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Gabriela Dezotti

@gabrieladezotti.bsky.social
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PhD Candidate at BioMe Group 🇧🇷 | FAIR open science 🔓 | #DisturbanceEcology #DataScience | gabrieladezotti.github.io/Site

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The International Association for Vegetation Science @iavs5.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🌲 European Vegetation Survey (EVS), an IAVS Working Group since 1992, uniting vegetation scientists in the survey and classification of plant communities across Europe. 🧵
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The International Association for Vegetation Science @iavs5.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
GrassPlot: 225 datasets, 309 contributors, 49 countries of Palaearctic grassland data, sampled at scales from 1 cm² to full relevés. An EDGG database feeding into vegetation science. Consortium open to all researchers. 🔗 edgg.org/databases/GrassPlot
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SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Interested in helping make science a better place? Nominations for 2027 #SORTEE volunteer positions are open now! With 10 committees to choose from and so many ways to get involved, we welcome everyone to volunteer with us! Nominations close 31st Oct. sortee.org/join/ #openscience
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Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training @forrt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Give your peer review to the journals that give back. Diamond open access journals don't charge authors to publish or readers to access; they run on community effort, for the community's benefit. Pledge one review a year and help sustain the research community. forrt.org/diamond-reviewer
Hexagonal badge with a diamond and the text "diamond reviewer". Below it, it says "Give your peer review to the journals that give back"
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LMU Open Science Center @lmu-osc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Open Science Summer School 2026 is complete! Explore what we covered- Open Science track 1 training materials, including public lectures: osf.io/s9epn/overview, instructor training resources: osf.io/ay8qk/overview, & our self-paced tutorials: www.osc.lmu.de/training/sel.... OSSS26 highlights ⬇️
A group of Open Science Summer School participants and instructors standing together at the front of a classroom, with remote participants joining via video call projected on the wall behind them.A group of Open Science Summer School participants and instructors standing together at the front of a classroom, with remote participants joining via video call projected on the wall behind them.
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Gabriela Dezotti @gabrieladezotti.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
So happy to be here all the way from Brazil to talk, engage, learn and share about Open Science! Let’s goooo #OSSS26
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The International Association for Vegetation Science @iavs5.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
#IAVS Working Group Series - Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG), an IAVS Working Group since 2008, connecting people and knowledge for the study and #conservation of Palaearctic grasslands. EDGG also runs Eurasian #Grassland Conferences, field workshops for collaborative research, Talk Grassland!
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Oldie but goldie
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Nonia Pariente @npariente.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
*Is the scientific paper still a fraud?* How we write scientific papers does not reflect how we do science, argues @prof-tregoning.bsky.social This matters in the AI age because it masks the human in the process @plosbiology.org plos.io/4xn4OlZ
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Is the scientific paper still a fraud?
How we write scientific papers does not reflect how we do science, masking the human in the process by design. This Perspective invites us to consider the structure of the scientific paper, and the ne...
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Martin Dovciak🌳🌱🌻 @dovciak-lab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
🌿 New paper! The forest herb layer can account for up to 80% of plant diversity, yet remains understudied. I’m glad to have contributed to this Yale-led collaboration identifying 100 questions to advance forest herb-layer ecology. What did we miss? 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
📣 📣 📣 UPDATE: The 2026-2027 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resource! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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ecoevojobs.net 2026-27
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Open Access Tracking Project @oatp.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026
Can low-cost, open-access journals from the Global South have a high impact? Can low-cost, open-access journals from the Global South have a high impact? www.scielo.br/j/aabc/a/Gt9GH39WH4Bt…
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Can low-cost, open-access journals from the Global South have a high impact?
Abstract This study examines whether Brazilian journals indexed in SciELO can achieve...
