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At COP30 in Belém, ECI's Dr Erika Berenguer joined a panel at Dialogues of the Pyrocene, discussing causes, impacts, and solutions to the Amazon fire crisis — an important conversation for climate and communities. @erikaberenguer.bsky.social @cop30brazil.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 9:57 AM
At COP30 in Belém, ECI's Dr Erika Berenguer joined a panel at Dialogues of the Pyrocene, discussing causes, impacts, and solutions to the Amazon fire crisis — an important conversation for climate and communities. @erikaberenguer.bsky.social @cop30brazil.bsky.social
Ecosystems and Biodiversity DPhil student, @navarrosales.bsky.social, has recently submitted a paper showing how Cerrado trees exhibit a productivity–fire tolerance trade-off. Read about it in recent blog post here: www.oxfordecosystems.org/post/functio...
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Functional traits influence woody stem productivity of Cerrado trees across altered fire regimes
Cerrado trees exhibit a productivity–fire tolerance trade-off. Bark protection and light adaptation help maintain NPP under high fire intensities, as both structural and acquisitive strategies mediate...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Ecosystems and Biodiversity DPhil student, @navarrosales.bsky.social, has recently submitted a paper showing how Cerrado trees exhibit a productivity–fire tolerance trade-off. Read about it in recent blog post here: www.oxfordecosystems.org/post/functio...
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social
From oak forests to school talks, and receiving the Ramon Margalef Prize from Catalonia’s President — @ymalhi.bsky.social shares highlights from an unforgettable week in Barcelona. 🌿🏅🇪🇸 www.oxfordecosystems.org/post/profess...
Professor Yadvinder Malhi, Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme Lead, awarded Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology
We are delighted to announce that Yadvinder has been awarded the prestigious Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology, one of the world’s foremost honours in ecological science.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:55 AM
From oak forests to school talks, and receiving the Ramon Margalef Prize from Catalonia’s President — @ymalhi.bsky.social shares highlights from an unforgettable week in Barcelona. 🌿🏅🇪🇸 www.oxfordecosystems.org/post/profess...
Last week @ymalhi.bsky.social received the Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology from the President of Catalonia. Read his acceptance speech and reflections on ecology here www.oxfordecosystems.org/post/profess...
Professor Yadvinder Malhi’s Ramon Margalef acceptance speech
Thank you. Gràcies.I am deeply honoured and genuinely humbled to receive the Ramon Margalef Prize.My heartfelt thanks to the Generalitat de Catalunya for this recognition, to the Jury of the Ramon Mar...
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November 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Last week @ymalhi.bsky.social received the Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology from the President of Catalonia. Read his acceptance speech and reflections on ecology here www.oxfordecosystems.org/post/profess...
In June, @ymalhi.bsky.social spoke at the TED Countdown Summit in Nairobi. He shared about how the Oxford Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme, and our many colleagues around the world, measure the vibrancy of Earth's ecosystems. Watch his talk here: www.ted.com/talks/yadvin...
How to measure the planet’s heartbeat
Ecosystem scientist Yadvinder Malhi takes us on a jaw-dropping journey through the hidden flows of energy that make life on Earth tick. From sun-soaked forests to tropical islands, he shows how his te...
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October 30, 2025 at 11:16 AM
In June, @ymalhi.bsky.social spoke at the TED Countdown Summit in Nairobi. He shared about how the Oxford Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme, and our many colleagues around the world, measure the vibrancy of Earth's ecosystems. Watch his talk here: www.ted.com/talks/yadvin...
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🌍 New Oxford-led study in Nature finds Africa’s wildlife has lost a third of its natural “power” — the energy driving ecosystems and livelihoods.
Large animals once sustained this flow; their loss now reshapes life across the continent. @ymalhi.bsky.social
Large animals once sustained this flow; their loss now reshapes life across the continent. @ymalhi.bsky.social
Africa’s wildlife has lost a third of its natural ‘power’, Oxford-led study warns
New paper in Nature today
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October 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🌍 New Oxford-led study in Nature finds Africa’s wildlife has lost a third of its natural “power” — the energy driving ecosystems and livelihoods.
