Tom Ovenden
@woodecology.bsky.social
Senior #Scientist and Global Change Ecologist at Forest Research in the UK ❤ Mostly study #Forest Ecology, #Silviculture, Disturbance Dynamics & Drought #Resilience. 🌲🌳📷📽
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Tom Ovenden
@woodecology.bsky.social
· May 21
Defra Announces New Funding for the Centre for Forest Protection - Centre for Forest Protection
The Centre for Forest Protection has been awarded £4m to support 17 more projects in 2025-26.
www.forestprotection.uk
🎉🌲🌳🍁🛰️ NEW PROJECT!
Delighted to announce that our NEW 3yr project “Enhancing forest resilience through stand structural complexity” has been funded through @forest-protection.bsky.social to look at relationships between forest structure & drought resilience!
www.forestprotection.uk/2025/05/06/a...
Delighted to announce that our NEW 3yr project “Enhancing forest resilience through stand structural complexity” has been funded through @forest-protection.bsky.social to look at relationships between forest structure & drought resilience!
www.forestprotection.uk/2025/05/06/a...
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Mixed #forests outperform spruce plantations in carbon fight!🌲
A 24-year field study, led by M. Bosela and peers at Technical University Zvolen, part of #HoliSoils, finds that Norway spruce plantations are more vulnerable than neighbouring mixed forests.
Full story ➡️ holisoils.eu/mixed-forest...
A 24-year field study, led by M. Bosela and peers at Technical University Zvolen, part of #HoliSoils, finds that Norway spruce plantations are more vulnerable than neighbouring mixed forests.
Full story ➡️ holisoils.eu/mixed-forest...
Mixed forests outperform spruce plantations in carbon fight - HoliSoils
A 24-year field experiment in Slovakia finds that Norway spruce plantations are more vulnerable to drought, pest outbreaks and soil carbon losses than
holisoils.eu
August 18, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Mixed #forests outperform spruce plantations in carbon fight!🌲
A 24-year field study, led by M. Bosela and peers at Technical University Zvolen, part of #HoliSoils, finds that Norway spruce plantations are more vulnerable than neighbouring mixed forests.
Full story ➡️ holisoils.eu/mixed-forest...
A 24-year field study, led by M. Bosela and peers at Technical University Zvolen, part of #HoliSoils, finds that Norway spruce plantations are more vulnerable than neighbouring mixed forests.
Full story ➡️ holisoils.eu/mixed-forest...
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Really excited to share our new paper on #causalinference & #climatechange attribution out in #EcologyLetters today!
Are you asking "how much" or "if" climate change has impacted your system, then this paper is for you!
🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Are you asking "how much" or "if" climate change has impacted your system, then this paper is for you!
🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A Causal Inference Framework for Climate Change Attribution in Ecology
Accurately attributing ecological shifts to climate change remains a significant challenge. Here, we present an accessible causal inference framework designed for climate change attribution in observ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Really excited to share our new paper on #causalinference & #climatechange attribution out in #EcologyLetters today!
Are you asking "how much" or "if" climate change has impacted your system, then this paper is for you!
🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Are you asking "how much" or "if" climate change has impacted your system, then this paper is for you!
🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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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...
August 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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...
So excited to announce this newly funded project 🎉 🌲
We want to understand relationships between forest structural diversity (not just species diversity!), #drought #resilience and timber quality using cutting edge remote sensing #LiDAR) and tree cores to look back in time at tree growth!
We want to understand relationships between forest structural diversity (not just species diversity!), #drought #resilience and timber quality using cutting edge remote sensing #LiDAR) and tree cores to look back in time at tree growth!
📢 PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT 📢
🌳 Can more diverse, complex forests better withstand drought?
🔬 Our scientists are using remote sensing, tree rings & silviculture to explore how structural diversity boosts resilience in UK woodlands.
🔗 Read more: www.forestprotection.uk/project/cfp2...
🌳 Can more diverse, complex forests better withstand drought?
🔬 Our scientists are using remote sensing, tree rings & silviculture to explore how structural diversity boosts resilience in UK woodlands.
🔗 Read more: www.forestprotection.uk/project/cfp2...
July 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
So excited to announce this newly funded project 🎉 🌲
We want to understand relationships between forest structural diversity (not just species diversity!), #drought #resilience and timber quality using cutting edge remote sensing #LiDAR) and tree cores to look back in time at tree growth!
