Dr. Jon Bennett
@bennettecology.bsky.social
Associate professor in plant & soil ecology at University of Saskatchewan. Grassland ecology enthusiast
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Get ready for Cairns! ICOM2026 (formally known as ICOM13) is now online. I’ll be there next year and I hope you’ll join us! (I’ve already planned my post-conference bike tour…in Samoa!). 🍄🚲🌊
icom2026.org
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icom2026.org
July 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Get ready for Cairns! ICOM2026 (formally known as ICOM13) is now online. I’ll be there next year and I hope you’ll join us! (I’ve already planned my post-conference bike tour…in Samoa!). 🍄🚲🌊
icom2026.org
icom2026.org
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Hi everyone, I am launching a community science scheme "Spider Spies" where we are asking you, to send us pictures and if you're keen and able samples of Misumena vatia, the Flower Crab Spider to investigate their interactions with their host flowers and the invertebrate community around them.
May 19, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Hi everyone, I am launching a community science scheme "Spider Spies" where we are asking you, to send us pictures and if you're keen and able samples of Misumena vatia, the Flower Crab Spider to investigate their interactions with their host flowers and the invertebrate community around them.
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🚨 POST DOC 🚨
The Suding Lab at the University of CO - Boulder is recruiting a Postdoc researcher to build on an ongoing project examining grassland fuels, wildfire risk, & management questions.
Applications close May 8, 2025.
Start date will be before September 2025.
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The Suding Lab at the University of CO - Boulder is recruiting a Postdoc researcher to build on an ongoing project examining grassland fuels, wildfire risk, & management questions.
Applications close May 8, 2025.
Start date will be before September 2025.
🌎🌾🧪🌱🌿🍁💻🔥📈
Research Scientist I
jobs.colorado.edu
April 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
🚨 POST DOC 🚨
The Suding Lab at the University of CO - Boulder is recruiting a Postdoc researcher to build on an ongoing project examining grassland fuels, wildfire risk, & management questions.
Applications close May 8, 2025.
Start date will be before September 2025.
🌎🌾🧪🌱🌿🍁💻🔥📈
The Suding Lab at the University of CO - Boulder is recruiting a Postdoc researcher to build on an ongoing project examining grassland fuels, wildfire risk, & management questions.
Applications close May 8, 2025.
Start date will be before September 2025.
🌎🌾🧪🌱🌿🍁💻🔥📈
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I'm looking for a mycorrhiza-motivated PhD student to start this project, fully funded by a Rank Prize Lord Selborne Scholarship, in October 2025 - please contact me via email for more information and forward on to potentially interested people... www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Optimising wheat-fungal symbioses for enhanced nutrition and sustainability at University of Sheffield on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Optimising wheat-fungal symbioses for enhanced nutrition and sustainability at University of Sheffield, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
April 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I'm looking for a mycorrhiza-motivated PhD student to start this project, fully funded by a Rank Prize Lord Selborne Scholarship, in October 2025 - please contact me via email for more information and forward on to potentially interested people... www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Hi Folks! Myself and the Barberan Lab at U of A are still looking for a PhD student to work on an NSF funded project exploring effects of fire and invasion on soil microbes. We are looking for someone to start in Fall! SOON! Email me if you are interested! PLS Repost!
@EsaSeeds
@EsaSeeds
April 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Hi Folks! Myself and the Barberan Lab at U of A are still looking for a PhD student to work on an NSF funded project exploring effects of fire and invasion on soil microbes. We are looking for someone to start in Fall! SOON! Email me if you are interested! PLS Repost!
@EsaSeeds
@EsaSeeds
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🚨PhD position in Functional Plant Diversity and Community Assembly available in Prof. Vicky Temperton's group (@7toucans.bsky.social) at the Leuphana University Lueneburg (Germany).
Deadline: May 4, 2025 🧪🌍
www.leuphana.de/en/universit...
Deadline: May 4, 2025 🧪🌍
www.leuphana.de/en/universit...
