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Justin Luong, PhD πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸŒΎ
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Working Lands Asst Professor - UC Berkeley, Board Member at California Native Grassland Association, Restoration Ecology & MadroΓ±o CE/AE - πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ Restoration/EcoPhys PhD, Biodiversity, Rangelands, Climate Change, Science-Practice Gap - justinluong.com .. more

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Justin Luong, PhD πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸŒΎ @justinluong.com Β· Dec 18
I made a feed for California Native Plants!! You can contribute with that term or #CaliforniaNativePlants

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Justin Luong, PhD πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸŒΎ @justinluong.com Β· 5d
Updated my website πŸ₯°
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Welcome!
University of California, Berkeley - Environmental Science, Policy and Management
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Justin Luong, PhD πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸŒΎ @justinluong.com Β· 24d
Crazy times...

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Justin Luong, PhD πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸŒΎ @justinluong.com Β· 27d
Join us tonight for our the California Native Grassland Association tonight at 6PM for a talk by Jessica Solis titled "Carbon Flux Dynamics from a Coastal Grassland Disturbed by Wildfire". Free for members and students or $10 for all others! Hope to see you there! cnga.org/event-6278005
California Native Grasslands Association - CNGA GRASS Award Speaker Series: Jessica Solis
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Justin Luong, PhD πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸŒΎ @justinluong.com Β· Oct 3
Cool talk by Emma King looking at how Irish wind energy installation affects biodiversity!!

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Justin Luong, PhD πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸŒΎ @justinluong.com Β· Oct 2
Thank you Holly!

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Dr. Holly P Jones @dochpjones.bsky.social Β· Oct 2
πŸ§ͺ #SER2025

@justinluong.com just gave a really cool and quick talk on the work he and many others are doing to build a network of support for grassland restoration practitioners in California. Check it out!

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California Grassland Restoration, Action, Science and Stewardship Network (GRASS-NET)
University of California, Berkeley - Environmental Science, Policy and Management
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Justin Luong, PhD πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸŒΎ @justinluong.com Β· Oct 2
A great presentation by Julia Briand at #Ser2025 about how we can improve integration of functional traits for ecological restoration across scales and trophic levels!

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Justin Luong, PhD πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸŒΎ @justinluong.com Β· Sep 26
NSF GRFP Solicitation now live (www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...) Deadlines - Life Sciences: Nov 10, Geosciences: Nov 14, Social Sciences: Nov 12
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
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Justin Luong, PhD πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸŒΎ @justinluong.com Β· Sep 23
I've reached my first 100 cited paper! πŸ₯³
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Overcoming biotic homogenization in ecological restoration
Extensive evidence shows that regional (gamma) diversity is often lower across restored landscapes than in reference landscapes, in part due to common restoration practices that favor widespread speci...
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Justin Luong, PhD πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸŒΎ @justinluong.com Β· Sep 16
Join us tonight for a double feature presentation by Andrea Nebhut (Stanford) and Deborah Ayala (Texas AM)!!! Cnga.org/events at 6 PM pst

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Justin Luong, PhD πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸŒΎ @justinluong.com Β· Sep 15
Apparently Sept 15 is prospective graduate student inquiry day!

