Reposted by Bob MuscarellaForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Post-doctoral fellow in global forest dynamics! TreeChange combines life history traits from field observations with demographic modelling to understand the future of forests and the carbon sink. Based at Lund in Sweden you will work with researchers across the world lu.varbi.com/what:job/job... 11522
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaKaterina Guschanski @kguschan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Cool science, amazing supervisors who have your best interests at heart, one of the best places in the world for evolutionary biology, and Sweden offers amazing conditions to do a PhD in a country that respects all humans! Jump at this opportunity! 072
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaDavid Berger @dbergerbiol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026PhD-position ALERT! Interested in the genomics of local adaptation and the evolution of niche breadth? 🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬 Come join me and @gmkov.bsky.social at @animecol-uu.bsky.social, Uppsala University, by applying here: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Deadline 1st of November!uu.varbi.comPhD-student in Evolutionary and Ecological GeneticsDo you want to conduct frontier research in an outstanding environment within evolutionary biology at Sweden’s largest faculty of science and technology? The Department of Ecology and Genetics at Up 02936
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaAlejandro Ordonez @anordonez1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"🌿 We're hiring at @econovoau.bsky.social! Postdoc position forecasting how land-use change, climate shifts & rewilding will reshape European plant diversity. Biodiversa+ REDESIGN project, Aarhus Uni. 2 years. Closes 1 Nov 2026. 🔗 www.au.dk/om/stillinge... #ecology #postdocau.dkPostdoctoral researcher in biodiversity forecasting, vegetation dynamics and rewilding - Ledig stilling på Aarhus UniversitetLedig stilling ved Institut for Biologi - Økoinformatik og biodiversitet, Aarhus Universitet 01322
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaCharlotte Grossiord @charlottegrossiord.bsky.social · 01/10/2026🌳We are hiring a PhD student in Forest Ecophysiology and Remote Sensing at EPFL and WSL in Lausanne! @vallicrosah.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social Start: April-May 27 Applications: Open until filled careers.epfl.ch/job/Lausanne... 11115
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaKarolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026UConn EEB is hiring a tropical horticulturalist for our greenhouses! It's an awesome collection of both research+teaching/public display, and you get to work with pretty amazing folks (I may be biased). Job listing: jobs.hr.uconn.edu/en-us/job/49... Closes 10/14! 🌴🌿🌵🌺jobs.hr.uconn.eduUConn Careers | UConn Careers | University of Connecticut 32445
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaScott Burgess @scottburgess.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Fully funded 4-year PhD is available in my lab at NTNU (Trondheim, Norway) on Modelling Marine Larval Dispersal and Spatial Population Genetics and Demography. Great place to live and work! Would suit a quantitative/computational biologist. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...jobbnorge.noPhD Candidate in Modelling Marine Larval Dispersal and Spatial Population Genetics and Demography (308848) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyJob title: PhD Candidate in Modelling Marine Larval Dispersal and Spatial Population Genetics and Demography (308848), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Tuesda... 044
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaSociety for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Applications are now open for the International Travel Stipends to attend the 2027 Evolution meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico! Funds cover registration, travel, meals, and lodging. Submit your application by November 1st! www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci... @evolmtg.bsky.social 02439
Bob Muscarella @bobmuscarella.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I wouldn’t call it a spectacular sunset but a nice, solid sunset. 030
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaJosé Cerca @naturalselection.bsky.social · 22/09/2026V happy about this one (@brentcemerson.bsky.social @biodiversitysmns.bsky.social @hernmoral.bsky.social)et al Species have survived on oceanic islands for Mya despite occupying small geographic areas, facing environmental calamities and having low Ne. We discuss this w/ a focus on conservation. 1/2 27233
