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Tropical forests in our time - people, trees and climate. Posts by Oliver Phillips.

Oliver Lawrence Phillips is a British ecologist who specializes in tropical forests and is currently Professor of Tropical Ecology in the School of Geography at the University of Leeds. He is noted for his work coordinating large-scale, collaborative research projects that study how humans have changed the world's tropical forests, and the implications for climate change. .. more

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · May 27

The time has come to value tropical fieldworkers as equal partners.

With billions spent on watching forests from space, the skills of foresters and botanists have never been more vital. In our #Nature correspondence we show why - and what needs to change.
#GEO-TREES
rdcu.be/enT5S

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 16h

The first comparison between the Amazon, Andes and Chocó forests using tree data from 1-ha plots. Led by Camilo Palacios-Hurtado with colleagues in Colombia, the team evaluates the taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity of rainforests in NorthWest South America.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 18h

Congratulations to our amazing colleagues in Peru! They just published several lifetimes of work: 236 new plant species collected from Oxapampa Asháninka Yánesha Biosphere Reserve.
revistas.unsaac.edu.pe/index.php/RQ...
If we are to avoid a 6th mass extinction we have to stop it in the Andes.

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 1d

Functional traits can efficiently characterize and distinguish the complex communities where South America's largest biomes meet.
Congratulations to Wesley Jonatar Alves da Cruz for his tremendous work untangling this critical transition zone!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#Amazon #Cerrado

Functional Biogeography and Ecological Strategies of Trees Across the Amazon–Cerrado Transition

We investigated how tree functional traits vary across six vegetation types in the Amazon–Cerrado transition and identified key environmental drivers of these patterns, revealing a functional continu....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 1d

Improving Predictions of Tropical Forest Response to Climate Change.

New #PhD opportunity @universityofleeds.bsky.social #Amazonia

unrisk-cdt.ac.uk/projects/imp...

Reposted by Jens‐Christian Svenning, Oliver L. Phillips

Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 3d

The disproportionate impact of the #megabiota on biodiversity and ecosystem processes

Phyllis Lee @pili-scotland.bsky.social · 3d

iucncongress2025.org/programme/lo...

Longevity Conservation: Why we should protect old, wise and large animals

iucncongress2025.org

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Reposted by Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Neil Pederson

ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 4d

Growth–survival trade‐off in temperate trees is weak and restricted to late‐successional stages - Bordin - Journal of Ecology.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Growth–survival trade‐off in temperate trees is weak and restricted to late‐successional stages

Our findings highlight a role of disturbances in filtering life-history strategies and their potential impact on forest dynamics and global carbon cycling, but also a need to better understand the me...

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 4d

In temperate trees, growth–survival trade-offs are surpisingly weak and restricted to late-successional stages.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Congratulations to Kauane Bordin for leading the analysis, and US FIA colleagues for an amazing data set: 12,035 (!) long-term plots

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Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips

IPBES en español @ipbeses.bsky.social · 4d

Hoy es el #DíaMundialDeLaSaludMental 🌍

La biodiversidad y el funcionamiento de los ecosistemas mejoran la salud mental. El acceso a entornos con biodiversidad facilita la recuperación del estrés, la depresión y otras afecciones relacionadas con la salud. 🧪

Ecosistemas saludables = mente sana. 🏡

El texto superpuesto a la imagen dice "LA CURA DE LA NATURALEZA " y "La biodiversidad apoya la salud mental" en texto oscuro. Un bloque de texto más pequeño, procedente de la Evaluación del Nexo de IPBES, describe la relación entre la naturaleza y la salud. El logotipo de IPBES aparece en la esquina superior derecha. La fotografía resalta la altura y la densidad del bosque, con la luz solar filtrándose a través de las hojas, creando un resplandor verde natural en toda la escena.

