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Laura Martínez-Íñigo @lmartinezinigo.bsky.social · 8h

How can the principles of open data and Indigenous Data Sovereignty be reconciled in collaborative wildlife conservation contexts? Tattersall et al. break down the key considerations here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
#WildlifeConservation #IndigenousDataSovereignty

Affirming Indigenous data sovereignty in collaborative wildlife conservation in the era of open data

In the current data-driven landscape of wildlife conservation, data sovereignty (i.e. governance and security) is fundamental to determining how knowledge is created and applied to pressing biodiv...

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Dr. Mariana García Criado @nanitundra.bsky.social · 1d

Robert you're a superstar! 🌟

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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 2d

Great to speak on @svtnyheter.bsky.social Dalarna 📺 about our latest Ecology Letters paper🌿!
Local data from this region (Grövelsjön and Fulufjäll) showed some of the strongest responses in our entire dataset 💥🌍 #Ecology #ScienceCommunication

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Här kryper växterna upp på kalfjället – unik studie pekar ut Grövelsjön

Växter som inte tidigare har trivts på kalfjället börjar sakta sprida sig uppåt. Det visar en stor internationell studie som gjorts i fjällmiljön kring hela Arktis. Forskarna förvånas av att de sett s...

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Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.bsky.social · 5d

🚨New paper 🚨@natgeosci.nature.com Greenlandification of Antarctica - comment by me + colleagues @dmidk.bsky.social @eo4cryo.bsky.social + @universityofleeds.bsky.social showing how Antarctica increasingly resembles Greenland- drawing on a mass of work from @esaclimate.bsky.social

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The Greenlandification of Antarctica

Nature Geoscience - Climate and ice sheet processes in Antarctica increasingly reflect those observed earlier in Greenland. Applying process insights from Greenland can improve projections of...

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Alba Anadon-Rosell @albaanadon.bsky.social · 5d

Our paper on #intraindividual trait variability is out!
We studied #clonal #tundra #shrubs along elevation and latitude gradients to explore the sources of trait variability
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Intraindividual Variability as a Large Source of Trait Variation in Clonal Tundra Dwarf Shrubs Along Elevation and Latitude Gradients

Aim Intraindividual trait variability (iITV), which is the variability among repeated architectural units within an individual, may represent a crucial dimension of functional diversity in plant eco.....

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INSTAAR 🏳️‍🌈 @instaar.bsky.social · 6d

🌱 New ecology paper:
A large team led by Mariana García Criado (U Edinburgh) analyzed 1,100+ plots in the Arctic (40 years of data) to look in detail at how boreal plants are increasing on the tundra as the climate warms. Sarah Elmendorf (INSTAAR+EBIO) is a co-author. Read the thread ⬇️

Dr. Mariana García Criado @nanitundra.bsky.social · 16d

🌲 Boreal-tundra species drive Arctic plant borealization 🌲

Our new study in #EcologyLetters quantifies tundra plant borealization, assesses its main drivers and identifies the species & traits contributing to borealization.

doi.org/10.1111/ele....

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Illustration of a branch of Betula glandulosa (Resin birch). Illustration by Alberto S. Ballesteros (@asbillustration.bsky.social).

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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 9d

Excited to welcome a passionate group of Arctic scientists to the 22nd International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) meeting at Nordens Ark, on Sweden’s stunning west coast!

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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 12d

I can't help it, I just think they are so cute.
Living in Scotland means I'm constantly lagging behind on our walks as I stop to get a closer look.
Does everyone react that way when they see a bryophyte? 💚
Nice work here 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bryophyte gene family space

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Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) @scar-antarctic.bsky.social · 12d

Charlotte Walshaw & Dr. Gabriel Stefanelli-Silva report on their 2025 Science-Policy Fellowships.

From turning long-term monitoring into policy insights to guiding Southern Ocean governance, their work linked science & decision-making.

🌱🛰️ Charlotte: bit.ly/4pZOiWz
🌊🧴 Gabriel: bit.ly/4nk71tT

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Dr. Mariana García Criado @nanitundra.bsky.social · 13d

We are calling for abstracts for the @worldbioforum.bsky.social session 'Understanding and caring for Arctic biodiversity together'. This will be an interdisciplinary, free-form session open to all taxa, regions and forms of knowledge. Submission deadline 18 Nov. Looking forward to hearing from you!

World Biodiversity Forum @worldbioforum.bsky.social · 15d

🌎🌿We're now accepting submissions for oral or poster abstracts for WBF2026 in☀️Davos. Explore over 90 engaging sessions, covering biodiversity-ecosystem fundamentals, policy, finance and law❗Submit now: worldbiodiversityforum.org/call-for-abs...
#Biodiversity #WBF2026

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NordBorN @nordborn.bsky.social · 16d

Amazing work led by @nanitundra.bsky.social on plant borealization across the Arctic - where, why and by whom using the ITEX+ database 🌱
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Dr. Mariana García Criado @nanitundra.bsky.social · 16d

Thank you Luise for the great data from Torngats (and everything else)!

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Dr. Mariana García Criado @nanitundra.bsky.social · 16d

@icarex.bsky.social the artist is @asbillustration.bsky.social - this is acknowledged in the image description of the illustration and in the last post of the thread :)

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Luise Hermanutz @luiseconservation.bsky.social · 16d

Excellent work by Mariana and team! Wonderful to have such an incredible database that's shared to understand tundra dynamics.