Large animals once sustained this flow; their loss now reshapes life across the continent. @ymalhi.bsky.social
Large animals once sustained this flow; their loss now reshapes life across the continent. @ymalhi.bsky.social
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Our new review on the “circular seabird economy”
- how seabirds circulate nutrients betwem ocean and land, supporting ecosystems and livelihoods …https://www.nature.com/articles/s44358-025-00099-w
- how seabirds circulate nutrients betwem ocean and land, supporting ecosystems and livelihoods …https://www.nature.com/articles/s44358-025-00099-w
The circular seabird economy is critical for oceans, islands and people - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Seabirds are top predators and nutrient cyclers in marine island ecosystems, but are threatened by risk of extinction. This Review explores the circular seabird economy around islands and discusses ho...
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October 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Our new review on the “circular seabird economy”
- how seabirds circulate nutrients betwem ocean and land, supporting ecosystems and livelihoods …https://www.nature.com/articles/s44358-025-00099-w
- how seabirds circulate nutrients betwem ocean and land, supporting ecosystems and livelihoods …https://www.nature.com/articles/s44358-025-00099-w
This is an exciting week for our research programme, starting with @ymalhi.bsky.social sharing his thoughts and research on #ecosystemchange and #naturerecovery with the University of Barcelona. Stay tuned… we have more to come today!
October 29, 2025 at 10:10 AM
This is an exciting week for our research programme, starting with @ymalhi.bsky.social sharing his thoughts and research on #ecosystemchange and #naturerecovery with the University of Barcelona. Stay tuned… we have more to come today!
An ancient yew tree in Scotland that is half the age of the Holocene has caught our attention. What a privilege to be in the presence of one of the oldest trees in Europe. @ymalhi.bsky.social explains the significance of this giant. @naturerecovery.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 9:08 AM
An ancient yew tree in Scotland that is half the age of the Holocene has caught our attention. What a privilege to be in the presence of one of the oldest trees in Europe. @ymalhi.bsky.social explains the significance of this giant. @naturerecovery.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social
A recent paper led by Dr Huanyuan Zhang-Zheng @h-zhang.bsky.social uses vapour pressure deficit to mechanistically explain the transition of vegetation traits along a wet-to-dry gradient in Ghana.
Read more here: www.oxfordecosystems.org/post/testing...
Read more here: www.oxfordecosystems.org/post/testing...
Testing Eco-Evolutionary Theory: How Tropical Forest Traits vary with Dryness
A new paper led by Dr Huanyuan Zhang-Zheng uses vapour pressure deficit to mechanistically explain the transition of vegetation traits along a wet-to-dry gradient in Ghana.
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September 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
A recent paper led by Dr Huanyuan Zhang-Zheng @h-zhang.bsky.social uses vapour pressure deficit to mechanistically explain the transition of vegetation traits along a wet-to-dry gradient in Ghana.
Read more here: www.oxfordecosystems.org/post/testing...
Read more here: www.oxfordecosystems.org/post/testing...
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Fabulous news! Congratulations to our Centre Director, @ymalhi.bsky.social who has been recognised for his outstanding contribution to the field of Ecology. 🎉
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Yadvinder Malhi awarded prestigious Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology
Yadvinder Malhi recognised for outstanding contribution to the field of ecology
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August 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Fabulous news! Congratulations to our Centre Director, @ymalhi.bsky.social who has been recognised for his outstanding contribution to the field of Ecology. 🎉
@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @socsci.ox.ac.uk @orieloxford.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org
@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @socsci.ox.ac.uk @orieloxford.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org
The more you look, the more you see! We love this visual diary from the Reimagining Nature Finance workshop by @naturerecovery.bsky.social hosted in Wytham Woods last week. My favourite is, “accelerate new approaches that transcend system boundaries”. We’ll share more on this in the coming days.