We want to understand relationships between forest structural diversity (not just species diversity!), #drought #resilience and timber quality using cutting edge remote sensing #LiDAR) and tree cores to look back in time at tree growth!
Absolutely delighted to have secured funding through the Centre for Forest Protection and be collaborating with Royal Botanic Gardens Kew @rbgkew.bsky.social on this exciting research!
📢 PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT 📢
🌳 Are we planting the right trees for tomorrow’s climate?
🔬 Using genomics & tree rings, our scientists aim to predict which genotypes will thrive, and where, to build resilient forests in the UK.
🔗 Read more: www.forestprotection.uk/project/cfp2...
🌳 Are we planting the right trees for tomorrow’s climate?
🔬 Using genomics & tree rings, our scientists aim to predict which genotypes will thrive, and where, to build resilient forests in the UK.
🔗 Read more: www.forestprotection.uk/project/cfp2...
July 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Absolutely delighted to have secured funding through the Centre for Forest Protection and be collaborating with Royal Botanic Gardens Kew @rbgkew.bsky.social on this exciting research!
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🌲 New R package: forestdata makes it easy to download forestry and land cover data from multiple sources (Copernicus, ESRI, EU-Trees4F, and more). Supports sf, SpatRaster, and tidy outputs.
Explore it here: cidree.github.io/forestdata/
#rstats #rspatial #forestry #landcover
Explore it here: cidree.github.io/forestdata/
#rstats #rspatial #forestry #landcover
July 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
🌲 New R package: forestdata makes it easy to download forestry and land cover data from multiple sources (Copernicus, ESRI, EU-Trees4F, and more). Supports sf, SpatRaster, and tidy outputs.
Explore it here: cidree.github.io/forestdata/
#rstats #rspatial #forestry #landcover
Explore it here: cidree.github.io/forestdata/
#rstats #rspatial #forestry #landcover
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🌳 🔥 🌎 Our new paper: The extreme fire-prone #weather underpinning some of the worst #wildfire episodes this century has become more than twice as likely due to #climate change—a trend now evident across much of the world's tropical and mid-latitude #forests.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Climate change has increased the odds of extreme regional forest fire years globally - Nature Communications
The authors show that extreme fire years in global forests align with rare fire weather extremes. Climate change has made such extremes 88-152% more probable. These findings highlight the need for act...
www.nature.com
July 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
🌳 🔥 🌎 Our new paper: The extreme fire-prone #weather underpinning some of the worst #wildfire episodes this century has become more than twice as likely due to #climate change—a trend now evident across much of the world's tropical and mid-latitude #forests.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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New Article: "Global evidence for a positive relationship between tree species richness and ecosystem photosynthesis" rdcu.be/evevg
Forests with higher tree species richness show greater photosynthesis: essential role of biodiversity in enhancing carbon uptake.
Forests with higher tree species richness show greater photosynthesis: essential role of biodiversity in enhancing carbon uptake.
July 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
New Article: "Global evidence for a positive relationship between tree species richness and ecosystem photosynthesis" rdcu.be/evevg
Forests with higher tree species richness show greater photosynthesis: essential role of biodiversity in enhancing carbon uptake.
Forests with higher tree species richness show greater photosynthesis: essential role of biodiversity in enhancing carbon uptake.
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📢 Fully funded PhD studentship for UK students is available 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...
🍁🌍🧪
🌲🌳 Fieldwork in forest diversity experiments in Finland www.sataforestdiversity.org
📆 Apply by Sept 8th, start date - Jan 2026
👉 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🍁🌍🧪
June 27, 2025 at 5:54 AM
📢 Fully funded PhD studentship for UK students is available 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...
🍁🌍🧪
🌲🌳 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 Tom Ovenden
New in @sciencemagazine, a review on Scaling plant responses to heat (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...). Increased temperature along with acute heat waves threaten the ability of terrestrial vegetation to act as a carbon sink, but predicting how plants will respond to heat is challenging.
Scaling plant responses to heat: From molecules to the biosphere
Predicting plant responses to rising temperatures, including acute heat waves and hot droughts of varying intensity and duration, is central to addressing the climate and biodiversity crises. However,...
www.science.org
June 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
New in @sciencemagazine, a review on Scaling plant responses to heat (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...). Increased temperature along with acute heat waves threaten the ability of terrestrial vegetation to act as a carbon sink, but predicting how plants will respond to heat is challenging.