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Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips

EcoDebate @ecodebate.com.br · 7d

► Capitais brasileiras como Rio, Recife e Florianópolis estão entre as mais ameaçadas pela elevação do nível do mar ◄

Pesquisa mapeia edifícios em risco globalmente e revela vulnerabilidade do litoral brasileiro
www.ecodebate.com.br/2025/10/07/c...

Capitais brasileiras como Rio, Recife e Florianópolis estão entre as mais ameaçadas pela elevação do nível do mar

Pesquisa mapeia edifícios em risco globalmente e revela vulnerabilidade do litoral brasileiro, onde milhões de pessoas e infraestruturas essenciais podem ser impactadas

www.ecodebate.com.br

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Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips, Francis Martin

Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · 7d

New OA Article: "Increasing tree size across Amazonia" rdcu.be/eJOz7

With a highlight @nature.com : "Trees of the Amazon are becoming even mightier - Forest giants are becoming bigger and more common than they once were"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips

Ecology Group Basel - Sabine Rumpf @ecologybasel.bsky.social · 8d

*Job alert*
We have a 4-year #PhD position open! The project investigates spreading potential & impact of non-native plant species in mountain ecosystems using fieldwork, experimental & data-driven approaches. Starting date: 04/2026.
More info here:
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

Come work with us!

Universität Basel: PhD position in global change ecology

The research group Ecology at the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Basel in Switzerland invites applications for a PhD position within the ERC project 'Global status, trends, ...

jobs.unibas.ch

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 12d

Amazônia enfrenta escalada inédita de temperaturas extremas em áreas ainda preservadas
apublica.org/2025/10/temp...

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 12d

The "flying rivers" of the Amazon bring water across the continent. As their rainfall is depleted by deforestation, especially in the critical dry season, forest loss in Brazil threatens the stability of the unique Amazon and Andes forests in Peru & Bolivia.
www.maapprogram.org/amazon-flyin...

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Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips

Kerry Jaggers 🇦🇺 @kerryjaggers.bsky.social · 12d

"Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have?"
Jane Goodall

What a legacy.

www.theguardian.com/science/gall...

Jane Goodall – a life in pictures

The world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91

www.theguardian.com

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Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips

Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 13d

🌳 Amazon trees are getting bigger

A 30-year study across 188 forest plots shows that trees in the Amazon are increasing in size, with basal area growing by 3.3% per decade. Rising CO2 & nutrient availability may be driving this change.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#SciComm #Plants 🧪

Increasing tree size across Amazonia - Nature Plants

A global research network monitoring the Amazon for 30 years reports in this study that tree size increased by 3% each decade.

www.nature.com

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 14d

"¿Bom Futuro" para Bolivia? El gigante de la soya brasileña deja en vilo a INPA, una isla de bosque de 30.019 hectáreas en la Chiquita
revistanomadas.com/bom-futuro-e...

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Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips

Emilio Vilanova @evilanova.bsky.social · 18d

Big trees in Amazon more climate-resistant than previously believed www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Big trees in Amazon more climate-resistant than previously believed

Forest is ‘remarkably resilient to climate change’, but remains under threat from fires and deforestation

www.theguardian.com

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Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips, Carly Reddington

Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 19d

Study shows big trees in Amazon more climate-resistant than previously believed

But while Amazon rainforest is a key ally in struggle to stabilise the climate, it remains under threat from fires and deforestation

www.theguardian.com

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 19d

Congratulations to all our colleagues for the hard work of tree ID and measurement - again and again! And to Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert and Rebecca Banbury Morgan for your leadership with this.

#openaccess paper www.nature.com/articles/s41...

ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 19d

Average tree size across the Amazon has increased by 3.2% every decade, consistent with a response to rising carbon dioxide levels. Big trees, especially, have got bigger.

ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 19d

Big trees are on the rise.

30 years of Amazon forest measurements by RAINFOR partners show that, so far, any impact of #climatechange on forests and large trees have been more than mitigated by the positive effects of increased resources.

