If you are interested in mutualism and warming, this is a plug for collaborative project led by Austin Cruz along with G. Davidowitz & J. Bronstein, synthesizing thermal physiology and the biology of mutualisms in "Mutualisms in a warming world":

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ele.14264

#Mutualism #ThermalPhysiology #GlobalChange #GlobalWarming #FunctionalTraits

I'll be talking about #WoodyPlants and #FunctionalTraits in the Kruger Park version of the SAVANNA #EcosystemModel at this year's #SavannaScience Network Meeting.

https://www.sanparks.org/scientific-services/events/savanna-science-network-meeting-2023

#SavannasMatter

Advancing biological invasion hypothesis testing using functional diversity indices https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155102 #IMBEpapers #FunctionalTraits #Invasiveness #Invasibility #CommunityWeightedTraitMea #DiversityIndices #AlienInvasiveSpecies

#Phytoplankton assemblage shifts with #dissolved #organic matter properties: A #functional perspective for #sentinel #lakes https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14013 #IMBEpapers #FunctionalTraits #GlobalChange #MicrobialInteractions #MountainLakes #trophicinteractions

@hakim

Excellent review of satellite remote sensing for mapping #GrassyBiomes at regional and global scales.

This is crucial for #SavannaScience and the prevention of #Forestization of #OpenNaturalEcosystems such as #TropicalGrassyBiomes.

The EU and FAO need to read this, and other recent related work, and then realise they need to update their antiquated definition of "forest" based only on veg structure and ignoring #FunctionalTraits.

#SavannasMatter

Very interesting work by Adie and Lawes reinforcing why managing #GrassyBiomes and #Forests must account for #FunctionalTraits of vegetation.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/brv.12923

Very interesting work by Adie and Lawes reinforcing why managing #GrassyBiomes and #Forests must account for #FunctionalTraits of vegetation.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/brv.12923

This grabbed my attention.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01774-9.

I recently compiled data on leaf area. I was keen to compare for species with bipinnate compound leaves that are common in African #TropicalGrassyBiomes. For leaf area I used leaflet size from https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77089275-1/general-information.

I downloaded their data (https://doi.org/10.17871/TRY.81). The metadata says leaf area is "in case of compound leaves the area of a leaflet lamina". I checked Acacia nilotica. Theirs: 1691.79 mm^^. Mine: 4.2 mm^^.

#FunctionalTraits

This grabbed my attention.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01774-9.

I recently compiled data on leaf area. I was keen to compare for species with bipinnate compound leaves that are common in African #TropicalGrassyBiomes. For leaf area I used leaflet size from https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77089275-1/general-information.

I downloaded their data (https://doi.org/10.17871/TRY.81). The metadata says leaf area is "in case of compound leaves the area of a leaflet lamina". I checked Acacia nilotica. Theirs: 1691.79 mm^^. Mine: 4.2 mm^^.

#FunctionalTraits

As I said before, this is impressive work.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01774-9

I have questions: Why are all plant species that do not have needle-leaves or scale-type leaves lumped together as broad-leaved? Why are species with simple leaves treated like species with pinnate or bipinnate compound leaves?

#PlantForm
#PlantFunction
#FunctionalTraits
#Ecophysiology

As I said before, this is impressive work.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01774-9

I have questions: Why are all plant species that do not have needle-leaves or scale-type leaves lumped together as broad-leaved? Why are species with simple leaves treated like species with pinnate or bipinnate compound leaves?

#PlantForm
#PlantFunction
#FunctionalTraits
#Ecophysiology

This is impressive work.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01774-9

But why must the distribution of samples according to MAT vs MAP be over-laid with Whittaker's (1975) biomes?

It adds bias.

#PlantFunction
#PlantForm
#FunctionalTraits
#Ecophysiology

This is impressive work.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01774-9

But why must the distribution of samples according to MAT vs MAP be over-laid with Whittaker's (1975) biomes?

It adds bias.

#PlantFunction
#PlantForm
#FunctionalTraits
#Ecophysiology

A little #introduction toot!

I'm Max, I just started a postdoc at SLU in Umeå, Sweden. I'm really interested in: #ecology, #globalchange, #terrestrial #macroecology, #climatechange, #functionaltraits, #carboncycle.

My PhD was on #rangeshifts in #biocrust species in Australian #drylands and Norwegian #tundra. Currently working on a global study, #projectthreshold, to uncover nutrient cycling tipping points in mountain ecosystems.

Also I use they/them pronouns in english 🙂