Francisco Navarro-Rosales
@navarrosales.bsky.social
PhD student researching fire and drought ecology in tropical forests and savannas 🌿
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Ecosystems and Biodiversity DPhil student, @navarrosales.bsky.social, has recently submitted a paper showing how Cerrado trees exhibit a productivity–fire tolerance trade-off. Read about it in recent blog post here: www.oxfordecosystems.org/post/functio...
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social
Functional traits influence woody stem productivity of Cerrado trees across altered fire regimes
Cerrado trees exhibit a productivity–fire tolerance trade-off. Bark protection and light adaptation help maintain NPP under high fire intensities, as both structural and acquisitive strategies mediate...
www.oxfordecosystems.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Ecosystems and Biodiversity DPhil student, @navarrosales.bsky.social, has recently submitted a paper showing how Cerrado trees exhibit a productivity–fire tolerance trade-off. Read about it in recent blog post here: www.oxfordecosystems.org/post/functio...
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social
The data paper for the 7th Plant Functional Traits Course has been published! We sampled 171 species across an 800 m elevation gradient in Witsieshoek, South Africa. The dataset covers morphological traits, leaf assimilation, thermal imaging, ecosystem fluxes and much more:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Plant traits and associated ecological data from Afromontane grasslands of Maloti-Drakensberg, South Africa - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Plant traits and associated ecological data from Afromontane grasslands of Maloti-Drakensberg, South Africa
doi.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The data paper for the 7th Plant Functional Traits Course has been published! We sampled 171 species across an 800 m elevation gradient in Witsieshoek, South Africa. The dataset covers morphological traits, leaf assimilation, thermal imaging, ecosystem fluxes and much more:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Many consecutive annual fires? 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Not extreme nor a problem for the Cerrado grass layer!!! More like a solution!🔥🔥🔥 See community, functional, and population responses of Cerrado grasses to seven consecutive annual fires in our new manuscript out today in Open Access!
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
October 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Many consecutive annual fires? 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Not extreme nor a problem for the Cerrado grass layer!!! More like a solution!🔥🔥🔥 See community, functional, and population responses of Cerrado grasses to seven consecutive annual fires in our new manuscript out today in Open Access!
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
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Besides from flowering 24h after any fire, Bulbostylis paradoxa is also clonal!! Check out our new paper describing its distinguished clonal mechanism 🔥🌱 Out now and available to anyone via Open Access.
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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October 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Besides from flowering 24h after any fire, Bulbostylis paradoxa is also clonal!! Check out our new paper describing its distinguished clonal mechanism 🔥🌱 Out now and available to anyone via Open Access.
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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🔥🌱 From the #AJB Special Issue: “Understanding novel #fire regimes using plant trait‐based approaches" 🌱🔥
Changes in plant flammability-related traits to fire regime characteristics & biomass conditions in the #Cerrado
By Vagner Zanzarini, Davi Rossatto & Alessandra Fidelis
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
Changes in plant flammability-related traits to fire regime characteristics & biomass conditions in the #Cerrado
By Vagner Zanzarini, Davi Rossatto & Alessandra Fidelis
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
October 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
🔥🌱 From the #AJB Special Issue: “Understanding novel #fire regimes using plant trait‐based approaches" 🌱🔥
Changes in plant flammability-related traits to fire regime characteristics & biomass conditions in the #Cerrado
By Vagner Zanzarini, Davi Rossatto & Alessandra Fidelis
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
Changes in plant flammability-related traits to fire regime characteristics & biomass conditions in the #Cerrado
By Vagner Zanzarini, Davi Rossatto & Alessandra Fidelis
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
Check out this amazing new publication by friend/colleague Wesley and coauthors!! Parabéns pelo trabalho 💪☺️
Functional traits can efficiently characterize and distinguish the complex communities where South America's largest biomes meet.
Congratulations to Wesley Jonatar Alves da Cruz for his tremendous work untangling this critical transition zone!
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#Amazon #Cerrado
Congratulations to Wesley Jonatar Alves da Cruz for his tremendous work untangling this critical transition zone!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#Amazon #Cerrado
Functional Biogeography and Ecological Strategies of Trees Across the Amazon–Cerrado Transition
We investigated how tree functional traits vary across six vegetation types in the Amazon–Cerrado transition and identified key environmental drivers of these patterns, revealing a functional continu....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Check out this amazing new publication by friend/colleague Wesley and coauthors!! Parabéns pelo trabalho 💪☺️
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
botany.one/2025/10/fran...
Gracias @caordonezparra.bsky.social for the opportunity 😊
botany.one/2025/10/fran...
