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Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology (LEVeg) 🌾

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Researching tropical grassy ecosystems and fire ecology at UNESP 🇧🇷 | Coordenated by @alefidelis.bsky.social‬ | Posts by @gabrieladezotti.bsky.social‬ | #FireEcology #VegetationEcology #SavannaEcology

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Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology (LEVeg) 🌾 @leveg.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
In late June, some LEVeg members joined the #68thIAVS Symposium in Gijón! We presented some of our new research and ideas and took part in great discussions on vegetation science. Thank you, @iavs5.bsky.social
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Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology (LEVeg) 🌾 @leveg.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Congratulations to our master's student @luizmiguel.bsky.social for winning the 2026 Wayne Harrison Memorial Scholarship (AFE)! 🎉🔥 We are so proud of you and your project! Let's keep up this amazing work.
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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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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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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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Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology (LEVeg) 🌾 @leveg.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Pós-Doc | Postdoc position 🇧🇷 Modelos ecológicos de vegetação e dinâmica para risco de incêndio e manejo 🇺🇸 Ecological and dynamic vegetation models for fire risk and management 🗓️ Aplique até/Deadline: 25/01/2026 ➡️ Início/Start: 10/03/2026 📍 USP, São Paulo, Brasil 🔗 fapesp.br/oportunidade...
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Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology (LEVeg) 🌾 @leveg.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Seed sorting of native Cerrado species 🌱 #seedscience #seedecology #seeds
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Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology (LEVeg) 🌾 @leveg.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
🔥 Postdoc: Biota-Cerrado on Fire (FAPESP) 3-yr position at LEVeg/Unesp (Brazil) on fire, open ecosystems & functional ecology. Pós-Doc (3 anos) sobre fogo, ecossistemas abertos e ecologia funcional. 📅 Deadline/Prazo: 30/11/25 🔗 Apply/Inscreva-se: fapesp.br/oportunidade... #Postdoc #FireEcology
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Charles University, Faculty of Science @sciencecharles.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
🌱 New framework in plant ecology! Researchers propose 6 Belowground Persistence Types (BPTs) — classifying plants by woodiness, clonality, and resprouting ability. This whole-plant view reveals how species persist after disturbance and could reshape how we study resilience. 🔗 buff.ly/LgaPglR (MK)
Hypothesized distribution of the belowground persistence types along a gradient of disturbance return time with hump-shaped (first increasing and then decreasing) investment in resprouting (highlighted by intensity of shading). The disturbance return time ranges from less than a year to many decades. source: original paper
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
🔥🌱 From the #AJB Special Issue: “Understanding novel #fire regimes using plant trait‐based approaches" 🌱🔥 Changes in plant flammability-related traits to fire regime characteristics & biomass conditions in the #Cerrado By Vagner Zanzarini, Davi Rossatto & Alessandra Fidelis doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
A photograph of the Cerrado landscape, showing the open savanna formation and its rich herbaceous layer with different species of grasses, forbs, and small shrubs.
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
🔥🌱 From the upcoming #AJB Special Issue: “Understanding novel #fire regimes using plant trait‐based approaches" 🌱🔥 Modifications in fire frequency impact belowground plant components in old-growth grasslands, posing risks to their resilience doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... @leveg.bsky.social
Campos Rupestres landscape with open-field vegetation. On the right, two images show belowground organs: above, samples of belowground bud-bearing organs; below, samples of fine roots.
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Alessandra Fidelis @alefidelis.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
The Cerrado is really amazing! Post-fire flowering is one of the most interesting and beautiful fire response! It is not a response of a specific species or family! Bulbostylis paradoxa never fails and can be seen flowering already 18 hs after fire! @leveg.bsky.social @programabiota.bsky.social
Bulbostylis paradoxa flowering 24 hs afrer fire18 and 24 hs after fire!
Cuphea spermacoceTurnera incana
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Alessandra Fidelis @alefidelis.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
We just did the 153th burn since 2013 in our plots! In each burn we measured different fire parameters like fire intensity, fuel load, fire temperature, etc. Thanks to all students, local people and the fire brigade who helped in all experimental fires! @leveg.bsky.social @programabiota.bsky.social
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Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology (LEVeg) 🌾 @leveg.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
🔥New review in WIREs Climate Change Proud to highlight the participation of Dr. Davi Rossatto, PI of the Biota-Cerrado on Fire Project (FAPESP 2023/16620-0). 👉 doi.org/10.1002/wcc.... #Cerrado #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #Savanna
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Gabriela Dezotti @gabrieladezotti.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Exciting week seeing some beautiful Cerrado seeds germinate and learning a lot from the best, @heloizazirondi.bsky.social @leveg.bsky.social 🌱
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Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology (LEVeg) 🌾 @leveg.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Smoke experiments going on in our lab! #SeedEcology #FireEcology #Seeds
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Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology (LEVeg) 🌾 @leveg.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
🔥 Mujeres del Fuego Sudamérica | Mulheres do Fogo da América do Sul 🔥 Una red de mujeres unidas por la ecología del fuego y su valor cultural. Uma rede de mulheres unidas pela ecologia do fogo e seu valor cultural. 💫 Únete/Participe: shre.ink/t8I0
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Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology (LEVeg) 🌾 @leveg.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
What a week! In the last feel days LEVeg attend the 67th IAVS Symposium in Greeley, Colorado. Amazing experience — hope to see you all next year in Gijón! @iavs5.bsky.social @alefidelis.bsky.social @marcochiminazzo.bsky.social @gabrieladezotti.bsky.social
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Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology (LEVeg) 🌾 @leveg.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Our master's student presented his poster at Pheno 2025 last week. Congrats, @fealvarez.bsky.social — we're proud of you!
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Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology (LEVeg) 🌾 @leveg.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Check out the new paper by our PhD student @marcochiminazzo.bsky.social (EN) Important implications for ecosystem functioning in fire-prone and disturbance-driven systems🔥 (PT) Novo artigo do aluno de doutorado do LEVeg: ecossistemas expostos ao fogo e a distúrbios🔥 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.pp...
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Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology (LEVeg) 🌾 @leveg.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Dr. Aline Bombo (@alinebombo.bsky.social), post doc in our lab, is now an affiliated professor in the Plant Biology postgrad program at UNICAMP! She’s advising MSc and PhD students, for more details check out the pictures . 📩 Contact: alinebbombo@gmail.com 🔗 CV (Lattes): lnkd.in/d8xuQbQb
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Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology (LEVeg) 🌾 @leveg.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
(EN) Exciting new publication with the participation of @alefidelis.bsky.social. Don’t miss it! (PT) Nova publicação com a participação de @alefidelis.bsky.social. Não perca!
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Tim Curran @timcurran.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Very excited to see this paper out! Led by @schwilk.org, with @azhar06.bsky.social @ecologybrad.bsky.social @rachaelnolan.bsky.social @alefidelis.bsky.social @ioliverasmenor.bsky.social @dendromecon27.bsky.social @profalistairsmith.bsky.social bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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From plant traits to fire behavior: Scaling issues in flammability studies
Despite fire being one of the oldest and most important ecological disturbance processes on Earth, many aspects of fire–vegetation feedbacks are poorly understood, limiting their accurate representat...
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Alessandra Fidelis @alefidelis.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
II Seminário Regional do Manejo Integrado do Fogo: local event, organized by the volunteer fire brigade of Cavalcante, where everyone can talk about their favorite topic: working with fire. Scientist, society, government, traditional peoples and volunteers.
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Alessandra Fidelis @alefidelis.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Yesterday the BRIVAC, a volunteer fire brigade, did a prescribed fire during the II Seminário Regional do Manejo Integrado do Fogo. In Brazil, local volunteers are essential for the success of fire management, including during wildfires. Bravo BRIVAC!
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