Spent a wonderful time in Shiretoko National Park conducting fieldwork alongside great people.

I'm looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our group in Okinawa, Japan later this year/early next year. Area of research is wide open, and creative/unconventional projects are encouraged. Together, let's make ecology less of a mess! 📈📈📈 www.oist.jp/careers/okin... DM/email any questions!

Paper published, led by Forest Isbell. We developed a new theoretical framework to predict how temporal stability and resilience emerge from the combined effects of resistance and recovery. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New paper on metacommunity dynamics out! 📃🍁 Led by Oliver Mitesser we show that habitat heterogeneity shifts communities from patch-dynamics toward mass effects and species sorting using beetles as focal taxon. 🐞😍 @betafor.bsky.social @cofeuniwue.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Many thanks to Drs. Akira Mori (@akkym.bsky.social), Shinichi Tatsumi and Xinyu Xu for the invitation to present at their Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning Symposium at the Ecological Society of Japan Annual Meeting in Kyoto. Wonderful to be part of such a great lineup of speakers! #ESJ73 #BEF

‪ 🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪

Bridging in situ experiments, metacommunity theory, and landscape-scale implementation to understand how spatial heterogeneity shapes biodiversity. doi.org/10.1111/ele....

As climate and disturbance regimes change, forest reorganization is key to maintain the forest carbon sink. Great new work led by @christinadollinger.bsky.social w/ @monicagturner.bsky.social, @akkym.bsky.social and many others. dx.doi.org/10.1029/2025...

#PostDoc Alert! PhD in #Biology or #EnvironmentalSciences? Strong background in #ForestEcology, DNA-based biodiversity assessments, #Bioinformatics, and experimental planning? Our #ForestEntomology Group offers a 2-year #PostDoc position 🌳🧬💻: apply.refline.ch/273855/1798/... #ScienceJobs #eDNA

I was in #Shiretoko NP for discussing science-driven ecosystem restoration. Many ECRs have contributed by collecting data and supporting the project. Nurturing both trees and people is essential for forest restoration, which can only be achieved through sustained long-term efforts.

It was a wonderful opportunity to explore such a beautiful protected area and to discuss our ongoing collaborations. Thanks, @sebseibold.bsky.social. This is the beauty of academia—being able to keep meeting friends through our work while contributing to science and society.

Great talk by @rupertseidl.bsky.social today at BC3 on the past, present, and future of forest disturbances in Europe and what this means for biodiversity and ecosystem services. Especially interesting to see how forest recovery is rapid in most of Europe, but not in Central and Southern Iberia.

Yippie, my paper is now out in Global Ecology and Biogeography! Basically, we tried to destroy (simulated!) forest landscapes And despite increasing disturbances 100-fold and decreasing regeneration by 99% - we didn't manage to! (in most cases anyways) Find out more at doi.org/10.1111/geb....

The latest DroughtNet paper is out in Science today! Using coordinated experiments across six continents and 74 sites, the International Drought Experiment found differences between the effects of extreme droughts and more typical droughts... (1/3) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Such an excellent paper. Climate change is indeed reshaping forests in ways that threaten the forestry sector, biodiversity, carbon storage, and ecosystem resilience. For many stakeholders, it is critically important to strengthen the quantification of these impacts and to ensure accountability.

自然と経済を動かす起業家型人材「ネイチャープレナー」を支援する団体・基金を立ち上げました。主体的な参加者から賛同者まで、広く募っています。 for-good.net/project/1002... naturepreneur.jp

All set! ✨ Würzburg is ready to welcome you to #Gfoe2025 next week! 🎉 Thanks to our amazing helper team for all their work in preparing the venue 💚🌍 @gfoesoc.bsky.social @cofeuniwue.bsky.social @globalchangeeco.bsky.social @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social

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...

Come work with us! We are looking to fill a PhD (mountain forest management) and PostDoc position (forest adaptive capacity, w/ @juditlecinadiaz.bsky.social). We'd be happy to have you as part of our dynamic team! PhD: www.lss.ls.tum.de/fileadmin/w0... PostDoc: www.lss.ls.tum.de/fileadmin/w0...

Having a great time for our continues collaborations and more. I am so fortunate to be here for visiting different study sites and meeting people. Such a beautiful place to be… for many reasons.

Learned a lot about the challenges and progress in national park management, and I admire many aspects of the approach here.

Visit to the experimental site in Berchtesgaden National Park. I am now deeply impressed by how science and practice are effectively integrated here. For sure, three must be lots of difficulties but also opportunities.