Reposted by Tom Ovenden
🌊 Exciting research could help the UK better prepare for droughts...
It shows a link between North Atlantic ocean temperatures and UK summer droughts, with signs up to 18 months ahead ☀️
@amulyachevuturi.bsky.social explains more: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...
@canari-science.bsky.social 🧪
It shows a link between North Atlantic ocean temperatures and UK summer droughts, with signs up to 18 months ahead ☀️
@amulyachevuturi.bsky.social explains more: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...
@canari-science.bsky.social 🧪
June 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM
🌊 Exciting research could help the UK better prepare for droughts...
It shows a link between North Atlantic ocean temperatures and UK summer droughts, with signs up to 18 months ahead ☀️
@amulyachevuturi.bsky.social explains more: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...
@canari-science.bsky.social 🧪
It shows a link between North Atlantic ocean temperatures and UK summer droughts, with signs up to 18 months ahead ☀️
@amulyachevuturi.bsky.social explains more: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...
@canari-science.bsky.social 🧪
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🚨The new 🧪publication by Marian Schönauer, @borisrewald.bsky.social et al. demonstrates that #ERA5-Land data is equally well suited to modelling 🍁 #tree growth as weather station data. ERA5-Land opens up possibilities for modelling and overcomes issues of data accessibility. doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
June 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
🚨The new 🧪publication by Marian Schönauer, @borisrewald.bsky.social et al. demonstrates that #ERA5-Land data is equally well suited to modelling 🍁 #tree growth as weather station data. ERA5-Land opens up possibilities for modelling and overcomes issues of data accessibility. doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
Great opportunity to do some awesome science at @rbgkew.bsky.social and @forestresearchuk.bsky.social on our new project combining dendrochronology & genetics to find climate resilient genotypes in oak! 🍁 🌳🧬
🥼Job: PostDoc
💷 Salary: £43,751
🗓️ Closing date: 05/06/25
careers.kew.org/internal/vac...
🥼Job: PostDoc
💷 Salary: £43,751
🗓️ Closing date: 05/06/25
careers.kew.org/internal/vac...
Post doctoral Research Associate in Genomics and Climate Change - Careers | Kew GardensMenuClose menu
careers.kew.org
May 23, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Great opportunity to do some awesome science at @rbgkew.bsky.social and @forestresearchuk.bsky.social on our new project combining dendrochronology & genetics to find climate resilient genotypes in oak! 🍁 🌳🧬
🥼Job: PostDoc
💷 Salary: £43,751
🗓️ Closing date: 05/06/25
careers.kew.org/internal/vac...
🥼Job: PostDoc
💷 Salary: £43,751
🗓️ Closing date: 05/06/25
careers.kew.org/internal/vac...
Reposted by Tom Ovenden
Drought is a growing issue in tropical rainforests. A study in Nature Ecology & Evolution revisits a long-term rainfall manipulation experiment in the Amazon to show that tree mortality was followed by community-level adjustments to reduced precipitation. go.nature.com/4kbQbfu 🧪
May 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Drought is a growing issue in tropical rainforests. A study in Nature Ecology & Evolution revisits a long-term rainfall manipulation experiment in the Amazon to show that tree mortality was followed by community-level adjustments to reduced precipitation. go.nature.com/4kbQbfu 🧪
🎉🌲🌳🍁🛰️ NEW PROJECT!
Delighted to announce that our NEW 3yr project “Enhancing forest resilience through stand structural complexity” has been funded through @forest-protection.bsky.social to look at relationships between forest structure & drought resilience!
www.forestprotection.uk/2025/05/06/a...
Delighted to announce that our NEW 3yr project “Enhancing forest resilience through stand structural complexity” has been funded through @forest-protection.bsky.social to look at relationships between forest structure & drought resilience!
www.forestprotection.uk/2025/05/06/a...
Defra Announces New Funding for the Centre for Forest Protection - Centre for Forest Protection
The Centre for Forest Protection has been awarded £4m to support 17 more projects in 2025-26.
www.forestprotection.uk
May 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
🎉🌲🌳🍁🛰️ NEW PROJECT!
