In late June, some LEVeg members joined the #68thIAVS Symposium in Gijón! We presented some of our new research and ideas and took part in great discussions on vegetation science. Thank you, @iavs5.bsky.social

Congratulations to our master's student @luizmiguel.bsky.social for winning the 2026 Wayne Harrison Memorial Scholarship (AFE)! 🎉🔥 We are so proud of you and your project! Let's keep up this amazing work.

Association for Fire Ecology@afe-fireecology.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2026 Wayne Harrison Memorial Scholarship: Rhianna Absher and Luiz Miguel Barbosa! 🔥The scholarships will support their research projects, which you can learn more about here: fireecology.org/safe-news/2026-harrison-scholarship

🎉Great news! The paper ‘Cerrado plant traits (CPT): a database of functional traits across vegetation types in a global biodiversity hotspot’ in @annbot.bsky.social by Lara Amaral-Garcia et al. is now #free for 2 weeks 🧵(1/10) 👉 doi.org/rdct @leveg.bsky.social #AoBpapers #Botany #PlantScience

Just another busy (and productive!) day in the lab! 🔥🌱 A true #TeamWork effort today: from processing seed viability using tetrazolium to washing and cleaning belowground structures! ✨ @gabrieladezotti.bsky.social @luizmiguel.bsky.social

Don't miss the chance to enroll! Application deadline extended until May 7 at 3 PM (UTC-3) Não perca a chance de se inscrever! O prazo para inscrições foi prorrogado até 7 de maio, às 15h (UTC-3)

Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology (LEVeg) 🌾@leveg.bsky.social · 4mo ago

📢 First time in Brazil 🇧🇷 / Pela primeira vez no Brasil 🇧🇷 Special Topics: Go Belowground! Tópicos Especiais: Go Belowground! 18–22 May 2026, in person / presencial Apply 16–30 Apr / Inscrições 16–30 abr 20 spots/vagas Motivation letter in English.

📢 First time in Brazil 🇧🇷 / Pela primeira vez no Brasil 🇧🇷 Special Topics: Go Belowground! Tópicos Especiais: Go Belowground! 18–22 May 2026, in person / presencial Apply 16–30 Apr / Inscrições 16–30 abr 20 spots/vagas Motivation letter in English.

Pós-Doc | Postdoc position 🇧🇷 Modelos ecológicos de vegetação e dinâmica para risco de incêndio e manejo 🇺🇸 Ecological and dynamic vegetation models for fire risk and management 🗓️ Aplique até/Deadline: 25/01/2026 ➡️ Início/Start: 10/03/2026 📍 USP, São Paulo, Brasil 🔗 fapesp.br/oportunidade...

Seed sorting of native Cerrado species 🌱 #seedscience #seedecology #seeds

🔥 Postdoc: Biota-Cerrado on Fire (FAPESP) 3-yr position at LEVeg/Unesp (Brazil) on fire, open ecosystems & functional ecology. Pós-Doc (3 anos) sobre fogo, ecossistemas abertos e ecologia funcional. 📅 Deadline/Prazo: 30/11/25 🔗 Apply/Inscreva-se: fapesp.br/oportunidade... #Postdoc #FireEcology

🌱 New framework in plant ecology! Researchers propose 6 Belowground Persistence Types (BPTs) — classifying plants by woodiness, clonality, and resprouting ability. This whole-plant view reveals how species persist after disturbance and could reshape how we study resilience. 🔗 buff.ly/LgaPglR (MK)

🔥🌱 From the #AJB Special Issue: “Understanding novel #fire regimes using plant trait‐based approaches" 🌱🔥 Changes in plant flammability-related traits to fire regime characteristics & biomass conditions in the #Cerrado By Vagner Zanzarini, Davi Rossatto & Alessandra Fidelis doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...

