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...

Plant Science Research Weekly -- The Shape of Adaptation: Evolution of Venation Patterns in Plants (Nature Plants) @ilainematos.bsky.social‬ @luiza-aparecido.bsky.social‬ (Summary by Elisa De Meo) buff.ly/Zvfna7N #PlantaePSRW

Droughts worldwide pushing tens of millions towards starvation, says report - “This is not a dry spell. This is a slow-moving global catastrophe, the worst I’ve ever seen” #climatecrisis Story by @fionaharvey.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Time to introduce myself! Recently, I defended my thesis titled "Patterns and Drivers of Leaf Thermoregulation in Rainforest Trees of the Australian Wet Tropics" where I focused on the role of within-species acclimation and adaptation on leaf temperature. Here’s a little summary of what went on…

Happy to share a new paper, "Effects of Hot Versus Dry Vapor Pressure Deficit on Ecosystem Carbon and Water Fluxes," led by the amazing Miriam Johnston w/ @mallorybarnes.bsky.social and others agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

🔥Can heatwaves leave a thermal leaky legacy?🔥 Check out our latest paper on gmin dynamics during and after thermal stress🍃📄 Extremely proud of my student Viviane! Special thanks to @hcochard.bsky.social @torresruizjm.bsky.social @martijnslot.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/plph...

I've wanted to write this article for years. About my and other's struggles to even survive sometime in #academia. Thank you to the amazing editors at @plosbiology.org that gave me the forum to write this piece. #science

🔬 Real-time imaging of plant "breathing"! 🌿💨 Stomata are tiny pores on the leaf surface that regulate gas exchange: CO₂ in, O₂ and H₂O out. 🍌 In this video, captured with our PHENOM microscope, you can see #stomata on a banana leaf in action, breathing in real time. #MIAtecs #Photosynthesis

Shout out to the #rstats {performance} package. Its check_model() function is super helpful for model evaluation. #statistics #STEM

New Article: "Leaf venation network evolution across clades and scales" rdcu.be/epLNP Evolution of leaf venation networks, from fewer, corrugated veins to high vein density and smoother loops. Herbivory as a potential driver of venation architectural changes.

In this just published paper we reconstructed the almost 400 million of leaf venation evolution!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Several PhD opportunities at the University of Adelaide, available for both national and international students. scholarships.adelaide.edu.au/Scholarships...

Check it out! New blog post written by my honours student Jaclyn Wilmot!! www.adelaide.edu.au/environment/...

New paper out! Here we discovered that interactions between different species leaf traits can greatly change the propensity of the vegetation to catch fire.

New paper out! Here we investigated wether leaf traits that have been extensively used to reconstruct past climates can also inform how vegetation will respond to future climate changes.

New paper out! Here we invite researchers to use better metrics to quantify drought intensity in experiments.

New paper out! Here we explain that tropical mountain grasslands and cloud forests might be both vulnerable to drought albeit for different reasons.

New paper out! Here we discuss the importance of using adequate metrics of drought intensity when conducting drought experiments.

New paper out! Here we investigate how mixing leaves of different plant species can impact the propensity of litter to catch fire. Check it out!

Linking leaf traits and litter flammability using a novel framework, tested with Brazilian Cerrado trees @funecology.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Prestigious journals make it hard for scientists who don’t speak English to get published. And we all lose out theconversation.com/prestigious-...

In our new paper in @science.org, we show that tropical forests are changing over time, but too slowly to track climate change. Our article, led by @jeaggu.bsky.social just out: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @naturerecovery.bsky.social @forestplots.bsky.social

Basic lab equipment is often really expensive. If you're a senior professor who's retiring consider finding a junior colleague and donating your kit. This beauty along with a ton of other small bits were care of my amazing phd supervisor who is shutting her lab down. 🧪

We're excited to welcome @ausjbotany.bsky.social to Bluesky! Follow along for plant science, including ecology & ecophysiology; invasive biology; conservation biology & biodiversity, forest biology, palaeobotany & biogeography, mycology & pathology, genetics, aquatic botany and much more 🌱

Tuesday Feb 11, 2025 is the 10th annual International Day of Women and Girls in Science. 👩‍🔬 🧪 ⚛️ 🔭 🎢 🍎 🥽

Hey #science BlueSky, any recommendations on books I can give to my graduate students as useful resources on how to write science papers (or how to write them better)?

