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Tommaso Jucker @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social · Aug 14

We have a #Tansley review out today @newphyt.bsky.social led by Becky Banbury Morgan in which we put forward a new framework that aims to explain how and why edge effects on forest structure vary across ecosystems and through time

📜 doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Graphical illustration of the four key stages of edge evolution following edge creation.

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Tommaso Jucker @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social · Sep 5

Only a pre-print for now, but after 4 years of hard work I couldn't resist sharing this!

The Global Canopy Atlas: analysis-ready maps of 3D structure for the world's woody ecosystems

📜: doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Huge team effort led by the brilliant Fabian Fischer!

Global distribution of forest landscapes covered by airborne LiDAR

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Bob Muscarella @bobmuscarella.bsky.social · Aug 27

It turns out we shouldn't expect #eDNA to capture local diversity/composition of tropical trees but rather broad patterns across regions. Together with a fairly coarse taxonomic resolution, the utility of eDNA for biodiversity monitoring of tropical forest trees is probably limited.

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Bob Muscarella @bobmuscarella.bsky.social · Aug 27

Ever wonder about what spatial scale of biodiversity #eDNA 🧬 samples capture?

We did. So we used data from the 16-ha Luquillo Forest Dynamics Plot 🇵🇷 to investigate the spatial scale of soil eDNA samples for tree🌴🌳 diversity.

(Please share with #eDNA folks!)

www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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Daniel Zuleta @danielfzuleta.bsky.social · Aug 28

🌿 Trees in valleys grew faster & died more.
🌿 Some valley species thrived “at home,” but community-level support was mixed.
🌿 Even 22 m elevation differences = meaningful demographic shifts.

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#proudPI

Marked tree demographic variation along subtle elevation differences partially explains species' habitat associations in an Amazonian forest

These findings show that even small differences in elevation can lead to biologically meaningful variation in resource access that translates into significant differences in tree growth and survival....

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Daniel Zuleta @danielfzuleta.bsky.social · Aug 28

...What about the key processes behind species’ habitat associations (tree growth & mortality)? 🌱🌳

New paper by my MSc student tests “best-at-home” & “resident-advantage” hypotheses in ~80k trees (352 spp.) across valleys, slopes & ridges in #AmacayacuFDP and found that....

Marked tree demographic variation along subtle elevation differences partially explains species' habitat associations in an Amazonian forest

These findings show that even small differences in elevation can lead to biologically meaningful variation in resource access that translates into significant differences in tree growth and survival....

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Daniel Zuleta @danielfzuleta.bsky.social · Aug 28

Our previous work in #AmacayacuFDP forest shows that small changes in topography drive
1️⃣ tree species distr. doi.org/10.1007/s111...
2️⃣ drought-related #treemortality doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
3️⃣ and some (not all) branch, leaf & stomatal traits besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
But...

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Oxford Ecosystems @oxfordecosystems.bsky.social · Apr 14

Congratulations to Ecosystems HRA, Sandra Díaz, for winning the 2025 Tyler Prize! Sandra's research has changed the way we understand biodiversity, ecosystems, and the deep ties between humans and nature. Watch this short film on Sandra: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPKy...
@naturerecovery.bsky.social

Sandra Díaz, winner of the Tyler Prize 2025

YouTube video by Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement

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Daniel Zuleta @danielfzuleta.bsky.social · Apr 14

Only two weeks left to apply! The deadline is April 27
#tropical #forests #treemortality

Daniel Zuleta @danielfzuleta.bsky.social · Mar 26

📢 Job Alert! 🌳
Looking for a 2-yr postdoc (ext. up to 3 yrs) to join me at U. of Gothenburg to study links between environmental drivers, tree conditions (e.g., #treedamage), and physiological processes leading to #tropical #treemortality.

Apply by: April 17th

Details below

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Allie Shenkin @shenkin.bsky.social · Apr 8

Woody respiration is an important but unconstrained process in the forest carbon cycle. @mariabmills.bsky.social made real progress in Malaysian Borneo using lasers and climbing giants, so that you don't have to! She came away with great insights.

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Investigating the accuracy of tropical woody stem CO2 efflux estimates: scaling methods, and vertical and diel variation

Stem CO2 efflux (EA) significantly contributes to autotrophic and ecosystem respiration in tropical forests, but field methodologies often introduce biases and uncertainty. This study evaluates thes...

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · Apr 7

Insights Into Ecology, Evolution and Global Change Responses From Very Long-Term Studies onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... 🌐🧪🌾

Insights Into Ecology, Evolution and Global Change Responses From Very Long‐Term Studies

Click on the article title to read more.

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Emily Lines @emilyrlines.bsky.social · Apr 3

Just a few days left to apply for this #technician position in my group! Like #forests? #Data? #Python? Working outside?

Come and help support our research using high resolution #remotesensing #lidar data to study #forests 👇

Please share!

Emily Lines @emilyrlines.bsky.social · Mar 24

I am #hiring! Do you like #lidar #data and #forests? Enjoy both computational & field work?

I am hiring a Computational and Field Senior Technician to join my UKRI FLF project team for 2 yrs, based in Cambridge, UK (not remote). More details here (closing April 7th) www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50700/

Computational & Field Senior Technician (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge

Computational & Field Senior Technician (Fixed Term) in the Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge.

