Today, #MaraPaneghel has brightly defended her PhD entitled ‘Early post-fire regeneration dynamics of Mediterranean forests under current climate and future scenarios’ at @udl.cat. Congrats Mara for such an impressive field-based piece of work! It’s been a pleasure to share this adventure with you 🤗

The study found that drivers of post-fire regeneration influence canopy and shrub layers differently. While aspect and pre-fire canopy cover modulated pine abundance, woody species richness and cover were also shaped by fire severity and land-use history.
Thanks ‪@ageinves.bsky.social for funding!

Back from a short research stay at CATIE (Costa Rica) with DecisionES project. An amazing institute, with an impressive campus (full of nature everywhere) and teams leading interesting projects involving local communities in the definition of restoration and adaptation actions.
I’d love to be back!

Large uncultivated areas near home are colonized by this thistle (Silybum marianum, if I’m not wrong), creating impenetrable yet beautiful fields that shelter many rabbit colonies! 🐰

We’ve been resampling the permanent plots established by Mara Paneghel during her PhD, shortly after the Santa Coloma de Queralt fire (2021). Mara is studying how climate warming (along with other factors) is influencing post-fire vegetation dynamics in Aleppo pine forests #fieldwork #permanentplots

Me too…

Thinning treatments applied to Aleppo pine stands by @diputaciobarcelona.bsky.social to reduce fire risk. In the images a control (left) and a thinned plot (right) established by @udl.cat as part of the #LIFEAdaptAleppo project.

Found yesterday a Scots pine cone serving as a substrate for a couple of mushrooms 😊 (maybe @hcochard.bsky.social can help identify the species…?)

Recently learned from Yaacoub Nassif’s PhD (brilliantly defended yesterday in @agroparistech.bsky.social) about the intensive use of Cedrus libani by ancient civilizations, as demonstrated by this beautiful relief showing the transport of Cedrus logs by ship, dated around 713-716 BC.

The use of low-intensity warm-appearing light sources not only reduces light pollution but also creates beautiful scenes, like this autumn snow falling and accumulating on the remaining Sorbus aucuparia fruits 😍 #Pyrenees #Llessui

Field trips are essential in forestry education. This week, we learned with #ETSEAFiV students about mycosilviculture, resin extraction, and Scots and Maritime pine management in Soria. Big thanks to all the professionals who hosted us for the warm welcome and insights. We’ll be back!

I really enjoyed visiting these sub-Mediterranean Pinus nigra stands located in the Catalan Pre-Pyrenees (Solsonès region). I was happy to see the forest owner as proud of his tall, straight trees as he was of the beautiful Acer opalus growing here and there adding some color to the understory.