New interactive global maps of 31 plant traits were prepared by Daniel Lusk, based on plant distribution data from GBIF and sPlot, plant trait data from TRY, and various satellite-based products. Map viewer: global-traits.projects.earthengine.app/view/global-... Article: doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Hotter, drier and more seasonal forests in the eastern and southern Amazon are losing species, while Northern Andean forests are accumulating species, acting as a refuge for those that are climate-displaced 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Very happy to share this new article on Andes-Amazon tree diversity change. We found that over the last 4 decades, tree richness changed differently across the Andes-Amazon regions. Thanks to the many researchers across the world who made this possible! www.nature.com/articles/s41... Keep reading!

Tree diversity is changing in the Amazon and Andes. Belen Fadrique leads our analysis in @natecoevo.nature.com w/ 400 plots + 40 years of RAINFOR records. www.nature.com/articles/s41... Hot, drier, more fragmented forests are losing species. Many in the Andes + western Amazon are gaining them.

Massive update to the Global Wood Density Database out today @newphyt.bsky.social led by the brilliant Fabian Fischer. What an amazing community resource! 🧪🍁🌐 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I am happy to share that our bilingual field guide is now published!🌳📖 It shows fruits, seeds & seedlings 🥭🌱 of 40 plant species of the Tropical Dry Forest at the Laipuna reserve, Ecuador.🌎 ➡️ doi.org/10.5678/jcfh... #Ecuador #TDF #RESPECT #FOR2730 #plantidentification #fruits #seeds #seedlings

de Aledo ( @juliagdealedo.bsky.social ) et al. (2025) Plant functional traits shape the provision of ecosystem services to Indigenous communities in western Amazonia - @peopleandnature.bsky.social 👌👌👌 doi.org/10.1002/pan3...

Open Letter by scientists to the Council: "Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”. Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025, 2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets. zenodo.org/records/1739...

We are looking forward to receiving your scientific session proposal for the 9th European Conference of Tropical Ecology – ECTE 2026 – under the theme of “Species – Ecosystems – People”. The call for sessions will stay open until 18 June 2025. 🔗 www.conftool.net/gtoe2026/

The forest space age needs eyes on the ground rdcu.be/enT5S @bzgeo.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @researchleeds.bsky.social @tropicalforesters.bsky.social @cienciatropical.bsky.social @ymalhi.bsky.social @congobasinscience.bsky.social @groundtruth.app @erikaberenguer.bsky.social

Insights Into Ecology, Evolution and Global Change Responses From Very Long-Term Studies onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... 🌐🧪🌾

Today is the time to hear this song in repeat #Arminia #WirFahrenNachBerlin youtu.be/9PVI-4myKHM?...

Liana functional trait sampling in the seasonal dry tropical forest of the Laipuna Natural Reserve in S Ecuador with great field team!🙂

The botanist Al Gentry changed tropical ecology and helped create the global science of today. This new article celebrates Gentry's unique innovations, achievements and lasting influence, more than 30 years after his untimely death. rainfor.org/wp-content/u... annals.mobot.org/index.php/an...