Maya Zomer
@mayazomer.bsky.social
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Postdoc, UC Berkeley
@schmidtdse.bsky.social
| π₯ plants, fire, and climate
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Maya Zomer
juli g pausas
about 1 month ago
Massive experiment completed despite the
#COVID-19
disrupting it midway! By
@mayazomer.bsky.social
et al. Thank you to those who helped! Paper:
doi.org/10.1093/tree...
Blog:
dse.berkeley.edu/news/will-ri...
π§ͺππ₯π³πΏπ±π wildfire
#PlantScience
#PlantBiology
@cideinvestiga.bsky.social
@creaf.cat
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My last PhD chapter is out! πΏπ₯βοΈ Elevated COβ is unlikely to buffer drought stress for post-fire seeders in Mediterranean shrublands
doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpag006
Blog:
bit.ly/4u4ur9F
@jgpausas.bsky.social
@bmoreira.bsky.social
@cideinvestiga.bsky.social
@creaf.cat
@schmidtdse.bsky.social
about 1 month ago
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Maya Zomer
juli g pausas
about 1 month ago
Sorry, but elevated CO2 is unlikely to mitigate drought stress for Mediterranean postfire seeder shrubs!
doi.org/10.1093/tree...
#TreePhysiology
Elevated
#CO2
&
#drought
experiment by
@mayazomer.bsky.social
et al.
@cideinvestiga.bsky.social
@creaf.cat
π§ͺππ₯π³πΏπ±π wildfire
#PlantScience
#PlantBiology
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Drought response of fire-adapted Mediterranean shrubs under elevated CO2
Abstract. The first summer after fire poses a high risk of drought mortality for species that rely on postfire recruitment for their persistence in fire-pr
https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpag006
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Maya Zomer
Annals of Botany
about 1 month ago
π₯ADVANCE ACCESSπ₯: Fire-stimulated flowering enhances multiple plant fitness components
doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
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Fire-stimulated flowering enhances multiple plant fitness components
AbstractBackground and Aims. Fire is a key ecological driver shaping reproductive strategies in fire-prone ecosystems. One distinctive strategy is fire-sti
https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcag048
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Maya Zomer
Global Wildfire Collective
2 months ago
Join us April 28 for the first in a two-part series providing an in-depth review of wildfire dynamics in savanna ecosystems. Speakers:
@dramalamujer.bsky.social
Dr. Abigail Croker, Dr. Sally Archibald, Amos Chege Muthiuru and Dr. Caroline Lehmann
globalwildfirecollective.org/event/wildfi...
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Maya Zomer
Australian Journal of Botany
2 months ago
New virtual issue in AJB πΏAll Functional Trait Handbooks, from the landmark Cornelissen et al. (2003) to the latest on reproductive traits, are now collected in one place. 20+ years of protocols for measuring plant traits across species, ecosystems & continents. All free to read. π
buff.ly/zXlFjQx
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Jeremy Yoder says no war
3 months ago
Really good overview of plansΒ to help Joshua trees survive climate change, on National Geographic, with some description of a project I'd only heard rumored, which might aaaaalmost count as what we call assisted migration
www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
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The desert is getting too hot for Joshua trees. Can we just β¦ move them?
To protect the southwestβs iconic Joshua trees, scientists are tinkering with their genetics and searching for climate havens inβand sometimes outside ofβtheir existing habitat.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/joshua-trees-habitat-climate-change-drought-heat
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Maya Zomer
Imma Oliveras Menor
4 months ago
Are you a community ecologist interested in fire ecology? Come join our group! Postdoc position for project FEVER, that aims to understand how fire affects biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and biogeochemical cycles in Mediterranean forests
@umramap.bsky.social
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Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - M/F Postdoctorat projet FEVER: Fire effects on vegetation productivity and nutrient fluxes in Mediterranean ecosystems
Assurez-vous que votre profil candidat soit correctement renseignΓ© avant de postuler
https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR5120-IMMOLI-002/Default.aspx?lang=EN
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Maya Zomer
juli g pausas
4 months ago
Fire buffers drought impacts on reproduction in a resprouting shrub
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Under drought, burned plants had β¬οΈprob. of flowering, produced +flowers, set +seeds & heavier seeds, than unburned Saiz-Blanco et al
@oikosjournal.bsky.social
π§ͺππ₯πΏπͺ΄πΎπ± Anthyllis
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Maya Zomer
The International Association for Vegetation Science
4 months ago
π₯ Postdoctoral Opportunity | Fire, Seeds & the Cerrado π± The Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology (UNESP, Brazil) is offering a postdoc position to study how fire regimes and climate warming shape seed traits and germination in Cerrado species. π Learn more:
tinyurl.com/hf9yd98f
#Ecology
#Traits
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Maya Zomer
Journal of Experimental Botany
6 months ago
π₯ RESEARCH π₯ Shrub resprouting depends on pre-disturbance condition, with aridity, soil fertility & fire history as secondary drivers. Repeated disturbance reduces resprouting, & adult plants are more resilient under low water conditions - Zomer et al. π
doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience
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Journal of Experimental Botany
6 months ago
πΏπ₯ INSIGHT π₯πΏ βοΈ "Legacies of stress and altered disturbance regimes threaten shrubland resilience" - Jacobsen & Pratt comment on recent research by Zomer et al. Insight π
doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
Research π
doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience
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Maya Zomer
juli g pausas
6 months ago
CIDE busca persona interesada en solicitar beca predoc de la Generalitat Valenciana (
tinyurl.com/34jbccyr
) para trabajar en Fauna y Fuego (CIDE CSIC Valencia) π§ͺππ₯π¦
@ccbiologiquesuv.bsky.social
@uv.es
@ibe-barcelona.bsky.social
@ucciuv.bsky.social
@crueuniversidades.bsky.social
@eco-aeet.bsky.social
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Maya Zomer
juli g pausas
7 months ago
Rapid postfire color shift in a Mediterranean lizard
@jzoology.bsky.social
#Lizards
inhabiting recently burned areas display lighter coloration, as a
#thermoregulatory
response
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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#trait
#fauna
#zoology
#wildfire
#fireecology
#fire
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Maya Zomer
Schmidt DSE at UC Berkeley
7 months ago
Congrats Kristin Davis for her
#ecology
research that challenges the
#NicheConservatismHypothesis
: the theory that a species' ecological niche (conditions where individuals can survive and reproduce) remains stable over space & time. π¦ Findings:
bit.ly/3LeZyOL
#Europeanstarling
#housesparrow
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Maya Zomer
Global Wildfire Collective
7 months ago
Our Global Wildfire Collective Spatial Data Gateway is here! Intended for sharing wildfire-related data, maps, models, tools, and publications. Explore now!
globalwildfirecollective.databasin.org
#GlobalWildfireCollective
#ConsBio
#DataBasin
#FireData
#WildfireData
#Wildfire
#Fire
#FireResearch
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Happy to share that our new paper is now joined by an insight piece from Anna L Jacobsen & R Brandon Pratt giving context on Mediterranean shrub resprouting πΏπ₯
academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...
plus a blog post summarizing our article! π
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Maya Zomer
Australian Journal of Botany
11 months ago
π₯Are you investigating how plants respond to shifting fire regimes? Submit to our new Special Collectionπ± Title: "After the fires: Plant responses and resilience under shifting fire regimes" π Submit by 30 Sept 2025. π§ͺ Details π
www.publish.csiro.au/bt/content/C...
#Fire
#Botany
#Plantscience
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Maya Zomer
juli g pausas
10 months ago
Fire alters the phenotype of individual plants, potentially through epigenetic mechanisms Saiz-Blanco,
@cmhmaliani.bsky.social
et al
@journalofecology.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
π§ͺππ₯πΏπ³πΎ botany
#ecoevo
#plantbiology
traits
@cideinvestiga.bsky.social
@dicv.csic.es
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Phenotypic rebuilding after fire: Understanding withinβindividual variability in a Mediterranean shrub
This paper shows that burned resprouting individuals of Anthyllis cytisoides differed significantly in phenotype, global cytosine methylation and the relationship between floral phenotype and fitness...
