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Dr. Bismark Ofosu-Bamfo

@bofosubamfo.bsky.social
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Ecologist/Lecturer/Tree Climber Interest: Community Ecology, Phenology and Ethnobotany.

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Dr. Bismark Ofosu-Bamfo @bofosubamfo.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
This week, I attended the enlightening workshop on #SeedConservation Techniques, touching on Millennium Seed Bank Partnership standards. My group and I are poised to support seed collections with our knowledge of #forests #trees #phenology and #treeclimbing
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Dr. Bismark Ofosu-Bamfo @bofosubamfo.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
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Go Belowground! @exfumo.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
🚩Dig into plant functional ecology! 🌱⛏️ Join the 8th Go Belowground! PhD course (13–19 Sep 2026, Czech Republic) Lectures, hands-on field, lab training ▶️ 1url.cz/2ziQz #clonality #budbank #belowground #mophology #roots #traits #GoBelowground #ExFuMo @ibotcz.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social
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Go Belowground! 2026
The Department of Experimental and Functional Morphology, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences organize the 8th edition of PhD course of functional ecology „Go belowground!“ 1…
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Dr. Bismark Ofosu-Bamfo @bofosubamfo.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
We rounded up fieldwork for 2025 with #BIOCOMP forest inventory at our Ankasa field site in Ghana. Of course, we didn't leave without a splash in River Ankasa and a spontaneous stop at the beach. 😀🌴 It's been a remarkable year for my group. @biocomp-erc.bsky.social @shamikroy.bsky.social
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Dr. Bismark Ofosu-Bamfo @bofosubamfo.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
🧪🌍🌾🌳 Check our new paper on liana community structure in Ghana. We investigated environmental and forest structural drivers of liana diversity, abundance and basal area: doi.org/10.1111/1365... With funding support from IFS, Sweden. #tropics #lianas #climbingplants #ecology
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Dr. Bismark Ofosu-Bamfo @bofosubamfo.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
The full report of our 2nd Tree Climbing Workshop is available online as a preprint doi.org/10.32942/X26... Also see a short video docu-report on YouTube: youtu.be/xqXnoPbN69E 🌍🌲 🌴 🇬🇭🧪🌾
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GhanaPhenoPulse @ghanaphenopulse.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Join over 900 volunteers to label flower, fruit and leaf events in forest canopy images. 1. Click this link www.zooniverse.org/projects/bof... 2. Tap leafing, flowering or fruiting events. 3. Follow the tutorial and go on to label. 🌾🧪🌳🌍
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Dr. Bismark Ofosu-Bamfo @bofosubamfo.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Absolute beauty! 😊
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Andrew Hacket-Pain @andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
🚨PhD opportunity: Biodiversity for woodland resilience: the long-term functional ecology of tree diversity 🌲🌳🌱 Advertised by colleagues at @ukceh.bsky.social & @buforestry.bsky.social How can we manage woodlands to deliver for biodiversity & climate-change mitigation? tinyurl.com/mr3w76yd
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Biodiversity for woodland resilience: the long-term functional ecology of tree diversity
The benefits of biodiversity for forest resilience and delivery of many ecosystem services underpin “nature-based solutions”. However, there are major gaps in knowledge of the ecological mechanisms, l...
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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
ForestPlots.net connects researchers measuring tropical forests to create a shared, scientific picture of their health. This worldwide collaboration is transforming our understanding of tropical forests and their shifting dynamics and is informing policy on their protection. Visit: forestplots.net
Measuring a giant Ceiba in the Choco rainforest, Colombia as part of RAINFOR https://rainfor.org/. Image credit Pauline Kindler
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Dr. Bismark Ofosu-Bamfo @bofosubamfo.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
With support from #LacunaFund we are tracking phenology using #trailcameras #canopyscience and #citizenscience.
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Dr. Bismark Ofosu-Bamfo @bofosubamfo.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Apply now!!! Tree Climbing Workshop in Ghana, West Africa #Canopy #Ecology #Conservation #Africa #Botany #ECR 🧪🌾🌍
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Dr. Bismark Ofosu-Bamfo @bofosubamfo.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
🧪🌾🌍 #ECR #botany #ecology Are you involved in #ecology or #conservation research? Do you desire climbing skills to launch into #canopy science? Apply for a spot on our 2nd Tree Climbing for Canopy Research Workshop happening in Ghana, April 2025. Apply at: forms.gle/GQXbGwVx4fJx...
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2nd Canopy Access Workshop: Tree Climbing for Canopy Research
Thank you for your interest in our Tree Climbing Workshop, taking place in Ghana from 9th to 18th April, 2025, at the University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Ghana. Our goal is to equip u...
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Alison Munson @munsonalison.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
10th International Traits summer school in Quebec, Canada, 15-20 June 2025. This 10th anniversary edition coincides with a synthesis workshop (announcement to come). MSc, PhD, postdoc, send CV and letter to alison.munson@sbf.ulaval.ca before March 11th. 🧮➕📏 🌎🧪🌾 #traits #FunctionalTraits
Announcement for International Traits summer school in Quebec, Canada. For more information see here: https://www.cef-cfr.ca/pmwiki.php?n=Membres.AlisonMunsonPlantTraits?userlang=en
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Dr. Bismark Ofosu-Bamfo @bofosubamfo.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Apply for our 2nd Tree Climbing for Canopy Research Workshop happening in Ghana, April 2025. Priority for applications from tropical Africa and early career researchers, biologists, conservationists and environmentalists. Please share and apply here: forms.gle/upte2ieSFinf...
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GhanaPhenoPulse @ghanaphenopulse.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Our project focuses on tracking leaf, flower and fruit events in forest canopy in Ghana using trail cameras.
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GhanaPhenoPulse @ghanaphenopulse.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Hey, are you a volunteer on @zooniverse.bsky.social? Our Citizen Science Phenology project is under beta review now. Join in and share your thoughts: www.zooniverse.org/projects/bof...
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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
We have taught the science & methods of functional traits using #OpenScience on 7 courses (so far) to ~180 different students from 86 institutions & 30 countries. One of the most rewarding efforts I have been a part of. #PFTC alumni? ping @hilaryrosed.bsky.social to be added go.bsky.app/4T8pBZr
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