Freshly published paper led by @santiagotrueba.bsky.social on leaf water losses across vascular plants 🌳🔬🧪
The 50-fold variation in gmin across ecological groups was weakly related to phylogeny with evidence for convergent evolution in response to climate 🌡️💦
@newphyt.bsky.social
🌲🌳 PhD opportunity: Forest Vulnerability to Hotter Droughts
Interested in forest ecosystems, climate extremes & tree stress resilience?
🎓 Dual PhD (KIT 🇩🇪 + Melbourne 🇦🇺)
🔬 Plant Ecophysiology Lab, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 🇩🇪
🌍 +1-year research stay 🇦🇺
👉 Apply here: t1p.de/g39co
🌿🌳Our new paper, led by the brillant @alyssakullberg.bsky.social, shows that trees acclimate to warming by preserving thermoregulation. Yet, with hot droughts, higher thermotolerance cannot compensate when hydraulic stress prevents leaf cooling. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @wslresearch.bsky.social
🌲Two open postdocs positions in ecosystem fluxes with @cirad.bsky.social
The positions - one focusing on carbon allocation, the other on water use efficiency - are based in Montpellier, France. Deadline for applications is 13th April 2026.
Read more: www.icos-cp.eu/about/opport...
Job alert: We are looking for a highly motivated doctoral researcher in our CRC @ecosense-sfb-1537.bsky.social to investigate water potential dynamics and water fluxes across the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum 🌳🌲☀️🌧️ Come and join our team @chriswernerlab.bsky.social
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Schematic illustrating contrasting resource allocation strategies between CO2 assimilation and PSII heat tolerance. (A) CO2 assimilation is prioritized over PSII heat stability and (B) PSII heat stability is prioritized over CO2 assimilation. (C) Temperature response curves for CO2 assimilation and PSII quantum yield for two species exhibiting contrasting responses, as presented in Fig. 4C. The schematic highlights shifts in ATP and NADPH investment between PSII maintenance and Rubisco activation energy. The large curved arrow indicates the direction of resource allocation involving ATP, NADPH, and the energetic costs of D1 and turnover of other proteins. Red colour represents higher temperatures, whereas blue indicates lower temperatures
#Tropical #trees can't simultaneously raise photosynthetic heat optima AND PSII stability: resource trade-off! Inverse Topt, Anet-T5 link in #WesternGhats warns of #warming limits #PlantPhys #Climate #Photosynthesis #TropForRes
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New paper alert! The 2021 western North American #heatwave had widespread but variable impacts across species & ecosystems, with cascading effects on #productivity, #streamflow, & #wildfire. @baumlab.bsky.social @katiegwin.bsky.social @coleburton.bsky.social @srivastavalab.bsky.social bit.ly/3NnoEfA
Exciting position at The School of Natural Sciences at Macquarie University.
We are looking for an Associate Lecturer in Plant Ecology.
A great opportunity to teach, mentor students and contribute to plant ecology research on the Wallumattagal Campus in Sydney.
The School of Biosciences at University of Birmingham is recruiting FIVE Assistant/Associate Profs in areas including fungal biology, plant science and bioengineering. Full details below 🍄🌾🧬🧫
Canopy Microclimate and Leaf Traits Shape Interspecies Variation in Photosynthetic Temperature Responses of Evergreen Tropical Trees in the Congo Basin
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🚨3 Lectureships in Biology 🚨
Come join us in Bristol @bristolbiosci.bsky.social!
We are looking for new collegues working across a broad spectum of topics in biology, including ecology & environmental change. Get in touch if you have Qs!
Apply here by 8 March: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Uppsala in late autumn
Join us at the Evolutionary Biology Centre at Uppsala University. We’re searching for an Assistant Professor in Biology. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
Great postdoc opportunity in Sweden!! With the one and only David Wardle 🧪🌐
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We are hiring a postdoctoral researcher!🌲 🌳 🌍
📍Interested in boreal and temperate forest productivity and respiration?
💻 Like to work with large datasets, remote sensing and models?
🏔️ Love an alpine setting in a small town?
Come and join us at KIT!
Application details: t1p.de/qctj7
Apply for this fully funded PhD studentship in Tropical mountain forest ecology! Join us at University of Liverpool to carry out research on plant range shifts in the cloud forests. With: @fdraper.bsky.social @funkyant.bsky.social @jhomeier.bsky.social. Applications due Jan 21. tinyurl.com/23ary845
Interested in plant-insect herbivores interactions and how temperature shapes their dynamics? Then check out our newly published paper in @newphyt.bsky.social based on my Msc thesis! 🪲🐛🌱🌡
Huge thanks, Thomas, for bringing this study to publication and to all co-authors for the great work!
🌳PhD Opportunity in plant ecophysiology🌡️ Join EPFL (Switzerland) for fully-funded 4yr PhD on tree responses to air drought and heat. Climate chamber + long-term experiments to uncover physiological thresholds under climate change. www.epfl.ch/labs/perl/pe...
