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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 6d

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 27d

✨ Paper spotlight ✨

(🧵 1/5) Distal to proximal: a continuum of drivers shaping tree growth and carbon partitioning
doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Fig. 3 Resource (here C and water) uptake, transport, and consumption shape resource distribution along the leaf-to-root axis, influencing C partitioning and plant functional traits under changing environmental conditions.

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WSL Umweltforschung @wslresearch.bsky.social · Aug 22

🪵🌲 #PhD Alert! MSc in #Environmental Sciences or a related field? Interested in #wood anatomy and experience with #tree-ring data? Our Dendrosciences group is offering a 4-year PhD position in #Palaeoecology: apply.refline.ch/273855/1761/... #ScienceJobs #dendrology #radiocarbon

Job offer: The Research Group Dendrosciences uses tree rings to investigate and understand environmental impacts on tree growth and to reconstruct past environmental changes at scales ranging from minutes to millennia and from cells to ecosystems around the globe. From 1 November 2025, we offer a 4-year position as a
PhD in Palaeoecology 100% (f/m/d)
As part of the Signatures of Global Late Glacial Climate Change in Tree-Ring Records (SiGnaL) project — co-led by the Dendrosciences group at WSL and the Laboratory of Ion Beam Physics (LIP) at ETH Zurich — you will contribute to understanding the nature and drivers of abrupt climate changes that occurred during the Late Glacial period, approximately 11 - 15 kyrs BP. Your work will focus on the collection, measurement, and integration of fossil wood and tree-ring material from various global sites. Through a multi-proxy approach — combining radiocarbon dating, stable isotope ratios, and quantitative wood anatomy — you will help to date and synchronize records across regions and reconstruct regional to global climate dynamics. This work will support the project's goal of improving our understanding of the Late Glacial climate system and enhancing the global radiocarbon calibration curve. You will be part of an enthusiastic and ambitious team that includes leading researchers in dendro-chronology, palaeoclimate research, and radiocarbon dating, along with two other PhD students and technicians. The position is based at WSL within the Dendrosciences group, a globally recognised centre for tree-ring science. Collaboration with international researchers from related institutions is also expected. Among the three PhD students involved in the project, you will have a special emphasis on wood anatomy and on the climatic interpretation of the tree-ring proxies.

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Elisabet Martínez-Sancho @elimartinezs.bsky.social · Aug 21

🚨 Check out our new study! 🌳🥶 Tree rings show that high-elevation beech forests are experiencing more spring frost damage in recent years
@newphyt.bsky.social @yannvit.bsky.social
#Phenology #Dendrochronology doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Emerging trend of increasing spring frost damage for beech at higher elevations in the Jura Mountains: evidence from tree‐ring data

Late spring frost (LSF) severely impacts tree growth and forest productivity, with global warming potentially altering LSF risk due to asymmetric changes in vegetation onset and frost timing. Howeve.....

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Charlotte Grossiord @charlottegrossiord.bsky.social · Aug 20

New PhD position in Plant Ecophysiology🌳 Study how atmospheric & soil drought shape tree carbon & water relations at the VPDrought experiment in Switzerland. Start Jan 2026. Apply here: m.refline.ch/273855/1759/... @wslresearch.bsky.social

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Elisabet Martínez-Sancho @elimartinezs.bsky.social · Jun 20

Huge congratulations to my student Ivan Marbà for winning Best Student Poster Presentation at TRACE 2025 in Umeå, Sweden! 🇸🇪 #ProudSupervisor #TreeRings

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Elisabet Martínez-Sancho @elimartinezs.bsky.social · May 15

Excited to be part of this great project! 🌍🌲🌳 If you're considering a PhD in dendroecology, this is a great opportunity to work with a diverse and international team.

WSL Umweltforschung @wslresearch.bsky.social · May 14

🌲🖥️ #PhDAlert! MSc in a #natural #science & experience with #tree-ring analysis and statistical software (R)? Fluent in English and ready for #fieldwork? Our #forest dynamics #research unit is looking for a #PhD candidate in #dendroecology and #ecophysiology! apply.refline.ch/273855/1736/...

PhD candidate in Dendroecology and Ecophysiology
The project involves fieldwork, lab analyses and manipulative experiments. The research sites are located in the Alps (Switzerland), Pyrenees (Spain), and Carpathians (Romania), and the experimental study will be conducted in Switzerland. You will apply dendroecological techniques to measure and analyse carbon and oxygen isotope ratios in the cellulose of tree rings as proxies of physiological changes. Additionally, you will participate in an experimental study on saplings growing along an elevational transect in the Alps, examining their morphological, physiological, and phenological responses to climate stressors (heat, drought, and frost). Ultimately, the goal is to rank species by their sensitivity to recent and future climatic stressors, helping forest managers select the most resilient species for each elevation zone.
You hold a Master’s degree in forest ecology, ecology, plant physiology, environmental science, or a related field. Ideally, you already have experience with tree-ring analysis, ecophysiology, or climate data analysis. You have a good command of English, enjoy working collaboratively, and are comfortable using statistical software, preferably R. You are in good physical condition so that you can move safely over rough terrain. In addition, you are independent, self-motivated, and eager to take on a challenging project that will contribute to a deeper understanding of how climate change affects forest ecosystems. This position offers an exciting opportunity for those seeking a career in dendroecology, ecophysiology, or climate change science. You will work in an international research environment with access to cutting-edge methods and collaboration opportunities in Spain and Romania. Working place will be at WSL in Birmensdorf (approx. 20 min outside of Zurich); PhD enrolment will be at University of Bern.

