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ESA Latin America & the Caribbean Chapter @esalatamcarib.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

▶️ En vivo por YouTube Live: youtube.com/live/pMLYDdY... 💬 Envía tus preguntas y suscríbete a nuestra lista: forms.gle/YSyTtwmz4VqZ... 🎥 Mira las grabaciones anteriores: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Also, my seminar focused on unearthing and making sense of the below ground world, which has always perplexed and fascinated peoples throughout history, & to demonstrate that, I noticed that the wallpaper in the UCONN hotel bathroom even attempted to depict roots and below ground structures!

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Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

On Friday I had the pleasure of visiting UCONN to give the Natural Resources and the Environment departmental seminar What a lovely day and a gorgeous campus! Shoutout to James Knighton for being a spectacular host, and thanks to everyone in NRE and Earth Sciences for meeting with me.

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Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Fascinating post by @rivertothesky.bsky.social on science communication throughout time and the fact that it is critically important in today's age of fast science theplantconnection.substack.com/p/the-end-of...

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The end of reading, the end of science?

Communication, and the lack of it, in plant science and beyond

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H. Jochen Schenk @rivertothesky.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Announcing a name change for my Substack to better reflect what it is all about. Plant lovers, check it out! open.substack.com/pub/rivertot...

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Welcome to The Plant Connection

A new name for the River to the Sky Substack

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Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Arrived back to Dartmouths campus tonight just in time to witness the smoldering remains of the bonfire 🔥

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Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Couldn't have asked for a nicer day to teach the Forest Ecology and Management Students at Dartmouth how to measure forest stand dynamics (Good thing they were all wearing orange vests!)

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Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thank you Chris Sollars for showing our Forest Ecology and Conservation Biology Courses The Neighbors exhibit! Check out the exhibit throughout the fall! studioart.dartmouth.edu/news/2026/09...

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Lars Brudvig @lars-brudvig.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Join us through the Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship in EEB! Conduct your own research, mentored by 2+ EEB faculty. $65k salary + research/moving $. All areas of EEB welcome. Apply by 11/1 I co-chair this search and am happy to field questions Spread the word! eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...

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Postdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

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ESA Latin America & the Caribbean Chapter @esalatamcarib.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The ESA Latin America & Caribbean (LAC) chapter is looking for participants for our Inspire Session at the 2027 ESA Meeting! Have a story about a time when your research didn’t go according to plan? Share how you adapted, pivoted, and moved forward. Deadline: October 13, 2026

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ESA Latin America & the Caribbean Chapter @esalatamcarib.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🌿 Call for speakers for ESA 2027 Working on species responses to drought or changing precipitation in the Neotropics? We want to hear from you! We are looking for researchers for our proposed session, “Species Responses to Drought in the Neotropics”. Deadline: Oct. 13, 2026

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ESA Latin America & the Caribbean Chapter @esalatamcarib.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Interested in graduate school? Check out this opportunity! A free bilingual workshop (English & Spanish) to learn how to find graduate programs, connect with potential advisors, and navigate the application process. October 6 | 3–5 PM EDT | Online

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ESA Latin America & the Caribbean Chapter @esalatamcarib.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

📢 ¡Regresa #ConcienciaEnLasAmericas! 💧Acompáñanos el próximo 16 de septiembre a las 12pm EST para aprender de #limnología tropical y lo que nuestros ríos y lagos nos revelan sobre un planeta cambiante. 🌎 🔗 forms.gle/cF4T37J7N6GF... @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social #CienciaLatina #CambioClimático

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ESA Latin America & the Caribbean Chapter @esalatamcarib.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Happening tomorrow! Join us! @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social

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Long Term Ecological Research Network (United States) @uslter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

LTER 2026 Synthesis Request for Proposals closes in **5 days (Sept 16, 5 pm PT)**. Must use some @uslter.bsky.social but other data and researchers are encouraged. @nceas-ucsb.bsky.social @cu-esiil.bsky.social @arcticdatactr.bsky.social lternet.edu/stories/rfp-...

