Pawel Wasowicz
@pawelwasowicz.bsky.social
Botanist at the Natural Science Institute of Iceland
Our new New Forests paper🌲🌲🌲
Lodgepole pine grows fast and stores carbon, but it also spreads aggressively in Iceland and reduces native biodiversity.
It's important to weigh both the benefits and the ecological costs before planting non-native trees at scale link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Lodgepole pine grows fast and stores carbon, but it also spreads aggressively in Iceland and reduces native biodiversity.
It's important to weigh both the benefits and the ecological costs before planting non-native trees at scale link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Lodgepole pine in Iceland: biomass gains cannot be interpreted without ecological costs. Response to Riege et al. - New Forests
We respond to Riege et al. (New For 56:68, 2025), who present valuable new data on early biomass accumulation by lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) in Iceland. We argue that this finding cannot be evalua...
link.springer.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Our new New Forests paper🌲🌲🌲
Lodgepole pine grows fast and stores carbon, but it also spreads aggressively in Iceland and reduces native biodiversity.
It's important to weigh both the benefits and the ecological costs before planting non-native trees at scale link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Lodgepole pine grows fast and stores carbon, but it also spreads aggressively in Iceland and reduces native biodiversity.
It's important to weigh both the benefits and the ecological costs before planting non-native trees at scale link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Our new study with @drandygreen.bsky.social
overturns the idea that seed or fruit traits determine plant spread. #botany #SeedDispersal #IslandEcology #Surtsey #Iceland #PlantScience #BirdEcology #EcologyLetters doi.org/10.1111/ele....
overturns the idea that seed or fruit traits determine plant spread. #botany #SeedDispersal #IslandEcology #Surtsey #Iceland #PlantScience #BirdEcology #EcologyLetters doi.org/10.1111/ele....
Putative ‘Dispersal Adaptations’ Do Not Explain the Colonisation of a Volcanic Island by Vascular Plants, but Birds Can
It is widely assumed that adaptations for long-distance dispersal are identifiable from seed and fruit traits used to define ‘dispersal syndromes’. Sixty years of monitoring a new island allowed us t...
doi.org
October 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Our new study with @drandygreen.bsky.social
overturns the idea that seed or fruit traits determine plant spread. #botany #SeedDispersal #IslandEcology #Surtsey #Iceland #PlantScience #BirdEcology #EcologyLetters doi.org/10.1111/ele....
overturns the idea that seed or fruit traits determine plant spread. #botany #SeedDispersal #IslandEcology #Surtsey #Iceland #PlantScience #BirdEcology #EcologyLetters doi.org/10.1111/ele....
Reposted by Pawel Wasowicz
New paper on population changes in common waders and passerines in Iceland's largest breeding area. Most populations are declining fast.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
February 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
New paper on population changes in common waders and passerines in Iceland's largest breeding area. Most populations are declining fast.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Check out our latest paper on🌲 Pinus contorta 🌲 invasion in Iceland! Promoted as an "easy fix" to climate change, its use exacerbates the biodiversity crisis, threatening native ecosystems. #InvasiveSpecies #BiodiversityCrisis #ClimateAction #Forestry #Ecology neobiota.pensoft.net/article/1340...
Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Douglas ex Loudon) invasion in subarctic Iceland: evidence from a long-term study
The North American lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) has been widely introduced globally and is now considered invasive in several countries. It was first planted in subarctic Iceland in the 1950s. Rece...
neobiota.pensoft.net
January 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Check out our latest paper on🌲 Pinus contorta 🌲 invasion in Iceland! Promoted as an "easy fix" to climate change, its use exacerbates the biodiversity crisis, threatening native ecosystems. #InvasiveSpecies #BiodiversityCrisis #ClimateAction #Forestry #Ecology neobiota.pensoft.net/article/1340...
Winter afternoon in Akureyri.
January 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Winter afternoon in Akureyri.
Reposted by Pawel Wasowicz
Deforestation caused by nickel mining leads to carbon emissions on a scale that companies and governments have mostly failed to recognize
https://go.nature.com/40jK5Rl
https://go.nature.com/40jK5Rl
Mines for a clean-energy metal have a surprise climate effect
Vegetation clearing to extract nickel, which is used in renewable technologies, leads to greater carbon emissions than realized.
go.nature.com
January 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Deforestation caused by nickel mining leads to carbon emissions on a scale that companies and governments have mostly failed to recognize
https://go.nature.com/40jK5Rl
https://go.nature.com/40jK5Rl
Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) invasion in Steinadalur, SE Iceland.
A sub-arctic heathland is becoming a dense forest due to *Pinus contorta* invasion. This rapid ecological shift, seen across Iceland, will impact both native flora and birdlife in the years ahead.
A sub-arctic heathland is becoming a dense forest due to *Pinus contorta* invasion. This rapid ecological shift, seen across Iceland, will impact both native flora and birdlife in the years ahead.
January 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) invasion in Steinadalur, SE Iceland.
A sub-arctic heathland is becoming a dense forest due to *Pinus contorta* invasion. This rapid ecological shift, seen across Iceland, will impact both native flora and birdlife in the years ahead.
A sub-arctic heathland is becoming a dense forest due to *Pinus contorta* invasion. This rapid ecological shift, seen across Iceland, will impact both native flora and birdlife in the years ahead.