#forestecology — Public Fediverse posts
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Geospatial Analysis of Carbon Offset Projects - A Broader Scientific Outlook
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https://www.eldhollow.com/blogs/geospatial-analysis-of-carbon-offset-projects <-- shared technical blog
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[this post should not be considered an endorsement of a particular organisation, rather scrutinising the spatial use case & technical approach]
H/T @kyle Arvisais | Forest Carbon Scientist
“Geospatial analysis is at the core of [the H/T’s company’s] project quality assessments, and [the author is] constantly finding ways to make the pipeline better and ways to use it. [They are] obviously not the only one who uses these types of tools, but to be perfectly honest, the quality of models [they have] seen over the years has been all over the place.
This blog makes a casual introduction to [their] pipeline while talking about the field at large…”
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“The world has committed to protecting and restoring nature at an unprecedented scale. Whether that commitment delivers what it promises comes down project execution on the ground. Local socioeconomics and forest ecology intertwine to create complex challenges for projects to overcome during implementation, and at the end of the day, projects boil all of these complexities down to one single unit: the carbon credit. So the question becomes: can we actually measure what is happening to a forest, accurately and honestly, and everywhere at once?
For a long time, the honest answer has been no. Historically, many forest carbon projects overstated their impact. Usually it was because the baseline was too generous, or because the measurements underneath were flawed. For anyone with a stake in nature markets, that uncertainty is one of the core risks.
Robust geospatial analysis can help mitigate that risk. If you treat a carbon credit as what it really is, a scientific claim, then we can hold it to that standard and assess it objectively. [Their] geospatial pipeline turns satellite data and ground truth data into models about how much forest is standing, how it is changing, and what might put it at risk in the future. The pipeline does this anywhere on Earth…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #usecase #carbonoffset #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #qualityassessment #objectivity #projectpipeline #model #modeling #application #nature #environment #ecosystems #ecology #local #regional #factors #socioeconomics #forestecology #vegetation #forest #tree #carboncredit #climatechange #climatecrisis #forestcarbonprojects #global -
Geospatial Analysis of Carbon Offset Projects - A Broader Scientific Outlook
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https://www.eldhollow.com/blogs/geospatial-analysis-of-carbon-offset-projects <-- shared technical blog
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[this post should not be considered an endorsement of a particular organisation, rather scrutinising the spatial use case & technical approach]
H/T @kyle Arvisais | Forest Carbon Scientist
“Geospatial analysis is at the core of [the H/T’s company’s] project quality assessments, and [the author is] constantly finding ways to make the pipeline better and ways to use it. [They are] obviously not the only one who uses these types of tools, but to be perfectly honest, the quality of models [they have] seen over the years has been all over the place.
This blog makes a casual introduction to [their] pipeline while talking about the field at large…”
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“The world has committed to protecting and restoring nature at an unprecedented scale. Whether that commitment delivers what it promises comes down project execution on the ground. Local socioeconomics and forest ecology intertwine to create complex challenges for projects to overcome during implementation, and at the end of the day, projects boil all of these complexities down to one single unit: the carbon credit. So the question becomes: can we actually measure what is happening to a forest, accurately and honestly, and everywhere at once?
For a long time, the honest answer has been no. Historically, many forest carbon projects overstated their impact. Usually it was because the baseline was too generous, or because the measurements underneath were flawed. For anyone with a stake in nature markets, that uncertainty is one of the core risks.
Robust geospatial analysis can help mitigate that risk. If you treat a carbon credit as what it really is, a scientific claim, then we can hold it to that standard and assess it objectively. [Their] geospatial pipeline turns satellite data and ground truth data into models about how much forest is standing, how it is changing, and what might put it at risk in the future. The pipeline does this anywhere on Earth…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #usecase #carbonoffset #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #qualityassessment #objectivity #projectpipeline #model #modeling #application #nature #environment #ecosystems #ecology #local #regional #factors #socioeconomics #forestecology #vegetation #forest #tree #carboncredit #climatechange #climatecrisis #forestcarbonprojects #global -
When you realize ecosystem services are free and bug spray isn't
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#solarpunk #agroecology #agroecosystems #ecology #science #technology #innovation #lowtech #workingclass #nature #biology #forestecology #insects #bugs #benicetobugs
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When you realize ecosystem services are free and bug spray isn't
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#solarpunk #agroecology #agroecosystems #ecology #science #technology #innovation #lowtech #workingclass #nature #biology #forestecology #insects #bugs #benicetobugs
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Hydraulic traits govern opposing range shifts of montane trees under warming
Sayre, R. et al. A new high-resolution map of world mountains and an online tool for visualizing and…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #AU #Australia #Climatechange #ClimateChange/ClimateChangeImpacts #Climate-changeecology #EnvironmentalLaw/Policy/Ecojustice #Forestecology #general #Science
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Human-caused climate change is severely escalating wildfire frequencies above natural levels in major California national parks by driving vegetation biomes into higher elevations.
