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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Want to try forest LiDAR but don't know where to start? This new paper by Cushman et al. looks like a good introduction. 🧪🌳🌲https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecs2.70730

Data characteristics of light detection and ranging (lidar) data represented as (a) point clouds or (b) waveforms; common lidar-derived products describing (c) the canopy and ground height or (d) individual tree woody structure; and (e) an overview of common structural metrics that can be estimated with lidar across different scales, shown above the lidar platforms typically used to derive those metrics. The lidar platforms named at the bottom of each panel indicate the platforms typically capable of producing that data type. The most relevant platform types (ALS, airborne laser scanning; MLS, mobile laser scanning; SLS, spaceborne laser scanning; TLS, terrestrial laser scanning; ULS, unoccupied aerial system laser scanning) for each type of data or application are denoted at the bottom of each panel. Illustration credit: A. Rosen (original digital art).

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Johannes S. Mohr @johannesmohr.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

New publication alert! 🔔 How should we manage sites after drought-induced disturbances to support rapid forest recovery? Regeneration response to post-disturbance forest management in Central Europe Just published @jappliedecology.bsky.social

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WSL Umweltforschung @wslresearch.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

☀️🌲💻 #FreieStelle! PhD in #Umweltwissenschaften, #Forstwissenschaften oder #Fernerkundung? Ausgewiesene Erfahrung als #DataScientist? Unsere Forschungsgruppe GIS sucht eine/-n wissenschaftliche/-n Mitarbeiter/-in für Fernerkundung und Machine Learning: apply.refline.ch/273855/1875/... #ScienceJobs

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Kirsten Krüger @kirstenkrueger.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

These moments, when you see 3 1/2 years of work finished on 133 pages 😁

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Tommaso Jucker @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

New paper out today @currentbiology.bsky.social led by Toby Jackson and Lucy Beese shows the profound impact that liana cutting has on the structural recovery of logged tropical forests 📜 doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

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Alice Rosen @alice-rosen.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

The first paper from my PhD is now out in the world 🌲📖 Modelling forest dynamics using IPMs and repeat lidar doi.org/10.1002/rse2...

Pipeline for integrating lidar data with structured demographic models for ecological inference. (a) Forest populations are surveyed at appropriate time intervals with a lidar scanner to produce high-resolution 3D point clouds. Point clouds are processed into canopy height models (CHMs) and digital terrain models (DTMs). (b) Individual tree segmentation is performed using a CHM-based algorithm (e.g. Dalponte & Coomes, 2016). (c) Relevant environmental variables are derived. For example, TWI is an indicator of soil moisture accumulation (Kopecký et al., 2021) and is calculated from the DTM. Local competition is inferred from the canopy density surrounding each tree, using the CHM. (d) Trees are matched across time points using a crown-matching algorithm (Battison et al., 2024; Olsoy et al., 2024), before measuring changes in size and classifying mortalities. (e) Continuous traits (e.g. height and crown area) are evaluated for their ability to predict survival and growth across the life cycle. (f) Selected traits and environmental parameters are used to model the vital rates using regressions. (g) The integral projection model (IPM) is constructed based on the selected vital rate models and key life history traits (e.g. mean life expectancy, longevity, generation time) are calculated. (h) Finally, IPM outputs are analysed to test ecological hypotheses.

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

🌿A century of vegetation change in temperate mountain forests shows that shifts in plant diversity were driven mainly by the cessation of human management, not by recent climate changes🌲 #ForestEcology #GlobalChange 👉️ buff.ly/zB0SyRJ

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John Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

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Ecol. Solutions & Evidence | Applied Ecol. Resources @aer-ese-bes.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

We're accepting proposals for our Special Feature! We invite scientists and practitioners to share experiences from management projects that didn't go to plan, but still provided important insights into how best to manage ecosystems and species🌱 ⏰Submit by 30th April More here👇 buff.ly/EXXBFsJ

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Kirsten Krüger @kirstenkrueger.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

It is kinda refreshing to see that scientific discourse not just takes places at (sometimes exclusive) conferences and in (slow) paper publications, but also in other spheres of the internet: treesinspace.com/2026/01/29/h... Thank you @markuseichhorn.bsky.social for this fodder for thoughts!