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

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 24d

Last year, Latin America suffered 82% of the world's murders of environmental defenders. Andean and central American countries are the most dangerous for environmental defenders.

Colombia is, by far, the worst.
www.actualidadambiental.pe/peru-defenso...

ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · Sep 12

Los datos del sitio GEO-TREES deben ser parte integral de la finalización del Proyecto. Los solicitantes no necesitan estar asociados a un sitio antes de presentar la solicitud; sin embargo, deben contar con la aprobación del investigador principal del sitio antes de presentar la propuesta.

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · Sep 12

Convocatoria GEOTREES geo-trees.org
Ofrece oportunidades de trabajo en los sitios GEOTREES para estudiantes e investigadores en sus inicios de carrera. Más información aquí.
geo-trees.org/downloads/GE...

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Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips

Mathias Disney @matdisney.bsky.social · Sep 11

A great effort! Can't do this kind of thing without help from so many collaborators & support from @uclgeography.bsky.social @nceoscience.bsky.social, CEDA colleagues @forestplots.bsky.social among others.

Dr Cecilia Chavana-Bryant @cch-b.bsky.social · Sep 11

🚀Super proud of our ForestScan x ESA paper supporting BIOMASS cal/val! Huge dataset: TLS, UAV, ALS + tree census, on CEDA. Includes protocol recs & FBRMS site guidance. A benchmark for EO data sharing! 📡🌳 Preprint: essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es... #UCLGeog #OpenScience #LiDAR #BIOMASS #ForestScan

ForestScan: a unique multiscale dataset of tropical forest structure across 3 continents including terrestrial, UAV and airborne LiDAR and in-situ forest census data

Abstract. The ForestScan project was conceived to evaluate new technologies for characterising forest structure and biomass at Forest Biomass Reference Measurement Sites (FBRMS). It is closely aligned...

essd.copernicus.org

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Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips, Mathias Disney

Dr Cecilia Chavana-Bryant @cch-b.bsky.social · Sep 11

ForestScan: a unique multiscale dataset of tropical forest structure across 3 continents including terrestrial, UAV and airborne LiDAR and in-situ forest census data

essd.copernicus.org

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · Sep 10

Descubriendo la sorprendente diversidad oculta de los helechos tropicales americanos: Danaea sigue diversificándose, con *dieciocho* nuevas especies.

Venni Keskiniva & Hanna Tuomisto:
bioone.org/journals/wil...

Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips

Folha de S.Paulo @folha.com · Sep 10

Agricultura alerta sobre fim de moratória da soja

Ministério da Agricultura alerta que fim de moratória da soja pode afetar exportações

Coordenação internacional da pasta vê riscos à imagem do produtor e de possíveis sanções ao Brasil

www1.folha.uol.com.br

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Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips, Ben Bond‐Lamberty

Belinda Medlyn @bmedlyn.bsky.social · Sep 9

Analysis of eddy-covariance C and water fluxes during the Australian Tinderbox drought of 2017-2019 showed remarkable resilience and recovery in most Australian forest types. Great work from @clares-hydro.bsky.social and OzFlux community

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

The Response and Recovery of Carbon and Water Fluxes in Australian Ecosystems Exposed to Severe Drought

We examined flux data across a range of Australian ecosystems exposed to severe drought over two years (2018-19). The driest ecosystems experienced large productivity declines, but intermediate ecosy...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips, Monica G. Turner, Ingolf Kühn , and 3 more Oliver L. Phillips, Monica G. Turner, Ingolf Kühn, Ana S. L. Rodrigues, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Jonathan Lenoir

Sandra M Durán @sandramduran.bsky.social · Sep 6

Looking for a #postdoct for a NSF project integrating ecosystem productivity, hyperspectral remote sensing and airborne LiDAR to test prominent hypothesis of the effect of #biodiversity on #forest #productivity @fluxnetecn.bsky.social @ngaps.bsky.social Apply at: jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...

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