📣#PlantBio2026 daily highlight: Development: Fire Ecology and Smoke Signaling in a Changing Climate Concurrent Session!🌱 plantbiology2026.eventscribe.net/index.asp #plantscience #plantsci

Camouflage via leaf mottling among North American #Erythronium species increases with forest cover and #deer abundance New #AJB research by @nathankiel.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #lily #Liliaceae

I am grateful that a recent publication I led in collaboration with Eileen Mavencamp and @monicagturner.bsky.social received this year’s W.S. Cooper Award from the Ecological Society of America! More info in the press release below, and check out the paper here: doi.org/10.1002/ecm....

Ecological Society of America@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🏆 ESA is proud to announce its 2026 award recipients, honoring outstanding contributions to ecology through research, teaching, mentorship, sustainability, and service Learn more about the award recipients in our full announcement: https://ow.ly/WYZX50YVyJI

#TansleyInsight: Diversity affects microclimate temperature and humidity: an overview of the evidence and major unanswered questions Alexandra J. Wright, J. English & C. Guimaraes-Steinicke 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue #PlantScience

New article with @dovciak-lab.bsky.social, Jordon Tourville, and Jay Wason out in Journal of Biogeography: “Conspecific adult dominance interacts with microsite factors to influence forest regeneration patterns across elevation” doi.org/10.1111/jbi....

Excited to share a short, behind-the-scenes video 🎥 interview highlighting my research & teaching in plant ecology @sunyesf.bsky.social—along with a look inside our greenhouses. Thanks to @tylerdorholt.bsky.social, Gavin Ellis, & Jason Kohlbrenner for the opportunity & support. youtu.be/66tkQacmqAY

Martin Dovciak Believes in the Power of Botany | Meet the Faculty

YouTube video by SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

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New 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢 article by Nathan Kiel. Read about how land conservation initiatives underwent rapid change in early twentieth-century Wisconsin, culminating in the protection of hundreds of local natural areas scattered across the state. @nathankiel.bsky.social #envhist #wisconsin #conservation

State Natural Areas and the Evolution of Land Conservation in Twentieth-Century Wisconsin

Land conservation initiatives underwent rapid change in early twentieth-century Wisconsin, culminating in the protection of hundreds of local natural areas scattered across the state.

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Have you ever wondered if temperate🌳 & boreal🌲 tree seedlings🌱germinate & grow best in their own leaf litter, heterospecific litter, on moss, or on bare soil? If so stay tuned for more from Tee Atwater’s honors thesis experiment completed this Fall! @sunyesf.bsky.social @sunyofficial.bsky.social

I enjoyed the opportunity to share my research with the Biology Department at Syracuse University this afternoon. Thanks Martin for the pictures and for excellent collaborations!

Martin Dovciak🌳🌱🌻@dovciak-lab.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Excellent talk today on abrupt vs. slow forest 🌳🌲 change by @nathankiel.bsky.social @sunyesf.bsky.social given @syracuseup.bsky.social biology seminar series. It was super interesting to think of forest change drivers spanning climate zones & disturbance regimes from Yellowstone to the US Northeast

Done! ✅ A new experiment now set up on our mountain 🏔️ forest 🌳🌲 site network in 4 Northeastern US states to test how seed rain, microsites, & herbivory interact to affect early stages of climate-induced tree migrations. Led by @nathankiel.bsky.social, a post-doc in our group @sunyesf.bsky.social 🌎🌐🧪

Happy to see my photo on the cover of this issue of Journal of Ecology!

Journal of Ecology@journalofecology.bsky.social · 11mo ago

❄️ Our September issue is out now! 👉 buff.ly/gTI2X5f The cover image shows snowmelt around the base of a deciduous tree. Photo credit: Nathan G. Kiel. Read more: buff.ly/zFEN2O7 🌎🧪

❄️🌳Early snowmelt around the base of deciduous trees ("thaw circles") is likely not the proximate cause of improved plant performance and greater local abundance of the spring-flowering herb, Dutchman’s breeches.🌿 @nathankiel.bsky.social 👉 buff.ly/yUTaDe1

From June to August on Mt Moosilauke. Earlier this year, we set out TOMST microclimate sensors. Now, we are conducting a seed addition experiment across temperate and boreal forests on the mountain. But there’s always time to summit!

In 1988, wildfires razed one-third of Yellowstone National Park. While most park woodlands are regenerating, some have turned into meadows. A new study digs into why. 🧪🌿🌎

Yellowstone’s 1988 Fires Eviscerated Forests. Will They Ever Recover? - Mountain Journal

While most park woodlands are regenerating, some have turned into meadows. A new study digs into why.

