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Richard Nair @richardnair.bsky.social · Jul 24

🌎 🤖 💻 ☘️🌳 Interested in the intersection between #ecosystem #ecology and tech development? We're still looking for a research assistant to help with our projects about how roots - the 'hidden half' of plants - work here at Trinity College Dublin. Find the job ad here: www.tcd.ie/botany/vacan...

Vacancies - Botany | Trinity College Dublin

www.tcd.ie

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Laynara F. Lugli @laylugli.bsky.social · Jun 23

See you in Oaxaca next week for the 61ˢᵗ Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC). Check out our symposium on nutrient addition experiments across tropical forestshttps://www.atbc2025.org/symposia/s-75 @kmander7.bsky.social

Nutrient addition EXperiments in TROPICal Forests (NEXTropics): Synthesizing nutrient limitations across the tropics | ATBC2025

www.atbc2025.org

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · Jun 17

Please pass along - postdoc position! with our working group on #FunctionalTraits and rarity. This is part of the FREE (Functional Rarity in Ecology and Evolution) working group led by Cyrille Violle in Montpellier France 🧪🌐🌾 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Offre de post-doctorat en écologie (H/F)

emploi.cnrs.fr

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · Jun 17

The seasonality of the Amazon water cycle is intensifying.
-> Bruno Cintra and colleagues use decades of oxygen isotopes in tree rings to show how the dry season has got drier, and the wet season wetter.

www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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Laynara F. Lugli @laylugli.bsky.social · Jun 17

Check out our new publication! bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...
This was a cool collaboration between modellers and field experimentalists where we implemented root traits and mycorrhizal fungi into a dynamic vegetation model. Led by the awesome Mateus Dantas de Paula! @tropiroot.bsky.social

The fungal collaboration gradient drives root trait distribution and ecosystem processes in a tropical montane forest

Abstract. Plant roots have a large diversity of form and function, which is also related to their degree of mycorrhizal association. This is known as the fungal collaboration gradient, where thinner r...

bg.copernicus.org

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · Jun 3

Até 18 de junho!

Oportunidade no coração da Amazônia: Vaga para Pós-Doc vinculado ao INCT SIBIAM sobre as Consequências ecológicas dos estressores climáticos na resiliência da vegetação da Amazônia.

-> [email protected]

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Tropical Root Trait (TropiRoot) @tropiroot.bsky.social · May 29

We have started a LinkedIn group "TropiRoot Trait Initiative".
Please free to join and share your research stories/articles in the group. #tropiroot #tropicalecosystems #ecology
www.linkedin.com/groups/13255...

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ESA Journals @esajournals.bsky.social · May 20

A new Data Paper in "Ecology"👇

Tropical Root Trait (TropiRoot) @tropiroot.bsky.social · May 19

🎉 Our collaborative TropiRoot data paper “TropiRoot 1.0: Database of tropical root characteristics across environments” is out in Ecology! Explore 8,000+ standardized tropical root trait records from 104 studies across 25 countries. Data are freely available ! 🌿 doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... #tropiroots

TropiRoot 1.0: Database of tropical root characteristics across environments

Tropical ecosystems contain the world's largest biodiversity of vascular plants. Yet, our understanding of tropical functional diversity and its contribution to global diversity patterns is constrain...

doi.org

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Tropical Root Trait (TropiRoot) @tropiroot.bsky.social · May 20

TropiRoot Updates 📢📢📢 TropiRoot held a large group meeting on May 19th, featuring engaging presentations and insightful discussions on various aspects of below-ground traits. If you are interested to joining us or learning more, please visit tropiroottrait.github.io/TropiRootTra... #tropiroots

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Laynara F. Lugli @laylugli.bsky.social · May 20

Please delight yourselves in the magic of belowground research! wur.yuja.com/V/Video?v=89... Amazing video produced by the team of @moniqueweemstra.bsky.social from Wageningen University

Riddles in the Dark

In the dense and biodiverse San Emilio ForestGEO plot of Costa Rica, every tree tells a story. Not just above ground, but deep below the surface. Discover how different trees adapt to their environmen...

wur.yuja.com

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Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · May 19

Hooray for our new collaborative tropical root data paper from the @tropiroot.bsky.social team!
esajournals-onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezproxy2.library.colostate.edu/doi/pdf/10.1...

