Darío Martin‐Benito

Dario Martin-Benito

@dendroecologist.bsky.social

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Functional Ecology of Forests and Trees, and dendroecology @csic.es @INIA_es Madrid 🇪🇺
dmartinbenito.wordpress.com
@BeetleBark in the X Bird site for now

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Dario Martin-Benito @dendroecologist.bsky.social · 2h

PostDoc position in #dendrochronology at U of Giessen (Germany) to work on medieval climate and societal changes in the Caucasus. Dream position: a great international team to work with, super research topic and amazing field sites. www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns... #PostdocJobs #AcademicJobs

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Aliénor Lavergne @alielave.bsky.social · 10d

🌳🌲Excited to share my latest research on how declining C4 vegetation impacts the carbon isotope composition of CO₂! After 4+ years of juggling work and maternity leave, it’s finally out!

www.nature.com/articles/s43...

see also blog on the paper 👇

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Reposted by Darío Martin‐Benito, Freddie C. Draper

Belen Fadrique @belenfadrique.bsky.social · 10d

Apply for this fully funded PhD studentship in Tropical mountain forest ecology! Join us at University of Liverpool to carry out research on plant range shifts in the cloud forests. With: @fdraper.bsky.social @funkyant.bsky.social @jhomeier.bsky.social. Applications due Jan 21. tinyurl.com/23ary845

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Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 10d

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...

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 14d

Real-world testing of the #isohydrocity concept

Matthias Arend, et al.

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#PlantScience

Conceptual presentation of the Ψpd vs Ψmd dehydration trajectory based on current theory (Hartmann et al., 2021).

Reposted by Darío Martin‐Benito

Antonio J. Pérez-Luque @ajpelu.bsky.social · 14d

🌍 ¿Sabías que los drones pueden ayudar a proteger los bosques?

El 11-Enero contaremos cómo usamos drones para afrontar retos reales de conservación

📍 #MUNCYT Alcobendas + online
🎟️ Entrada libre

👉 www.muncyt.es/actividades/...

#UAV #Forest #CienciaEnPrimeraPersona

@csicdivulga.bsky.social

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Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 15d

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 Darío Martin‐Benito, Shan Kothari

Charlotte Grossiord @charlottegrossiord.bsky.social · 16d

🌳PhD Opportunity in plant ecophysiology🌡️ Join EPFL (Switzerland) for fully-funded 4yr PhD on tree responses to air drought and heat. Climate chamber + long-term experiments to uncover physiological thresholds under climate change. www.epfl.ch/labs/perl/pe...

PhD Position: Tree Physiological Responses to Atmospheric Drought

We invite applications for a fully funded four-year PhD position at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, with a planned start date in June 2026. The selected candidate wil...

www.epfl.ch

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Richard Betts , and 7 more Brian J. Enquist, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Richard Betts, Juan Rocha, Tommaso Jucker, Emilio Vilanova, Darío Martin‐Benito, Shan Kothari, Joan Dudney, Julen Astigarraga

Belinda Medlyn @bmedlyn.bsky.social · 16d

New research from our group: A pervasive increase in tree mortality across the Australian continent - driven by rising temperatures
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Pervasive increase in tree mortality across the Australian continent

Nature Plants - Eight decades of forest plot monitoring show a pervasive increase in tree mortality across Australia’s forest biomes driven by climate change, jeopardizing their role as...

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Reposted by Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Benjamin I. Cook, Neil Pederson , and 1 more Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Benjamin I. Cook, Neil Pederson, Darío Martin‐Benito

Kevin Anchukaitis @thirstygecko.bsky.social · 17d

The deadline for graduate student applications for paleoCAMP 2026 (Paleoclimate Training in Climate Archives, Models, and Proxies) summer school is this Friday, January 9th! paleoCAMP is completely free for all students selected to attend paleoclimate.camp/apply

Application — paleoCAMP

paleoclimate.camp

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Francisco Rodriguez-Sanchez @frodsan.bsky.social · Dec 23

Interesting new #ecopubs @pnas.org

Seed production failures are more spatially synchronized than mast peaks across temperate tree species

But local synchrony among species is low, so generalist seed consumers unlikely to experience coordinated starvation–satiation

doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Geography of masting creates greater synchrony in seed scarcity than in seed abundance

