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Yanli Zhang
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PhD student in Tree Ecophysiology at WSL & ETHZ 🇨🇭
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Impact of summer #defoliation and winter-spring #warming on pre-spring #carbon availability and spring #phenology in sessile oak and Scots pine saplings doi.org/10.1093/tree...
Impact of summer defoliation and winter-spring warming on pre-spring carbon availability and spring phenology in sessile oak and Scots pine saplings
Abstract. Seasonal climate warming affects temperate plant phenology differently. Early winter warming can delay dormancy release and budburst due to insuf
doi.org
November 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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osbertsun.bsky.social
NEW ARTICLE IN PRESS @forestecosyst.bsky.social
📰Spatial variation in non-structural carbohydrates reserves of pine species along climatic gradients: A global synthesis www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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acabon.bsky.social
🌳 New Tansley Insight!
What really limits tree growth—carbon source or sink? 🤔
I argue it’s not either/or but a distal → proximal continuum: from photosynthesis to transport and cell division, drivers act together to shape C allocation & growth 🌱🌍
🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.70516
Distal to proximal: a continuum of drivers shaping tree growth and carbon partitioning
The relationship between tree carbon (C) assimilation and growth is central to understanding tree functioning and forecasting forest C sequestration, yet remains unresolved. The long-standing debate ...
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September 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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charlottegrossiord.bsky.social
New PhD position in Plant Ecophysiology🌳 Study how atmospheric & soil drought shape tree carbon & water relations at the VPDrought experiment in Switzerland. Start Jan 2026. Apply here: m.refline.ch/273855/1759/... @wslresearch.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
yanlizhang.bsky.social
Excited to share our latest publication: Trees use exogenous sugars for growth, but excess triggers negative feedback reducing photosynthetic carbon gain. Many thanks to my supervisors Mai-He Li and @arthurobuntspecht.bsky.social and many collaborators
doi.org/10.1093/tree...
Trees use exogenous sugars for growth, but excess triggers negative feedback reducing photosynthetic carbon gain
Abstract. Plants’ non-structural carbohydrates (NSCs) serve as their capital for growth, reproduction, defense, and survival. To increase the NSC availabil
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July 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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envmet.bsky.social
Years of drought turn forest into source of CO₂ - Press release on our research with @simonhaber.bsky.social and @chriswernerlab.bsky.social at @icos-ri.eu site DE-Har, showing tree mortality following droughts has fundamentally shifted forest structure & functioning uni-freiburg.de/en/years-of-...
Aerial view of the experimental forest near Hartheim with the 30-metre-high crown access tower in September 2023. Dead Scots pines and gaps in the canopy are visible throughout the forest. Photo: Fabio Scarpa
July 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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arthurobuntspecht.bsky.social
Warming accelerates global drought severity - Nature
Warming accelerates global drought severity - Nature
Increased atmospheric evaporative demand in recent years has increased drought severity by an average of 40% globally across both dry and wet regions, and the trend is likely to continue under future warming scenarios.
www.nature.com
June 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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kateplantphys.bsky.social
Showing off our figure of global conifer leaf-widths & leaf silhouettes highlighting that conifers can be broad-leaved & angiosperms can be narrow/ needle-leaved! 🍃

Our paper: tinyurl.com/mss2me7v
@newphyt.bsky.social

@vallicrosah.bsky.social @botanykat.bsky.social & Matilda Brown
June 6, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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philippschuler.bsky.social
Our latest study (submitted to JXB) is now available as a preprint. We emphasise the importance of directly measuring the CO2 flux of whole plants.🧵
PANDA: A simple and affordable chamber system for measuring the whole-plant net CO2 flux
The carbon (C) balance of plants is the sum of all source and sink processes. However, due to methodological limitations, most studies focus predominantly on measurements of leaf-level assimilation an...
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June 5, 2025 at 6:56 AM
yanlizhang.bsky.social
Excited to share our new paper in @newphyt.bsky.social on how exogenous #sugar #infusion alleviate or exacerbate #root #carbon #limitation in different species. Many thanks to my supervisors Mai-He Li and @arthurobuntspecht.bsky.social and coauthors.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Exogenous sugar addition can exacerbate root carbon limitation in trees
In most tree species, roots serve as major carbon (C) sinks, where C is depleted first when C assimilation is limited. Recent methodological advancements in sugar infusion allow for a better underst...
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May 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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arthurobuntspecht.bsky.social
#Carbon allocation in #bamboo forests: #Drought can alter the allocation of newly assimilated C within the tissues of source ramets but does not affect C allocation among interconnected ramets or within the plant–soil system. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Drought decreases carbon flux but not transport speed of newly fixed carbon from leaves to sinks in a giant bamboo forest
In forests dominated by large clonal plants, such as giant moso bamboo, drought can alter the allocation of newly assimilated C within the tissues of source ramet but may not affect its allocation am...
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May 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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wslresearch.bsky.social
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!

#WomenInScience #WomenInStem #FrauenInderWissenschaft #FrauenInMINT #MintFrauen #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience
February 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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swissforestlab.bsky.social
Towards a global understanding of tree mortality - @newphyt.bsky.social ; @treemortality.bsky.social : https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.20407
February 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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arthurobuntspecht.bsky.social
🧪🌲 Norway spruce trees can "learn" from drought! #Trees exposed to experimental #drought developed better resilience to natural drought later on. Important finding for #forest management in a changing #climate! https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00468-024-02595-6
December 30, 2024 at 1:53 PM
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arthurobuntspecht.bsky.social
🌲 Trees have long memories! Our study shows Scots pine trees remember past water abundance even 7 years after irrigation stops! bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
December 24, 2024 at 7:17 AM
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arthurobuntspecht.bsky.social
Published in @newphyt.bsky.social: Our new paper highlights the significant role of ecological memory and legacy effects in determining tree responses to environmental changes https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.20245
The figure shows resistivity tomography results in the soil of different long-term treated forest plots - they are indicative for the soil water content.
December 19, 2024 at 6:38 AM
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arthurobuntspecht.bsky.social
Nitrogen availability in soil controls uptake of different nitrogen forms by plants https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.20335?saml_referrer=
December 12, 2024 at 9:11 PM
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arthurobuntspecht.bsky.social
Nonstructural carbohydrate (NSC) concentrations can reflect the strategies described in the leaf economic spectrum (LES) due to their dependence on photosynthesis and respiration
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.20315?saml_referrer
December 9, 2024 at 2:10 PM