PhD Opportunity in Plant Ecophysiology – Adelaide University We are looking for an PhD candidate to join an exciting research project focused on understanding heat and drought combined impacts on threatened plants’ mortality. Key Objectives: Describe drought sensitivity in juvenile and mature individuals of threatened plant species. Disentangle the effects of elevated temperature, soil dryness, and atmospheric water demand on the sensitivity of threatened species to hotter droughts. Model threatened species’ risk of mortality under current and future hotter droughts. Eligibility: Australians and international applicants with a completed Master's degree (GPA > 5.0) and/or a completed 4-year Bachelor with Honours (GPA > 5.0) in Plant Biology or related areas; Proof of English proficiency (e.g. IELTS score > 6.5 or equivalent qualification), only for applicants who speak English as a second language. Strong analytical and programming skills in R or Python. Genuine interest in studying plants with previous experience in plant ecology and/or physiology. Effective writing skills; a passion for reading, writing, and continually improving as a communicator. Ability to drive in Australia is desirable but not essential. Start Date: April 2026 (negotiable) Duration: 3.5 years Benefits: PhD scholarship (tax-exempt stipend of $36,500 AUD p.a. + $3,000 AUD p.a. top up); Higher stipend rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates ($ 53,608 p.a.); Relocation allowances for both domestic and international candidates; Single Overseas Student Health cover for international applicants. 100% tuition fee waiver. How to Apply: Email the following documents to ilaine.matos@adelaide.edu.au before the 15th of February 2026. Women and people underrepresented in research are encouraged to apply. 1-page cover letter explaining why you are interested in this position and your previous experiences relevant for this opportunity. Curriculum Vitae in the Adelaide University format.
✨ PhD opportunity studying drought and heatwave effects on threatened plants ✨🔥
Funded by an ARC DECRA awarded to the amazing Dr Ilaíne Matos and co-supervised by Dr Sami Rifai and me!
Limited by the character limit here, so please see the attached flyer for all the details - please share widely!
Application Process Image Woman behind a podium presenting. Jessie Golding, BBCS postdoc, presenting at ICCB 2025. Apply to become a Lovejoy Fellow by submitting your resume, cover letter, and contact information for three references through the University of Arizona Talent Portal (link upcoming) by the first review date of January 30, 2026. Your cover letter should: Identify 1-2 Lovejoy BBCS faculty you would be interested in working with and explain the primary research directions you would want to pursue in collaboration with this faculty member. You are strongly encouraged to reach out to faculty before submitting your application. Describe your experience with or interest in inter- or transdisciplinary research. Explain how this experience will positively impact your career trajectory.
New postdoctoral fellowship opportunity! Please pass along. Excited to announce the launch of the Tom Lovejoy Fellowship Program at the University of Arizona for innovative research to protect species, sustain ecosystems, and promote a thriving planet lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/lovejoy-fell... 🧪🌐🌾
🚨Only 5 days left to apply for this PhD position with exciting fieldwork ! 🌳
Seedling growing in the forest
University of Birmingham, UK, are advertising a permanant position (Assistant or Associate Professor) in *Forests under Global Change*. A wide net has been cast - ecology, physiology, modelling, remote sensing, functioning, biodiversity, management... 🌲🌱🌳🌳🦌🌳🛰️🐿️🌲🔬🌳
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPS459/a...
Congrats @kalimiddleby.bsky.social on this exciting paper showing local adaptation to warm temperatures in some tropical trees - and to coauthors @drrebeccajordan.bsky.social @martinbreed.bsky.social @awcheesman.bsky.social @mrossettorecer.bsky.social @dcrayn.bsky.social
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Global change research in the observational era
Leuzinger and Medlyn
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Check out our new paper! @brodersenlab.bsky.social
POSTDOC OPPORTUNITY: Come join us at ForestGEO, based in the Smithsonian, to study tropical forest mortality!
Very pleased to be part of this super cool new paper led by William Hagan Brown in @globalchangebio.bsky.social looking at the impact of elevated CO2 on canopy temperatures in an oak woodland at the BIFor-FACE experiment
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🌿 New PhD position 🌿
Looking at the effects of experimental warming and elevated CO2 on leaf thermoregulation and ecophysiology at the 3 FACE experiments in UK, Brazil and Australia! 🌡️
Start in March 2026 - deadline to apply December 15th: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
New paper led by @bposch.bsky.social out in @newphyt.bsky.social . We reviewed evidence, mechanisms, and consequences of high temperature acclimation of leaf heat tolerance: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
PhD advert for Genomic and trait-based indicators of restoration success
Exciting PhD opportunity advertised by superstar colleague Prof. Rachael Gallagher "Genomic and trait-based indicators of restoration success" (collaboration with Botanic Gardens of Sydney). See attached image. Contact Rachael directly for more information (email in advert). Closes 30th Nov.
📢 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