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Functional Ecology Lab at Uni. York, UK @func-ecol-lab.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Very cool! I’ll be road testing this with my first year students

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Native Spirit Festival @nativespirituk.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

📅 9 Oct 6pm 🎟️ FREE tinyurl.com/ysht3h25 📌@york.ac.uk @ciscstudies.bsky.social 🎞️ 19th Native Spirit Festival 🌟#INDIGENOUS #firstnations 📽️ SINGING BACK THE BUFFALO + Q&A Dir. Tasha Hubbard Richly visualised deeply uplifting—an epic reimagining of North America through the lens of buffalo consciousness

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Functional Ecology Lab at Uni. York, UK @func-ecol-lab.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Micro topography inducing thermal variation at the landscape scale. How will this influence the thermal sensitivity of soil enzymes?

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Ecological Continuity Trust (ECT) @ect-uk.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

There are 3 new papers from the Peatland team: Using testate amoebae to monitor #peatlands & #restoration bit.ly/47CeW0X How an LED torch monitoring #carbon exchange can be used in dark conditions bit.ly/4lQN0K8 Different management types affect the #vegetation composition bit.ly/47Rhs3e 🌏

Landscape view of peatlands on a cloudy day.

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Functional Ecology Lab at Uni. York, UK @func-ecol-lab.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Not attending, but interested. Do you want some European alpine biocrust sites to add to the network? This theme will grow over the next years for us, so happy to be involved.

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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

The final version of the book should be available late next week (probably Aug 14th). I will let you know here when you can get the final paperback hardcover and eBook version!

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Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Happy #BogDay. The most misunderstood ecosystems on our planet have been ridiculed, drained, burned, and destroyed throughout modern history. These water purifiers, carbon keepers, storytellers, and beautiful places deserve our respect, today and every day.

Image of a big with water and red moss in the foreground and conifer trees in the background.

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Functional Ecology Lab at Uni. York, UK @func-ecol-lab.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Beautiful bog woodlands of the Cairngorms. New surveys and experiments to reveal the functional diversity of these special places is now under way. We urgently need to better value these habitats and understand their sensitivity to climate change.

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Functional Ecology Lab at Uni. York, UK @func-ecol-lab.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Remnants of woodland in NW Lancs offer calm and cool in the recent extreme heat. More connectivity and open access would benefit all

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Functional Ecology Lab at Uni. York, UK @func-ecol-lab.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Drop me a line Robert.mills@york.ac.uk if you want a natter sometime.

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Functional Ecology Lab at Uni. York, UK @func-ecol-lab.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

@blindboyboatclub.bsky.social enjoyed the petrichor session… if you ever want to chat on soil ecology, and why soil organic matter is the most precious thing on Earth, drop me a line

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Functional Ecology Lab at Uni. York, UK @func-ecol-lab.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Do you know what time of year this photo was taken?

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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Thrilled to announce our webinar series: 🌱📈 Quantifying Ecology 📈🌱 We are collaborating with our SIG friends to bring you quantitative methods in different ecological contexts. Kicking off with Dr @jamesaorr.bsky.social and @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social on 5th August. More details to come!

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Functional Ecology Lab at Uni. York, UK @func-ecol-lab.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Judging by the amount of Rumex, I think you’d have company too ☺️

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Functional Ecology Lab at Uni. York, UK @func-ecol-lab.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Exactly that, conserving and protecting those places is key. Good old rough edges and mixed systems (wood pasture being an excellent option) are a way to start to bringing in diversity into the agri-landscape too alongside putting land to woodland regeneration

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Functional Ecology Lab at Uni. York, UK @func-ecol-lab.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Whilst there is no doubt that conversion of forest to intensive grazing is an ecological catastrophe, it’s important to nuance this perspective: some of the most species-rich ecosystems on the planet are low-intensity pasture and meadow systems. Not all livestock agri is the same.

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Functional Ecology Lab at Uni. York, UK @func-ecol-lab.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Oooh, Woodstock decomp? Also will be doing that this year.

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Functional Ecology Lab at Uni. York, UK @func-ecol-lab.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Oooh, would be very keen to learn more about this!

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Mark Hodson @markehodson.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Congrats to Zheng Fang on his latest PhD paper. This one shows that #microplastics can reduce the toxicity of salinity to #earthworms and that salinity is a more significant environmental challenge to earthworms than microplastics. authors.elsevier.com/c/1lEy415DSl...