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Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social Β· Sep 11
Dept of Plant Biology at UIUC hiring in any subdiscipline of Mycology and/or Plant-Fungal Interactions tenure-track faculty position at the assistant professor level.
Apply by Oct 31, 2025. For complete details including salary and benefit information, visit go.illinois.edu/PlantBiolfac...
Assistant Professor- Department of Plant Biology
Duties & Responsibilities
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Justin Luong, PhD πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸŒΎ @justinluong.com Β· Sep 9
Join us for the kick off of the 2025 GRASS Student Seminar Series!! Free for students or members tonight at 6 PM PST - register at cnga.org/event-6289388 for $10/talk or become members and see the rest of the series free while supporting California Native Grasslands!
Title: Seed traits may predict species success in habitats dominated by thatch-producing annual grasses Speaker: Katherine Brafford, PhD Candidate, UC Davis September 9, 2025 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM Abstract: Community assembly frameworks propose that the species at a site are filtered by their traits from the regional species pool. Thatch producing non-native annual grasses, such as medusahead (Elymus caput-medusae), are common in the western United States. They alter environmental conditions and impose filters that have a mixed, but usually negative, effect on native plant, animal, and insect populations. In this study, we explore the abiotic effects of living medusahead, medusahead thatch, native vegetation, and bare ground cover types. We also examine if traits commonly thought to lead to plant success in medusahead-dominated habitats correlate with plant emergence and growth in living medusahead, medusahead thatch, native vegetation, and bare ground cover types. We selected a grassland site with high medusahead cover and created plots of each cover type in a randomized incomplete block design. We installed sensors to measure soil moisture and temperature, relative humidity, light, and air temperature. We selected 27 species native to and/or growing at the site that varied in seed mass, seed shape, native status, growth form, and bloom time. We planted seeds of each species into miniplots within each plot. We measured seed emergence, growth stage, and above-ground biomass. In this talk, I will present our results on seed traits. As hypothesized, greater seed mass, narrower seeds, and longer awns were correlated with a greater number of plants in both living medusahead and thatch cover. This study will shed light on how traits relate to community assembly; clarify mechanisms underlying annual grass invasion and grassland restoration outcomes; and inform future restoration efforts. Contact Justin Luong (jluong4@ucsc.edu) with any questions.

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Justin Luong, PhD πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸŒΎ @justinluong.com Β· Sep 8
sun sets at 240am in california tonight - dont miss it!
✨️ ai ✨️

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social Β· Sep 7
After several years studying grasses and forbs in Yellowstone National Park in the US, researchers have formally documented the power of bison as nature’s own fertilizing agents. cen.acs.org/environment/... #chemsky πŸ§ͺ
How bison boost the nitrogen cycleβ€”and create healthier plants
The large herbivores stimulate plant growth by cycling carbon and nitrogen in the soils of Yellowstone National Park, showing benefits of free-roaming wildlife
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Justin Luong, PhD πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸŒΎ @justinluong.com Β· Sep 5
Too busy to read! No worries we've all been there. I've also recorded a supplemental file where I do a complete read through of the paper, so you can listen on your next walk or drive! All open access πŸ€— Audio download below and available at the paper DOI

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Justin Luong, PhD πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸŒΎ @justinluong.com Β· Sep 5
Is ecological restoration of grasslands successful? You'll have to read to find out more ;) but a quick preview says yes!! Interviews with managers show there are limitations both creative ways forward! Check out an amazing illustrated summary by LesleyGoren.com

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Illustrated summaries of "Lessons learned from an interdisciplinary evaluation of long-term restoration outcomes on 37 restored coastal grasslands in California" by Lesley Goren (lesleygoren.com). Page 1 of 2 https://justinluong.com/menu/artandscience.html Illustrated summaries of "Lessons learned from an interdisciplinary evaluation of long-term restoration outcomes on 37 restored coastal grasslands in California" by Lesley Goren (lesleygoren.com). Page 2 of 2 https://justinluong.com/menu/artandscience.html

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social Β· Sep 5
Applications for the 2026 Pivot to Plants Fellows Program at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center are now open.

Location: St. Louis, MO
Application Deadline: October 15, 2025
Dates: Jan. 5, 2026 – Dec. 23, 2026
Estimated Stipend: $37,275

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Pivot to Plants: Training Program for Plant and Data Science | Danforth Plant Science Center
The Pivot2Plants Fellows Program is a 1-year training program for people interested in pivoting to a career in plant science or data science but have limited research experience.
www.danforthcenter.org

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Rashmi Sasidharan @rsasidharan.bsky.social Β· Sep 3
🚨Job Alert!! Assistant professor vacancy β€˜plant abiotic stress resilience’ in our group @uuplants.bsky.social Come for the science, stay for the amazing colleagues πŸ˜€More details here www.uu.nl/en/organisat... Please share!!

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Ginger Allington @gigirose.bsky.social Β· Sep 2
AMAZING opportunity to lead the future of the Macaulay Lab (home of the beloved Merlin App) at the Lab of Ornithology at Cornell University. Search is on for a new Director. Please forward along!