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaSystems Ecology @systems-ecology.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🌱 Systems Ecology is now live! A new independent, researcher-run, diamond OA journal for ecological research through systems science. Free to read. Free to publish. No APCs. We are now open for submissions: systems-ecology.org Please help spread the word!systems-ecology.org Systems Ecology 16958
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaTobias Kuemmerle @tkuemmerle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Protecting tropical forests is more cost-effective for biodiversity and climate than restoration | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgProtecting tropical forests is more cost-effective for biodiversity and climate than restorationHalting deforestation and promoting restoration are at the core of strategies to confront the biodiversity and climate crises in tropical forests. Avoiding forest disturbances is also critically impor... 0128
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaClaus Wilke @clauswilke.com · 15/09/2026The Department of Integrative Biology at UT Austin has two open positions for assistant professors, one in evolutionary biology and one in mechanistic processes. Please share. Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/193270 05483
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaSociety for Tropical Ecology @soctropecol.bsky.social · 15/09/2026🌴 Save the Date: ECTE 2027 in the vibrant city of Aarhus! We are excited to announce that the European Conference of Tropical Ecology will take place 15–18 June 2027 at Aarhus University, Denmark. More information: conferences.au.dk/ecte-aarhus-2027 Contact: ECTE-Aarhus-2027@au.dk #ECTE2027 043
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaBernard Kim @bernardkim.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Princeton EEB is running a very broad faculty search at the Assistant Professor level. Please consider applying to join us! This is a wonderful, collaborative, cohesive department with diverse interests and amazing colleagues. apply.interfolio.com/193474apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 099104
Reposted by Bob Muscarellajessamine finch @seedystudies.bsky.social · 09/09/2026📣 New York Botanical Garden is seeking a career-track Restoration Ecologist! 🥾 develop ext. funded, field-oriented, collections-informed, & collaborative research program 📨 Optimal consideration: Sep. 25 (open till filled) 📆 Start: Jan. 1, 2027 (negotiable) 🤑 $87.5k jobs.jobvite.com/nybg/job/o8s...jobs.jobvite.comNew York Botanical Garden is looking for Assistant Curator, Restoration Ecology.New York Botanical Garden is looking for Assistant Curator, Restoration Ecology. Learn more or Jobvite a friend. 02231
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaDr. Hilary Rose Dawson @hilaryrosed.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Call for plant ecophysiologists! Do you have Fv/Fm or F0-rise data? Do you know someone who might? @seanmichaletz.bsky.social and @nicolebison.bsky.social would love to hear from you. (Bonus if your data are from Asia or Africa.) Please share widely! #ecology #botany #ClimateChange #HeatTolerance 22522
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaJarno Vanhatalo @jarnovanhatalo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026During the many long term ecological change projects in @rececochange.bsky.social, we have concretely learned how important long term data are. Here some thoughts on the topic 👇 Long-Term Community Data Reveal Ecological and Evolutionary Phenomena - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...annualreviews.orgLong-Term Community Data Reveal Ecological and Evolutionary PhenomenaResolving the ecological and evolutionary processes affecting biodiversity requires long-term community data. By separating short-term variability from directional change and by revealing lags spannin... 0116
Bob Muscarella @bobmuscarella.bsky.social · 07/09/2026New open-access paper out @consbiog.bsky.social: “How Five Decades of Land-Cover Change Reshaped Suitable Habitat for Puerto Rican Tree Species.” 🇵🇷 🧪 Led by recent PhD grad @laura-moro.bsky.social #LUQLTER 🌱🌱🌱🚜🌱🌱🌱 ➡️ 🌳🌴🌳🌳🌴🌳 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....doi.orgHow Five Decades of Land‐Cover Change Reshaped Suitable Habitat for Puerto Rican Tree SpeciesAim Human land-use has dramatically altered the amount, quality and connectivity of habitat for species worldwide. Understanding how these changes affect individual species is essential for predicti... 153
