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Florian Schnabel @mixedforests.bsky.social · 9d

🗞️New study in @globalchangebio.bsky.social 🗞️

🌳Diversity in resource use strategies promotes productivity across a global network of tree #diversity experiments?🌲

Read our new study led by Joel Jensen together with #TreeDivNet here:

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

Diversity in Resource Use Strategies Promotes Productivity in Young Planted Tree Species Mixtures

By analyzing data from over 83,000 trees in 21 experiments across five continents, we found that forests with more species were more productive and had more stable growth. Productivity was driven mai....

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Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · 28d

Our new #TreeDivNet paper led by Hernán Serrano-León is out in @globalchangebio.bsky.social! Using data from 9 forest diversity experiments across Europe, we showed that tree diversity effects on tree growth responses strengthened during consecutive drought years dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

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Florian Schnabel @mixedforests.bsky.social · Sep 4

🗞️ Here is a a nice newspaper article by Mongabay on #forest #restoration potential and where and how restoration should be carried out.

🌲 It also features results from our Sardinilla experiment. #TreeDivNet.🌳

news.mongabay.com/2025/09/new-...

@uni-freiburg.de @idiv-research.bsky.social

New study pinpoints tree-planting hotspots for climate and biodiversity gains

Reforestation is gaining global momentum as a climate solution, but scientists warn that planting trees indiscriminately isn’t effective. Its success depends on how and, crucially, where it’s done. A ...

news.mongabay.com

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Florian Schnabel @mixedforests.bsky.social · Sep 2

Are you interested in Integrative Forest Management? In this blog for EFI's Resilience Blog you can read about:

🔍 What exactly is IFM?
🌱 How does it differ from other management concepts?
🎓 How is it being taught?

#TRANSFORMIT, @uni-freiburg.de

resilience-blog.com/2025/08/26/j...

Jogging through the forests of our future: How Europe is headed towards Integrative Forest Management - Resilience Blog

Article written by Florian Schnabel (University of Freiburg) I often go running in the hills surrounding Freiburg, Germany. The jogging trails stretch from the Rhine valley to…

resilience-blog.com

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Florian Schnabel @mixedforests.bsky.social · Jul 25

🗞️New publication🗞️

How do neighbourhood diversity effects on tree growth change with climatic conditions?🌳🌲🔆🌧️

We adress this question in our new study in @natecoevo.nature.com led by Liting Zheng.

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

/w @liting-zheng.bsky.social, Peter Reich & #TreeDivNet

Neighbourhood diversity increases tree growth in experimental forests more in wetter climates but not in wetter years - Nature Ecology & Evolution

How tree diversity effects on ecosystem functioning vary along climatic gradients is unclear. Here, analysing data from 15 experimental forest sites, the authors show that tree growth responses to nei...

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Florian Schnabel @mixedforests.bsky.social · Jul 16

It was a pleasure to meet and discuss tree trait responses to diversity @idiv-research.bsky.social 🌳🌲

#sTREND rocks🚨/w @juliakoricheva.bsky.social, @ritasousasilva.bsky.social, @habenblondeel.bsky.social, @cavenderg9.bsky.social, @shankothari.bsky.social, @lsachsenmaier.bsky.social, #TreeDivNet

Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · Jul 16

Fun week @idiv-research.bsky.social attending the 1st meeting of sTREND working group on synthesis of tree traits responses to neighbouring diversity with @mixedforests.bsky.social, @ritasousasilva.bsky.social, @habenblondeel.bsky.social, @cavenderg9.bsky.social, @shankothari.bsky.social and others

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Florian Schnabel @mixedforests.bsky.social · Jun 4

Interested in biomass production in diverse planted #forests?🌳🌲

In our new study led by Georgios Skiaderesis, we analyzed the effects of species- and structural diversity on woody biomass production in the #Sardinilla experiment.

#TreeDivNet @uni-freiburg.de

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Collection of tree discs for dendroecological analyses in the Sardinilla experiment. This is the 1st harvesting campaign in a planted tree diversity experiment. Now we are exited to share the results! Thx to amazing fieldworkers!!!

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Florian Schnabel @mixedforests.bsky.social · Jun 3

Great talk by Jürgen Bauhus at the #Integrate Network meeting in Zürich:

The importance of Integrative Forest Management for maintaining social-ecological forest systems.

#TRANSFORMIT, #FutureForests, @uni-freiburg.de

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Florian Schnabel @mixedforests.bsky.social · May 23

Unbelievable 🎉 - We have a New Cluster of Excellence -
🌳 #FutureForests🌲

Looking forward to working with the amazing interdisciplinary team of #FutureForests on analysing and developing transformation pathways for forest-based social-ecological systems!!!