I have learned about Bavarian silvicultural systems and the challenges they are facing. Then I have realized how our systems in Japanese forests are conservative and hesitant to change/adapt…

Experimental research @betafor.bsky.social finds that canopy gaps with deadwood boost insect diversity by supporting rare phylogenetic lineages 🧪 Natural dynamics and targeted management can help conserve them and their ecosystem functions 🌳 🌏 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Looking forward to great collaborations and beautiful summer days here.

I came to a European town famous for bears the day after encountering a bear in Japan.

In a primary forest in Shiretoko National Park

知床にて、今年のフィールド調査開始。相変わらず夕陽が綺麗で報われました。

いましかできない体験を learn-project.com/pj2025summer...

東洋経済にて、記事にてご紹介頂きました。 生物多様性の保全が企業価値を左右する時代 toyokeizai.net/articles/-/8...

2025年 知床自然教室 参加者募集中です。 100m2.shiretoko.or.jp/event/1275.h... instagram.com/100m2trust/

最近出版した森林管理に関する論文、そして大船渡の山火事後の森林再生について、所見を述べさせていただきました。 www.sankei.com/article/2025...

#ESJ72 フォーラム U04 3月16日 12:15-13:45 (Room I) 生態学における学術論文出版を深く知るためのワークショップ ER forum: Workshop on Academic Publishing in Ecology Andrea Stephens, Hiroshi Tomimatsu @hrstm.bsky.social, Akira Mori @akkym.bsky.social esj.ne.jp/meeting/abst...

アンケートに回答いただいた方々はじめ、いろいろな方々に支えられた成果です。感謝致します。 森林の機能性、役割は多岐にわたります。各地域の森林管理のあり方、財源の使い方や配分、実社会の多岐にわたる側面に示唆を提示できればと思います。 www.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/news/rele...

Forests have many contributions to people. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Rainbow over the palm trees. Excited to be in Santa Barbara for a workshop—looking forward to great discussions with peers for science.

▶️GUBIC: The global urban biological invasions compendium for plants◀️ besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... A unique collection also supported by #sDiv's synthesis working group #sGubik www.idiv.de/sgubik led by @djli.bsky.social & Luke Potgieter

IPBESフラッグシップレポートへの執筆者募集 www.env.go.jp/press/press_...

知床の森林再生事業に関連して、論文公表しました。 知床の取り組み、100平方メートル運動は、寄付で支えられてきた森林再生、生物多様性の復元です。 今回見いだされたことは、この国では「多くの方々が将来世代に対して強い思いやりを抱き、長期的な環境保全と再生の価値を重視している」可能性です。 実際の生態系の保全と再生にとって、重要な知見です。 www.tuat.ac.jp/outline/disc...

Mark your calendars for the next seminar of the Intl. Tree Mortality Network @treemortality.bsky.social: On Feb 18, the wonderful @dudney-joan.bsky.social will tackle the exiting topic of disturbance interactions under climate change. More info and registration here: www.tree-mortality.net/seminars/

New paper published: ecological vs. economic perspectives in forest restoration. New insights into natural and assisted regeneration, as well as active and passive restoration; while tree planting plays a crucial role, it requires thoughtful consideration. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

後先考えずに、内容が面白そうだからという理由で査読をたくさん受けてしまった…

At the same time as this news, there have been reports that some of the major companies in sectors responsible for climate change are not only reluctant to take action but are even backing out of their commitments… www.nature.com/articles/d41...

For a long time, I had assumed that the data I provided to TRY was open. However, I learned today that this was not the case, so I have now made all the data open. To those whose data requests may have been declined without me realizing it, please feel free to use the data now. www.try-db.org

New Phytologist next generation scientists 2025 takes place on 4–7 August at the University of Birmingham! Don't miss your opportunity to join this unique meeting of early career plant scientists! Apply to attend by 27 January: www.newphytologist.org/nextgenevent... #PlantScience #npnextgen

We are recruiting two postdocs to join our Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Lab at the University of Tokyo. The topics are biodiversity monitoring and carbon dynamics in northern forests.

Journal offices are closed for holidays. But, manuscripts keep coming in (also this is not a holiday period in some regions), and authors expect the review process to move forward. As an editor, I need to find reviewers... Yet, at this time of year, reviewers tend to decline... now in a paradox...

🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 📚 The @ipbes.bsky.social #TransformativeChange Assessment Summary for Policymakers is here! ➡️ Dive into the extensive exploration of how fundamental change can halt biodiversity loss and secure just and sustainable futures for all. www.ipbes.net/transformati...

タイトルからunit of natureが明示的に示されるのか？と思いましたが・・・むしろそれは否定しており、生物多様性クレジットにおける課題と不確実性の整理が主でした。 如何にして、クレジットに伴う弊害よりも便益（生物多様性保全への実効果）が大きくなるように設計するのか？ royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...