Pieter A. Zuidema | Lightnews

Pieter Zuidema

@pieterzuidema.bsky.social

390 followers 530 following 22 posts

Videos

Environmental science 58%

Geography 16%

Posts Replies Media Videos

Reposted by Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Pieter A. Zuidema

Elisabet Martínez-Sancho @elimartinezs.bsky.social · 6d

🚨Calling all #TreeRing lovers!🚨

Join us at #EGU26 for session CL1.2.1 Interdisciplinary Tree-Ring Research

Abstracts exploring tree rings from all perspectives and disciplines are welcome!

Submit here:
tinyurl.com/475xjjfu

K. Treydte, J. Jevšenak, A. Eckes-Shephard, @pieterzuidema.bsky.social

Reposted by Michael E. Mann, Joanna Bryson, Brian J. Enquist , and 11 more Michael E. Mann, Joanna Bryson, Brian J. Enquist, Monica G. Turner, Ian J. Wright, Anthony Ricciardi, Pieter A. Zuidema, Randall A. Kramer, Dana R. Fisher, James Connelly, Tim Stephens, Andrea Santangeli, Julen Astigarraga, Olivier Villemaire-Côté

Reposted by Pieter A. Zuidema, Tommaso Jucker, Ensheng Weng , and 1 more Pieter A. Zuidema, Tommaso Jucker, Ensheng Weng, Arthur Argles

New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 18d

#Demography, dynamics and data: building confidence for simulating changes in the world's forests

📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Eckes-Shephard et al.

@WIleyPlantSci #PlantScience

Simulated and observed annual mature forest turnover time and woody biomass increment flux at a boreal, temperate and tropical site.

Pieter Zuidema @pieterzuidema.bsky.social · 18d

🎉Congratulations 🎓 Dr Sophie Zwartsenberg who defended her PhD thesis @w-u-r.bsky.social about climate & CO2 effects on trees in #tropicalforest

Sophie found that 100y of CO2 rise stimulated tree #photosynthesis, that #treerings are narower during hot & dry years, and more so in drier regions. 🌎🍁

Reposted by Jens‐Christian Svenning, Oliver L. Phillips, Simon L. Lewis , and 19 more Jens‐Christian Svenning, Oliver L. Phillips, Simon L. Lewis, Ana S. L. Rodrigues, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Mathias Disney, Pieter A. Zuidema, Patrick A. Jansen, Stephen D. Murphy, Tommaso Jucker, Markus P. Eichhorn, Andrew Hacket‐Pain, Ferran Sayol, Darío Martin‐Benito, Shan Kothari, Joan Dudney, Joshua S. Lynn, Jonathan von Oppen, Karl Andraczek, Orlando Schwery, Jonas Trepel, Benjamin Wildermuth

Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 21d

Please pass along, I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study phys ecology, macroecology, biodiversity - spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested🧪🌐🌾

Reposted by Pieter A. Zuidema, Darío Martin‐Benito

Emilio Vilanova @evilanova.bsky.social · 22d

According to this paper, there could be c. 55.5 million tall trees (> 60 m height) across the Brazilian Amazon, with the highest density in the northeast portion. These trees have a disproportionate contribution to the carbon stored in these forests! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Reposted by Pieter A. Zuidema

Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 22d

🪵 Diameter drives short-term biomass gains, but long-term carbon storage hinges on wood density, especially in humid forests. To improve accuracy, biomass models should account for radial wood density variation and climate ☁️

🔎 Find out more: buff.ly/kZFoh9B

Pieter Zuidema @pieterzuidema.bsky.social · 24d

New #timber #tracing paper on power of combined methods.
Study led by @lauraboeschoten.bsky.social & Barbara RV Meyer-Sand for African timber shows combining methods boosts reliability of tracing. With 3 methods: 95% of samples traced back to <100 km of origin. 🌎🌐🍁
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Combined genetic and chemical methods boost the precision of tracing illegal timber in Central Africa - Communications Earth & Environment

