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HU Functional Ecology Lab. @funecolhu.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We are pleased to share that our Laboratory Principal Investigator, Prof. Dr. Çağatay Tavşanoğlu ( @ctavsanoglu.bsky.social ) will be giving a seminar as part of the MBGE Department Seminar Series at Koç University. October 8, 2026 | 14:00–15:00 SNA 156, Koç University

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HU Functional Ecology Lab. @funecolhu.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A new paper from a great collaboration! 🌱🔥 This study explores whether karrikins and strigolactones function as interchangeable cues for seed germination. 1/3

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HU Functional Ecology Lab. @funecolhu.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Our latest paper is out! 🔥 This study explores the first-year post-fire vegetation of burned Pinus brutia forests following the 2021 Marmaris megafire. dx.doi.org/10.15666/aee...

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Çağatay Tavşanoğlu @ctavsanoglu.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Konusunda uzman ve deneyimli hocalarımızla akademide bilimsel yayımcılığın geleceğini tartışacağız. #EEBST2026 @ekoevo.bsky.social 06.07.2026 Mersin @zehrataskin.bsky.social GüledaDogan MehmetSomel

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Çağatay Tavşanoğlu @ctavsanoglu.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Sorry to hear that a conference was cancelled due to climate change events, but surely many of us will use this cancellation poster in our classes about heatwaves or climate change!

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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Need y'all to understand the pattern here: Israel issues mass evacuation orders. Anyone who doesn't abide is then deemed a legitimate target. This is a two-pronged strategy for ethnic cleansing.

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HU Functional Ecology Lab. @funecolhu.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

🎓Seminar presentations completed! This semester, three MSc students from our lab successfully completed their seminar presentations, covering topics from fire ecology and ecological data analysis to species distribution modelling. Congratulations & best wishes for their upcoming thesis research!

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soL Haber @solhaberportali.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Cengiz’in Akseki’deki maden projesi için 60 bin ağaç kesilecek 📌Projenin ÇED raporunda, doğaya faydası olacağı iddia edilen madencilik faaliyeti sonrası bölgedeki ormanların mevcuttaki halinden daha iyi olacağı öne sürüldü 🖊️Haber: Yusuf Yavuz haber.sol.org.tr/haber/cengiz...

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Cengiz’in Akseki’deki maden projesi için 60 bin ağaç kesilecek

Cengiz’in Akseki’deki maden projesi için 60 bin ağaç kesilecek | soL haber

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HU Functional Ecology Lab. @funecolhu.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Our latest paper is out! This study explores how plant communities in the Central Anatolian steppe are structured through functional traits 🌾 doi.org/10.55730/130...

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Go Belowground! @exfumo.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

🚩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 #GoBelowground #ExFuMo #functional @ibotcz.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social

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EkoEvo @ekoevo.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

📣Months have raced by, and this year’s committee is already hard at work bringing EEBST 2026 to life! Our abstract submission system is now officially open!! 🚀Deadline April 15th⏰ Join us in sunny Mersin for this exciting event by submitting your latest research at eebst.ekoevo.org Please share!

Flyer for the 12th Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Symposium, to be held on July 6–10, 2026, in Mersin, Türkiye. For registration and more information, please visit eebst.ekoevo.org

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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Open access makes the rich get richer #science #publishing #academia 🧪🗺️ nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Global south countries publish less with open access

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Çağatay Tavşanoğlu @ctavsanoglu.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

I will be at the EFI Mediterranean Network FORUM/26 webinar on 4 March 2026 (10:00–11:30 CET) with my talk "Fire-adapted Mediterranean ecosystems and implications for management". Registration (required to join): efi.int/efimed-netwo... #fireecology #wildfire #Mediterranean

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HU Functional Ecology Lab. @funecolhu.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

🌲 New publication from our lab! 🌡️ These findings highlight a key trade-off under climate change: warming may support germination, but cooler conditions remain crucial for seedling establishment and long-term persistence. Find the article here: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

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HU Functional Ecology Lab. @funecolhu.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

🌍 New publication from our lab! How will oaks respond to ongoing and future climate change? 🌿 Ülker, E. D., & Tavşanoğlu, Ç. (2026). Oaks and climate change: Contrasting range responses of Mediterranean and temperate Quercus species in the Western Palearctic. Ecology and Evolution, 16(2), e73055.

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HU Functional Ecology Lab. @funecolhu.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Our first publications of 2026 are out! 🦌 Population status and recent threats to the northernmost isolated population of the endangered mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella) Mammalia Authors: Karaer, M.C.; Kankılıç, T.; Tavşanoğlu, Ç.