#Climatology #ForestEcology #EnvironmentalScience #ClimateChange #sflorg
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Human-caused climate change is severely escalating wildfire frequencies above natural levels in major California national parks by driving vegetation biomes into higher elevations.
#Climatology #ForestEcology #EnvironmentalScience #ClimateChange #sflorg
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Targeted tropical forest restoration can offset deforestation-induced water flux losses
Mitchard, E. T. A. The tropical forest carbon cycle and climate change. Nature 559, 527–534 (2018). Article CAS …
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #AU #Australia #Climatechange #ClimateChange/ClimateChangeImpacts #EnvironmentalLaw/Policy/Ecojustice #Forestecology #general #hydrology #Science
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【🎉Latest accepted article】
Applications of #NaturalStableIsotopeMethods in #ForestEcology#SourcePartitioning | #FractionationTracing | #EcologicalIndicators
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Wild Pigs Undermine Invasive Flora, While Native Deer Bolster It
New research shows wild pigs help reduce invasive plants, while native deer help invasive plants grow more. This changes how we see these animals in forests.
#WildPigs, #InvasivePlants, #NativeDeer, #ForestEcology, #WildlifeManagement
https://newsletter.tf/wild-pigs-reduce-invasive-plants-deer-increase/
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Wild pigs are surprisingly helping to reduce invasive plants in forests, while native deer are making the problem worse. This is the opposite of what scientists expected.
#WildPigs, #InvasivePlants, #NativeDeer, #ForestEcology, #WildlifeManagement
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Increasing atmospheric dryness and storms accelerates biomass turnover in Amazonian forests
Pan, Y. et al. The enduring world forest carbon sink. Nature 631, 563–569 (2024). Article CAS Google Scholar …
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #AU #Australia #Biogeochemistry #Climatechange #ClimateChange/ClimateChangeImpacts #Ecosystemecology #EnvironmentalLaw/Policy/Ecojustice #Forestecology #general #Science #Tropicalecology
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Five years of satellite monitoring of forests in Germany found that trees that had been attacked by the gypsy moth delayed leaf production the following year, starving the emerging moth larvae and halving the subsequent leaf damage.
Original paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-026-03071-9
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Five years of satellite monitoring of forests in Germany found that trees that had been attacked by the gypsy moth delayed leaf production the following year, starving the emerging moth larvae and halving the subsequent leaf damage.
Original paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-026-03071-9
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Healthy forest floor; ground ivy, common ivy, enchanter's nightshade, etc. The herbaceous layer of a forest is perhaps the most undervalued, but the recognition of its importance to a wooded habitat is increasing.
#environment #environmentalscience #environmentalStewardship #nature #naturephotography #forest #forestecology #ecology #flora #naturalforest #woodland
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Healthy forest floor; ground ivy, common ivy, enchanter's nightshade, etc. The herbaceous layer of a forest is perhaps the most undervalued, but the recognition of its importance to a wooded habitat is increasing.
#environment #environmentalscience #environmentalStewardship #nature #naturephotography #forest #forestecology #ecology #flora #naturalforest #woodland
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A study of 2.7 million trees in 17 forest plots located from 5 deg. S to 47 deg. N found that tropical forests had higher neighborhood diversity--trees had more different kinds of neighbors--in tropical plots. Three explanations for this phenomenon are proposed.
Summary: https://phys.org/news/2026-04-tropical-trees-neighborly-equator.html
Original paper (not open access): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10349-2
#Science #Ecology #ForestEcology #Trees #Diversity #Competition #Facilitation
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A study of 2.7 million trees in 17 forest plots located from 5 deg. S to 47 deg. N found that tropical forests had higher neighborhood diversity--trees had more different kinds of neighbors--in tropical plots. Three explanations for this phenomenon are proposed.