🔥🌱 From the upcoming #AJB Special Issue: “Understanding novel #fire regimes using plant trait‐based approaches" 🌱🔥 Modifications in fire frequency impact belowground plant components in old-growth grasslands, posing risks to their resilience doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... @leveg.bsky.social

The Cerrado is really amazing! Post-fire flowering is one of the most interesting and beautiful fire response! It is not a response of a specific species or family! Bulbostylis paradoxa never fails and can be seen flowering already 18 hs after fire! @leveg.bsky.social @programabiota.bsky.social

We just did the 153th burn since 2013 in our plots! In each burn we measured different fire parameters like fire intensity, fuel load, fire temperature, etc. Thanks to all students, local people and the fire brigade who helped in all experimental fires! @leveg.bsky.social @programabiota.bsky.social

🔥New review in WIREs Climate Change Proud to highlight the participation of Dr. Davi Rossatto, PI of the Biota-Cerrado on Fire Project (FAPESP 2023/16620-0). 👉 doi.org/10.1002/wcc.... #Cerrado #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #Savanna

Exciting week seeing some beautiful Cerrado seeds germinate and learning a lot from the best, @heloizazirondi.bsky.social @leveg.bsky.social 🌱

Smoke experiments going on in our lab! #SeedEcology #FireEcology #Seeds

🔥 Mujeres del Fuego Sudamérica | Mulheres do Fogo da América do Sul 🔥 Una red de mujeres unidas por la ecología del fuego y su valor cultural. Uma rede de mulheres unidas pela ecologia do fogo e seu valor cultural. 💫 Únete/Participe: shre.ink/t8I0

What a week! In the last feel days LEVeg attend the 67th IAVS Symposium in Greeley, Colorado. Amazing experience — hope to see you all next year in Gijón! @iavs5.bsky.social @alefidelis.bsky.social @marcochiminazzo.bsky.social @gabrieladezotti.bsky.social

Our master's student presented his poster at Pheno 2025 last week. Congrats, @fealvarez.bsky.social — we're proud of you!

Felipe Alvarez@fealvarez.bsky.social · last yr.

1st scientific conference. "Flames and flowers: fire season drives reproductive timing in the Cerrado" special thanks to Alessandra Fidelis and Heloiza L. Zirondi "The natural world is the greatest source of excitement [...] It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living."

Check out the new paper by our PhD student @marcochiminazzo.bsky.social (EN) Important implications for ecosystem functioning in fire-prone and disturbance-driven systems🔥 (PT) Novo artigo do aluno de doutorado do LEVeg: ecossistemas expostos ao fogo e a distúrbios🔥 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.pp...

Dr. Aline Bombo (@alinebombo.bsky.social), post doc in our lab, is now an affiliated professor in the Plant Biology postgrad program at UNICAMP! She’s advising MSc and PhD students, for more details check out the pictures . 📩 Contact: alinebbombo@gmail.com 🔗 CV (Lattes): lnkd.in/d8xuQbQb

(EN) Exciting new publication with the participation of @alefidelis.bsky.social. Don’t miss it! (PT) Nova publicação com a participação de @alefidelis.bsky.social. Não perca!

Botanical Society of America@botsocamerica.bsky.social · last yr.

🔥🌱 From the upcoming #AJB Special Issue: “Understanding novel #fire regimes using plant trait‐based approaches" 🌱🔥 From plant traits to fire behavior: Scaling issues in flammability studies By Dylan Schwilk, Md. Azharul Alam, Nathan Gill et al. doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience

Very excited to see this paper out! Led by @schwilk.org, with @azhar06.bsky.social @ecologybrad.bsky.social @rachaelnolan.bsky.social @alefidelis.bsky.social @ioliverasmenor.bsky.social @dendromecon27.bsky.social @profalistairsmith.bsky.social bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

From plant traits to fire behavior: Scaling issues in flammability studies

Despite fire being one of the oldest and most important ecological disturbance processes on Earth, many aspects of fire–vegetation feedbacks are poorly understood, limiting their accurate representat...

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II Seminário Regional do Manejo Integrado do Fogo: local event, organized by the volunteer fire brigade of Cavalcante, where everyone can talk about their favorite topic: working with fire. Scientist, society, government, traditional peoples and volunteers.

Yesterday the BRIVAC, a volunteer fire brigade, did a prescribed fire during the II Seminário Regional do Manejo Integrado do Fogo. In Brazil, local volunteers are essential for the success of fire management, including during wildfires. Bravo BRIVAC!