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Apply for the 2025 ESA Southwest Chapter travel awards!! Open to all early-career ecologists working in the Southwest US and Northern MX that are attending ESA 2025! Please share

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How does photosynthesis respond to changing temperatures? In the paper led by Pascal Schneider, we show that the thermal acclimation of photosynthesis can be modelled without making assumptions about plant functional types - ready for adoption in ESMs agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

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For those interested in the history of ecology: a nice Earth Day piece on the scientific legacy of the Desert Laboratory in Tuscon and the role that Carnegie Science played in supporting early ecological research. 🧪🌐🌍🌎🌏🌵 carnegiescience.edu/news/desert-...

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#TansleyReview: #C4 #photosynthesis, trait spectra, and the fast-efficient phenotype Monson et al. 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #LatestIssue

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🌿 New blog! Our new universal model predicts seasonal leaf area index (LAI) using only climate data—no satellite inputs needed. It beats 15 top vegetation models and works across all biomes. 🔍 Read more: research.reading.ac.uk/lemontree/a-... Paper out in @globalchangebio.bsky.social

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(almost) ending the semester with a win!!

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The Response of Carbon Uptake to Soil Moisture Stress: Adaptation to Climatic Aridity 📄 buff.ly/fA7kTkN

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Lubbockites: join us at 6 PM today for Science by the Glass! Today's speaker is Matt Olson speaking on "Evolutionary challenges for climate change adaptation of trees" The talk will be at Nashwell Cafe on Avenue K downtown See more in quoted post below!

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New pub out in @annbot.bsky.social led by Astrid Ode titled "Temporal constraints on leaf-level trait plasticity for next-generation land surface models" We critically examine timescales of trait-environment responses Have a look! @lemontree-uofr.bsky.social academic.oup.com/aob/advance-...

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Your semiregular reminder that I keep a curated list of writing resources here: scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com/writing-reso.... Not just for scientific writing - writers in almost any genre will find useful things!

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We have a new paper out from our Powell Center C4 working group: "C4 photosynthesis, trait spectra, and the fast-efficient phenotype" The @newphyt.bsky.social Tansley Review led by Russ Monson explores what we know about the C4 trait spectra nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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The FLUXNET Early Career Network (FLUXNET-ECN) is excited to announce “Bridging the Gap: Flux Data Meets Land Surface Models”, a three-day in-person workshop August 6-8th, 2025 focused on integrating flux data for validating and parameterizing land surface models.

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🌿 New research by @giulimeng.bsky.social reveals how plants in arid climates adjust carbon uptake as soil moisture declines. A new empirical function improves predictions of water stress impacts on ecosystems & models!🔗Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @globalchangebio.bsky.social

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Check out this blog post summarizing our recent paper on leaf and whole plant responses to elevated CO2!

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🌿 New blog post! How does nitrogen shape plant responses to rising CO₂? In short: leaf-level responses are driven by nitrogen demand, while whole-plant growth is constrained by nitrogen supply. Read more: 🔗 research.reading.ac.uk/lemontree/ho... @eaperkowski.bsky.social @nickgregsmith.bsky.social

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Check out our new paper! 2025 has already been quite the productive year for the lab!

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📣📖New paper out in @newphyt.bsky.social🌿 "Soil resource acquisition strategy modulates global plant nutrient and water economics" by @alissarcheaib.bsky.social @nickgregsmith.bsky.social & @eaperkowski.bsky.social 🔗 Read it here: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #EEO #LEMONTREE

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Thrilled to see our article out! In @newphyt.bsky.social. We show how plant nutrient acquisition strategies modulate the carbon costs of nutritient acquisition relative to water acquisition. Thanks @nickgregsmith.bsky.social for your constant support ! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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A very proud moment for every author who was involved in getting this out!!!

