Bee health 🐝= forest health 🌳 Today as we celebrate these small insects with massive roles, let us remember that protecting these pollinators means protecting the forests we all depend on! #BES #WorldBeeDay #Biodiversity #Pollinators @britishecologicalsociety.org  @lizzie-harper.bsky.social

New Blog Alert! Resilient forests require the full vertical structure. Our latest blog “As Above, So Below: Why Forest Understories Deserve the Spotlight” explores the role of forest understories and their implications for forestry management. Check out our latest blog here: lnkd.in/dUfZwV75

Symposium Alert 🪧: Nature-based Solutions: Who benefits, who decides, who pays? The @britishecologicalsociety.org Policy Team will be hosting a symposium on the 29th and 30th of June at the University of York. For more information, please see below: 👇 lnkd.in/ecnp_tC5 #Nbs #Restoration

#MondayCanopyReads Tree species richness drives multiple facets of bee diversity via understorey microenvironment🐝 Xie et al., 2026 | Journal of Animal Ecology Read the full paper here: doi.org/10.1111/1365... #WorldBeeDay #ForestEcology #PollinatorResearch #BESForestEcology #RestorationEcology

Mark your calendars! The BES Soil Ecology Group will be hosting a conference! Soil Ecology in Practice: September 8-10, 2026 - University of Stirling For more information please visit: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/soil...

Endangered tree species matter too! This World Endangered Species Day 2026, we are highlighting threatened tree species from across the globe and the ecological challenges they face. Which threatened tree species from your region do you think deserves greater attention in conservation and research?

Missed our Spring Newsletter?🌸🪻🌻🌷 Our BES Forest Ecology SIG Summer Newsletter is coming soon! Our newsletters are usually filled to the brim with opportunities, blogs, cutting edge research all handpicked by our forest experts! 📃 📃📃 SIGN UP HERE👇 lnkd.in/eX89aepK...

From Roots to Algorithms: Rethinking Forests in a Changing Economy See the insights from a World Forestry Day webinar by the BES Forest Ecology Group! Read the full report here 👇 lnkd.in/eiRkF25w Watch the full webinar on the BES YouTube Page 👇 lnkd.in/eS5XBQMt...

The BES Forest Ecology Group is now active in LinkedIn and Facebook! Join us wherever you are active, the conversation continues there! Connect with us👇 LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/show.../fore... Facebook: lnkd.in/ecEChx_j BlueSky: bes-forests.bsky.social

Blog post incoming! 🪸 Could you ever believe that a terrestrial forest could be displaced to the ocean? Read Rosie's new blog all about how runoff originating from the Amazon is being churned up by Atlantic currents to create what is known as the phenomena, the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt. 🐠

Check out our latest blog! 🎄 Dr. Sabrina Dookie’s latest blog, “Tree-mendous Traditions: Exploring the Role of Forests in the Holiday Celebrations”, dives into the diverse ways forests are woven into the fabric of Christmas and New Year’s festivities worldwide!

The wait is over: Our latest blog post has landed! Coastal ecosystems rely on crabs but overharvesting and habitat destruction are taking a toll 🦀 Read now and share your thoughts! #BES #CrabConservation #CoastalEcosystems #MarineLife #OceanSustainability

Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future Exciting News! Check out our latest blog by Dr. Sabrina Dookie on the role of trees and forests in preserving food sustainability for World Food Day 2025. Have a read below! #forestecology #BES #WorldFoodDay2025 #forestry #foodsustainability

Unravel the tangled roots of mangrove ecology and perceptions! Check out our latest blog by Dr. Sabrina Dookie, which dives into the common misconceptions about the fascinating world of mangrove forests and how we can overcome them for effective conservation success!

