Phil Martin
@philmartin.bsky.social
Ikerbasque research fellow at BC3 - Basque Centre for Climate Change | applied forest ecology | evidence synthesis | Associate editor @jappliedecology.bsky.social | foodie | music fiend | twin dad
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Phil Martin
@philmartin.bsky.social
· Jun 19
Incredibly happy and amazingly surprised to have been awarded a Ramón y Cajal fellowship to work on forest management and restoration at the Basque Centre for Climate Change. Made even better by two close friends getting it as well! Time to celebrate 🥳🥳🥳
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📣Job vacancy!📣
Research Fellow in Global Conservation at Leeds, working with Dave Williams (and me, a bit) to assess the impact of conservation initiatives on biodiversity, carbon, and people: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
#ConservationScience 🌍
Research Fellow in Global Conservation at Leeds, working with Dave Williams (and me, a bit) to assess the impact of conservation initiatives on biodiversity, carbon, and people: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
#ConservationScience 🌍
Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Global Conservation
Salary: Grade 7 (£41,064 – £48,822 p.a. depending on experience) This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
📣Job vacancy!📣
Research Fellow in Global Conservation at Leeds, working with Dave Williams (and me, a bit) to assess the impact of conservation initiatives on biodiversity, carbon, and people: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
#ConservationScience 🌍
Research Fellow in Global Conservation at Leeds, working with Dave Williams (and me, a bit) to assess the impact of conservation initiatives on biodiversity, carbon, and people: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
#ConservationScience 🌍
Great looking PhD offer with @laurajanegraham.bsky.social assessing the importance of Miyawaki ‘Tiny forests’ for biodiversity. There's a paper due out soon in @jappliedecology.bsky.social that calls for more robust assessments of the Miyawaki method, so good to see projects aiming to fill this gap!
2026-B26 Small and beautiful: Assessing the importance of Miyawaki ‘Tiny forests’ for urban biodiversity – CENTA
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November 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Great looking PhD offer with @laurajanegraham.bsky.social assessing the importance of Miyawaki ‘Tiny forests’ for biodiversity. There's a paper due out soon in @jappliedecology.bsky.social that calls for more robust assessments of the Miyawaki method, so good to see projects aiming to fill this gap!
Is peer-review getting slower? Anecdotal I know, but I've been waiting four months to hear back about a manuscript I submitted to a pretty prestigious journal. It would be great to have reliable turnaround times published on journal website so we could make an informed choice about where to submit.
November 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Is peer-review getting slower? Anecdotal I know, but I've been waiting four months to hear back about a manuscript I submitted to a pretty prestigious journal. It would be great to have reliable turnaround times published on journal website so we could make an informed choice about where to submit.
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This 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"This has led groups of researchers to publish increasingly detailed maps of global conservation area priorities, but none of these articles have directly influenced the implementation of the biodiversity hotspot approach..."
"This has led groups of researchers to publish increasingly detailed maps of global conservation area priorities, but none of these articles have directly influenced the implementation of the biodiversity hotspot approach..."
Twenty-five years of misinterpreting the biodiversity hotspot approach - Nature Ecology & Evolution
A quarter of a century after its publication, the biodiversity hotspot concept remains one of the most cited and influential frameworks in conservation science. But its real-world impact is poorly doc...
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November 18, 2025 at 9:46 AM
This 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"This has led groups of researchers to publish increasingly detailed maps of global conservation area priorities, but none of these articles have directly influenced the implementation of the biodiversity hotspot approach..."
"This has led groups of researchers to publish increasingly detailed maps of global conservation area priorities, but none of these articles have directly influenced the implementation of the biodiversity hotspot approach..."
This has gained some traction. There's now twenty something conferences and workshops on there. However, there's a very obvious European bias. Any N or S American, Asian, African or Oceanian (is that even a word) additions would be gratefully received!
Ok, so since there's nothing coordinated anywhere, I've decided to make my own crowd-sourced list of ecology and conservation conferences here. If you know of a conference that fits, please add it to the list! Let's turn this into a useful resource for the community tinyurl.com/yb6e6mb2
November 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This has gained some traction. There's now twenty something conferences and workshops on there. However, there's a very obvious European bias. Any N or S American, Asian, African or Oceanian (is that even a word) additions would be gratefully received!
