Olivia Ross
@olross.bsky.social
PhD student @ucsantabarbara studying forest disturbance & fire ecology
Come join us in tackling pressing questions about forest ecosystem change!
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Please repost! The LOC Lab @UCSB is recruiting a #PostdoctoralScholar in forest ecology and data science to
develop data-driven models of forest resilience to compound disturbances (e.g., fire, drought, insects). 🌱🍁🌏🧪🌐
Applications due Feb 5
Apply here: www.landscapesofchangelab.com/were-hiring-1
develop data-driven models of forest resilience to compound disturbances (e.g., fire, drought, insects). 🌱🍁🌏🧪🌐
Applications due Feb 5
Apply here: www.landscapesofchangelab.com/were-hiring-1
December 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Come join us in tackling pressing questions about forest ecosystem change!
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🌲From Forest Ecology and Management: Fuel treatments cut fire severity during the Caldor Fire, tripling tree survival, but unmanaged fuel piles increased damage in some treated areas. (Hugh D. Safford, Saba Saberi)
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#PlantScience #Ecology
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#PlantScience #Ecology
Fuel treatment effects on fire severity during the Caldor Fire (2021), Lake Tahoe, California, USA
We investigated the effectiveness of forest fuel reduction treatments in mitigating fire severity and reducing tree mortality in wildland urban interf…
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December 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
🌲From Forest Ecology and Management: Fuel treatments cut fire severity during the Caldor Fire, tripling tree survival, but unmanaged fuel piles increased damage in some treated areas. (Hugh D. Safford, Saba Saberi)
▶️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#PlantScience #Ecology
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#PlantScience #Ecology
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NEW EPISODE of #FireEcology Chats! 🔥 Bob Keane is joined by Indra Boving, Joe Celebrezze, and Leander Anderegg to discuss how plant hydration impacts tissue level flammability #SNFECO Listen here: https://fireecology.org/feco-podcast/ep75
December 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
NEW EPISODE of #FireEcology Chats! 🔥 Bob Keane is joined by Indra Boving, Joe Celebrezze, and Leander Anderegg to discuss how plant hydration impacts tissue level flammability #SNFECO Listen here: https://fireecology.org/feco-podcast/ep75
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Disturbance interactions have profound consequences for forest health, yet remain poorly understood.
Here we use DAGs to differentiate #Synergisms, #CompoundDisturbances & #NetworkEffects and review the impacts of climate change.
Final version out now! 🧪🌐🍁🌱
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Here we use DAGs to differentiate #Synergisms, #CompoundDisturbances & #NetworkEffects and review the impacts of climate change.
Final version out now! 🧪🌐🍁🌱
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
November 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Disturbance interactions have profound consequences for forest health, yet remain poorly understood.
Here we use DAGs to differentiate #Synergisms, #CompoundDisturbances & #NetworkEffects and review the impacts of climate change.
Final version out now! 🧪🌐🍁🌱
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Here we use DAGs to differentiate #Synergisms, #CompoundDisturbances & #NetworkEffects and review the impacts of climate change.
Final version out now! 🧪🌐🍁🌱
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Congratulations @julieedtree.bsky.social on this cutting-edge research, out today #AGUpubs!
High-resolution tree-ring data are dramatically improving our ability to estimate past climate. We’re now much closer to accurately tracking temperature changes—both today and across history!
High-resolution tree-ring data are dramatically improving our ability to estimate past climate. We’re now much closer to accurately tracking temperature changes—both today and across history!
Dr. Julie Edwards (@julieedtree.bsky.social) leads a new paper showing that high-resolution cellular-scale measurements (Quantitative Wood Anatomy) yield better temperature signals in Alaskan tree rings than even conventional MXD across all frequencies agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Resolution and Frequency‐Dependent Climate Signals in an Arctic Tree‐Ring Temperature Reconstruction of the Last Millennium
Tree-ring density measurement resolution affects low-frequency trends in temperature reconstructions High-resolution anatomical maximum latewood density has stronger correlations with instrumenta...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Congratulations @julieedtree.bsky.social on this cutting-edge research, out today #AGUpubs!
High-resolution tree-ring data are dramatically improving our ability to estimate past climate. We’re now much closer to accurately tracking temperature changes—both today and across history!
High-resolution tree-ring data are dramatically improving our ability to estimate past climate. We’re now much closer to accurately tracking temperature changes—both today and across history!
Reposted by Olivia Ross
Dr. Julie Edwards (@julieedtree.bsky.social) leads a new paper showing that high-resolution cellular-scale measurements (Quantitative Wood Anatomy) yield better temperature signals in Alaskan tree rings than even conventional MXD across all frequencies agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Resolution and Frequency‐Dependent Climate Signals in an Arctic Tree‐Ring Temperature Reconstruction of the Last Millennium
Tree-ring density measurement resolution affects low-frequency trends in temperature reconstructions High-resolution anatomical maximum latewood density has stronger correlations with instrumenta...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Dr. Julie Edwards (@julieedtree.bsky.social) leads a new paper showing that high-resolution cellular-scale measurements (Quantitative Wood Anatomy) yield better temperature signals in Alaskan tree rings than even conventional MXD across all frequencies agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
That's a wrap on my first field season as a graduate student! Extremely proud of this all star crew for navigating tough shrubs + tricky terrain all summer, and already looking forward to next season. Grateful for all the support and field help this summer!
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October 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
That's a wrap on my first field season as a graduate student! Extremely proud of this all star crew for navigating tough shrubs + tricky terrain all summer, and already looking forward to next season. Grateful for all the support and field help this summer!
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Thrilled our #AREES review on #Disturbance #Interactions is out! #ClimateChange = MAJOR DISRUPTER, but not how you’d expect 👀
#NewFramework: #CC effects on interactions🧪🌐🍁🌱
HUGE🙏4 legendary efforts: @rupertseidl.bsky.social @brian-j-harvey.bsky.social @julieedtree.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/3p97ztr5
#NewFramework: #CC effects on interactions🧪🌐🍁🌱
HUGE🙏4 legendary efforts: @rupertseidl.bsky.social @brian-j-harvey.bsky.social @julieedtree.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/3p97ztr5
September 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Thrilled our #AREES review on #Disturbance #Interactions is out! #ClimateChange = MAJOR DISRUPTER, but not how you’d expect 👀
#NewFramework: #CC effects on interactions🧪🌐🍁🌱
HUGE🙏4 legendary efforts: @rupertseidl.bsky.social @brian-j-harvey.bsky.social @julieedtree.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/3p97ztr5
#NewFramework: #CC effects on interactions🧪🌐🍁🌱
HUGE🙏4 legendary efforts: @rupertseidl.bsky.social @brian-j-harvey.bsky.social @julieedtree.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/3p97ztr5
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Really excited to share our new paper on #causalinference & #climatechange attribution out in #EcologyLetters today!
Are you asking "how much" or "if" climate change has impacted your system, then this paper is for you!
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Are you asking "how much" or "if" climate change has impacted your system, then this paper is for you!
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A Causal Inference Framework for Climate Change Attribution in Ecology
Accurately attributing ecological shifts to climate change remains a significant challenge. Here, we present an accessible causal inference framework designed for climate change attribution in observ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Really excited to share our new paper on #causalinference & #climatechange attribution out in #EcologyLetters today!
Are you asking "how much" or "if" climate change has impacted your system, then this paper is for you!
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Are you asking "how much" or "if" climate change has impacted your system, then this paper is for you!
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Hey #ESA2025 #Baltimore! I'm seeking a #PhDstudent interested in #ForestEcology to join my lab, fall 2026. More here: www.landscapesofchangelab.com/join-us
DM me if you'd like to chat in person. Would love to connect and learn about your interests. Non-traditional backgrounds welcome! 🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿🔥
DM me if you'd like to chat in person. Would love to connect and learn about your interests. Non-traditional backgrounds welcome! 🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿🔥
August 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Hey #ESA2025 #Baltimore! I'm seeking a #PhDstudent interested in #ForestEcology to join my lab, fall 2026. More here: www.landscapesofchangelab.com/join-us
DM me if you'd like to chat in person. Would love to connect and learn about your interests. Non-traditional backgrounds welcome! 🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿🔥
DM me if you'd like to chat in person. Would love to connect and learn about your interests. Non-traditional backgrounds welcome! 🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿🔥
It's been a blast kicking off my first research project in Yosemite this summer. I am so thankful to continue learning about the Sierra Nevada and for our outstanding team!
Wading through #highseverityfire shrub patches all day has its perks when it's in #Yosemite!!! @olross.bsky.social is pushing boundaries in the field and in her research designs! #womeninwilderness #thisladyisbadass 🍁🌱🧪🌍
August 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It's been a blast kicking off my first research project in Yosemite this summer. I am so thankful to continue learning about the Sierra Nevada and for our outstanding team!
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👥 10 students.
🌎 1 mission: a healthier planet.
Meet the 2025 Benioff Scholars—driving real-world solutions to some of the planet’s most pressing environmental challenges.
🌎 1 mission: a healthier planet.
Meet the 2025 Benioff Scholars—driving real-world solutions to some of the planet’s most pressing environmental challenges.
June 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
👥 10 students.
🌎 1 mission: a healthier planet.
Meet the 2025 Benioff Scholars—driving real-world solutions to some of the planet’s most pressing environmental challenges.
🌎 1 mission: a healthier planet.
Meet the 2025 Benioff Scholars—driving real-world solutions to some of the planet’s most pressing environmental challenges.
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Epic (hot!!) day on #MtFig coring bigcone Douglas-fir for @julieedtree.bsky.social amazing #NSF postdoc research! These ladies are such badasses (and such good vibes!). W/ @michelledmohr.bsky.social @olross.bsky.social Stay tuned for updates on historical patterns of atmospheric rivers in #socal!
May 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Epic (hot!!) day on #MtFig coring bigcone Douglas-fir for @julieedtree.bsky.social amazing #NSF postdoc research! These ladies are such badasses (and such good vibes!). W/ @michelledmohr.bsky.social @olross.bsky.social Stay tuned for updates on historical patterns of atmospheric rivers in #socal!
I had a wonderful time learning all about @julieedtree.bsky.social amazing project this past weekend!
Fieldwork this past weekend with the AMAZING @olross.bsky.social and Dervla Meegan-Kumar in the Cleveland National Forest. NSF-funded, I’m using tree-ring width to reconstruct atmospheric river variability in Southern California, which will help us better prepare for future storms in the region.
April 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I had a wonderful time learning all about @julieedtree.bsky.social amazing project this past weekend!