Very interesting paper on fungal [necromass] traits and soil organic matter priming onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Does anyone have access?

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Global analysis indicates that phosphorus limitation on terrestrial primary productivity has become stronger and is increasing more rapidly than nitrogen limitation. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"Protected areas buffer against aridity thresholds in global drylands." 🌎 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Fresh off the press! Our perspective in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com discusses the wealth of information on biodiversity contained in historical sources, and its integration for long-term ecological knowledge and biodiversity conservation. A thread on the paper and what led to it: rdcu.be/eEcIt

Only a pre-print for now, but after 4 years of hard work I couldn't resist sharing this! The Global Canopy Atlas: analysis-ready maps of 3D structure for the world's woody ecosystems 📜: doi.org/10.1101/2025... Huge team effort led by the brilliant Fabian Fischer!

The Department of Biology at Colorado State University is hiring an Assistant Professor in the area of plant-microbe interactions! Please spread the word! jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...

Looking for a #postdoct for a NSF project integrating ecosystem productivity, hyperspectral remote sensing and airborne LiDAR to test prominent hypothesis of the effect of #biodiversity on #forest #productivity @fluxnetecn.bsky.social @ngaps.bsky.social Apply at: jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...

things are going very well this figure is fine

Assistant Professor position in the Microbiome Engineering group (Prof Sahar El Aidy) at University of Amsterdam Assistant Professor in Microbiome Imaging and Functional Analysis werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Mycorrhizal allies: synergizing forest carbon and multifunctional restoration @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social by Tengteng Li (李腾腾), Richard Phillips, @mrillig.bsky.social, @gangst.bsky.social, @tobykiers.bsky.social, Paola Bonfante, Nico Eisenhauer & Zhanfeng Liu (刘占锋) www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

Over 70% of Earth's ecoregions have yet to be sampled for arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. By analyzing eDNA sample locations, we found most soils are unsampled. Drylands are especially overlooked despite covering almost 1/3 of the Earth's terrestrial land. academic.oup.com/femsle/artic...

Cutting this paper by 150 words will be the end of me

Does anyone have access? www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Underground networks of mycorrhizal fungi quietly support life on Earth, but scientists say they're often overlooked. A new digital atlas puts the spotlight on these hidden ecosystems and where they need more protection. 🌍🍄 buff.ly/mnehGPg

The 2025-26 Eco-Evo job list is out. Good luck to those applying! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Rethinking microbial carbon use efficiency in soil models. Hint consider microbial anatomy and physiology www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Fungal-mediated soil aggregation as a mechanism for carbon stabilization academic.oup.com/ismej/articl... Beautiful review by @stevendegoede.bsky.social

Staalslakken in het Amsterdamse Bos. De risico’s die in dit stuk worden benoemd: “wandelaars kunnen dit onder hun schoenen hebben en naar binnen lopen” en “de metalen kunnen in rivieren en sloten terechtkomen en daar voor schade zorgen” Ehhh de bodem zelf misschien?!?! nos.nl/artikel/2577...

Fellowships for early career researchers (PhD students and postdocs) from the Global South at Senckenberg! Application period approaching! (15th Oct - 15th Sept) Check it out in case you are interested and spread it if you may know somebody else who is! www.senckenberg.de/en/career/gl...

Our maps predicted the steppes of Kazakhstan as hotspots of fungal biodiversity. No samples had been collected to identify which mycorrhizal fungi exist there. @bethanfmanley.bsky.social and @thecrobe.bsky.social went to ground truth the prediction and New Humanist wrote about it: buff.ly/oIg3dDo

A database of AM fungi of Australia. Incredible resource and publication. Congrats to all the authors. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Now that my PhD thesis is turned in I feel I can breathe again. I’m actually excited to do science and write!!!

Any examples of forest biomass studies using DBH and community composition!

📢The Global Soil Biodiversity Conference 2026 abstract submission deadline is in TWO WEEKS 🐛🐜🕷️🦠🪱 Abstracts are NOW due AUGUST 15th 23:59 PDT‼️ Submit an abstract 👇 globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/abstract/

How do tropical #trees deal with droughts? The answer is published today in @science.org Our pantropical #treering analysis revealed 2.5% growth reduction during #drought years. Yet, growth declined by >10% in 1/4 of 500 study sites, and in hotter & drier regions. doi.org/10.1126/scie... 🌍🍁🌐 (1/4)

Can protecting plant diversity safeguard fungal diversity? Out today in Nature Communications, our study led by @laura-vangalen.bsky.social tackles this question using global maps of plant and mycorrhizal fungal diversity. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Can plant biodiversity predict underground fungal diversity? New study published in Nature Communications finds only 8.8% of arbuscular mycorrhizal and 1.5% of ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity hotspots overlap with plant hotspots. Link to paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵

Our paper mapping plant and mycorrhizal fungal diversity correlations is out! Relationships are weak at the global level, but both positive and negative at smaller scales. Plants are not always proxies for fungi — fungi need their own conservation focus @spun.earth @ethz.ch doi.org/10.1038/s414...

New paper out on the dangers of using patterns across spatial climate gradients to predict what will happen with changing climate. That includes species distribution modeling. Space-for-time substitution can be misleading in sign, not just the magnitude of effects. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Global analysis of soil moisture dynamics reveals how water-use strategies vary by vegetation types and the factors that drive these patterns: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social

🗞️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

🚨 Study by Keck, F., Peller, T., Alther, R. et al. reveals the negative impact of human activity on Earth's biodiversity across all species and ecosystems.📉🧪 Human activities drive biodiversity loss both directly and indirectly.🌍 More via @nature.com:

More than 90% of the planet’s below-the-surface fungi are not found in protected parts of the globe, according to a new study. scim.ag/3J0uwJ9

Ecosystem Engineers at Risk: Underground Maps Reveal 90% of Mycorrhizal Fungal Biodiversity Hotspots Lie Outside Protected Areas Read at: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Who lives underground? Find out now in our new paper published in @nature.com. Key finding: 90% of predicted mycorrhizal biodiversity hotspots lie outside protected areas. Read here: buff.ly/WmDqAP3 🧵

Warm temperature and mild water stress cooperatively promote root elongation: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol... Led by Scott Hayes and @minnieleong.bsky.social @pph-wur.bsky.social @wurplant.bsky.social

We are on the lookout for postdocs for two different projects at the intersection of ecology, evolution, and the human microbiome. See thread for more information and reach out!

Scientists who began their doctoral studies in 2020 found their feet during a global pandemic and are graduating into an uncertain and chaotic future go.nature.com/45asSNK

Nature research paper: The spatiotemporal distribution of human pathogens in ancient Eurasia go.nature.com/4lh97tr

Latest from the Nature Podcast 🔊 The transition to agriculture introduced many new diseases to humans from animals — plus, how whale poo is helping researchers study harmful algal blooms go.nature.com/4lP60ZT

Nature research paper: Global terrestrial nitrogen fixation and its modification by agriculture go.nature.com/456IXUB