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.
botany.one
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
botany.one/2025/10/fran...
Gracias @caordonezparra.bsky.social for the opportunity 😊
botany.one/2025/10/fran...
Gracias @caordonezparra.bsky.social for the opportunity 😊
Serra das Araras??
… more like Serra das Cobras 🐍
… more like Serra das Cobras 🐍
September 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Serra das Araras??
… more like Serra das Cobras 🐍
… more like Serra das Cobras 🐍
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
@ioliverasmenor.bsky.social
@umramap.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@biology.ox.ac.uk
@ioliverasmenor.bsky.social
@umramap.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@biology.ox.ac.uk
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
@ioliverasmenor.bsky.social
@umramap.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@biology.ox.ac.uk
@ioliverasmenor.bsky.social
@umramap.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@biology.ox.ac.uk
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Is there a potential to strengthen ecological processes as a way to restore fire regimes?
🔥 🔥 New Paper Out! 🔥 🔥
@adrianregos.bsky.social @bakxbakx.bsky.social @fmoreira65.bsky.social @lluisbrotons.bsky.social and our other co-authors explore this
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🔥 🔥 New Paper Out! 🔥 🔥
@adrianregos.bsky.social @bakxbakx.bsky.social @fmoreira65.bsky.social @lluisbrotons.bsky.social and our other co-authors explore this
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
July 8, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Is there a potential to strengthen ecological processes as a way to restore fire regimes?
🔥 🔥 New Paper Out! 🔥 🔥
@adrianregos.bsky.social @bakxbakx.bsky.social @fmoreira65.bsky.social @lluisbrotons.bsky.social and our other co-authors explore this
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🔥 🔥 New Paper Out! 🔥 🔥
@adrianregos.bsky.social @bakxbakx.bsky.social @fmoreira65.bsky.social @lluisbrotons.bsky.social and our other co-authors explore this
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Can tropical rainforest trees keep their cool? Now out in @globalchangebio.bsky.social we explored whether intraspecific variation in leaf energy balance was a result of adaptation to local climate.
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
Local Adaptation Drives Leaf Thermoregulation in Tropical Rainforest Trees
We tested whether tropical rainforest trees adjust their leaf traits and resulting leaf temperatures across their distributions within the Australian Wet Tropics. Using field measurements from across...
doi.org
September 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Can tropical rainforest trees keep their cool? Now out in @globalchangebio.bsky.social we explored whether intraspecific variation in leaf energy balance was a result of adaptation to local climate.
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
Reposted by Francisco Navarro-Rosales
What drives photosynthesis temperature sensitivity? New #GCB paper from #MichaletzLab grad #JosefGaren uses #FAsTeR to show it's 1‑day weather, not traits, origin climate, or phylogeny!
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
@ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca @globalchangebio.bsky.social
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@ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca @globalchangebio.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
What drives photosynthesis temperature sensitivity? New #GCB paper from #MichaletzLab grad #JosefGaren uses #FAsTeR to show it's 1‑day weather, not traits, origin climate, or phylogeny!
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
@ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca @globalchangebio.bsky.social
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
@ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca @globalchangebio.bsky.social
Reposted by Francisco Navarro-Rosales
Simone Reis & colleagues show why Amazon transitional forest is vulnerable to drought.
Typical savannas dominated by shrubs and small trees resist it, but adjacent ecosystems with bigger trees ("Cerradao") suffer large productivity losses, especially below-ground.
bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...
Typical savannas dominated by shrubs and small trees resist it, but adjacent ecosystems with bigger trees ("Cerradao") suffer large productivity losses, especially below-ground.
bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...
Sensitivity of tropical woodland savannas to El Niño droughts
Abstract. The 2015–2016 El Niño event led to one of the hottest and most intense droughts for many tropical forests, profoundly impacting forest productivity. However, we know little about how this ev...
bg.copernicus.org
August 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Simone Reis & colleagues show why Amazon transitional forest is vulnerable to drought.
Typical savannas dominated by shrubs and small trees resist it, but adjacent ecosystems with bigger trees ("Cerradao") suffer large productivity losses, especially below-ground.
bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...
Typical savannas dominated by shrubs and small trees resist it, but adjacent ecosystems with bigger trees ("Cerradao") suffer large productivity losses, especially below-ground.
bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...
