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Spatial Genetics Lab @spatialgenetics.bsky.social · 3d

@sofiavanmoorsel.bsky.social at the Basque Center of Climate Change (BC3) in Bilbao (ES) presenting our research on Intraspecific Variation in Drought Responses in European Beech 🌍🌳

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European Greens @europeangreens.eu · Aug 8

Netanyahu announced full occupation of Gaza — while people starve, are displaced and killed.

This is genocide.

EU must act now:
- Impose a full arms embargo
- Suspend the EU-Israel Agreement
- Move to recognise Palestine

Stop the war. Ceasefire and humanitarian aid — now!

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Mark A. Anthony @anthomycota.bsky.social · Jul 7

This is a really unique and exciting opportunity for a full professorship in Vienna. Come be my colleague @ter-cemess.bsky.social and join a fantastic group of scientists!

cemess_vienna @cemess.bsky.social · Jul 7

CeMESS is hiring!

Join us at the Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research (@ter-cemess.bsky.social) as Full Professor of SOIL ECOSYSTEMS AND GLOBAL CHANGE. Collaborate across a leading institution in microbiome science and environmental research.

🔗 Learn more: cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-...

We are hiring: Full Professor of Soil Ecosystems and Global Change

Soil ecosystems form the foundation of planetary health and play a critical role in climate feedback mechanisms. However, they are also vulnerable to the impacts of global change.

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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · Mar 15

🚨We are hiring🚨ECR with a PhD within 7 years? Tenure track position (akin to Assistant Prof) in Earth and Env Data Science at U of Gothenburg, Sweden. Expertise in remote sensing and machine learning. Work on climate change, Earth systems, biodiversity, #EO, #UAV Deadline May 10 tinyurl.com/58ft38du

Associate Senior Lecturer in Earth and Environmental Data Science

Associate Senior Lecturer in Earth and Environmental Data Science At the Department of Earth Sciences, we

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Sofia van Moorsel @sofiavanmoorsel.bsky.social · Apr 30

Abstract submission has been extended to 5 May 2025!

Sofia van Moorsel @sofiavanmoorsel.bsky.social · Apr 11

Join us at @eseb2025.bsky.social! We aim to unite researchers working on tree genomics in natural and experimental populations and on strategies for monitoring forest genetic diversity! @spatialgenetics.bsky.social @domcoqetc.bsky.social Submit your abstract here: eseb2025.com/call-for-abs...

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ESEB 2025 Congress @eseb2025.bsky.social · Apr 16

📢 ONE WEEK LEFT for abstract submission!

Don’t miss the chance to tell #Barcelona and the field of #EvolutionaryBiology all about your amazing work!

📝 Select from 51 approved symposia to submit your #Abstract: https://eseb2025.com/call-for-abstracts/

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Domitille Coq--Etchegaray @domcoqetc.bsky.social · Apr 14

After a successful workshop in Zurich! I am pleased to co-organize a symposium during the ESEB Barcelona on 17-22 August 2025.
If you are interested in discussing your research about adaptation and tree genomics you can submit your abstract before the 25th of April to eseb2025.com/list-of-symp...

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Sofia van Moorsel @sofiavanmoorsel.bsky.social · Apr 11

Join us at @eseb2025.bsky.social! We aim to unite researchers working on tree genomics in natural and experimental populations and on strategies for monitoring forest genetic diversity! @spatialgenetics.bsky.social @domcoqetc.bsky.social Submit your abstract here: eseb2025.com/call-for-abs...

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Spatial Genetics Lab @spatialgenetics.bsky.social · Apr 9

New paper from our group! We used remote sensing to identify subtle seasonal differences between closely related beech species and developed models that accurately distinguish them at assisted gene flow sites.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Leveraging remote sensing to distinguish closely related beech species in assisted gene flow scenarios

European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forests are suffering under increasingly severe and frequent drought. Closely related beech species from Bulgaria,…

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Sofia van Moorsel @sofiavanmoorsel.bsky.social · Apr 8

Thanks! And I agree :-)

Sofia van Moorsel @sofiavanmoorsel.bsky.social · Apr 8

Our findings suggest that the growth and associated ecosystem services of species-rich mixtures in afforestation projects can be optimized by artificially selecting seed families with high mixture performance in biodiversity experiments.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Identifying seed families with high mixture performance in a subtropical forest biodiversity experiment

Afforestation projects using species mixtures are expected to better support ecosystem services than monoculture plantations. While grassland studies have shown natural selection favoring high-perfo...

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Sofia van Moorsel @sofiavanmoorsel.bsky.social · Apr 2

🌳 Join us at @eseb2025.bsky.social in Barcelona in August! The abstract submission deadline is 25 April 2025. 🌳https://eseb2025.com/call-for-abstracts/

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Sofia van Moorsel @sofiavanmoorsel.bsky.social · Mar 22

Abstract and registration deadline is tomorrow 23 March!

