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Rodolfo Nobrega @rodolfonobrega.bsky.social · 7d

Do conservative leaf traits drive biomass allocation strategies that optimise root-zone water storage and help maintain transpiration under highly seasonal precipitation? Not sure we answer this in this paper, but at least we have results to start discussing it... doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

Global Assessment of Environmental and Plant‐Trait Influences on Root: Shoot Biomass Ratios

We assembled a large global dataset by combining several previous compilations to test eco-evolutionary optimality (EEO) hypotheses about how plants allocate carbon above- and below-ground (root: sho...

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Dr Scott J. Davidson @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com · 1d

We discovered that green leaf phenology varies significantly by #peatland type and vegetation community:

• Bogs reach peak greenness about 10 days later than fens.
• Vegetation type and local energy balance strongly influence #phenology

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Dr Scott J. Davidson @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com · 1d

We had:
📸 > 3700 photos collected every 1–2 weeks across 2021–2022

Across
📍27 sites and 10 countries 🇫🇮🇨🇦🇳🇴🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇦🇺🇨🇱🇸🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷🇩🇪

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Dr Scott J. Davidson @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com · 1d

🚨New Paper 🚨
The PeatPic Project: Predicting plot-scale green leaf #phenology across #peatlands

So happy to see this paper online — one of my favourite projects!

We explored how to capture how peatlands change colour using smartphones and community science!

iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

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Dr Scott J. Davidson @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com · 1d

The PeatPic Project makes peatland phenology research easier: low-cost, open, and ready to support future studies

Big thank you to all my co-authors - especially to co-lead @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social

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Avni Malhotra @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social · Sep 14

Congrats @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social! Very well deserved!

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ETH Zurich @ethz.ch · Sep 12

ETH Zurich climate scientist @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social is the first Swiss citizen to receive the prestigious German Environmental Award bestowed by the German Federal Environmental Foundation.

Congratulations for receiving this award for outstanding research!

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Great honour for ETH climate researcher Sonia Seneviratne

ETH Professor Sonia Seneviratne is the first Swiss citizen to receive the prestigious German Environmental Award bestowed by the German Federal Environmental Foundation. The climate researcher shares ...

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Avni Malhotra @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social · Aug 13

Thanks, Jordi! We tried aboveground litter too. No luck. Soil Ca has interesting trends though.

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Avni Malhotra @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social · Aug 13

@sr-weino.bsky.social @katerinageorgiou.bsky.social @aaberhe.com @billingslab.bsky.social @stuartsoil.bsky.social @mingzhenlu.bsky.social @josephtumber.bsky.social

Avni Malhotra @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social · Aug 13

We tried a range of covariates to explain the variability in forest root and soil carbon relationships but couldn’t. We conclude that while grasslands, especially at depth, may be good candidates for increasing soil carbon by increasing root carbon, forest dynamics remain elusive.

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Avni Malhotra @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social · Aug 13

We standardized the data to be able to evaluate deviations from a 1:1 line. Sites above this line suggest net accrual of fine root carbon as soil carbon. Sites below suggest net priming or other processes at play.

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Avni Malhotra @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social · Aug 13

Grasslands showed expected positive relationships between fine root and soil C. But forests were perplexing.

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Avni Malhotra @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social · Aug 13

We asked a simple question in this paper. Are fine root and soil carbon stocks related across sites? We used NEON data (root and soil data from 42 sites across the USA).

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Avni Malhotra @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social · Aug 13

It’s hard to post about papers these days but I’ll try. Better slow than never. Here’s a blog post about our recently published paper. communities.springernature.com/posts/gettin...

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Avni Malhotra @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social · Jul 18

@drbenrunkle.bsky.social

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Avni Malhotra @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social · Jul 18

A great essay from a beloved colleague! agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Reflecting on the Tenure Track From Mid‐Career

I offer advice and reflections on research, teaching, and service in a tenure-track position I provide advice for the U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER grant program I suggest ways to say ...

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Sophie von Fromm @sophievf.bsky.social · Jul 16

🚨🌍Are you attending #AGU25? Are you working on soil stabilization and change? Than this session is for you:

Soils in the Anthropocene: Cross-scale Mechanisms of Stabilization and Change (B081)

With @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social @katie-rocci.bsky.social @katerinageorgiou.bsky.social Sam Weintraub-Leff

a cat peeking out of a wooden door with the caption " getting on this meeting ?? "

ALT: a cat peeking out of a wooden door with the caption " getting on this meeting ?? "

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Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · Jul 10

Attending #AGU25 and want to talk Roots?!
Consider submitting an abstract to our session by July 30th ⏲️
🧪🌳🌎

post for session with agu banner on top, left is session title: B061 - Measuring and Modeling the Role of Roots and Belowground Processes in Biogeochemical Cycles"
Beneath is convener names: Emma Hauser
Avni Malhotra
M. Luke McCormack
S. Joseph Tumber-Dávila
and to the right is the session abstract, which can be found in the attached link

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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · Jul 4

@ INTECOL Wetlands conference, Datu Prof Lulie Melling of TROPI Sarawak giving plenary talk on research and outreach in tropical

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Fahad Ali Kazmi @kazmifa.bsky.social · Jul 1

Today, I presented a study based on GHG and related #microbiome in Réunion Island #peatland forests at the 12th #INTECOL Wetlands Conference, Tartu, #Estonia

#peatlandN2O #erc @emlabtartu.bsky.social

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Katie Rocci, PhD @katie-rocci.bsky.social · Jul 2

Really interesting paper from some great folks! Love to see us learning more about root effects on soil C!

Avni Malhotra @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social · Jul 1

Excited to see this paper out! We used NEON data to explore the relationship between fine root and soil carbon stocks. With @sr-weino.bsky.social @katerinageorgiou.bsky.social @aaberhe.com @josephtumber.bsky.social @mingzhenlu.bsky.social et al. doi.org/10.1038/s432...

Fine root and soil carbon stocks are positively related in grasslands but not in forests - Communications Earth & Environment

A positive relationship between fine root carbon and soil organic carbon stocks is well established in grasslands, particularly at greater depths, but the relationship varies across forests, based on ...

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Avni Malhotra @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social · Jul 1

Excited to see this paper out! We used NEON data to explore the relationship between fine root and soil carbon stocks. With @sr-weino.bsky.social @katerinageorgiou.bsky.social @aaberhe.com @josephtumber.bsky.social @mingzhenlu.bsky.social et al. doi.org/10.1038/s432...

Fine root and soil carbon stocks are positively related in grasslands but not in forests - Communications Earth & Environment

A positive relationship between fine root carbon and soil organic carbon stocks is well established in grasslands, particularly at greater depths, but the relationship varies across forests, based on ...

doi.org

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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · Jun 29

INTECOL Wetlands Conference officially kicked off in Tartu! A week of exciting meetings and discussions on the future of marshes, swamps and peat bogs ahead! @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social @monicapalta.bsky.social @luke.fi @mikkespenberg.bsky.social @etechlab.bsky.social #ÜloManderHappy

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Avni Malhotra @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social · Jun 18

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Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · Jun 18

Very excited to see this massive effort out that was led by Mingzhen Lu that showed widespread rooting bimodality across NEON sites 🧪🌎🌳

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A continental scale analysis reveals widespread root bimodality - Nature Communications

This study shows that many plants form a second, deeper root layer underground, enabling access to nutrient-rich deep soil. This previously unnoticed rooting pattern adds to the growing recognition th...

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