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Functional Ecology Lab at Uni. York, UK @func-ecol-lab.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Can do! Drop me an email Robert.mills(at)york.ac.uk

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Prof. Vigdis Vandvik @vvandvik.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Update! @nadi-mi-ar.bsky.social & MSc Silje Steine @btwnthefjords-uib.bsky.social have now set up plots & OTCs, prepared and sowed seeds of 8 lowland species into the alpine, with/without warming & neighbours. Excited to see results over the summer!! #ITEX #ProudSupervisor #ProfLife #PhDLife 🍃🏔️🌐🌍🪏📏🧪

Open top chambers (OTCs) are small glasshouses without roofs that are extensively used in climate change research to warm Arctic and alpine vegetation to experimentally assess climate change impacts. In this picture we see a bunch of them newly set up in a mountain grassland

An Open Top Chamber (OTC( in a grassland, seen from above, with some plots inside. The plots are 50% vegetarion, 50% bare soil.

OTCs are small glasshouses without roofs that are extensively used in climate change research to warm Arctic and alpine vegetation to experimentally Assessment climate change impacts.

Msc student Silje Steine has her ducks in a row! 😉. She is sitting at a table sorting many many little bags into neat stacks, in a candle-lit mountain cabin. The bags contain seeds to be sown as part of a field experiment.

MSc Student Silje Steine sitting in a meadow, bent over a vegetation plot, sowing some seeds. Lots of bags, equipment, recording sheets in the foreground.

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David Rippin @dmrippin.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Students from the Department of Environment and Geography at the University of York, hanging out in the amazing forests that surround Obergurgl, learing all about alpine ecology. @uoyenvironment.bsky.social #Obergurgl #Austria #PhotoRippin

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Alberto Canarini @albertocanarini.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

One month left to apply for a PhD position in my group on the ERC funded project EcoMEMO. Link to the PhD course and application: unibo.it/en/study/phd... Please contact me if you need more info on the project, the group and life in Italy in general. More info below⬇️

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Earth, Life and Environmental Sciences - University of Bologna

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Functional Ecology Lab at Uni. York, UK @func-ecol-lab.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Collecting lichens to explore their role in degrading plant litter whilst on the branch @britishlichensociety.org.uk

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Rosie Fisher @rosieafisher.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

New #FATESmodel postdoc in Oslo! Come and join our team :) www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... Postdoctoral Research Fellow in terrestrial carbon cycle modelling (281332) | University of Oslo

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in terrestrial carbon cycle modelling (281332) | University of Oslo

Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in terrestrial carbon cycle modelling (281332), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, August 15, 2025

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Functional Ecology Lab at Uni. York, UK @func-ecol-lab.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

More path-side loveliness as we snake through the German countryside

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Functional Ecology Lab at Uni. York, UK @func-ecol-lab.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Thin soils in urban environments provide sharp hydrological gradients, and create large biodiversity potential over small spaces @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Functional Ecology Lab at Uni. York, UK @func-ecol-lab.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Enroute to Obergurgl to the wonderful @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social university centre for week-long alpine ecosystem field course. First stage crossing the sea…

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Functional Ecology Lab at Uni. York, UK @func-ecol-lab.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Yeah, it can be quite intense! We have a very windy plateaux here in the UK, the Cairngorm plateaux. It can get to well over 100kph under normal conditions 😄 camping there can be entertaining

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Functional Ecology Lab at Uni. York, UK @func-ecol-lab.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

It’s a great tent! I like them a lot. For windy spots, a swear by the hilleberg nallo, but it is heavy…

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Functional Ecology Lab at Uni. York, UK @func-ecol-lab.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

I’ve used a tatonka tarp, plus a goretex bivvy on summer alpine long hikes, but I’d always go with a tent if I had any concern about windy weather. Hilleberg, fjsllraven, terra nova, all make excellent tough lighter tents. Alpkit have some cheaper, very light tents. Unsure on durability as yet.

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Functional Ecology Lab at Uni. York, UK @func-ecol-lab.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Nous avons perdu une partie du village, mais pas nos cœurs. Je sais que nous aurons des amis pour nous aider à offrir à futur à Blatten. 😭

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Functional Ecology Lab at Uni. York, UK @func-ecol-lab.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Drop me a line if you’re interested in a collab on soil enzymes. We’re routinely measuring in arctic and alpine soils.

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Functional Ecology Lab at Uni. York, UK @func-ecol-lab.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Hi Robert, very keen to learn more, as I’m involved in some work around Abisko with a similar thread related. I’ll drop you an email 🙂

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Anne Kempel @annekempel.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Job alert! Open Research position in our group on "Tree line ecology in mountain regions" at @slfdavos.bsky.social Apply and become my colleague 😊 apply.refline.ch/273855/1731/...

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Functional Ecology Lab at Uni. York, UK @func-ecol-lab.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

iris blanc dressé battu par un vent soudain pétales de tissu

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Global Change Biology @globalchangebio.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

PERSPECTIVE Does the C:N:P 1:1:1 Ratio Hold? Examining Log‐Transformation Bias in Enzyme Stoichiometry 📄 buff.ly/Bg3NPsC @jeremypuissant.bsky.social

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