Beech seems to be adaptable in its N form preference, when non-native but economically attractive Douglas fir is admixed.
I didn't know an awful lot about roots and what they like or not, but it was fun contributing & learning here. Seems to be good news for climate-adapted forestry! π²π³π±
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The "publish or perish" culture must perish. Scientists need time to think.
We just published our Slow Science Manifesto, where we argue that huge changes are needed in the way we fund, publish, and evaluate science.
Read more and sign here: www.slow-science.com
β° Happening Tomorrow β°
Don't miss out - there's still time to register for our webinar 'all aabout' Rootsπ
We have a new doctor! On Friday Thalea Stuckenberg from the #AnimalEcology Group successfully defended her PhD within the #EnriCo project about the effects of non-native Douglas fir on decomposers and their activity πͺ±π¦ π
Congrats!! π₯³
#phd #phddefence #unigoettingen
The highlights of our new study summarized as a press release!
β οΈ This is what can happen if two PhD students decide they have not yet had enough and want to do collaborative research. Worth it!
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@sharathpaligi.bsky.social
@wileyecology.bsky.social
Klara Mrak, zusammen mit Christina Hackmann Erstautorin der Studie, extrahiert mit einer Druckkammer Wasser aus Zweigen. Dadurch kann sie die Ankunftszeit der in den Boden injizierten stabilen Isotope von Wasserstoff und Stickstoff in der Baumkrone abschΓ€tzen. Β© Christina Hackmann
Wie nutzen BΓ€ume Wasser und Stickstoff aus dem tieferen Boden? Forschende haben verfolgt, wie sie beides aufnehmen und von der Wurzel zur Krone leiten. Ergebnis: Stickstoff kommt verzΓΆgert oben an. Und Douglasien sind im #Klimawandel im Vorteil. Details lesen: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/3240.html...
Find out more: coalesceproject.eu/2026/01/22/f...
#SciComm #ScienceCommunication #Misinformation #journalism #PhDChat
Very pretty ectomycorrhiza on a beech root!
During these winter months, I longingly gaze at photos of tree roots πΆ
Shot by miki @michela-audisio.bsky.social
#mycorrhiza
#forestecol
Intriguing abstract science image (in brown, yellow and pink) as background behind logo of Sci-Comm Network GΓΆttingen and GΓΆttingen Campus Postdoc Network. The text says: Resaerch Images of the Year. Your Vote Counts. Discover fascinating research fields in GΓΆttingen through images and vote! Image duels! You'll see two images per round appear randomly. Pick the one that explains its research best. Cast your votes before 24 Jan!
RESEARCH IMAGES OF THE YEAR!
The entries are in and you are invited to vote! You'll see pairs of images at random for 25 rounds. You pick the one that explains the research most clearly and creatively. Vote here: pollunit.com/polls/0fpi7x... by 24 Jan
Info: goettingen-campus.de/postdoc-event
Fig. 2 Hydraulic fluctuations at the cambium.
#TansleyInsight | On growth and flow: hydraulic aspects of aboveground meristems
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#LatestIssue #PlantScience #TansleyMedal
Fig. 3 Resource (here C and water) uptake, transport, and consumption shape resource distribution along the leaf-to-root axis, influencing C partitioning and plant functional traits under changing environmental conditions.
#TansleyInsight | Distal to proximal: a continuum of drivers shaping tree growth and carbon partitioning
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#LatestIssue #PlantScience #TansleyMedal
New!π²π§
Water moves faster than nitrate from soil to canopy in mature trees, highlighting root, soil, and species traits.
More on subsoil uptake by Douglas fir and beech here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Last chance to participate in this #scicomm event!! π¨
Today (10th) at 16am CEST, Ε½iva PeΔenko will talk about how landscape architecture promotes landscape resilienceπ³π‘π΅ββοΈ
Register here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Seminar series Forest Ecology: Science&Practice
www.uni-goettingen.de/de/701005.html
#landscapearchitecture
π’ Upcoming online seminar:
Next week (26th November) at 11am CET, Alice Penanhoat @alice4science.bsky.social from Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences will talk about her interdisciplinary research on forest structure π²π³π
Register here to join the zoom seminar:
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βΆοΈ Watch all the brilliant #MySciJourney ~3min videos here:
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www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Don't miss our upcoming mini-conference! ππ±
Join us for "Linking biodiversity, functions, and climate: Insights from global ecosystems" on 1st December from 11am β 4pm at F01, Busenweg 1, North Campus.
Registration: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/581694.html
#EnriCo #miniconference
Poster to highlight Research Images of the Year contest. All the text is available on the website which you can also reach via the QR code - https://goettingen-campus.de/postdoc-event
Calling all researchers across our Campus! GΓΆttingen's Research Images of the Year!
Youβre invited to share an image that conveys your research - photo, illustration, data visualisation or other by 15 Dec 2025: goettingen-campus.de/postdoc-event
#ScienceCommunicationNetwork & #GCPostdocNetwork
π’ Upcoming online seminar:
Next week (10th November) at 11am CET, Axel Gualdoni-Becerra from @forstunigoe.bsky.social will talk about forest fragmentation in Argentina
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Register here to join the zoom seminar:
lnkd.in/gcgh5qFE
Thanks to all invited speakers and participants, both online and in person, for another successful EnriCo mini-conference! See you back in December for the next one!
Tomorrow (30th) at 11am CEST, Clara Thoma from agroforst.de will talk about creating resilient landscapes through agroforestryπ³πͺ±π±
Register here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Seminar series Forest Ecology: Science&Practice
www.uni-goettingen.de/de/701005.html
#agroforestry
π’ Save the date! We're hosting the mini-conference on October 23rd 2025 at the @forstunigoe.bsky.social .
A full day of talks on forest microbiomes, physiology, conservation and more! π³π²
Register at: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/581694.html
#forestecol #scicomm #forestry #seminar #rtg2300
The new #IUCN red list shows that 15% of European butterfly species are now threatened with extinction - and one is already extinct.
I'll be sharing butterfly photos on my Instagram (bio_miky) to keep awareness alive π¦
#conservation #butterflies #redlist
Pollinators - the foundation for food systems, ecosystems and societies:
Nearly 100 additional wild bee species in Europe classified as threatened in a new assessment for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Speciesβ’with more than 20% of species in groups face risk of extinction.
iucn.org/press-releas...
I spent the past week volunteering in the #AltaMurgia National Park, a @unesco.org site in Italy, monitoring pollinators (bees and butterflies), as part of the project #Parchigiani "la resistenza della biodiversitΓ ". A rewarding way to support biodiversity research ππ¦π³πΈ
In the forest, a few wild honey bee nests can be found. These understudied natural colonies are vital to understand pollinator resilience in semi-natural habitats, especially now that #wildhoneybees have been declared endangered in Europe by the #IUCN
Mercadante Forest is one of the few green hearts of the Park, a manmade pine forest creted in the early 1900s to protect nearby towns from floods and erosion.
Last week I had the chance to stand before two monumental Quercus pubescens in the #MercadanteForest, in the Alta Murgia National Park (Puglia, ITA). Their massive trunks and quiet presence were breathtaking.
I left thinking about all the stories they've silently witnessed in 800 years...
Today at 3pm CEST, EnriCo-alumna Larissa Topanotti will talk about navigating her scientific work through forest ecology, management and life' twists π²ππΊ
Register here:
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Seminar series Forest Ecology: Science&Practice
www.uni-goettingen.de/de/forest+re...
