Fig. 1 Tree species coverage in the Global Wood Density Database (GWDD) v.2.

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(🧵 1/7) Beyond species means – the intraspecific contribution to global wood density variation
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The rapid expansion of green ring-necked parakeets in the UK has sparked concern among scientists and conservationists, who worry that this invasive alien species may have negative impacts on native bird populations.

Read more in The Guardian: https://ow.ly/ka7G50XWF3N

Intraspecific and intraindividual trait variability decrease with tree richness in a subtropical tree biodiversity experiment - Nature Communications In forests, trait expression is influenced by tree-tree interactions. Castro Sánchez-Bermejo et al. show how phenotypic variability of tree species decreases with tree diversity and contributes import...

In trees, intraspecific and intraindividual leaf trait variability decrease along a gradient of tree species richness and are an important part of functional diversity in forest stands,
Our new paper is already out in @natcomms.nature.com

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Massive update to the Global Wood Density Database out today @newphyt.bsky.social led by the brilliant Fabian Fischer. What an amazing community resource!
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Great PhD opportunity with an excellent supervisor:

Quantify traits of tree species across the western US to determine how tree populations and forest communities will respond to drought and fire.

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First post on Bluesky! 🌿
Excited to share our new study in Ecography, led by Maxime Lenormand: combining naturalist inventories and satellite data to map plant biodiversity.
Here’s a bioregionalization of the flora of France!
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Loss of Stomatal Regulation Sensitivity to CO2 and Reduced Xylem Hydraulic Conductivity Contribute to Long‐Term Tree Decline and Mortality

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Communiqué de presse @upjv-univ.bsky.social concernant les journées de lancement du Réseau thématique #RT #FORTRAN les 17 et 18 juin à Amiens ⬇️🌳🌲🌴💧🌡📈🔥🦅🦔🦋🦎🌱 Plusieurs disciplines seront représentées pour parler des forêts en transformation

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In response to climate change #CC, #species #shift in many dimensions, moving in space along many climatic clines, including #microclimatic ones (horizontally & vertically) & adjusting their #phenology & #behaviour in time

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Niche differentiation: why species differ? YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts

Latest video is on niche differentiation and waterfowl. Why surface feeding and diving ducks look and fly differently, why pintail look elegant, why gadwall are mean to coot, why shoveler feed together and how pochard and tufted diets differ completely. youtu.be/-Aymrp9mr4E?...

If you are a paleobotanist or botanist interested in doing a postdoc on fossil plants with me in Montpellier, I'm happy to help prepare a proposal for this year's #MSCA Postdoc Fellowship call (deadline Sept. 10).
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I am #hiring! Do you like #lidar #data and #forests? Enjoy both computational & field work?

I am hiring a Computational and Field Senior Technician to join my UKRI FLF project team for 2 yrs, based in Cambridge, UK (not remote). More details here (closing April 7th) www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50700/

Humans in Africa’s wet tropical forests 150 thousand years ago - Nature The identification of tools dated to the time of Homo sapiens associated with microfloral evidence of wet tropical forests indicates that West African forests were occupied by humans much earlier...

This is just fascinating ⬇️ Tropical forests 🌴🌴🌴🌴 were occupied by humans 150 000 years ago

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Why do we fear some animals more than others? 🕷️🐍🐊

Check out our study in @peopleandnature.bsky.social with @karlzlr.bsky.social on danger and fear in shaping human biophobia. Fear isn’t just danger—social & cultural factors matter!

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New PhD position @mncn-csic.bsky.social to work on biodiversity risk assessments, together with @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social and myself. More details here:
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Map of Amazonia showing how the functional composition of forests varies west-east across Amazonia

West-east gradient across Amazonia in fast-slow life history strategies of forests beautifully illustrated by new ATDN paper; forests are 'fast' in the west and 'slow' in the northeast of Amazonia doi.org/10.1038/s420...