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaLars Brudvig @lars-brudvig.bsky.social · 26/08/2026New from @ashishnerlekar.bsky.social @llseedsull.bsky.social me and many others: Grassland destruction causes shifts in plant traits that persist during recovery www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... eeb.msu.edu/news/why-anc...eeb.msu.edu 34525
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaNeil Tsutsui @neiltsutsui.bsky.social · 25/08/2026We're hiring! Our search for an Assistant Professor in Arthropod Biodiversity just opened. Come join us at UC Berkeley in the amazing Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management! Feel free to contact me if you have questions. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05523aprecruit.berkeley.eduAssistant Professor - Arthropod Biodiversity - Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and ManagementUniversity of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now! 18665
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaEvolution Meetings @evolmtg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Evolution 2027 meeting logo contest! The winner will receive free conference registration and t-shirt! www.evolutionmeetings.org/2027-logo-co...evolutionmeetings.org2027 Logo Contest2027 Evolution Logo Contest! San Juan, Puerto Rico Please submit your original images to be considered. The winner will receive free meeting registration and t-shirt! Due October 1 Submit to... 12823
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaBob Muscarella @bobmuscarella.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨🧪 PhD/postdoc opportunity! The "Faculty for the Future" program of the Schlumberger Foundation funds female citizens of developing countries. Get in touch if you are interested in coming to Sweden to work on Tropical Forest Dynamics! Due 6 Nov. schlumbergerfoundation.com/applications/schlumbergerfoundation.comApplications - Schlumberger Foundation 015
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaEmilie Ellis @e-ellis1.bsky.social · 17/08/2026🦋 I’m recruiting a fully funded PhD student at the University of Helsinki: understanding how butterflies respond to climate change across Europe. Apply by 30 Sept: Full details: jobs.helsinki.fi/job-invite/5... Please share! #ecology #job #phdjobs.helsinki.fiDoctoral Researcher (PhD student) in Butterfly Ecology and Climate Change across EuropeDoctoral Researcher (PhD student) in Butterfly Ecology and Climate Change across Europe 07480
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaFredrik Jutfelt 🐠 @jutfelt.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Come join us, PhD and postdoc positions! Please spread! Supervisor @patricepottier.bsky.social (patricepottierlab.com), me as co-supervisor. Impacts of climate change on different life-stages in fish.🐟🧪 PhD web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103... Postdoc web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103... 06771
Bob Muscarella @bobmuscarella.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Our paper on intraspecific variation of hydraulic traits in Puerto Rican 🇵🇷 trees, led by @smithmartin.bsky.social, is out @nature.com! www.nature.com/articles/s41... Also check out this very nice 'News & Views' by @profchoat.bsky.social & Erick Calderón-Morales: www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comSpecies intraspecific variation drives tropical forest drought resistance - NatureSubstantial intraspecific variation, together with species turnover, drives coordinated shifts in drought resistance such as increased embolism resistance and wider stomatal safety margins in drier fo... 0195
Bob Muscarella @bobmuscarella.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨🧪 PhD/postdoc opportunity! The "Faculty for the Future" program of the Schlumberger Foundation funds female citizens of developing countries. Get in touch if you are interested in coming to Sweden to work on Tropical Forest Dynamics! Due 6 Nov. schlumbergerfoundation.com/applications/schlumbergerfoundation.comApplications - Schlumberger Foundation 015
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 01/06/2026As animals with relatively large mouths, such as tortoises, have been extirpated from or declined on the Virgin Islands, plants with relatively large seeds have become “orphaned.” Without animals able to eat them, the seeds are not dispersed. In PNAS: ow.ly/KJn450Z6hqQ 098
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaBob Muscarella @bobmuscarella.bsky.social · 19/06/2026New paper on sampling for vessel traits in wood anatomical studies! A short 🧵... Wood anatomical traits can provide great info on ecophysiology, ecology, and evolution but it takes a lot of painstaking work to quantify them! academic.oup.com/aob/advance-... @juliavtavares.bsky.socialacademic.oup.comHow much cross-sectional area is needed to estimate vessel traits in tropical tree branches?AbstractBackground and Aims. Wood anatomical traits provide key insights to plant physiology, ecology, and evolution but their quantification is time-consu 1104
