Just published this new paper, with a bunch of fantastic colleagues, with many suggestions for "Improving the representation of plant water stress and water use in Earth System Models." Access is free online. We have some great figures, thanks to Victor Leshyk. 🧪🌐🌳🌎

New Phytologist@newphyt.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Improving the representation of plant water stress and water use in Earth System Models Dukes et al. @dukesjeff.bsky.social @changliao.bsky.social @richphillipslab.bsky.social @scottmcadam.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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/...

Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity

As droughts become longer and more intense, impacts on terrestrial primary productivity are expected to increase progressively. Yet, some ecosystems appear to acclimate to multiyear drought, with cons...

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We are really excited to announce… that our next big DroughtNet paper will be published… next week. And that’s about all we can say for now! 😁 🧪🌐🌎🌍🌏 🚫💧☘️🌾🗓️

New paper from the (long-finished) Boston Area Climate Experiment shows how water stress during plant growth affects the chemistry of leaves, with later consequences for decomposition rates. Led by Vidya Suseela's lab at Clemson. 🧪 #drought nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Climatic stress‐induced changes in plant chemistry alter the compound‐specific degradation of litter during decomposition

Plant litter decomposition sustains ecosystem productivity and modulates soil carbon cycling. Drought directly impacts decomposition by decreasing soil moisture and indirectly by altering plant tiss.....

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The first paper from my dissertation found leaf traits and phylogeny explain plant survival and community dynamics in response to extreme drought in a restored coastal grassland using @droughtnet.bsky.social drought shelters. California native plants were resistant to drought doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Leaf traits and phylogeny explain plant survival and community dynamics in response to extreme drought in a restored coastal grassland

Our results suggest that leaf traits and phylogenetics could serve as plant selection criteria for reducing plant mortality risk during drought, thereby improving restoration outcomes. Because some t...

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Happy to share a new paper with novel insights into the impacts of precip variability in a semiarid #rangeland ecosystem. Unfortunately, with unconstitutional layoffs at #USDA #ARS, we have been forced to transition this longterm experimental facility into dormancy. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Differential phenological responses of plant functional types to the temporal repackaging of precipitation in a semiarid grassland - Plant and Soil

Aims Large portions of the western United States have witnessed extended dry intervals between rainfall events due to an intensified hydrological cycle triggered by global warming. Semiarid ecosystems...

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New Year New Drought Structures 💦😍🩵 @droughtnet.bsky.social

REU programs are starting to come out across the LTER Network! See all the postings below. REU opportunities will continue to come out through the winter, so check back often for the most up-to-date postings. lternet.edu/education-an...

Undergraduate Research Opportunities - LTER

NSF funds a large number of research opportunities for undergraduate students through its Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites Program. The REU program allows for active research partic...

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Great worflow and R package for any one working of ecological trait database !! by Elizabeth Wenk et al. in Ecological Informatics Nov. 2024 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧪🌐🌍

Do you estimate % cover in your research? Check out COVERater (coverater.com), a standardised method of training to improve visual estimates of cover. Our app helps streamline data collection in global studies and is a useful teaching tool for undergrads! 🌿(paper here: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...)

Join our faculty! We have an opening for an ecosystem ecologist, through @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social. Open rank. Please help spread the word! careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista...

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Tenure System - Hickory Corners, Michigan, United States

Working/Functional Title Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Tenure System Position Summary The search committee will begin reviewing applications on February 7, 2025. Questions regarding this position...

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If you have repeated community surveys from the same vegetation plot, turfmapper can help find taxonomic discrepancies and other problems between surveys between-the-fjords.github.io/turfmapper/

Kellogg Biological Station is searching for a new Director! KBS is unique in its ability to integrate lab and field research, as well as integrating fundamental research in ecology and evolution with applications to environmental problems. Questions to me or the search chairs. Please apply!

Institute/Center Director-Management - Hickory Corners, Michigan, United States

Position Summary Questions regarding this position may be directed to the Search Committee Co-Chairs, Dr. Richard Kobe (kobe@msu.edu) and Dr. Andrea Case (caseand4@msu.edu). The position will remain o...

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Foundations and future directions for causal inference in ecological research, forthcoming w/ @katherinesiegel.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/4mm57zzd. We wrote it based on our experience teaching causal inference to ecologists w/ some stuff we wish other papers had reviewed to share w/ the students 1/n

Excited to share our new #Nature article published yesterday. It showed that rainfall variability is almost as important as total annual rainfall amount in determining global vegetation dynamics. Led by Feldman, with Konings, Gentine, Cattry, Smith, Biederman, Chatterjee, Joiner & Poulter

In case you missed this recent DroughtNet paper, 👀👇 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Aridity drives the response of soil total and particulate organic carbon to drought in temperate grasslands and shrublands

Drought reduces soil carbon in wetter regions, but drylands remain stable, showing aridity’s key role in carbon dynamics.

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Welcome to the new DroughtNet social media presence on Bluesky! We're moving away from Twitter/X and sharing new developments from the network here. In the meantime, you can read more about our International Drought Experiment in the linked paper. 💚🌱🌍🌎🌏 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...