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Excited to share a new PhUnFETTy lab paper led by @alissarcheaib.bsky.social titled "Soil resource acquisition strategy modulates global plant nutrient and water economics" out today in @newphyt.bsky.social. Check it out here: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Very excited to share that our (Zinny Ezekannagha and @nickgregsmith.bsky.social) new paper, "Nitrogen demand, availability, and acquisition strategy control plant responses to elevated CO2", is now in press at @jxbotany.bsky.social Link: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... (1/6)

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New paper alert!🌿📈 @eaperkowski.bsky.social @nickgregsmith.bsky.social and Zinny Ezekannagha explore how nitrogen dynamics shape plant responses to rising CO2 in their latest @jxbotany.bsky.social paper. Blog post coming soon—stay tuned! 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

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📄 New Blog Post! For a summary of our latest paper on the integration of plant acclimation into the NOAH-MP land surface model, check out our blog: research.reading.ac.uk/lemontree/in... #LSMs #ClimateModeling #CarbonCycle #LEMONTREE

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🌿 One not to miss! Our latest blog by Prof. Colin Prentice dives into the P-model, exploring the challenges we face and our plans to address them. Discover how we're refining this powerful tool for predicting plant photosynthesis. 🌎🌱 🔗 Read more: research.reading.ac.uk/lemontree/th...

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Hey Lubbock folks: need something fun to do tonight? Consider stopping by Nashwell Cafe (downtown) for Science by the Glass. Tonight's speaker is bioarchaeologist Dr. Anna Novotny! The event starts at 6 PM tonight. Hope to see you there!

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🌍💧 Understanding soil moisture is key to climate modelling but measuring it isn't easy! PI Pierre Gentine shares his knowledge on the challenges and how AI & remote sensing are transforming long-term soil moisture monitoring with CASM. Read more: research.reading.ac.uk/lemontree/so...

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Proposal submitted! I hope the reviewers are as excited about it as I am!

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Not sure this needs emphasis, but worried about overfitting in #data-driven models? #Theory-driven predictions based on principles offer transparent rationale. Assumptions, parameters & interconnections are easier to assess and refine - it's more about evaluating assumptions than fitting to data 🧪

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📣Exciting news-2 new roles open! We are looking for a Computational Scientist/Scientific Programmer to implement new vegetation model components into the JULES land-surface scheme. To be based @UniofReading . Apply by 31/03/2025. for more details:👉 jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... Please share 🙏

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📢We're also seeking a PDRA in Ensemble Vegetation Modelling. Ideal candidates will have a PhD in a relevant subject, good programming skills in R or Python, and experience with climate model ensembles. Apply by 31/03/2025. jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... Please share widely!

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Newly calibrated grass behaviour in the #FATESmodel :) nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

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To find out why leaf nitrogen demands matter, check out our latest blog! research.reading.ac.uk/lemontree/th... @alissarcheaib.bsky.social @nickgregsmith.bsky.social @eaperkowski.bsky.social

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Draft chapter outline for IPCC AR7 WGI is now public - subject to approval at the plenary, end of Feb What's new? Compared to AR6: -More concise -greater range of modeling approaches -chapters span Earth System domains -considers diverse physical scenarios /thread/ apps.ipcc.ch/eventmanager...

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New Tansley review paper from Zoe Pierrat & friends in @newphyt.bsky.social linking proximal remote sensing with ecosystem fluxes! Synergies and best practices for hyperspectral reflectance, SIF, thermal, microwave and lidar 🌈🌲🗼🛰️🧪 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... New meta-analysis on plant thermal acclimation in @globalchangebio.bsky.social, led by Ting Wu. Some patterns emerged, but a small # of studies + a large range of methods = it's still hard to draw conclusions. More, and standardized experiments are needed.

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Congratulations to the team led by @alissarcheaib.bsky.social on their new paper in Ecology Letters on soil nitrogen and leaf nitrogen demand. Our blog will be out next week but you can check out the full paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @nickgregsmith.bsky.social

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Really excited to see this out! We show that the responsiveness of leaf #nitrogen to soil nitrogen #fertilization is highest where leaf nitrogen demand is greatest. We put together a short blog on the paper here: www.smithecophyslab.com/news.html#ch... A quick synopsis also in the thread below...

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Leaf nitrogen demand matters! Thrilled to share our new paper, just published in Ecology Letters @nickgregsmith.bsky.social. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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🌿 Adaptation of the FvCB model reveals the crucial role of far-red light in photosynthesis, reshaping our understanding of shade plants. Blog coming but here's the link for the paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social @w-u-r.bsky.social #Photosynthesis #LEMONTREE

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🚨 Funded #PhD opportunity at @UniofReading with Prof Sandy Harrison! Apply an optimality-based crop model to predict future cereal yields in a changing climate🌾 🛠️ Ideal candidate: Experience in modelling, R/Python, & stats. 📅 Deadline: 3rd Feb 2025. Please share! 📣 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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