I'm excited to announce that I've officially launched Electric Flora 🌿✨, a scientific consultancy specializing in Manuscript Rescue. I help PIs turn stalled datasets into high-impact publications through focused service purchase blocks. Read on for my consultancy vision... (1/5)

And a nice accessible write up of the paper scienmag.com/from-correla...

Calling on all forest disturbance experts: Please consider contributing to our study on global forest disturbance change, and help resolve the nuances of changing forest disturbance regimes. More details and survey here: www.lss.ls.tum.de/edfm/disturb...

ForestPaths disturbance maps now available on FISE With ForestPaths releasing the European Forest Disturbance Atlas - a dataset of annual forest disturbance maps across 38 European countries - it is also now featured on the Forest Information System f...

🌲 The European Forest Disturbance Atlas by ForestPaths is now on Forest Information Systems for Europe!

Using Landsat data (1985–2023), the maps track fires, storms, bark beetles & harvesting across 38 countries — open-source & updated annually.

🔗 Explore more: forestpaths.eu/news/forestp...

Leonardo Ziccardi’s excellent functional trait dissertation chapter out and highlighted in Funtional Ecology and MSU Ecology, Evolution and Behavior News!
eeb.msu.edu/news/study-r...

General laws of biodiversity: Climatic niches predict plant range size and ecological dominance globally | PNAS A longstanding question in ecology asks whether or not species that achieve large geographic ranges also have large climatic niche breadths. Using ...

in "General laws of biodiversity: Climatic niches predict plant range size and ecological dominance globally", we provide key insights into species’ vulnerability to environmental change and the processes that structure biodiversity at global scales.

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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New Assistant Professor Posting:
@dartmouthears.bsky.social @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social
Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry and/or Geobiology
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PhD positions: Fire resilience of Amazon forests

🔥🌳🌴 Two #PhD positions available on #fire resilience of Amazon forest! @w-u-r.bsky.social and embedded within my #ERC starting grant on past, present and future fire resilience of the Amazon. See link for info and how to apply:
www.wur.nl/nl/vacature/...

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How can we explore the future of the world's forests? Understanding the demography of their trees is key. In We took the new gen of global demographic vegetation models and held their roots to the observations. Thanks @annemarie-es.bsky.social for leading! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I'm excited about the Ecological Society's new Fakhri A. Bazzaz and Steward T.A. Pickett Mentorship Award for Enhancing Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging in Ecology. Nominate your colleagues who have been outstanding mentors! Due Nov. 13 esa.org/about/awards... @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social

Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity As droughts become longer and more intense, impacts on terrestrial primary productivity are expected to increase progressively. Yet, some ecosystems appear to acclimate to multiyear drought, with cons...

The latest DroughtNet paper is out in Science today! Using coordinated experiments across six continents and 74 sites, the International Drought Experiment found differences between the effects of extreme droughts and more typical droughts... (1/3) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Aboveground biomass in Australian tropical forests now a net carbon source - Nature A transition from carbon sink to source for the aboveground woody biomass of moist tropical Australian forests has occurred, driven by increasingly extreme climate anomalies.

Aboveground biomass in Australian tropical forests now a net carbon source

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A crucial store of carbon in Australia’s tropical forests has switched from carbon sink to carbon source The woody biomass of Australia’s tropical rainforests has already switched from carbon sink to carbon source – and the reason is climate change.

A crucial store of carbon in Australia’s tropical forests has switched from carbon sink to carbon source
theconversation.com/a-crucial-st...

Our department at UBC is hiring for a professor of forest ecophysiology, including "tree ecophysiology; plant abiotic or biotic stress physiology; forest mortality and climate change responses; forest carbon balance; tree water relations; or nutrient use." Learn more at: tinyurl.com/5da56f5c

One week to apply before reviews start for the postdoc I am offering investigating the tempo and pattern of river connections with the closure of the isthmus of Panama and its impact on river plant (Podostemaceae) migration. Genomic+fossil+geological data + fieldwork 👇

white leaves on a albino redwood sprout.

Burned and unburned bristlecone pine along a ridgeline.

Flux tower in Yellowstone National Park

A new phd student enjoying the perks of fieldwork in Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.

It's possible I will recruit a PhD student this year: If you are interested in tree physiological ecology, Bayesian modelling, carbohydrates, hydraulics, or desert/arid ecology please email with a description of your experience. Application deadline December 15. www.unlv.edu/graduatecoll... 🌏

Increasing tree size across Amazonia - Nature Plants A global research network monitoring the Amazon for 30 years reports in this study that tree size increased by 3% each decade.