The origin of timber was correctly identified for 94% of samples in Central Africa, a high-risk region with low tracing accuracy to date, according to an analysis that combined genetic, stable isotope...

www.nature.com

Reposted by Pieter A. Zuidema

Communications Earth & Environment @commsearth.nature.com · 26d

🪵Combined methods boost the precision of tracing illegal timber
The origin of timber was correctly identified for 94% of samples in Central Africa, a high-risk region with low tracing accuracy to date.
@lauraboeschoten.bsky.social @pieterzuidema.bsky.social
👉Read here: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Combined genetic and chemical methods boost the precision of tracing illegal timber in Central Africa - Communications Earth & Environment

www.nature.com

Reposted by Jens‐Christian Svenning, Jonathan Lenoir, Pieter A. Zuidema , and 2 more Jens‐Christian Svenning, Jonathan Lenoir, Pieter A. Zuidema, Sabina Burrascano, Julen Astigarraga

Timo Conradi @timoconradi.bsky.social · Sep 25

Attribution of vegetation change to climate change: here we compared vegetation time series to simulations from a process model forced with observed and counterfactual (detrended) climate data. Trends in climate necessary for the model to emulate vegetation trends www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/3

Shifts in vegetation activity of terrestrial ecosystems attributable to climate trends - Nature Geoscience

An analysis fusing satellite data with a process-based model of plant growth attributes changes in vegetation activity across terrestrial ecosystems to climatic changes.

www.nature.com

Reposted by Ingolf Kühn, Joaquín Hortal, Julie L. Lockwood , and 1 more Ingolf Kühn, Joaquín Hortal, Julie L. Lockwood, Pieter A. Zuidema

Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · Sep 24

A must-read special issue: “Bending the curve towards nature recovery: building on Georgina Mace’s legacy”
royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
I: Determinants of diversity & resilience.
II: Measuring the state of biodiversity
III: Biodiversity & natural capital
IV: Future scenarios for nature

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1917

royalsocietypublishing.org

Reposted by Pieter A. Zuidema, Antonio J. Pérez‐Luque, Antoine Cabon , and 1 more Pieter A. Zuidema, Antonio J. Pérez‐Luque, Antoine Cabon, Julen Astigarraga

Dario Martin-Benito @dendroecologist.bsky.social · Sep 23

Climate change is reshaping forest growth 🌳🌡️💧
Water and temperature control growth timing.
Warmer winters make some species start growing earlier.
Hot, dry summers may shorten growing seasons.

New paper out @globalchangebio.bsky.social led by a former PhD student @csic.es shorturl.at/5Gn8a

Long‐Term Cambial Phenology Reveals Diverging Growth Responses of Two Tree Species in a Mixed Forest Under Climate Change

We studied how climate change affects tree growth by monitoring wood formation in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and Pyrenean oak (Quercus pyrenaica) over 11 years. We found that warmer winters lead t...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Pieter Zuidema @pieterzuidema.bsky.social · Sep 18

Yesterday, Bo Zhou successfully defended his PhD thesis at @w-u-r.bsky.social on carbon & water dynamics in a montane forest in subtropical China. Bo studied tree growth rythms & transpiration fluxes.
🎉Congrats 🎓 Dr Bo!
▶️ Defense: wur.yuja.com/V/Watch?v=93...
📙Thesis: research.wur.nl/en/publicati...

Reposted by Pieter De Frenne, Pieter A. Zuidema

Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · Sep 5

Plant species–habitat networks in a mosaic landscape of restored and fragmented tropical forests 🌲🌏

Highlights the role of species interactions and their correlated traits such as dispersal syndromes in promoting landscape-scale connectivity 📊🧪

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Reposted by Pieter A. Zuidema, Emilio Vilanova, Martin Ehbrecht

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Sep 2

Good news for a change: Background mortality in unmanaged forests of Europe has not increased over past decades. Great work from the European Forest Reserve Initiative EuFoRIa, out in @journalofecology.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Reposted by Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Mathias Disney, Peter Brown , and 2 more Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Mathias Disney, Peter Brown, Emilio Vilanova, Martin Ehbrecht

Pieter Zuidema @pieterzuidema.bsky.social · Aug 29

#Tree stems accumulate biomass by adding volume of certain density. Which factor is more important?

