What happens when you put a bunch of dead grass out in a rangeland? Our study shows that it creates termites, leading to more critters eating them, demonstrating the importance of dead-vegetation pulses in shaping energy fluxes in desert ecosystems. doi.org/10.1007/s100... #wildoz #rangeland

Termites contribute up to 2% of total annual methane emissions through their farts, but have you ever wondered how accurate that number is and what happens to the methane when they fart in their house? Check out this new paper led by Dr Abbey Yatsko for all the answers: doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

🧪🌾VACANCY - Postdoc in fungal ecology & modelling🧬 This 2-year postdoc focuses on mycorrhizal fungal biogeography using large-scale metabarcoding data and species distribution models.🌍 Join the group of @frewecologist.bsky.social and work with us @umeaplantsciencecentre.se! 📅 Apply by 30 April

New paper out in Ecological Solutions and Evidence on the use of lasers in tropical forest restoration Thanks to the Wild Country Environmental Fund and Rainforest Rescue for supporting the work besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Reminder: open call for Associate Editors for @britishecologicalsociety.org journals closes 23 Feb. Come join us at @jappliedecology.bsky.social or choose your favourite BES journal to apply for. Please share! www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...

New postdoctoral fellowship opportunity! Please pass along. Excited to announce the launch of the Tom Lovejoy Fellowship Program at the University of Arizona for innovative research to protect species, sustain ecosystems, and promote a thriving planet lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/lovejoy-fell... 🧪🌐🌾

🪵 Diameter drives short-term biomass gains, but long-term carbon storage hinges on wood density, especially in humid forests. To improve accuracy, biomass models should account for radial wood density variation and climate ☁️ 🔎 Find out more: buff.ly/kZFoh9B

Postdoctoral researcher in Aotearoa New Zealand - remote sensing and fuel moisture modelling. careers.sciencenewzealand.org/jobdetails?a...

We are looking for a new postdoc to join a collaborative team at Indiana University. We are working to reduce bias in estimates of forest carbon uptake at local to global scales. Deadline for best consideration is November 15, 2025. More details below! indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/30636

On Oct 24 @ 7pm ET, Cary scientist Amy Zanne, in conversation with Cary President Josh Ginsberg, will bring guests into the rich and often unseen world of dead trees. For more information + to register: caryinstitute.org/events

Are you researching the conservation, ecology or taxonomy of soil & litter invertebrates? Submit your paper to this Special Issue of NZ Journal of Zoology, edited by me, @carlosbarreto.bsky.social & @barnesecodiv.bsky.social! More info: www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/nzjz-so... #SoilBiodiversity 🧪

After several years studying grasses and forbs in Yellowstone National Park in the US, researchers have formally documented the power of bison as nature’s own fertilizing agents. cen.acs.org/environment/... #chemsky 🧪

Great PhD Opportunity based at UNSW Sydney to do work in Australia's beautiful aridlands. Studying all things from bugs to mammals that live out there. Opportunity to learn transferable skills such as remote sensing and DNA metabarcoding. Contact Mike Letnic: [email protected] if interested.

🌎 My first paper is out in @globalchangebio.bsky.social ! We propose the Interaction Opportunists Hypothesis: changes in biotic interactions may drive species downhill, equatorward, or to shallower waters under #ClimateChange. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #RangeShifts #Ecology

A long-term experiment highlights the potency of top-down forcing in African savannas, suggesting impressive robustness to drought, and underscoring the value of multi-decadal experiments for disentangling interactions among multiple drivers of ecosystem dynamics. 🌍 buff.ly/7dVuVQS

Thrilled to announce our webinar series: 🌱📈 Quantifying Ecology 📈🌱 We are collaborating with our SIG friends to bring you quantitative methods in different ecological contexts. Kicking off with Dr @jamesaorr.bsky.social and @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social on 5th August. More details to come!

Come join us here at Monash. Supportive research and teaching environment. Fantastic colleagues. Inclusive. A great place to work. And Melbourne, Australia, is a wonderful place to live…

Andrew Barnes @barnesecodiv.bsky.social will present our next seminar: "Deciphering the Multitrophic Consequences of Biodiversity Change Through an Energetic Lens" Join us online Thursday 26th June 1pm AEST! Sign up to our mailing list to receive the zoom link forms.gle/24Y557Cjeu6w...

Termites and dinosaurs once roamed together, now only termites are left! Amazing little creatures which have been around forever

Don't know what you are looking for? 🔍 We made something ✨ #Shiny ✨ using biodiversity data from {galah} to create location taxon lists for naturalists 🦉🦋🍄🐌🌳 @thebeachcomber.bsky.social @willcornwell.bsky.social @hsauquet.bsky.social

Congratulations to @jradford-smith.bsky.social for making the cover of @ecography.bsky.social with his stunning photo of subtropical #rainforest at Mt Glorious, less than an hour from Brisbane in beautiful Queensland (1 of 2).