September 15, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The more you look, the more you see! We love this visual diary from the Reimagining Nature Finance workshop by @naturerecovery.bsky.social hosted in Wytham Woods last week. My favourite is, “accelerate new approaches that transcend system boundaries”. We’ll share more on this in the coming days.
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.
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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...
Oh but alongside the talks, the team is exploring Oaxaca and having a great time in beautiful Mexico!
July 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Oh but alongside the talks, the team is exploring Oaxaca and having a great time in beautiful Mexico!
Another great day at #ATBC2025! Dr Sruthi Krishna Moorthy showed how to harness large language models for ecology and conservation and Dr David Bauman @davbauman.bsky.social presented environmental drivers of spatial patterns in tree mortality across the tropics and Sruthi. Fascinating talks!
July 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Another great day at #ATBC2025! Dr Sruthi Krishna Moorthy showed how to harness large language models for ecology and conservation and Dr David Bauman @davbauman.bsky.social presented environmental drivers of spatial patterns in tree mortality across the tropics and Sruthi. Fascinating talks!
Our team is at #ATBC2025 where presentations, networking and exploring Oaxaca and its surrounding beauty are in full swing! Catch them to chat tropical forests and cerrados, plant functional traits, drones, and tree ecophysiology 🌱 or simply to say hi 👋🏼 @jeaggu.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Our team is at #ATBC2025 where presentations, networking and exploring Oaxaca and its surrounding beauty are in full swing! Catch them to chat tropical forests and cerrados, plant functional traits, drones, and tree ecophysiology 🌱 or simply to say hi 👋🏼 @jeaggu.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social
This week @ymalhi.bsky.social and @h-zhang.bsky.social visited East China Normal University (ECNU) in Shanghai. Yadvinder gave a series of lectures and then he and Huanyuan were shown some of the ForestGEO sites in China
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Ecosystems in the global biosphere: Yadvinder Malhi’s lecture series at East China Normal University
This week Yadvinder has been a guest of the East China Normal University (ECNU) in Shanghai, hosted by Dr Fangliang He and colleagues, where he has given a series of lectures including the annual Daxi...
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May 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This week @ymalhi.bsky.social and @h-zhang.bsky.social visited East China Normal University (ECNU) in Shanghai. Yadvinder gave a series of lectures and then he and Huanyuan were shown some of the ForestGEO sites in China
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@ecioxford.bsky.social
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@ecioxford.bsky.social
The arid ecosystems north of Namibia's Orange River harbour unique biodiversity and cultural and economic significance. Rewilding this ecosystem is tricky, but @naturerecovery.bsky.social collaborators, Natural State, have an ambitious goal to do just that.
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Rewilding a Unique Namibian Landscape
As part of an ongoing collaboration between Natural State and the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery, Yadvinder and Nikki recently visited a Natural State field site where, together with the Orange...
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May 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The arid ecosystems north of Namibia's Orange River harbour unique biodiversity and cultural and economic significance. Rewilding this ecosystem is tricky, but @naturerecovery.bsky.social collaborators, Natural State, have an ambitious goal to do just that.
www.oxfordecosystems.org/post/rewildi...
www.oxfordecosystems.org/post/rewildi...
Our paper on mapping tropical forest canopy traits and functions, led by @jeaggu.bsky.social is out in print and made the cover of @natureportfolio.nature.com. Congratulations to the massive team that makes a study like this possible! @ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
Our paper on mapping the canopy traits and functions of global tropical forests was published online in Nature last month but is out in print today, and it made the cover 😊
Congrats again to @jeaggu.bsky.social and the many, many co-authors who contributed to this
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Congrats again to @jeaggu.bsky.social and the many, many co-authors who contributed to this
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May 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Our paper on mapping tropical forest canopy traits and functions, led by @jeaggu.bsky.social is out in print and made the cover of @natureportfolio.nature.com. Congratulations to the massive team that makes a study like this possible! @ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
May Morning is one of Oxford’s busiest celebrations! The morning starts with Magdalen College Choir singing a hymn and madrigal to welcome in summer 🌸 this is followed by festivities in the streets with lots of Morris dancing and music. We went out to celebrate!
