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Catherine Hulshof @hulshof.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Can we drop imported seasons? Celebrating otoño in the tropics? Instead: 🌀 Chak Iik'al (Mayan): season of furious winds/storms. 🌧️ Yoka-Hu’s Rest (Taíno): fading solar energy gives way to torrential rains and not pissing off Guabancex (Lady of the Winds/Hurricanes) y claro aguacates.

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Martin Dovciak🌳🌱🌻 @dovciak-lab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

🌿 New paper! The forest herb layer can account for up to 80% of plant diversity, yet remains understudied. I’m glad to have contributed to this Yale-led collaboration identifying 100 questions to advance forest herb-layer ecology. What did we miss? 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Pablo López Bustamante @pablolopezbust.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Thanks!! 💚🎉🎊 Incredible and unmatched experience being part of the "Biodiversity Research Lab" at VCU and being mentored by the best ever PhD advisor, @hulshof.bsky.social. Tons of learning, science, and fun!

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

My quote of the day You are growing into consciousness, and my wish for you is that you feel no need to constrict yourself to make other people comfortable. Ta-Nehisi Coates

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Catherine Hulshof @hulshof.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Happy to co-develop ideas related to machine learning, AI and tropical phenology for NSF's PRFB call. We are part of @cu-esiil.bsky.social tropical phenology working group VERDE, and have excellent starting resources, data, and questions to explore. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

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Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Still thinking about this (from @ferrisjabr.bsky.social 's Becoming Earth): "a single gallon of gasoline represents 100 tonnes of ancient life, roughly equivalent to 20 adult elephants". I knew it was big, but never worked it out. A tank of petrol is a LOT of ancient life. +1 reason to electrify!

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Martin Dovciak🌳🌱🌻 @dovciak-lab.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

🍁Spring is in full swing but early-flowering forest plants—“spring ephemerals”—like skunk cabbage, trout lily, & Dutchman’s breeches are facing warming climate & high deer pressure as I & others discuss in this new piece👇 #EARTHWEEK2026 @sunyesf.bsky.social greatmountainforest.org/the-understu...

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The Understudied Understory: Spring Ephemerals and the Changing Forest

A walk in the woods in April can feel confusing. The twiggy canopy and leaf-brown forest floor look like November, while the bright sun seems to indicate summer has arrived. During this brief window ...

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Pablo López Bustamante @pablolopezbust.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Pringamosa, Malamujer, Bull nettle, whatever you call it, it’s left us all with some itchy, "warm" memories from the field. 🌿 Check out this short story on Cnidoscolus urens, a beautiful herb of the tropical dry forest! 🎙️#scicomm #tropicalecology @phippsconservatory.bsky.social

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Catherine Hulshof @hulshof.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Pablo just keeps hitting it out of the park. 🎉@pablolopezbust.bsky.social youtu.be/2x9k4407jsI?... #scicomm #tropicalecology @phippsconservatory.bsky.social

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Herbs in Action Pablo Lopez Bustamente, Bull nettle

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Catherine Hulshof @hulshof.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

New lab pub from Proyecto ALTA in ACG, Costa Rica: Forest type and leaf habit mediate thermal and drought tolerance across a tropical elevational gradient #NSF doi.org/10.1111/1365...

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Forest type and leaf habit mediate thermal and drought tolerance across a tropical elevational gradient

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

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Martin Dovciak🌳🌱🌻 @dovciak-lab.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

🌎🌐🍁It’s been a pleasure to work with @pablolopezbust.bsky.social @nybg.bsky.social! The data on dry tropical forest seed traits that he assembled @hulshof.bsky.social lab @ VCU with the help of our undergrads @sunyesf.bsky.social is invaluable. What a great experience for the students too!

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Pablo López Bustamante @pablolopezbust.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

What a great experience! With Martin’s support @dovciak-lab.bsky.social and a wonderful collaboration, we measured seed masses for around 9,000 seeds and over 1,000 tropical dry forest species at the NYBG herbarium @nybg.bsky.social. Thanks so much, Martin! 🌿🔬"

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Pablo López Bustamante @pablolopezbust.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Thanks so much! Great mentor and collaborator. I really enjoyed working with you and the students. What a great experience!