Interannually highly variable and synchronized production of large seed crops by perennial plants, called masting, drives resource pulses and famines with cascading effects on food webs. While the spatial scale of masting synchrony is well documented, it remains unclear how synchrony differs between years of seed abundance and failure, and how such dynamics extend across species and space. These gaps are important to resolve, as they determine the magnitude and spatial extent of masting effects on food webs. Using a 36-y dataset from 431 sites spanning seven dominant tree species in temperate Europe, we provide evidence that seed failures are more spatially synchronized than mast peaks, indicating that regional coherence in seed production is structured primarily by reproductive failure. Among-species synchrony was localized. This suggests that in temperate forests, mobile seed consumers are unlikely to experience coordinated starvation–satiation cycles, in contrast to highly synchronous tropical dipterocarp systems. From an applied perspective, failure years affect seed availability over broad regions, limiting sourcing options for afforestation and restoration, and underscoring the value of spatially explicit masting forecasting. Because mast peaks and failures differ fundamentally in their food web consequences, our findings highlight the need to better understand and anticipate the ecological impacts of synchronized seed scarcity.

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Dario Martin-Benito @dendroecologist.bsky.social · Dec 22

Today, we had to do some necessary winter maintenance at one of our forest monitoring sites in central Spain. It was great to see some snow there (compared to most recent years)

Reposted by Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Darío Martin‐Benito, Joan Dudney , and 3 more Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Darío Martin‐Benito, Joan Dudney, Karl Andraczek, Matthew A. Kaproth, Lena Sachsenmaier

Florian Schnabel @mixedforests.bsky.social · Dec 22

Just before the Xmas break🎉

In @journalofecology.bsky.social and led by Anvar Sanaei, we provide insight into #trait coordination across 90 common and future European #tree species👇

doi.org/10.1111/1365...

@agwirthweigelt.bsky.social @unileipzig.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de

Above‐ and below‐ground trait coordination across 90 angiosperm and gymnosperm tree species in a common garden experiment

This research highlights the significance of elucidating the mechanisms behind above-and below-ground organs. The varying trait coordination across clades indicates different resource acquisition str...

doi.org

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CREAF @creaf.cat · Dec 22

¿Cómo puede algo tan pequeño como un hongo... cuidar algo tan grande como un #bosque? 🍄🌲

Los #hongos del suelo son clave✅: alimentan árboles, regulan nutrientes y ayudan a resistir #sequías.

¡Nuestra investigadora @terefigimeno.bsky.social te lo cuenta en este vídeo!🤩▶️

Reposted by Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Darío Martin‐Benito

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory @lamont.columbia.edu · Dec 20

At #AGU25, tree ring scientist Caroline Leland of LDEO shared her research on dshared research on climate sensitivity of wood from Siberian Pine and Larch in North-central Mongolia to improve or build upon reconstructions of long-term climate. ➡️ Lamont at AGU25: https://lamont.columbia.edu/agu25

Caroline Leland at AGU: Temperature Signals of Siberian Pine and Larch in North-central Mongolia

YouTube video by Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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Reposted by Julie L. Lockwood, Darío Martin‐Benito, Karl Andraczek , and 1 more Julie L. Lockwood, Darío Martin‐Benito, Karl Andraczek, Katherine Sinacore

Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · Dec 20

Recruiting a postdoc through Dartmouth's Society of Fellows Program co-mentored with Michael Cox with specialization in forest carbon dynamics, climate policy, and nature-based solutions

Apply by January 4th!
apply.interfolio.com/176741

🌳🌎🧪

Reposted by Antonio J. Pérez‐Luque, Darío Martin‐Benito, Antoine Cabon

New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · Dec 20

#TansleyInsight | Distal to proximal: a continuum of drivers shaping tree growth and carbon partitioning

@acabon.bsky.social 👇

📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#LatestIssue #PlantScience #TansleyMedal

Fig. 3 Resource (here C and water) uptake, transport, and consumption shape resource distribution along the leaf-to-root axis, influencing C partitioning and plant functional traits under changing environmental conditions.

Reposted by Catherine J. Frieman, Darío Martin‐Benito

Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · Dec 19

As 2025 comes to a close, my university (Dalhousie U in Halifax, Canada) is recruiting faculty, including outstanding early career researchers, and Canada Research Chairs. Applications are due January 19 2026 (was just notified today!). Please repost.

Dalhousie University is recruiting up to 30 tenure and tenure-track faculty positions

Backed by the Government of Canada’s $1.7 billion Global Impact+ Research Talent Initiative, Dalhousie University is undertaking one of the most ambitious research-leader recruitment efforts in its hi...

www.dal.ca

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · Dec 19

'It still amazes me that invisible overlooked organisms under our feet can influence plant biology, community diversity and biogeography.'

