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*Job alert*
We are looking for a research manager in our group, starting from March 2026, with varied tasks ranging from database administration to fieldwork and technical support for other group members.
All details here: shorturl.at/Aygdc
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We are looking for a research manager in our group, starting from March 2026, with varied tasks ranging from database administration to fieldwork and technical support for other group members.
All details here: shorturl.at/Aygdc
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Universität Basel: Research manager in ecology
The research group Ecology at the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Basel in Switzerland invites applications for a full-time position at the intersection of science, technolog...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:52 AM
*Job alert*
We are looking for a research manager in our group, starting from March 2026, with varied tasks ranging from database administration to fieldwork and technical support for other group members.
All details here: shorturl.at/Aygdc
Please repost and share widely!
We are looking for a research manager in our group, starting from March 2026, with varied tasks ranging from database administration to fieldwork and technical support for other group members.
All details here: shorturl.at/Aygdc
Please repost and share widely!
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Novel ecosystems are those which have been significantly altered by human activity, even containing non-natives
They are controversial, with debate about whether we should accept them or seek to ‘restore’ ‘native’ ecosystems
See our short digest
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/nove...
They are controversial, with debate about whether we should accept them or seek to ‘restore’ ‘native’ ecosystems
See our short digest
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/nove...
Novel ecosystems: the new normal? - British Ecological Society
As humans continue to radically alter the environment, we are seeing combinations of organisms that have never been observed before. What does this changing world mean for ecology?
www.britishecologicalsociety.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Novel ecosystems are those which have been significantly altered by human activity, even containing non-natives
They are controversial, with debate about whether we should accept them or seek to ‘restore’ ‘native’ ecosystems
See our short digest
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/nove...
They are controversial, with debate about whether we should accept them or seek to ‘restore’ ‘native’ ecosystems
See our short digest
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/nove...
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"The message 'we have five years to save the planet' is paralyzing; we need to change the narrative."
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Yadvinder Malhi: "The message 'we have five years to save the planet' is paralyzing; we need to change the narrative."
Professor of ecosystem science at the University of Oxford
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November 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"The message 'we have five years to save the planet' is paralyzing; we need to change the narrative."
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The cover of @jxbotany.bsky.social is my painting of Tulip Poplar, a North-American native & global street tree that was the focus of our paper visualising freezing spread & freeze-thaw embolism in leaves!
A lovely way to finish this multi-year mutli-country project
🔗below
@brodersenlab.bsky.social
A lovely way to finish this multi-year mutli-country project
🔗below
@brodersenlab.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The cover of @jxbotany.bsky.social is my painting of Tulip Poplar, a North-American native & global street tree that was the focus of our paper visualising freezing spread & freeze-thaw embolism in leaves!
A lovely way to finish this multi-year mutli-country project
🔗below
@brodersenlab.bsky.social
A lovely way to finish this multi-year mutli-country project
🔗below
@brodersenlab.bsky.social
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Very pleased to be part of this super cool new paper led by William Hagan Brown in @globalchangebio.bsky.social looking at the impact of elevated CO2 on canopy temperatures in an oak woodland at the BIFor-FACE experiment
dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
Elevated CO2 Increases the Canopy Temperature of Mature Quercus robur (Pedunculate Oak)
We investigated the impact of high atmospheric CO2, similar to that predicted for 2050, on tree canopy temperature dynamics of mature pedunculate oak using long-term, high-frequency thermal infrared ...
dx.doi.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Very pleased to be part of this super cool new paper led by William Hagan Brown in @globalchangebio.bsky.social looking at the impact of elevated CO2 on canopy temperatures in an oak woodland at the BIFor-FACE experiment
dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
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New paper out today in Ecology Letters! In this synthesis we dive into the equilibrium assumption in ecology - why it's everywhere in ecological theory, the evidence for it in nature, when meeting the assumption is important, how to achieve it in empirical research, and more! tinyurl.com/yh6kyysm
November 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
New paper out today in Ecology Letters! In this synthesis we dive into the equilibrium assumption in ecology - why it's everywhere in ecological theory, the evidence for it in nature, when meeting the assumption is important, how to achieve it in empirical research, and more! tinyurl.com/yh6kyysm
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Submit your abstract to join our session on climate extremes ☀️❄️and their effects on plants🌱 at #EGU in Vienna May 3-8 2026!! meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...