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Pablo López Bustamante @pablolopezbust.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Thanks so much! It's been such an amazing experience working under the guidance of Dr. Hulshof @hulshof.bsky.social. Her support has been incredible in helping me to pull these project ideas off and become a scientist. #BiodiversityResearchLab #SeedEcology #LatinxInStem #TropicalForest 🌎🌿🌵

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Pablo López Bustamante @pablolopezbust.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

🌿🌵🎶 Ecucha el sonido del bosques! Gracias por compartir!for #DataSonification #ForestSound #ForestEcology #Science+Art #SciComm

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Pablo López Bustamante @pablolopezbust.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

🌿🌵🎶 listen to the forest succession sound! Thanks for spreading the word! #DataSonification #ForestSound #ForestEcology #Science+Art #SciComm

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Martin Dovciak🌳🌱🌻 @dovciak-lab.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

🌎🌐🍁Exciting experiment completed! 🌱 Our lab helped MS student Daniel Wehner wrap up a greenhouse study on how arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculum from understory plants may aid sugar maple seedling establishment in high-elevation ectomycorrhizal forests under climate warming. Stay tuned for results!

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ESA Latin America & the Caribbean Chapter @esalatamcarib.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

🐝Learn about insects and climate change in our next webinar! 🦋Aprende sobre insectos y cambio climático en nuestro próximo webinar. 🐞Aprenda sobre insetos e mudanças climáticas no nosso próximo webinar. 📅 Marzo 18 | ⏰ 12 PM EST 🔗 Más info: forms.gle/cAxq3Yum5Dgf... @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social

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Jeff Atkins @atkinsjeff.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Inside Appalachia is hiring storytellers across the region as part of their Folkways Storytelling Corps. Super cool program if you are interested: wvpublic.org/about-us/job...

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Inside Appalachia Folkways Reporting Corps (Contract)

Organization: West Virginia Public BroadcastingLocation: RemoteEmployment Type: Contract The Inside Appalachia team is expanding its Folkways Reporting

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Catherine Hulshof @hulshof.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Nearly 50% of Earth's land cover and upwards of 70% of Biodiversity Hotspots are extreme environments. Yet many ecological theories fail in these habitats. Here, we explain why and showcase what extreme environments can tell us in a world of new extremes. #Fulbright dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...

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Extreme environments in a world of new extremes

Extreme environments, whether defined by climate, soils, or disturbance, at landscape or micro-scales, are prevalent across Earth's surface and have long served as crucibles for ecological and evolut...

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

👀 Global maps of 37 plant #FunctionalTraits as defined in the TRY Plant Trait Database with a resolution of 1 km and a global extent 🌐🧪 📏🧮🌮 global-traits.projects.earthengine.app/view/global-...

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Citizen science-powered global trait maps

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Martin Dovciak🌳🌱🌻 @dovciak-lab.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

🌐🌎 Conspecific adult trees interact w/microsites to affect forest regeneration across climate-sensitive temperate-to-boreal forest biome transitions as shown by @nathankiel.bsky.social in an insightful analysis of our extensive forest demography data @sunyesf.bsky.social. Link in comments.

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Jeff Atkins @atkinsjeff.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Looking for some interesting ecological data sets for some class projects. Want to go past the typical sets and expand some options. Ideally not large but not tiny, no time series, and include at least three factors. Let me know if you got any leads!

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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 30/01/2026

Trump cares most about the markets. The best strategy is to opt out. We’re asking you to join a monthlong national economic strike targeting tech and AI companies. www.resistandunsubscribe.com

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Catherine Hulshof @hulshof.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

A bit ago there was a paper or thread making the rounds arguing against Bonferroni correction when looking at many correlations. Anyone remember source?

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Catherine Hulshof @hulshof.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Where does everyone send their tropical plant samples for species identification using DNA barcoding? Guelph?🙏 Leaves are preferable, but if the leaves are too high for pole pruner, what then? Cambium? Thanks for any leads.