Using tropical #treering data we found: diameter increment explains biomass growth at short term; wood density at long term.🌎🌐🍁
#dendrochronology
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Biomass production of tropical trees across space and time: The shifting roles of diameter growth and wood density

Diameter growth is an important and good indicator of forest carbon production. However, size-related changes in wood density, which are usually neglected, are critical for accurate short- and long-t...

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Reposted by Pieter A. Zuidema, Martin Ehbrecht

Osbert Sun @osbertsun.bsky.social · Aug 29

FINAL VERSION PUBLISHED @forestecosyst.bsky.social
📰Tree competition in West African tropical forests mediated by the functional attributes of species and variation in soil moisture www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Reposted by Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Pieter A. Zuidema

Journal of Forestry Research @forestryjfr.bsky.social · Aug 28

🌱 Study in the tropical–subtropical zone shows slope and species diversity shape carbon sequestration!
Leaf nutrients + soil N and P = key drivers of soil organic carbon.
Random Forest and SEM offer restoration insights.
🔗https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11676-025-01895-y
🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿🦤

Reposted by Pieter A. Zuidema

Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · Aug 21

⛰️🌳New study examines wood density variation across an elevational gradient from the Andean tree line to the Amazon basin, finding a decline from low to middle elevations, followed by an increase near the tree line. Species composition and disturbances influenced this pattern. 👉 buff.ly/ujConkt

Reposted by Pieter A. Zuidema

Journal of Forestry Research @forestryjfr.bsky.social · Aug 20

🌳 Forests of the future are growing fast!
By 2100, Quercus mongolica stands could see +145% volume and +80% productivity under RCP8.5.
3-PG + Bayesian calibration = sharper growth predictions.

👉 Explore the findings: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#Forestry #ClimateChange #TreeGrowth
🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿🦤

Parameterization of the 3-PG model for Quercus mongolica by using tree-ring data and Bayesian calibration - Journal of Forestry Research

Although Quercus mongolica is a widely distributed, economically and ecologically important deciduous tree in northern China, models to accurately predict stand growth at a regional scale are limited....

link.springer.com

Reposted by Yadvinder Malhi, Francis Martin, Pieter A. Zuidema , and 1 more Yadvinder Malhi, Francis Martin, Pieter A. Zuidema, Julen Astigarraga

Jonathan Myers @jamyersecology.bsky.social · Aug 19

A big congratulations to William Farhan-Rios on this paper in @pnas.org, featuring a study of tropical-forest change over four decades along the Amazon-to-Andes elevational gradient in Bolivia and Peru 🌴 ⛰️ 🌐

@mobotgarden.bsky.social @livingearthcollab.bsky.social

1/3

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Amazonian and Andean tree communities are not tracking current climate warming | PNAS

Climate change is shifting species distributions, leading to changes in community composition and novel species assemblages worldwide. However, the...

www.pnas.org

Reposted by Michael A. Wulder, Matthias Cuntz, Pieter A. Zuidema , and 5 more Michael A. Wulder, Matthias Cuntz, Pieter A. Zuidema, Tommaso Jucker, Pierre Mariotte, Simon Haberstroh, Shan Kothari, Matthew A. Kaproth

Charlotte Grossiord @charlottegrossiord.bsky.social · Aug 14

🌳🔥Out now: Our review on compound droughts and forest responses - from leaf to ecosystem. Featuring a stunning 20-yr map of canopy temperatures variation across European forests. @chriswernerlab.bsky.social @simonhaber.bsky.social @vallicrosah.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Impact of emerging compound droughts on forests: A water supply and demand perspective

This review examines the physiological and ecological responses of trees to emerging compound droughts from a water demand and supply perspective, as well as the role of acclimation and consequences ...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Reposted by Pieter A. Zuidema

HoliSoils Project @holisoils.bsky.social · Aug 7

🌲Thinning is a common #ForestManagement practice, but how does it impact #carbon dynamics across different #forest types?