A spiral path with detours, loops, and spinoffs - indicating different phases of the synthesis process with icons and verbs to indicate in-person and virtual meetings, strategy development, data discovery, data analysis, interpretation, coding and writing. From: Ten simple rules for team synthesis in ecological research. Elmendorf et al. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.70378

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Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Thank you Emily Lacroix @soiltycoon.bsky.social for accepting our invite to kick-off the @harvardforest.bsky.social fall seminar series! Your talk on "Two Sides of the Same Coin?: Anoxic Microsites and the Fate of Soil Carbon" was fantastic and so engaging!

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Botany One @botany.one · 05/09/2026

Science Shared: September 5 www.botany.one/science-shar... This week: Oxygen developing leaves, oxygen burning leaves, GPT's problems for non-native English speakers and more. #Botany #PlantScience

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Science Shared: September 5

This week: Oxygen developing leaves, oxygen burning leaves, GPT's problems for non-native English speakers and more.

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dartmouthspport.bsky.social @dartmouthspport.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Hola, olá! 👋🐾 I’m Dr. Bella! Visiting scholar, walkies lover, naps, & campus exploration, and learning about the best spots for treats. 🐶✨ Research interests? Canine studies in Spanish literature. Yours truly, Besos, Dr. Bella 💋🐾 #Dartmouth #DartmouthLanguages #DartmouthDogs #Bella #SomosSpport

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Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Thank you Joana! It has been such a pleasure being a part of this team and working with you!

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Joana Bergmann @joanabergmann.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Suuuuper excited to see this paper published. It is the next collaborative effort of the #sUnderfoot working group supported by #sDiv @idiv-research.bsky.social. The paper was lead by the amazing @josephtumber.bsky.social.

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Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Thank you Cody! It’s been such a pleasure to be a part of this amazing team. And I love all the storage organs in the post 🙌

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Cody Coyotee @wile-phylote.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Great time working with these amazing people on a fun paper! Thanks @josephtumber.bsky.social for leading the charge! 🥳🧅🥔🫚

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Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Fantastic thread by Karl showing some of the things we have been working on with sUnderfoot @idiv-research.bsky.social Including our newly published database paper and concept paper! Check it out I’m excited for what’s left to come!

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Karl Andraczek @karlandraczek.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Big thanks to @idiv-research.bsky.social and sDiv for making all of this possible 🫶

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Karl Andraczek @karlandraczek.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🌱 3/3: Using UNDERPLOT, we show fine-root economics explains <5% of variation in root extent, clonality & bud-bank traits, revealing an independent persistence gradient. Led by @josephtumber.bsky.social 🌳 @newphyt.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Still standing: persistence traits capture belowground plant functions beyond resource exploration and acquisition

Conceptual linkages between traits and plant functioning leads to three dimensions of variation in the belowground functional space.

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Karl Andraczek @karlandraczek.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🌱 2/3: UNDERPLOT is our freshly baked 🍞 open database of 19 belowground traits across 10,453 species, applying that BPT framework at scale and uniting fine-root economics, rooting depth & clonal/bud-bank data for the first time. Led by Helge Bruelheide🌾https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-026-08151-w

Geographical coverage of species in the UNDERPLOT dataset. Colours show the number of species by botanical country, using the information from the World Catalogue of Vascular Plants through the rWCVP R package.

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Karl Andraczek @karlandraczek.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🌱 1/3: Recap before 2 new #sUnderfoot papers 🔔 last year we proposed six Belowground Persistence Types (BPTs) to predict disturbance responses, led by @jitkaklimesova.bsky.social 💐 @cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/plant...

Dichotomous key for determination of belowground persistence types is based on three hierarchical questions: Is the plant woody? Is the plant clonal? Is the plant a resprouter?

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

(🧵3/4) The authors’ multidimensional framework offers an integrative perspective essential for trait-based ecology and global change biology.

