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Advyth Ramachandran @advyth.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Are you going to be at #ESA2026 in #SaltLakeCity this week? Are you interested in grassland fire? Come join a Special Session on Grassland Wildfire at the WUI (and beyond!), co-organized by @hennhouse.bsky.social and I! Session is Thursday, July 30 at 11:45 AM (events.rdmobile.com/Sessions/Det...).

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Matt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Our review of #trait - based approaches to ecological restoration is finally out in @esajournals.bsky.social *Ecological Applications*, highlighting the value of functional traits for creating system-general restoration strategies. 🌐 🧮➕📏 urldefense.com/v3/__http://...

Community trajectories towards a restoration target (increase in zooplankton community diversity and abundance to regain ecosystem function, facilitated by invasive fish removal), where functional and taxonomic composition recover at different rates: In the disturbance phase, non-native fish introductions reduce the functional diversity of zooplankton communities; during active restoration, fish are removed from lakes, allowing communities to recover functions associated with naturally fishless systems; the assisted or unassisted recovery phase is characterized by the initial reassembly of functional structure via plasticity and dispersal followed by taxonomic recovery through additional dispersal. Traits are shown as univariate for illustrative purposes but can encompass multiple traits in practice.

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

🔥🌱 From the #AJB Special Issue: “Understanding novel #ﬁre regimes using plant trait‐based approaches" 🌱🔥 A functional trait perspective on restored temperate #grassland responses to changing winter insulation & managed disturbance by fire By Katherine Charton et al. doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany

Effects of management type and timing and winter snow manipulations on snow and litter insulation during winter and predicted associations with plant functional trait syndromes.

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Jon Henn @hennhouse.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

We're recruiting!! Myself along with Nathan Gill, Dylan Schwilk @schwilk.org, and Katharine Suding are recruiting people for Master's, PhD, and postdoc positions in GrassFire, an NSF funded project examining fuels and fire risk in grassland ecosystems across the Southern Great Plains! 🔥🌿🐮

A grassland on a sunny day near Boulder, CO

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INSTAAR @instaar.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

🌱🔥 Grassland fires are becoming more frequent and more dangerous across the country. Ecologist Katharine Suding has spent her career understanding the ecosystems that produce them. She shares insights in a Q&A www.colorado.edu/today/2025/0...

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Rainy spring may be bad news for fire season. Here’s what you can do about it

Ecologist Katharine Suding shares insights on the increasing risks of grassland fire across the country.

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audhalbritter.bsky.social @audhalbritter.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Our article on "Marine-derived nutrients shape the functional composition of High Arctic plant communities" is finally out 🐧🦆🌱🌾💩🌊🏔️: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Marine‐derived nutrients shape the functional composition of High Arctic plant communities

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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Jon Henn @hennhouse.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

There is still time to apply for this position! If you have some spatial modelling skills and interest in wildfire, please consider applying.

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Stacey D. Smith @iochromaland.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Our department is searching for a new greenhouse manager: jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta... Share with your botanical friends on the job market!

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Greenhouse Manager

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Jon Henn @hennhouse.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

📣We're recruiting! 📣 Katie Suding and I are looking for a postdoc interested in modelling grassland fire and fuels to contribute to an ongoing project on evaluating how grassland management and variation in fuels can impact wildfire risk around Boulder, CO. See the link below for more information.

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INSTAAR @instaar.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Hi! 👋 We are scientists studying Earth & environmental systems at CU Boulder. Our name = cold/high places, but these days we work from tropics to poles, incl. the world ocean. Follow us for 🧊 Cold regions ⌛ Past climate 🏔️ Earth surface processes 💨 Atmospheric gases 🌱 Ecological change & lots more!

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Jon Henn @hennhouse.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Thank you! It's been a pleasure working in INSTAAR the last few years!

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Marko Spasojevic @m-j-spasojevic.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Excited to share our new paper - plant metabolomics provide an additional trait dimension in community assembly to better understand how niche selection changes along environmental gradients. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... A collaborative project led by @hennhouse.bsky.social

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Metabolomic and morphological trait diversity display contrasting patterns in temperate forest tree communities

Studies of community assembly often explore the role of niche selection in limiting the diversity of functional traits (underdispersion) or increasing the diversity of functional traits (overdispersi....

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Ellen Damschen @edamschen.bsky.social · 29/01/2024

We have a LOT of opportunities for undergraduate student researchers this summer and beyond. Application review is starting! See top three blog posts for details and how to apply: damschenlab.zoology.wisc.edu

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