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Ella Cathcart-van Weeren

@ecologyella.bsky.social

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At the University of Queensland, studying reproductive phenology in rainforest trees.

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Ella Cathcart-van Weeren @ecologyella.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Thanks to Associate Profs @john-m-dwyer.bsky.social and Matthew Luskin for guiding me through this process!

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Ella Cathcart-van Weeren @ecologyella.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

PhD Chap1 done! With an all-star cast, I built a reproductive phenology dataset by integrating flowering and fruiting observations from as many sources as possible. The dataset covers: 255yrs, most Subtropical rainforests in Aus, and 915 species. doi.org/10.1002/ecog...

Spatial distribution of reproductive phenology observations in Australian subtropical rainforest flora for three time periods: (a) 1770–1970, (b) 1971–2000 and (c) 2001–2025. The mapped region spans from 21 to 35°S and 150 to 155°E.

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Ella Cathcart-van Weeren @ecologyella.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

A week in the #rainforest what more could you want? Maybe we could have done without the scrub itch tho… @john-m-dwyer.bsky.social

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Ella Cathcart-van Weeren @ecologyella.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

A soggy 7 days teaching in the subtropics. I may have gone a bit off the rails in my demonstration of the paradise rifle bird mating dance. But I can sleep soundly knowing that at least one person now knows how to ID a tree species they’ll probably never see again 😅. #ecologyislyf

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John Dwyer @john-m-dwyer.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

It was super exciting to see the progress that @ecologyella.bsky.social has made in revealing the reproductive timing of Australian rainforest trees! Another beautiful and engaging presentation.

Ella at the podium about to present with her lovely title slide in the background. The title slide includes images of flowers from rainforest tree species.

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Ella Cathcart-van Weeren @ecologyella.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

some prelim but super exciting results from the PhD, reppin the subtropics at the @iccb2025.bsky.social So many people have made this poster possible, key to that is Bill McDonald who has been monitoring rainforest tree flowering and fruiting for many years and @john-m-dwyer.bsky.social

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Julian Radford-Smith @jradford-smith.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Spent the last few days in World Heritage-listed Lamington National Park recensusing an old forest plot with @ecologyella.bsky.social, @lilydun.bsky.social and the indomitable Bill McDonald. Pictured are two of our old-growth rainforest giants - the strangler fig and purple cherry.

Tall canopy with hues of green, dominated by Syzygium crebrinerve or purple cherry tree.

Another of our rainforest giants, Ficus watkinsiana or strangler fig, with Ella and Lily for scale.

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Ella Cathcart-van Weeren @ecologyella.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

It’s always a pleasure to do fieldwork in the #rainforest, but the scrub itch can take a hike #itchingfordays

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John Dwyer @john-m-dwyer.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

It was a thrill to see my peeps share their amazing ecology so passionately at #ESAus2024. You guys rock @lilydun.bsky.social, @ecologyella.bsky.social and @jradford-smith.bsky.social

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Ella Cathcart-van Weeren @ecologyella.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

I work with some great and supportive peeps! #RainforestsRock

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John Dwyer @john-m-dwyer.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

🔥 in Ecology Letters 🔥 #Traits describing hydraulic strategies and deciduousness explain the occurrence trends of almost 300 #rainforest #tree species across a steep rainfall gradient in Australia. #FunctionalTraits dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele....

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A Functional Basis for the Assembly of Australian Subtropical Rainforest Tree Communities

We surveyed rainforest tree communities across the Australian subtropics (spanning 600 to 2500 mm rainfall year−1) and measured functional traits on 285 (91%) of all recorded species. Hydraulic strat....

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