It was great to host @julenastigarraga.bsky.social at BC3 today. He gave a fantastic talk about improving predictions in ecology and the role of mechanistic models in predicting change in forests. Hoping we can keep the conversations going and collaborate in the near future!
November 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
It was great to host @julenastigarraga.bsky.social at BC3 today. He gave a fantastic talk about improving predictions in ecology and the role of mechanistic models in predicting change in forests. Hoping we can keep the conversations going and collaborate in the near future!
Ok, so since there's nothing coordinated anywhere, I've decided to make my own crowd-sourced list of ecology and conservation conferences here. If you know of a conference that fits, please add it to the list! Let's turn this into a useful resource for the community tinyurl.com/yb6e6mb2
November 6, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Ok, so since there's nothing coordinated anywhere, I've decided to make my own crowd-sourced list of ecology and conservation conferences here. If you know of a conference that fits, please add it to the list! Let's turn this into a useful resource for the community tinyurl.com/yb6e6mb2
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🎉 Congratulations to our Centre Director, Prof @ymalhi.bsky.social, on being awarded the Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology! 🌿 A well-deserved recognition of his pioneering research on tropical forests and global leadership in ecology.
🔗 naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk/news/4071 @ecioxford.bsky.social
🔗 naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk/news/4071 @ecioxford.bsky.social
Professor Yadvinder Malhi, Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery Director, awarded Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology
News Article - Award
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November 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🎉 Congratulations to our Centre Director, Prof @ymalhi.bsky.social, on being awarded the Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology! 🌿 A well-deserved recognition of his pioneering research on tropical forests and global leadership in ecology.
🔗 naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk/news/4071 @ecioxford.bsky.social
🔗 naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk/news/4071 @ecioxford.bsky.social
I'm trying to organise conferences and workshops that I want to go to in 2026. Is there a decent list out there for ecology and conservation people anywhere? Everything I've come across by Googling seems to be full of predatory conferences.
November 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I'm trying to organise conferences and workshops that I want to go to in 2026. Is there a decent list out there for ecology and conservation people anywhere? Everything I've come across by Googling seems to be full of predatory conferences.
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I had a wonderful few days this week, hosted by the government of Catalonia and the University of Barcelona, and receiving the Ramon Margalef Prize for ecological research from the president of Catalonia
October 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I had a wonderful few days this week, hosted by the government of Catalonia and the University of Barcelona, and receiving the Ramon Margalef Prize for ecological research from the president of Catalonia
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When in the woods, best beware of dead man's fingers lurking there.
Reaching up above the ground, a creepy fungi to be found.
Happy Halloween everyone.
Photo: Sheringham Park by Rob Coleman
Reaching up above the ground, a creepy fungi to be found.
Happy Halloween everyone.
Photo: Sheringham Park by Rob Coleman
October 31, 2025 at 8:08 AM
When in the woods, best beware of dead man's fingers lurking there.
Reaching up above the ground, a creepy fungi to be found.
Happy Halloween everyone.
Photo: Sheringham Park by Rob Coleman
Reaching up above the ground, a creepy fungi to be found.
Happy Halloween everyone.
Photo: Sheringham Park by Rob Coleman
Evidence synthesis folk: are there any published standards for how to use AI and report its use? I've been using an AI tool to help with screening articles and want to make sure that I report things well.
October 31, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Evidence synthesis folk: are there any published standards for how to use AI and report its use? I've been using an AI tool to help with screening articles and want to make sure that I report things well.
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We are happy to introduce the Soil Ecology SIG @britishecologicalsociety.org! Our aim is to connect soil ecology researchers across career stages, facilitating knowledge exchange and collaboration. Check out www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/plan... and feel free to get in touch!
Soil Ecology Group - British Ecological Society
Understanding the vital ecosystem services provided by soil
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October 30, 2025 at 8:57 AM
We are happy to introduce the Soil Ecology SIG @britishecologicalsociety.org! Our aim is to connect soil ecology researchers across career stages, facilitating knowledge exchange and collaboration. Check out www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/plan... and feel free to get in touch!
