Rupert Seidl

@rupertseidl.bsky.social

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Professor at Technical University of Munich
Head of Research at Berchtesgaden National Park
Ecosystem Dynamics - Forest Management - Mountain Landscapes
https://www.lss.ls.tum.de/edfm | https://www.nationalpark-berchtesgaden.bayern.de .. more

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Reposted by Martin Ehbrecht

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 1d

As climate and disturbance regimes change, forest reorganization is key to maintain the forest carbon sink. Great new work led by @christinadollinger.bsky.social w/ @monicagturner.bsky.social, @akkym.bsky.social and many others. dx.doi.org/10.1029/2025...

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 4d

However, the currently present regeneration is not well adapted to expected future climate, with 75% of the currently established trees projected to be outside of their climatic niche by the end of the century. Led by @mariapotterf.bsky.social w/ contributions of 29 great colleagues! #teamwork 2/2

Reposted by Tommaso Jucker, Martin Ehbrecht, Julen Astigarraga , and 3 more Tommaso Jucker, Martin Ehbrecht, Julen Astigarraga, Ana Stritih, Christina Dollinger, Benjamin Wildermuth

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 4d

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....

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 23d

Spring drought could be more detrimental for tree regeneration than summer drought, particularly as climate warms and tree phenology shifts. Results from an experiment in walk-in climate chambers, investigting four contrasting tree species. Led by @munozmazon.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...

Reposted by Rob Marchant, Darío Martin‐Benito

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Jan 13

Gentle reminder to fill in the survey on forest disturbance change (below). We have *a lot* of great responses already (thank you!) covering all continents and biomes, but the survey will be open for a few more days! Thanks for making the time, your disturbance expertise is highly appreciated!

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Dec 9

Calling on all forest disturbance experts: Please consider contributing to our study on global forest disturbance change, and help resolve the nuances of changing forest disturbance regimes. More details and survey here: www.lss.ls.tum.de/edfm/disturb...

Reposted by Darío Martin‐Benito

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Jan 8

Patterns and drivers of post-disturbance forest recovery differ considerably across the Alps: Warmer temperatures relax thermal limitations and facilitate recovery in the C and E Alps, but inhibit recovery in the SW Alps. Led by @lisa-mandl.bsky.social et al. doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...

Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe, Mathias Disney, Stephen D. Murphy , and 3 more Katharine Hayhoe, Mathias Disney, Stephen D. Murphy, Martin Ehbrecht, Julen Astigarraga, Benjamin Wildermuth

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Jan 7

In C Europe, there is a push to align forest management more closely with natural processes, but is this "closer-to-nature" management able to sustain biodiversity and ecosystem services? Great synthesis led by @anastritih.bsky.social with input from many leading experts! doi.org/10.1007/s407...

Reposted by Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Neil Pederson, John A. Finn , and 12 more Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Neil Pederson, John A. Finn, Brian J. Harvey, Tommaso Jucker, Markus P. Eichhorn, Emilio Vilanova, Andrew Hacket‐Pain, Carly D. Ziter, Darío Martin‐Benito, Joan Dudney, Alba Anadon‐Rosell, Nezha Acil, Gerhard Schmied, Marco Patacca

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Dec 9

Reposted by Martin Ehbrecht, Benjamin Wildermuth

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Dec 4

What is the effect of increasing disturbances in C European forests on insect diversity, and how does salvage logging modulate it? We found an overall positive response for both cleared and uncleared sites, with a stronger signal for taxonomic vs phylogenetic diversity doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Dec 1

Disturbed areas are preferential habitat for red deer throughout the day, because they combine forage with safety. Great insights from combining remotely sensed disturbance data with GPS collar data in Berchtesgaden National Park, led by J. Eggers and R. Reiner, doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...

Reposted by Rupert Seidl, Tommaso Jucker

The International Tree Mortality Network @treemortality.bsky.social · Nov 25

We’re opening the doors for community meetings. Your chance to influence our next steps & get more involved in the network.

Join one of our upcoming sessions:

🗓 Dec 4 — 06:00 UTC
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🗓 Dec 4 — 18:00 UTC
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🗓 Dec 5 — 13:00 UTC
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Help guide where ITMN goes next! 🚀

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Nov 5

I wholeheartedly agree, and feel incredibly blessed and grateful to being able to do research in such a magnificent landscape!

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Nov 3

Global, multi-scale standing deadwood segmentation in centimeter-scale aerial images. Important work by J. Möhring, @cmosig.bsky.social, T. Kattenborn et al. in detecting dead trees across biomes from high resolution aerial images. doi.org/10.1016/j.op...

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Oct 31

#2: Landscape context modulates the effect of local canopy cover on forest multidiversity across elevations by T. Richter doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Thanks to @sebseibold.bsky.social and many others for their contributions, looking forward to continue our efforts to better understand biodiv change!

Reposted by Ingolf Kühn, Francis Martin, Sabina Burrascano , and 2 more Ingolf Kühn, Francis Martin, Sabina Burrascano, Joan Dudney, Benjamin Wildermuth

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Oct 31

Great to see the results of our massive biodiversity assessment at Berchtesgaden Natl. Park pour in! Cool insights on patterns & drivers of multidiversity!