A recent #HoliSoils study explores this question in an upland forest on mineral #soil and a drained peatland forest 🔎🌱🏞️

📖 Find out more ⬇️
holisoils.eu/how-does-thi...

How does thinning affect forest carbon? A look at an upland and a drained peatland forest - HoliSoils

Thinning, the practice of removing some trees to help others grow better, changes how much carbon a forest stores or releases. We studied this effect in two

holisoils.eu

Reposted by Ana S. L. Rodrigues, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Pieter A. Zuidema , and 2 more Ana S. L. Rodrigues, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Pieter A. Zuidema, John Parker, Juan Antonio Hernández‐Agüero

Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · Aug 11

Few weeks left to apply for a fully funded PhD studentship in my lab @rhulbiology.bsky.social as part of new EU project Trees4Adapt
🌲🌳 Fieldwork in forest diversity experiments in Finland www.sataforestdiversity.org
📆 Apply by Sept 8th, start date - Jan 2026
👉 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🍁🌍🧪

Reposted by Arthur Geßler, Pieter A. Zuidema, Jason Stajich

Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · Aug 8

#NatMicroPicks

Hidden microbial world in trees🌳

Living wood hosts trillions of bacteria making trees a complex ecosystems with major roles in forest health and function.

#PlantMicro #MicroSky

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A diverse and distinct microbiome inside living trees - Nature

Microbiome analyses of living trees show that a single tree can host approximately one trillion bacteria, with microbial communities distinctly partitioned between heartwood and sapwood and with minim...

www.nature.com

Reposted by Pieter A. Zuidema, Martin Ehbrecht

Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · Aug 7

🌴Researchers compared 2749 tree species using 497 Atlantic Forest surveys varying in successional stage to classify them into four disturbance-sensitivity group and found that turnover applies to a small fraction of species, and reassembly varies across time and space🌍🧪
buff.ly/Uv4aQ8d

Reassembly dynamics of tropical secondary succession: Evidence from Atlantic forests

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Reposted by Monica G. Turner, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Pieter A. Zuidema , and 1 more Monica G. Turner, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Pieter A. Zuidema, Drew Peltier

Dr. Joan Dudney @dudney-joan.bsky.social · Aug 6

Hey #ESA2025 #Baltimore! I'm seeking a #PhDstudent interested in #ForestEcology to join my lab, fall 2026. More here: www.landscapesofchangelab.com/join-us

DM me if you'd like to chat in person. Would love to connect and learn about your interests. Non-traditional backgrounds welcome! 🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿🔥

Six field researchers in Yosemite National Park celebrating a fun day of work in the Mariposa Grove

Reposted by Rob Marchant, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Mathias Disney , and 2 more Rob Marchant, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Mathias Disney, Pieter A. Zuidema, Tommaso Jucker

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · Aug 6

Terrestrial laser scanning can transform national forest inventories by adding new measurements and a 3D perspective. In our new paper we provide a pathway for implementing 3D forest surveys. 1/6 🧪🌎🌳🌲 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Fig. 1 from Holvoet et al. (2025). TLS and MLS scan setup, point cloud segmentation, and pre-processing.

Reposted by Joaquín Hortal, Pieter A. Zuidema

Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · Aug 5

The results of a study in Nature Communications show that climate change is raising the odds of extreme fire years and the number of large forest fires, necessitating proactive measures to mitigate risks and adapt to extreme fire years. go.nature.com/4m8fTSA 🧪

Fig. 1: Extreme regional fire years across forested areas during 2002–2023.

Reposted by Julia Koricheva, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Pieter A. Zuidema

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · Aug 1

Job opening: lecturership (research & teaching) in forestry or agroforestry at Bangor University. This is probably the best forestry programme in the UK and a great place to work. Deadline 1 Sep. More here: 🌳🌲🌏

Job Details | Bangor University Jobs

jobs.bangor.ac.uk

Light upyour news

Sign in to Lightnews

Sign up to start reading

Connect Bluesky

Connect with Bluesky

Light up
your news