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Ecological Continuity Trust (ECT) @ect-uk.bsky.social · 7d

#LadyParkWood which borders #England & #Wales is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

@andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social from @liverpooluni.bsky.social, & John Healey from @bangoruniversity.bsky.social are looking at #woodland development bit.ly/LadyParkWood 🌏

Text: LTE Site of the Week- Lady Park Wood, Wales/ England. Photo of a forest with little sunlight reaching the floor. Text: Running since 1944. Andrew Hacket-Pain, Liverpool University, John Healey, Bangor University. Icons for woodland and grazing.

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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 10d

Another recent paper in #BirdStudy showed autumn densities of Pheasant & Red-Legged Partridge in southern England can be an astonishing 2,500 birds per km2 on land near releases. After winter, there were still up to 700 birds/km2. That's huge numbers.
Paper: doi.org/10.1080/0006...
#ornithology

British Birds @britishbirds.bsky.social · 10d

Ticks are more likely to carry the bacteria that cause Lyme disease in areas where Common Pheasants Phasianus colchicus are released, according to new research.

Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...
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Prof. Vigdis Vandvik @vvandvik.bsky.social · Aug 28

Come work with us!

Fully funded #PhD position in global change ecology - working in a cross-disciplinary cohort of 8 PhD students studying mountains in transition. 🧪🌐🏔️ @btwnthefjords-uib.bsky.social @cesam-uib.bsky.social

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

PhD Research Fellow in global change ecology (285493) | University of Bergen

Job title: PhD Research Fellow in global change ecology (285493), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Wednesday, October 1, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

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International Union of Forest Research Organizations - IUFRO @iufro.bsky.social · Aug 28

#job at The Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, SLU: Associate Senior Lecturer in conservation ecology, to improve the understanding of impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services resulting from alternative forest management strategies.

Closing 15 September 2025

www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

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Michal Bogdziewicz @micbog.bsky.social · Aug 19

🚨 Postdoc opening 🚨
Join us at Forest Biology Center (Poznań, Poland) to study forest ecology under climate change.

2-year contract (extendable), start Jan 2026 (flexible). Apply by Sept 30, 2025.

🔗 forestbiologycenter.amu.edu.pl/our-team/joi...

Forest Biology Center - Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland

Centrum Biologii Lasu Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu

forestbiologycenter.amu.edu.pl

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Ecological Continuity Trust (ECT) @ect-uk.bsky.social · Jul 25

We have a new #blog:

@andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social wrote a blog on the handover of Lady Park Wood (Wales/ England) from George Peterken to a new academic team at @bangoruniversity.bsky.social & @liverpooluni.bsky.social.

Read it here: bit.ly/4eoChUS

#Woodland #LongTermExperiment #LTE 🌎

Lady Park Wood Handover — ECOLOGICAL CONTINUITY TRUST -

Andrew Hacket-Pain (Liverpool University) writes about the handover of the Lady Park Wood long-term experiment.

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Andrew Hacket-Pain @andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social · Jun 30

In the Netherlands this week, and a big crop of acorns on the way here too

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Andrew Hacket-Pain @andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social · Jun 21

Happy #solstice! Today, beech trees start to decide whether to produce bumper seed crops next year, or to skip reproduction next year. It is a marker for growth and phenology processes. @micbog.bsky.social talked to The Guardian about how it works:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Why the summer solstice is a ‘celestial starting gun’ for trees

Research shows longest day is a cue for beeches to launch their growth strategies

www.theguardian.com

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Andrew Hacket-Pain @andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social · Jun 21

Leg 2/8 of slow travel from NW England to Poznan, Poland. 36 hours with time to read papers and enjoy the views. And a stopover in Köln, with a visit to the Cathedral. All on time so far...

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · Jun 21

By 3,000 BC everywhere in England that trees could grow was covered, sometimes called the ‘wildwood’

As Nature intended

The introduction of agriculture about 3,000 BC started the steady reduction until 1900 AD it was 5%

Currently the figure has increased to 10%

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Graph of woodland cover in England since 1,000 AD

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Angela Cassidy @angecass.bsky.social · Jun 20

And AGAIN! 3xpostdocs + Project Officer 17 months) in @renewbiodiversity.bsky.social ExCASES team, doing applied research on biodiversity renewal. Based at @researchnt.bsky.social working with fab @sarahcrowley.bsky.social. #envsocialscience #scipol #sustainability #sts #conservation folk do apply!

National Trust Research @researchnt.bsky.social · Jun 18

📢We're recruiting for four new roles to support the @renewbiodiversity.bsky.social project!

Are you a PhD graduate hoping to solve the real-world challenges of biodiversity renewal? ➡️3 Postdoctoral Research Fellow posts now open careers.nationaltrust.org.uk/OA_HTML/a/#/...

and...