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🌎🧪🌐 My amazing field team @sunyesf.bsky.social led by my CoPI & postdoc @nathankiel.bsky.social have just completed the first week of installing #Tomst sensors to quantify microclimate across temperate-boreal 🌳🌲forest ecotones on mountains in the northeastern US. Exciting and…more to come❗️

This is a challenging time for our community. That's why NAA is happy to make our Job Board FREE. Whether you are searching for your next career opportunity or are seeking quality candidates, the NAA Job Board is here to connect practitioners and employers. Link in profile.

New land conserved by the Southern Tier Land Conservancy! www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/souther...

Happy International Plant Appreciation Day! Here’s trailing arbutus (Epigaea repens) in bloom at Powder Mills Park in Rochester, NY.

🎉 Congratulations to Rachel Hopkins on excellent MSc defense & seminar “Plants on the move: Tracking 60 years of vegetation shifts on Whiteface Mountain, New York State” @sunyesf.bsky.social. We celebrated hers & other lab members’ recent accomplishments @ Alto Cinco! Stay tuned for the papers! 🌲🪻⛰️

🏆 Congratulations to our new MS student, Danny Wehner, for receiving Lowe-Wilcox Graduate Fellowship at @sunyesf.bsky.social @sunyofficial.bsky.social for his field research on the effects of mycorrhiza 🍄 on tree seedling 🌱 establishment across montane-temperate forest ecotones. Well done Danny!

We're thrilled to share that Botany, a @cdnsciencepub.com journal, will be joining the BlueSky community soon! Stay tuned for updates as we prepare to connect, share, and engage with researchers and science enthusiasts in this exciting space. See you soon! 🌟 #ScienceCommunication #BlueSky

Curious about which tree species could become more abundant in the northeastern United States with climate change? What about those that could be forced out? Check out this Shiny app! Current species ranges may help us infer future plant community change in the northeast and beyond.

New paper in #EcologicalMonographs w/ @monicagturner.bsky.social & E. Mavencamp! Among sparse/non-forested areas 34 years after the severe 1988 Yellowstone Fires: - ~1/2 appear “locked in”; - Plant communities shifted to resemble meadows; - Aboveground C repartitioned w/ 96% stored in dead wood.

Sparse subalpine forest recovery pathways, plant communities, and carbon stocks 34 years after stand‐replacing fire

Changing global climate and wildfire regimes are threatening forest resilience (i.e., the ability to recover from disturbance). Yet distinguishing areas of “no” versus “slow” postfire forest recovery...

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Our new paper in #Ecosystems! Short-interval #fires in lodgepole pine change aboveground N stocks (a lot) but not total ecosystem N, tho available NO3- goes up. #GreaterYellowstone #FireEcology #NSFfunded W/ @nathankiel.bsky.social C Cleveland, J Warren, R Heumann link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Reburning Before Recovery: Effects of Short-Interval Fire on Subalpine Forest Nitrogen Stocks and Fluxes - Ecosystems

In forests adapted to infrequent (> 100-year) stand-replacing fires, novel short-interval (< 30-year) fires burn young forests before they recover from previous burns. Postfire tree regeneration is re...

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A new Natural Area Journal just dropped! Stay tuned for article highlights... bioone.org/journals/nat...

Interesting contribution to a better understanding of the diversity–productivity relationship in forests, focusing on diversity-mediated increases in tree packing. Led by @xaviermorin.bsky.social, out in @journalofecology.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

More species, more trees: The role of tree packing in promoting forest productivity

The effect of tree species richness on maximum stand density in forest plots had been suspected before, but it had hardly ever been taken into account in biodiversity–ecosystem–functioning studies. H...

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2024 was an exciting year professionally - I defended my dissertation, moved back to the northeastern U.S., and began a post-doc position at my alma mater! All while spending time with wonderful friends and colleagues, old and new. I’m looking forward to what 2025 has in store 🌳🌲

Thanks for entrusting your work to us! Info about @ijpsjournal.bsky.social's fast-track submission option can be found here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/ijp... #PlantScience

International Journal of Plant Sciences: Fast-track submissions

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I'll be giving a free webinar Thurs, Dec 5, 7 p.m. Central time for the Minnesota Native Plant Society on the topics of #oak reproduction, #species, #hybrids, & #phylogeny / #treeOfLife, from my new book (press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...). Join us, and pls share! us06web.zoom.us/j/6977108818...

1/ Important read for anyone using, contributing, or building large databases by aggregating data sources. Discusses issues with data quality, duplication, credit attribution, etc, and includes recommendations for improvement doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... #ecopubs