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaBrendan Choat @profchoat.bsky.social · 13/08/20261/3 New today in @nature.com: a fascinating study by Smith-Martin et al. showing that tropical tree species exhibit substantial intraspecific variation in drought resistance. I had the opportunity to write the accompanying News & Views with Erick Calderón-Morales. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comIntraspecific variation in tropical trees can drive resistance to droughtDifferent tropical tree species can vary in their ability to withstand drought — and so too, it seems, can distinct populations of the same tree species. 2209
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaCaroline Farrior @cfarrior.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Spread the word! My lab group is hosting a workshop tomorrow at #ESA2026: Ecological Theory for Everyone: A practical introduction to engaging with theory in your own research for those with little or no theoretical experience 1:30pm, Room 254B events.rdmobile.com/Sessions/Det... 14325
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaPascal Schneider @pascal-schneider.bsky.social · 29/06/2026🌦️🌳 Why are more trees dying in European forests? Extreme summer droughts are definitely part of the story, but our new paper shows that tree mortality is shaped by climate variability across seasons, not by single extreme events alone. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comRising tree mortality in France is associated with distinct seasonal climate anomalies - Nature CommunicationsThis study explores climate-driven tree mortality risk beyond summer drought. It links rising tree mortality in France to distinct seasonal climate anomalies, including winter and spring warming, diff... 2219
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaFunctional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · 23/06/2026📰Published📰Wood anatomical trait correlations with hydraulic efficiency and safety in an a seasonal wet tropical forest🌳 buff.ly/FF5YuqR 🧪🌍️buff.lyWood anatomical trait correlations with hydraulic efficiency and safety in an a seasonal wet tropical forestJulia Valentim Tavares, Samuel L. Farrar, Chris M. Smith-Martin, Silvia Bibbo, Kasia Ziemińska, Farah Brenda Solis Petz, María Uriarte, Jess K. Zimmerman, Robert Muscarella This is a plain language… 22910
Bob Muscarella @bobmuscarella.bsky.social · 19/06/2026New paper on sampling for vessel traits in wood anatomical studies! A short 🧵... Wood anatomical traits can provide great info on ecophysiology, ecology, and evolution but it takes a lot of painstaking work to quantify them! academic.oup.com/aob/advance-... @juliavtavares.bsky.socialacademic.oup.comHow much cross-sectional area is needed to estimate vessel traits in tropical tree branches?AbstractBackground and Aims. Wood anatomical traits provide key insights to plant physiology, ecology, and evolution but their quantification is time-consu 1104
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaElaine Ayers @eayers0.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Finally, a piece on Bad Bunny + botany / environment / empire! This whole @edgeeffectsmag.bsky.social Botanical Imaginations series is fantastic, and this is no exception. edgeeffects.net/bad-bunny/edgeeffects.netBad Bunny's Botanical, Eco-Rasquache Aesthetic - Edge EffectsBad Bunny's agricultural imagery and eco-rasquache aesthetic reflects and protests historical and lived realities of Puerto Rico. 25025
Bob Muscarella @bobmuscarella.bsky.social · 13/06/2026PhD student Laura Moro did a fantastic job defending her thesis yesterday on genetic consequences of forest cover change in 🇵🇷Puerto Rico! Complete with an epic party and tostones in Sweden! #ProudPI 090
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaKatrin Heer @katrinheer.bsky.social · 22/05/2026🌲 We're hiring a postdoc! Join the Future Forests Excellence Cluster at Uni Freiburg to uncover the molecular basis of stress resilience in forest trees. Work with Douglas fir & sessile oak using epigenomics, RNA-seq, and more. 3-year position, TV-L 13. Apply now! 🧬🌿 uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb... 23227
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaStefan Hupperts 🌲🍄🦠🏳️🌈 @stefhupperts.bsky.social · 05/06/2026We're searching for a postdoc fellow to conduct research on biological nitrogen fixation in boreal forests! The postdoc will join a dynamic and fun research group in Umeå. Deadline Aug 27th. Reach out if you have any questions! www.slu.se/en/about-slu... @michael-gundale.bsky.social 03628