Great 7 years ahead @uni-freiburg.de!!!

Universität Freiburg @uni-freiburg.de · May 22

🎉Ab 1. Januar 2026 fördert die @dfg.de (#DFG) zwei #Exzellenzcluster der #UniFreiburg. Der bisherige #Exzellenzcluster @cibss.bsky.social wird weitere sieben Jahre fortgesetzt. Zudem startet der neue Exzellenzcluster #FutureForests. ufr.link/exzellenzclu...

Gruppenfoto:
1. Reihe v.l.n.r. Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Driever (CIBSS), Prof. Dr. Kerstin Kriegstein (Rektorin), Prof. Dr. Stefan Rensing (Prorektor für Forschung und Innovation), Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bauhus (Future Forests)
2. Reihe v.l.n.r. Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kleine-Vehn (CIBSS), Dr. Carola Hunte (CIBSS), Prof. Dr. Friederike Lang (Future Forests)
3. Reihe v.l.n.r. Prof. Dr. Claudine Kraft (CIBSS), Prof. Dr. Marc Hanewinkel (Future Forests)
Fotograf: Michael Spiegelhalter

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Florian Schnabel @mixedforests.bsky.social · May 12

Hi, no I meant the session on the Forest Sciences conference in Freiburg. But the talk by Ana Stritih will certainly be interesting as well.

uni-freiburg.de/fowita2025/p...

Session: Biodiversity friendly forest management – from concepts to practices – Forstwissenschaftliche Tagung 2025Text icon 'Universität Freiburg'Textlogo 'UFR', Abkürzung für 'Universität Freiburg'Si...

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The Wirth-Weigelt Working Group @agwirthweigelt.bsky.social · Apr 29

🎉Happy 5th Birthday to the Root Economics Space!🌱
This fun blog from our colleagues @joanabergmann.bsky.social and Elsa Matthus at the @zalf.bsky.social celebrates 5 years of the Root Economics Space-a framework that describes the diverse root strategies to grow and survive belowgrond.

#Ecology

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Florian Schnabel @mixedforests.bsky.social · May 8

We show⁉️

1) growth reductions and legacy effects in response to consecutive hotter #droughts can be explained by functional #traits.

2) High drought tolerance bolsters growth reductions, while acquisitive species suffer more from drought.

Functional traits explain growth response to successive hotter droughts across a wide set of common and future tree species in Europe

Functional traits can explain significant tree growth reductions in response to the 2018–2020 drought for a wide set of 71 species including angiosperms and gymnosperms. Moreover, four distinct respo...

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Florian Schnabel @mixedforests.bsky.social · May 8

We investigated whether tree growth responses can be explained by tree functional #traits related to #drought tolerance, growth and resource acquisition in the research arboretum #ARBOfun.

We measured branch shoot increments and examined gymnosperms🌲 and angiosperms🌳.

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Florian Schnabel @mixedforests.bsky.social · May 8

🚨Are you interested in functional #traits, hotter #drought and #tree growth?🌳🔆

We studied tree growth responses to the 2018-2020 drought across 71 tree species.

\w Lena Kretz, @agwirthweigelt.bsky.social, @unileipzig.bsky.social ,@uni-freiburg.de, #ARBOfun

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

Functional traits explain growth response to successive hotter droughts across a wide set of common and future tree species in Europe

Functional traits can explain significant tree growth reductions in response to the 2018–2020 drought for a wide set of 71 species including angiosperms and gymnosperms. Moreover, four distinct respo...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Marten Winter @smartenwinter.bsky.social · May 7

A topic close 2 my heart:

❓️What are our roles & responsibilities as environmental scientists & of our professional societies in times of crises❓️

Read here👇 about an inspiring & long-lasting workshop & how we tackled this topic.

Read more outcomes:
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

More to come!!

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Marc Cadotte @urban-sci.bsky.social · May 7

An important part of a broader conversation about how we support scientists trying to wrestle with their roles. "Ecology for a social revolution: Re-defining the role of ecological and environmental science professionals and their responsibilities towards society" riojournal.com/articles.php...

Ecology for a social revolution: Re-defining the role of ecological and environmental science professionals and their responsibilities towards society

The sixth mass extinction and the ongoing biodiversity and climate crises demand urgent action from ecologists and environmental scientists (EESs). Despite their critical role in addressing these chal...

riojournal.com

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Florian Schnabel @mixedforests.bsky.social · May 7

Hi! Our forest scientists @uni-freiburg.de use biodiversity data in manifold ways.

One example is ConFoBi which focusses on Conservation of Forest Biodiversity. confobi.uni-freiburg.de/en?set_langu...