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HU Functional Ecology Lab. @funecolhu.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

New publication from our lab! Our new study, published in iForest, explores how Mediterranean woody species enhance their flammability through different functional traits — revealing multiple, species-specific strategies shaped by fire. doi:10.3832/ifor4601-018

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Ferhat Kaya @paleolife.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

We’re excited to announce two open positions in the Department of Archaeology, University of Oulu (Finland) focusing on mammal paleobiology in the Central Anatolian Volcanic Province (Türkiye). Feel free to like, share or comment if you know someone who might be interested. Below👇

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HU Functional Ecology Lab. @funecolhu.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Our Fieldwork in Beytepe🌿 To identify the distribution of Ailanthus altissima, examine its changes over the years, and predict its future dynamics, we carried out fieldwork at Hacettepe University’s Beytepe Campus Together with our intern team, we collected data in the pilot area of our research. 🌸

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HU Functional Ecology Lab. @funecolhu.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Beautiful days of fieldwork! Our PI Çağatay Tavşanoğlu @ctavsanoglu.bsky.social explored alpine habitats & plant communities in Hasandağı (~ 3250 m) in centeral Anatolia with Jalil Noroozi and Golshan Zare.  Thanks to both for the great collaboration and inspiring exchange! 🌱

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Murat Gülsaçan @muratgulsacan.com · 14/07/2025

Yeni bilim felsefesi bloğum Post-Servet-i Fünun’nun ilk yazısını @ekoevo.bsky.social'nun düzenlediği Biyoloji Felsefesi Mini Sempozyumu'nun ilhamıyla yazdım. #EEBST2025, #BiyolojiFelsefesi, #BilimFelsefesi Görüş, öneri ve eleştirilerinizi bekliyorum. muratgulsacan.com/2025/07/14/m...

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Mini-Sempozyum üzerine Mini-Mini Düşünceler

Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Beytepe Kampüsü Bilim felsefesi bloğum Post-Servet-i Fünun’nun ilk yazısına hoş geldiniz. Ekoloji ve Evrimsel Biyoloji Derneği, EkoEvo’nun her yıl gerçekleştirdiği Ekoloji v…

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Mehmet Göktuğ Öztürk @mehmetgoktug.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

I'm thrilled to share some wonderful news with you today! My master’s thesis, “Spatiotemporal Patterns of Lightning-Induced Wildfires in Turkey”, has received the Best Master's Thesis Award from the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Society of Türkiye - EkoEvo!

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HU Functional Ecology Lab. @funecolhu.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

🎤 “The Intellectual Evolution of Ecology: Paradigm Shifts and Current Trends” was presented today at #EEBST2025 by Prof. Dr. Çağatay Tavşanoğlu, our principal investigator.

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HU Functional Ecology Lab. @funecolhu.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

🎉 We’ve got great news! Our teammate Gülseli Kırgıl successfully defended her master’s thesis on June 16 and is now officially a graduate! 👩‍🎓✨ 🐝🌸Thesis title: Patterns of insect pollinator diversity in rare and common plants growing in a marl steppe habitat in Central Anatolia Congrats Gülseli! 🌿

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Sergey Rosbakh @srosbakh.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

🌱 We’re expanding #SeedArc! Our collaborators at @UniOviedo are hiring a Postdoc in Seed Regeneration Niche to grow the global database & research seed germination ecology. Starts July 2025, 18-month contract. Spread the word—apply by 12 June!

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Çağatay Tavşanoğlu @ctavsanoglu.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Abstract submission deadline extended to 31 May 2025 for #EEBST2025! Hacettepe Univ., Ankara | 9-11 July 2025 Exciting plenaries + special events (incl. a Philosophy of Biology Mini-Symposium in Turkish) Submit now: eebst.ekoevo.org

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EkoEvo @ekoevo.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

📢 Only 10 days left until the abstract submission deadline for EEBST 2025! Submit your abstracts by 25 May here 👉 eebst.ekoevo.org

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Jonathan Tonkin @jdtonkin.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Planting a massive chunk of public land in pines is not our solution to climate change. This is continuing short-term thinking and it's a net negative for biodiversity. Some pine is fine, but not at this scale.

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Pine planting: Ministers 'dreaming' about amount of suitable land, say green groups

The government claims to be on track for net zero emissions but official figures show 280,000ha would need to be planted to public land to do it.

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EkoEvo @ekoevo.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Abstract submission for EEBST 2025 has opened 🚨 Submit your abstracts here 👉 eebst.ekoevo.org until May 25th. Looking forward to see you in Ankara!

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Annals of Botany @annbot.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Fire and seed dormancy: a global meta-analysis doi.org/10.1093/aob/...