Increasing tree size across Amazonia 🧪🌐 #allometry www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We mourn the passing of our Editor-in-Chief Steve Long.

His vision to establish one of the first journals dedicated to Global Change over 30 years ago was truly ahead of its time. Through GCB, researchers have demonstrated that biology and ecosystems are not simply victims of global change..

What is the cost of wildfire, windthrow and bark beetles for Europe’s forestry? We estimate that disturbances reduce Europe’s forest value by €115 bn, more than doubling to €247 bn under severe climate change. Led by @johannesmohr.bsky.social, out in @natclimate.nature.com doi.org/10.1038/s415...

He’s Spent 40 Years Studying Dead Trees—Here’s What He’s Found Forest ecologist Mark Harmon has been exhaustively examining dead logs for 40 years, and he’s found a complex world few people see

www.scientificamerican.com/article/dead...

Climate change increasingly alters the interactions between forest disturbances. Here we present a framework for quantifying dist. interactions and compile evidence for their impacts. Led by @dudney-joan.bsky.social with @brian-j-harvey.bsky.social & @julieedtree.bsky.social doi.org/10.1146/annu...

My department is hiring a Plant-Fungal Assist Prof!! As the newest #NewPI here, don't get me started on how wonderful my colleagues, how smooth my onboarding has been, how supportive the school and the department are, how nice my brand new lab is, and how convenient living in Champaign Urbana is!

Are wildfires really getting worse? A Q&A with Brian Harvey Whether you live in a rural community that grapples with annual threats of destructive wildfires or in a city that now spends part of every summer inundated with smoke, many across North America have found themselves wondering: what happened to cause su...

It's another hazy and smoky day across Washington. Hear from #wildfire scientist and professor Brian Harvey on answers to some of the most common questions about fires, including trends, how to stay safe, and common causes: https://bit.ly/45TiJpa

@uwnews.uw.edu #wawx #firefighting

Local Adaptation Drives Leaf Thermoregulation in Tropical Rainforest Trees We tested whether tropical rainforest trees adjust their leaf traits and resulting leaf temperatures across their distributions within the Australian Wet Tropics. Using field measurements from across...

Can tropical rainforest trees keep their cool? Now out in @globalchangebio.bsky.social we explored whether intraspecific variation in leaf energy balance was a result of adaptation to local climate.
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

Graphical illustration of the four key stages of edge evolution following edge creation.

We have a #Tansley review out today @newphyt.bsky.social led by Becky Banbury Morgan in which we put forward a new framework that aims to explain how and why edge effects on forest structure vary across ecosystems and through time

📜 doi.org/10.1111/nph....

We are hiring! The #PlantBio department at UIUC is looking to recruit an Assistant Professor in Plant-Fungal interactions. Application deadline is October 31st @dallingjim.bsky.social see the link below for more details:
illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Plant biology at UIUC is hiring. Plant-fungal interactions, details below:

How climate change and deforestation interact in the transformation of the Amazon rainforest - Nature Communications In this study, the distinct impacts of deforestation and global climate change on the Brazilian Amazon are quantified for the period 1985-2020. Deforestation amplifies the temperature increase and dom...

www.nature.com/articles/s41... How climate change and deforestation interact in the transformation of the Amazon rainforest: “…Over the past 35 yrs, deforestation has accounted for approximately 74% of the ~ 21 mm dry season−1 decline and 16.5% of the 2°C rise in max surface air temp.”

Integrating terrestrial and canopy laser scanning for comprehensive analysis of large old trees: Implications for single tree and biodiversity research Canopy laser scanning (CLS) enhances 3D measurements of large trees by lifting laser scanners into the canopy. Combining CLS with terrestrial laser scanning improves point cloud precision, reduces oc...

I like big trees and I cannot lie. Great bit of work by @kimcalders.bsky.social @louiseterryn.bsky.social and colleagues using innovative climbing and scanning approach. Stunning illustration of tree structural and biodiversity complexity zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Forest Age Rivals Climate to Explain Reproductive Allocation Patterns in Forest Ecosystems Globally Forest allocation of net primary productivity (NPP) to reproduction is poorly quantified globally, despite its critical role in forest regeneration and a well-supported trade-off with allocation to g...

The first chapter of my dissertation is out in Ecology Letters! We pooled data from forest sites across the globe to understand how forests differ in their carbon investment in reproduction (flowers, fruits, seeds). #ForestEcology #GlobalEcology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....