2)What makes an invasive? Plant-soil-feedback in Rhododendron ponticum spread across the UK www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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PhD Project - [School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] What makes an invasive? Plant-soil-feedback in Rhododendron ponticum spread across the UK at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPh...

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Two competitvely funded PhD opportunities in our group at The University of Manchester Department of Environmental Sciences! 1) Plant-microbe interaction reshuffling and its contributions to plant stress toleration and biogeochemical cycling www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Plant-microbe interaction reshuffling and its contributions to plant stress toleration and biogeochemical cycling at The University of Manchester on FindA...

PhD Project - [School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Plant-microbe interaction reshuffling and its contributions to plant stress toleration and biogeochemical cycling at The University of Manch...

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Two competitvely funded PhD opportunities in our group at The University of Manchester Department of Environmental Sciences! 1) Plant-microbe interaction reshuffling and its contributions to plant stress toleration and biogeochemical cycling www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Plant-microbe interaction reshuffling and its contributions to plant stress toleration and biogeochemical cycling at The University of Manchester on FindA...

PhD Project - [School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Plant-microbe interaction reshuffling and its contributions to plant stress toleration and biogeochemical cycling at The University of Manch...

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Call for plant ecophysiologists! Do you have Fv/Fm or F0-rise data? Do you know someone who might? @seanmichaletz.bsky.social and @nicolebison.bsky.social would love to hear from you. (Bonus if your data are from Asia or Africa.) Please share widely! #ecology #botany #ClimateChange #HeatTolerance

Job alert: Post-doc position working with Filipa Cox and me working on mycorrhiza and plant traits. Contact us for more information! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Research Associate in Plant-Mycorrhizal Interactions:Oxford Road

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#FunctionalTrait community: Is plant carnivory (e.g., pitcher plants, Venus flytraps) a functional trait?

A cool career first - I was an author on two articles in this month's issue of @journalofecology.bsky.social! Check them out: Cation responses to global changes alter ecological processes in ombrotrophic systems doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Cation responses to global changes alter ecological processes in ombrotrophic systems

Ombrotrophic bogs, which store large amounts of carbon as peat, receive all their mineral nutrition through deposition, making them particularly sensitive to cation-displacing global changes. Here, w....

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🌍️This mini-review revitalises and sets the agenda for a new generation of ombrotrophic peatland science centred around cation micronutrient availability, global change, and carbon cycling @biogeo-josh.bsky.social @jpritson.bsky.social 👉️ buff.ly/o5MY0MZ

Summary of our mini-review in the @journalofecology.bsky.social. Our work explores the extremes of cation availablity from the oceanic bogs of the Falklands to the the Sudeten mountains where concentrations are two orders of magnitude lower. jecologyblog.com/2026/07/16/e... @biogeo-josh.bsky.social

Exploring the extremes of cation availability

Jonathan Ritson, who worked at the University of Manchester during this research, discusses his article: Cation responses to global changes alter ecological processes in ombrotrophic systems In bog…

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New paper out, co-led with @jpritson.bsky.social! "Cation responses to global changes alter ecological processes in ombrotrophic systems" doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Cation responses to global changes alter ecological processes in ombrotrophic systems

Ombrotrophic bogs, which store large amounts of carbon as peat, receive all their mineral nutrition through deposition, making them particularly sensitive to cation-displacing global changes. Here, w...

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Otherworldly sphagnum waterfall cascading over a ledge. Out sampling with @biogeo-josh.bsky.social

I'm giving a lecture on succession next week, where I show off my dog, Knut, admiring the glacial succession landscape of Jostedalsbreen in Norway. Vi savner Norge så mye!

"When it comes to science, the White House could not have crafted a more effective America Last policy." giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... by @anjahuja.bsky.social

Brain drain is undermining America’s scientific edge

Policy decisions grounded in Maga talking points are helping to fuel a PhD exodus from government

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🏆 Calling all early-career ecologists! The E4 Award from @ecography.bsky.social is OPEN for submissions! Submit a proposal for a concise review and compete for €1,000 (+ €500 runner-up). 📅 Deadline: 31 March 2026 📝 Just a <300-word proposal to start!

New paper out led by @ellenfrysoil.bsky.social! Check out how we can use functional traits for soil regeneration. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Plant functional traits can guide the regeneration of soil fertility in Kenyan grasslands - Plant and Soil

Background and aims In mesic areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, grassland and soil degradation is widespread and accelerating through overgrazing, alien plant encroachment, and climate change. Selection of ...

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It's the Tenth of December! A great day to read "Tenth of December" by George Saunders.

My computer keeps autocorrecting "LiCor" to "liquor".

New PhD advertised! Please distribute. Come work with a fine group of folks. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Plant-microbe interaction reshuffling and its contributions to plant stress toleration and biogeochemical cycling at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com

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Explore how soil food webs withstand droughts and heatwaves, and what this means for tree regeneration in Swedish forests! 🌲🪱🌳🍄Become a PhD student in the WIFORCE Research School and work with us at SLU-Uppsala @mycopat.bsky.social #climate #forest #microbes #nematodes www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

🌟 I’ve recently moved to The University of Manchester! I'm advertising several PhD projects on plant–microbe interactions 🌱🦠🪲 🧪🖥️ Projects span experimental to computational. Diverse supervisory teams, collaborating across the UK Plant Microbiome community. Details: www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...

🌟New PhD opportunity: 🌱🦠Predicting functional plant–microbiome networks for soil remediation 🌾🧫 The University of Manchester FSE Bicentenary PhD Competition funded (worldwide) Deadline 31st Jan, see info at bit.ly/4qn74qH @manchester.ac.uk @rothamsted.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social

I saw that this MacArthur and Levins classic was hurting in the Altmetrics, so I thought I should bluesky it. The Limiting Similarity, Convergence, and Divergence of Coexisting Species | The American Naturalist: Vol 101, No 921 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...

The Limiting Similarity, Convergence, and Divergence of Coexisting Species | The American Naturalist: Vol 101, No 921

1. There is a limit to the similarity (and hence to the number) of competing species which can coexist. The total number of species is proportional to the total range of the environment divided by the...

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I was recently on this cool youtube series that focuses on conservation across different aspects of society (e.g., management, academia, etc.) called Conservation Conversations. Check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bXM...

Conservation Conversation - Dr Josh Lynn

YouTube video by Balsam Bashing

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Please pass along, I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study phys ecology, macroecology, biodiversity - spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested🧪🌐🌾

🌄🌿Come work with us! We are #hiring a #PhDcandidate in global change ecology to become part of our brand-new Centre for Mountains in Transitions. Apply here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... For an overview of all available positions, see: cmt.w.uib.no/open-positio... @vvandvik.bsky.social

PhD Research Fellow in global change ecology (285493) | University of Bergen

Job title: PhD Research Fellow in global change ecology (285493), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Wednesday, October 1, 2025

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Come work with us! In two week's time, application deadlines close for eight fully funded #PhD positions who will be working together on understanding and mitigating global change impacts and feedbacks from mountains: cmt.w.uib.no/open-positio...

Funded PhD claxon!! Bill Sellers at University of Manchester is advertising a fully-funded PhD position on the evolution of quadrupedal gaits. Exact focus is open and *could* include fossils. Deets here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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PhD Project - The biomechanics and evolution of quadrupedal gaits at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Great news! From 1 January 2026, Nordic Journal of Botany will be a fully #OpenAccess journal! We are pleased to make NJB content freely accessible and increase the visibility of your published research! Read more here: vist.ly/3n8zh4q @nordicoikos.bsky.social

If you squint, you can see Manchester!

Please pass along - postdoc position! with our working group on #FunctionalTraits and rarity. This is part of the FREE (Functional Rarity in Ecology and Evolution) working group led by Cyrille Violle in Montpellier France 🧪🌐🌾 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...