European and north American pines were introduced for timber as they grow faster than native rainforests podocarps

Plantations of alien trees aren't great. Period. Plenty of research says otherwise. That said, contrasting the understory it's not necessarily shows that - temperate rainforest are wet and have a lush understory, not so dry, acidic forests

what a stunning book!

They always try to pull something like this, locally or nationally, and it's always - guess who?- right wing parties.

You never wrote a scientific proposal hey😉

I think most people are here for the community and the quality of the content. While I have most of the features I need, I'd love to see some new stuff as well:)

No wait the postdoc min salary was 45k two years ago, when I checked🤷🏻

With all due respect, this is just a Canadian fear that keeps resurfacing 😊

#IPNApaper 'Geographic and Biological Drivers Shape Anthropogenic Extinctions in the Macaronesian Vascular Flora' (@globalchangebio.bsky.social)

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

Co-authors from IPNA: Raúl Orihuela, Javier Morente, @jairopatinolab.bsky.social, ‪@avalido.bsky.social