October 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Submit your abstract to join our session on climate extremes ☀️❄️and their effects on plants🌱 at #EGU in Vienna May 3-8 2026!! meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...
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Pyro-ecophysiology of 11 woody Karst species: Leaf flammability analysis reveals fire-safe species for green firebreaks development
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Pyro-ecophysiology of 11 woody Karst species: Leaf flammability analysis reveals fire-safe species for green firebreaks development
Climate change is intensifying wildfire frequency and severity in Mediterranean ecosystems, creating urgent needs for effective fire management strate…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Pyro-ecophysiology of 11 woody Karst species: Leaf flammability analysis reveals fire-safe species for green firebreaks development
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Benchmarking nine vegetation demographic models: what works, what doesn’t, what’s next...
@annemarie-es.bsky.social
@george.hurtt.bsky.social
@annemarie-es.bsky.social
@george.hurtt.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Benchmarking nine vegetation demographic models: what works, what doesn’t, what’s next...
@annemarie-es.bsky.social
@george.hurtt.bsky.social
@annemarie-es.bsky.social
@george.hurtt.bsky.social
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🌳 New paper out in Ecology Letters! 🌱
Our latest study, led by Lukas Magee, shows that the “legacies” of trees continue to shape forests long after they die.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#Ecology #Forests #Biodiversity
@umramap.bsky.social @ird-fr.bsky.social
A thread: [1/3]
Our latest study, led by Lukas Magee, shows that the “legacies” of trees continue to shape forests long after they die.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#Ecology #Forests #Biodiversity
@umramap.bsky.social @ird-fr.bsky.social
A thread: [1/3]
Memories of Trees Past: Coexistence Implications of Legacy Conspecific Density Dependence
Negative density dependence persisted for up to 5 years after tree death, but with interspecific variation. Although stabilising niche differences were large, fitness differences–at the seedling life...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
🌳 New paper out in Ecology Letters! 🌱
Our latest study, led by Lukas Magee, shows that the “legacies” of trees continue to shape forests long after they die.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#Ecology #Forests #Biodiversity
@umramap.bsky.social @ird-fr.bsky.social
A thread: [1/3]
Our latest study, led by Lukas Magee, shows that the “legacies” of trees continue to shape forests long after they die.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#Ecology #Forests #Biodiversity
@umramap.bsky.social @ird-fr.bsky.social
A thread: [1/3]
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Functional traits can efficiently characterize and distinguish the complex communities where South America's largest biomes meet.
Congratulations to Wesley Jonatar Alves da Cruz for his tremendous work untangling this critical transition zone!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#Amazon #Cerrado
Congratulations to Wesley Jonatar Alves da Cruz for his tremendous work untangling this critical transition zone!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#Amazon #Cerrado
Functional Biogeography and Ecological Strategies of Trees Across the Amazon–Cerrado Transition
We investigated how tree functional traits vary across six vegetation types in the Amazon–Cerrado transition and identified key environmental drivers of these patterns, revealing a functional continu....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Functional traits can efficiently characterize and distinguish the complex communities where South America's largest biomes meet.
Congratulations to Wesley Jonatar Alves da Cruz for his tremendous work untangling this critical transition zone!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#Amazon #Cerrado
Congratulations to Wesley Jonatar Alves da Cruz for his tremendous work untangling this critical transition zone!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#Amazon #Cerrado
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🔍 Have we solved the replication crisis?
Join us for an IGOR panel discussion on the state of Open Science in biological psychology more than a decade after the crisis first hit.