In our session, we will hopefully gain many insights into the use of biodiversity data. Join us!

About ConFoBi — Research Training Group ConFoBi RTG 2123

confobi.uni-freiburg.de

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Florian Schnabel @mixedforests.bsky.social · May 6

⏰Call for Abstracts - FoWiTa 2025⏰

29.09-02.10 @uni-freiburg.de

We look forward to your contributions to our session👇

🌳 Biodiversity friendly forest management - from concepts to practices.🌳

ℹ️ Session info: shorturl.at/OO2i9
✍Call for abstracts: shorturl.at/qSdj5

Deadline is 20 May.

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Florian Schnabel @mixedforests.bsky.social · Apr 25

Was ist der Einfluss des #Waldsterbens während Dürrejahren auf unsere #Trinkwasserqualität?

Wir zeigen dies in unserer interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit @uni-freiburg.de aus Hydrologie, Fernerkundung, und Forstwissenschaften 👇
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
@carowinter.bsky.social

Universität Freiburg @uni-freiburg.de · Apr 25

#Waldsterben führt zu einer Verschlechterung der #Trinkwasserqualität, zeigt eine neue Studie der #UniFreiburg. Denn 43 Prozent der deutschen #Wasserschutzgebiete sind bewaldet – dort haben sich die #Nitratwerte im #Grundwasser verdoppelt, wenn viele Bäume abstarben.
ufr.link/waldsterben-trinkwasser

Ein Waldgebiet mit vielen abgestorbenen Bäumen.
Foto: Teja Kattenborn.

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Carolin Winter @carowinter.bsky.social · Apr 24

🗞️New paper in Earth's Future🗞️

🌳🌲🍂💧🍂🌲🌳

#Forest dieback in drinking #water protection areas - a hidden threat to water quality

🌳🌲🍂💧🍂🌲🌳

Paper👉 doi.org/10.1029/2025...
Press release👉 uni-freiburg.de/waldsterben-...

@uni-freiburg.de @hydrofreiburg.bsky.social @mixedforests.bsky.social

Forest Dieback in Drinking Water Protection Areas—A Hidden Threat to Water Quality

Forests cover 43% of German drinking water protection areas, making their vitality state critical for safeguarding drinking water quality German drinking water protection areas experienced a 4.8%...

doi.org

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Microclimate Ecology & Biogeography (MEB) conference @mebconf.bsky.social · Mar 28

We are very happy to announce that the next Microclimate Ecology & Biogeography (MEB) conference will happen in Montpellier (FRANCE), 1 - 5 June 2026 ☀️
meb-network.com/meb-2026/
Microclimate scientists: save the date in your agenda!!

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Apr 14

“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” Alan Garber, Harvard’s president, said about President Trump's demands. nyti.ms/4jzSS9W

The gates of Harvard University. The text reads: "Harvard Says It Will Not Comply With Trump Administration's Demands." Photo by Sophie Park for The New York Times.

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The Wirth-Weigelt Working Group @agwirthweigelt.bsky.social · Apr 3

New paper by our PhD student Annalena Lenk in #Forest #Ecology and Management: #Climate change-induced tree mortality can promote #oak regeneration in #floodplain forests – if flood-intolerant maple species are selectively removed. #Biodiversity #Research
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Elevated tree mortality as a regeneration niche for oak? Testing different management approaches in a meliorated floodplain forest

Pedunculate Oak (Quercus robur L.), a keystone species in European temperate floodplain forests, faces regeneration challenges due to dense canopies c…

sciencedirect.com

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Janisse Deluigi @janissedeluigi.bsky.social · Apr 3

My first paper is out! We investigated how #photosynthetic and #respiratory #thermal #acclimation 🌡️ and #canopy size 🌳 shape tree net #carbon uptake under prolonged warming and drought. Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...

@charlottegrossiord.bsky.social
@wslresearch.bsky.social

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Florian Schnabel @mixedforests.bsky.social · Apr 7

Interested in how #forest #resilience to #drought depended on tree diversity and #mycorrhiza?

The study by @lsachsenmaier.bsky.social in @journalofecology.bsky.social was just shortlisted for the Harper Prize🚨👏 Read more on the paper here👇

jecologyblog.com/2025/04/04/l...

Lena Sachsenmaier: Forest growth resistance and resilience to the 2018–2020 drought depend on tree diversity and mycorrhizal type

2024 HARPER PRIZE SHORTLIST: For the next two weeks, we are featuring the articles shortlisted for the 2024 Harper Prize. The Harper Prize is an annual award for the best early career research pape…

jecologyblog.com

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