Delighted to announce that our NEW 3yr project “Enhancing forest resilience through stand structural complexity” has been funded through @forest-protection.bsky.social to look at relationships between forest structure & drought resilience!
www.forestprotection.uk/2025/05/06/a...
Delighted to announce that our NEW 3yr project “Enhancing forest resilience through stand structural complexity” has been funded through @forest-protection.bsky.social to look at relationships between forest structure & drought resilience!
www.forestprotection.uk/2025/05/06/a...
Reposted by Tom Ovenden
Single- vs mixed-species plantations: A systematic review on the effects on biodiversity 🌳🌲https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320725002198
April 27, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Single- vs mixed-species plantations: A systematic review on the effects on biodiversity 🌳🌲https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320725002198
Only 1 day left to apply to come and work with us at Forest Research!!🔬 🌲🌳📊👇🍁
🌲🔬Role: Data analyst
📆 Closing date: 15th April
💷 Salary: £32,089 + a 28.97% pension
⏳Duration: Fixed term May 2025 - March 2026 with the possibility of extension
Apply HERE:
www.forestresearch.gov.uk/about-us/car...
🌲🔬Role: Data analyst
📆 Closing date: 15th April
💷 Salary: £32,089 + a 28.97% pension
⏳Duration: Fixed term May 2025 - March 2026 with the possibility of extension
Apply HERE:
www.forestresearch.gov.uk/about-us/car...
Careers - Forest Research
Explore jobs with Forest Research, the UK’s leading scientific organisation for forestry and tree-related research and science.
www.forestresearch.gov.uk
April 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Only 1 day left to apply to come and work with us at Forest Research!!🔬 🌲🌳📊👇🍁
🌲🔬Role: Data analyst
📆 Closing date: 15th April
💷 Salary: £32,089 + a 28.97% pension
⏳Duration: Fixed term May 2025 - March 2026 with the possibility of extension
Apply HERE:
www.forestresearch.gov.uk/about-us/car...
🌲🔬Role: Data analyst
📆 Closing date: 15th April
💷 Salary: £32,089 + a 28.97% pension
⏳Duration: Fixed term May 2025 - March 2026 with the possibility of extension
Apply HERE:
www.forestresearch.gov.uk/about-us/car...
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Good morning people. Today in “One day, one paper”, one of the most popular strategies used to remove carbon dioxide from the air is planting trees. However, not all tree-planting strategies are equally beneficial 🌎🍁
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Resilient tree-planting strategies for carbon dioxide removal under compounding climate and economic uncertainties | PNAS
To meet decarbonization targets, nations around the globe have made ambitious commitments
to expand forested land. Operationalizing these commitmen...
www.pnas.org
April 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Good morning people. Today in “One day, one paper”, one of the most popular strategies used to remove carbon dioxide from the air is planting trees. However, not all tree-planting strategies are equally beneficial 🌎🍁
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Setting forests aside doesn’t stir up more trouble—in fact, it calms the chaos 🌳
Happy to see my first PhD chapter out! 📝
Setting aside forests for biodiversity conservation does NOT amplify disturbances in temperate forests of Central Europe.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Happy to see my first PhD chapter out! 📝
Setting aside forests for biodiversity conservation does NOT amplify disturbances in temperate forests of Central Europe.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Setting aside areas for conservation does not increase disturbances in temperate forests
We found no evidence that setting aside forests for biodiversity conservation amplifies disturbances in temperate forests of Central Europe. Conversely, we found that strict forest reserves had lower...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Setting forests aside doesn’t stir up more trouble—in fact, it calms the chaos 🌳
Happy to see my first PhD chapter out! 📝
Setting aside forests for biodiversity conservation does NOT amplify disturbances in temperate forests of Central Europe.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Happy to see my first PhD chapter out! 📝
Setting aside forests for biodiversity conservation does NOT amplify disturbances in temperate forests of Central Europe.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Tom Ovenden
1/7 Variation between individuals is important as it determines how adaptable to change a population might be. Even generalist spp are often comprised of specialist individuals, but specialisation is often only studied across single traits which is limiting.
#BOU2025 #ornithology #seabirds #ecology
#BOU2025 #ornithology #seabirds #ecology
April 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
1/7 Variation between individuals is important as it determines how adaptable to change a population might be. Even generalist spp are often comprised of specialist individuals, but specialisation is often only studied across single traits which is limiting.