The biggest "meta-analysis" ever? - 17 million effect sizes - elifesciences.org/articles/95857 With wonderful @coreytcallaghan.bsky.social and Will Cornwell We question the abundance-occupancy relationships using ebird data - we find ~ zero correlation

🌱New study reveals functional traits e.g. wood density & leaf mass fraction shape plant growth rates, with these relationships changing as plants mature. Growth isn't a fixed trait–it evolves with age! @lilydun.bsky.social @ianjwright.bsky.social🧪🌍 🔍Article: buff.ly/f0vnEFV 🗞️Blog: buff.ly/nY1TorB

New paper out! After the 2019-2020 #fires in Australia our team undertook #IUCN Red List assessments of fire affected #plant species, to handle the volume we undertook paired rapid and full assessments and compared their accuracy 1/4 doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

Check out our new study looking at the recovery of termites' and fungis' role as deadwood decomposers! We found that termites did not recover their full decomposer roles after 12 years of rainforest recovery. Should we transplant termite mounds into regenerating rainforests?? doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Hey y'all! I have a few ecology honours projects available in Sydney starting either in Spring 2025 or Autumn 2026. Project details available at: zoexiro.com/research/ Please share widely 🌼

I’m thrilled to finally share our new dataset paper-years in the making! This has been an incredible rewarding project, and it was a true pleasure to work with such an amazing team of researchers. Huge thanks to supported by @idiv for the support www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I’m back in the beautiful Bunya Mountains, this time with @lilydun.bsky.social on the lookout for amazing #trees to capture with #lidar. The stylish ☂️ keeps your 2010 iPad dry @bapswijas.bsky.social 😭😭😭

The idea for this seminar series is the product of a conversation at the @ecolsocaus.bsky.social conference. We were inspired by great online seminars like the @iite-ecotheory.bsky.social and @theobiophysics.bsky.social but wanted to have something in our time zone. Now the idea has come to life 🤩

New research shows how important ecosystem engineers (termites!) are affected by fire management 🔥 🧪 By changing vegetation structure, fire influences habitat resources available to termites, & in turn, termite abundance & activity in the landscape 🐜 🌏 🔗

'Implications of varroa mite establishment for Australian plants and their persistence' by @tomlebreton.bsky.social, Amy-Marie Gilpin, @saltandbrine.bsky.social & @markooiecol.bsky.social Published #OpenAccess in @ausjbotany.bsky.social: www.publish.csiro.au/BT/BT24020 #AusJBotany

The next exciting instalment from @jradford-smith.bsky.social on how climate filters rainforest tree strategies in the Australian subtropics. Now available in early view at @ecography.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/ecog...

The #biosphere is changing: Check our global mapping of ecological novelty in wild #ecosystems (due to #climatechange, #defaunation & floristic disruption) - just out in @natureecoevo.bsky.social ♨️🐘🌿🌐 Big thx to @mattkerr.bsky.social for the huge effort! #novelecosystems #invasivespecies #megafauna

New paper! How does age affect plant trait-growth relationship? Does how you measure growth matter? 🌱📏Big thank you to @ianjwright.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to lead this when I was just a research assistant. doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Varroa mite arriving in Australia has been a big worry for agriculture and bee keeping but it will also result in a massive decline in feral honeybee populations. This will affect many native plant species visited by honeybees, our new paper aimed to understand what those effects might be 1/5

Western Sydney University PhD scholarship round is now open [Australian & New Zealand citizens|residents only] If you are interested in doing a PhD on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, fungal ecology & related topics then get in touch with me. www.westernsydney.edu.au/schools/grs/...

James Cook University has advertised a position for an Associate Professor of Ecosystem Processes Research. Please find full details here: careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/associa...

Post-Doc position for 3 years available jointly between University of Tartu (Estonia) and University of Aarhus (Denmark) on soil microbiome and biogeography. Skills required: bioinformatics, metagenome analysis, microbiology Contact: [email protected]

🆕 Our #LatestIssue is online now! 📚 https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14698137/2024/245/6 🌱 Genomic secrets of invasive #plants 🌱 Pot vs field #experiment trade-offs 🌱 Centromere #diversity: impact on plant karyotypes & reproduction Read more 👇🧵

Back in Australia's arid zone, setting up a wood decay experiment in Calperum TERN SuperSite! Seeing all these kangaroos hopping around reminded me the value of my PhD research on understanding trickle-down effects of kangaroo overgrazing on ecosystem functions! #arid rb.gy/q29wj0 and rb.gy/d2momx

Hi all! I am hiring a molecular technician to join the Microbial Ecology and Soil Science lab at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. Please apply and share widely :) www.caryinstitute.org/about/career...

This is a part of their “professors are the enemy” bullshit, but the cost of these freezes will extend well beyond them. Their students working there, the patients in clinical trials, the businesses who supply these labs, and down the line regular people who reap the benefit will all feel it too.

We applied 22,500m2 of woody debris to overgrazed arid Australia, the first pic sums up the results pretty nicely!! It not only helped veg and soil recover but provided habitat for reptiles and mammals, details in Restoration Ecology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Spent the last few days in World Heritage-listed Lamington National Park recensusing an old forest plot with @ecologyella.bsky.social, @lilydun.bsky.social and the indomitable Bill McDonald. Pictured are two of our old-growth rainforest giants - the strangler fig and purple cherry.

New paper in @science.org ! Where and when did the #multiyear-droughts occur around the world? Have they become more prevailing? We identified over 10,000 such events and found that they have been increasingly occupying the terrestrial land. (1/6) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ado4245

New research! Authors examine camera trapping trends in Australia, finding strong taxonomic, geographic, and analytical biases, but also new ways to meet big conservation objectives. Great stuff! Glad to play a very small part. Congrats Tom and WildObs! ⚡️ www.researchgate.net/publication/...

We’re taking a leisurely drive (bakery tour) through the South Burnett looking for termites in “dry rainforests”. @bapswijas.bsky.social is our fearless leader. First stop, Yarraman (actually the first stop was Blackbutt Bakery). With @jradford-smith.bsky.social and my old mate Josh Tooth.

📰Published📰 How soil animal activities help in transforming organic matter https://buff.ly/4gKllIV 🧪🌍

Check out our new study led by Abbey Yatsko, we made the most of a fire break clearing to look at the inside of trees on Cape York! We show that termites love to munch on the inside of trees and their largest influence on hollowing is in the bottom of trees! #carbon #termites