April 16, 2025 at 5:48 AM
🚨PhD position in Functional Plant Diversity and Community Assembly available in Prof. Vicky Temperton's group (@7toucans.bsky.social) at the Leuphana University Lueneburg (Germany).
Deadline: May 4, 2025 🧪🌍
www.leuphana.de/en/universit...
Deadline: May 4, 2025 🧪🌍
www.leuphana.de/en/universit...
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We're Hiring for 8 Positions!! Interested in conducting research on nature based solutions in Canada's coastal ecosystems? Blue Carbon Canada is recruiting 3 PDFs & 5 PhD students for Sept. 2025 in partnership w @wwfcanada.org www.bluecarboncanada.ca/were-recruit... Open to int'l scholars Pls repost
We're Recruiting! — Blue Carbon Canada
www.bluecarboncanada.ca
April 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We're Hiring for 8 Positions!! Interested in conducting research on nature based solutions in Canada's coastal ecosystems? Blue Carbon Canada is recruiting 3 PDFs & 5 PhD students for Sept. 2025 in partnership w @wwfcanada.org www.bluecarboncanada.ca/were-recruit... Open to int'l scholars Pls repost
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🌿 The first article of our DarkDivNet consortium, led by Meelis Pärtel, has been published in Nature. Our dataset from 5500 sites in 119 world regions, collected specially for this purpose, shows that plant diversity is negatively affected not only by direct human impact such as local disturbance.
April 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
🌿 The first article of our DarkDivNet consortium, led by Meelis Pärtel, has been published in Nature. Our dataset from 5500 sites in 119 world regions, collected specially for this purpose, shows that plant diversity is negatively affected not only by direct human impact such as local disturbance.
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Excited to announce our new paper, “Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity,” out today in Nature – and it’s open access! Huge global collaboration led by Meelis Pärtel 🌐@macroecologyut.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity - Nature
A comparison of alpha diversity (number of plant species) and dark diversity (species that are currently absent from a site despite being ecologically suitable) demonstrates the negative effects of re...
www.nature.com
April 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Excited to announce our new paper, “Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity,” out today in Nature – and it’s open access! Huge global collaboration led by Meelis Pärtel 🌐@macroecologyut.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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New global study of dark diversity by #DarkDivNet led by Meelis Pärtel, where Aleš, Maruška, and Eva are co-authors with the dataset from Novohradské Hory, is now out in
@nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
April 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
New global study of dark diversity by #DarkDivNet led by Meelis Pärtel, where Aleš, Maruška, and Eva are co-authors with the dataset from Novohradské Hory, is now out in
@nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I am looking for a postdoc to join a large project where we are sampling plants and soils from across the Canadian prairies to identify genomic indicators (plant genotypes, eDNA, soil biome) of ecosystem function. This person would work with the team to integrate data, with significant latitude. 🌍
February 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I am looking for a postdoc to join a large project where we are sampling plants and soils from across the Canadian prairies to identify genomic indicators (plant genotypes, eDNA, soil biome) of ecosystem function. This person would work with the team to integrate data, with significant latitude. 🌍
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There is no statistical solution to the problem of causal inference from observational data, it requires good scientific & statistical judgement, & knowledge of the literature. Folks like short cuts (propensity scores, E values etc) to avoid hard thinking. Such short cuts don’t exist.
January 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
There is no statistical solution to the problem of causal inference from observational data, it requires good scientific & statistical judgement, & knowledge of the literature. Folks like short cuts (propensity scores, E values etc) to avoid hard thinking. Such short cuts don’t exist.
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If you've never donated to Wikipedia, now's the time. Elon Musk is attacking it because it's one of the only sources of honest, curated information that he can't control.
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
The billionaire has become one of the most prominent supporters of President-elect Donald Trump.
www.newsweek.com
December 25, 2024 at 3:54 AM
If you've never donated to Wikipedia, now's the time. Elon Musk is attacking it because it's one of the only sources of honest, curated information that he can't control.