Dr. Mariana García Criado @nanitundra.bsky.social · 16d

This work was based on the amazing International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) and funded by @ec.europa.eu @nordborn.bsky.social & others. Thanks to my 38 wonderful coauthors, including @icbarrio.bsky.social @annebeejay.bsky.social @robertgbjork.bsky.social @matsbjorkman.bsky.social (5/6)

A close-up of a young branch of Betula nana (Dwarf birch) growing in an alpine area in Finnish Lapland. Credit Mariana García Criado.

A photo of a researcher conducting plant surveys in Kilpisjärvi, Finnish Lapland, next to a stream and with snowy mountains in the background. Credit Jiri Subrt.

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Dr. Mariana García Criado @nanitundra.bsky.social · 16d

Thank you as always for all your great input, Robert! Looking forward to toasting to this next week!

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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 16d

Absolutely thrilled 🎉 to have contributed to this exciting paper, brilliantly led by @nanitundra.bsky.social 🌟 Such a joy to be part of this inspiring team! 🚀🙌

Dr. Mariana García Criado @nanitundra.bsky.social · 16d

🌲 Boreal-tundra species drive Arctic plant borealization 🌲

Our new study in #EcologyLetters quantifies tundra plant borealization, assesses its main drivers and identifies the species & traits contributing to borealization.

doi.org/10.1111/ele....

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CREAF @creaf.cat · 16d

Boreal plants are moving into the #Arctic and reshaping #tundra landscapes 🌱❄️

A 🟢NEW STUDY🟢 led by @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social and @creaf.cat reveals shrubs and grasses from boreal forests are expanding north.

So what? 👇

Persicaria bistorta, common bistort in the swiss alps. Credit_ Mariana Garcia Criado

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Dr. Mariana García Criado @nanitundra.bsky.social · 16d

@ragnhildgya.bsky.social @elinakaarlej.bsky.social @riikkarinnan.bsky.social @nmschmidt.bsky.social @annetolvanen.bsky.social @vvandvik.bsky.social. Illustration by @asbillustration.bsky.social (6/6)

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Dr. Mariana García Criado @nanitundra.bsky.social · 16d

This work was based on the amazing International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) and funded by @ec.europa.eu @nordborn.bsky.social & others. Thanks to my 38 wonderful coauthors, including @icbarrio.bsky.social @annebeejay.bsky.social @robertgbjork.bsky.social @matsbjorkman.bsky.social (5/6)

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Dr. Mariana García Criado @nanitundra.bsky.social · 16d

Our findings indicate that tundra borealization might not involve rapid displacement of tundra by boreal species, but rather an overall increase in the abundance of boreal species with already established presence in the Arctic. (4/6)

A landscape photo of birch trees growing on the sides of a ridge in Kilpisjärvi, Finland, with snowy mountains and a lake in the background. Credit Mariana García Criado.

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Dr. Mariana García Criado @nanitundra.bsky.social · 16d

At the species level, boreal-tundra species colonised Arctic plots more often than boreal specialists. Boreal species that colonised more often were shorter, and more likely to be shrubs and graminoids. (3/6)

A close-up of the shrub Vaccinium myrtillus (European blueberry). Credit Mariana García Criado.

Figure with two subplots indicating that boreal plants that colonised Arctic plants more often were usually shorter, and more likely shrubs and graminoids.

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Dr. Mariana García Criado @nanitundra.bsky.social · 16d

Half of our studied plots (1137) experienced colonisations by or increases in abundance of boreal species. At the community level, borealization was greater at sites in Eurasia, alpine zones, closer to treeline, and at warmer and wetter sites. (2/6)

Figure with 4 subplots: two maps and two plots, showing that rates of borealization were highly variable across Arctic plots.

ALT TEXT: A close up of a sapling of Betula pubescens (Downy birch) growing among Phyllodoce caerulea (Blue heath) in the Swedish tundra. Credit Anne Bjorkman (@annebeejay.bsky.social).

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Dr. Mariana García Criado @nanitundra.bsky.social · 16d

🌲 Boreal-tundra species drive Arctic plant borealization 🌲

Our new study in #EcologyLetters quantifies tundra plant borealization, assesses its main drivers and identifies the species & traits contributing to borealization.

doi.org/10.1111/ele....

🧵 (1/6) 🌐🧪🌱🌍

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NordBorN @nordborn.bsky.social · 19d

Can we identify #functional traits that characterize #boreal and #tundra plants? Last week #NordBorN researchers met at @creaf.cat in Barcelona to address this question. Stay tuned for results! nordborn.lbhi.is?p=422 🌱 @nanitundra.bsky.social

Characterizing the functional trait space of boreal and tundra plants - The Nordic Borealization Network

Last week, Beatrice Trascau and James Speed visited Mariana García Criado at the Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF) in sunny Barcelona, Spain. Mariana reports back from a...

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Prof. Vigdis Vandvik @vvandvik.bsky.social · 22d

Come work with us!

In two week's time, application deadlines close for eight fully funded #PhD positions who will be working together on understanding and mitigating global change impacts and feedbacks from mountains:

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