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Concluding two weeks of field work in wonderful #ShiretokoNP today. We had partly challenging conditions but sampled beautiful forests, and I'm excited about the second leg of this effort in summer. Thanks AkiraSMori for having us, and European Research Council (ERC) for making this possible!

Different social-ecological disturbance regimes, yet converging forest structure across the Alps, Carpathians and Caucasus mountains = strong attractors! Led by Ana Stritih w/ Cornelius Senf Tobias Kuemmerle Catalina Munteanu et al., powered by GEDI! doi.org/10.1007/s10980…

Being in the field and discussing with experienced practitioners is such a powerful way of learning, both for students and professors😉. Great two weeks of field-based classes with wonderful students, visiting exciting forests.

Where are hotspots of disturbance risk for protective forests in the Alps? A new paper led by Ana Stritih combines dist. probability from NASA Landsat with dist. vulnerability from GEDI and the local importance of protection from natural hazards doi.org/10.1016/j.jenv…

Whether we achieve resilience in production forests via coerced or ecological resilience matters for biodiversity and ecosystem service provisioning. New perspective on an important topic by Felton et al., out now in NatureEcoEvo. Link: nature.com/articles/s4155…

Two weeks of field work in beautiful Grand Teton National Park. Thanks to Monica G. Turner and the great team of Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management TU Munich for the good spirits and all the heavy lifting! Now I'm really excited about what the data we've collected will unveil!

An exciting week at the Ecological Society annual conference #ESA2024 draws to a close. Lot's of great talks and posters, lots's of food for thought. And plenty of personal interactions with wonderful colleagues - just so much better than meeting virtually! I'll be back!

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How are landscapes with different forest disturbance regimes responding to climate change? Great first PhD paper by Christina Dollinger with a wonderful group of collaborators, out now in Global Change Biology. Made possible by European Research Council (ERC) doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17…