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Zach Urness @oregonoutdoors.bsky.social · 4d

Drought and insects have killed an unprecedented number of Oregon’s Douglas fir trees during the last decade, costing billions in timber value, damaging infrastructure and ramping up wildfire danger.

What is Douglas fir dieback? Where is it happening? What is being done? tinyurl.com/5n9amvx6

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José M. Torres-Ruiz @torresruizjm.bsky.social · 2d

Great to see this paper out!📰

Fifty shades of fade: linking transmittance loss to cellular death during leaf dehydration 🌿🔬

@irnase.bsky.social

Marylou Mantova @maryloumantova.bsky.social · 2d

Just published by Gonzalez et al. in @newphyt.bsky.social:

Fifty shades of fade: linking transmittance loss to cellular death during leaf dehydration 🌳🔬

Check out our new way to follow cellular mortality using cavicams at: doi.org/10.1111/nph....

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Walter Andriuzzi @walterandriuzzi.bsky.social · 1d

Sheng et al. call for greater survey efforts and broader conservation initiative to protect the 11 (ELEVEN!) felid species of the Tibetan Plateau.

(Strong contender for the Correspondence, or indeed article of any kind, with the best figure we ever published)

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

Protect the Tibetan Plateau’s rich felid diversity - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Nature Ecology & Evolution - Protect the Tibetan Plateau’s rich felid diversity

www.nature.com

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The International Tree Mortality Network @treemortality.bsky.social · Jul 21

Join us for an exciting ITMN Seminar:
“Tiny leaks with deadly consequences” by Paulo Menezes
July 24th at 3 pm (CEST).
Register here: www.tree-mortality.net/seminars/

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Arthur Gessler @arthurobuntspecht.bsky.social · Jul 7

Our new results challenge the expectation that climate warming will offset carbon losses caused by heat and drought with a longer growing season in forests: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Decreasing Stem Growth in Common European Tree Species Despite Earlier Growth Onset

Our findings reveal that elevated winter and spring temperatures led to earlier attainment of annual growth levels, indicating an earlier onset of tree growth driven by early season warming. Despite ...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Diego A. Márquez @dmarquez.bsky.social · Jun 19

🌱 The first issue of Plant Ecophysiology is out!

Chief Editor Jaume Flexas shares his vision for the future of plant science publishing—and how Plant-Environment Interactions is leading the way.

A standout feature? Reviewers are paid for their work.

Editorial: media.sciltp.com/articles/250...

media.sciltp.com

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Nadine Ruehr @nadineruehr.bsky.social · Jun 2

Fascinating study on ecosystem drought adjustments and why longterm studies really matter.

Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · Jun 2

Amazon rainforest adjusts to long-term experimental drought ..."After elevated tree mortality during the first 15 years, ecosystem-level structural changes resulted in the remaining trees no longer experiencing drought stress." 🧪🌐🌾
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 27

The forest space age needs eyes on the ground
rdcu.be/enT5S

@bzgeo.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @researchleeds.bsky.social @tropicalforesters.bsky.social @cienciatropical.bsky.social @ymalhi.bsky.social @congobasinscience.bsky.social @groundtruth.app @erikaberenguer.bsky.social

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Arthur Gessler @arthurobuntspecht.bsky.social · May 5

Der Klimawandel wir die Wälder in der Schweiz stark betreffen - wieso scheint das Interesse bei Politik und Gesellschaft so gering? #Don'tLookUp
www.szf-jfs.ch/de/artikel/w...

Wegschauen kann keine Lösung sein

Die Buche könnte schon Mitte des Jahrhunderts in grossen Teilen der Schweiz verschwunden sein – und kaum jemanden scheint dies zu interessieren.

www.szf-jfs.ch

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Nadine Ruehr @nadineruehr.bsky.social · Apr 30

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Samuli Junttila @samulijunttila.bsky.social · Apr 30

Welcome to hear about the upcoming Individual Tree Mortality Database tomorrow in the morning at EGU25 with an exciting demo on the data to be available! Room N1 at 9:15. 🌲🛰️💀 @egu.eu

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Nadine Ruehr @nadineruehr.bsky.social · Apr 29

Nice one!

Helena Vallicrosa @vallicrosah.bsky.social · Apr 23

Did you ever wonder when to use "conifer", "gymnosperm", "needleleaf", "angiosperms" and "broadleaves"? Us too so we transformed the discussion into this viewpoint. I hope you enjoy the reading as much as we enjoyed the writing! @kateplantphys.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Cones and consequences: the false dichotomy of conifers vs broad‐leaves has critical implications for research and modelling

In plant science research and modelling, particularly from the northern hemisphere, the terms ‘needle-leaved’ and ‘conifer’ along with ‘broad-leaved’ and ‘angiosperm’ are often used synonymously, cre...

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Nina Buchmann @nbuchmann.bsky.social · Apr 1

Interested to work on a less-studied greenhouse gas, namely COS exchange of a forest with the atmosphere? We have an open 4-yr PhD position in our international group. at ETH Zurich in Switzerland. 🧪 More details here: 🧪
jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...

Doctoral student in ecosystem COS exchange

jobs.ethz.ch

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Daniel Zuleta @danielfzuleta.bsky.social · Mar 26

📢 Job Alert! 🌳
Looking for a 2-yr postdoc (ext. up to 3 yrs) to join me at U. of Gothenburg to study links between environmental drivers, tree conditions (e.g., #treedamage), and physiological processes leading to #tropical #treemortality.