Summary: https://phys.org/news/2026-04-tropical-trees-neighborly-equator.html
Original paper (not open access): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10349-2
#Science #Ecology #ForestEcology #Trees #Diversity #Competition #Facilitation
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The latest research results on stomatal dynamics from our PhD candidate (and quite proud of it :-) : the shade tolerant Fagus sylvatica , the common beech, shows more reactive stomatal responses on shade leaves than on sun leaves, suggesting an optimisation to increase CO2 uptake. The differences in stomatal dynamics were not related, as usually assumed, to differences in stomatal morphology.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ppl.70856#AcademicChatter #PlantPhysiology #BioDiversity #Stomata #StomatalAnatomy #PlantScience #ForestEcology
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The latest research results on stomatal dynamics from our PhD candidate (and quite proud of it :-) : the shade tolerant Fagus sylvatica , the common beech, shows more reactive stomatal responses on shade leaves than on sun leaves, suggesting an optimisation to increase CO2 uptake. The differences in stomatal dynamics were not related, as usually assumed, to differences in stomatal morphology.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ppl.70856#AcademicChatter #PlantPhysiology #BioDiversity #Stomata #StomatalAnatomy #PlantScience #ForestEcology
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@junesim63 The wood wide web, not as wide as it seems : this idea of interconnecting trees, based on Suzanne Simard's papers and then largely publicised by Peter Wohlleben in his book "The Hidden Life of Trees", is largely based on #CitationBias towards positive effects , as this very nice review paper here shows : https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-01986-1
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@junesim63 The wood wide web, not as wide as it seems : this idea of interconnecting trees, based on Suzanne Simard's papers and then largely publicised by Peter Wohlleben in his book "The Hidden Life of Trees", is largely based on #CitationBias towards positive effects , as this very nice review paper here shows : https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-01986-1
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In Nyungwe National Park, even a fallen tree is not an ending 🌿
It becomes a bridge, a nursery, a foundation for moss, ferns, insects, and new growth. One of the things I love about photographing rainforests is how clearly they show the cycle, nothing wasted, everything transformed.
Nyungwe is one of Africa’s oldest rainforests, and you can feel that age in the air.
📍 Rwanda
📷 Michael Lyon#nyungwenationalpark #rwanda #rainforest #naturephotography #forestecology #VisitRwanda #photography
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@MiguelGuerreiro hello, biologists and ecologists is a very wide field. I'm rather on the plant side of things, more specifically in #ForestEcology looking at tree #PlantPhysiology and #EcoPhysiology
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@MiguelGuerreiro hello, biologists and ecologists is a very wide field. I'm rather on the plant side of things, more specifically in #ForestEcology looking at tree #PlantPhysiology and #EcoPhysiology
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Nice study showing yet another effect of the ongoing temperature increase due to #ClimateChange : French oak populations were, over time, less exposed to late spring frost damage, in frequency as well as extent, which are largely driven by the temporal advance of both the last spring frost day and budburst dates.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110927
#Forest #EUForests #ForestEcology #ForestDynamics #Ecology #EcologicalModelling
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Nice study showing yet another effect of the ongoing temperature increase due to #ClimateChange : French oak populations were, over time, less exposed to late spring frost damage, in frequency as well as extent, which are largely driven by the temporal advance of both the last spring frost day and budburst dates.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110927
#Forest #EUForests #ForestEcology #ForestDynamics #Ecology #EcologicalModelling
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Montane ecosystem (Ecosystems 🏞️)
Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is a crucial factor in shaping plant community, biodiversity, metabolic processes and ecosystem dynamics for montane ecosy...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montane_ecosystem
#MontaneEcosystem #Ecosystems #ForestEcology #MontaneEcology
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Montane ecosystem (Ecosystems 🏞️)
Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is a crucial factor in shaping plant community, biodiversity, metabolic processes and ecosystem dynamics for montane ecosy...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montane_ecosystem
#MontaneEcosystem #Ecosystems #ForestEcology #MontaneEcology
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Forest floor (Biogeochemical cycle 🔄)
The forest floor, also called detritus or duff, is the part of a forest ecosystem that mediates between the living, aboveground portion of the forest and the mineral soil, principally composed of dead and decaying plant matter such as rotting wood and shed leaves. In some countries, like Canada, forest floor refers to L, F and H organic hori...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_floor
#ForestFloor #Leaves #SoilBiology #ForestEcology #BiogeochemicalCycle
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Forest floor (Biogeochemical cycle 🔄)
