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Tim Curran
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Assoc. Prof. of Ecology at Lincoln Uni, Aotearoa/New Zealand. Scientist, teacher, dad, bibliophile, cricket tragic, snorkeler, rockpooler (fond of crabs). Uses traits to understand plant responses to disturbance. Likes to BBQ plants.
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I'm so very proud of Niger Sultana and the first chapter of her PhD thesis!!!

She had so many challenges and came through them all with flying colours.

With @loraxcate.bsky.social @azhar06.bsky.social et al.

in @botsocamerica.bsky.social

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Testing key tenets of pyro‐ecophysiology: Indicators of drought response in relation to shoot flammability
Premise Relationships between flammability and drought tolerance influence vegetation dynamics during fires. A goal of the emerging subdiscipline of pyro-ecophysiology is to identify ecophysiologica.....
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Next incredible speaker Josie Galbraith talking on her dad Mel Galbraith, a legendary ecologist who taught “by osmosis” with the “Mel effect” where you hadn’t realized you learnt something until you walked away. Glad his daughters are carrying his legacy @newzealandecology.bsky.social #nzes2025
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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🏅Barlow Scholarship winners:

- Justin Clause (PhD Student, University of Otago) Reptile responses to wildfire 🔥

- Esteban Fuentes (PhD Student, University of Auckland - Waipapa Taumata Rau) The ecology of raptors in pine plantations 🌲
November 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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🏅Winner of Te Tohu Taio Award:

Professor Andrew Jeffs 👏

Andrew is one of Aotearoa’s eminent marine biologists. He has been responsible for establishing new marine protected areas around the country, has worked extensively on mussel reef restoration, and has a passion for science communication.
November 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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🏅Winner of the Ecology in Action Award:

Sian Crowley 👏

Sian has been involved in conservation education for over a decade and has engaged with students from all around the country. She has also recently established The Seed Pod, a social enterprise aimed at increasing our connection with nature.
November 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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🔥 Wildfire risk is rising in Aotearoa — are we planning for it? New research from Earth Sciences NZ & the Bioeconomy Science Institute will help local government, planners and emergency managers reduce harm to those most at risk: communities on the outskirts of towns and cities. 

🔗 bit.ly/4igy2Nm
November 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Check out our new paper! @brodersenlab.bsky.social
❄️🌱 RESEARCH 🌱❄️

Ice spreads in a predictable pattern through young L. tulipifera, governed by anatomy and vein architecture. Leaf lethality always involves damage to photosynthetic tissues and can involve air embolism - Johnson et al.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

#PlantScience 🧪
November 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Dale Nimmo gave the Australian Research Excellence Award plenary

Fire adaptations of fauna

@newzealandecology.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Josie Galbraith reflecting on her late Dad Mel's Ecology in Action legacy

@newzealandecology.bsky.social

Including a word cloud based on descriptions by friends, family and colleagues.

Generous, kind and ... mustache!
November 20, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Te Tohu Taiao plenary by Colin O'Donnell

@newzealandecology.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Te Tohu Taiao award for Ecological Excellence went to Andrew Jeffs of U Auckland

@newzealandecology.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Sian Crowley accepting her Ecology in Action award @newzealandecology.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Sarah Wyse, Editor of the NZ Journal of Ecology, awarding the best student paper in the journal

@newzealandecology.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Barlow Scholarship award @newzealandecology.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Jo Monks, our new @newzealandecology.bsky.social president giving her address
November 20, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Almost ready for our @newzealandecology.bsky.social virtual hui (meeting)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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As @michaelmazengarb.bsky.social pointed out, when Abbott cut jobs at CSIRO it inspired protests on the street.

Now that @albomp.bsky.social is cutting it even more dramatically, why isn't the response just as impassioned?
November 19, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Looks like drop bears were real...

Ping @darwinnernz.bsky.social @corvink.bsky.social
Oooooooooo—seems Koala may be the closest living relative to Thylacoleo…
November 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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🔥🌳🌴 Two #PhD positions available on #fire resilience of Amazon forest! @w-u-r.bsky.social and embedded within my #ERC starting grant on past, present and future fire resilience of the Amazon. See link for info and how to apply:
www.wur.nl/nl/vacature/...

Please share!
PhD positions: Fire resilience of Amazon forests
www.wur.nl
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Really disappointing that the mayor wants to turn one of the last remaining remnants of the pre-human Canterbury Plains into a solar farm, rather than see it restored it as a scientific reserve.
November 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
We planted two woody meadows a decade ago to see what would thrive. Now the concept is popular across Australia.
theconversation.com/we-planted-t...
We planted two woody meadows a decade ago to see what would thrive. Now the concept is popular across Australia.
Woody meadows can create green corridors in urban landscapes at much less cost than traditional methods. Now keen gardeners can plant their own.
theconversation.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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I'm stoked to be able to talk alongside several talented scientists about aspen and fire management! Join us on November 20th 2:00-3:30pm MST.

Registration is required!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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"The escalating frequency and damage of catastrophic [wildland-urban] fires are accelerating faster than social systems can adapt, presenting disruptive and systemic risks. Among the most pressing: the destabilization of the insurance industry." 🔥
Wildfires have created instability within risk transfer markets. Here’s a path forward | PNAS
Wildfires have created instability within risk transfer markets. Here’s a path forward
www.pnas.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Fires in the Pantanal have reached new extremes,killing at least 17 million vertebrate animals and burning 27% of the vegetation cover in 2020.Climate breakdown made the Pantanal drier between 2001-21,increasing the occurrence of above average fires in the region. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘There’s fire all around us, this is it’ – This is climate breakdown
Working with jaguars in Brazil’s Pantanal was a huge source of joy. But the wildfires are getting worse. This is Abbie’s story
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM