🪪📐Species identity and spatial scale drive context‑dependent tree diversity effects in a Finnish forest experiment
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#DBH #NeedleTraits #NorwaySpruce #ScotsPine #SpeciesDiversity #TreeDivNet
Fig. 2 Conceptual model of the expected role of dryland mechanisms along a climatic gradient from cool and moist towards hot and dry conditions (x-axis), and their relevance for climate-smart forestry (CSF, y
✨ Paper spotlight ✨
(🧵1/8) Shaping Future Forests: How can ecophysiology support climate-smart forest management?
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#PlantScience
All Reforestation Methods Can Support Tropical Tree Diversity Recovery, but Drivers and Species Composition Vary
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any observations from the Ga coast mangroves this winter?
Anthropogenic disturbance alters the diversity, composition, and abundance of microbes as well as the edaphic properties of the soil.
#TansleyReview: Why, when, and how microbes can benefit ecological restorations: current approaches and future directions
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by Crawford et al.
@kerricrawford.bsky.social @collingdice.bsky.social
Figure created in biorender.com/iwso49n.
More than mitigation: The role of forests in climate adaptation | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🌊I have a new gig. 🌊
Introducing: OCEAN EMPIRE, my new column about U.S ocean policy and foreign affairs for @sciencepolitics.bsky.social.
We are a brand new online magazine housed at Georgetown University. I'm thrilled to bring in-depth news analysis about what's happening to 70% of our planet.
📖Published!
Forest structural complexity recovers during secondary succession and reaches levels comparable to old-growth forests within 40 years🌳🌲
Recovery of forest structural complexity is driven by increasing tree species diversity along the recovery trajectory
🔎https://buff.ly/VGrATSK
New year new paper!
How strong is enemy release? A systematic compilation across taxa and approaches
doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
We found that introduced plants and animals experience less enemy diversity and damage than native counterparts, but do not gain fitness benefits as a result.
Forest biodiversity experiments test how tree species richness improves the productivity & functioning of forests. After 30 years, there are now 45 experiments worldwide!
A new synthesis on 30 years of research:
Liu et al. 2026: doi.org/10.1038/s443...
#TreeDivNet #BEF-China #MultiTroph
📖Published!
These results provide the first experimental evidence that enhancing structural heterogeneity at the landscape scale can restore multidimensional hoverfly diversity in temperate forests🌲 🪰
Read more:https://buff.ly/XdZNi2J
Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.
New paper out! 🎉 Led by Jenickson Costa @uspoficial.bsky.social @cirad.bsky.social @jenicksoncosta.bsky.social
Forest Ecosystem Multifunctionality: A Systematic Review of Measures and Drivers
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link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Experts don’t lose public debates because they’re wrong. They lose because they’re hard to hear.
In energy, complexity without a clear takeaway gets ignored. Simpler, louder stories take its place.
My latest piece is about starting with clarity and then layering nuance.
medium.com/@jan.rosenow...
Figure 4 from Shovon et al. (2025). Influence of diversity on transpiration as described by Hedges' g effect size as a function of species richness and water limitations at the (a–c) community level and (b–d) species level. Upper panels assess the influence of drought stress by comparing drought versus no drought conditions, defined through self-reported information. Lower panels assess the influence of regional aridity by comparing humid climates (aridity index >0.65) and dry climates (aridity index ≤0.65). Circles represent observed effect sizes; lines represent posterior mean trends, and shaded areas represent the 95% credible intervals.
More diverse forests have greater productivity, but do they use more water? A new meta-analysis by Shovon et al. in @journalofecology.bsky.social suggests not. 🌐🌏🧪 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Published!📖
Forest structural and functional diversity can attenuate forest productivity losses after harvesting and fires. In undisturbed forests, dominance boosts productivity via selection effects, but not after harvesting🌳🌲🌍
Read here:https://buff.ly/Gw5Hq6X
Volatile organic compounds diversity mediates tree diversity–insect herbivory relationships @oikosjournal.bsky.social #TreeDivNet nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
A male moose (Alces alces) in a Swedish forest with abundant broadleaf browse (a), and a monoculture ofNorway spruce (Picea abies) (b)
🆕 in "Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment": Forest recovery isn't just about tree cover—nutrition matters! How managing chemical landscapes could boost wildlife conservation
📄Managing nutritional landscapes as the next frontier in forest ecology and conservation
doi.org/10.1002/fee....
New study led by @lsachsenmaier.bsky.social @agwirthweigelt.bsky.social shows: forest stands made up of tree species with different water-use strategies (not just many species) grow better in drought years. #iDivResearch #Biodiversity
www.idiv.de/diverse-fore...
Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government
go.nature.com/47hn0n5
PhD applications are now open @treesdla.bsky.social for 2026 intake. Have a look at a project on effects of forest diversity on floral reward production for pollinators that we advertise with @philstevenson.bsky.social. Do apply/get in touch if you are interested! www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/eff...
The latest DroughtNet paper is out in Science today! Using coordinated experiments across six continents and 74 sites, the International Drought Experiment found differences between the effects of extreme droughts and more typical droughts... (1/3) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🗞️New study in @globalchangebio.bsky.social 🗞️
🌳Diversity in resource use strategies promotes productivity across a global network of tree #diversity experiments?🌲
Read our new study led by Joel Jensen together with #TreeDivNet here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Forests play a vital role in food, livelihoods & biodiversity and hold an intrinsic value of their own!
Let’s protect and restore them for people & planet! 🌍🌱
📹 Watch this video by @fao.org
Our new #TreeDivNet paper led by Hernán Serrano-León is out in @globalchangebio.bsky.social! Using data from 9 forest diversity experiments across Europe, we showed that tree diversity effects on tree growth responses strengthened during consecutive drought years dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
New study in @natcomms.nature.com co-authored by iDiv's @smartenwinter.bsky.social indicates that it could be the same characteristics that make plants successful both in their homelands and in foreign regions.⬇️
figure saying for the results section of a paper, text is 1 star. tables are two starts and figures are the best, 5 starts
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Tree-planting is always good, right? Well, it turns out that a tree planted in the wrong place can actually have a negative impact on the climate. That’s why a research team with scientists from The Nature Conservancy developed maps to help with strategic reforestation for maximum benefit!
