Come join our awesome department USU Wildland Resources in beautiful Logan! Assistant Professor in Quantitative Population Ecology.

Our recent data paper Ecology synthesized measurements on termite CH4 production rates at the species level & highlighted challenges in upscaling termite CH4 emissions to broader spatial scales. doi.org/10.1002/ecy.39… with @stavercarla & Andrew Davies

A new Data Paper in Ecology: Species-level termite methane production rates doi.org/10.1002/ecy.39… With #OpenData in Dryad #Termites #Methanogenesis #OpenScience

🔥🌲🏞️ We are hiring a Wildland Fire Extension Specialist Assistant Professor! Please share! bit.ly/3vdpMpG

Excited to be joining the editorial team at Journal of Ecology

How hard is it to do science in a language that’s not your first language? We quantified the severity of #languagebarriers for non-native English speakers when reading/publishing papers and attending/presenting at international conferences. doi.org/10.1371/journa… 1/9

Article: Soil carbon in tropical savannas mostly derived from grasses nature.com/articles/s4156…

A Herculean effort that led to important new discoveries. Congratulations Yong Zhou and team Yale EEB SPA_research Berkeley Lab and others!

🌳 🌾 Good evidence against #afforestation of ancient #GrassyBiomes. Note however, as the authors do, the big uncertainties with using a simple mixing model to interpret d13C signals in soil #carbon. Lots more work needed on the influence of #microbes on this signal! 🌳 🌾

Afforestation is the planting of trees to take carbon out of the atmosphere and Yong Zhou is evaluating this method in the context of tropical savannas to see which of grasses or trees are more effective at carbon sequestration. The results? 👇 tinyurl.com/4awkfzuf

Grasses in tropical savannas tend to store more carbon than trees, calling into question carbon sequestration motivated savanna afforestation efforts, while underscoring the importance of conserving these ecosystems, according to research from Yong Zhou. tinyurl.com/43tzsvks

Interested in Ecosystem Ecology/Biogeochemistry? I am seeking a motivated MS student to start in the summer or fall of 2024. Please spread the word.

Our research group at Utah State University is seeking a master's student to study the impacts of prescribed fire on soil carbon dynamics. Please help us spread the word.

Check out our collaborative work as a Hutchinson postdoc cohort!

How well do we know the Global Methane Budget? Dozens of experts weigh in. Research by Judith Rosentreter SCU Research Southern Cross University, Yong Zhou USU Wildland Resources, Xin Sun (she/her) Yale University Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies Yale School of the Environment, Lewis Alcott University of Bristol Earth Sciences eos.org/research-spotl…

Our opinion paper on termite methane emissions!

Glad to be part of this! Our recent paper: Major overlap in plant and soil organic carbon hotspots across Africa!

Our research group at Utah State University is seeking a master’s student to study termite methane emissions in tropical savannas and forests, in collaboration with Andrew Davies Andrew Davies at Harvard University. We appreciate your help in spreading the word!