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Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda @alejandrofabregastejeda.com · 11/08/2026
As simulations grow in complexity, a set of non-trivial issues emerge: diminished identifiability as free parameters become too numerous relative to exp. constraints & difficulties grasping causality. In our new 📄, we point to potential avenues to move #CellBio forward 👇 arxiv.org/abs/2608.06998
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Simulating is not always understanding: When model complexity obscures biology
In cell biology, computational models of biological systems range from minimal representations with a handful of parameters to whole-cell simulations tracking thousands of molecular species across a c...
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Anonymous Potato @anonymouspotato.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
EcoEvoJobs 2026-27 just opened for business and we've already got 79 faculty / permanent jobs listed. Please repost! ecoevojobs.net
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ecoevojobs.net 2026-27
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Gabriela Dezotti @gabrieladezotti.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
So happy to be able to share a little bit about this amazing experience 😁
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The International Association for Vegetation Science @iavs5.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
🌿 Calling All IAVS Members! 🌍 The IAVS community is full of incredible people, fascinating ecosystems, exciting fieldwork, and innovative science—and we'd love to share your stories! 📩 Submit your story through our Google Form: tinyurl.com/mr23k86r #IAVS #VegetationScience
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Steve Pennings @stevenpennings.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
In experiments, high plant diversity usually leads to high ecosystem function and stability. But in nature, the same factors that determine plant species diversity may also affect stability. This means the results of BEF experiments don't always apply to natural systems. doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
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A salinity gradient mediates plant diversity–function–stability relationships across a coastal marsh landscape
Ecosystem function and stability are often positively related to species richness in experiments, but in nature, abiotic gradients may over-ride or obscure the effects of richness on function and sta...
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The International Association for Vegetation Science @iavs5.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
🌿 The International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS) is a global community advancing the study of plant communities — their structure, dynamics, and conservation. Join a network of scientists passionate about understanding the world’s vegetation.
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SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Dr Rachel Heyard joins us from the Centre for Reproducible Science and Research Synthesis in Zurich to discuss funding lotteries and other innovations in research funding allocation on July 7th. Register here: events.humanitix.com/webinar-lott...
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SORTEE Webinar: Lotteries and innovations in research funding allocation
SORTEE Workshop & Webinar Series
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Annals of Botany @annbot.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
🎉Great news! The paper ‘Cerrado plant traits (CPT): a database of functional traits across vegetation types in a global biodiversity hotspot’ in @annbot.bsky.social by Lara Amaral-Garcia et al. is now #free for 2 weeks 🧵(1/10) 👉 doi.org/rdct @leveg.bsky.social #AoBpapers #Botany #PlantScience
Cerrado plant traits (CPT): a database of functional traits across vegetation types in a global biodiversity hotspot
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Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology (LEVeg) 🌾 @leveg.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Just another busy (and productive!) day in the lab! 🔥🌱 A true #TeamWork effort today: from processing seed viability using tetrazolium to washing and cleaning belowground structures! ✨ @gabrieladezotti.bsky.social @luizmiguel.bsky.social
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Gabriela Dezotti @gabrieladezotti.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Time to get back home after an amazing conference. Thank you so much @iavs5.bsky.social it was lovely! A lot of new ideas to my PhD ☺️ Very proud of my amazing friend @leticiagiacom.bsky.social who was among the winners of the YS 💖✨
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Jonathan Tonkin @jdtonkin.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
What does a “restored” ecosystem mean? If the climate is different... If species have moved... If habitats have changed... …what are we restoring to? If we keep measuring success against a world that no longer exists, we’re chasing ghosts. Featuring @jcsvenning.bsky.social
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Is restoration chasing ghosts?
Restoration is often trying to recreate ecosystems that no longer exist — or can’t
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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 26/06/2026
When science draws on a wider range of perspectives, it produces better questions, more creative thinking, and outcomes that matter to more people. This is often when breakthroughs occur. #PrideMonth
If better science is our goal, then a more equitable science is essential.
