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Dr. Thilina Surasinghe @thilinas.bsky.social · 7d

Some spots in our restored wetland are full of common reed (Phragmites australis), while others stay mostly invasion-free 🌾🤔.
We are asking: how do water levels 💦 and habitat structure 🌱 shape these invasion patterns?
Understanding this helps guide better wetland restoration and management.
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Dr. Thilina Surasinghe @thilinas.bsky.social · 7d

We are studying the spread of common reed (Phragmites australis) in a restored wetland 🌿.
We aim to understand how wetland hydrology 💧 and habitat structure 🪵🌾 influence the degree of invasion.
#InvasiveSpecies #WetlandRestoration #Phragmites #GenerationRestoration
#Wetlands #InvasionEcology

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Dr. Thilina Surasinghe @thilinas.bsky.social · 7d

Some spots in our restored wetland are full of common reed (Phragmites australis), while others stay mostly invasion-free 🌾🤔.
We are asking: how do water levels 💦 and habitat structure 🌱 shape these invasion patterns?
Understanding this helps guide better wetland restoration and management.
🌍

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Dr. Thilina Surasinghe @thilinas.bsky.social · 7d

We are studying the spread of common reed (Phragmites australis) in a restored wetland 🌿.
We aim to understand how wetland hydrology 💧 and habitat structure 🪵🌾 influence the degree of invasion.
#InvasiveSpecies #WetlandRestoration #Phragmites #GenerationRestoration
#Wetlands #InvasionEcology

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Dr. Thilina Surasinghe @thilinas.bsky.social · 8d

a new research project on ecological #TippingPoints 🌱🌍🧪🌐🦤 & regime shifts 🔄 at @cu-esiil.bsky.social Innovation Summit 🏔️.
Looking forward to working with amazing colleagues 🤝 on data-driven approaches 📊 to ecosystem change.

#OpenScience #EnvironmentalDataScience #Biodiversity

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Dr. Thilina Surasinghe @thilinas.bsky.social · 9d

developed in collaboration with #ODU #AidData @wm.edu #BridgewaterState
#Biodiversity #RemoteSensing
#GenerationRestoration
#OldDominionUniversity #AidData

Dr. Thilina Surasinghe @thilinas.bsky.social · 9d

Excited to present at #SER2025, the 11th World Conference on #EcologicalRestoration 🌎!

Join me this Thursday, Oct 2 📅 at 5:00 PM in the Quartz Room for Session O.28: Restoration, Biodiversity & Climate.

I will share our remote-sensing–based approach to track #wetland restoration success 🌿🛰️...

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Dr. Thilina Surasinghe @thilinas.bsky.social · 12d

Back in the field this fall 🍂 with undergrads 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬, monitoring woodland #herps 🐸🦎 around restored wetlands 🌿. We are testing whether wetland restoration helps not upland biota. 🌱🧪🌍
#WetlandRestoration #RestorationEcology #Biodiversity #Amphibians #Reptiles #UndergraduateResearch #GenerationRestoration

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Dr. Thilina Surasinghe @thilinas.bsky.social · 27d

Year 3 underway on comparing #urban vs #rural #turtle pops with @eren2010.bsky.social at Continental scale
#UndergraduateResearch
🌍🦤🧪🌐🌱🐢

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Pablo Garcia-Diaz @pablo-ecology.bsky.social · Sep 10

If You're Rare, Should I Care? How Imperfect Detection Changes Relationships Between Biodiversity and Global Change Drivers 🌎🌐🧪 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

If You're Rare, Should I Care? How Imperfect Detection Changes Relationships Between Biodiversity and Global Change Drivers

In this article, we provide a modeling approach that accounts for imperfect detection of species, especially rare ones, in biodiversity studies. Using three case studies across diverse taxa (birds, i...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Evan Frost @wildwoods.bsky.social · Sep 10

"35% [of new hillside development] occurring within global biodiversity hotspots, significantly exacerbating habitat fragmentation. This has far-reaching consequences for biodiversity, directly affecting ~70% of globally threatened species."🌍 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Extensive terrestrial biodiversity threats from global hillside urban expansion - Nature Cities

Hillside urbanization rises as cities exhaust flat land, threatening sensitive ecosystems. Mapping of 11.65 Mha added since 2000 reveals that 35% of them are in critical areas, fragmenting habitats an...

www.nature.com

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Dr. Thilina Surasinghe @thilinas.bsky.social · 27d

Access article 👉
www.researchgate.net/publication/...

#SriLanka #Biodiversity #Agroforestry #HomeGardens
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(PDF) A successful home garden model for biodiversity conservation in Sri Lanka

PDF | This study examines Sri Lanka’s home gardens as biocultural microcosms, demonstrating how their species composition, adaptive management... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Res...

www.researchgate.net

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Dr. Thilina Surasinghe @thilinas.bsky.social · 27d

✅ Take‑homes

Supporting home gardens (especially with traditional/indigenous practices) is not just sentimental—it’s a practical conservation tool.