Blog alert! Irish forests urgently need to be restored, but how can forest managers ensure that management actions benefit all the ecosystem services that Irish forests provide? Owen Small introduces ForES, a new forest decision support tool that addresses this challenge: shorturl.at/vAunO

Wondering where to submit your abstract for #AGU25 @agu.org annual meeting? Consider our cross-scale "Forest Physiological and Ecological Processes from Molecules to Ecosystems" organized session (#246685)! #EcoPhys

🌳 Want to help protect the UK’s trees? Six paid internships in #forestprotection + #treehealth now open via Kew & Forest Research. Undergrad or postgrad? Based in London or Scotland? This could be for you! 🧪 Apply by 22 July (Kew) / 24 July (Forest Research) www.forestprotection.uk/vacancies-cf...

🌍 How can we manage forests in times of political and societal upheaval? 🍁🍃 Join our webinar tomorrow (Tues 15 July, 3–4 pm BST) to hear from 3 experts on forest stewardship in uncertain times. Register here: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/look... @britishecologicalsociety.org

📢 Fully funded PhD studentship for UK students is available in my lab @rhulbiology.bsky.social as part of new EU project Trees4Adapt 🌲🌳 Fieldwork in forest diversity experiments in Finland www.sataforestdiversity.org 📆 Apply by Sept 8th, start date - Jan 2026 👉 www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 🍁🌍🧪

#job at The Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, SLU: Associate Senior Lecturer in conservation ecology, to improve the understanding of impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services resulting from alternative forest management strategies. Closing 15 September 2025 www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

Thinking about contributing your time to the BES?  Here are the latest volunteering opportunities 👇

🌲 #PhD opportunity with Forest Research and @HeriotWattUni to study the role of woodland restoration in landslide hazard reduction. ⏰ Apply by 20 June 📅 Starts in September 2025 🏔️ Research location: Rest and be thankful pass 🔗 Read more and apply: ow.ly/Il3n50W3YHl

🚀 New paper led by Dr Becks Spake! We make the case for precision ecology—using big data & predictive tools to tailor conservation actions to local contexts. Can ecology learn from medicine & marketing to boost impact? We think so. Read it here: rdcu.be/eoaR4 #Conservation #Ecology #BigData

🌳 New paper out! We present an integrated framework to monitor how deadwood influences soil moisture & carbon cycling in forests. 🔑 Key for climate-resilient forest management. 📖 J Plant Nutr Soil Sci 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/jpln... #SoilScience #ForestEcology #CarbonCycle #ClimateChange #Deadwood

A new PostDoc position in our BioEO team url-shortener.me/1KHP @ecioxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk -> Quantifying interactions between climate change, forest functional diversity and fragmentation and vector borne diseases in the Amazon -> get in touch if interested ! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Size in the city: morphological differences between city and forest great tits have a genetic basis doi.org/10.1093/evle... Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Barbara M Tomotani et al.

People and Nature is seeking proposals to the Special Feature 'Forests and Care'. Submissions will be open until 22nd June - find all further information and the submission form here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

🚨The new 🧪publication by Marian Schönauer, @borisrewald.bsky.social et al. demonstrates that #ERA5-Land data is equally well suited to modelling 🍁 #tree growth as weather station data. ERA5-Land opens up possibilities for modelling and overcomes issues of data accessibility. doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...

Pastures to forests: what changes in soil carbon? 🌱🌳 In central Italy, natural succession boosts not just biomass but long-term soil carbon too. 💡 Dive into the @CZUvPraze team’s latest insights: link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿🦤 #SoilCarbon#EcosystemChange #ForestryResearch @SapienzaRoma

New in @sciencemagazine, a review on Scaling plant responses to heat (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...). Increased temperature along with acute heat waves threaten the ability of terrestrial vegetation to act as a carbon sink, but predicting how plants will respond to heat is challenging.

The #WoodlandTrust is releasing the next edition of the State of the UK's Woods & Trees. Join them for a live webinar THIS THURSDAY 12 June, 12.30-2pm (sign up here: woodlandtrust-org-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...).