The forest floor, also called detritus or duff, is the part of a forest ecosystem that mediates between the living, aboveground portion of the forest and the mineral soil, principally composed of dead and decaying plant matter such as rotting wood and shed leaves. In some countries, like Canada, forest floor refers to L, F and H organic hori...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_floor
#ForestFloor #Leaves #SoilBiology #ForestEcology #BiogeochemicalCycle
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The Ghost Plants of Japan: How they survive where sunlight never reaches |
Deep in Japan’s shaded forests, you might spot ghostly white plants that seem almost otherworldly. These ghost plants of Japan survive in areas where sunlight bar…
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #Chlorophyllloss #completelydarkecosystems #forestecology #fungal #fungalnetworks #ghostplantsofJapan #mycoheterotrophicplants #news
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https://www.alojapan.com/1409323/the-ghost-plants-of-japan-how-they-survive-where-sunlight-never-reaches/ The Ghost Plants of Japan: How they survive where sunlight never reaches | #ChlorophyllLoss #CompletelyDarkEcosystems #ForestEcology #fungal #FungalNetworks #GhostPlantsOfJapan #Japan #JapanNews #MycoheterotrophicPlants #news Deep in Japan’s shaded forests, you might spot ghostly white plants that seem almost otherworldly. These ghost plants of Japan survive in areas where sunlight barely reaches the forest floor. Unlike green plants, they la
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Canopy (botany) (Habitat 🌄)
In biology, the canopy is the aboveground portion of a plant cropping or crop, formed by the collection of individual plant crowns. In forest ecology, the canopy is the upper layer or habitat zone, formed by mature tree crowns and including other biological organisms. The communities that inhabit the canopy layer are thought to be involved in maintain...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canopy_(botany)
#Canopy #Habitat #Rainforests #ForestEcology #BotanicalTerminology
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Diversity in forest management promotes biodiversity
An international team studied #ManagementZoning in European beech woods using real-world data and virtual landscapes. They collected data about three types of #ForestManagement to develop “virtual forest landscapes” for analysis: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html?id=7924
Research in PNAS: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2512683122
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Diversity in forest management promotes biodiversity
An international team studied #ManagementZoning in European beech woods using real-world data and virtual landscapes. They collected data about three types of #ForestManagement to develop “virtual forest landscapes” for analysis: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html?id=7924
Research in PNAS: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2512683122
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🌲 Beneath your feet, a hidden city hums with life.
Forests are not just trees standing alone. They are linked by living fungal threads that share carbon, water, and warnings. Scientists call it a mycorrhizal network. You might know it as the Wood Wide Web.🔗 Read the full story: https://TPC8.short.gy/Pjr6Yfbu
#WoodWideWeb #MycorrhizalNetwork #Fungi #Mycology #Forests #Ecology #Biodiversity #SoilScience #EcosystemScience #ForestEcology #ClimateResilience #Sustainability #Conservation #TPC8
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🌲 Beneath your feet, a hidden city hums with life.
Forests are not just trees standing alone. They are linked by living fungal threads that share carbon, water, and warnings. Scientists call it a mycorrhizal network. You might know it as the Wood Wide Web.🔗 Read the full story: https://TPC8.short.gy/Pjr6Yfbu
#WoodWideWeb #MycorrhizalNetwork #Fungi #Mycology #Forests #Ecology #Biodiversity #SoilScience #EcosystemScience #ForestEcology #ClimateResilience #Sustainability #Conservation #TPC8
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And the opportunities that this research can uncover are amazing , as this article describes
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And the opportunities that this research can uncover are amazing , as this article describes
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We know when the wild birds sing
Researchers used automatic audio recorders together with AI to collect and identify detailed data about birdsong. They analysed seasonal and daily variations of bird sounds in European Forests. It turned out it was more than just larks and owls: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html?id=7869
Research at #JournalOfOrnithology: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-025-02307-y
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Do red squirrels and dormice get along?
Can animals live together high above the ground in the treetops? Researchers used cameras placed high in the forest canopy to find out. They discovered that they can: in fact, forests combining both deciduous and conifer trees make it easier for red squirrels and dormice to coexist: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html?id=7853
#MixedForests #biodiversity #ForestEcology #WildlifeSciences
Research in #EuropeanJournalofWildlifeResearch: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10344-025-01947-y
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Could trees know when the summer solstice is?
#Environment #Plants #SummerSolstice #Trees #NatureScience #PlantBiology #ClimateAndPlants #Masting #ForestEcology #TreeReproduction #Photosynthesis #Phenology #BeechTrees #PlantIntelligence #EcologyFacts
https://the-14.com/could-trees-know-when-the-summer-solstice-is/