May 1, 2025 at 7:22 AM
May Morning is one of Oxford’s busiest celebrations! The morning starts with Magdalen College Choir singing a hymn and madrigal to welcome in summer 🌸 this is followed by festivities in the streets with lots of Morris dancing and music. We went out to celebrate!
It’s the first week of Trinity Term and that means we’re kicking off our Nature Seminar Series this Friday! Professor of Economics, Ed Barbier (Colorado State Uni) will be speaking about the economics of Nature-based Solutions for climate change mitigation. In-person and online options are available
Looking forward to the first of our #Nature seminar series talks this Friday. Join us online or in-person, followed by a drinks reception. Everyone is welcome. Register your place here oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com
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April 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
It’s the first week of Trinity Term and that means we’re kicking off our Nature Seminar Series this Friday! Professor of Economics, Ed Barbier (Colorado State Uni) will be speaking about the economics of Nature-based Solutions for climate change mitigation. In-person and online options are available
In February, Yadvinder & Eleanor traveled to South Africa to collect trait data at collaborator, Kate Parr’s @funkyant.bsky.social field site for her new ‘The Green Stuff’ Project.
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We cover this visit in a visual way on our blog
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We cover this visit in a visual way on our blog
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Exploring Nutrient Cycling in the Waterberg, South Africa
Ecosystems researchers travel to the Waterberg in South Africa to collect baseline trait data with collaborators from Liverpool University and University of Pretoria
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April 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
In February, Yadvinder & Eleanor traveled to South Africa to collect trait data at collaborator, Kate Parr’s @funkyant.bsky.social field site for her new ‘The Green Stuff’ Project.
@naturerecovery.bsky.social
We cover this visit in a visual way on our blog
www.oxfordecosystems.org/post/explori...
@naturerecovery.bsky.social
We cover this visit in a visual way on our blog
www.oxfordecosystems.org/post/explori...
Our NEOFIRE team is back from the field with loads of data! We are so excited to see the new insights into Cerrado ecology that come from this campaign.
The NEOFIRE team led by @ioliverasmenor.bsky.social has just returned from a 6-week functional traits campaign at Serra das Araras, Brazil! There, I measured photosynthetic and leaf traits of 102 Cerrado trees under different fire regimes @umramap.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
April 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Our NEOFIRE team is back from the field with loads of data! We are so excited to see the new insights into Cerrado ecology that come from this campaign.
The Bluebells are in full bloom at Wytham Woods. If you’re in Oxford this week, perhaps you could take some time to explore Wytham and see them for yourself ☀️
It’s the time of one of the most magic microseasons in British woodlands - bluebell carpets paint the forest floor, a sight unique to to the western fringes of Eurasia. Here at the ever-mesmerising Wytham Woods
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April 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The Bluebells are in full bloom at Wytham Woods. If you’re in Oxford this week, perhaps you could take some time to explore Wytham and see them for yourself ☀️
Last week Yadvinder, Sandra Díaz, Brian Enquist, Cecilia Chavana, and Mat Disney were guided by local conservation hero, Filipe Salbany, through the ancient oaks of Blenheim. A moment to be reminded of the threads connecting ecosystems, science, and stewardship 🌳 @naturerecovery.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Last week Yadvinder, Sandra Díaz, Brian Enquist, Cecilia Chavana, and Mat Disney were guided by local conservation hero, Filipe Salbany, through the ancient oaks of Blenheim. A moment to be reminded of the threads connecting ecosystems, science, and stewardship 🌳 @naturerecovery.bsky.social