1/6 For 30 years ecologists have been told that correlations between traits across species need to be corrected for phylogeny (usually via PGLS), because related species are not independent. Several half-truths in that ... besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/13… @Jecol Mark Westoby Barbara Holland

Just published!! Hodson, M.J. (2023). Silicon Mitigates the Effects of Aluminium Toxicity. In: de Mello Prado, R. (eds) Benefits of Silicon in the Nutrition of Plants. Springer, Cham. #siliceousplants doi.org/10.1007/978-3-…

21 years ago, we set up the first corner stake of the Fushan ForestGEO plot. Today, we kick off the fifth tree census of the Fushan plot.

Yes, it was wonderful collaborating with my comrades from my Kyoto University days! One more paper will be coming from this atypical karst site with super high P availability. I've realized the need for more ecological research in diverse regions, including East Asia🌏

New nature paper: tropical forest temps from ECOSTRESS + leaf-level are starting to exceed Tcrit--where leaf function begins to fail. Models + warming experiments show non-linear increases in surface temp w/ inc. air temp --> tipping point w/in RCP 8.5. nature.com/articles/s4158…

Thrilled our paper is now published in PNAS—thanks to our fantastic team BU Biology Boston University, Earth & Environment🥰!!! "Urbanization and edge effects interact to drive mutualism breakdown and the rise of unstable pathogenic communities in forest soil" 🏙️🍄 pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Just arrived!! Renato de Mello Prado (ed). Benefits of Silicon in the Nutrition of Plants. Springer, Cham. And my chapter: Hodson, M.J. (2023). Silicon Mitigates the Effects of Aluminium Toxicity. #siliceousplants link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

Beautiful soils from the sampling campaign with Yusuke Onoda at Yakushima, a World Natural Heritage site for its globally distinct ecosystem with a unique flora, landscape etc

Not quite sure how I missed this, but it is really important for #phytolith and #siliceousplants people. Jian Feng Ma and his team have found an Si transporter that seems to be involved in concentrating Si in leaf epidermal cells. Bravo! nature.com/articles/s4146…

🍂After >40 years since the original theory, @panemma & colleagues provide the 1st empirical evidence that nutrients recycled in litterfall maintain tropical #forest growth Smithsonian Panama besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/13…

So delighted to see my photo in the journal cover image Ecological Research for 2024! Canopy of lowland tropical forest on Barro Colorado Island, Panama (lower right📸)🌳🌳🌳

Thanks @rputrabio for enlightening us in Kyoto! Great hearing about an up to date of legume-silicon interactions and novel work on metal hyperaccumulator plants! It was a pleasure to meet you in person four years after we first met at EGU 2020 virtual meeting! #siliceousplants

日本生態学会 #esj71 のモアイ企画にメンターとして参加させていただきます🗿委員会の皆さんありがとうございます！ 超若輩者ですが、その分お気軽になんでもお話しに来てください（と、周りの興味ありそうな方にもお伝えください）！！お待ちしております🍄😁

Can complex interactions between trees and their natural enemies shape latitudinal tree diversity patterns in forests? 🌳🌍 Our article in nature delves into this question by comprehensively testing the Janzen-Connell hypothesis using tree mortality data nature.com/articles/s4158…

This is the first time in 100 years that a new genus of “flowering plants” has been discovered in Japan.

🍃#Ecology & methodology of comparing traits & decomposition rates of green #leaves vs senesced litter across #plant species & types: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/13…

Some giant clusters of very copper tolerant Nepenthes fusca seen here.

リター回収🍂多くの方のチームプレーと多大なるエフォートで成り立つ仕事なだけに、これは悔しい😭でもフィールドでの研究はこういう予想外の事態に時として驚きと面白さを感じたりもします🧐（フィールドワークは奥深い！）