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Please pass along, I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study phys ecology, macroecology, biodiversity - spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested🧪🌐🌾

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Catherine Hulshof @hulshof.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Excited to launch Big Red Pen, grant review services, because NSF funding is only getting tougher, but strong proposals still rise to the top. I have decades of NSF success and 10 years of panel experience. Let’s get funded. #NSF from #GRFP to #CAREER. biodiversityresearchlab.com/grant-review

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Grant Review — Catherine Hulshof, PhD

NSF grant review consulting for biology, life sciences, and STEM fields from GRFP to CAREER and everything in between

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Martin Dovciak🌳🌱🌻 @dovciak-lab.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

🥁New paper on microclimate vulnerability under changing climate 🌦️ & forest structure 🌳. Forest structure can buffer or amplify climate warming! Congrats to Joanna Lumbsden-Pinto @sunyesf.bsky.social, @brookhavenlab.bsky.social, @sunyofficial.bsky.social. 🌐🌍 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Microclimate vulnerability under coupled effects of changing climate and forest structure

Understanding how forest structure affects microclimate is crucial amidst global warming, especially in biodiversity hotspots such as the North Americ…

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Ivy @askylitocean.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

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Yadvinder Malhi @ymalhi.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Sandra is visiting Oxford @ox.ac.uk as a Visiting Fellow at @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @naturerecovery.bsky.social and @oxmartinschool.bsky.social We look forward to many more engagements and discussions! www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPKy...

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Sandra Díaz, winner of the Tyler Prize 2025

YouTube video by Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement

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Catherine Hulshof @hulshof.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

We are studying adult trees, saplings, and seedling composition in tropical dry forests, rainforests and the dry-wet ecotone in ACG Costa Rica to understand the future of these hyper diverse forests. #CostaRica @gdfcf.bsky.social

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Catherine Hulshof @hulshof.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Perla proudly presents her work showing tropical dry forest and rainforest species have similar drought and thermal tolerances when coexisting in the ecotone. #ATBC2025 Great job Perla 🎉.

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Stephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Your periodic reminder: I can teach a 1-week intensive course in Scientific Writing at your institution! I'm fully booked for 2025 but have availability throughout 2026 - click the link for more details. scientistseessquirre...

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Writing Course

I can help your students write! I can offer a one-week, in-person writing course for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at your institution. Class sizes of 8-25 work well; we can discuss la…

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Pablo López Bustamante @pablolopezbust.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Congrats, Martin! That's wonderful news.

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Martin Dovciak🌳🌱🌻 @dovciak-lab.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Really excited about this new collaboration with the group of a great colleague @hulshof.bsky.social. What a nice opportunity for the interns @sunyesf.bsky.social to learn about the @nybg.bsky.social herbarium collections, dry tropical forests 🌳 🌴, & seed 🫘 traits!

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Pablo López Bustamante @pablolopezbust.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Very excited about this! Huge thanks to @DovciakLab for supporting our initiative and helping make it real. #VCU #seedtraits #seedispersal #tropicaldryforests #BiodiversityResearchLab

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Stephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

There are genuine reasons to be cautious about writing with LLMs ("AI"). But as much fun as it might be to type "the plagiarism machine that's burning down the planet" - it just isn't. Before long it will require willful disbelief to think it is. scientistseessquirre... 1/2

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No, the plagiarism machine isn’t burning down the planet (redux)

About six weeks ago I annoyed a lot of people by pointing out an inconvenient truth about generative AI (ChatGPT and other large-language models): it is not, in fact, burning down the planet.t Desp…

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Happy Earth Day! - While we measure economies by the flows of funds and transactions, we overlook the flows of carbon, nutrients, and water that sustain life and occur all around us - flows all shaped and directed by biodiversity. Earth Day is a reminder to recalibrate on what actually counts 🌐🧪🌾

The whole Earth sunlit , blue and white but surrounded by black space. “Apollo 8. The moment humans first saw the whole Earth with their own eyes. Floating in space, the Apollo 8 crew saw the Earth at this unexpected angle, with North to the lower-left. It was taken on the way to the Moon, from a distance of 27,000 km.” https://petapixel.com/2021/05/20/this-guy-remastered-photos-of-earth-shot-by-apollo-astronauts/

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Eloisa Lasso De Paulis, PhD @elolasso.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Hoy fue publicado el hermoso libro de los 100 años de investigación en BCI. La hermosa portada muestra la Ceiba gigante de BCI con una copa de 60m de ancho! Y en el, nuestra contribución con un capítulo sobre Piper. Se puede ver todo acá scholarlypress.si.edu/store/all/th...

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