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Tropical Root Trait (TropiRoot) @tropiroot.bsky.social · May 19

🎉 Our collaborative TropiRoot data paper “TropiRoot 1.0: Database of tropical root characteristics across environments” is out in Ecology! Explore 8,000+ standardized tropical root trait records from 104 studies across 25 countries. Data are freely available ! 🌿 doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... #tropiroots

TropiRoot 1.0: Database of tropical root characteristics across environments

Tropical ecosystems contain the world's largest biodiversity of vascular plants. Yet, our understanding of tropical functional diversity and its contribution to global diversity patterns is constrain...

doi.org

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Laynara F. Lugli @laylugli.bsky.social · May 19

New paper out! Led by the amazing Amanda Longhi, as part of one more of our @tropiroot.bsky.social efforts!
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Making tropical root data available to help us answer what happens belowground!

TropiRoot 1.0: Database of tropical root characteristics across environments

Tropical ecosystems contain the world's largest biodiversity of vascular plants. Yet, our understanding of tropical functional diversity and its contribution to global diversity patterns is constrain...

esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Tommaso Jucker @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social · May 16

#oneforjournalclub

Amazon rainforest adjusts to long-term experimental drought 🌐🧪

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Amazon rainforest adjusts to long-term experimental drought - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Drought is a growing issue in tropical rainforests. Here, the authors revisit a long-term rainfall manipulation experiment in the Amazon to show that tree mortality was followed by community-level adj...

www.nature.com

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · May 16

Job Opportunity: Lecturer in Ecology and Global Change at University of Leeds.
We welcome dynamic applicants from across the world to join our team of tropical ecology and global change scientists.
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

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Go Belowground! @exfumo.bsky.social · May 13

‼️Looking for a plant #anatomist interested in comparative #functional #anatomy!
We’re offering support for the preparation of #MSCA #Postdoctoral #Fellowship #proposal 1url.cz/yJJVD. Would you like to explore #storage and conductive functions during #rhizome #development?
Let's talk!
#GoBelowground

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Laynara F. Lugli @laylugli.bsky.social · May 12

Extended deadline until May 31st to apply for postdoc positions, working with us at the AmazonFACE.
Position 1) Wood Traits and Growth Relationships with elevated CO₂
Position 2) The impacts of elevated CO₂ on biogeochemical cycling.
More information here amazonface.unicamp.br/oportunidades/

Oportunidades - AmazonFACE

O AmazonFACE está com quatro vagas de pós-doutorado disponíveis. Veja abaixo mais informações

amazonface.unicamp.br

Laynara F. Lugli @laylugli.bsky.social · May 9

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

The Importance of Nutrients in Controlling How Much Ecosystems Can Slow the Rate of Rising CO₂ at Western Sydney University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - The Importance of Nutrients in Controlling How Much Ecosystems Can Slow the Rate of Rising CO₂ at Western Sydney University, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Laynara F. Lugli @laylugli.bsky.social · May 9

Very cool PhD opportunity at Western Sydney University working with Catriona Macdonald, bridging experiments in different countries!

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Gareth Phoenix @garethphoenix.bsky.social · May 8

🚨 PhD alert.
PhD opportunity studying how nutrient availability impacts the ability of ecosystems to absorb more CO2 as CO2 levels rise.

With Catriona MacDonald and Ben Smith at Western Sydney University and myself here @sheffieldpps.bsky.social Sheffield

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

The Importance of Nutrients in Controlling How Much Ecosystems Can Slow the Rate of Rising CO₂ at Western Sydney University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - The Importance of Nutrients in Controlling How Much Ecosystems Can Slow the Rate of Rising CO₂ at Western Sydney University, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · May 7

We have updated our database of funding opportunities for Early-Career Researchers (private foundations, federal, international)

We have 456 entries, for which we provide $ amount, deadline, eligibility criteria, etc.

Download this massive database here for free: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

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Erika Berenguer @erikaberenguer.bsky.social · May 5

Vaga de pós doutorado com o @josbarlow.bsky.social, a Joice Ferreira e eu focando na recuperação de florestas amazônicas após distúrbios antrópicos (o fogo tá incluído aí). Por favor repassem pra quem tá terminando o doc e outros pós-docs da ecologia 👇

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Anja Rammig @anjarammig.bsky.social · May 1

We projected tree species distribution under a collapse of the AMOC
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Forest After Tomorrow: Projecting the Impact of a Collapsing Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation on European Tree‐Species Distributions

This study examines the effects of a collapsing Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) in comparison to a common climate-change scenario. It shows that an AMOC collapse would result in co....

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Prof Richard Betts @richardabetts.bsky.social · Apr 27

Tomorrow (Monday) at #EGU25 I’ll be stepping in to present the science plan for the AmazonFACE experiment on behalf of my colleagues

17.47 in session BG3.11

meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...

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Laynara F. Lugli @laylugli.bsky.social · Apr 27

Super happy to be in Vienna again for EGU25 @egu.eu! If you're here and is interested in understanding tropical forest's functioning, make sure to stop by our session (oral and poster) tomorrow!

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