Belinda Medlyn
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Belinda Medlyn
@bmedlyn.bsky.social
Professor, Ecosystem Modelling, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney U. Ecophysiologist and #DeadTreeDetective
Our talented CSC student, Ruiling Lu, collated forest inventory data dating back to the 1940's from colleagues across the country. After accounting for stand dynamics, we still see a similar increasing trend in mortality in forests from Tassie to the NT, associated with increasing temps
January 6, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Many congrats to the authors, especially lead authors Raphael Trouve and Sophie Yang, for their thought-provoking and discussion-generating articles! @natcomms.nature.com @newphyt.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Close runner-up
Yang, S., Ooi, M.K.J., Falster, D.S. and Cornwell, W.K. Continental-scale empirical evidence for relationships between fire response strategies and fire frequency doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Fantastic big-picture analysis testing hypotheses in fire ecology
Continental‐scale empirical evidence for relationships between fire response strategies and fire frequency
Theory suggests that the dominance of resprouting and seeding, two key mechanisms through which plants persist with recurrent fire, both depend on other traits and vary with fire regime. However, ...
doi.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Our winner is
Trouvé, R., Baker, P.J., Ducey, M.J. et al. Global warming reduces the carrying capacity of the tallest angiosperm species (Eucalyptus regnans). doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Really clever re-use of an old dataset to provide new insights into climate effects on forest dynamics
doi.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
NB Applicants must have working rights in Australia
September 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The arboretum has been even more heavily affected by drought this year - sad to see, but fascinating from a research perspective
September 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM