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Lesley Lancaster

@lancasterlt.bsky.social
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Professor of biology at U Aberdeen. Senior editor of J Animal Ecology. Into macroecology, biogeography, genomics, niche evolution, odonates, plants, global change biology. Here for the science 🦋

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Sam Yeaman @samyeaman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I'm looking to hire a postdoc to work on the RepAdapt + MacroMar projects, analysing genomic data from >130 species of plants, animals, and fungi (VCFs are processed, ready to go). Lots of potential for creativity and collaboration! yeamanlab.weebly.com/uploads/5/7/...
Picture shows fireweed in foreground and Mt. Lougheed in background
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Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
🚨 new Special Feature! 📝 the collection, edited by David Fisher and Natalie Pilakouta, aimed to explore how organisms plasticly alter their social behaviour in response to environmental variation. 🐒 read the full collection here: buff.ly/iWJVFw5 🎙️ and listen to the podcast here: buff.ly/qGycB98
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Emília Santos @emiliapsantos.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
🎨 job alert 🐠 Come join us! We have two positions open! These are part of our @erc.europa.eu funded project on the mechanisms underpinning convergence of colour patterns in cichlid fishes! Closing date: 16th August. Postdoc: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc... Technician: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
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Callipterus Cichlid Collecting Shell
ALT: Callipterus Cichlid Collecting Shell
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Nathan Butterworth @butterworthbugs.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Do you like invertebrates with small geographic ranges? Join our symposium at this years Australian Entomological Society @austentsoc.bsky.social "Short-range endemism in Australian invertebrates: Patterns, problems, and conservation imperatives" Abstracts due July 30th! event.mq.edu.au/aes2026/
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Çağlar Akçay @caglarakcay.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
New preprint on the avian vampire flies in Galapagos Islands: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Andy Murdock @andymurdock.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Botany friends: cool job alert. We're searching for a new Director for the UC & Jepson Herbaria here at UC Berkeley. Share with nice people. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05405 🌿🌺🌵
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Associate/Full Professor- Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics- Integrative Biology, and Director- University of California Berkeley Herbaria
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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Lesley Lancaster @lancasterlt.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Fantastic opportunity to contribute to Scottish biodiversity in a role with @naturescot.bsky.social ejki.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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1002-399 Trends and Indicators Analysis Officer - D Grade - July 2026
Job Title: 1002-399 Trends and Indicators Analysis Officer | Grade: D | Hours: 35 Vacancy type: Permanent |Salary £41,567 | Location: NatureScot offices, home or hybrid | Closing date: Midnight 23 Jul...
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Lesley Lancaster @lancasterlt.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
👀 #Evol2026 #SMBE2026
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Don't forget to submit a proposal for our latest special feature 👉 Time-dependency in Micro- and Macroevolutionary Rates 🌍 🧪 Deadline for proposals is the 10th July, and paper submission will be due in February 2027⏰️ Find out more and submit a proposal 👇 buff.ly/2yt4RLt
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Josephine (Josie) Paris @josieparis.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Philos. Trans. R. Soc. B. issue on negative frequency-dependent selection (NFDS) is out! royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3... So excited to read the articles in here!
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Volume 381 Issue 1952 | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B | The Royal Society
Influential themed journal issues across the life sciences.
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Lesley Lancaster @lancasterlt.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Funding-guaranteed PhD position in plant ecosphysiology and macroecology: data synthesis and tropical fieldwork opportunities. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Plant thermal tolerances across scales: from a single tree to global trends at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Plant thermal tolerances across scales: from a single tree to global trends at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com
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Jayme Lewthwaite, PhD @jaymelewthwaite.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Getting understudied taxonomic groups the conservation attention they need can be difficult. Luckily, our new paper shows that community occupancy modelling can reconstruct distribution trends for these species, and help with species-at-risk listing decisions www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Multi-species modelling to improve conservation decision-making for understudied taxonomic groups
The rapid and ongoing loss of global biodiversity has led to more species in need of legal protection, and an increasing emphasis on evaluating extinc…
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Lesley Lancaster @lancasterlt.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Please share this PhD position in my group - guaranteed funding for a home/UK resident student. (i.e., non competition). Damselfly genetics, plus travel opportunities, fieldwork, and policy internship. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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QUARTILES DLA CASE: Comparative population genomics of charismatic wetland species: delivering genetic diversity indicators for biodiversity monitoring at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - QUARTILES DLA CASE: Comparative population genomics of charismatic wetland species: delivering genetic diversity indicators for biodiversity monitoring at University of Aberdeen , listed...
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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 09/04/2026
Methods in Ecology and Evolution has a new special feature that is open for proposals!
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
We're looking for proposals for our recent special feature! 🌍 🧪 Contributions will explore empirical evidence, methodological challenges, and statistical frameworks for detecting and interpreting rate variation over time 🕰️ ⏰️1st May deadline! Find out more and submit here 👉 buff.ly/cVDgT51
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Lesley Lancaster @lancasterlt.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Congrats @vicgillman.bsky.social!! Thank you for involving me in your awesome project!
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Lesley Lancaster @lancasterlt.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Please share this PhD position in my group - guaranteed funding for a home/UK resident student. (i.e., non competition). Damselfly genetics, plus travel opportunities, fieldwork, and policy internship. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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QUARTILES DLA CASE: Comparative population genomics of charismatic wetland species: delivering genetic diversity indicators for biodiversity monitoring at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - QUARTILES DLA CASE: Comparative population genomics of charismatic wetland species: delivering genetic diversity indicators for biodiversity monitoring at University of Aberdeen , listed...
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/03/2026
Evolutionary biology colleagues: please consider to submit a title and Abstract suggestion to our forthcoming theme issue in "Methods in Ecology & Evolution" on time-dependency in micro- and macroevolutionary rates […]
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Joe Hanly @hanliconius.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
I've just had a jaw-to-the-floor moment with this new paper from the Hines lab. They describe a yellow-white switch in bees, which maps to the same TF as the yellow-white switch in Colias butterflies, previously described by the @chriswheat.bsky.social lab. journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...
A map of anatolia, indicating the spatial distribution of yellow and white bees. Figure 1 from https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-13596-2
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Lesley Lancaster @lancasterlt.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
These results are so cool!! It was a pleasure to chat with @hybridzones.bsky.social at GRC speciation last year, and extra exciting to now get to read the paper! Congratulations on a fantastic discovery.
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Amanda Bretman @amandabretman.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
📣 JOBS!!! We're looking for new colleagues in the School of Biology @bioscienceleeds.bsky.social - two associate profs (plant sci and animal biology) and a lecturer (ecology/zoology)... jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
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Amanda Bretman @amandabretman.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Happy to be able to share our review of the consequences of rising temperatures on animal fertility, led by @rhondasnook.bsky.social with @liamdougherty.bsky.social and Claudia Fricke. Research is getting active in this area but there's still a lot of unknowns... rdcu.be/e7uGm
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The consequences of rising temperatures for animal fertility
Nature Reviews Biodiversity - Thermal stress reduces fertility in animals at temperatures below lethal, yet these sublethal effects remain underrepresented in biodiversity forecasts. This Review...
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Conservation Biology Göttingen @consbiogoe.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Ready to start your own lab? Interested in #GlobalChange,#Biodiversity and #Ecosystem#Resilience? Join us in Göttingen - we are looking for a (female) Junior Research Group Leader in #EcologicalNovelty. Attractive conditions, see euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/415857 - please share widely if you can!
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/03/2026
Please join me and my colleagues at the Department of Biology, #LundUniversity in #Sweden! We have an open position as Associate Senior Lecturer in Molecular Microbiology. Open for all who defended their PhD within the last 7 years. Deadline to apply: April 28 2026. More information and link […]
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Lesley Lancaster @lancasterlt.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Fascinating article- exciting times!
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Nature @nature.com · 04/03/2026
Nature research paper: Limited thermal tolerance in tropical insects and its genomic signature go.nature.com/4ua5R82
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Limited thermal tolerance in tropical insects and its genomic signature - Nature
A survey of tropical insect populations and thermal tolerance limits indicates that species from lowland areas have low capacity to survive increased temperatures, and that thermal tolerance is limited by fundamental properties of protein architecture.
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Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
🤝 we're recruiting an Associate Blog Editor! 📝 join us in identifying, commissioning, and editing blog posts for Animal Ecology in Focus 🐝 more information on the role and how to apply can be found here: buff.ly/I9Kf6Er
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Lesley Lancaster @lancasterlt.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
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Early Career Recruitment Bursary - Ecology, Evolution, and Ecophysiology
<br>The Ecology, Evolution, and Ecophysiology Research Clusters within the School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen (Scotland) are pleased to offer an Early Career Recruitment Bursary. We...
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Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
🚨 we're looking for Associate Editors to join our editorial board! 🐜 join some of the world's best animal ecologists and get the chance to handle exceptional submissions to our journal 📝 deadline is 8 March - more information can be found below: buff.ly/MzIXj6U
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Lesley Lancaster @lancasterlt.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Exciting findings in the side-blotched lizard system, which I studied for my PhD. It was a joy working with several of these authors all those years ago, and especially the late great Barry Sinervo, who would have loved to see and help interpret these results. 👏👏👏👏
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Lesley Lancaster @lancasterlt.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
*Guaranteed funding* PhD opportunity in my group. Work with damselflies, UN global biodiversity targets, genetic data, and NatureScot policy groups; the project will advance comparative population genetics and provide evidence feeding directly to policy. www.findaphd.com/phds/project....
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QUARTILES DLA CASE: Genetic diversity and adaptation: Developing indicators for national and international policy at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - QUARTILES DLA CASE: Genetic diversity and adaptation: Developing indicators for national and international policy at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com
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Fredrik Jutfelt 🐠 @jutfelt.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
The Thermal Ecology Alliance is approaching 1000 members! Join here: www.thermalecologyalliance.org/participation
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Pablo Garcia-Diaz @pablo-ecology.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
High-resolution land-use maps from 1960 to 2100 🌎🧪 🌐 www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...
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High-resolution land-use maps from 1960 to 2100
Harmonized land-use and land-cover datasets that include past and future periods are key to solving sustainability issues, such as climate change and biodiversity loss. However, existing harmonized pr...
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Lesley Lancaster @lancasterlt.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Exciting new data on movement strategies of high-Andean bird pollinators, using a novel radio telemetry grid system in a challenging and complex environment! Amazing work by @cristinaruedau.bsky.social. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Jonathan Lenoir 🌳🌲🌴 @jonlen.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
On Thursday 11th December, at 3 PM CET, we will present results from our #CESAB working group #BIOSHIFTS on species range shifts in response to climate change 🌡📈🌳🦔🦉🐝🦎🐟🐚🦈 CESABINAR #12 Find the Zoom link on the webpage of #FRB below & attend 😊 shorturl.at/p7J2R @frbiodiv.bsky.social 🧪🌐🌍🌎🌏🏔⛰️🗻
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Kara Layton @molluscular.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
I’m so thrilled to share @vicgillman.bsky.social first first-author paper just published in Conservation Genetics 🎉🧬🦪 (not a FW mussel). This is just the tip of the iceberg of what’s to come from Victoria - stay tuned! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Genomic evidence of local adaptation in Scottish freshwater pearl mussels - Conservation Genetics
Conservation Genetics - Climate change is a global threat that is already impacting populations and species across diverse ecosystems. Local adaptation of populations, identified through...
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Jonathan Drury @jonathanpdrury.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Looking for a PhD opportunity? I'm hoping to recruit someone to my group at Durham University to work on a project combining fieldwork and labwork to study speciation in rubyspot damselflies: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships... Get in touch if you want to chat!
