Brazilian Cerrado" in the #JournalOfEnvironmentalManagement.
Congrats Gian Luca & co-authors! 👏
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May 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
📢 New article out!
#FIREADAPT Early Stage Researcher glspadoni.bsky.social is the corresponding author of "Devegetation is a widespread driver of fire in the Brazilian Cerrado" in the #JournalOfEnvironmentalManagement.
Congrats Gian Luca & co-authors! 👏
Read 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
#FIREADAPT Early Stage Researcher glspadoni.bsky.social is the corresponding author of "Devegetation is a widespread driver of fire in the Brazilian Cerrado" in the #JournalOfEnvironmentalManagement.
Congrats Gian Luca & co-authors! 👏
Read 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
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Hyperdominance in the world's most diverse savanna. The Cerrado has more than 1,600 tree species, and yet just 30 make up half of all trees.
Congratulations to Facundo Alvarez and colleagues for this pan-Cerrado analysis using hundreds of plots.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Congratulations to Facundo Alvarez and colleagues for this pan-Cerrado analysis using hundreds of plots.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Tree species hyperdominance and rarity in the South American Cerrado - Communications Biology
The South American Cerrado has an estimated ~1605 tree species, yet > 2% make up half of all trees. Since 1995, the savanna lost 24 billion trees, threatening its biodiversity. Urgent conservation ...
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May 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Hyperdominance in the world's most diverse savanna. The Cerrado has more than 1,600 tree species, and yet just 30 make up half of all trees.
Congratulations to Facundo Alvarez and colleagues for this pan-Cerrado analysis using hundreds of plots.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Congratulations to Facundo Alvarez and colleagues for this pan-Cerrado analysis using hundreds of plots.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Oh I can’t help it, feels a bit sentimental. RIP Skype - so many procrastination afternoons on your chat. So many calls (family, friends, work). And that ringtone…
Although Skype is now gone, the memories it evokes — not to mention the sound of its weird and wonderful ringtone — will stay with many of us for years to come.
The Verge looks back on Skype
Remembering Skype — and its ringtone.
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May 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Oh I can’t help it, feels a bit sentimental. RIP Skype - so many procrastination afternoons on your chat. So many calls (family, friends, work). And that ringtone…
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The NEOFIRE team led by @ioliverasmenor.bsky.social has just returned from a 6-week functional traits campaign at Serra das Araras, Brazil! There, I measured photosynthetic and leaf traits of 102 Cerrado trees under different fire regimes @umramap.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
April 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The NEOFIRE team led by @ioliverasmenor.bsky.social has just returned from a 6-week functional traits campaign at Serra das Araras, Brazil! There, I measured photosynthetic and leaf traits of 102 Cerrado trees under different fire regimes @umramap.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
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A new theme issue of #PhilTransB looks at #fire risks and the joint effects of #climate, vegetation and human activity: royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
April 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A new theme issue of #PhilTransB looks at #fire risks and the joint effects of #climate, vegetation and human activity: royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
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🔔 New paper from the @fire-adapt.bsky.social consortium!
🔥 The use of #fire to preserve #biodiversity under novel fire regimes
In this opinion piece, we synthesize recent research on the use of fire in biodiversity conservation under emerging fire regimes.
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🔥 The use of #fire to preserve #biodiversity under novel fire regimes
In this opinion piece, we synthesize recent research on the use of fire in biodiversity conservation under emerging fire regimes.
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The use of fire to preserve biodiversity under novel fire regimes | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Novel fire regimes are emerging worldwide and pose substantial challenges to biodiversity
conservation. Addressing these challenges and mitigating their impacts on biodiversity
will require developing...
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April 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🔔 New paper from the @fire-adapt.bsky.social consortium!
🔥 The use of #fire to preserve #biodiversity under novel fire regimes
In this opinion piece, we synthesize recent research on the use of fire in biodiversity conservation under emerging fire regimes.
👉 doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
🔥 The use of #fire to preserve #biodiversity under novel fire regimes
In this opinion piece, we synthesize recent research on the use of fire in biodiversity conservation under emerging fire regimes.
👉 doi.org/10.1098/rstb...