#BOU2025 #ornithology #seabirds #ecology
#BOU2025 #ornithology #seabirds #ecology
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Interested in cutting edge forest science, fieldwork and data analysis? 🍁
x2 Roles: Data analyst/modeller
Closing date for application: 15th April
Salary: £32,089
Duration: Fixed term, May 2025 - March 2026 possibility of extension
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March 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Job Alert!
Interested in cutting edge forest science, fieldwork and data analysis? 🍁
x2 Roles: Data analyst/modeller
Closing date for application: 15th April
Salary: £32,089
Duration: Fixed term, May 2025 - March 2026 possibility of extension
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...
Interested in cutting edge forest science, fieldwork and data analysis? 🍁
x2 Roles: Data analyst/modeller
Closing date for application: 15th April
Salary: £32,089
Duration: Fixed term, May 2025 - March 2026 possibility of extension
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...
Making this film was a lot of fun!
Many thanks to all the wonderful Scientists that hosted me in Argentina and Chile during this Short Scientific Visit in 2023, and to IUFRO @iufro.bsky.social for funding it! 🍁 #SciComm #Forest #Ecology #Resilience #ClimateChange #Climate #PlantScience
Many thanks to all the wonderful Scientists that hosted me in Argentina and Chile during this Short Scientific Visit in 2023, and to IUFRO @iufro.bsky.social for funding it! 🍁 #SciComm #Forest #Ecology #Resilience #ClimateChange #Climate #PlantScience
🌍 How are forests in Chile & Patagonia adapting to #ClimateChange?
@woodecology.bsky.social spent 6 wks collaborating with scientists from Chile & Argentina investigating the impact of extreme drought. 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞 is Tom's film on the science behind their future.
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@woodecology.bsky.social spent 6 wks collaborating with scientists from Chile & Argentina investigating the impact of extreme drought. 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞 is Tom's film on the science behind their future.
ow.ly/fkHq50VbPMZ
Forests at the edge
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March 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Making this film was a lot of fun!
Many thanks to all the wonderful Scientists that hosted me in Argentina and Chile during this Short Scientific Visit in 2023, and to IUFRO @iufro.bsky.social for funding it! 🍁 #SciComm #Forest #Ecology #Resilience #ClimateChange #Climate #PlantScience
Many thanks to all the wonderful Scientists that hosted me in Argentina and Chile during this Short Scientific Visit in 2023, and to IUFRO @iufro.bsky.social for funding it! 🍁 #SciComm #Forest #Ecology #Resilience #ClimateChange #Climate #PlantScience
Reposted by Tom Ovenden
🌲 How can we make forests more resilient to #ClimateChange?
To find out, Forest Research compared the early survival & growth rates of familiar tree species to lesser-known species from multiple provenances across a range of site conditions.
Dr. Tom Ovenden MICFor breaks down the key findings ⤵
To find out, Forest Research compared the early survival & growth rates of familiar tree species to lesser-known species from multiple provenances across a range of site conditions.
Dr. Tom Ovenden MICFor breaks down the key findings ⤵
March 4, 2025 at 8:36 AM
🌲 How can we make forests more resilient to #ClimateChange?
To find out, Forest Research compared the early survival & growth rates of familiar tree species to lesser-known species from multiple provenances across a range of site conditions.
Dr. Tom Ovenden MICFor breaks down the key findings ⤵
To find out, Forest Research compared the early survival & growth rates of familiar tree species to lesser-known species from multiple provenances across a range of site conditions.
Dr. Tom Ovenden MICFor breaks down the key findings ⤵
Reposted by Tom Ovenden
Excellent first PhD paper from @aaronheap.bsky.social using Wilson's Prom as a case study to examine the long term impacts of high severity short interval fire - Diverse forest types all converge on a homogenised structural form and this persists for decades.
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
Short-interval fires homogenise the structure of diverse temperate forests
Changing fire regimes can drive significant transformations in forest landscapes, including shifts to alternative stable states. However, these states…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 4, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Excellent first PhD paper from @aaronheap.bsky.social using Wilson's Prom as a case study to examine the long term impacts of high severity short interval fire - Diverse forest types all converge on a homogenised structural form and this persists for decades.
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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March 3, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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