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Lucas Cernusak @lucascernusak.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congrats @kalimiddleby.bsky.social on this exciting paper showing local adaptation to warm temperatures in some tropical trees - and to coauthors @drrebeccajordan.bsky.social @martinbreed.bsky.social @awcheesman.bsky.social @mrossettorecer.bsky.social @dcrayn.bsky.social

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Local Adaptation Drives Leaf Thermoregulation in Tropical Rainforest Trees

We tested whether tropical rainforest trees adjust their leaf traits and resulting leaf temperatures across their distributions within the Australian Wet Tropics. Using field measurements from across...

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Diego A. Márquez @dmarquez.bsky.social · Jul 13

Preprint with @lucascernusak.bsky.social, @florianabusch.bsky.social and Graham Farquhar!

We show that mesophyll cell water status is the key signal regulating non-stomatal control of transpiration. We introduce a mechanistic model linking plant hydraulics and gas exchange.

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Lucas Cernusak @lucascernusak.bsky.social · Jul 13

James Cook University is recruiting an animal ecologist!

careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/lecture...

Lecturer, Animal Ecology - Townsville, QLD, Australia

James Cook University (JCU) is creating a brighter future for life in the Tropics and beyond, through education and research that makes a difference locally and globally. We now have an opportunity a...

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Lucas Cernusak @lucascernusak.bsky.social · Jun 17

I have an opportunity for a new PhD student in tropical tree ecophysiology in my lab. Some more details at the link below. Please pass along!

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

Responses of tropical forest trees to rising carbon dioxide - conifers versus angiosperms at James Cook University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Responses of tropical forest trees to rising carbon dioxide - conifers versus angiosperms at James Cook University, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Lucas Cernusak @lucascernusak.bsky.social · Mar 6

New paper out about functional trait variation in the canopies of the world's tropical rainforests - congrats Jesús Aguirre-Gutiérrez @jeaggu.bsky.social and co-authors!

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

Canopy functional trait variation across Earth’s tropical forests - Nature

Data from a variety of sources—including satellite, climate and soil data, as well as field-collected information on plant traits—are pooled and analysed to map the functional diversity of tropical fo...

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Lucas Cernusak @lucascernusak.bsky.social · Feb 13

James Cook University has advertised a position for an Associate Professor of Ecosystem Processes Research. Please find full details here: careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/associa...

Associate Professor, Ecosystem Processes Research - Townsville, QLD, Australia

Are you ready to lead cutting-edge environmental research and make a global impact? James Cook University (JCU) is seeking an accomplished and visionary Associate Professor in Ecosystem Processes Rese...

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