The fossil record of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands sheds light on the changing plant diversity over millions of years. This free e-book series provides valuable insights for biodiversity conservation and land management policies. paleofloraiberica.org

Field vs climate chamber - we use both approaches to understand the future of temperate #forest! 🌱🌡️🏔️ Happy to explore the impact of early #snowmelt, winter #herbivory, #drought and #warming on the seedlings of multiple temperate #tree #species! #ClimateChange #research

One of the things I like most about my job is that it has both fundamental & applied science components. The latter entails that our research is directly applied to improve restoration management at #BerchtesgadenNationalPark, which is a wonderful and enriching experience for me.

Estoy emocionado de que mi libro "Introducción a la Restauración Ecológica" esté disponible en acceso abierto en español. copitarxives.fisica.unam.mx/LT0003ES/LT000…

Congratulations to Iris Hordijk + colleagues for this new global forest analysis. Forest plots across the world show that evenness mediates the global relationship between productivity and richness. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/T6WQXNRE…

How did a toxic dump in La Guapil, Costa Rica, become an urban oasis? Through partnership! Learn how the local community and Municipality of Alajuelita, were supported by Corredor Biológico Interurbano María Aguilar, @interlace_nbs, Global Environment Facility (GEF), @undp + OTS, and GRUPO PEDREGAL, amongst others: thegef.org/newsroom/featu…

🌿Canopy openings after disturbances provide crucial habitats for several high elevation #trees and #shrubs of #CostaRica.🌿 #Conservation efforts must consider these factors for preserving #mountain #biodiversity in the future.🌄 link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Interested in whether more fire at the montane-to-subalpine ecotone might accelerate range shifts and species change in subalpine forests? Us too! Check out our new paper in Ecological Applications: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ea… Or read on 🧵 🌲🏔️🔥☀️

Initial plant diversity & composition influence subsequent colonization via priority effects👇 @urban_sci besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/13…

Interested in the dynamics of subalpine forests? Want to study novel disturbance regimes with particular focus on invasive alien pathogens? Come join us for a PhD Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management TU Munich & #BerchtesgadenNP, studying mountain pine dynamics. Full job ad (DE/EN) here: nationalpark-berchtesgaden.bayern.de/service/karrie…

I love these ‘reflections on papers past’ interviews complied by Hari Sridhar. Where he interviews authors of influential papers, how they came to be, and their impact. Now nicely summarized in one place. reflectionsonpaperspast.wordpress.com/interview-list/

Exaggerated effects in ecology NatureEcoEvo Tim Parker & Yefeng Yang nature.com/articles/s4155…

(1/4) How can hundreds of tree species coexist in tropical forests? Turns out adults of dozens of tree species on #barrocolorado (BCI) strongly repel their own kind, reflecting large niche differences. Check out our new paper: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

New results (and hypotheses) on tropical tree seedling responses to soil-profile warming: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bt… Biotropica Smithsonian Panama Warming decreased above-ground growth & photosynthesis especially in N-fixing tropical tree species.

I'm trying to think about temperature variation across elevation, and found this fascinating paper major differences between open fields & cloud forest understory. MAJOR differences nice paper Sheng-Feng Shen agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Really glad to be working in this landscape and with this team! Looking forward to checking the complete data and sharing some results soon! a little hint of some of the patterns we observed so far: 🏔️🌳🌿🐇

I am thrilled to share my first postdoc paper, where we tested the effects of insect diversity and its interactions with microbes on wood decomposition. doi.org/10.1002/ecy.41…

#ICYMI: Applications for a #scholarship for students from #CostaRica to conduct graduate #research on our animal seed dispersal project are still open until 15 Nov! 🦜🇨🇷 Find more information here: crowtherlab.com/global-experim…

We have started the second leg of our snow-herbivory experiment this week. Approx. 200 tons / 400 m³ of snow moved from 500 seedlings. Great team effort by folks from Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management TU Munich and #BerchtesgadenNationalPark, Miguel Muñoz Mazon Michael Maroschek @_tobiasrichter @NicoleDrr1 and many others

Excellent analysis of the #academic #publishing system - I need to reconsider my publishing behaviour. You? The state of academic publishing in 3 graphs, 6 trends, and 4 thoughts dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2024/04/29/the… via Dynamic Ecology