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk

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Bob Muscarella @bobmuscarella.bsky.social · Apr 3

@vetenskapsradet.bsky.social is opening a new grant to attract researchers from outside Europe to come to Sweden! The call opens in mid-April but some details are already online: www.vr.se/english/just...

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Yadvinder Malhi @ymalhi.bsky.social · Apr 1

Super useful video library to liven up your presentations …

IPBES @ipbes.net · Apr 1

Looking for high quality free videos?🎥 Introducing: Open Planet! 🧪🌍

A rich free-to-use video library to help storytellers create impactful content for our planet.

Find world-class footage to tell your stories about #biodiversity & nature ⤵️🌿

openplanet.org #ForNature

Discover world-class footage of our changing planet.

Open Planet is a global library of high-quality climate and nature footage. It is free to use for educational, environmental and impact storytelling.

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · Mar 31

INPA procura candidato(a) para pós-doutorado no Projeto “Integrando a hidrologia do solo e características hidráulicas para entender os riscos de mortalidade às secas das árvores gigantes” com o projeto “GIGANTE” (www.caryinstitute.org/science/rese...).
@treeco-db.bsky.social @evangora.bsky.social

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Daniel Zuleta @danielfzuleta.bsky.social · Mar 26

Correction deadline for application is April 27th!

Daniel Zuleta @danielfzuleta.bsky.social · Mar 26

web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...

Postdoctoral Position in Tropical tree ecology/ecophysiology

At the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences (BioEnv) we have teaching and research activities

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Daniel Zuleta @danielfzuleta.bsky.social · Mar 26

📢 Job Alert! 🌳
Looking for a 2-yr postdoc (ext. up to 3 yrs) to join me at U. of Gothenburg to study links between environmental drivers, tree conditions (e.g., #treedamage), and physiological processes leading to #tropical #treemortality.

Apply by: April 17th

Details below

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Daniel Zuleta @danielfzuleta.bsky.social · Mar 26

Had an amazing time visiting Uppsala @uu.se this week.
Thanks to @bobmuscarella.bsky.social for the invitation—you have a fantastic group and are an inspiring supervisor!

Bob Muscarella @bobmuscarella.bsky.social · Mar 25

Very happy to have @danielfzuleta.bsky.social visit in Uppsala! His seminar on tropical tree mortality highlighted tons of fascinating work with #ForestGEO, @ngeetropics.bsky.social, @forestplots.bsky.social and others. Great examples of how to work well with big teams on big questions in ecology!

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Heather Reese @heatherreese.bsky.social · Mar 15

Job announcement! Come work with us as Assoc Sr Lecturer in Earth and Env Data Science at U of Gothenburg, Sweden. Tenure track for someone with broad remote sensing & machine learning knowledge. Work with climate change, Earth systems, biodiversity, #EO, #UAV... Deadline 10 May tinyurl.com/58ft38du

Associate Senior Lecturer in Earth and Environmental Data Science

Associate Senior Lecturer in Earth and Environmental Data Science At the Department of Earth Sciences, we

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Daniel Zuleta @danielfzuleta.bsky.social · Mar 17

Almost there! We're 94% done with the 4th full census of the 25ha Amacayacu Forest Dynamics Plot (#AmacayacuFDP) in the Colombian Amazon! 🌳

Remeasuring 130K trees wouldn’t be possible without the incredible support of UNAL students, Sinchi & the Palmeras Indigenous community—THANK YOU! 🙌"

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · Mar 12

We quantify, map and analyse wood density across tropical South America.

Our analysis led by Martin Sullivan refines the east-west Amazon gradient in wood density, improves it by revealing much finer variation, & extends predictions to Andean, Dry & Atlantic forests.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Yadvinder Malhi @ymalhi.bsky.social · Mar 7

In our new paper in @science.org, we show that tropical forests are changing over time, but too slowly to track climate change. Our article, led by @jeaggu.bsky.social just out:

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

@oxfordgeography.bsky.social
@naturerecovery.bsky.social
@forestplots.bsky.social

Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change

Understanding the capacity of forests to adapt to climate change is of pivotal importance for conservation science, yet this is still widely unknown. This knowledge gap is particularly acute in high-b...

www.science.org

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Emily Lines @emilyrlines.bsky.social · Mar 7

Our new paper and software tool PointsToWood is out! Led by Harry Owen and Targeted at high performance for small branches, PointsToWood performs #deeplearning enabled leaf-wood semantic segmentation of high resolution #TLS point clouds. 🌿 🌲 🌳

👇performance on unseen tropical data

Image shows leaf (black) wood (red) separation by PointsToWood on an unseen tropical forest dataset from Cameroon. Even though we only trained on European forest data, the diversity and high quality of our training dataset results in excellent performance in other biomes.

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Nathan J.B. Kraft @nathanjbkraft.bsky.social · Feb 27

As someone long interested in latitudinal gradient in forest diversity and dynamics it’s been really gratifying to see this paper come together over time- looking forward to the new research on forest dynamics I think this will inspire!

Nature @nature.com · Feb 26

Nature research paper: Latitudinal scaling of aggregation with abundance and coexistence in forests

https://go.nature.com/3CUTWWg

Latitudinal scaling of aggregation with abundance and coexistence in forests - Nature

A unified framework is presented that integrates observed spatial patterns of individual trees in forests with ecological processes into a novel coexistence theory.

go.nature.com

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