🌿My two (botanical)-cents🔍 In this forum paper, I reflect on the value of plant-identification expertise and offer a few ideas on how we can better highlight the role of botanists and their knowledge. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A new paper by Attila Lengyel explores how several invasive species-Asclepias syriaca, Solidago gigantea and Solidago canadensis impact plant communities inidivually and whether their combined effect has stronger influence. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #invasivespecies

Turning a #tree into a home: how #beetles, their associated #microbes, trees, and #fungi work together. "A comprehensive resource for new researchers while encouraging them to question established hypotheses and to explore new avenues of enquiry." #forest onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Check out our piece in @theconversation.com explaining how intraspecific trait coordination across climatic gradients helps to avoid heat stress in some (but not all) tropical tree species theconversation.com/some-tropica...

Good news for a change: Background mortality in unmanaged forests of Europe has not increased over past decades. Great work from the European Forest Reserve Initiative EuFoRIa, out in @journalofecology.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/1365...

‼️🪶The future reference for basic and applied research on #invasivespecies. 🏝️It was an honour and a pleasure to contribute to this important global study from the perspective of the tropical #Pacific #Islands. Thank you for taking me on board! #biodiversity #conservation #globalchange

Read our latest paper on the trends and statuses of #biologicalinvasions worldwide. Led by @hannoseebens.bsky.social , L Meyerson, P Pyšek and D Richardson and ~60 other coauthors, and based on Chap2 of the #IAS #IPBES Report, it has all the basic info you need! A MUST READ! doi.org/10.1111/brv....

Human connection to nature has declined 60% in 200 years, study finds

Dieter Mueller-Dombois (26 July 1925- 19 July 2022) would have turned 100 years old last week. #vegetation #ecology #Pacific #islands #conservation biodiversityoceania.com/2022/08/05/d...

Where modern multi-causal #research into #forest #decline began...

Forest dieback in 1972, Alaka´i Swamp, Kaua´i, State of Hawai´i #Pacific #islands #rainforest

Forest decline research in 1976... #forest #dieback #history

Our latest work with @colauttilab.bsky.social is out today! Always great to work with Rob, one of the best evolutionary biologists out there. We hope this work sparks some important conversations on allelopathy and reproducibility in ecological research. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#Podcast | InneHalten. NachDenken. VerÄndern. Wissenschaft weiter denken | Beiträge aus der Geographie mit Bezügen zu anderen Wissenschaften wie Philosophie/Ethik Philosophie Der neue Podcast "Innehalten. NachDenken. Verändern" beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, ob und wie die Wissenschaften zur…

An important paper considering time scales of turnover and the coupling with the climate. P.S. The detected breakpoint at the time scale of 1000 years is what Shaun Lovejoy called macroweather-climate transition (in the Holocene epoch). www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #Geology

Fieldwork in #forests and incredibly beautiful #meadows of southern #Slovenia as part of the EU Horizon project @zoe-eu.bsky.social . Fantastic support by Nataša Knap & Team (Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ljubljana) and Tea Knapič (Slovenian Museum of Natural History)!

It is a great honour to become the coordinator of the #IUFRO Task Force 57 ‘Legacy Forest Data and Related Resources’ and to work with my deputy coordinator Sheila Ward and numerous colleagues from many countries around the world to rescue, curate and disseminate legacy #forest data.

Successful mid-term meeting of our @zoe-eu project #Bratislava organised by #Slovak Academy of Sciences #SAVBA @unihannover.bsky.social #Charité Berlin

We had inspiring days of intensive fieldwork in #forests and #meadows in the region north of #Bratislava as part of the EU Horizon project @zoe-eu.bsky.social. Many thanks to Boris Klempa and the Biomedical Research Centre of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (BMC SAS) for their fantastic support!

Vulnerability of cloud forests under global change and the urgency to increase monitoring of species’ responses. 🌳 Upslope plant species shifts in Mesoamerican cloud forests driven by climate and land use change | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Museum 'dark data'! Really interesting paper. Similar problem of 'legacy data sets' in forestry - being explored with a view to rescue by group led by Sheila Ward in @iufro.bsky.social

Trees might profit from the reduced foliage area, allowing them to stabilize their #water relations in a #drying #climate: Losing half the crown hardly affects the stem growth of a xeric southern beech population - Scientific Reports

#Reassembly of a tropical #rainforest: A new #chronosequence in the #Chocó tested with the #recovery of #ree attributes Our basic article is now online, with all the information on our study design and exciting results for trees. www.reassembly.de/posts/basic-...

This big pantropical analysis led by @kofitim.bsky.social integrates tree diversity, ecology and biogeography. Combining long-term records from ForestPlots and ForestGEO, reveals that faster life-history strategies tend to drive bigger ranges and more diversity. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

ForestPlots.net connects researchers measuring tropical forests to create a shared, scientific picture of their health. This worldwide collaboration is transforming our understanding of tropical forests and their shifting dynamics and is informing policy on their protection. Visit: forestplots.net

“A truly global monitoring effort should promote fair and equitable collaborations, transferring funding to and empowering scientists from less wealthy regions.” Proud to see this published! 🌳Many thanks to @corneliussenf.bsky.social, Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert, and Thomas Pugh for leading the paper!