Walter Andriuzzi
@walterandriuzzi.bsky.social
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Former child who wanted to study nature. Senior Editor at Nature Ecology & Evolution (formerly at Nature Communications). Postdoc Colorado State University (2015-2018). PhD University College Dublin & Wageningen University. Needs writing, hiking, espresso.
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Our department at UBC is hiring for a professor of forest ecophysiology, including "tree ecophysiology; plant abiotic or biotic stress physiology; forest mortality and climate change responses; forest carbon balance; tree water relations; or nutrient use." Learn more at: tinyurl.com/5da56f5c
I suggested to entitle it The Rime of the Ancient Ecohydrologist, but the other editors vetoed it. (It may not be true)
Water, water, everywhere 💧 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our October Editorial highlights four articles in this issue tackling distinct questions about how plants respond to water availability.
Screenshot of the full text of the October Editorial in Nature Ecology & Evolution. The title reads "Water, water, everywhere" and the standfirst reads "Understanding how terrestrial plants and ecosystems cope with shifts of water availability in space and time requires multiple approaches and collaborative efforts."
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📣 New PhD student position opening in my lab!
Soils are full of microbes, but how many are active?
Surprisingly, we still lack reliable methods to answer this.
If you are interested in microbial dormancy and are fascinated by the Alps and glacier forefields, contact me.
🏔️ 🦠 💤 🧬 🎓
The team at our research site in the alps
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Large citizen science datasets are powerful tools for biodiversity science, but they may have biases. Nice new paper from @louisbackstrom.bsky.social et al. showing that for eBird and Birdtrack lists there is a tendency for rare species to be over-represented
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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10 days left to apply for this postdoc with Andy Suggitt at
@northumbriauni.bsky.social, plus @tnewbold31.bsky.social at UCL & myself @durham.ac.uk! Integrating #microclimate into global #biodiversity models to understand climate*land-use interactions 🌍🌡️🌳
work4.northumbria.ac.uk#en/sites/CX_...
work4.northumbria.ac.uk
Paging @efou.bsky.social, who knows I'm obsessed with that place
Vikos Gorge is the deepest canyon in the world relative to its width — a UNESCO Global Geopark and a natural wonder carved by the Voidomatis River! Thrilled to be out here with @spun.earth mapping endemic fungal networks and sampling in this incredible ecosystem 🇬🇷 #Zagori #VikosGorge #biodiversity
Recently, we mapped endemic fungal networks in Zagori 🇬🇷 with @seanmaston.bsky.social, @vkokkoris.bsky.social and team.

Vikos Gorge is a hotspot for endangered species, with underground systems supported by rock formations ~160 million yrs old.

We're now returning to cover more ground.
It would just be the final proof of the absurdity of the Nobel Prizes in science (cit. Ed Young)
Many contributing factors. One that can't be understated is a certain country that tends to dominate number of submissions while being underrepresented in the reviewer pool, partly because it's often difficult to find clear information on expertise and interest of potential reviewers from there...
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Our October issue is now live: www.nature.com/natecolevol/...

Featuring research on: 🧪

💧Wetland carbon sequestration
🌊Starfish diversity in the deep sea
🧬Genetic architecture of reproductive success

Cover shows a colony of king penguins, from Carter et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cover image of the October issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution showing a colony of king penguins. The headline reads "Antarctic challenges"
Sheng et al. call for greater survey efforts and broader conservation initiative to protect the 11 (ELEVEN!) felid species of the Tibetan Plateau.

(Strong contender for the Correspondence, or indeed article of any kind, with the best figure we ever published)

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Protect the Tibetan Plateau’s rich felid diversity - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Nature Ecology & Evolution - Protect the Tibetan Plateau’s rich felid diversity
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This makes the near-total destruction of natural Irish forests over the last few centuries even sadder
I saw many natural and historical wonders in Crete, but if I were a young boy the one thing I'd remember most would have to be the Deinotherium at the natural history museum of Heraklion. Actually, it might be my #1 highlight even at my age, who am I kidding
A colourful depiction of Deinotherium A realistic reconstruction of Deinotherium
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Excited to share a PhD opportunity in my upcoming lab at The University of Sydney!
Join an ARC-funded project on the ecology of ant invasions in 2026 🐜
🇦🇺 Live in Sydney, ant around Australia
🌍 Intl + Domestic applicants welcome
markwongecology.com/join
#PhD #Ecology #Biodiversity
Pls share, thx 🙏
Join — Sydney Functional Ecology
markwongecology.com
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🌍📢 Postdoc alert | 3-yr starting 1/1/26

Understand how ecosystem stability is changing across space and through time using niche modelling, pinpoint at-risk species/regions, and build tools that drive conservation action🌿🧭📈

👉 tinyurl.com/2w2we5z8

#Ecology #Jobs #Biodiversity #RStats
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And as for writing, don't get me started. Most often, the process of writing is not a laborious business of transcription, but a process of thinking itself. I'm not about to outsource my thinking to a machine.
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📢 Funded PhD opportunities for UK candidates in beautiful Edinburgh. Get in touch if you're interested in a PhD on understanding the mechanisms of soil carbon cycling and the role of microbes. We work in different ecosystems: peatlands, forests and agricultural soils. Please repost/spread the word.
Poster showing the following text: PhD in microbial mechanisms of soil carbon cycling. Soil microbes shape the global carbon cycle in life and death. We study the effect of aboveground land management on belowground soil carbon cycling processes. We aim create a scalable understanding of microbial processes from single cells to populations to communities to ecosystems. Pictures with text: peatland restoration, sustainable agriculture and woodland regeneration.
Qualche segnale di speranza dalla società
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One thing I always try to do as a reviewer/editor when recommending a change is to think about whether or not the resulting improvement to the paper/software justifies the amount of time I think it will take the author to address it. The bigger the ask, the greater the need in order to justify it.
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Three exciting #PostDoc 🧑‍🔬👩‍🔬🧕 positions on #Ecological #Synthesis at TU Darmstadt @tuda.bsky.social for Reassembly #rainforest 🇪🇨 🌱🌴🦜 & #Biodiversity Exploratories 🌲🐄🚜🪲🐝🥀@bexplo.bsky.social
Please spread widely ✉️♥️▶️ & apply quickly 🙃
www.reassembly.de/the-team/job...
Ecological synthesis including forest ecosystems, grassland, land use, climate change, time series, stability, ecosystem functioning, biodiversity, species interaction networks
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📢 #Doctoral / #PhD position available with us at Leibniz-IZW for 4 years working at the interface of #wildlife + #disease #ecology, #veterinary sciences and #modelling.
🐗🐗🐗🐦🐦🐦
Training within #DFG #RTG 3069 led by @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social

▶️Apply here for P7: tinyurl.com/j2ehtz7m