📅 Friday, 10 Oct | 10:00–11:00 CET
💻 Online (contact us for the link)
#OpenScience #neuroskyence #academicsky
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Join us for an IGOR panel discussion on the state of Open Science in biological psychology more than a decade after the crisis first hit.
📅 Friday, 10 Oct | 10:00–11:00 CET
💻 Online (contact us for the link)
#OpenScience #neuroskyence #academicsky
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September 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
🔍 Have we solved the replication crisis?
Join us for an IGOR panel discussion on the state of Open Science in biological psychology more than a decade after the crisis first hit.
📅 Friday, 10 Oct | 10:00–11:00 CET
💻 Online (contact us for the link)
#OpenScience #neuroskyence #academicsky
[1/3]
Join us for an IGOR panel discussion on the state of Open Science in biological psychology more than a decade after the crisis first hit.
📅 Friday, 10 Oct | 10:00–11:00 CET
💻 Online (contact us for the link)
#OpenScience #neuroskyence #academicsky
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I'm so very proud of Niger Sultana and the first chapter of her PhD thesis!!!
She had so many challenges and came through them all with flying colours.
With @loraxcate.bsky.social @azhar06.bsky.social et al.
in @botsocamerica.bsky.social
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
She had so many challenges and came through them all with flying colours.
With @loraxcate.bsky.social @azhar06.bsky.social et al.
in @botsocamerica.bsky.social
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Testing key tenets of pyro‐ecophysiology: Indicators of drought response in relation to shoot flammability
Premise
Relationships between flammability and drought tolerance influence vegetation dynamics during fires. A goal of the emerging subdiscipline of pyro-ecophysiology is to identify ecophysiologica.....
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 29, 2025 at 6:32 AM
I'm so very proud of Niger Sultana and the first chapter of her PhD thesis!!!
She had so many challenges and came through them all with flying colours.
With @loraxcate.bsky.social @azhar06.bsky.social et al.
in @botsocamerica.bsky.social
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
She had so many challenges and came through them all with flying colours.
With @loraxcate.bsky.social @azhar06.bsky.social et al.
in @botsocamerica.bsky.social
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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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
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
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New Article: "Leaf venation network evolution across clades and scales" rdcu.be/epLNP
Evolution of leaf venation networks, from fewer, corrugated veins to high vein density and smoother loops. Herbivory as a potential driver of venation architectural changes.
Evolution of leaf venation networks, from fewer, corrugated veins to high vein density and smoother loops. Herbivory as a potential driver of venation architectural changes.
June 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
New Article: "Leaf venation network evolution across clades and scales" rdcu.be/epLNP
Evolution of leaf venation networks, from fewer, corrugated veins to high vein density and smoother loops. Herbivory as a potential driver of venation architectural changes.
Evolution of leaf venation networks, from fewer, corrugated veins to high vein density and smoother loops. Herbivory as a potential driver of venation architectural changes.
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🔥Can heatwaves leave a thermal leaky legacy?🔥
Check out our latest paper on gmin dynamics during and after thermal stress🍃📄
Extremely proud of my student Viviane!
Special thanks to @hcochard.bsky.social @torresruizjm.bsky.social @martijnslot.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/plph...
Check out our latest paper on gmin dynamics during and after thermal stress🍃📄
Extremely proud of my student Viviane!
Special thanks to @hcochard.bsky.social @torresruizjm.bsky.social @martijnslot.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/plph...
Leaf minimum conductance dynamics during and after heat stress: Implications for plant survival under hotter droughts
Temperatures above a critical threshold can increase leaf minimum conductance after cooling, evidencing a “thermal leaky legacy effect” that can reduce pla
doi.org
February 11, 2025 at 5:57 AM
🔥Can heatwaves leave a thermal leaky legacy?🔥
Check out our latest paper on gmin dynamics during and after thermal stress🍃📄
Extremely proud of my student Viviane!