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more PhD info here www.linkedin.com/posts/efuent...
October 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
more PhD info here www.linkedin.com/posts/efuent...
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At 10:00 🇵🇹, I’ll be speaking at the #EUFLYNET workshop about: “Rethinking standards in #evidencesynthesis for reliable ecology & evolution” 🐦
Many thanks to @ecobrlik.bsky.social for the kind invitation & for leading what'll surely be a fantastic systematic map (protocol 👉 doi.org/10.57808/pro...)
Many thanks to @ecobrlik.bsky.social for the kind invitation & for leading what'll surely be a fantastic systematic map (protocol 👉 doi.org/10.57808/pro...)
October 30, 2025 at 8:12 AM
At 10:00 🇵🇹, I’ll be speaking at the #EUFLYNET workshop about: “Rethinking standards in #evidencesynthesis for reliable ecology & evolution” 🐦
Many thanks to @ecobrlik.bsky.social for the kind invitation & for leading what'll surely be a fantastic systematic map (protocol 👉 doi.org/10.57808/pro...)
Many thanks to @ecobrlik.bsky.social for the kind invitation & for leading what'll surely be a fantastic systematic map (protocol 👉 doi.org/10.57808/pro...)
Absolutely awesome looking PhD project with Kevin and colleagues to produce vital knowledge to inform forest restoration strategy in the UK. Makes me wish I could do a second PhD!
📢 PhD opportunity: ‘Understanding the ecological interplay between tree planting and natural processes to create future forests’ 🪴🌱🌳 working on space-for-time & @forestresearchuk.bsky.social large-scale experiment network (LERN)
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Understanding the ecological interplay between tree planting and natural processes to create future forests
iapetus.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Absolutely awesome looking PhD project with Kevin and colleagues to produce vital knowledge to inform forest restoration strategy in the UK. Makes me wish I could do a second PhD!
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Global change at a glance: The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink
doi-org.csic.idm.oclc.org/10.1093/bios... | @aibsbiology.bsky.social
"Climate change is a threat to ecosystem and human health, but it is also fundamentally a social justice issue" @williamripple.bsky.social
doi-org.csic.idm.oclc.org/10.1093/bios... | @aibsbiology.bsky.social
"Climate change is a threat to ecosystem and human health, but it is also fundamentally a social justice issue" @williamripple.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Global change at a glance: The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink
doi-org.csic.idm.oclc.org/10.1093/bios... | @aibsbiology.bsky.social
"Climate change is a threat to ecosystem and human health, but it is also fundamentally a social justice issue" @williamripple.bsky.social
doi-org.csic.idm.oclc.org/10.1093/bios... | @aibsbiology.bsky.social
"Climate change is a threat to ecosystem and human health, but it is also fundamentally a social justice issue" @williamripple.bsky.social
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Un fotógrafo graba por primera vez a un lince ibérico blanco: el misterioso color de ‘Satureja’
“No es albinismo ni leucismo, y estamos investigando qué es lo que ha podido ocurrir y pensamos que podría estar relacionado con la exposición a algo ambiental”
elpais.com/clima-y-medi...
“No es albinismo ni leucismo, y estamos investigando qué es lo que ha podido ocurrir y pensamos que podría estar relacionado con la exposición a algo ambiental”
elpais.com/clima-y-medi...
Un fotógrafo graba por primera vez a un lince ibérico blanco: el misterioso color de ‘Satureja’
La Junta de Andalucía, que ya conocía la existencia de este ejemplar en Jaén, investiga las causas de su cambio de pigmentación
elpais.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Un fotógrafo graba por primera vez a un lince ibérico blanco: el misterioso color de ‘Satureja’
“No es albinismo ni leucismo, y estamos investigando qué es lo que ha podido ocurrir y pensamos que podría estar relacionado con la exposición a algo ambiental”
elpais.com/clima-y-medi...
“No es albinismo ni leucismo, y estamos investigando qué es lo que ha podido ocurrir y pensamos que podría estar relacionado con la exposición a algo ambiental”
elpais.com/clima-y-medi...
