Thank you to ONF and mayors for opening the doors of their forests.

@cnrsecologie.bsky.social
@universitetoulouse.bsky.social

A lot of work done, and more to come until September!
And a lot of fun too with PhD student and interns.

We are collecting leaves 🍃 for whole genome sequencing that we will confront to dendrochronological, dendrometric, edaphic and microclimate data.

Since early July, my team and I are exploring the forests of the French Pyrenees🌳🌲. Why?

We are trying to understand whether beech are adapting to climate change at its elevational trailing and leading edges.

Populations with slow rather than fast lifecycle should promote species persistance in face of climate change.

Why? Fast lifecycle makes the species likely more vulnerable to stochasticity.