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The International Association for Vegetation Science @iavs5.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Got a great idea for a continental or global study on plant biodiversity? 🌍🌿 #sPlot is welcoming new research proposals that are global or continental in scope and complementary to ongoing projects. Meet the sPlot coordinator Gabriella Damasceno at #IAVS2026. Find more details below ⬇️
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Belinda Medlyn @bmedlyn.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I am hiring! My former postdocs have all gone on to great ongoing roles, so I am now looking for 2 new postdocs in dynamic vegetation modelling: Modelling vegetation-fire interactions in Australia Modelling Australian vegetation distributions Details linked below - please share!
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Journal of Vegetation & Applied Vegetation Science @jvs-avs.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
📦 New in Journal of Vegetation Science! Barranco-Elena & Baraibar present barrel, an R package that streamlines ecological ordination plotting in R. With ggplot2 integration, it helps create reproducible, customizable, publication-ready figures. 🔗
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Gabriela Dezotti @gabrieladezotti.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Attending one of my favorites conferences of the year! IAVS (@iavs5.bsky.social) is always an awesome opportunity to meet new people, exchange ideas and have a lot of discussions! Hope to see everyone passing by my poster today 😉 (amazed with the opportunity to see Vellend speaking in person)
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Gabriela Dezotti @gabrieladezotti.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Truly honored to have been part of a week led by such knowledgeable and inspiring people - they really got me rethinking the way I approach science. Definitely one of the most meaningful experiences I've had so far. Thank you so much @exfumo.bsky.social! #GoBelowground in #Brazil was amazing! 🌱🇧🇷
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Jitka Klimesova @jitkaklimesova.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
New on the Belowground blog: A story about three little plants on the bottom of a pond plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com/2026/06/04/a...
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A story about three little plants on the bottom of a pond
A short story by  Jitka Klimešová with illustrations by F. Curtis Lubbe, from the Institute of Botany of The Czech Academy of Sciences. The illustration above shows a variety of…
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SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
🚨Content submissions for the 6th SORTEE Conference (13-14 Oct 2026) are still OPEN. 👉Submit your proposal for an unconference, hackathon or workshop by June 7th via forms.gle/R1pTxmmxKwf2.... ✅ More at: www.sortee.org/upcoming
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Xabier Simón Martínez de Goñi @martinezgonixs.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
📢How do supervisory behaviours impact early-career researchers? Our preprint explores how scientific supervisors shape the wellbeing of ECRs. We analysed 2604 anonymous responses from ECRs across 65 countries🌍 to understand the impact of mentorship. This is what we found👇
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Edward R. Ivimey-Cook @eivimeycook.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Introducing * READMEBuilder * A shiny app that helps users build a high quality README to upload along with their data and code. Just install the package and run the build_readme() function to launch the app! github.com/EIvimeyCook/... Comments and suggestions welcome!
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GitHub - EIvimeyCook/READMEBuilder: Shiny application that walks researchers through building a high-quality README file for research datasets and code. Automatically describes tabular data co...
Shiny application that walks researchers through building a high-quality README file for research datasets and code. Automatically describes tabular data columns (ranges, levels, NAs), det...
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Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology (LEVeg) 🌾 @leveg.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Don't miss the chance to enroll! Application deadline extended until May 7 at 3 PM (UTC-3) Não perca a chance de se inscrever! O prazo para inscrições foi prorrogado até 7 de maio, às 15h (UTC-3)
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Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
📊 Five #ggplot2 functions I wish I'd known about earlier 📊 I've written a short blog (with examples) of some of the lesser-known {ggplot2} functions and arguments that make it easier to create better charts! Link: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/five-gg... #RStats #DataViz
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Five ggplot2 functions I wish I’d known about earlier – Nicola Rennie
There are a few small tweaks you can make to your ggplot2 code to improve your charts. However, they’re not often mentioned. So here’s a few functions and arguments I wish I’d known about earlier.
