Our meta-analyzed paper is out on New Phytologist. Increasing climatic sensitivity of biomass storage and species diversity for global grasslands depends on the habitate water availability. TreeMort_ERC ,Tom Pugh,Josep Penuelas,zhang chao, Marcos Fernández nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

Prof. Belinda Medlyn will be giving the 3rd installment of our #treemortality seminar series in just over 6 hours at 0900 Sydney, 2300 CET, 1900 BRT, 1400 PST. Join us to hear about the past, present and future of Australian forests! Registration link below.

We are happy to share the new ForestPlots.net Newsletter! Including research highlights from partners in South America, Africa, UK and Europe. sway.office.com/2U3csfRvYJfkA0…

"Rising tree mortality in the Anthropocene" - register below for what promises to be a fascinating #treemortality webinar #4 by McDowell Lab Wed 24th March at 0900 MDT, 1600 CET, 2030 IST bit.ly/30IsNPq

Today's fascinating #treemortality seminar by McDowell Lab is now available on our youtube channel. Catch up about rising (?) tree mortality in the Anthropocene! youtube.com/watch?v=vdAXQ8…

Did harvested area in Europe increase by 49% in 2016-18 vs 2011-15 as estimated by Ceccherini et al. in nature last year? In this response we argue *no* and revised estimates and clarification from the authors support a much more nuanced interpretation nature.com/articles/s4158…

Best practice on how to use the GFC tree cover loss data for trend analysis Global Forest Watch blog.globalforestwatch.org/data-and-resea…

If you are interested in forest disturbances and have missed my #vPICO in session BG3.11, you can find my presentation at meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/session/… Tom Pugh @Wild_inBrum @corneliussenf European Research Council (ERC) @BIFoRUoB #vEGU21

Next Thursday (10am BRT time) I'll host a seminar by Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert on forest dynamics in the Amazon. Attend it on PPG Ecologia UFRGS youtube channel: youtube.com/watch?v=vu96W5…

After 18 months of zoom calls, fantastic to get together for a TreeMort_ERC and friends writing retreat, great discussions and some very on-brand pumpkin carving! Thanks @nanimuelbert Nezha Acil 🌍🛰🌳🌲🌴 Daijun Liu Julen Astigarraga Phillip Papastefanou Annemarie Sijeh Asuk, PhD @sussesu !

Short explainer on how stopping deforestation is needed to help hit the 1.5° target by Tom Pugh. @BIFoRUoB

Interested in how the world’s forests are changing? Join our global symposium at @BIFoRUoB with world-leading speakers on ecology, ecophysiology, carbon accounting, forestry and socio-ecological systems. The event is FREE both in-person and online! bit.ly/3I0IyFR

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*How* do we know tropical forests soak up carbon and help tackle the #climatecrisis? 1000s of people measuring tree growth & death, in 1000s of plots - for many, many years! Julia Jones 2021 Top 10 Science Stories The Guardian theguardian.com/science/2021/d…

Congratulations to Nezha Acil 🌍🛰🌳🌲🌴 who submitted her PhD thesis on Friday after 4 years of really dedicated work!! A really impressive assessment of how forest disturbance rates and patterns vary across the globe TreeMort_ERC @Wild_inBrum @sussesu @corneliussenf @BIFoRUoB

Productivity increases as a driver of the increasing canopy mortality rate trend in European forests over 1985-2010. New paper led by Marieke Scheel coming out of her Lund University bachelor's thesis @sussesu Biodiv. & Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate TreeMort_ERC European Research Council (ERC) iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108… (1/n)

Never gave a talk which had to take a break due to fire-alarm. Luckily a flase alarm. Thanks to Philipp Porada from Universität Hamburg for letting me present our work, also done by Phillip Papastefanou Daijun Liu @nanimuelbert Tom Pugh Anja Rammig #ecology #traits @BECC @treemort_ERC