Protect home garden designs that maximize structural complexity: multi‑strata trees, mixed plantings, integrating animals.

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Dr. Thilina Surasinghe @thilinas.bsky.social · 27d

🌿🐦 New Research Highlight: “Successful Home Garden Model for Biodiversity Conservation in Sri Lanka” 📚

Our recent work published in Loris shows that home gardens are key players in conserving biodiversity AND delivering climate, social, and economic benefits.

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Dr. Thilina Surasinghe @thilinas.bsky.social · Aug 30

🧪🌊🐚 We are hiring: Biology MS in #MarineEcosystems in #CapeVerde 🌍🪸 Spring 2026 start, at Bridgewater State Uni in #coastalEcology, #biodiversity
💸 Funding includes: GA + tuition waiver

📅 App: Oct 15, 2025

www.bridgew.edu/center/case/...

📫[email protected], [email protected]

Graduate Mentors

Discover the HERITOR Project: An International Mentoring and Research Opportunity!

www.bridgew.edu

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Functional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · Aug 12

📰Published📰How species turnover influences fish invasion patterns in lakes🐟

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How species turnover influences fish invasion patterns in lakes

Songhao Ji, Hugh J. MacIsaac, Yanling Li, Chengzhi Ding, Jie Wang, Liuyong Ding, Dekui He, Juan Tao This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here…

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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · Aug 12

Fire in focus: Clarifying metrics & terminology for better ecological insight 🔥🧪

This framework can help researchers & practitioners to
👉select fire metrics for research & management 📊
👉interpret previous studies 💭
👉form a growing body of knowledge 🌏

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

doi.org

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Ade Martin @ademartindc.bsky.social · Aug 13

Hello. Today in “One day, one paper”, native grassland species show greater drought resistance than introduced ones. However, this advantage disappears when other global change drivers like nutrients, temperature, or grazing are present🌎🍁

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Native plant species exhibit consistent drought advantage over introduced species until additional global change drivers are included: A grassland meta‐analysis

We examined how drought, predicted to increase under climate change, influences native and introduced plants in grasslands using a meta-analysis. Native plants fared better than introduced plants und...

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Dr. Thilina Surasinghe @thilinas.bsky.social · Aug 14

Had a successful session on #urbanAgriculture & #urbanBiodiversity 🏙️🌱🌿🦤 @ #ESA2025
We presented a framework to survey urban #biodiversity in university campus #greenSpaces
Designed as #undergradResearch & multisite #ecological research
💰 Support #NSF #RCN
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Presentations by our research scientists

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Dr. Thilina Surasinghe @thilinas.bsky.social · Aug 11

‪Dr. Thilina Surasinghe‬
‪@thilinas.bsky.social‬
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🔹 Multi-trophic #biodiversity
🔹 #AI & low-cost tech for bird monitoring
🔹 Urban #environmentalJustice

#urbanEcology #urbanBiodiversity
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Dr. Thilina Surasinghe @thilinas.bsky.social · Aug 11

🌱 Join us at #ESA2025
Urban Agriculture as an Accessible Framework for Ecological Research
📅 Wed Aug 13 8–9:30 AM Hilton Key 11–12
Urban ag: a powerful, underused lens for ecological research & education 🌿🐝🌾

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Dr. Thilina Surasinghe @thilinas.bsky.social · Aug 11

check out our project website: www-stg.bridgew.edu/center/case/...
#MarineEcology #Conservation #GraduateResearch #CapeVerde #biodiversity, #coastalEcology
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The HERITOR Project

Training the next generation of global scientists in marine ecosystems.The HERITOR project offers students majoring in Biology, Chemistry or Geography a unique opportunity to engage in critical resear...

www-stg.bridgew.edu

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Dr. Thilina Surasinghe @thilinas.bsky.social · Aug 11

🌊 We're recruiting an MS student! 🌿
Join my lab at Bridgewater State Uni, MA.
✅Conduct your own thesis in Cape Verde’s #marine & #coastal ecosystems
✅ mentor undergrads
✅ RA + #NSF summer stipend

@ #ESA2025 come find me or DM—love to chat!
📩 [email protected]

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Dr. Thilina Surasinghe @thilinas.bsky.social · Aug 11

Already here!

Dr. Thilina Surasinghe @thilinas.bsky.social · Aug 11

🔹 Multi-trophic #biodiversity
🔹 #AI & low-cost tech for bird monitoring
🔹 Urban #environmentalJustice

#urbanEcology #urbanBiodiversity
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