Sofia van Moorsel @sofiavanmoorsel.bsky.social · Mar 6

We're organizing a thematic workshop on "Beech genomes for the future". Registration and abstract submission can be done via this link swissforestlab.wsl.ch/en/events-an.... We hope to interact with many people interested in finding a way to keep this forest species around!

Thematic workshop 2025

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OptFORESTS @optforests.bsky.social · Mar 18

📢 Join the OptFORESTS & @euforgen.bsky.social webinar!

🌳 "Mechanisms of natural and anthropogenic selection on trees in the forest"
🗓️ 11 April | 🕚 11:00–12:00 CEST

How does #silviculture affect #genetic diversity?👉 Register now! www.optforests.eu/news-and-med...

Joint EUFORGEN-OptFORESTS webinar: Mechanisms of natural and anthropogenic selection on trees in the forest

EUFORGEN & OptFORESTS webinar – Mechanisms of natural and anthropogenic selection on trees in the forest: consequences for climate change adaptation strategies 11 April 2025. 11:00 - 12:00 CET. ...

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Sofia van Moorsel @sofiavanmoorsel.bsky.social · Mar 17

Join us for this! We would like to bring together as many people as possible who work on beech genomics. You can submit abstracts to present your work either as a talk or a poster, or just join for discussions and exchange. 🌳

Domitille Coq--Etchegaray @domcoqetc.bsky.social · Mar 17

I am pleased to co-organize the "Beech Genomes for the Future" workshop on April 4th at the University of Zürich! 🌳

Are you working on or interested in beech genomics? Take a look and join us for this one-day workshop!

swissforestlab.wsl.ch/en/events-an...

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Domitille Coq--Etchegaray @domcoqetc.bsky.social · Mar 17

I am pleased to co-organize the "Beech Genomes for the Future" workshop on April 4th at the University of Zürich! 🌳

Are you working on or interested in beech genomics? Take a look and join us for this one-day workshop!

swissforestlab.wsl.ch/en/events-an...

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Sofia van Moorsel @sofiavanmoorsel.bsky.social · Mar 6

We're organizing a thematic workshop on "Beech genomes for the future". Registration and abstract submission can be done via this link swissforestlab.wsl.ch/en/events-an.... We hope to interact with many people interested in finding a way to keep this forest species around!

Thematic workshop 2025

swissforestlab.wsl.ch

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Sofia van Moorsel @sofiavanmoorsel.bsky.social · Mar 6

is she poking her own forehead :-D

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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · Feb 24

Structural diversity is an important predictor of forest productivity responses to drought 🌲🧪

Productivity losses related to drought increased with greater structural diversity & decreased with functional identities characterized by conservative resource strategies 📊 🌏

🔗 https://buff.ly/40JUKEY

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Nicolas Roux @n-roux.bsky.social · Feb 11

✒️ New Paper Alert!

#Sustainability #ImpactAssessments of #trade agreements tend to mute or belittle impacts on #biodiversity. Check out our suggestions for more inclusive, inter- and transdisciplinary sustainability impact assessments of trade agreements: rdcu.be/d9oHk

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Isabelle Helfenstein @helfenstein.earth · Feb 11

Happy to share our latest work towards monitoring functional diversity using #Sentinel-2 time series at @esa.int's #BIOSPACE25 conference in Frascati, Italy. Visit our poster and talk to our team from @spatialgenetics.bsky.social and @wslresearch.bsky.social! 😊

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Kevin Ault @kevinault.bsky.social · Feb 11

via @twisteddoodles.bsky.social in honor of International Day of Women and Girls in Science -

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Sofia van Moorsel @sofiavanmoorsel.bsky.social · Feb 12

Sustainability and environmental impact assessments of trade and investment agreements need to address biodiversity more effectively! enveurope.springeropen.com/articles/10....

Unmute biodiversity risks of free trade? The EFTA–Mercosur Agreement (Swiss) case study - Environmental Sciences Europe

Sustainability and environmental impact assessments of trade and investment agreements need to address biodiversity more effectively. To showcase this, we examined a report, commissioned by Switzerlan...

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Spatial Genetics Lab @spatialgenetics.bsky.social · Feb 6

🚀 The Genes from Space team recently hosted a workshop in Bern with over 100 participants (!!) joining to learn about our new monitoring tool. It enables users to use space-based Earth observation data to assess habitat suitability and estimate key genetic diversity metrics worldwide🌍

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Spatial Genetics Lab @spatialgenetics.bsky.social · Feb 6

🌍🌳 Using Sentinel 2- data, we showed that Swiss forests with higher functional diversity resist & recover better from drought! A step toward scaling BEF insights to real-world forests! Check out our new publication in GCB by @helfenstein.earth et al. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Satellite Observations Reveal a Positive Relationship Between Trait‐Based Diversity and Drought Response in Temperate Forests

The relationship between functional diversity (richness, evenness) and drought response (resistance, recovery, resilience) during the severe 2018 drought in Switzerland was analyzed using satellite-d...

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