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Dense and continuous pine plantations fuel severe wildfires and hinder recovery 🔥
Reducing tree density can lower impacts, guiding more resilient afforestation and fire management strategies in Mediterranean ecosystems 🌲
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Reducing tree density can lower impacts, guiding more resilient afforestation and fire management strategies in Mediterranean ecosystems 🌲
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
October 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Dense and continuous pine plantations fuel severe wildfires and hinder recovery 🔥
Reducing tree density can lower impacts, guiding more resilient afforestation and fire management strategies in Mediterranean ecosystems 🌲
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Reducing tree density can lower impacts, guiding more resilient afforestation and fire management strategies in Mediterranean ecosystems 🌲
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Great talk by @rupertseidl.bsky.social today at BC3 on the past, present, and future of forest disturbances in Europe and what this means for biodiversity and ecosystem services. Especially interesting to see how forest recovery is rapid in most of Europe, but not in Central and Southern Iberia.
October 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Great talk by @rupertseidl.bsky.social today at BC3 on the past, present, and future of forest disturbances in Europe and what this means for biodiversity and ecosystem services. Especially interesting to see how forest recovery is rapid in most of Europe, but not in Central and Southern Iberia.
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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!
October 28, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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!
Great day out in the field with our guest at BC3 this week @rupertseidl.bsky.social! Today we've been looking at a salvage logged site damaged by windthrow with some retention & an experimental harvest site, both in Álava. Nice to discuss similarities & differences in forest management.
October 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Great day out in the field with our guest at BC3 this week @rupertseidl.bsky.social! Today we've been looking at a salvage logged site damaged by windthrow with some retention & an experimental harvest site, both in Álava. Nice to discuss similarities & differences in forest management.
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For anyone interested near Barcelona next week, I’ll be giving a seminar (followed by other contributions) on ““Energy flow as a way of understanding ecosystem change and nature recovery”, as part of receiving the Ramon Margalef Prize 😊
📍29 Oct: @emmacebrian.bsky.social joins @ymalhi.bsky.social (Ecology Prize 2025) at the Ramon Margalef Forum (@ub.edu) to explore how nature functions & recovers 🌿 👇
Fòrum científic del Premi Ramon Margalef 2025: comprendre el canvi dels ecosistemes a través del flux d’energia | CREAF
El Premi Ramon Margalef d’Ecologia 2025 reconeix enguany el científic Yadvinder Malhi, professor a la Universitat d’Oxford i una de les veus més destacades en l’estudi del funcionament dels…
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October 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM
For anyone interested near Barcelona next week, I’ll be giving a seminar (followed by other contributions) on ““Energy flow as a way of understanding ecosystem change and nature recovery”, as part of receiving the Ramon Margalef Prize 😊
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The Christmas Island shrew, a tiny mammal once found only on the Australian island of the same name, has been declared officially extinct.
It’s at least the fourth small mammal species to be wiped out from the island since the introduction of invasive species there a century ago.
It’s at least the fourth small mammal species to be wiped out from the island since the introduction of invasive species there a century ago.
Christmas Island shrew officially declared extinct: IUCN
The Christmas Island shrew, a tiny mammal once found only on the Australian island of the same name, has been declared officially extinct. It’s at least the fourth small mammal species to be wiped…
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October 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The Christmas Island shrew, a tiny mammal once found only on the Australian island of the same name, has been declared officially extinct.
It’s at least the fourth small mammal species to be wiped out from the island since the introduction of invasive species there a century ago.
It’s at least the fourth small mammal species to be wiped out from the island since the introduction of invasive species there a century ago.
New study in @science.org using counterfactual methods suggests that carbon credits sold as part of REDD+ projects deliver greater climate benefits than estimated by previous studies. However, only 19% of projects met emissions targets and climate benefits were relatively small tinyurl.com/3m4k9mn9
Tropical forest carbon offsets deliver partial gains amid persistent over-crediting
REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation Plus) projects generate carbon credits to offset emissions, but recent studies have questioned their effectiveness. We evaluated 52 volunta...
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October 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
New study in @science.org using counterfactual methods suggests that carbon credits sold as part of REDD+ projects deliver greater climate benefits than estimated by previous studies. However, only 19% of projects met emissions targets and climate benefits were relatively small tinyurl.com/3m4k9mn9