Sebastian Kepfer Rojas

Saludos @jeaggu.bsky.social. Siguiendo la conversación de X, no tengo parcelas con recensos. Mi estudio es un comparación de bosques con manejo comunitario y bosque primario.
Encaja en tu estudio?

Effect of climate on traits of dominant and rare tree species in the world’s forests Nature Communications - Species’ traits and environmental conditions determine the abundance of tree species across the globe. Here, the authors find that dominant tree species are taller and...

Publication out on the effect of climate on traits of dominant and rare tree species in the world’s forests in natcomms.nature.com‬rdcu.be/enby2

Managed forests are a stronghold of non‐native beetles in Europe Species richness of native and non-native vascular plants modulates the species richness of non-native beetles through relationships with opposite signs. The interplay with management regimes and for...

Outcome of a #Cost #Bottoms-Up collaboration!

#MarcoBasile led a study demonstrating:
- hump-shaped relationship between non-native beetle and #plant species richness;
- the proportion of non-native #beetles is higher in managed than in unmanaged #forests.

Read it here:
doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Soil Microbiome Inoculation for Resilient and Multifunctional New Forests in Post‐Agricultural Landscapes Soil inoculations can help forests grow faster on former farmland by fixing problems such as poor soil health and a lack of helpful microbes. Adding beneficial microbes to the soil can restore its bi...

Our opinion piece on soil inoculations as a tool to restore biodiversity and resilience in afforestation on post-agricultural lands. It calls for targeted strategies and monitoring to optimize ecosystem recovery.
#SilvaNova #NovoNordiskFoundation
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Impact of Oil Palm Plantations and Pastures on Benthic Prokaryotic and Fungal Communities in Tropical Streams The expansion of oil palm plantations and cattle grazing lands has a detrimental impact on freshwater ecosystems, causing ecological degradation and biodiversity loss in the tropics, although litt...

Oil palm harms tropical freshwater ecosystems, but riparian buffers can mitigate biodiversity loss. Oscar Rojas' PhD chapter shows that plantations with buffers have higher microbial diversity, highlighting their role in reducing biodiversity impacts. dx.doi.org/10.1111/fwb....

Can triad forestry reconcile Europe’s biodiversity and forestry strategies? A critical evaluation of forest zoning - Ambio Balancing increasing demand for wood products while also maintaining forest biodiversity is a paramount challenge. Europe’s Biodiversity and Forest Strategies for 2030 attempt to address this challeng...

🎄Last publication of the year for the COST Bottoms-Up (www.bottoms-up.eu/en/)

Critical evaluation of how much European countries are using a triad scheme by both sharing and sparing in forest management planning

Spoiler 😈: not much!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Tks #TomNagel for leading this

Useful new paper on natural colonisation:
Natural colonization in abandoned agricultural fields benefits native, insect-pollinated and bird-dispersed woody species
doi.org/10.1016/j.tf... #ForestEcology #rewilding

Climate Effects on Belowground Tea Litter Decomposition Depend on Ecosystem and Organic Matter Types in Global Wetlands Patchy global data on belowground litter decomposition dynamics limit our capacity to discern the drivers of carbon preservation and storage across inland and coastal wetlands. We performed a global, multiyear study in over 180 wetlands across 28 countries and 8 macroclimates using standardized litter as measures of “recalcitrant” (rooibos tea) and “labile” (green tea) organic matter (OM) decomposition. Freshwater wetlands and tidal marshes had the highest tea mass remaining, indicating a greater potential for carbon preservation in these ecosystems. Recalcitrant OM decomposition increased with elevated temperatures throughout the decay period, e.g., increase from 10 to 20 °C corresponded to a 1.46-fold increase in the recalcitrant OM decay rate constant. The effect of elevated temperature on labile OM breakdown was ecosystem-dependent, with tidally influenced wetlands showing limited effects of temperature compared with freshwater wetlands. Based on climatic projections, by 2050 wetland decay constants will increase by 1.8% for labile and 3.1% for recalcitrant OM. Our study highlights the potential for reduction in belowground OM in coastal and inland wetlands under increased warming, but the extent and direction of this effect at a large scale is dependent on ecosystem and OM characteristics. Understanding local versus global drivers is necessary to resolve ecosystem influences on carbon preservation in wetlands.

Check out our paper on decomposition in Global wetlands! 🌍 Within the TeaCompositionH2O initiative, 19,000 tea bags were buried in 28 countries, giving insights into how climate change affects decomposition. Work lead by Stacey Trevathan-Tackett
#Wetlands #TeaComposition

doi.org/10.1021/acs....

From Nané Pedersen's thesis: Natural colonization on abandoned farmland favours native, bird-dispersed, and insect-pollinated species. Loamy soils further enhance these benefits. 🌿 #Biodiversity #Afforestation #NaturalRegeneration

tinyurl.com/mtrvr4h8

Is there still room for more?

Count me in!

Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events - Nature Soils from 30 grasslands across Europe were subjected to 4 contrasting extreme climatic events under drought, flood, freezing and heat conditions, with the results suggesting that soil microbiomes fro...

It’s out!! We subjected soils from 30 different locations across Europe to extreme events and found that soil fungal and bacterial communities showed consistent responses that could be predicted from their origin! With @knightjar.bsky.social and many collaborators!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Absolutely agree. We keep seeking solutions within the current system, yet true transformative change demands a reimagining of the system itself—and that change comes with a cost.

The @FORESTEUROPE proposed indicators for forest biodiversity show only weak correlations with site-level species richness across a few taxa.
Insights from @Cost_BottomspUp, led by #YoanPaillet

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