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Andrew Hacket-Pain
@andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social
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Forest & tree ecology, woodlands, tree seeds and regeneration, the phenomenon of masting. New interest in wild (& rewilded) woodland. First love = tree rings, soulmate = tree seeds
Uni of Liverpool, UK
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/people/andrew-hacket-pain .. more

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Katie Field @katiefield4.bsky.social · 2d
🌿🍄‍🟫🌱🍄We’re recruiting!!🌿🍄‍🟫🌱🍄

I’m looking for two postdocs and a technician to join my group @sheffielduni.bsky.social @sheffieldpps.bsky.social to work with me on my exciting @royalsociety.org Faraday Discovery Fellowship project, details for each post as follows:

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Rich Boothroyd @rjboothroyd.bsky.social · 6d
🌎 Funded PhD Opportunity | @acce-dla.bsky.social

**The carbon drain: quantifying carbon removal from peatlands and forests by rivers in the Peruvian Amazon**

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Andrew Hacket-Pain @andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social · 7d
Link doesn't seem to work, please use this: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
ACCE+ DLA Programme: Forest responses to extremes - how does drought affect tree seed production? at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - ACCE+ DLA Programme: Forest responses to extremes - how does drought affect tree seed production? at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com

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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · 7d
Interested in peatlands and biogeochemistry? Like fieldwork? Then come and do a PhD at @livunigeog.bsky.social
supervised by me, @rchiverrell.bsky.social, Jenny Williamson (@ukceh.bsky.social eh.bsky.social) + Dewi Davies (@nationaltrust.org.uk ltrust.org.uk) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Andrew Hacket-Pain @andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social · 7d
Based in Liverpool, UK with me & @belenfadrique.bsky.social. You'll also be registered at Kew & spend time working there during your PhD.

International applicants *very welcome* & eligible for funding.

Tips & advice on applying via the @acce-dla.bsky.social
link above. Contact me with questions!

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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 7d
a century of glaciers melting 🧪🌐

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Woodland Trust Scotland @wtscotsocial.bsky.social · 10d
Can you help restore Scotland's precious temperate rainforest by
🥬Raising the profile of ancient woodland?
🥬Managing partner relationships & projects?
🥬Providing advice to landowners & managers?
This really is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference.
Apply 👉 buff.ly/VyWT9BL
Green graphic with yellow leaf border and a Woodland Trust Scotland logo. It reads. 'Job Opportunity. Outreach Adviser Scotland's rainforest. Closes 16 Nov 2025.'

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Kevin Watts @watts-km.bsky.social · 10d
🚨PhD opportunity🚨Come and work with us & Stirling Uni to understand the role of woodland creation 🌳in nature recovery 🌺🦋

iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Understanding the ecological interplay between tree planting and natural processes to create future forests
iapetus.ac.uk

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Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 11d
Mortality from fire & wind is increasing in Europe's forests, but what about biotic disturbances? A new, massive dataset compiled by @thlasny.bsky.social and many local experts shows a mixed picture: While wood borers increase strongly, defoliator activity generally decreases doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 21d
Please pass along, I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study phys ecology, macroecology, biodiversity - spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested🧪🌐🌾

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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 21d
Interested in a PhD in ornithology? Funding available for projects at the interface of ecology, behaviour & evolution from Oct '26 working on long-term population studies of tits at Wytham, based in @biology.ox.ac.uk in the new Life & Mind Building in Oxford
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Examples of some recent papers from graduate students in my group - a full list of recent papers and preprints can be found here (https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&user=pTdxVdIAAAAJ) and profile of the group here: https://egioxford.web.ox.ac.uk/members The annual Wytham Field Team Photo! Celebrating a successful field season with great food & good company - May 2025 Front view of the Life & Mind Building, which opened in Oct 2025: The new home of Biology at Oxford

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CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · 21d
The CIRES prestigious Visiting Fellows Program invites scientists to join the thriving community of researchers at @colorado.edu and @noaa.gov laboratories. Applications opened TODAY, and will be accepted through January 1, 2026. Learn more here: buff.ly/gg7HNXe
Sunrise on flat but almost vertical mountains making them red with fall colored foliage in the foreground.

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Valentin Journé @valentinjourne.bsky.social · 22d
Happy to share our last study published in @natcomms.nature.com

We asked

Can the weather tell trees when it’ is time to reproduce?

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Picture of Japanese pine

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SAOCousins @saocousins.bsky.social · 25d
New paper out 🥳
Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

@stockholm-uni.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...
www.science.org

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Andrew Hacket-Pain @andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social · 29d
Why are there so many acorns in the UK this year? Oaks everywhere seem to have been laden with acorns. Nice to quoted when the BBC investigated!
There are lots of chestnuts too, and beech seeds in some places but not others. Happy squirrels and jays this year! 🐿🌰🌳
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The National Trust explains why there are so many acorns this year
A National Trust gardener said the volume of acorns was
www.bbc.co.uk

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Ecological Continuity Trust (ECT) @ect-uk.bsky.social · Oct 1
#LadyParkWood which borders #England & #Wales is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

@andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social from @liverpooluni.bsky.social, & John Healey from @bangoruniversity.bsky.social are looking at #woodland development bit.ly/LadyParkWood 🌏
Text: LTE Site of the Week- Lady Park Wood, Wales/ England. Photo of a forest with little sunlight reaching the floor. Text: Running since 1944. Andrew Hacket-Pain, Liverpool University, John Healey, Bangor University. Icons for woodland and grazing.

