We relaunch our seminar series!
Jordi Martinez-Vilalta will talk on the
‘Limits and opportunities in predicting drought-induced forest mortality’
24 March 2026 at 15:00 UTC
www.tree-mortality.net/seminars/
The future of Europe’s forest disturbance regimes– a thread.
Tl, dr: Disturbances from wildfire, bark beetles & wind will continue to increase in the coming decades. Under unabated climate change disturbances could more than double by 2100.
New paper out in @science.org doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Big effort, exciting results - our paper on the constraints of thermal limits in tropical insects is now out in @nature.com! 🦋🐝🪰🪲🦗
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social
@biologie-uniwue.bsky.social
@uni-wuerzburg.de
Large-scale patterns of tropical forest embolism resistance mapped across space and angiosperm phylogeny.
Combining measurements across the Amazon with 100s of floristic samples, Julia Tavares & colleagues report remarkable variation in vulnerability to drought.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Great to see that the National Soil Map will finally be made open data! www.cranfield.ac.uk/press/news-2...
This is a crucial dataset that was generated under public contract, but remained proprietary for far too long. I've called for its release since 2016! - www.owenboswarva.com/blog/post-so...
Logo illustration for the 48th New Phytologist Symposium: Forest interactions. Two trees are connected by fungal hyphae with fruiting bodies visible above ground. Soil fauna are visible below ground. Insects and macrofauna including a hare and birds can be seen above ground. A satellite can be seen in the sky.
Explore plant interactions in forests from micro- to macro-scales, across the whole spectrum of plant biology.
Submit your abstract for the 48th New Phytologist Symposium: Forest interactions by 20 May!
📅 13–16 October 2026
📍 Leysin, Switzerland
#PlantScience
www.newphytologist.org/events/48-nps
In Central Europe, forest management shapes post-disturbance recovery mostly through what’s left behind (disturbance legacies 🪵🌱) than impacting forest growth rates 📈
+ Set-aside forests regrow canopy height as fast as managed forests
New paper out in ForEcolMngt 🌳 doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...
#oneforjournalclub
Gran bel lavoro, bravo Lorenzo!
Can we jointly pursue climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation in European forests?
Only promoting deadwood rather than living carbon stocks!
Not much support for win-win afforestation policies.
Read our brand new article led by #LorenzoBalducci:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Excited about a new paper led by @gcerullo.bsky.social showing that edge effects on marbled murrelets amplify under poor ocean conditions. The management implication is to reduce edge amount by spatially concentrating logging: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Conceptual model of the expected role of dryland mechanisms along a climatic gradient from cool and moist towards hot and dry conditions, and their relevance for climate-smart forestry.
Ecophysiology for climate-smart forest management
#TansleyReview by Gessler et al. @wslresearch.bsky.social @arthurobuntspecht.bsky.social @annekempel.bsky.social @josegruenzweig.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#plantscience
Don't miss this one 👇 and the Global Wood Density Database v2, doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Group of seven stand in front of meteorological station at UKCEH Wallingford, plus text detailing 2026 summer student internship information
📣 2026 Student Summer Internships are OPEN for applications!
We’re recruiting SEVEN interns across our National Capability programmes at our Bangor, Lancaster & Wallingford sites.
Superb opportunity for hands-on experience in environmental science & applied research.
Details ⬇️
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So proud! Our brilliant PhD student Camille Sicangco's new paper just out in @newphyt.bsky.social : Testing stomatal optimisation models at high temperatures nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
48th New Phytologist Symposium:
Explore plant interactions in forest environments at all levels from micro- to macro-scales and across the whole spectrum of plant biology.
13 October 2026 - 16 October 2026
Leysin, Switzerland
www.newphytologist.org/events/48-np...
Dwarf Mongoose - by Shannon Wild
5 days, 5 reasons to apply for a Lectureship @bristolbiosci.bsky.social (Day 2):
Behavioural & Sensory Ecology & Responding to Anthropogenic Change
Theme includes animal senses, underpinning behavioural theory & mitigating human impacts
www.bristol.ac.uk/biology/rese...
Job: tinyurl.com/3ebphy34
We have opened two positions for PhD students at GLEL: csee-scee.ca/job/two-phd-... please share widely! Note that the positions are unfortunately not open to international applicants (only Canadian students are eligible).
🚨Paper alert🚨
Very happy to see our paper published in @science.org #ScienceAdv.
Very greatful to have worked with such a great team @duncanobrien.bsky.social #tomJohnson @robinfreeman.bsky.social #ValentinaMarconi #LouiseMcRae @expecocons.bsky.social
👇Check the main findings below!
Excited this new paper is out in Science Advances 📄✨ I think the results are important:
To tackle vertebrate declines which are often driven by interacting threats—🦠 disease, 🐍 invasives, 🧪 pollution, 🌡️ climate, multi-threat, systems-level conservation is key 🌍
#Ecology #conservation
🚨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...
We are recruiting three new lecturers!
Read on if you'd like to bring your passion for biology to @bristolbiosci.bsky.social at @bristoluni.bsky.social and join our team of ambitious, creative, inclusive and collaborative researcher–educators:
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
One for journal club? 😁
How much temperate rainforest could there be in the UK and Ireland, and where? Despite campaigns calling for restoration in both countries, these questions have been difficult to answer. In our new paper we assess the evidence base 🌏🧪🌐🌳🌲 1/9
I always knew I was fringe ...
Central Europe has seen unprecedented forest disturbances recently, but how are forests recovering? We surveyed disturbance hotspots in 10 countries 3-5 years after disturbance, finding ample tree regeneration and no signs of forest loss (median 4750 stems/ha), but... 1/2 doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
Are you a community ecologist interested in fire ecology? Come join our group! Postdoc position for project FEVER, that aims to understand how fire affects biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and biogeochemical cycles in Mediterranean forests @umramap.bsky.social.
You won't want to miss this! Keep your calendars free and hopefully see you in Switzerland in October 🌳🍁🌐🧪
Save the date!
48th New Phytologist Symposium: Forest interactions
📅 13–16 October 2026
📍 Leysin, Switzerland
www.newphytologist.org/events/48-nps
#PlantScience
New paper alert🔔My last PhD chapter is published📣
Our new study explains how the ratio of sapwood to leaf area🌿varies with hydraulic traits and climate on a global scale. Our theoretical model can capture almost 60% of trait variation.
Stay tuned! Blog is on the way