"Towards a global understanding of tree mortality" in @newphyt.bsky.social It was fun and productive participating in this review by the International Tree Mortality Network nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Speaking of #booksky, I have my very own book coming out this April! It has 52 #embroidery patterns inspired by wildlife and wildflowers. From beginner to advanced I think any nature lover will find something in this book! Available for preorder anywhere books are sold, or request at your library!

📢🌶️🌿Tech-savvy with expertise in agriculture or horticulture? This is your chance to make an impact! Join Western Sydney Uni’s APPN team as Senior Technical Officer and support world-leading research in plant phenotyping across state-of-the-art facilities. Closing 8.30pm, 16 Feb. tinyurl.com/47nezhnm

There is one day left before our travel grant closes! If you are PhD student looking for funds to support your work in the ecological field, you can apply for our training and travel grant.  The application submission deadline is January 24 at 11:59 PM (GMT). Find out more here:

New Phytologist next generation scientists: a unique meeting dedicated to early career researchers in the plant sciences Apply for your chance to join us in Birmingham, UK this July. Applications close on 27 January! 👉 https://www.newphytologist.org/nextgenevents/2025 #npnextgen #PlantScience

🌍 Mega-droughts are becoming more frequent and intense globally. Our study in Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... shows that multi-year droughts have significantly increased over the last 40 years with severe impacts @wslresearch.bsky.social @wsl-dme.bsky.social @extremeswsl.bsky.social (1/7) 🧵

An interesting read in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social Extinction of experience among ecologists www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

Have a look at my research profile at the University of Adelaide (Lecturer of Botany). researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/ilai...

Time to end the vascular plant chauvinism - "Bryophytes...flourish in environments where even the hardiest vascular plant species cannot survive"...the diversity of bryophytes surpasses that of ferns, lycophytes and grasses #botany www.nature.com/articles/s41... #botany 🧪🌾

Scientists are expected to do peer reviewing but no one tells you HOW. After talking with several folks about this today at #AGU24 , it seems a good time to link to this presentation I made several years ago -- feel free to use/share! docs.google.com/presentation...

Australia's premier #conference in #ecology and #conservation is coming to #Adelaide !!!

I am pleased to annouce that I am now part of the editorial board of Australian Journal of Botany - an international journal for publication of original research in plant science. www.publish.csiro.au/bt/AbouttheJ...

Hey plant people! Did you know that @jmorganecology and I are Editors-in-Chief of the Australian Journal of Botany (pictured here looking out to AJB's bright future😊)? Come say hi at #ESAus2024 to talk paper ideas or the planned Special Issue on post-fire recovery

I am pleased to inform you that I am officially the new Lecturer of Botany at the University of Adelaide (Australia) - the future Adelaide University. I am genuinely grateful to everyone who has helped me along my academic journey. Next year will bring many news and opportunities. Stay tuned!

An important review - The ecology of plant extinctions - "Recent warm-edge extirpations demonstrate the growing impact of anthropogenic climate change & show that predictions of massive climate-driven extinctions later this century are plausible" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🌾🌎🧪🌐

2024 PUBLICATIONS RETROSPECTIVE 1. Negative allometry of leaf xylem conduit diameter and double-wall thickness: implications for implosion safety. doi.org/10.1111/nph.....

We had heard about the challenges posed by motherhood within academia, but what about the previous stage? @ecfreewoman.bsky.social & I wrote our story for @science.org on how the academic system makes it almost impossible for women to even plan for a family ❤️‍🩹: www.science.org/content/arti...

www.instagram.com/p/DCSo54ST3i... I have three photos on instagram running for a scientific photo competition. Have a look at them (link above) and leave your like!

Interested in using remote sensing to study forest recovery following fire? Well have I got the postdoc advert for you! careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51... Apply by Nov 21. Two year position based here in Adelaide, South Australia.