Zhu et al. Volatile‐Mediated Plant Defense Networks: Field Evidence for Isoprene as a Short‐Distance Immune Signal onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Dynamic meta-analysis tools promise transparency by letting users explore evidence by species, region or outcome — but each filter is a new test. My new post argues that without safeguards, transparency can become multiplicity. 🔗 drmattg.github.io/Uncertain_Ec...

Crimped Gill fungus (Plicatura crispa) on a birch log

Autumn in Windsor Great Park

Had to draw a cartoon for this fascinating finding! Defensive fungal symbiosis on insect hindlegs: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #SymbioSky

Green islands on beech leaves with Stigmella tityrella mines and galls caused by Hartigiola annulipes

I have a PhD opportunity with @juliakoricheva.bsky.social at @rhulbiology.bsky.social and @rbgkew.bsky.social to research the effect of forest diversification on understory forage provision for pollinators in an experimental mixed forest in Finland. www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/eff... please share

🚨Application deadline has been extended to 1 December 2025! 🔗 www.slu.se/en/about-slu... #ForestScience #ForestResearch #entomology

Humans perceive but animals don’t: pitfalls in using plasticine models for assessing biotic interactions buff.ly/7hcLYXx | #ProcB #Ecology

Green pathways to mental health: relationships between treescapes and well-being and distress @peopleandnature.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

📣 Excited to advertise a new @treesdla.bsky.social CASE PhD project exploring the effects of forest diversity on soil fauna with ecoacoustics. Supervised by me, @evolecollab.bsky.social and Carlos Abrahams @soilacoustics.bsky.social. Apply by December 17th! 🌳🌲🐜🎧🎤 www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/nov...

Love @royalholloway.bsky.social campus! Short walk around my office building provided sufficient material to demonstrate green islands phenmenon at today's lectures on herbivory simonleather.wordpress.com/tag/green-is...

Another nice output from TreE_PlaNat project @uktreescapes.bsky.social: a video on integrating natural processes into woodland creation has just been released www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0N2...

New OA publication from TreE_PlaNat project @uktreescapes.bsky.social in Ecological Solutions and Evidence: Creating woodland through natural processes: Current understanding and knowledge gaps in Great Britain besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

That was great fun!

This is so cool!

📰Published📰Plant chemistry diversity drives insect community patterns🐛 buff.ly/xgAEO7I 🧪🌍

📢 Our meta-analysis examining effects of experimental inoculation of plants with soil rhizobacteria on insect herbivores is now online. 📜Inoculated plants reduce insect fitness and alter host-choice behaviours, promising effects also on recruiting natural enemies. ✔️ Open access at bit.ly/49cMX8v

PhD applications are now open @treesdla.bsky.social for 2026 intake. Have a look at a project on effects of forest diversity on floral reward production for pollinators that we advertise with @philstevenson.bsky.social. Do apply/get in touch if you are interested! www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/eff...

📢 PhD opportunity! 📢 Join me, @ejduncan.bsky.social, Tom Sloan + the wider #GairWood team to investigate climate-resilient woodlands in the UK 🌳 with @yes-dtn.bsky.social @earthandenvleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social

New research from #RSOS: Harnessing meta-analyses' insights in ecology and evolution research buff.ly/KgahjlP | #Ecology #Evolution #ImpactFactor

Shaggy ink cap aka lawyer's wig (Coprinus comatus) spotted yesterday at Glyndebourne

New biology: stink bugs inoculate their eggs with a fungus that protects them from parasitoids www.sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagaz...

Heinen et al. Variation in artificial light at night (ALAN) affects ecosystem functions: An experimental approach using plasticine caterpillar predation in an urban environment www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🪰🌺Fly pollinator foraging in boreal forests is shaped by climate, forest structure and flower resources vist.ly/4ap62 #CanopyOpenness #ClimateChange #ClimaticRefugia #ConvolutionalNeuralNetwork #DeepLearning #Diptera #ForestComposition #PollinatorConservation #YOLOv5

📰Published📰Plant-insect interactions are shaped by plant diversity and the history of plants and soil🌱 buff.ly/QZsolZQ 🧪🌍

🎵 The woods are alive with amazing fungi 🍄‍🟫 #WildWebsWednesday

⏳ Submit your abstract by 14 Nov! Join the Resilient Landscapes and Seas Symposium to share your research and experience on tackling biodiversity loss & climate change through collaboration at scale 📅 10–11 Feb 📍 Edinburgh 👉 https://www.ecologicalcontinuitytrust.org/rlas-call-for-submissions