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British Birds @britishbirds.bsky.social · Sep 27
Ticks are more likely to carry the bacteria that cause Lyme disease in areas where Common Pheasants Phasianus colchicus are released, according to new research.

Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...
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Prof. Vigdis Vandvik @vvandvik.bsky.social · Aug 28
Come work with us!

Fully funded #PhD position in global change ecology - working in a cross-disciplinary cohort of 8 PhD students studying mountains in transition. 🧪🌐🏔️ @btwnthefjords-uib.bsky.social @cesam-uib.bsky.social

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhD Research Fellow in global change ecology (285493) | University of Bergen
Job title: PhD Research Fellow in global change ecology (285493), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Wednesday, October 1, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no

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International Union of Forest Research Organizations - IUFRO @iufro.bsky.social · Aug 28
#job at The Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, SLU: Associate Senior Lecturer in conservation ecology, to improve the understanding of impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services resulting from alternative forest management strategies.

Closing 15 September 2025

www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

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Michal Bogdziewicz @micbog.bsky.social · Aug 19
🚨 Postdoc opening 🚨
Join us at Forest Biology Center (Poznań, Poland) to study forest ecology under climate change.

2-year contract (extendable), start Jan 2026 (flexible). Apply by Sept 30, 2025.

🔗 forestbiologycenter.amu.edu.pl/our-team/joi...
Forest Biology Center - Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland
Centrum Biologii Lasu Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
forestbiologycenter.amu.edu.pl

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Ecological Continuity Trust (ECT) @ect-uk.bsky.social · Jul 25
We have a new #blog:

@andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social wrote a blog on the handover of Lady Park Wood (Wales/ England) from George Peterken to a new academic team at @bangoruniversity.bsky.social & @liverpooluni.bsky.social.

Read it here: bit.ly/4eoChUS

#Woodland #LongTermExperiment #LTE 🌎
Lady Park Wood Handover — ECOLOGICAL CONTINUITY TRUST -
Andrew Hacket-Pain (Liverpool University) writes about the handover of the Lady Park Wood long-term experiment.
bit.ly

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Kate Parr @funkyant.bsky.social · Apr 28
Postdoc alert! Looking for someone to join our new savanna zoogeochemistry project with @ymalhi.bsky.social and Mark Robertson. Please circulate widely! Contact me if interested. #ecosystemecology #largemammalherbivores #termites

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Andrew Hacket-Pain @andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social · Jun 30
In the Netherlands this week, and a big crop of acorns on the way here too

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Andrew Hacket-Pain @andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social · Jun 21
Happy #solstice! Today, beech trees start to decide whether to produce bumper seed crops next year, or to skip reproduction next year. It is a marker for growth and phenology processes. @micbog.bsky.social talked to The Guardian about how it works:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Why the summer solstice is a ‘celestial starting gun’ for trees
Research shows longest day is a cue for beeches to launch their growth strategies
www.theguardian.com

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Andrew Hacket-Pain @andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social · Jun 21
Leg 2/8 of slow travel from NW England to Poznan, Poland. 36 hours with time to read papers and enjoy the views. And a stopover in Köln, with a visit to the Cathedral. All on time so far...

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · Jun 21
By 3,000 BC everywhere in England that trees could grow was covered, sometimes called the ‘wildwood’

As Nature intended

The introduction of agriculture about 3,000 BC started the steady reduction until 1900 AD it was 5%

Currently the figure has increased to 10%

1 of 3
Graph of woodland cover in England since 1,000 AD

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Andrew Hacket-Pain @andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social · Jun 20
With @micbog.bsky.social @foestjessie.bsky.social and many other great colleagues across Europe

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Andrew Hacket-Pain @andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social · Jun 20
Tomorrow is the #SummerSolstice, which is a special day for beech trees too! We are installing experiments to test how the #solstice helps synchronise masting. Colleagues up ladders in trees across Europe doing this! Science explained in @uk.theconversation.com: theconversation.com/could-trees-...

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Vincent Gauci @gaucigauci.bsky.social · Jun 19
My perspective “Tree methane exchange in a changing world” is now out in @natrevearthenviron.nature.com rdcu.be/erF4j

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National Trust Research @researchnt.bsky.social · Jun 18
📢We're recruiting for four new roles to support the @renewbiodiversity.bsky.social project!

Are you a PhD graduate hoping to solve the real-world challenges of biodiversity renewal? ➡️3 Postdoctoral Research Fellow posts now open careers.nationaltrust.org.uk/OA_HTML/a/#/...

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