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Also #smashingstereotypes Ellen Heimpel is currently studying monodominant forests in the Congo Basin. 80% of the trees in certain forests in central Africa belong to one species, Gilbertiodendron dewevrei and predicting their contraction or expansion will be vital in the future.

Back from 5 weeks fieldwork in Congo. We were recenusing forest plots in northern Congo following a period of selective logging. Thanks to a brilliant team and to WCS Congo we collected some great data, and I learned a lot. Here are a few highlights: 🌱☀️

Wonderful time helping out at @Seawilding’s WildSeas Weekend, displaying some of the PhD work happening at Loch Craignish Great to see people of all ages engrossed in the sounds of seagrass and oyster reefs (and colouring!) We also managed to squeeze in some sunny fieldwork ☀️

Come on down to Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh for our Shipping Roots late event. Jack Baker 🌵🐾, @jess_rickenback Ellen Heimpel and I will be chatting science and decolonisation in botanic collections #Science #plants

I had so much fun talking about my PhD at the Botanic Lates event last night! So many brilliant people to chat to. Make sure and check out their Shipping Roots exhibition before it closes! 🌿

Our paper on monodominant Gilbertiodendron dewevrei forest in the western Congo basin and its floristic and structural differences from mixed forest is now out! 🌱 Huge thanks to the co-authors, and to WCS Congo and E4 Doctoral Training Partnership for supporting my fieldwork! Check it out here 👇

New paper in @plecevo on the importance of Central Africa's monodominant 'bemba' (Gilbertiodendron dewevrei) forests for #plant #biodiversity and #carbon storage: plecevo.eu/article/111539… Ellen Heimpel Antje Ahrends Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Lovely blog post by Ellen Heimpel explaining her research in the remarkable bemba forests of western Congo: stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/38655 Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

PhD students are showcasing their work at the prestigious IBC!