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Caroline Lehmann @caroaceae.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Another continent, another savanna fire experiment! This time Australia. Fire effects on trees + grasses are relatively well sorted but not for the multitude + diversity of savanna plant species. globalgrassygroup.github.io/2026/04/30/d... @anyacourtenay.bsky.social @wieczor.bsky.social

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Another continent, another fire experiment!

By Anya Courtenay, Jakub Wieczorkowski and Donna Lewis, April 2026

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Anya Courtenay @anyacourtenay.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Find out from Joseph White and the wonderful Kew Madagascar team about what it takes to ground-truth grassland diversity data for spatial prioritisation of conservation and restoration in Madagascar's mosaic ecosystems as part of our TANETI project 🌾🌷 globalgrassygroup.github.io/2025/08/05/i...

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The forgotten grasslands of Ivohiboro

By Joseph White, February 2025

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Alessandra Fidelis @alefidelis.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

📢📢🔥🔥🔥 I am so excited to announce our book about Fire in the South American Ecosystems! It has 14 Chapters led mostly by south american authors. Thanks to all authors for their valuable contribution! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Jess Rickenback @jess-rickenback.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Brilliant day this week on the Tropical East Asian Savanna Network workshop- out on Salisbury Crags with the Global Grassy Group practicing ground layer data collection and loving the #grasses! @s-eshelman.bsky.social @wieczor.bsky.social @naomibschwartz.bsky.social @royalsoced.bsky.social

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Jess Rickenback @jess-rickenback.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

The first Tropical East Asian Savanna Symposium, funded by @royalsoced.bsky.social, will be 24 June @thebotanics.bsky.social. Free! Come along, or apply to present! 200 word abstracts welcome for talks (15/30min), deadline 30 May. Email for info / abstract submissions. @edinburghuni.bsky.social 🌐🌏

A poster with a black background and six circles, five of which have an animal, bird or plant in. The sixth circle reads 'Tropical East Asian Savanna Synposium' The poster advertises a free public symposium on 24th june at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Lecture Theatre, 20a Inverleith Row. The event is funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh with support from the University of Edinburgh and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

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Caroline Lehmann @caroaceae.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Special few days camped in gallery forest in Central Madagascar. Cynorkis purpurea flowering along the creeks, Sifaka leaping through trees and all microclimate sensors across forest-grassland boundaries still there! 🌍

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Caroline Lehmann @caroaceae.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Rural Madagascar at its finest today. Vistas of rice paddies, marble outcrops covered in aloes and storm clouds rising. 🌍

Pressing plants for species inventory in a Tapia ecosystem

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Caroline Lehmann @caroaceae.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Wonderfully fun afternoon with botanists and ecologists debating classifications of Madagascars ecosystems. We are getting closer to standardising our understanding. Such a wonderful way to see how disciplines inform and support each other.

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Alessandra Fidelis @alefidelis.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

super excited to begin this new project (Biota-MIF), establishing plots using GGG protocols and analyzing the effects of fire management on vegetation and ecosystem services! More data of grassy ecosystems to come!

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Caroline Lehmann @caroaceae.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Fantastic FunkyBio presentations from @anyacourtenay.bsky.social @wieczor.bsky.social @adamdevenish.bsky.social @s-eshelman.bsky.social @jess-rickenback.bsky.social at the Savanna Science Network Meeting. Thanks to SANParks for always hosting a brilliantly collegiate conference. Till 2026!

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Jess Rickenback @jess-rickenback.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Published! Open letter:There are more than just trees and forests to be conserved and restored. Tropical & subtropical grasslands & savannas matter for biodiversity protection, and the future of this planet relies on these ecosystems to the same extent it relies on forests. doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...

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Open letter: There are more than just trees and forests to be conserved and restored

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Tanaya Nair @tanayanair.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Sampling in stunning riverine grasslands in upper Assam. Who knew savanna field work would involve traveling by boat and watching Gangetic river dolphins on the way to our field sites.

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Anya Courtenay @anyacourtenay.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Some field observations and a lovely poem by @tanayanair.bsky.social reflecting our time collecting plants and microclimate data in a beautiful miombo mosaic 🌱🌦🌾

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Sampling downslope in Bicuar National Park, Angola

By Anya Courtenay, Tanaya Nair and Ruth Francisco, February 2024

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