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Andrew Hacket-Pain @andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social · Jun 20

With @micbog.bsky.social @foestjessie.bsky.social and many other great colleagues across Europe

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Andrew Hacket-Pain @andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social · Jun 20

Tomorrow is the #SummerSolstice, which is a special day for beech trees too! We are installing experiments to test how the #solstice helps synchronise masting. Colleagues up ladders in trees across Europe doing this! Science explained in @uk.theconversation.com: theconversation.com/could-trees-...

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Prof. Vincent Gauci @gaucigauci.bsky.social · Jun 19

My perspective “Tree methane exchange in a changing world” is now out in @natrevearthenviron.nature.com rdcu.be/erF4j

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Jalene LaMontagne @jalene-lamontagne.bsky.social · Jun 16

1 more week until application reviews start for this postdoc position. Please share!

Jalene LaMontagne @jalene-lamontagne.bsky.social · May 29

I'm hiring a postdoc! Themes: long-term data, plant reproduction, mast seeding, synthesis, macosystems biology. Also, reproducible tesearch. Target submission deadline: 22 June (for priority review). 1-2 year position, $60K/year. 🌲 🌲 🌲
www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...

Post Doctoral Fellow - Plant Ecology - HigherEdJobs

Jobs in higher education. Faculty and administrative positions at colleges and universities. Updated daily. Free to job seekers.

www.higheredjobs.com

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · Jun 12

UK woodlands are facing growing threats from climate change, deer grazing, disease and land management changes 🌳🦌🍃.

New UKCEH-led research shows that #woodland ecosystems respond in complex ways—and not always predictably—to these combined pressures.
www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...

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Multiple threats to woodlands require tailored solutions

UK woodlands are increasingly under threat from changes in land management, climate, diseases and deer populations – and vegetation is responding differently, requiring tailored action to protect biod...

www.ceh.ac.uk

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · Jun 11

Realistic models of the potential for global reforestation suggest that it could absorb roughly 5% of human CO2 emissions. This is still worthwhile but nowhere near a solution on its own. New paper just published 🧪🌏🌐

Addressing critiques refines global estimates of reforestation potential for climate change mitigation - Nature Communications

Reforestation is a key climate change mitigation strategy, but global maps of its potential are widely criticized. This study shows that addressing those critiques substantially refines estimates of t...

www.nature.com

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Andrew Hacket-Pain @andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social · Jun 11

A really wonderful start to my day, thanks to two final-year @livunigeog.bsky.social students. Such kind words are really appreciated. Plus an excellent addition to my office plant collection!

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Jonathan Lenoir 🌳🌲🌴 @jonlen.bsky.social · Jun 10

Amazing paper, w/ stunning 1st figure + journal cover, on historical legacies of land management on temperate woodland biodiversity 🪲🦅🦔🍀 #historical #ecology at its best 🤩😍

➡️ #ancient #woodlands 🌳🌳🌳🌳 in 🌾🌾🌾🌾 matter for #biodiversity & the provision of #ecosystem #services

shorturl.at/Ssir1

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Kevin Watts @watts-km.bsky.social · Jun 9

Interested in Temperate Rainforests Globally 🌧️🌳- come to this webinar www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/thi...

Think globally, act locally: Temperate rainforest – how do we best research and conserve a globally distributed habitat?

What's on at the University of Plymouth: Think globally, act locally: Temperate Rainforest, how do we best research and conserve a globally distributed...

www.plymouth.ac.uk

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Andrew Hacket-Pain @andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social · Jun 9

And for colleagues for whom that move is not one they choose to make, the complex mess that can be left behind. Really tough for everyone affected.

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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · Jun 5

No advert out yet, but I will recruiting a 2yr postdoc, start date autumn 2025, at @livunigeog.bsky.social soon. Lowland and upland peatlands, GHGs, DOM and water chemistry. Plenty of fieldwork. Feel free to drop me a DM or email if you might be interested, and please spread the word.

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Cabot Institute for the Environment @cabot-institute.bsky.social · Jun 5

A new study from @joshfdean.bsky.social & @gemmacoxon.bsky.social has revealed for the first time that ancient carbon, stored in landscapes for thousands of years or more, can find its way back to the atmosphere as CO₂ released from the surfaces of rivers. Read more -> bristol.ac.uk/cabot/news/2...

Research shows rivers release ancient carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, uncovering a greater role for plants and soil in the carbon cycle

A new study has revealed for the first time that ancient carbon, stored in landscapes for thousands of years or more, can find its way back to the atmosphere as CO₂ released from the surfaces of river...

bristol.ac.uk

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Mountain Research Initiative @mtnresearchmri.bsky.social · Jun 2

📢 @wslresearch.bsky.social is hiring a Postdoc in dendroecology & ecophysiology! Study how trees respond to #climatechange in the Alps, Pyrenees & Carpathians. Field + lab work, based near Zurich. Start Sept 2025. Read more here & apply: https://loom.ly/b1NMXRU

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