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Jess Rickenback @jess-rickenback.bsky.social · Jun 27

Brilliant day this week on the Tropical East Asian Savanna Network workshop- out on Salisbury Crags with the Global Grassy Group practicing ground layer data collection and loving the #grasses! @s-eshelman.bsky.social @wieczor.bsky.social @naomibschwartz.bsky.social @royalsoced.bsky.social

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Jess Rickenback @jess-rickenback.bsky.social · May 6

The first Tropical East Asian Savanna Symposium, funded by @royalsoced.bsky.social, will be 24 June @thebotanics.bsky.social. Free! Come along, or apply to present! 200 word abstracts welcome for talks (15/30min), deadline 30 May. Email for info / abstract submissions. @edinburghuni.bsky.social 🌐🌏

A poster with a black background and six circles, five of which have an animal, bird or plant in. The sixth circle reads 'Tropical East Asian Savanna Synposium' The poster advertises a free public symposium on 24th june at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Lecture Theatre, 20a Inverleith Row. The event is funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh with support from the University of Edinburgh and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

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Jakub Wieczorkowski @wieczor.bsky.social · Mar 20

Can't get over the past two weeks in Kruger - met many fantastic savanna scientists, caught up with colleagues, did really exciting fieldwork, saw a leopard for the first time... Maybe I'd just skip getting robbed by baboons 🙃

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Caroline Lehmann @caroaceae.bsky.social · Mar 15

Fantastic FunkyBio presentations from @anyacourtenay.bsky.social @wieczor.bsky.social @adamdevenish.bsky.social @s-eshelman.bsky.social @jess-rickenback.bsky.social at the Savanna Science Network Meeting. Thanks to SANParks for always hosting a brilliantly collegiate conference. Till 2026!

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Jitka Klimesova @jitkaklimesova.bsky.social · Jan 16

Contribute to our blog about you research and passion for belowground plant parts! plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com/2025/01/15/r...

Reminder: Contributions welcome

We are now a few weeks into the new year, and I just want to remind everyone that we happily accept contributions. A primary goal of this blog is to share findings, observations, and thoughts about…

plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com

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Jakub Wieczorkowski @wieczor.bsky.social · Jan 16

@plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social

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Jakub Wieczorkowski @wieczor.bsky.social · Jan 16

"Tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas matter for biodiversity protection, and the future of this planet relies on these ecosystems to the same extent it relies on forests."

Open letter: There are more than just trees and forests to be conserved and restored

Click on the article title to read more.

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Anya Courtenay @anyacourtenay.bsky.social · Jan 14

🌾 Global Grassy Group update 🐂

Above clouds and among yaks & shrubs: Investigating woody encroachment in the alpine rangelands of Bhutan

Tshering Dorji, December 2024

globalgrassygroup.github.io

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Jakub Wieczorkowski @wieczor.bsky.social · Dec 12

Hi Markus, can you please add me? I work on grassland and savanna ecology :)

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Jakub Wieczorkowski @wieczor.bsky.social · Dec 12

Hi Brian, can you please add me? Thanks!

Jakub Wieczorkowski @wieczor.bsky.social · Dec 12

Hello, I would like to be added :)

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · Dec 10

We have taught the science & methods of functional traits using #OpenScience on 7 courses (so far) to ~180 different students from 86 institutions & 30 countries. One of the most rewarding efforts I have been a part of. #PFTC alumni? ping @hilaryrosed.bsky.social to be added go.bsky.app/4T8pBZr

Plant Functional Traits Course alumni

Join the conversation

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Jakub Wieczorkowski @wieczor.bsky.social · Dec 11

Excited to see everyone posting about science (again)! Short intro: I'm an ecologist/biogeographer fascinated by biodiversity & dynamics of open ecosystems—and a bit of a data science nerd. I'm currently doing a PhD at Edinburgh on herbaceous diversity patterns in African grasslands and savannas 🌾🔥

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Anya Courtenay @anyacourtenay.bsky.social · Nov 28

Some field observations and a lovely poem by @tanayanair.bsky.social reflecting our time collecting plants and microclimate data in a beautiful miombo mosaic 🌱🌦🌾

Sampling downslope in Bicuar National Park, Angola

By Anya Courtenay, Tanaya Nair and Ruth Francisco, February 2024

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