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Elisabet Martínez-Sancho @elimartinezs.bsky.social · Mar 25

giulia 🙈 rest and recover soon!

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Science Magazine @science.org · Mar 8

"The academic structure … makes planning for a family feel like an impossible luxury."

In this #ScienceWorkingLife, two postdocs share how, as women in academia, having children can feel impossible—and how talking about it makes them feel less alone. scim.ag/3F60VMt #InternationalWomensDay

As women in academia, having children can feel impossible. Talking about it makes us feel less alone

The struggle is “balancing their careers not just with motherhood, but with what comes before: relationships and planning for a family,” these postdocs write

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Elisabet Martínez-Sancho @elimartinezs.bsky.social · Mar 5

I am very happy to announce that the Dendrolabs of @wslresearch.bsky.social and @biologiaub.bsky.social will be co-organizing the 35th European Dendroecological Fieldweek in the Pyrenees! It's the perfect opportunity to learn about dendrochronology and have fun in a beautiful landscape!
Details 👇

35th European Dendroecological Fieldweek

We are pleased to announce the 35th European Dendroecological Fieldweek, taking place from August 29 to September 5. This event will be held in the town of Son (Spain) at the heart of the Catalan Pyre...

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · Feb 21

The authors of a Comment article in Nature Human Behaviour propose six actionable steps of allyship that researchers, faculty members and educators can engage in to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive academia. #Academicsky 🧪

Cultivating allyship for a diverse, equitable and inclusive academia - Nature Human Behaviour

We propose six actionable steps of allyship that researchers, faculty members and educators can engage in to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive academia: listening to marginalized voices, challenging one's own biases, speaking up to include disadvantaged groups, speaking out to confront bias, advocating for inclusive policies and dismantling institutional biases.

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Elisabet Martínez-Sancho @elimartinezs.bsky.social · Jan 27

📢 Calling all tree-ring researchers! 🌳💍

The Association for Tree-Ring Research (ATR) annually awards prizes for the best Ph.D. & Master’s theses in tree-ring science!

🗓️ Deadline: Feb 15, 2025
📄 Details: tinyurl.com/ATRaward

Nominate your students! ✨

Thesis awards

To honor exceptional and original contributions by early-stage researchers, the Association for Tree-Ring Research (ATR) annually awards prizes for the best Ph.D. and Master’s theses within the fie…

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Tommaso Jucker @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social · Jan 24

At what spatial resolution should we map forest carbon from space?

[1/2] In our letter @science.org led by Laura Duncanson we reflect on whether a pursuit of ever-higher resolution maps is necessarily a good thing.

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

Spatial resolution for forest carbon maps

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Elisabet Martínez-Sancho @elimartinezs.bsky.social · Jan 7

Only 8 days left to submit your abstracts! Join us for the #Treering session at #EGU25! 🌲💍

Elisabet Martínez-Sancho @elimartinezs.bsky.social · Dec 8

I am excited to announce that we are organising again the #treering session at #EGU25.
🌲💍Abstract submission is now open until Jan 15.
tinyurl.com/sbdt4ezp
KerstinTreydte Jernej Jevšenak Annemarie Eckes-Shephard and Pieter Zuidema
#dendrochronology

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Pieter Zuidema @pieterzuidema.bsky.social · Dec 20

Also fascinated by how trees🌳 respond to climatic changes 🌦️? And by climate info stored in tree rings? Please submit abstract to our #Tree-Ring Session #EGU25

🗓️ Deadline Jan 15
📍 EGU Vienna Apr 27 May 2

More info 👉 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...

#dendrochronology #forest

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Elisabet Martínez-Sancho @elimartinezs.bsky.social · Dec 8

I am excited to announce that we are organising again the #treering session at #EGU25.
🌲💍Abstract submission is now open until Jan 15.
tinyurl.com/sbdt4ezp
KerstinTreydte Jernej Jevšenak Annemarie Eckes-Shephard and Pieter Zuidema
#dendrochronology

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Elisabet Martínez-Sancho @elimartinezs.bsky.social · Dec 6

me too please 😊

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Elisabet Martínez-Sancho @elimartinezs.bsky.social · Dec 6

you can read your .rwl file with the read.rwl function from the dplR package and then just save it as csv using write.csv

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Elisabet Martínez-Sancho @elimartinezs.bsky.social · Dec 4

Big steps forward for dendrochronology in Africa!

Africa celebrates milestone with the first-ever dendrochronology workshop to build resilience against climate change | CIFOR-ICRAF

Historic milestone: Africa’s first dendrochronology workshop in Ethiopia advances climate resilience and sustainable development through tree-ring science (ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – 3 December 2024) Cli...

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