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ashishnerlekar.bsky.social @ashishnerlekar.bsky.social · Mar 11

Our results highlight that the grass ﬂora of Texas bears the signature of Pleistocene megafauna and inﬂuence of ﬁres that predate human arrival. +
We suggest that grass functional classiﬁcations based on ﬁre and grazer traits can improve prescribed ﬁre and livestock management of savannas

ashishnerlekar.bsky.social @ashishnerlekar.bsky.social · Mar 11

🔥🌾🦬New Pub in @botsocamerica.bsky.social ! We show that the ﬂammability–palatability trade‐oﬀs that operate in Africa also explain correlated suites of traits in #Texas #grasses.
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Grass functional traits reflect the long history of fire and grazers in the savannas of Texas

Premise Understanding relationships among grass traits, fire, and herbivores may help improve conservation strategies for savannas that are threatened by novel disturbance regimes. Emerging theory, ...

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · Mar 11

🔥🌱 From the upcoming #AJB Special Issue: “Understanding novel ﬁre regimes using plant trait‐based approaches" 🌱🔥

Grass functional traits reflect the long history of #fire & grazers in the #savannas of #Texas

By @ashishnerlekar.bsky.social et al.

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Functional strategies of 337 native Texas grasses in relation to grazing and fire.

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Naomi Schwartz @naomibschwartz.bsky.social · Jan 24

Out today in @biotropica.bsky.social: We show that deciduous dipterocarp and semi-evergreen forests in Cambodia have distinct species, but similar soils across their abrupt boundaries. But we see differences in fire history and fire adapted functional traits. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Seeing the Savanna Through the Trees: Vegetation Structure, Composition and Function Along a Forest‐Savanna Boundary in Cambodia

In the seasonally dry landscapes of continental Southeast Asia, deciduous dipterocarp vegetation (DDF), which resembles savanna, and semi-evergreen forests (SEF) form patchy landscape mosaics, with a...

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Dr. Riley Pizza @rileypizza.bsky.social · Jan 21

New paper alert! @lars-brudvig.bsky.social, @nashturley.bsky.social and I reveal key context-dependent impacts of seed mix design decisions on restored prairie community structure!🌾 🧪 #PlantScience #EcologicalRestoration #ecosystem

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A picture of an experimental prairie restoration, and the field is mostly composed of Echinacea purpurea

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ashishnerlekar.bsky.social @ashishnerlekar.bsky.social · Jan 16

137 of us share our concerns with policymakers in an open letter: "There are more than just trees and forests to be conserved and restored" nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Open letter: There are more than just trees and forests to be conserved and restored

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ashishnerlekar.bsky.social @ashishnerlekar.bsky.social · Dec 27

such a fascinating study!

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · Dec 27

Researchers challenged longhorn crazy ants and humans with the same task: maneuvering a T-shaped object through two consecutive open doorways. Single humans always outperformed single ants, but ant groups could beat human groups. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

A group of longhorn crazy ants (top) and a group of people (bottom) tackling scaled versions of the same geometrical maneuvering puzzle.

CREDIT: Ofer Feinerman

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Lars Brudvig @lars-brudvig.bsky.social · Dec 4

Grassland restorations must better foster forbs to facilitate high biodiversity

Check out @ashishnerlekar.bsky.social's recent call for "forb-centric" grassland restoration

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Grassland restorations must better foster forbs to facilitate high biodiversity

Grassland restoration efforts typically aim to recover lost biodiversity, guided by biologically diverse old-growth grasslands as a benchmark. In most old-growth grasslands, forbs greatly outnumber g...

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ashishnerlekar.bsky.social @ashishnerlekar.bsky.social · Dec 3

Could you add me please?
Thanks!

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ashishnerlekar.bsky.social @ashishnerlekar.bsky.social · Dec 3

yes please!