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Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology (LEVeg) 🌾

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Researching tropical grassy ecosystems and fire ecology at UNESP 🇧🇷 | Coordenated by @alefidelis.bsky.social‬ | Posts by @gabrieladezotti.bsky.social‬ or @heloizazirondi.bsky.social | #FireEcology #VegetationEcology #SavannaEcology

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Alessandra Fidelis @alefidelis.bsky.social · 3d

The Cerrado is really amazing! Post-fire flowering is one of the most interesting and beautiful fire response! It is not a response of a specific species or family! Bulbostylis paradoxa never fails and can be seen flowering already 18 hs after fire! @leveg.bsky.social @programabiota.bsky.social

Bulbostylis paradoxa flowering 24 hs afrer fire

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Alessandra Fidelis @alefidelis.bsky.social · 3d

We just did the 153th burn since 2013 in our plots! In each burn we measured different fire parameters like fire intensity, fuel load, fire temperature, etc. Thanks to all students, local people and the fire brigade who helped in all experimental fires! @leveg.bsky.social @programabiota.bsky.social

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Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology (LEVeg) 🌾 @leveg.bsky.social · 7d

🔥New review in WIREs Climate Change

Proud to highlight the participation of Dr. Davi Rossatto, PI of the Biota-Cerrado on Fire Project (FAPESP 2023/16620-0).

👉 doi.org/10.1002/wcc....

#Cerrado #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #Savanna

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Gabriela Dezotti @gabrieladezotti.bsky.social · 13d

Exciting week seeing some beautiful Cerrado seeds germinate and learning a lot from the best, @heloizazirondi.bsky.social @leveg.bsky.social 🌱

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Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology (LEVeg) 🌾 @leveg.bsky.social · 14d

Smoke experiments going on in our lab! #SeedEcology #FireEcology #Seeds

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Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology (LEVeg) 🌾 @leveg.bsky.social · Aug 22

🔥 Mujeres del Fuego Sudamérica | Mulheres do Fogo da América do Sul 🔥

Una red de mujeres unidas por la ecología del fuego y su valor cultural.

Uma rede de mulheres unidas pela ecologia do fogo e seu valor cultural.

💫 Únete/Participe: shre.ink/t8I0

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Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology (LEVeg) 🌾 @leveg.bsky.social · Aug 5

What a week! In the last feel days LEVeg attend the 67th IAVS Symposium in Greeley, Colorado. Amazing experience — hope to see you all next year in Gijón!
@iavs5.bsky.social
@alefidelis.bsky.social
@marcochiminazzo.bsky.social
@gabrieladezotti.bsky.social

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Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology (LEVeg) 🌾 @leveg.bsky.social · Aug 5

Our master's student presented his poster at Pheno 2025 last week. Congrats, @fealvarez.bsky.social — we're proud of you!

Felipe Alvarez @fealvarez.bsky.social · Aug 1

1st scientific conference. "Flames and flowers: fire season drives reproductive timing in the Cerrado" special thanks to Alessandra Fidelis and Heloiza L. Zirondi
"The natural world is the greatest source of excitement [...] It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living."

Me and my scientific poster at Pheno2025.

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Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology (LEVeg) 🌾 @leveg.bsky.social · Jun 23

Check out the new paper by our PhD student @marcochiminazzo.bsky.social

(EN) Important implications for ecosystem functioning in fire-prone and disturbance-driven systems🔥
(PT) Novo artigo do aluno de doutorado do LEVeg: ecossistemas expostos ao fogo e a distúrbios🔥

👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.pp...

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Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology (LEVeg) 🌾 @leveg.bsky.social · May 21

Dr. Aline Bombo (@alinebombo.bsky.social), post doc in our lab, is now an affiliated professor in the Plant Biology postgrad program at UNICAMP!

She’s advising MSc and PhD students, for more details check out the pictures .

📩 Contact: [email protected]
🔗 CV (Lattes): lnkd.in/d8xuQbQb

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Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology (LEVeg) 🌾 @leveg.bsky.social · May 19

(EN) Exciting new publication with the participation of @alefidelis.bsky.social. Don’t miss it!

(PT) Nova publicação com a participação de @alefidelis.bsky.social. Não perca!

Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · May 19

🔥🌱 From the upcoming #AJB Special Issue: “Understanding novel #ﬁre regimes using plant trait‐based approaches" 🌱🔥

From plant traits to fire behavior: Scaling issues in flammability studies

By Dylan Schwilk, Md. Azharul Alam, Nathan Gill et al.

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience

Illustration of methods used to assessed fuel characteristics (moisture, architecture, chemistry and mass) across a range of scales from individual plant organs or excised parts to communities and landscapes. Remote sensing, field measurements, and laboratory work are each suited to assessment of fuel characteristics at different but overlapping portions of this range, thereby creating opportunities to synthesize the “top-down” and “bottom-up” approaches to understanding flammability. Art drawn by by Jagoba Malumbres-Olarte.

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Tim Curran @timcurran.bsky.social · May 16

Very excited to see this paper out!

Led by @schwilk.org, with @azhar06.bsky.social @ecologybrad.bsky.social @rachaelnolan.bsky.social @alefidelis.bsky.social @ioliverasmenor.bsky.social @dendromecon27.bsky.social @profalistairsmith.bsky.social

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

From plant traits to fire behavior: Scaling issues in flammability studies

Despite fire being one of the oldest and most important ecological disturbance processes on Earth, many aspects of fire–vegetation feedbacks are poorly understood, limiting their accurate representat...

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Alessandra Fidelis @alefidelis.bsky.social · May 14

II Seminário Regional do Manejo Integrado do Fogo: local event, organized by the volunteer fire brigade of Cavalcante, where everyone can talk about their favorite topic: working with fire. Scientist, society, government, traditional peoples and volunteers.

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Alessandra Fidelis @alefidelis.bsky.social · May 15

Yesterday the BRIVAC, a volunteer fire brigade, did a prescribed fire during the II Seminário Regional do Manejo Integrado do Fogo. In Brazil, local volunteers are essential for the success of fire management, including during wildfires. Bravo BRIVAC!

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