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Cornell University, Lab of Ornithology
Job #AJO30293, WDR-00054259 Associate/Full Professor, Tenure-track. Faculty Director, Macaulay Library Endowed Chair, Robert Engel Professorship, Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New Y...
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Justin Luong, PhD πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸŒΎ @justinluong.com Β· Sep 2
Students can attend FREE, just send me a DM with your student ID and I'll get you a free registration code πŸ§šβ€β™‚οΈ

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Justin Luong, PhD πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸŒΎ @justinluong.com Β· Sep 2
Join us for California Native Grassland Association's 4th Annual Virtual Speaker Series for Student Grant Winners! Register at CNGA.org/events for $10/talk (unlimited access after), or become a member and come to all talks free with membership, and access all previous talks. Hope to see you soon!
A flyer for "California Native Grassland Association 2025 GRASS Award Speaker Series" Reads: Join us for the CNGA’s 4th annual virtual speaker series that will showcase the amazing work undertaken in California Grasslands by GRASS Award winners from 2022-2024. You can contact Justin Luong (jluong4@ucsc.edu) with any questions. Register at CNGA.org/events With a schedule of speakers below 9/9 - Katherine Brafford 9/16 - Andrea Nebhut, Deborah Ayala 9/23 - Ernesto Chavez Velasco 10/14 - Jessica Solis 10/21- Sophie Noda 10/28 - Lauren Glevanik #CaliforniaNativePlants

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Justin Luong, PhD πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸŒΎ @justinluong.com Β· Sep 2
New paper out!! We found compost increased bulk carbon in some contexts but with trade-offs that resulted in higher invasive species cover but there was more available forage. Native seeding at recommended rates had no effect and may need to be higher for degraded rangelands

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Redirecting
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Justin Luong, PhD πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸŒΎ @justinluong.com Β· Aug 30
Light peeks through
Sun in green conifer canopy with blue skies, Humboldt Co California

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Justin Luong, PhD πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸŒΎ @justinluong.com Β· Aug 30
Caturday onLEASHED
Peppy the cat on a leash

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social Β· Aug 29
πŸ”₯🌱 From the upcoming #AJB Special Issue: β€œUnderstanding novel #fire regimes using plant trait‐based approaches" 🌱πŸ”₯

Testing key tenets of pyro-ecophysiology: Indicators of #drought response in relation to shoot flammability

By Niger Sultana et al.
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Drought tolerant plants have high flammability and pyro-ecophysiological traits, such as minimum seasonal water potential and turgor loss point are related with plant flammability.

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Justin Luong, PhD πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸŒΎ @justinluong.com Β· Aug 29
An abbreviated illustrated summary by Garrett Urban!!

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Illustrated Summary of Native and invasive bunchgrasses have different responses to trail disturbance on California coastal prairies Page 1 by Garret Urban with two California Native Plants or Grasses (Danthonia californica and Stipa pulchra) and two invasives (Holcus lanatus and Dactylis glomerata) Illustrated Summary of Native and invasive bunchgrasses have different responses to trail disturbance on California coastal prairies Page 2 by Garret Urban with two California Native Plants or Grasses (Danthonia californica and Stipa pulchra) and two invasives (Holcus lanatus and Dactylis glomerata)

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Justin Luong, PhD πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸŒΎ @justinluong.com Β· Aug 29
We need PEOPLE! in the ecosystems, being in the grassland makes you appreciate it more, but it could be informed by how trails affect plants. We found native and invasive bunchgrasses have different responses to trail disturbance on California coastal prairies!

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Native and invasive bunchgrasses have different responses to trail disturbance on California coastal prairies - Plant Ecology
Ecosystems often experience small-scale disturbances through recreational foot and bike traffic. The intermediate disturbance hypothesis predicts that frequent disturbances in grasslands can negativel...
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Justin Luong, PhD πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸŒΎ @justinluong.com Β· Aug 27
It is when drought causes growth reductions in competitors like invasive grasses that then weaken their growth and thereby competitive ability allowing other nearby (hopefully native species) to experience lower competitive pressure and as a result perform better!

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Stephen Murphy (smurph) @smurph.bsky.social Β· Aug 27
This was a very important paper then and even more so now.