How can we protect forests during societal shocks and crises? Join the Forest Ecology SIG and speakers Marta Maziarz, Jens Wieting and Rachel Plotkin on 15th July (15:00 – 16:00 BST) for a webinar in which we'll answer this question. Sign up here: tinyurl.com/3hnp3th2 Photo: Mykhailo Volkov

#Sciencejob Alert! Scientific career, experience in leading #research projects & international network? Strong expertise in #forest #ecology and/or #soil #processes and/or #tree functions? 🌳 We are looking for a new head of the forest and soil ecology research unit: apply.refline.ch/273855/1726/...

🔎👀 TropEco Lab is hiring, please share! 🚨 🌍🌴 Position: Senior Research Associate / Research Associate in Field and Molecular Ecology. 🪲🐝🦋 Task: You will use iDNA & eDNA to build bee-plant and dung beetle-mammal networks in the Brazilian Amazonia, Ghana, & Malaysia. Further details -> bit.ly/4lurR9z

Only 1 day left to apply to come and work with us at Forest Research!!🔬 🌲🌳📊👇🍁 🌲🔬Role: Data analyst 📆 Closing date: 15th April 💷 Salary: £32,089 + a 28.97% pension ⏳Duration: Fixed term May 2025 - March 2026 with the possibility of extension Apply HERE: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/about-us/car...

Forest Dieback: an emerging problem (summary of our recent symposium) biodiversityoceania.com/2025/04/11/f...

🌳 A new free Trees Outside Woodland (#TOW) map is now available, identifying lone trees, groups of trees, and small woodlands across England. This resource will: ✔️ Enhance monitoring ✔️ Inform planning ✔️ Guide canopy expansion 🔗 Explore the map: ow.ly/iVX850VutTa #TreeMapping #ForestResearch

In our latest blog post, Ying Ki Law discusses the role of forests in landslide occurrence, recurrence and recovery 🌲🌏🧪 Shortlisted for the 2024 Southwood Prize 🏆 More here 👇 appliedecologistsblog.com/2025/03/27/y...

Good to see UEA continuing its strength in conservation science with another lectureship vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/14...

📣Applications are now open for the 2025 Teacher Training Summer School! If you are a secondary teacher or FE lecturer who teaches ecology as a part of your curriculum, join us in Surrey for an ecology-packed CPD programme that will help you overcome recognised barriers to teaching ecology.

"Researchers studied the amount of carbon stored in streams in old growth forests in New Hampshire’s Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest." Thank you @vermontpublic.org for reporting on this important research happening in the Forest. 🧪

🚨 New #MEE paper! We used #YOLOv8 & smartphone 📷 from Norway’s #NFI to estimate blueberry 🍇& lingonberry 🍒 cover. First step in our #NFI_AI series, showing it's not just about spotting species but quantifying them too! Huge kudos to Pauline Müller for a ✨MSc thesis! see 👇 for resources #AI4Nature

New online! Causes and consequences of insect decline in tropical forests

Postdoc Position: Characterizing Controls on Forest Soil Properties and Carbon 🍁🧪🌎 📍 Location: UMass Amherst 🤝 Collaboration: UMass faculty + state agency decision makers 📅 Start date: May 15, 2025 (flexible) 🔗 Learn more and apply here bpb-us-e2.wpmucdn.com/websites.uma...

Forest soil carbon stock decreases for up to 30 years, with up to 23%, following clear-cutting, according to a major study from the Nordic countries and Canada. @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social @nibiolandskap.bsky.social @luke.fi @cjohannesson.bsky.social www.nina.no/english/Abou...

If you are interested how long it takes for forest soil C to recover from clear-cut, check our new paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @luke.fi @nibiolandskap.bsky.social @holisoils.bsky.social

NEW PAPER: Spatial networks reveal how forest cover decreases the spread of agricultural pests www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New paper by our PhD student Annalena Lenk in #Forest #Ecology and Management: #Climate change-induced tree mortality can promote #oak regeneration in #floodplain forests – if flood-intolerant maple species are selectively removed. #Biodiversity #Research sciencedirect.com/science/arti...