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How I stopped believing in the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning consensus

The E120 Biodiversity Experiment at Cedar Creek in Minnesota, from their website. It all began with the best of intentions. By the time the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment was published in 2005, th…

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Kirsten Krüger @kirstenkrueger.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

A small window into PhD grind time. Loaded with coffee ☕️, tea 🍵 and interesting papers 📄

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Kirsten Krüger @kirstenkrueger.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Yey, a landscape science xkcd! 🤩🌎 A super reasonable question and great answer

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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

“we are trapping 21st-century minds inside 19th-century academic hierarchies.” This essay gets a lot right about problems with German science. I would add that the hierarchies and precarious contracts lead also to systemic abuse and scientific misconduct. open.substack.com/pub/realimag...

Germany does not lack talent, and it does not lack funding. But we are trapping 21st-century minds inside 19th-century academic hierarchies. We are asking brilliant young scientists to build the future of the German economy, but refusing to give them the lab space, the job security, or the scientific independence to actually do it. If we want to reclaim our place as an industrial superpower, we have to stop the rat race of trying to keep every technology and structure alive that made us successful in the 20th century. Instead, we must fix our system that pushes our most ambitious scientists away. The money is there. The talent can be there. Now, we also need the courage to fix what’s broken.

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Kirsten Krüger @kirstenkrueger.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

🔊Probably already one of my top 10 papers this year: @leoniegass.bsky.social compiled for 28 tree species high resolution forest regeneration maps across Germany from inventory data! 14.3% of forests have low regeneration density, 30.4% has low species richness 👉 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

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Mapping the next forest generation reveals multiple regeneration gaps across German forests

Our study provides the first nationwide, high-resolution assessment of forest regeneration, offering a valuable baseline for monitoring forest development. The regeneration density and indicator maps...

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Kirsten Krüger @kirstenkrueger.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Super insightful synthesis led by @juditlecinadiaz.bsky.social on recovery dynamics post distrubances globally 🌍🌱 Main insight: - Most studies look at short-term recovery - Self-replacement is common across biomes, suggesting limited adaption catalyzer effects of disturbances

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Kirsten Krüger @kirstenkrueger.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Looking forward to this adventure 😁

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

In recognition of us doing fuck all to reduce emissions, let me remind y'all that carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is useless unless we decarbonize drastically. rdcu.be/dbFbB

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Carbon dioxide removal is not a current climate solution — we need to change the narrative

Drastically reduce emissions first, or carbon dioxide removal will be next to useless.

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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Figure 1 in this paper is both informative and hillarious. The collider on self-perceived causal inference skill is too real

A directed acyclic graph (DAG) illustrating the three fundamental causal structures as well as a more complex path.

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Kirsten Krüger @kirstenkrueger.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I was priviliged enough to be part of this amazing study led by @mariapotterf.bsky.social! We see strong signs of post-distrubance regeneration across disturbance hotspots in central Europe 🌱🏆 BUT the species composition of the regeneration is not well adapted to future climate change 🌍🌡️

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Kirsten Krüger @kirstenkrueger.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

In Central Europe, forest management shapes post-disturbance recovery mostly through what’s left behind (disturbance legacies 🪵🌱) than impacting forest growth rates 📈 + Set-aside forests regrow canopy height as fast as managed forests New paper out in ForEcolMngt 🌳 doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...

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Kirsten Krüger @kirstenkrueger.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

I knew global remote-sensing products—especially forest maps—could differ, but I didn’t realize just how much. 🌍🌲🛰️ When comparing 10 different global forest cover datasets, they overlapped in only 26% of the area. 🤯 doi.org/10.1016/j.on... -> Choose your forest map wisely I say!