🌳 Tree and understory herb diversity both boost ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) across spatial scales in temperate forests. Our study highlights the overlooked role of forest understories in sustaining key ecosystem services 🌲 📖 Read the full article:https://buff.ly/ldncbtt

Wolf's milk (Lycogala epidendrum) #SlimeMoldSunday

👂How multisensory nature exposure affects well-being: Visual and auditory influences on affect ➡️ buff.ly/CNJkUUN

🚨 Just one week left until our conference kicks off! Join us for unconferences, workshops, and hackathons. Register now at sortee.org/upcoming #SORTEE2025

I just finished an exciting full year collecting data for my PhD and I wrote a quick blog post on @jappliedecology.bsky.social about why it matters🌍 @britishecologicalsociety.org appliedecologistsblog.com/2025/10/07/f...

We're looking for a Research Highlights Editor! Research Highlights are short commentary papers that contextualise the latest research within the wider field 🌍 This role could be a great fit for an ECR looking to take the next steps into editing ✍️🧪 Apply here: bit.ly/4o0bTV8

📰Published📰Different herbivores, different outcomes: how animals influence leaf breakdown 🍃 buff.ly/Dn1oyug 🧪🌍

Our new perspective on what TLS can (& can't) do in forest research www.nature.com/articles/s41... - led by Eduardo Maeda w lots of great colleagues including @kimcalders.bsky.social @emilyrlines.bsky.social @louiseterryn.bsky.social @benjaminbrede.bsky.social (apols for any I don;t have @ for)

Correction: turns out this is not a wild pansy but a hybrid Viola x wittrockiana, a garden escape. Thanks for pointing this out @jo-the-botanist.bsky.social and @fungiflowers.bsky.social

Lovely wild pansy (Viola tricolor) hiding from the winds next to the house wall #wildflowerhour

📢 BRITAIN'S FOREST FUTURE: RESEARCH-PRACTICE EXCHANGE 🌳 Join us for the most significant forest and woodland research, policy and practice knowledge-exchange event in 2025! 📍 Durham 📅 17 & 18 November 2025 🔗 Find out more and book your place: britainsforestfuture.zohobackstage.eu/event

Basile et al. Urban tree canopy cover over 30 % and native trees enhance bird insectivory and tree biosecurity www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #ornithology

University of Gothenburg announces a strategic professorship in biodiversity with an interdisciplinary profile academicpositions.com/ad/universit...

Delighted to see Hannah’s penultimate PhD paper come out today www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Strong evidence against the ‘warmer, sicker world’ hypothesis. Parasites 🪱🦠 and their hosts are just very variable! Another great collaboration with @juliakoricheva.bsky.social @rhulbiology.bsky.social

It's 1st week of the autumn term, so it's harvest time for field journals from @rhulbiology.bsky.social practical field ecology course. Very much looking forward to reading these and learning what observations and surveys our students have completed over the summer 🐾🐞🌿🍄‍🟫🐦🐛🦔🕸🫎🔎📈📗

🗞️New study in @globalchangebio.bsky.social 🗞️ 🌳Diversity in resource use strategies promotes productivity across a global network of tree #diversity experiments?🌲 Read our new study led by Joel Jensen together with #TreeDivNet here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Plant that mimics odour of half-eaten ants to attract pollinators discovered

Very proud of this paper in BioScience : « Too cute to be wild: what teddy bears reveal about our disconnection from nature » 🧸 are more than toys, they shape among our first emotional connections to nature. But their design may also distort how we see wildlife ! 👉 doi.org/10.1093/bios... 🧪🦤

Interesting Open Day today at #Wakehurst @rbgkew.bsky.social focusing on science behind multifunctional landscapes with good group discussions both outdoors and indoors

Impact and insight note from TreE_PlaNat @uktreescapes.bsky.social project is out! Natural colonisation can successfully create structurally diverse woodlands and can be combined with tree planting to reduce the uncertainty of using natural processes alone www.uktreescapes.org/wp-content/u...

🏞️𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡? Our new study looked at fieldwork policies and risk assessments from 90 UK universities offering environmental science courses. The results are eye-opening: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Really cool story about long-distance pollen transport by migratory hoverflies. The actual research paper is here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...