#1 Macro- and microclimate interactively shape species diversity of multiple taxa in mountain landscapes by L. Geres. doi.org/10.1002/ecog...

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Oct 30

Biotic disturbances are synchronized across large spatial scales. Also, they are consistently greater under warmer and drier conditions across feeding guilds and host types, suggesting that climate change could substantially amplify biotic forest disturbances.

Reposted by Julia Koricheva, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Andrew Hacket‐Pain , and 3 more Julia Koricheva, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Andrew Hacket‐Pain, Joan Dudney, Julen Astigarraga, Benjamin Wildermuth

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Oct 30

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....

Reposted by Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Rupert Seidl, Brian J. Harvey , and 1 more Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Rupert Seidl, Brian J. Harvey, Joan Dudney

Monica G. Turner @monicagturner.bsky.social · Oct 28

Great new paper led by @knowlton.bsky.social with @ttkeller.bsky.social and @rupertseidl.bsky.social (and me!) Still so much to learn from #Yellowstone about #fire, #forests & #climatechange. #NSFfunded #JFSPfunded

ESA Journals @esajournals.bsky.social · Oct 28

🆕 in Ecosphere's "Vegetation Ecology" track: A hot & dry future may shake up Yellowstone forests—think fewer spruce, more fire-tolerant neighbors

📄Simulated postfire tree regeneration suggests reorganization of Greater Yellowstone forests during the 21st century
doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...

Conceptual figure of postfire reorganization pathways and photo representations of pre- versus postfire differences in stand structure and composition.

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Oct 28

Great to be visiting the Basque Centre for Climate Change in beautiful Bilbao this week! Thanks @philmartin.bsky.social for having me, and for showing me around! I particularly enjoyed visiting really exciting experiments, e.g. on European beech recovery at the temperate-mediterranean ecotone!

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Oct 22

How do changes in disturbance and regeneration interact to affect widely different temperate forest ecosystems? New insights from a simulation experiment on forest change, led by @christinadollinger.bsky.social, out now in Global Ecology and Biogeography doi.org/10.1111/geb.... #ERCresearch

Reposted by Garry Peterson

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Oct 20

How forest disturbances can lead to tipping points in the wood value chain. Great work coming out of the RESONATE project, led by T. Boiger and T. Stern from @uni-graz.at
doi.org/10.1007/s110...

Reposted by Brian J. Harvey

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Oct 17

Great new paper out by @ttkeller.bsky.social, using simulations to explore if and how fire exclusion zones can enhance tree regeneration. I particularly enjoyed the interaction between scientists and managers on this one, which added another important dimension to the work! doi.org/10.1002/eap....

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Oct 13

Been on a different kind of field trip last week, spending a day in the forest with the primary school class of my daughter! It was really fun to see the kids explore, and they got to experience forest biodiversity first-hand!

Reposted by Rupert Seidl, Christina Dollinger

Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management Group @edfm-tum.bsky.social · Oct 1

Our research in the National Park Berchtesgaden - both in the field and in silico - was reported on by NANO.
The segment is in German and starts at minute 7:37

www.zdf.de/play/magazin...

@rupertseidl.bsky.social @wernerrammer.bsky.social @christinadollinger.bsky.social

Overtourism und Klimakrise: Alpen unter Druck

NANO vom 25.09.: Skipisten oberhalb der Waldgrenzen können Lawinen auslösen. Die Bergidylle gerät aus dem Gleichgewicht. Können die Alpen dem Klimawandel trotzen?

www.zdf.de

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Sep 18

Thanks for the kind words Mat!

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Sep 18

Increasing tree growth could offset disturbance costs in northern Europe, but in southern Europe overall forest value is decreasing under moderate and severe climate change. Our results highlight that climate change adaptation in forestry is not only an ecological but also an economic imperative!

Reposted by Mathias Disney, Juan Rocha, Tommaso Jucker , and 1 more Mathias Disney, Juan Rocha, Tommaso Jucker, Victor Danneyrolles

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Sep 18

What is the cost of wildfire, windthrow and bark beetles for Europe’s forestry? We estimate that disturbances reduce Europe’s forest value by €115 bn, more than doubling to €247 bn under severe climate change. Led by @johannesmohr.bsky.social, out in @natclimate.nature.com doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Sep 9

Last segment of field work for this year, surveying Pinus mugo stands (which can be quite challenging to navigate!) to understand the spread and impacts of the invasive pathogen Lecanosticta acicola. Great to have such a wonderful field crew, led by @michaelmaroschek.bsky.social and Barbara Araujo!

Reposted by Pieter De Frenne, Neil Pederson, Brian J. Harvey , and 4 more Pieter De Frenne, Neil Pederson, Brian J. Harvey, Martin Ehbrecht, Victor Danneyrolles, Joan Dudney, Maria Faticov

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Sep 8

Climate change increasingly alters the interactions between forest disturbances. Here we present a framework for quantifying dist. interactions and compile evidence for their impacts. Led by @dudney-joan.bsky.social with @brian-j-harvey.bsky.social & @julieedtree.bsky.social doi.org/10.1146/annu...

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Sep 4

It was wonderful to have you Brian, thanks for making the trip! I look forward to our continued collaboration!

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