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

(🧵2/4) In this Viewpoint, Tumber-Dávila et al. use data from the new UNDERPLOT database to present an integrated analysis of fine root, root system size, and clonality/budbreak traits related to root system extent, clonality and bud banks to better understand belowground plant functionality.

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

✨ Paper spotlight ✨ (🧵1/4) Still standing: persistence traits capture belowground plant functions beyond resource exploration and acquisition nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Fig. 1 Conceptual linkages between traits and plant functioning lead to three dimensions of variation in the belowground functional space.

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ESA Latin America & the Caribbean Chapter @esalatamcarib.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

🔔 ¡Recordatorio! Nuestro próximo webinar de #ConcienciaEnLasAmericas es el 19 de agosto a las 12 PM EST. 🌎🌿 Hablaremos sobre cómo los paisajes y la biodiversidad contribuyen a los servicios ecosistémicos. ¡Acompáñanos! 💬 Más info: forms.gle/GNuj3rMs35wg... @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social

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Charlotte Grossiord @charlottegrossiord.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

📢 We’re hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher in Plant Ecophysiology at EPFL/WSL in Lausanne! 🌿 Study physiological mechanisms of leaf browning under heat & drought stress 🔬 Experimental plant ecophysiology 🎓 Mentoring/teaching opportunities Please share! Apply here: apply.refline.ch/273855/1893/...

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Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

"Where undergrads grow into scientists" A lovely article highlighting our amazing @harvardforest.bsky.social REU students. Being a mentor in this program is truly one of the highlights of my career, and something I look forward to every summer! current.fas.harvard.edu/stories/wher...

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Where undergrads grow into scientists

Deep in the woods of in Petersham, Mass., ecologists are cultivating a renewable resource — future generations of scientists. For three decades, the Harvard Forest Summer Research Program in Ecology h...

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Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

A great PhD opportunity! (check it out) The Plant Interactions Ecology Lab at the University of Texas at El Paso is recruiting a PhD students to start in the Spring or Fall of 2027 under the supervision of Dr. @alemtzb.bsky.social @esalatamcarib.bsky.social

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Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

@agu.org submissions due today, consider participating in our session for all your rhizosphere interests! #AGU26

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Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Congrats to postdoc Thomas Muratore who presented not 1, but TWO of our group’s projects at #esa2026 He also won the best student paper award from the biogeosciences section!

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Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

So great to see student mentees from years past at #esa20206 including Dartmouth Thesis student Lara Roelofs, and @harvardforest.bsky.social REU Maegan Beckage BOTH OF WHOM RECEIVED THE NSF GRFP AND STARTING GRAD SCHOOL THIS FALL!

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Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

This week, the Harvard Forest REU students enjoyed a tour of Dartmouth's campus. Canoeing/kayaking and the Hood Museum of Art were a hit!

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Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

July recap! The lab has been hard at work at the CLIFF experiment, the Black Gum Swamp, and in the Torrey Lab at Harvard Forest. Stay tuned for results!

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ESA Latin America & the Caribbean Chapter @esalatamcarib.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Congratulations to everyone who makes @esalatamcarib.bsky.social such an incredible community! 🌿 We're honored to be recognized with 4 awards at #ESA2026! 🏆 Chapter of the Year! 🏆 Chapter of Merit 🏆 Talking Heads 🏆 All the Things Stop by our table to meet our members and get involved!

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Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Stop by poster 302 to learn from @TheRhizarium about our new 🚵⛷️trail research project #esa2026

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Caroline Farrior @cfarrior.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Spread the word! My lab group is hosting a workshop tomorrow at #ESA2026: Ecological Theory for Everyone: A practical introduction to engaging with theory in your own research for those with little or no theoretical experience 1:30pm, Room 254B events.rdmobile.com/Sessions/Det...

A collage of theory figures: Trees searching for light, chaos from logistic growth, evolutionary analyses, stabilizing coexistence, and collective movement.

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Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Awards include 1. Chapter of Merit 2. Talking Heads in recognition of our monthly ConCiencia En Las Americas webinar 3. All the things award 4. Chapter of the Year 🎉 #ESA2026

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