Brilliant day this week on the Tropical East Asian Savanna Network workshop- out on Salisbury Crags with the Global Grassy Group practicing ground layer data collection and loving the #grasses! @s-eshelman.bsky.social @wieczor.bsky.social @naomibschwartz.bsky.social @royalsoced.bsky.social

The first Tropical East Asian Savanna Symposium, funded by @royalsoced.bsky.social, will be 24 June @thebotanics.bsky.social. Free! Come along, or apply to present! 200 word abstracts welcome for talks (15/30min), deadline 30 May. Email for info / abstract submissions. @edinburghuni.bsky.social 🌐🌏

Can't get over the past two weeks in Kruger - met many fantastic savanna scientists, caught up with colleagues, did really exciting fieldwork, saw a leopard for the first time... Maybe I'd just skip getting robbed by baboons 🙃

Fantastic FunkyBio presentations from @anyacourtenay.bsky.social @wieczor.bsky.social @adamdevenish.bsky.social @s-eshelman.bsky.social @jess-rickenback.bsky.social at the Savanna Science Network Meeting. Thanks to SANParks for always hosting a brilliantly collegiate conference. Till 2026!

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"Tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas matter for biodiversity protection, and the future of this planet relies on these ecosystems to the same extent it relies on forests."

🌾 Global Grassy Group update 🐂

We have taught the science & methods of functional traits using #OpenScience on 7 courses (so far) to ~180 different students from 86 institutions & 30 countries. One of the most rewarding efforts I have been a part of. #PFTC alumni? ping @hilaryrosed.bsky.social to be added go.bsky.app/4T8pBZr

Excited to see everyone posting about science (again)! Short intro: I'm an ecologist/biogeographer fascinated by biodiversity & dynamics of open ecosystems—and a bit of a data science nerd. I'm currently doing a PhD at Edinburgh on herbaceous diversity patterns in African grasslands and savannas 🌾🔥

Some field observations and a lovely poem by @tanayanair.bsky.social reflecting our time collecting plants and microclimate data in a beautiful miombo mosaic 🌱🌦🌾