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Kirsten Krüger @kirstenkrueger.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

PhD defense traditions need to start at some point. We kicked off some new ones at the @edfm-tum.bsky.social chair 😉 First in line -> the one and only @christinadollinger.bsky.social 🥳 Congrats to this amazing defence Dr.Dollinger 💪🚀

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Kirsten Krüger @kirstenkrueger.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Super cool database compiled by Fabian J. Fischer (Uni Bristol/TUM)!

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Edge effects from deforestation in the Chaco! -> New paper out in @globalchangebio.bsky.social with Seba Torrella & @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social Marie Pratzer @aguiarse86.bsky.social @mariapiquerr.bsky.social Ruben Ginzburg Gregorio Gavier Pizarro @tkuemmerle.bsky.social tinyurl.com/2nh7kjkj

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Killer tortoises! I showed this in my island biology lecture yesterday and it shocked the students 😱 Here's the paper describing the behaviour: www.cell.com/current-biol... 🧪🌏

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together. I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.

Image of Charles Darwin quotes, with the recipient of the letter and the date the letter was written. He said "I hate every wave of the ocean" to W.D. Fox on 15 February 1836, "Oh my God how I do hate species and varieties" to J.D. Hooker in 11 March 1858, "I am very tired, very stomachy, and hate nearly the whole world" to Thomas Huxley on 10 September 1860, "I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything" to Charles Lyell on 1 October 1861, "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" to John Lubbock on 3 September 1862, and "I am languid and bedeviled and hate writing and hate everybody" to J.D. Hooker on 23 June 1863.

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Kirsten Krüger @kirstenkrueger.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Forests need to change to keep or take in more carbon! Fantastic and insightful paper led by the genius @christinadollinger.bsky.social

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Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

As climate and disturbance regimes change, forest reorganization is key to maintain the forest carbon sink. Great new work led by @christinadollinger.bsky.social w/ @monicagturner.bsky.social, @akkym.bsky.social and many others. dx.doi.org/10.1029/2025...

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Save the date! 48th New Phytologist Symposium: Forest interactions 📅 13–16 October 2026 📍 Leysin, Switzerland www.newphytologist.org/events/48-nps #PlantScience

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Forest interactions

Explore plant interactions in forest environments at all levels from micro- to macro-scales and across the whole spectrum of plant biology.

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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The mainstream aim to restore “native reference ecosystems” Reminds me of people of my age who go to see touring bands from their youth Trying to recreate something that never quite existed And has limited relevance in a changing world doi.org/10.1111/ecog...

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Future restoration should enhance ecological complexity and emergent properties at multiple scales

Ecological restoration has a paradigm of re-establishing ‘indigenous reference' communities. One resulting concern is that focussing on target communities may not necessarily create systems which fun...

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Climate warming is generally making trees grow faster, but the greater effect is that tree growth is becoming more unpredictable, creating a threat to the stability of forests. New paper by Li & He (2026). 🧪🌏🌐🌲🌳

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Variation in Tree Growth Increases With Global Warming

In recent decades, considerable research has focused on the long-term trend of tree growth rates under global warming, yet little attention has been paid to trends in high-frequency tree growth varia...

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Ana Stritih @anastritih.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

"Closer-to-nature" forest management has been proposed as a way to reconcile biodiversity and ecosystem services, especially under a changing climate. But can it work? And how strong is the evidence? In this paper, we synthesized knowledge from Central Europe: doi.org/10.1007/s407...

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Can “Closer-to-Nature” Forest Management Sustain Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in an Uncertain Future? Lessons from Central Europe - Current Forestry Reports

Purpose of Review Forests produce timber, mitigate climate change and provide important habitats; yet their capacity to provide these services under rapid global change is uncertain. “Closer-to-nature...

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Kirsten Krüger @kirstenkrueger.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

One fire might not be a problem for forests - multiple fires can become a problem - super important and insightful paper by @albavianasoto.bsky.social on mapping and analyzing reburn occurence in the forests of southern Europe 🌲🔥🌳🔥

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Kirsten Krüger @kirstenkrueger.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I feel extremely privileged to do a PhD in the first place and even more with such an amazing and fun crowd 💫 Thanks to everyone for this amazing writing retreat with the @edfm-tum.bsky.social PhDs!