The Durham cathedralA male smoky rubyspot damselfly
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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 26/11/2025
At the BES, we believe cost should not be a barrier to publishing. We have outlined how you can use resources like funding, waivers and agreements – including our own BES waivers – that cover the fees for processing and publishing your research.   Find out more here👇 
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Publish open access with the BES - British Ecological Society
At the BES, we believe cost should not be a barrier to publishing. Find out how you can get your open access fees covered here.
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Department of Biology, Lund University @biologylu.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
We're hiring! A Post-doctoral fellow in Eco-evolutionary shifts in bumblebee communities. You will be working within @beccsweden.bsky.social w/ Professor Bengt Hansson at The Department of Biology. 👉https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:867222/ Please apply no later than 19 December!
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Lesley Lancaster @lancasterlt.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
*Guaranteed funding* PhD opportunity in my group. Work with damselflies, UN global biodiversity targets, genetic data, and NatureScot policy groups; the project will advance comparative population genetics and provide evidence feeding directly to policy. www.findaphd.com/phds/project....
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QUARTILES DLA CASE: Genetic diversity and adaptation: Developing indicators for national and international policy at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - QUARTILES DLA CASE: Genetic diversity and adaptation: Developing indicators for national and international policy at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com
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Matt Koski @mattkoski.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
phenotypic selection on flower thermoregulation depends on air temperature. huuuuge effort by many lab members past and present. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Temperature‐dependent pollinator‐mediated selection on floral thermoregulation
The thermal environment is one of the most pervasive agents of selection. Most plants cannot choose their microclimate, so understanding how they cope with thermal variability is of critical concern...
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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
You and the text you need to trim in order to meet the word limit
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International Union of Forest Research Organizations - IUFRO @iufro.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
#job at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU): Professor in Forest Entomology Duty station: Uppsala, Sweden Closing date: extended to 1 December 2025 www.slu.se/en/about-slu... #ForestScience #ForestResearch #entomology
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Florian Hartig @florianhartig.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Consider joining our session at the World Biodiversity Forum (WBF) 2026 in Davos: Spatial models for biodiversity: Exploring state-of-the-art applications Details and abstract submission are here meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/WBF2026/sess...
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Session IND11
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Fabricio Villalobos @fabrovillalobos.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Hot off the press! From the PhD thesis of @lopezreyeska.bsky.social where we explored the connection between biogeographic processes and climatic niche dynamics in spiny lizards 👇
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Lesley Lancaster @lancasterlt.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Submit your article proposals now, for our new special feature on Snow Ecology ❄️🏔️🐇 @animalecology.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...
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Journal of Animal Ecology Call for Proposals Implications of Changing Snowscapes for Animal Ecology
<em>Journal of Animal Ecology</em> publishes animal ecology research that advances ecological theory, generates ecological insights, or addresses broad ecological principles.
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Owen Atkin @owenatkin.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Congrats to @bposch.bsky.social for leading the writing of the New Phytologist Tansley Review on High‐temperature acclimation of photosystem II in land plants. @newphyt.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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High‐temperature acclimation of photosystem II in land plants
The effect of high temperature on plant performance and survival is a topic of great interest given the ongoing rise in global heatwave frequency, duration, and intensity. The temperature at which ph...
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Owen Atkin @owenatkin.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Save the date! 47th New Phytologist Symposium on 'Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life'. Explore how extreme heat affects plants that underpin ecosystem productivity. 2-5 June 2026, Cordoba, Spain. @newphyt.bsky.social www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
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Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life
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Sean Michaletz @seanmichaletz.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Submit an abstract to our #EGU2026 session "Microclimate Variation and Heat Impacts on Vegetation: From Molecules to the Biosphere"(meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...) @kalimiddleby.bsky.social @santiagotrueba.bsky.social @sonyageange.bsky.social @egu.eu @egubg.bsky.social @hs.egu.eu
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