Apply by: April 17th

Details below

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The International Tree Mortality Network @treemortality.bsky.social · Mar 20

Don’t miss our next online tree mortality seminar by Kauane Bordin on: “The role of disturbance in shaping demographic trade-offs in temperate trees”

1st April
18:00 CEST 12:00 EDT

Register here:

zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Camille Ziegler @csziegler.bsky.social · Mar 13

Cool viewpoint on the impact of extreme temperatures on cell death. Perhaps some ecophysiology is required to articulate whole-plant observations and cellular mechanisms 🌿

Joanna Kacprzyk @joannakacprzyk.bsky.social · Mar 4

Temperatures that switch on plant programmed cell death are now reality.
In our new viewpoint article @newphyt.bsky.social, we propose that studying the heat induced mortality at cellular level can contribute to strategies for heat stress mitigation.

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Beat the heat: need for research studying plant cell death induced by extreme temperatures

Extreme temperatures surpassing 45°C can cause widespread plant damage and mortality, with severe consequences for ecosystem health, agricultural productivity, and urban greenery, thus negatively imp...

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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BayCEER @bayceer.bsky.social · Mar 11

Ein wichtiger Appell der S4F für eine konsequente, klare, soziale und ehrliche Klimapolitik!

Bitte teilt den Appell in eurem Umfeld und zeichnet ihn, wenn ihr in der Wissenschaft aktiv bzw promoviert seid:

www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/s4f/de/top/o...

Zeichnungsschluss ist Donnerstag 13.03. 10 Uhr

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Nadine Ruehr @nadineruehr.bsky.social · Mar 12

After a working day spent with too many hours of administrative tasks instead of doing science this is a must read.

Tom Pugh @tompugh.bsky.social · Mar 11

A lot of truth in this article - if rather bluntly expressed. There really is a tendency at many universities to make simple things needlessly complicated academic.oup.com/brain/articl...

On the responsibilities of intellectuals and the rise of bullshit jobs in universities

You may never have considered yourself to be one. Why would you? But if you’re reading this, there is more than a likelihood that you are one. If you’re a

academic.oup.com

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Mirela Beloiu Schwenke @mirelabs.bsky.social · Mar 8

🌍 Can we map #TreeMortality with #AI & #remotesensing?
🔵 Check the #DeadTrees.Earth — a global initiative led by Clemens Mosig to track and analyze tree mortality from aerial and satellite data.
🔬Looking forward to Teja Kattenborn's talk at the ML Symposium in Zurich!
#diversity #forestry

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Lauren McPhillips @lmcp.bsky.social · Mar 6

🔬 🧪 🌄 #StandUpForScience2025 is tomorrow, in DC and around the US/world.

I benefit from science everyday as a human, a parent, and a scientist & engineer.

standupforscience2025.org

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

March 7, 2025. Washington DC and nationwide. Because science is for everyone.

standupforscience2025.org

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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · Feb 28

W3 Professorship: Plant Ecology / Ecosystems in Global Change

📍 @unitrier.bsky.social
📆 Start: as soon as possible
📆 Deadline: 31 March 2025

www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...

Job Openings

www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de

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Nadine Ruehr @nadineruehr.bsky.social · Feb 17

Don’t miss the next online tree mortality seminar by Joan on Tuesday

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Feb 17

Gentle reminder: The next seminar of the International Tree Mortality Network @treemortality.bsky.social featuring the great @dudney-joan.bsky.social is on for tomorrow! Tune in if you're interested in tree mortality in general, and disturbance interactions in particular!

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Jan 28

Mark your calendars for the next seminar of the Intl. Tree Mortality Network @treemortality.bsky.social: On Feb 18, the wonderful @dudney-joan.bsky.social will tackle the exiting topic of disturbance interactions under climate change. More info and registration here: www.tree-mortality.net/seminars/

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Ralf Reski @reskilab.bsky.social · Feb 13

Professorship Plant Ecology. Trier, Germany.
www.academics.de/jobs/w3-prof...

W3-Professur für Pflanzenökologie - Universität Trier

Universität Trier bietet Stelle als W3-Professur für Pflanzenökologie in Trier - jetzt bewerben!

www.academics.de

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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · Feb 14

@nadineruehr.bsky.social observed persistent #drought legacy effects from early-season hot-drought #stress, as evident in a 35% reduction of leaf area in Scots pines.

Read more #OpenAccess in our Journal #PlantBiology
doi.org/10.1111/plb.... published together with D. Nadal-Sala.

Legacies from early‐season hot drought: how growth cessation alters tree water dynamics and modifies stress responses in Scots pine

Early-season hot drought in Scots pine limits growth and productivity but improves resilience to late-season drought through reduced water use.

doi.org

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Nadine Ruehr @nadineruehr.bsky.social · Feb 6

On the potential of dendrometers for monitoring tree water status
doi.org/10.1093/tree...
Our labs latest contribution by the talented Yanick Ziegler!

Tree water deficit vs leaf water potential

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Nadine Ruehr @nadineruehr.bsky.social · Feb 3

A great team effort by the Tree
Mortality Network. Glad that this is out now.

The International Tree Mortality Network @treemortality.bsky.social · Feb 3

Towards a global understanding of tree mortality - out in @newphyt.bsky.social a collaboration between 113 of our members exploring the potential to better understand tree death globally nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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