In Mediterranean ecosystems, fire-sensitive species live in rocky areas, not because they prefer them, but because they are fire refugia. Yet, sometimes fire is intense enough to get there, reducing the population size Juniperus phoenicea, E Spain #IFSegorbe 馃И馃實馃敟馃馃尡馃崄馃尦馃 #plantsci wildfire
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The new APG V has just been published @journalsysevo.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... An updated classification of Angiosperms It includes a poster! www.tudelft.nl/en/hortus-bo... 馃И馃尭馃尦馃尡馃崄馃尡馃尨馃尵馃尶 #plantsci botany #plantbiology
馃崄 馃寧 馃寪 Greenhouse visit for lab meeting! 馃尡 MS student Jenna Meyer is investigating how seed banks vary along elevational gradients across the temperate-to-boreal forest ecotone in the northeastern U.S. Unexpected bonus: many bryophytes are emerging from the samples, inspiring a new side project!
Just Published 馃摪Pre-fire forest type as an integrated indicator of long-term post-fire aboveground biomass recovery in boreal forests馃崄 鉁掞笍Diao et al. University of Guelph 馃敆https://ow.ly/xjL550ZVBf3 馃摲Fig. 2. Workflow used to track biomass trajectory #Forestry #Wildfire #FireRecovery
Does El Ni帽o offer a sneak preview of future climate for tropical forests? Well, yes. Our new study shows that heat & drought during 23-24 El Ni帽o will likely be new normal for many tropical forests. A worrisome preview. #tropicalforests #elnino 馃崄馃寪 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
馃崄馃寪This October, the WSL will be attending #COP-CBD 17 in #Yerevan for the first time. There, they will contribute scientific expertise to international decision-making processes and represent the SDC鈥檚 FORACCA project on reforestation and climate adaptation. Read more: www.wsl.ch/en/news/wsl-...
Pinus yunnanensis is becoming a model for studying fire ecology questions, as it has 3 varieties with contrasting flammability and fire strategies Dai et al. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... See also: doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... 馃И馃實馃敟馃尦馃馃崄馃敟
Join us next week on October 13th for a webinar by Sam Ward (Ohio State University). This talk will cover the different ways non-native forest insects move between continents and what is being done to prevent future invasions. Register here: www.emeraldashborer.info/eab-u #Entomology #Ecology 馃寧馃И馃崄
Me acaba de llegar la versi贸n en espa帽ol del libro sobre el Piroceno, la Era del Fuego, de @sjpyne.bsky.social Informaci贸n y venta: www.pepitas.net/libro/piroceno Gracias @pepitaseditorial.bsky.social y @biblioteca451.bsky.social 馃實馃敟馃尦馃敟馃崄馃摎馃挋
Join us on October 6th for a webinar by Mary Mason (USDA Forest Service). This webinar will include an update on the breeding program for #EmeraldAshBorer resistance in North American ash trees. Register here: www.emeraldashborer.info/eab-u #InvasiveSpecies #Entomology 馃寧馃И馃崄
LAST CHANCE to submit your abstract for the #RLASSymposium 2027! You have until 23:00 TODAY to submit your abstract to present at this symposium on #LandscapeScale projects. Submit ASAP: bit.ly/488EYcd 馃崄馃審 & share this with someone. @britishecologicalsociety.org #RLASPartnership
馃帀馃 New timber tracing project funded!! 馃馃帀 Very pleased with new funding for research on origin verification of tropical timber. We will combine novel radar satellite imagery with state-of-the-art timber #forensics measurements and predictive #geostatistical models. #illegaltrade #RADD #EUDR 馃崄馃寪
馃崄Please welcome Heather Whalen Smith, an MPS student in Ecological Restoration! After a career in academic libraries, Heather brings experience in conservation, land-use planning, & environmental review, & she helped with our research on forested wetlands affected by emerald ash borer this summer.
Successful 馃崄 poplar sampling in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia! 馃尡馃嚥馃嚦 by @burenjargal-2025.bsky.social, Douglas L. Godbold and @borisrewald.bsky.social. Their fieldwork compares poplar root-associated microbiomes with surrounding grasslands, helping to 馃Иexplore how trees alter soil functioning ..
Some "fire lilies" are now flowering in the area burned 2 months ago: Leucojum valentinum & Narcissus obsoletus (Amaryllidaceae). As you can see, they are hysteranthous (ie, produce flowers before their leaves). #IFValldUix贸 馃И馃實馃敟馃尡馃崄馃馃尶 #PlantSci botany wildfire
There are 2 days left to submit your abstract for the #RLASSymposium 2027 where the focus will be on the design of evaluation programmes for outcomes & impact. If you have a #LandscapeScale project, we want to hear from you. Submit TODAY: https://bit.ly/488EYcd 馃審馃崄 @britishecologicalsociety.org
Fire-driven maternal effects! Seeds from burned plants were heavier & germinate faster than seeds from unburned ones esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... By @gegunde.bsky.social @calacastellanos.bsky.social #Ecology @esajournals.bsky.social @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social 馃И馃實馃敟馃馃尡馃崄
When visiting burned areas, you understand how cooking originated ... That is, humans evolved in fire-prone ecosystems academic.oup.com/bioscience/a... Chamaerops humilis, Eastern Spain 馃И馃實馃敟馃崄 #IFVallDUix贸 #IFVallDUixo wildfires
Just Published 馃摪Modelling individual tree diameter growth based on airborne laser scanning data 馃崄 鉁掞笍J盲盲skel盲inen et al. It盲-Suomen yliopisto / University of Eastern Finland 馃敆https://ow.ly/TMoP50ZOPJ2 馃摲Fig 2: Examples of accurate and inaccurate segmentation #Forestry #RemoteSensing