Forest Productivity Decreases in Response to Recent Changes in Vegetation Structure and Climate in the Latitudinal Extremes of the European Continent Aim Climate change is driving increasingly frequent and intense extreme climatic events, pushing many forests worldwide beyond their physiological thresholds. Despite the major role played by forest...

Our newest paper led by Julián Tijerín-Triviño finds that #climatechange is slowing the productivity of European #forests: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/geb.70011

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We used 3 surveys over 15-30 years from >13,900 NFI plots in Mediterranean, temperate and boreal regions (1/5)

Module 1: Getting started with LiDAR processing for forestry and natural resources - The Jones Center at Ichauway Research Labs If you are interested in learning to use LiDAR for forestry and natural resources, this tutorial can help you get started. You will learn to view large datasets, create raster products, map trees, and...

Ready to learn how to use LiDAR for research in #forestry and natural resources using #R? This week I am releasing a 7-part series to help you get started! Share with anyone you know who wants to get started. Part 1 covers acquiring, & viewing LiDAR data! bit.ly/lidR-module1

Please RT and share! JOIN THE LAB! We are looking to recruit a motivated PhD student to study how fire shapes forest dynamics in #longleaf pine at the beautiful @thejonesctr.bsky.social with Dr. Heather Alexander Auburn University. Apps due Feb 28, 2025. www.jonesctr.org/wp-content/u...

I'm reposting my tutorials for learning #LiDAR in #R as I migrate to BlueSky! Here is Part 7of my 7-part series to help you get started! Module 7 puts everything together to learn parallel processing for large-scale analysis! t.co/VldnROjXm2

Global change refugia could shelter species from multiple threats - Nature Reviews Biodiversity Locations that are relatively insulated from the effects of climate change (so-called climate change refugia) might be similarly insulated from a range of other anthropogenic stressors. The degree of ...

Global change refugia could shelter species from multiple threats by @mrillig.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...

New in #PNAS, temp-driven increased seed production in European beech caused 28% reduction in annual tree ring increments since 2005. Important for European forests and good example using long-term data (43 yr) of how past does not predict future #forestdynamics.
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Habitats - YouTube How does each habitat function? Why does it occur where it does? How does this understanding affect conservation?

I believe that the more we understand nature, the more we can appreciate its beauty. I want to help decode the patterns of nature. Why are habitats found where they are? What makes certain species thrive? What do these ecosystems tell us about the past? Hope you enjoy. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

The #EU Deforestation & Forest Degradation Regulation is due to come into force in 2026. It will ban products made using raw materials from deforested areas on the EU market.
To this end, research needs to come up with indicators to differentiate between preserved & degraded forests.
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Promising method to obtain interaction networks for a large number of species … and this is just the beginning!

by @francoiskeck.bsky.social, Henry Broadbent and @florianaltermatt.bsky.social

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Insights from a century of data reveal global trends in ex situ living plant collections - Nature Ecology & Evolution The authors collate a meta-collection of ex situ living plant diversity held in 50 botanical collections worldwide, spanning a century of data and currently containing ~500,000 accessions. Their analy...

🌿 Botanic gardens are full!

👉 A. Cano et al. Jan. 2025
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🔑 This study analyzes a century of data, revealing how living plant collections reached peak capacity due to resource limits. With 40% of plant species at risk, it calls for upscaling botanic gardens!

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🌳One way of combating #deforestation is to define zones at particular risk. The difficult part is identifying those zones.

🗺Tropical countries now have access to a new plugin, #Deforisk, developed by @fao.org & #CIRAD, that maps risks on a national or local level 👉 lc.cx/aBFuxx
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100 years with the Lotka-Volterra equation... let's celebrate!

Persistent Effects of Landscape Context on Recruitment Dynamics During Secondary Succession of Tropical Forests In a tropical agricultural landscape, conserving strips of secondary forests along streams had a positive impact on tree recruitment in young regrowing forests. Surprisingly, this effect persisted ev...

How does landscape context influence recruitment dynamics in secondary forests? Find out in our new paper lead by Dr. van Breugel: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #AguaSalud