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Kirsten Krüger @kirstenkrueger.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

For a change some good news, as a lot of people are working on this world to get better 💨 ☀️💪 -> electricity is Germany is getter cleaner and cheaper

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Kirsten Krüger @kirstenkrueger.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

The @edfm-tum.bsky.social PhDs visited the Šumava Nationalpark today 🇨🇿🌲 Thank you a lot to Pavel Becka for guiding us through this beautiful forest in winter coating ❄️🌲❄️ and answering all our curious questions! We talked about regeneration, disturbances and the park‘s (landuse) history

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 28/01/2026

Early Arthropods xkcd.com/3199/

3-panel comic. (1) [Three small arthropods on ocean floor.] ARTHROPOD 1: Now that we’re multicellular, what are your plans? I’m gonna evolve little legs and swim around with them! ARTHROPOD 2: I’m gonna evolve sharp pincers and use them to crunch stuff! ARTHROPOD 3: I’m gonna evolve glands to make string from my butt and use it to construct elaborate geometric nets hundreds of times my size to catch other animals. (2) [Silence] (3) ARTHROPOD 1: *Dude.* ARTHROPOD 2: Can you *please* just be normal about this? ARTHROPOD 3: *What??!*

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Kirsten Krüger @kirstenkrueger.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Post-disturbance recovery is not the same across the alps: Warmer temperatures support recovery in the Central and Eastern Alps but hinder it in the Southwest Alps. Amazing work led by @lisa-mandl.bsky.social et al. doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 21/01/2026

How long would you survive with no DNA? What the latest What If? video in collaboration with @minuteearth.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3oL...

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How long would you survive with no DNA?

YouTube video by xkcd's What If?

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Sebastian Seibold @sebseibold.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

HIRING! We are looking for a new PhD student to work on insects in deadwood, effects of microclimate and land use. This is part of the Biodiversity Exploratories @bexplo.bsky.social and will use a new experiment using rain-out shelters in different regions of Germany. EU driver´s licence required.

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Tommaso Jucker @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Massive update to the Global Wood Density Database out today @newphyt.bsky.social led by the brilliant Fabian Fischer. What an amazing community resource! 🧪🍁🌐 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

PCA is one of those techniques that sounds unreasonable (yeah sure we all want to fit a p-dimensional ellipsoid to our data) but turns out to be a reasonable solution to a wide range of problems. Also: I do hope stackexchange has been archived, because it is my gen's library of alexandria

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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Getting my new slides in shape. I have it on good authority that the typeface I have chosen is "woke" (aka sans serif)

title slide for Statistical Rethinking 2026 Lecture 1: Introduction to Bayesian workflow. The typeface is Atkinson Hyperlegible, a very readable sans serif typeface.

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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

I love these @jocelynanderson.bsky.social tufties, peak performance

joke cover of magazine "BQ" (Bird Quarterly) with a tufted titmouse looking powerful and tufty.

Text: TUFTED TITMOUSE, What Peak Performance Looks Like.

Text at bottom: PLUS Peanuts | Nests | String | Cats | Bird Friendly Spas | Watches

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Tommaso Jucker @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

🚨Paper alert🚨 Check out Beibei Zhang's latest work out today @royalsocietypublishing.org where we track the 3D structural recovery of Australia's Great Western Woodlands following wildfires over a chronosequence spanning half a millenia!🌳🛰️🔥🧪 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

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Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Calling on all forest disturbance experts: Please consider contributing to our study on global forest disturbance change, and help resolve the nuances of changing forest disturbance regimes. More details and survey here: www.lss.ls.tum.de/edfm/disturb...

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Kirsten Krüger @kirstenkrueger.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Was looking for a good brain break between work sessions and ended upstarting the @edfm-tum.bsky.social PhD Break Challenge: Finish the Arboretum puzzle 🌳🧩

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Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Disturbed areas are preferential habitat for red deer throughout the day, because they combine forage with safety. Great insights from combining remotely sensed disturbance data with GPS collar data in Berchtesgaden National Park, led by J. Eggers and R. Reiner, doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...

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