📢New paper out in Landscape Ecology! We show how wildfire effects on Mediterranean forests depend on pre-fire landscape structure and fire-severity variability. High fire severity variation reduces small/medium pre-fire patches but increases the size of larger ones! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Today, #MaraPaneghel has brightly defended her PhD entitled ‘Early post-fire regeneration dynamics of Mediterranean forests under current climate and future scenarios’ at @udl.cat. Congrats Mara for such an impressive field-based piece of work! It’s been a pleasure to share this adventure with you 🤗

En breu presentarem cada membre de l'equip que acompanyarà la M. Àngels Balsells Bailón en aquest projecte #BalsellsRectora #BalsellsUdL #UdL2025 #TreballEnEquip #UniversitatdeLleida #UdL

🌳 New Tansley Insight! What really limits tree growth—carbon source or sink? 🤔 I argue it’s not either/or but a distal → proximal continuum: from photosynthesis to transport and cell division, drivers act together to shape C allocation & growth 🌱🌍 🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.70516

New paper out in ‪@jvegsci.bsky.social‬, brilliantly led by M. Paneguel and J. Solé. This field-based study assessed the factors driving the recovery of P. halepensis communities after a large wildfire occurred in Ribera d'Ebre (NE Iberian Peninsula) in 2019. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Back from a short research stay at CATIE (Costa Rica) with DecisionES project. An amazing institute, with an impressive campus (full of nature everywhere) and teams leading interesting projects involving local communities in the definition of restoration and adaptation actions. I’d love to be back!

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...

Interesting PhD offer on Soil Ecohydrology of Agroforestry Systems in Sub-Saharian Africa with an excellent researcher and in a very nice working-environment! www.linkedin.com/posts/aida-b...

The 2024 Park Fire was the fourth largest wildfire on record in California and burned through forests that also burned in the 1990 Campbell Fire. The image shows the Iron Mountain area.

El milagro de la tierra quemada, ¿cómo se regenera un bosque después de un incendio? www.lavanguardia.com/participacio...

Un intervalo corto entre incendios recurrentes (1986 y 1995) puede provocar la transición de un pinar de Pinus halepensis hacia un matorral dominado por Salvia rosmarinus y Thymus vulgaris sorprendentemente diverso! Joncosa del Montmell, Tarragona

Large uncultivated areas near home are colonized by this thistle (Silybum marianum, if I’m not wrong), creating impenetrable yet beautiful fields that shelter many rabbit colonies! 🐰

Two inspiring days of discussions to better understand forests' adaptive capacity to disturbances! 🌳🔥🪲💨 Grateful for the inspiring group, the motivation, and the ideas we exchanged! Thanks to @dfg.de for funding and to @edfm-tum.bsky.social for being part of the journey. Excited for what's ahead! 🚀

The second paper from Ana L. Méndez’s PhD is just out. It highlights the role of fire refugia in the post-fire recovery of a non-serotinous pine, serving not only as seed sources but also as shelters that reduce the exposure of pine regeneration to abiotic stress. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

We’ve been resampling the permanent plots established by Mara Paneghel during her PhD, shortly after the Santa Coloma de Queralt fire (2021). Mara is studying how climate warming (along with other factors) is influencing post-fire vegetation dynamics in Aleppo pine forests #fieldwork #permanentplots

Thinning treatments applied to Aleppo pine stands by @diputaciobarcelona.bsky.social to reduce fire risk. In the images a control (left) and a thinned plot (right) established by @udl.cat as part of the #LIFEAdaptAleppo project.

Found yesterday a Scots pine cone serving as a substrate for a couple of mushrooms 😊 (maybe @hcochard.bsky.social can help identify the species…?)

How can we define a wildfire as extraordinarily large across regions? What constitutes a large fire event varies regionally depending on biophysical attributes and fire response. In our latest publication, we introduce a new approach using return periods to identify contextually large fires. ⬇️

Recently learned from Yaacoub Nassif’s PhD (brilliantly defended yesterday in @agroparistech.bsky.social) about the intensive use of Cedrus libani by ancient civilizations, as demonstrated by this beautiful relief showing the transport of Cedrus logs by ship, dated around 713-716 BC.

The use of low-intensity warm-appearing light sources not only reduces light pollution but also creates beautiful scenes, like this autumn snow falling and accumulating on the remaining Sorbus aucuparia fruits 😍 #Pyrenees #Llessui

New paper out in #JEMA brilliantly led by A. Ameztegui on the impact of management alternatives on multiple disturbances and service provision. Such a nice feeling to work and share co-authorship with excellent researchers and friends like Aitor, Miquel & Ale 😊 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Field trips are essential in forestry education. This week, we learned with #ETSEAFiV students about mycosilviculture, resin extraction, and Scots and Maritime pine management in Soria. Big thanks to all the professionals who hosted us for the warm welcome and insights. We’ll be back!

I really enjoyed visiting these sub-Mediterranean Pinus nigra stands located in the Catalan Pre-Pyrenees (Solsonès region). I was happy to see the forest owner as proud of his tall, straight trees as he was of the beautiful Acer opalus growing here and there adding some color to the understory.