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Ingolf Kühn<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NewPaper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewPaper</a> outMaria Milanović et al. (2025) Successful alien plant species exhibit functional dissimilarity from natives under varied climatic conditions but not under increased nutrient availability. Journal of Vegetation Science 36: e70032. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.70032" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.70032</a> Alien and native species increasing in their abundance did not differ in their leaf traits. We found significantly lower specific leaf area (SLA) with an increase in mean annual temperature and lower leaf Potassium with mean annual precipitation. For trait–environment relationships, when compared to native species, successful aliens exhibited an increase in leaf Phosphorus and a decrease in leaf Potassium with an increase in mean annual precipitation. Finally, aliens' SLA decreased in plots with higher mean annual temperatures.<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NewPublication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewPublication</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biodiversity</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecology</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/alienSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#alienSpecies</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/functionalTraits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#functionalTraits</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NutNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NutNet</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/xp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#xp</a>

Journal of Plant EcologyUnderstanding the connections between <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FunctionalTraits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FunctionalTraits</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EcosystemServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EcosystemServices</a> can help address <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanActivities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanActivities</a>. So Cheng Zheng et al. used the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Response" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Response</a>–effectTraitFramework to disentangle the effects of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EnvironmentalChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalChange</a> on the ecosystem services. Details: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtae024" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtae024</a>

Peter ScogingsI'll be talking about <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WoodyPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WoodyPlants</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FunctionalTraits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FunctionalTraits</a> in the Kruger Park version of the SAVANNA <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EcosystemModel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EcosystemModel</a> at this year's <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SavannaScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SavannaScience</a> Network Meeting.<a href="https://www.sanparks.org/scientific-services/events/savanna-science-network-meeting-2023" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.sanparks.org/scientific-services/events/savanna-science-network-meeting-2023</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SavannasMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SavannasMatter</a>

Peter Scogings<a href="https://mastodon.se/@hakim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@hakim</a> Excellent review of satellite remote sensing for mapping <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GrassyBiomes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GrassyBiomes</a> at regional and global scales.This is crucial for <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SavannaScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SavannaScience</a> and the prevention of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Forestization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Forestization</a> of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/OpenNaturalEcosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenNaturalEcosystems</a> such as <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TropicalGrassyBiomes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TropicalGrassyBiomes</a>.The EU and FAO need to read this, and other recent related work, and then realise they need to update their antiquated definition of "forest" based only on veg structure and ignoring <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FunctionalTraits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FunctionalTraits</a>.<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SavannasMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SavannasMatter</a>

Peter ScogingsThis grabbed my attention. <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01774-9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01774-9</a>.I recently compiled data on leaf area. I was keen to compare for species with bipinnate compound leaves that are common in African <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TropicalGrassyBiomes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TropicalGrassyBiomes</a>. For leaf area I used leaflet size from <a href="https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77089275-1/general-information" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77089275-1/general-information</a>.I downloaded their data (<a href="https://doi.org/10.17871/TRY.81" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.17871/TRY.81</a>). The metadata says leaf area is "in case of compound leaves the area of a leaflet lamina". I checked Acacia nilotica. Theirs: 1691.79 mm^^. Mine: 4.2 mm^^. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FunctionalTraits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FunctionalTraits</a>

Liam Langan<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#introduction</a>I'm a post-doc trying to understand the vegetated land surface through space and time. My research touches areas of ecology, biogeography, functional traits & diversity, ecosystem fun., and veg. modelling. I aim to disentangle interactions between functional diversity and ecosystem function using <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ecoevo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecoevo</a> vegetation models (aDGVM2, LPJ-GUESS-NTD).<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ecology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fire</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Plants</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FunctionalTraits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FunctionalTraits</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CommunityEcology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CommunityEcology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheorethicalEcology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheorethicalEcology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AdaptiveDynamics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AdaptiveDynamics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ecosystems</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EcoEvoModelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EcoEvoModelling</a>

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