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Çağatay Tavşanoğlu @ctavsanoglu.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

I am trying to find the symposium book "Diversity and Stability in Ecological Systems: Report of a Symposium Held May 26-28, 1969," in which Lewontin's paper "The Meaning of Stability" is found. It can't be bought or reached via Amazon, Google, and sci-hub. Does anyone share this paper with me?

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UNICEF @unicef.org · 18/03/2025

Today, Gaza’s one million children have been plunged back into a world of fear and death. We appeal for the ceasefire to be reinstated immediately. Full statement from UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell: unicef.link/43SB19i

Reports and images emerging from the Gaza Strip following today’s attacks are beyond horrifying. Hundreds of people have reportedly been killed, including more than 130 children. - Catherine Russell, UNICEF Executive Director

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Çağatay Tavşanoğlu @ctavsanoglu.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Science is under attack! This observatory at Mauna Loa is an iconic one that have shaped our understanding of climate change.

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juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Another paper on fire & seed dormancy is on its way! A global meta-analysis, @annbot.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/aob/... By the way, find a glossary on this topic here: jgpausas.blogs.uv.es/2023/02/01/s... 🧪🌍🔥🌿🌾🪴🌱 wildfire #PlantBiology

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Fire and seed dormancy: A global meta-analysis

AbstractBackground and Aims. Fire-released seed dormancy (SD) is a key trait for successful germination and plant persistence in many fire-prone ecosystems

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Çağatay Tavşanoğlu @ctavsanoglu.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

A nice short story about grass-tree coexistence in savannas!

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Çağatay Tavşanoğlu @ctavsanoglu.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

The 11th Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Symposium (#EEBST2025) will be hosted by Hacettepe University in Ankara, Türkiye, from July 9–11, 2025. 🌿🐾🧬 Symposium website: eebst.ekoevo.org. Save the date and stay tuned for updates!

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EEBST 2025 – Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Symposium

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Çağatay Tavşanoğlu @ctavsanoglu.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Photo credits: the Marmaris Local Forest Directorate and Gökhan Şahin.

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Çağatay Tavşanoğlu @ctavsanoglu.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Restoring natural fire regimes can be considered an important option for the sustainable management of Mediterranean forests and for combating forest fires, which are expected to grow in size and intensity in the future.

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Çağatay Tavşanoğlu @ctavsanoglu.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Low-intensity fires can reduce fuel loads and help prevent larger wildfires in the future. However, in Türkiye's Mediterranean ecosystems, where human settlements and land use persist in many areas, much more research is needed to effectively use fire as a tool for wildfire prevention.

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Çağatay Tavşanoğlu @ctavsanoglu.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

In our recent publication, we identified Muğla as the region in Türkiye most affected by lightning-induced fires. We suggested that managing forests and fire regimes in light of this information could help prevent larger wildfires in the future. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Rethinking lightning-induced fires: Spatial variability and implications for management policies

Lightning is the primary natural ignition source for wildfires. However, in certain ecosystems, anthropogenic fires predominate and account for the ma…

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Çağatay Tavşanoğlu @ctavsanoglu.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Wildfires have always been a natural part of ecosystems, even before human activities made them more frequent and severe. Lightning-driven fire regimes are a prime example, as seen here in Marmaris, southwestern Türkiye—the region with the highest occurrence of lightning-induced fires in the country

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Çağatay Tavşanoğlu @ctavsanoglu.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Our latest piece urges the conservation of Central Anatolian grasslands, which are heavily used and now threatened by afforestation. Often misperceived as degraded forests from millennia of human activity, these ecosystems deserve recognition and protection! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Old-growth grasslands of Central Anatolia (Türkiye) require better conservation and management | Environmental Conservation | Cambridge Core

Old-growth grasslands of Central Anatolia (Türkiye) require better conservation and management

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Çağatay Tavşanoğlu @ctavsanoglu.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Perhaps "local knowledge" is more appropriate than "indigenous" in this context. For instance, in Turkey, transhumance grazing practices represent thousands of years of tradition, but I'm not sure we can classify these communities as "indigenous" in the way the term is used in Australia or America

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Shyam PHARTYAL; First-Gen MS/PhD; Seed Ecologist 🌱 @shyamphartyal.bsky.social · 03/02/2024

Overcoming Major Barriers in Seed Ecology Research in Developing Countries | Seed Science Research | Cambridge Core doi:10.1017/S0960258523000181

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Çağatay Tavşanoğlu @ctavsanoglu.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Hello Tim, I just arrived here and would like to be added.

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Çağatay Tavşanoğlu @ctavsanoglu.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

I came to Bluesky from the X platform after almost 8 years of usage and 1500 tweets, hoping for a healthier social network. I am a scientist from #Türkiye, working on various aspects of #ecology. I mostly share about #science, #environment, #wildfires, #climatechange.

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