🌳 Our research in Nature Communications! Converting coniferous to broad-leaved forests in Europe could cut summer hot extremes by up to 1 °C — boosting climate effectiveness. Read more 👇 🔗https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-64580-y #ForestNavigator #ClimateScience #Forestry #NatureComms

Great new paper led by @knowlton.bsky.social with @ttkeller.bsky.social and @rupertseidl.bsky.social (and me!) Still so much to learn from #Yellowstone about #fire, #forests & #climatechange. #NSFfunded #JFSPfunded

Mortality from fire & wind is increasing in Europe's forests, but what about biotic disturbances? A new, massive dataset compiled by @thlasny.bsky.social and many local experts shows a mixed picture: While wood borers increase strongly, defoliator activity generally decreases doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

Great to see the results of our massive biodiversity assessment at Berchtesgaden Natl. Park pour in! Cool insights on patterns & drivers of multidiversity! #1 Macro- and microclimate interactively shape species diversity of multiple taxa in mountain landscapes by L. Geres. doi.org/10.1002/ecog...

Globalization has accelerated the spread of mosquito species that transmit human diseases. An analysis in Nature Communications shows that 45 disease-vector mosquito species have been introduced to non-native regions worldwide. go.nature.com/4hn6ogW 🧪

Congratulations @julieedtree.bsky.social on this cutting-edge research, out today #AGUpubs! High-resolution tree-ring data are dramatically improving our ability to estimate past climate. We’re now much closer to accurately tracking temperature changes—both today and across history!

📣So happy to share the PhorEau model, combining models of forest dynamics, plant water relations, and process-based SDM = linking ecophysiology, ecology & biogeography 🌳📈💻 gmd.copernicus.org/articles/18/... ➡️ from Tanguy Postic's PhD, with many perspectives to simulate forests under CC

Please pass along, I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study phys ecology, macroecology, biodiversity - spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested🧪🌐🌾

As droughts become longer and more intense, their toll on ecosystems could be far greater than we thought. Our new paper in @science.org shows how prolonged & extreme droughts cause dramatic, cumulative losses in ecosystem productivity across the globe www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Happy to announce a short perspective piece as part of a SynCom @helmholtz.de working group. Discussing the breadth of biodiversity indicators, we encourage to differentiate better between multidimensional diagnosis, leading steering & actionable management indicators dx.doi.org/10.1002/2688... 🧪

Paper out in Ecology Letters! We - incl. @westobymark.bsky.social @biogeokreft.bsky.social and others - show that traits are linked to species’ colonisation and extinction probabilities on #islands — with direct implications for species persistence and the Equilibrium Theory of Island #Biogeography

🌿 CSR strategies reflect species' habitat preferences for stress and disturbance, as well as whole-plant traits, offering support for Grime’s hypothesis and highlighting its significance to understanding plant adaptation in the Anthropocene🌲 Read here: buff.ly/yFDdpAZ

A very fascinating and detailed study on estimating Site Index using mobile laser scanning and deep learning, along with an excellent discussion on the challenges ahead. 🍁 🌳🔥 🌐 #ForestEcology Thanks to @mariamoan.bsky.social and @hansoleorka.bsky.social and co-authors. @skogrover.bsky.social

Pine plantations burn more severely & recover more slowly than other vegetation types. This is observed using the forest map (L) or the forest inventory (R), Spain besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... jgpausas.blogs.uv.es/2025/10/16/p... 🧪🌎🔥🍁🌳🔥 wildfire @jappliedecology.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

An article about a former lab tech in my lab, Kim Ballare, in the new NYTimes "Lost Science" series about impacts of federal cuts. Thanks to @carlzimmer.com for doing this! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/s...

Rarely do I get to see seminars that truly inspire—but this one hit all the high notes! Thanks for visiting us!

Thrilled our #AREES review on #Disturbance #Interactions is out! #ClimateChange = MAJOR DISRUPTER, but not how you’d expect 👀 #NewFramework: #CC effects on interactions🧪🌐🍁🌱 HUGE🙏4 legendary efforts: @rupertseidl.bsky.social @brian-j-harvey.bsky.social @julieedtree.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3p97ztr5

Plants cool the land through evapotranspiration, but green foliage can absorb more heat than lighter surfaces, causing warming. A study finds that in the northern hemisphere, cooling outweighs warming until the end of the growing season. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs

🥁New paper from Northeastern Mtn🏔️ Network❗️The patterns of herbivory & resource utilization vary along elevational gradients & affect tree seedling 🌱 survival, thus shaping species range shifts. @sunyesf.bsky.social @sunyofficial.bsky.social @appmtnclub.bsky.social doi.org/10.1007/s100...

In case you feel lazy & do not want to read the whole paper, I added a bit more context on the key findings of our recent paper investigating 🌸 time shifts across 11 ⛰️ ranges in 🇨🇳🌏🌐

Happy to have contributed to this nice study just published in #GCB on plants' phenological shifts across China's subtropical mountains: we used data from herbarium specimens to generate time series of flowering time at the species level & infer phenological shifts 🌺🌸💮🏵🌎🌐🍁🍂 shorturl.at/26dwH

Local Adaptation Drives Leaf Thermoregulation in Tropical Rainforest Trees 🔗 buff.ly/1b3WfmT @kalimiddleby.bsky.social @ecolsocaus.bsky.social @jcuofficial.bsky.social

New in #ProcB - From policy to practice: Progress towards #data- and #code-sharing in ecology and evolution @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social @eivimeycook.bsky.social tell us more in our blog royalsociety.org/blog/2025/09...

