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Michael J. Gundale @michael-gundale.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thanks so much Phil. And thanks so much for your work as editor, and pushing us to follow through on very constructive reviewer comments.

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Michael J. Gundale @michael-gundale.bsky.social · Sep 6

This looks like a great opportunity in a great location!

Sandra M Durán @sandramduran.bsky.social · Sep 6

Looking for a #postdoct for a NSF project integrating ecosystem productivity, hyperspectral remote sensing and airborne LiDAR to test prominent hypothesis of the effect of #biodiversity on #forest #productivity @fluxnetecn.bsky.social @ngaps.bsky.social Apply at: jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...

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Michael J. Gundale @michael-gundale.bsky.social · Sep 4

Happy to share a new manuscript, led by Theresa Ibanez: Wildfire, salvage logging and warming: Their interactive effects on boreal conifer reforestation - Ibáñez - Journal of Applied Ecology - Wiley Online Library 👇👇👇
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Wildfire, salvage logging and warming: Their interactive effects on boreal conifer reforestation

This study demonstrates that artificial regeneration through planting can support forest recovery following wildfire, especially under high fire severity in sites where natural regeneration is poor. ...

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Michael J. Gundale @michael-gundale.bsky.social · Aug 29

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Global Change Biology @globalchangebio.bsky.social · Aug 16

A Meta‐Regression of 18 Wildfire Chronosequences Reveals Key Environmental Drivers and Knowledge Gaps in the Boreal Nitrogen Balance

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@stefhupperts.bsky.social @michael-gundale.bsky.social

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Michael J. Gundale @michael-gundale.bsky.social · Aug 13

Looks like a great opportunity in a great location.

Jenna Morris @jenna-e-morris.bsky.social · Aug 11

POSTDOC OPPORTUNITY:
Come work with us in the Harvey Lab at Univ. of Washington (depts.washington.edu/bjhlab/)!

We're hiring a postdoc in Forest Disturbance and Landscape Ecology. Full details here: ap.washington.edu/ahr/position...

Application review starts Aug 31

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Jenna Morris @jenna-e-morris.bsky.social · Aug 11

POSTDOC OPPORTUNITY:
Come work with us in the Harvey Lab at Univ. of Washington (depts.washington.edu/bjhlab/)!

We're hiring a postdoc in Forest Disturbance and Landscape Ecology. Full details here: ap.washington.edu/ahr/position...

Application review starts Aug 31

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Michael J. Gundale @michael-gundale.bsky.social · Aug 9

Denali National Park!

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Michael J. Gundale @michael-gundale.bsky.social · Aug 9

Field work is underway in Interior Alaska! It is a tough job being an aspen in Alaska. If you escape the moose, then you have to deal with these leaf miners.

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Michael J. Gundale @michael-gundale.bsky.social · Aug 4

A great paper here by @stefhupperts.bsky.social. This opens the door to new research on other sources of N fixation in boreal forests👇

dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

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Stefan Hupperts 🌲🍄 @stefhupperts.bsky.social · Aug 4

I'm so excited to share our new paper in Global Change Biology: A network of 18 wildfire chronosequences reveals key environmental drivers and knowledge gaps in the boreal nitrogen balance, with @michael-gundale.bsky.social and others. doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

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Michael J. Gundale @michael-gundale.bsky.social · Jul 16

Out today in Nature! We estimated a new global rate of N2-fixation, yielding new relationships between N2-fixation and NPP and ET. Great leadership by Carla Reis and Steve Perakis. 👇

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

Global terrestrial nitrogen fixation and its modification by agriculture

Nature - Biological nitrogen fixation may impose stronger constraints on the carbon sink in natural terrestrial biomes and represent a larger source of agricultural nitrogen than is generally...

www.nature.com

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Alain Paquette @alainpaquette.bsky.social · Jun 12

📢 The @paqlab.bsky.social is recruiting a PhD (or MSc), and you don't want to miss that - best place ever to do you PhD! 😉 To work in IDENT, a network of experiments of the effects of diversity on forest functioning. Foreign student? It's gotten harder 😞 but we can help.
paqlab.uqam.ca

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Michael J. Gundale @michael-gundale.bsky.social · Jun 6

Musk versus Trump

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Anchorman - That Escalated Quickly scene (1080p)

YouTube video by WAusJackBauer

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Michael J. Gundale @michael-gundale.bsky.social · Jun 6

Look like a great job opportunity in a very nice city and country.

Glen Peters @glenpeters.bsky.social · Jun 6

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (3 years) at the University of Oslo in terrestrial carbon cycle modelling.

The postdoc will work on improving & applying the land surface model CLM (Community Land Model) that is used in the Norwegian Earth System Model (NorESM).

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in terrestrial carbon cycle modelling (281332) | University of Oslo

Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in terrestrial carbon cycle modelling (281332), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, August 15, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

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Michael J. Gundale @michael-gundale.bsky.social · Jun 4

And I think low interest rates have helped too.

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Michael J. Gundale @michael-gundale.bsky.social · Apr 22

Great work Vincent!

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Michael J. Gundale @michael-gundale.bsky.social · Apr 22

Really excited to share the first data-based manuscript from our FORMAS funded project within the special call “The role of Swedish forests in the climate transition.” Here we focus on vegetation diversity, with excellent lead authorship by Vincent Buness.

Vincent @vincentbuness.bsky.social · Apr 22

First paper from our Scots pine chronosequences (managed vs unmanaged): diversity peaks after disturbance & in old‑growth, driven by soil & structural heterogeneity. Highlights the need for a mosaic of early post‑fire & late‑successional stands.

👉 nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Albert Weale @albertpweale.bsky.social · Apr 11

Very informative chart from Washington Post

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Michael J. Gundale @michael-gundale.bsky.social · Mar 20

Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · Mar 20

Here is the press release for our new Nature paper
www.inrae.fr/en/news/whic...

Which tree species fix the most carbon?

PRESS RELEASE - To answer this important question, an international consortium of scientists, coordinated by INRAE and Bordeaux Sciences Agro, studied the growth of 223 tree species planted in 160 exp...

www.inrae.fr

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Michael J. Gundale @michael-gundale.bsky.social · Mar 19

What types of tree species achieve the highest growth? We show, surprisingly, that tree species with conservative traits very often outperform acquisitive species, except in the most productive habitats. Excellent project lead by Laurent Augusto and Marie Charru.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Widespread slow growth of acquisitive tree species - Nature

Under field conditions, acquisitive tree species generally grow slowly, whereas conservative species show generally higher realized growth, owing to their ability to tolerate unfavourable environmenta...

www.nature.com

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Michael J. Gundale @michael-gundale.bsky.social · Mar 7

Just waiting for a fish to bite.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Mar 1

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

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𝕲𝖆𝖊𝖙𝖆𝖓𝖔 @gmf1369.bsky.social · Feb 28

Repost & like, if you stand with President Zelensky!

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Michael J. Gundale @michael-gundale.bsky.social · Mar 1

New paper alert. We compared foliar fungal communities in native and introduced populations for a pine species (Spoiler alert: fewer pathogens in exotic populations). Shout out to an excellent international network of collaborators. 👇👇👇

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

Distinct foliar fungal communities in Pinus contorta across native and introduced ranges: evidence for context dependency of pathogen release - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Distinct foliar fungal communities in Pinus contorta across native and introduced ranges: evidence for context dependency of pathogen release

www.nature.com

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