Bob Muscarella @bobmuscarella.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Masters students @uu.se Signe Jönsson and Ondrej Bufka defended their theses this week! Both did a fantastic job working with data from the #LuquilloLTER #LFDP! #ProudPI 060
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaSwedish Phytogeographical Society @svs-plant-geog.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Dynamics of tropical forest usually means forest area decline.For restoration it is important to study cases where forest regain areas of abandoned land.This is a process more complicated than it might seem, and it is studied in a new thesis from Uppsala Univ. by Laura Moro www.uu.se/kalendarium/...uu.seLaura Moro: Caribbean forests in a changing landscape: Effects of land-use change on habitat availability, abundance, and genetic diversity of tropical trees – Uppsala universitet 0115
Bob Muscarella @bobmuscarella.bsky.social · 25/05/2026PhD student @laura-moro.bsky.social "nailed" her thesis @uu.se today! "Caribbean forests in a changing landscape: Effects of land-use change on habitat availability, abundance, and genetic diversity of tropical trees" Defense is 12 June in Uppsala! #ProudPI 1110
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaRakesh Tiwari @shimogarakesh.bsky.social · 21/05/2026New #review: we look at how #photorespiration may act as a #heat “safety valve” in #trees, why this matters for #forest #carbon and #energy #fluxes, & which field measurements are needed to test it across biomes dx.doi.org/10.1002/gcb4... @bobmuscarella.bsky.social @svs-plant-geog.bsky.social 051
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaTimothée Poisot @ctrlalttim.com · 19/05/2026Are interacting species showing more similar responses to environmental predictors than expected by chance? Is this similarity protecting species pairs from interaction disruption under climate change? If you want to find out, join us for a fully funded Ph.D. with @epic-biodiversity.org 🌎🧪 12020
Reposted by Bob Muscarella ESA Latin America & the Caribbean Chapter @esalatamcarib.bsky.social · 12/05/2026🌿 ¿Cómo responden las briófitas al cambio global? 🌎 Acompáñanos en el próximo webinar de #ConcienciaEnLasAméricas con el Dr. Daniel Stanton y la Dra. Amelia Merced! 🗓 20 mayo 2026 | 12 PM ET 💬 Más info y YouTube link: t.co/xIXo0HXjKw @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social @esalatamcarib.bsky.social 022
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaEmilio M Bruna @brunalab.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Are you interested in tropical ecology, habitat fragmentation, plant-animal interactions, plant demography, and doing a PhD? Let's talk about your application for a Simons Graduate Fellowship: www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons... No restrictions based on citizenship!simonsfoundation.orgSimons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and EvolutionThe purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo... 0910
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaAnna-Liisa Laine @annaliisalaine.bsky.social · 07/05/2026We’re hiring! We invite applications for an Ecological Statistician to join our team. Work at the interface of cutting-edge biodiversity science and statistics. DL 27 May @jarnovanhatalo.bsky.social @rececochange.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...jobs.helsinki.fiEcological StatisticianEcological Statistician 02648
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaRob Salguero-Gómez @robsalgo.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Hiring 3 postdocs in ecological resilience @biology.ox.ac.uk for my @erc.europa.eu CoG ResIntegrate project. Deadline May 29th. Details below. Pls share @salgoteam.bsky.social @evoldir.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social @ecolsocaus.bsky.socialjobs.ac.ukPostdoctoral Research Associate in Ecology at University of OxfordAn academic position as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Ecology is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities. 15164
Bob Muscarella @bobmuscarella.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Some beautiful spring even summer days in Sweden. Amazing how quickly you can forget the dark winters… 0100
Reposted by Bob MuscarellaCate Macinnis-Ng @loraxcate.bsky.social · 18/04/2026PhD opportunity- fully funded with stipend, fees and project costs covered. Explore the role of phosphite in treating kauri dieback disease. Applications due 8th May. Please spread the word! newzealandecology.org/phd-explorin... 04655