Special thanks to @hcochard.bsky.social @torresruizjm.bsky.social @martijnslot.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/plph...
Check out our latest paper on gmin dynamics during and after thermal stress🍃📄
Extremely proud of my student Viviane!
Special thanks to @hcochard.bsky.social @torresruizjm.bsky.social @martijnslot.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/plph...
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We're excited to share a paper led by DPhil student, Xiongjie Deng @xdeng.bsky.social. With colleagues from @ecioxford.bsky.social @naturerecovery.bsky.social and South America, he used remote sensing and field data to map forest resilience hotspots in Chile www.oxfordecosystems.org/post/mapping...
Mapping forest resilience hotspots in South America
A new publication led by DPhil student Xiongjie Deng pinpoints Chilean forest resilience hotspots and areas of vulnerability to environmental change.
www.oxfordecosystems.org
July 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
We're excited to share a paper led by DPhil student, Xiongjie Deng @xdeng.bsky.social. With colleagues from @ecioxford.bsky.social @naturerecovery.bsky.social and South America, he used remote sensing and field data to map forest resilience hotspots in Chile www.oxfordecosystems.org/post/mapping...
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🗞️New publication🗞️
How do neighbourhood diversity effects on tree growth change with climatic conditions?🌳🌲🔆🌧️
We adress this question in our new study in @natecoevo.nature.com led by Liting Zheng.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
/w @liting-zheng.bsky.social, Peter Reich & #TreeDivNet
How do neighbourhood diversity effects on tree growth change with climatic conditions?🌳🌲🔆🌧️
We adress this question in our new study in @natecoevo.nature.com led by Liting Zheng.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
/w @liting-zheng.bsky.social, Peter Reich & #TreeDivNet
Neighbourhood diversity increases tree growth in experimental forests more in wetter climates but not in wetter years - Nature Ecology & Evolution
How tree diversity effects on ecosystem functioning vary along climatic gradients is unclear. Here, analysing data from 15 experimental forest sites, the authors show that tree growth responses to nei...
www.nature.com
July 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
🗞️New publication🗞️
How do neighbourhood diversity effects on tree growth change with climatic conditions?🌳🌲🔆🌧️
We adress this question in our new study in @natecoevo.nature.com led by Liting Zheng.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
/w @liting-zheng.bsky.social, Peter Reich & #TreeDivNet
How do neighbourhood diversity effects on tree growth change with climatic conditions?🌳🌲🔆🌧️
We adress this question in our new study in @natecoevo.nature.com led by Liting Zheng.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
/w @liting-zheng.bsky.social, Peter Reich & #TreeDivNet
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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
Enjoyed reading "view point", a must read all, will be an eye opener for many... great piece of thought @kateplantphys.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Cones and consequences: the false dichotomy of conifers vs broad‐leaves has critical implications for research and modelling
In plant science research and modelling, particularly from the northern hemisphere, the terms ‘needle-leaved’ and ‘conifer’ along with ‘broad-leaved’ and ‘angiosperm’ are often used synonymously, cre....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Enjoyed reading "view point", a must read all, will be an eye opener for many... great piece of thought @kateplantphys.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Lakshadweep Islands, An amazing place to visit. Couldn't find any mangroves though.
June 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Lakshadweep Islands, An amazing place to visit. Couldn't find any mangroves though.
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📢 Job Alert! 🌳
Looking for a 2-yr postdoc (ext. up to 3 yrs) to join me at U. of Gothenburg to study links between environmental drivers, tree conditions (e.g., #treedamage), and physiological processes leading to #tropical #treemortality.
Apply by: April 17th
Details below
Looking for a 2-yr postdoc (ext. up to 3 yrs) to join me at U. of Gothenburg to study links between environmental drivers, tree conditions (e.g., #treedamage), and physiological processes leading to #tropical #treemortality.
Apply by: April 17th
Details below
April 14, 2025 at 7:24 AM