On the way to the office

On the way to the office

Finally, we used generation time to provide quantitative basis for more nuanced seed harvesting limits globally. You can find details in the paper - it is open access. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

We then looked for a life history trait that is the most associated with the vulnerability of a species to seed harvesting, and found out that it is generation time – it alone explains more than 50% of the species vulnerability to seed harvesting. Other traits have also an effect, but much smaller.

Current limits of wild seed harvest are one-size-fits-all, the same for all species. We modeled consequences of harvesting maximum of what is currently permitted. The effects greatly varied, from nearly no effect in trees to extinction in annuals. This shows, we need more differentiated guidelines.

Assessing limits of sustainable seed harvest in wild plant populations. How many seeds can we harvest in a wild population without causing damage? A massive modeling effort, with @robsalgo.bsky.social @bossdorf.bsky.social @plantevoeco.bsky.social
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

On the way from the office @unimarburg.bsky.social

New preprint from our lab: Within-species variability in seed longevity in storage is nearly as large as variability between species. A study across 41 species, 188 seed accessions, 5640 replicates and 169 200 seeds. Lead by @leaklepka.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Moonlight hike to the office. The neighboring village is starting to enjoy the light of rising sun @unimarburg.bsky.social

On the way to the office @unimarburg.bsky.social

I consider myself an experimental ecologist. As an evidence, here is particularly beautiful experiment 😊

Pitfalls of Tree Planting Show Why We Need People-Centered Natural Climate Solutions
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...