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.70137
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Maya Zomer
juli g pausas
10 months ago
Resprouting paper by
@mayazomer.bsky.social
et al. now online with a temporal OA link π§ͺππ₯π³πͺ΄πΎ Anthyllis cytisoides & Globularia alypum
#PlantBiology
#SEM
#botany
academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...
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Maya Zomer
Schmidt DSE at UC Berkeley
10 months ago
π Congrats to
@lucialayr.bsky.social
on our team for publishing new research on how
#ClimateChange
and increasing disturbances, like
#wildfires
, are impacting boreal forests. Explore Lucia's findings:
bit.ly/4miqme3
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@tum.de
@anjarammig.bsky.social
g.bsky.social
@egu.eu
πΈ National Park Service
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Maya Zomer
Schmidt DSE at UC Berkeley
about 1 year ago
π We're
#Hiring
a full-time
#DataAnalyst
! Apply now & share with your networks. First review is 4/29:
bit.ly/DSE-Hiring-D...
This role will be integral to our work w/ the National Park Service. You'll analyze and prepare vegetation monitoring data and get to work with an amazing group of people!
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Maya Zomer
Schmidt DSE at UC Berkeley
about 1 year ago
π± DSE is
#Hiring
! Are you a (current or soon-to-be) postdoc with experience in
#DataScience
,
#Agroecology
,
#AgriculturalEconomics
, and/or
#AgriculturalPolicy
? Apply by 3/15:
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04804
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Maya Zomer
Martin Renou
over 1 year ago
Announcing JupyterGIS π π π Real-time collaboration for
#GIS
workflows with
#Jupyter
and
#QGIS
@qgis.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
@jupyter.org
blog.jupyter.org/real-time-co...
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Real-time collaboration and collaborative editing for GIS workflows with Jupyter and QGIS
The QGIS open-source project is a cornerstone in the geosciences ecosystem, providing robust tools for spatial data analysis andβ¦
https://blog.jupyter.org/real-time-collaboration-and-collaborative-editing-for-gis-workflows-with-jupyter-and-qgis-d25dbe2832a6
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Maya Zomer
juli g pausas
over 1 year ago
A good example of a "torch" plant, sensus Bond & Midgley (1995 Oikos, Kill thy neighbour), is Anthyllis cytisoides (Fabaceae) growing in Mediterranean shrubland. Calderona Nat Park, Valencia π§ͺππ₯π³πΏ wildfire botany @plantscience
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Matt Fisher
over 1 year ago
π π πͺ I'm thrilled to announce GeoJupyter, an effort to imagine and build rewarding new user experiences for working with geospatial data in JupyterLab! π€ I hope to see you in an upcoming community meeting or in our Zulip chat (see the post for links)!
geojupyter.org/blog/2025010...
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Introducing GeoJupyter β GeoJupyter
We believe that geospatial data analysis and exploration should be free, open source, and accessible for everyone!
https://geojupyter.org/blog/20250108-introducing-geojupyter/
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Alexandra D. Syphard
over 1 year ago
Interested in SoCal and the
#wildfires
in LA? You can listen to my conversation with the wonderful Michelle Fullner
@michellefullner.bsky.social
in yesterday's Golden State Naturalist podcast (w/ many other episodes well worth the listen).
www.goldenstatenaturalist.com/fire-in-buil...
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Fire in Built Environments (Special Episode: LA Fires) with Alexandra Syphard
Join me and Dr. Alexandra Syphard as we discuss what makes some neighborhoods more fire prone than others, the Santa Ana Winds, defensible space, the massive differβ¦
https://www.goldenstatenaturalist.com/fire-in-built-environments-special-episode-la-fires-with-alexandra-syphard/
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