When It Gets Too Hot, Insects Move Too: New Study on Thermal Preferences Summary & Analysis by Patrick Stillson of "Thermal preference plasticity in ectotherms: Integrating temperature affinity and thermoregulation precision" by Deconninck et al. amnat.org/an/newpapers...

Unpopular opinion? #Ecologists should use #specification #charts instead of relying solely on #AIC in their analyses. It builds confidence & #transparency & it's straightforward to implement! 🧪🌐🍁🌱 See our #newpaper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... Replication code: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

New paper by Garret Meigs and friends: "Big trees burning: Divergent wildfire effects on large trees in open- vs closed-canopy forests" From my read, one of the key take home messages is that dense forests, even if large trees are present, are still burning with a lot of high-severity effects🧪🌎🔥

Our new #TreeDivNet paper led by Hernán Serrano-León is out in @globalchangebio.bsky.social! Using data from 9 forest diversity experiments across Europe, we showed that tree diversity effects on tree growth responses strengthened during consecutive drought years dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

One in six species on Earth experienced extraordinarily high temperatures across more than 25% of their range in 2024--the hottest year on record. For most, this was the second year of extreme heat, likely compounding risks. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Super awesome new paper in #MEE describing #causal #detection of shifts in #biodiversity! So many great insights here—a must read for those interested in #causalinference And love Fig 3! Congrats team! @lsantinieco.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/2041...

Climate change increasingly alters the interactions between forest disturbances. Here we present a framework for quantifying dist. interactions and compile evidence for their impacts. Led by @dudney-joan.bsky.social with @brian-j-harvey.bsky.social & @julieedtree.bsky.social doi.org/10.1146/annu...

Please consider completing a short & anonymous survey regarding my @ucanr.edu weather & climate communication activities! I’m collecting basic demographic information to help ensure that we’re reaching a broad and representative audience of Californians.

For the AM #Causal #Ecology crowd in the western hemisphere (or PM elsewhere), if you're into causal data analysis, check out the slack @lauradee.bsky.social and I have set up! DM me for the link to join. Already some fun conversations from some absolute rockstars! 🌍

🌎Northern temperate forest tree species at their northern limit in the boreal-temperate ecotone respond individualistically rather than as assemblages to Holocene climate change.🌲 Paper: buff.ly/4XvQESf Blog: buff.ly/tsntpKH

This Review, published in Nature, utilises an abrupt change framework, focusing on evidence for the system behaviours that are indicative of emerging regime shifts and tipping dynamics in the Antarctic environment. go.nature.com/45H0bqS 🧪

An impressive study! Congrats to the authors on this important work!

Multiple ecology faculty positions at @notredame.bsky.social. Apply at apply.interfolio.com/171650. (1/2). 🌎🌐🧪

Are you looking for a PhD position and want to spend your summers in the Rocky Mountains? My lab @cudenverclas.bsky.social is looking for 1 PhD student to work on a NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts in Colorado! 🧪🌍🐙 Apply by Nov 1! Details here docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Several small reserves hold more beetle, spider and bird species than a single large reserve of the same size in Central Europe, with habitat heterogeneity being an important driver. First PhD paper by Anne Huber (not on Bsky), w/ @sebseibold.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

Really excited to share our new paper on #causalinference & #climatechange attribution out in #EcologyLetters today! Are you asking "how much" or "if" climate change has impacted your system, then this paper is for you! 🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Thunderstorms are a major — and growing — threat to tropical trees, reports a new analysis in Ecology Letters led by Cary’s @evangora.bsky.social. Insights are critical to guiding decisions about forest restoration and conservation www.caryinstitute.org/news-insight...

The High Seas Treaty is poised to be ratified, creating a legal instrument for protected areas in the high seas. We see a crucial role for "Collective Science" to provide robust biodiversity data and to help inform protection of this vast 3D space. Read more in Ecology Letters: tinyurl.com/33637jax

Build a culture of research integrity. From the paper: " If the definitions of success are not changed and the expectations are not moderated, early" ... "Team members may receive signals that prioritise and reward success (getting the “right” result) over method (well-designed experiment)."

Hey #ESA2025 #Baltimore! I'm seeking a #PhDstudent interested in #ForestEcology to join my lab, fall 2026. More here: www.landscapesofchangelab.com/join-us DM me if you'd like to chat in person. Would love to connect and learn about your interests. Non-traditional backgrounds welcome! 🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿🔥

Yes, many tropical trees have annual rings! Great to contribute to this global synthesis led by @pieterzuidema.bsky.social, indicating stronger droughts w climate change may shift observed more resilient responses toward more widespread decreases in productivity www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪🌾🌐

Wading through #highseverityfire shrub patches all day has its perks when it's in #Yosemite!!! @olross.bsky.social is pushing boundaries in the field and in her research designs! #womeninwilderness #thisladyisbadass 🍁🌱🧪🌍

Fieldwork this past weekend with the AMAZING @olross.bsky.social and Dervla Meegan-Kumar in the Cleveland National Forest. NSF-funded, I’m using tree-ring width to reconstruct atmospheric river variability in Southern California, which will help us better prepare for future storms in the region.

I had a wonderful time learning all about @julieedtree.bsky.social amazing project this past weekend!

Teaching a field-based class is a great way to discuss current challenges of forest management with students! Also a wonderful opportunity to connect with and learn from practitioners!