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Go Belowground! @exfumo.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
#GoBelowground is going international again! 🇧🇷 This time we go to Brazil. #Functional #morphology #course Go Belowground! will bring students together to explore #storage organs, #clonal plants, and the hidden half of #plant life. #ExFuMo #ecology @czechacademy.bsky.social @ibotcz.bsky.social
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Creative Commons @creativecommons.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Today, we are sharing our newest report, "Licensing Best Practices for Sharing Scientific Data", which extends the open data practices originally designed for climate data in our 2023 report "Recommended Best Practices for the Better Sharing of Climate Data" to other disciplines. buff.ly/mkmMe2S
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Licensing Best Practices for the Sharing of Scientific Data - Creative Commons
Creative Commons publishes the report Licensing Best Practices for Sharing Scientific Data, a guide for researchers and data producers.
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SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Would you like to join a welcoming community that is passionate about improving transparency, rigour, and equity in science? 👀 Check out SORTEE! You can join for free, if you like. Your support goes a long way in growing our impact 💚 👉 sortee.org/join/ #openscience #SORTEE
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Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology (LEVeg) 🌾 @leveg.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
📢 First time in Brazil 🇧🇷 / Pela primeira vez no Brasil 🇧🇷 Special Topics: Go Belowground! Tópicos Especiais: Go Belowground! 18–22 May 2026, in person / presencial Apply 16–30 Apr / Inscrições 16–30 abr 20 spots/vagas Motivation letter in English.
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Florian Naudet @floriannaudet.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
🚨 🎉 Our CONSENSUS VIEW, “An international consensus on core reproducibility items in research,” is now out in @plosbiology.org 🎉 🚨 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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An international consensus on core reproducibility items in research
Evidence-based solutions are needed to help improve reproducibility in research. This Consensus View presents a consensus-based list of core reproducibility items for research that has been developed ...
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Ecoinformatics IAVS @iavs-ecoinfo.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Want to learn more about ecological stability with a hands-on approach? Join us in the next cycle of free webinars! On April 24, Jules Segrestin will talk about drivers of stability in time series. Register at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... and consider becoming an IAVS member!
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
New blog post!🚨 The BIEN working group give the story behind their new paper "BIEN: A biodiversity informatics ecosystem advancing open and reproducible workflows for plant observation, plot and trait data"🪴🌍 🧪 Read here 👇 buff.ly/PZcecxJ
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Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
🎉 ggauto is now on CRAN 🎉 An #RStats package that selects better chart types, and provides more accessible styling for #ggplot2 plots 📊 Blog post explaining why I made it and how it works: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/introdu... #DataViz
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Introducing ggauto: automating better charts – Nicola Rennie
The ggauto package is an opinionated ggplot2 extension package that aims to help people make better charts by default. This blog post explains why it exists and how it works.
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Ecoinformatics IAVS @iavs-ecoinfo.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Get ready for the second webinar about open vegetation data, co-hosted with EVS! On March 27, Martin Večeřa, Salza Palpurina, and Ilona Knollová will show us how to get from a vegetation-plot database to a GBIF dataset. Join the meeting at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Young Scientists @iavs-young-sci.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Help us spread the word about the #IAVS Early Career #Supporting Grant! Share this post so the news about the #OPENCALL can reach as many people as possible! 🔴 The deadline is March 30th, 2026 For more information, visit our website! 👇 iavs.org/page/YSCareerS…
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SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
The SORTEE guidelines for data and code quality control in ecology and evolutionary biology are now published in the Peer Community Journal! 🔗 peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10....
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Jitka Klimesova @jitkaklimesova.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
New on the Belowground blog: What function? What type of organ? plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com/2026/03/11/w...
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What type of organ?
Commentary by F. Curtis Lubbe from the Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The image above features different categories of belowground storage organs nestled within one…
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Go Belowground! @exfumo.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
🚩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 #traits #GoBelowground #ExFuMo #functional #course
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The International Association for Vegetation Science @iavs5.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
🔥 Postdoctoral Opportunity | Fire, Seeds & the Cerrado 🌱 The Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology (UNESP, Brazil) is offering a postdoc position to study how fire regimes and climate warming shape seed traits and germination in Cerrado species. 👉 Learn more: tinyurl.com/hf9yd98f #Ecology #Traits
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