Last week, the @oxfordecosystems.bsky.social team and I participated in the ATBC2025 meeting in Oaxaca, México. It was great to see so many cool research presentations! During the event, @manumachadoeco.bsky.social and I organised a symposium about Cerrado fire ecology and conservation (see thread):
July 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Last week, the @oxfordecosystems.bsky.social team and I participated in the ATBC2025 meeting in Oaxaca, México. It was great to see so many cool research presentations! During the event, @manumachadoeco.bsky.social and I organised a symposium about Cerrado fire ecology and conservation (see thread):
In this paper led by Wesley Cruz we used the burning experiment at Serra das Araras to study the fire tolerance of Cerrado trees. We examined the relationship between fire tolerance and morphological/ecophysiological traits @ioliverasmenor.bsky.social @umramap.bsky.social @manumachadoeco.bsky.social
🔥🌱 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.
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
Deciphering fire tolerance of #trees at the Amazonia–Cerrado transition by trait-based approach: Implications from species to communities
Wesley Jonatar Cruz, et al.
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
July 7, 2025 at 5:31 AM
In this paper led by Wesley Cruz we used the burning experiment at Serra das Araras to study the fire tolerance of Cerrado trees. We examined the relationship between fire tolerance and morphological/ecophysiological traits @ioliverasmenor.bsky.social @umramap.bsky.social @manumachadoeco.bsky.social
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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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📢📢🔥🔥🔥 I am so excited to announce our book about Fire in the South American Ecosystems! It has 14 Chapters led mostly by south american authors. Thanks to all authors for their valuable contribution! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
July 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
📢📢🔥🔥🔥 I am so excited to announce our book about Fire in the South American Ecosystems! It has 14 Chapters led mostly by south american authors. Thanks to all authors for their valuable contribution! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Check out this new publication by #UNEMAT on biological experimentation and modelling. Download the pdf here:
Dem uma olhada nessa nova publicação da #UNEMAT sobre experimentação e modelagem em biologia. Confira o pdf:
unemat.br/site/editora...
Dem uma olhada nessa nova publicação da #UNEMAT sobre experimentação e modelagem em biologia. Confira o pdf:
unemat.br/site/editora...
June 29, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Check out this new publication by #UNEMAT on biological experimentation and modelling. Download the pdf here:
Dem uma olhada nessa nova publicação da #UNEMAT sobre experimentação e modelagem em biologia. Confira o pdf:
unemat.br/site/editora...
Dem uma olhada nessa nova publicação da #UNEMAT sobre experimentação e modelagem em biologia. Confira o pdf:
unemat.br/site/editora...
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Check out the new paper by our PhD student @marcochiminazzo.bsky.social
(EN) Important implications for ecosystem functioning in fire-prone and disturbance-driven systems🔥
(PT) Novo artigo do aluno de doutorado do LEVeg: ecossistemas expostos ao fogo e a distúrbios🔥
👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.pp...
(EN) Important implications for ecosystem functioning in fire-prone and disturbance-driven systems🔥
(PT) Novo artigo do aluno de doutorado do LEVeg: ecossistemas expostos ao fogo e a distúrbios🔥
👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.pp...
June 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Check out the new paper by our PhD student @marcochiminazzo.bsky.social
(EN) Important implications for ecosystem functioning in fire-prone and disturbance-driven systems🔥
(PT) Novo artigo do aluno de doutorado do LEVeg: ecossistemas expostos ao fogo e a distúrbios🔥
👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.pp...
(EN) Important implications for ecosystem functioning in fire-prone and disturbance-driven systems🔥
(PT) Novo artigo do aluno de doutorado do LEVeg: ecossistemas expostos ao fogo e a distúrbios🔥
👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.pp...
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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...
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 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...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Francisco Navarro-Rosales
📢 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...
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...
Some cool flowers spotted during last weekend’s walks along the Torrente de Picapedreros and Finca La Soledad near Córdoba, Spain:
- Tuberaria guttata (Cistaceae)
- Sedum andegavense (Crassulaceae)
- Briza maxima (Poaceae)
- Cytinus hypocistis (Cytinaceae)
- Tuberaria guttata (Cistaceae)
- Sedum andegavense (Crassulaceae)
- Briza maxima (Poaceae)
- Cytinus hypocistis (Cytinaceae)
May 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Some cool flowers spotted during last weekend’s walks along the Torrente de Picapedreros and Finca La Soledad near Córdoba, Spain:
- Tuberaria guttata (Cistaceae)
- Sedum andegavense (Crassulaceae)
- Briza maxima (Poaceae)
- Cytinus hypocistis (Cytinaceae)
- Tuberaria guttata (Cistaceae)
- Sedum andegavense (Crassulaceae)
- Briza maxima (Poaceae)
- Cytinus hypocistis (Cytinaceae)
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