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
Always exciting when a student publishes their work. Former MSc student Aisa found complex responses among Medicago sativa cultivars to commercial AMF inoculum. AMF enhanced stress, but that depended on the cultivar and response measured. Free read only link: rdcu.be/d3vug
Intraspecies variation in mycorrhizal response of Medicago sativa to Rhizophagus irregularis under abiotic stress
rdcu.be
December 16, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Always exciting when a student publishes their work. Former MSc student Aisa found complex responses among Medicago sativa cultivars to commercial AMF inoculum. AMF enhanced stress, but that depended on the cultivar and response measured. Free read only link: rdcu.be/d3vug
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It's happening! We are coming back with virtual meetings! Save The Date - August 6-8, 2025. 📅🇨🇦🍄🛜. Check your emails or social media for more details. PS. Contact us if you want to receive emails! #CFN25 #SaveTheDate #FungiareBack
December 9, 2024 at 10:57 PM
It's happening! We are coming back with virtual meetings! Save The Date - August 6-8, 2025. 📅🇨🇦🍄🛜. Check your emails or social media for more details. PS. Contact us if you want to receive emails! #CFN25 #SaveTheDate #FungiareBack
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Strongly agree with this letter in Science arguing that field-based research should be more highly and fairly valued in academia. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The value of field research in academia
From anthropology to zoology, immersion within communities, cultural settings, and study systems is integral to research and learning (1, 2). Fieldwork, the direct observation and collection of data i...
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November 28, 2024 at 8:26 AM
Strongly agree with this letter in Science arguing that field-based research should be more highly and fairly valued in academia. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Science takes time - a lot of time. Time that is more and more difficult to make available because of increased workloads. Time that exceeds the temporary contracts of postdocs and PhDs.
I'll illustrate this using our paper published in Nature yesterday. 🧵 (1/x)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I'll illustrate this using our paper published in Nature yesterday. 🧵 (1/x)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events - Nature
Soils from 30 grasslands across Europe were subjected to 4 contrasting extreme climatic events under drought, flood, freezing and heat conditions, with the results suggesting that soil microbiomes fro...
www.nature.com
November 28, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Science takes time - a lot of time. Time that is more and more difficult to make available because of increased workloads. Time that exceeds the temporary contracts of postdocs and PhDs.
I'll illustrate this using our paper published in Nature yesterday. 🧵 (1/x)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I'll illustrate this using our paper published in Nature yesterday. 🧵 (1/x)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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This new study suggests that high-quality old grassland may be particularly good at supporting pollinators because diverse food sources provided by such grassland provide additional health benefits.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
| Pornon et al. @funecology.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
| Pornon et al. @funecology.bsky.social
Species‐rich old grasslands have beneficial effects on the health and gut microbiome of bumblebees
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 25, 2024 at 8:20 AM
This new study suggests that high-quality old grassland may be particularly good at supporting pollinators because diverse food sources provided by such grassland provide additional health benefits.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
| Pornon et al. @funecology.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
| Pornon et al. @funecology.bsky.social
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Reviewers, consider not suggesting we should have added molecular analyses that are ‘trivial’. Not everyone has the same resourcesthat you do. Reviews are for constructive criticism of what they submitted, not what you wish they did.
-signed, me trying to share a small but interesting experiment
-signed, me trying to share a small but interesting experiment
November 26, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Reviewers, consider not suggesting we should have added molecular analyses that are ‘trivial’. Not everyone has the same resourcesthat you do. Reviews are for constructive criticism of what they submitted, not what you wish they did.
-signed, me trying to share a small but interesting experiment
-signed, me trying to share a small but interesting experiment
We are reopening a search for a postdoc in my group. I am looking for a curious person with an interest in plant-soil / plant-insect interactions to join our large and diverse team (research-groups.usask.ca/bennett-lab). 1/4
March 15, 2024 at 11:48 PM
We are reopening a search for a postdoc in my group. I am looking for a curious person with an interest in plant-soil / plant-insect interactions to join our large and diverse team (research-groups.usask.ca/bennett-lab). 1/4