It's time to value tropical fieldworkers as equal partners. With billions spent on watching forests from space, foresters and botanists have never been more vital. In our @Nature correspondence we show why, and what needs to change. rdcu.be/enT5S
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The number of assessed species on the IUCN Red List is now 172,620, with over 48,000 threatened with #extinction. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ is a critical indicator of the health of the world’s #biodiversity. iucnredlist.org
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REMINDER 🚨 Applications for the 2025 ForestGEO Research Awards are due TOMORROW 12/10 at 5pm ET! Instructions are outlined here: forestgeo.si.edu/training-an…
The call for proposals for the 2025 ForestGEO Research Awards Program is now open! 🚨 Students & postdocs encouraged to apply 🌿 For full award details and how to apply, click here: forestgeo.si.edu/training-an…
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Taxonomists busy at work.
The past and future of known biodiversity: Rates, patterns, and projections of new species over time | Science Advances science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
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Final version published @Forestecosyst @ForestPlots @RelayJFR @ecology_forest 📰Non-native shrub overrides understory assembly rules through ecosystem engineering sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Important new paper showing the dearth of plant taxonomists in the tropical countries that need them most. go.bsky.app/redirect?u=https…
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Congratulations on a new article by Dr. Yuxue Zhang @RelayJFR @ecology_forest @ForestPlots 📰Partitioning soil carbon emissions in a temperate oak forest: insights from metabolic theory and the role of fine roots and microbial biomass doi.org/10.1007/s11676-025-0…
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RT @XherreraA: 🚨Paper Alert: Pan-Amazon Technical Insight The new article “Are tropical forest science and policy disconnected?” examines…
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🌿Liana diversity, abundance and basal area were influenced mainly by tree species richness, precipitation and soil nutrients. Liana diversity and density were positively associated with precipitation 👇 🔍Article: buff.ly/6N7Vhq6 📰Blog: buff.ly/TKRw6UU
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Amazonía: la mayor selva tropical del mundo. Ningún otro bosque tiene un impacto similar. bbc.com/mundo/articles/cnve8…
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Siglos de Influencia Humana Acumulativa en los Bosques Amazónicos. La distribución de especies arbóreas útiles en 1500 parcelas sugiere una amplia huella ecológica de los pueblos indígenas precolombinos y colonizadores en la composición forestal actual. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.25…
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Centuries of compounding human influence on Amazonian forests. The abundances of useful tree species across 1500 plots suggests widespread ecological imprint of pre-Columbian indigenous and post-contact colonist people on forest composition. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.25…
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🚨Pasco: descubren cuatro nuevas especies de plantas en el Parque Nacional Yanachaga Chemillén. ▪️El descubrimiento de estas plantas, que no existen en ningún otro lugar del planeta, resalta el valor de esta área natural protegida. bit.ly/4oxFtBR
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𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑢𝑚 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑚, a new simple-leaved species of the Pteroidea clade, is described and illustrated from Peru. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.26…
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🦋 Descubren cuatro nuevas especies y una subespecie de polillas en la Amazonía y los Andes del Perú. ▪️Dos especies fueron encontradas en tres áreas naturales protegidas. bit.ly/4r6u7GX
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Todos tenemos raíces profundas. Este fascinante artículo repasa el trabajo de RAINFOR en Venezuela y conecta 200 años de historia de exploradores del río Negro y el Amazonas, entre ellos von Humboldt, Bonpland, Spruce, Wallace, Medina, y Rafael Herrera. meer.com/es/95997-richard-sp…
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gracias a Jorge González y Rafael Herrera Fernández
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Extreme warming of Amazon waters in a changing climate Our new article in Science | @ScienceMagazine highlights the widespread warming of Amazon lakes in last decades. Lake heatwaves in 2023 and 2024 led to major social-ecological impacts in the region. science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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