In Profile: 2025 New Phytologist #TansleyMedal winner @camilledelavaux.bsky.social 👇

📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#LatestIssue #PlantScience

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Antonio J. Pérez-Luque @ajpelu.bsky.social · Dec 16

5/5 This work was done during a #postdoctoral fellowship at #ICIFOR @csic.es with G.Gea, @dendroecologist.bsky.social and R. Zamora (@universidadgranada.bsky.social)

For a plain-summary language visit appliedecologistsblog.com/2025/12/15/h... from @jappliedecology.bsky.social

How climate change affects carbon storage in Mediterranean pine forests

Reforestation is widely promoted as a way to mitigate climate change by capturing carbon from the atmosphere. However, its real success depends on how trees invest (allocate) the carbon they captur…

appliedecologistsblog.com

Reposted by Tommaso Jucker, Darío Martin‐Benito, Julen Astigarraga

Antonio J. Pérez-Luque @ajpelu.bsky.social · Dec 16

🧵 1/5 New paper out at @jappliedecology.bsky.social

We evaluate how #carbon allocation strategies determine the long-term carbon sink potential of large-scale pine reforestations under climate change. We combined #RemoteSensing and #dendrochronological plots

doi.org/10.1111/1365...

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The Torrey Botanical Society @torreybotanical.bsky.social · Dec 11

Applications for TBS #grants are currently open - we have grants for undergrads and grad students alike to fund #research and costs associated with training, workshops and symposia! Applications are due by Jan 15 - apply here: www.torreybotanical.org/grants-awards/

🧪🌎🌿🍄🌾 #botany

Reposted by Yadvinder Malhi, Darío Martin‐Benito

Reposted by Neil Pederson, Antonio J. Pérez‐Luque

Dario Martin-Benito @dendroecologist.bsky.social · Dec 10

In Mediterranean pine reforestation, trees acclimate to warming and drought by shifting carbon below ground aka optimal partitioning theory. New paper @jappliedecology.bsky.social lead by @ajpelu.bsky.social using #RemoteSensing and #dendroecology doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Reposted by Neil Pederson, Darío Martin‐Benito

Kevin Anchukaitis @thirstygecko.bsky.social · Dec 9

Very cool work by Bryan Black here at the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research establishing the exact date of the Electron Mudflow in the Puget Sound metropolitan area: 'Forest-floor burial in 1507 by the largest Mount Rainier lahar of the past millennium'
doi.org/10.1130/G537...

Forest-floor burial in 1507 by the largest Mount Rainier lahar of the past millennium | Geology | GeoScienceWorld

New dating of lahar-killed trees underscores volcano hazards in the Puget Sound metropolitan area. Beginning as a landslide from the west flank of Mount

doi.org

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 Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Martin Ehbrecht, Darío Martin‐Benito , and 1 more Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Martin Ehbrecht, Darío Martin‐Benito, Kali Middleby

Arthur Gessler @arthurobuntspecht.bsky.social · Dec 4

We found that when temps hit 30°C+, C3 plants start struggling - their carbon metabolism gets disrupted, they burn through sugar stores faster, and even their isotope signatures change.
Meanwhile C4 plants? They're basically chilling like "this is fine" 😎

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Hot and Hungry - High temperatures induce changes in leaf carbon dynamics and sugar isotope fingerprints - npj Science of Plants

npj Science of Plants - Hot and Hungry - High temperatures induce changes in leaf carbon dynamics and sugar isotope fingerprints

www.nature.com

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Tim Osborn @timosbornclim.bsky.social · Nov 30

Would you like to join UEA's new Fellowship Academy? Talented researchers who join the UEA academy will receive mentoring to help write strong fellowship applications, and successful fellowships will lead to a permanent academic post.

www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Independent Research Fellowships - University of East Anglia, Norwich, England job with University of East Anglia | 12848935

As part of our new Fellowship Academy, we are inviting expressions of interest from outstanding researchers

www.nature.com

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Antonio J. Pérez-Luque @ajpelu.bsky.social · Nov 24

mappestRisk is on CRAN!
ecologyr.github.io/mappestRisk/
It helps to create pest-risk maps based on experimental thermal biology data of crop-pest species. See bsky.app/profile/dari...

Happy to be part of this collaborative project @dario-ssm.bsky.social @frodsan.bsky.social
@ambarbosa.bsky.social

Reposted by Emilio Vilanova, Darío Martin‐Benito

Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · Nov 24

QUESTION: @evilanova.bsky.social and I were discussing resources for finding root:shoot ratios (belowground biomass, root biomass, etc) for global forests / ecoregions

And really doesn't feel like there has been much progress in this

Any suggestions for where to look!??
🧪🌎🌳🍁

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