Ben R Lee, PhD
@benrlee.com
Assistant Prof of Forest Ecology in southern Appalachia. Interested in climate change effects on forest plants, especially phenology, ecophys, and species interactions. He/him
Views my own
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More at https://peacchlab.com
Views my own
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More at https://peacchlab.com
Spatial Insurance of Distinct Ecological Functions
Communities can act as functional sources and sustain rare ecological roles across space. We reveal patterns of functional vulnerability for plants and birds
Check out our Perspective in Ecol Lett
👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Communities can act as functional sources and sustain rare ecological roles across space. We reveal patterns of functional vulnerability for plants and birds
Check out our Perspective in Ecol Lett
👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Here, There and Everywhere: Widespread Non‐Native Plants in the World's Urban Ecosystems - Super fun project to collaborate on! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Here, There and Everywhere: Widespread Non‐Native Plants in the World's Urban Ecosystems
Aim
To (a) produce a list of the most widespread naturalised non-native plant species across cities of the world; (b) explore whether cities on different continents are invaded by the same group of .....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Here, There and Everywhere: Widespread Non‐Native Plants in the World's Urban Ecosystems - Super fun project to collaborate on! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Got hired to go on day hikes and count tree seedlings up on Mt. Rainier as an undergrad and distinctly remember having the thought: "how long can I get away with being paid to do this?"
Answer: 15 years and counting
Answer: 15 years and counting
November 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Got hired to go on day hikes and count tree seedlings up on Mt. Rainier as an undergrad and distinctly remember having the thought: "how long can I get away with being paid to do this?"
Answer: 15 years and counting
Answer: 15 years and counting
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Do you look at this and see at least 10 plant species? Then you are ready for #Plantsgiving 2025!
How many species will be served during your meal??? It ain't a competition, it's just about recognition.
#iamabotanist @botsocamerica.bsky.social @nybg.bsky.social
How many species will be served during your meal??? It ain't a competition, it's just about recognition.
#iamabotanist @botsocamerica.bsky.social @nybg.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Do you look at this and see at least 10 plant species? Then you are ready for #Plantsgiving 2025!
How many species will be served during your meal??? It ain't a competition, it's just about recognition.
#iamabotanist @botsocamerica.bsky.social @nybg.bsky.social
How many species will be served during your meal??? It ain't a competition, it's just about recognition.
#iamabotanist @botsocamerica.bsky.social @nybg.bsky.social
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I am currently searching for a new postdoctoral researcher to study the evolution, genetics, and physiology of cold acclimation and freezing tolerance in switchgrass at Michigan State University. This work will be funded by a newly funded five-year DOE grant. careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...
Research Associate-Fixed Term - East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Position Summary
The Lowry Lab at Michigan State University is searching for a postdoctoral research associate to conduct molecular and physiological experiments to understand the causes of genetic va...
careers.msu.edu
November 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I am currently searching for a new postdoctoral researcher to study the evolution, genetics, and physiology of cold acclimation and freezing tolerance in switchgrass at Michigan State University. This work will be funded by a newly funded five-year DOE grant. careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...
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We are recruiting field technicians to contribute to a field study of adaptation to climate in Chamaecrista fasciculata in Raleigh/Chapel Hill, NC. My collaborators at UGA will soon post similar positions in Ithaca, NY and Archbold Biological Station, FL. Please share jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/225...
Temporary Plant Evolutionary Ecology Field Technician
The Sheth plant evolutionary ecology lab in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology at North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC) is currently seeking field technician to participate in an NS...
jobs.ncsu.edu
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
We are recruiting field technicians to contribute to a field study of adaptation to climate in Chamaecrista fasciculata in Raleigh/Chapel Hill, NC. My collaborators at UGA will soon post similar positions in Ithaca, NY and Archbold Biological Station, FL. Please share jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/225...
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Hi, it's me again
I have these calendars. They are so pretty. @megstampede.bsky.social made them. They have a bunch of animals on them, like crows and humpbacks and cuttlefish and salamanders.
Each month has facts about the animals AND actions you can take to help them
Get one at Squidfacts.net!
I have these calendars. They are so pretty. @megstampede.bsky.social made them. They have a bunch of animals on them, like crows and humpbacks and cuttlefish and salamanders.
Each month has facts about the animals AND actions you can take to help them
Get one at Squidfacts.net!
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Hi, it's me again
I have these calendars. They are so pretty. @megstampede.bsky.social made them. They have a bunch of animals on them, like crows and humpbacks and cuttlefish and salamanders.
Each month has facts about the animals AND actions you can take to help them
Get one at Squidfacts.net!
I have these calendars. They are so pretty. @megstampede.bsky.social made them. They have a bunch of animals on them, like crows and humpbacks and cuttlefish and salamanders.
Each month has facts about the animals AND actions you can take to help them
Get one at Squidfacts.net!
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Science People: We at NSF are still recovering/catching up/getting our lives together. But the agency posted these FAQs about post-shutdown resumption of operations which might answer a lot of Qs for you: www.nsf.gov/resumption-o...
Resumption of Operations at NSF
Information for NSF staff and the research community regarding the agency's resumption of operations after a lapse in appropriations.
www.nsf.gov
November 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Science People: We at NSF are still recovering/catching up/getting our lives together. But the agency posted these FAQs about post-shutdown resumption of operations which might answer a lot of Qs for you: www.nsf.gov/resumption-o...
Temperate deciduous forests are found in three global regions. We compared taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity of forest plant communities among these regions in a new Ecography article led by Javier Loidi and Josep Padullés Cubino:
doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
@ecography.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
@ecography.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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**Help!**
Are you working with environmental or biodiversity data and willing to help us out?
We have a questionnaire for you -->
the3dlab.org/2025/11/11/s...
Are you working with environmental or biodiversity data and willing to help us out?
We have a questionnaire for you -->
the3dlab.org/2025/11/11/s...
November 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
**Help!**
Are you working with environmental or biodiversity data and willing to help us out?
We have a questionnaire for you -->
the3dlab.org/2025/11/11/s...
Are you working with environmental or biodiversity data and willing to help us out?
We have a questionnaire for you -->
the3dlab.org/2025/11/11/s...
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🦞 attn tennessee folks 👇🏻
Are you planning on removing any pesky invasive species this month? Be sure to snap a photograph and get a free native plant seedling from the TN-IPC! Yay native plants! 🌳
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
🦞 attn tennessee folks 👇🏻
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🚨 Job alert 🚨
Come work with us as a postdoc modelling the impacts of climate change on plant-soil interactions and C sequestration!
Apply here before the 3rd of December: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Check out this video of the project you will be working in: vimeo.com/1133112953?s...
Come work with us as a postdoc modelling the impacts of climate change on plant-soil interactions and C sequestration!
Apply here before the 3rd of December: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Check out this video of the project you will be working in: vimeo.com/1133112953?s...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🚨 Job alert 🚨
Come work with us as a postdoc modelling the impacts of climate change on plant-soil interactions and C sequestration!
Apply here before the 3rd of December: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Check out this video of the project you will be working in: vimeo.com/1133112953?s...
Come work with us as a postdoc modelling the impacts of climate change on plant-soil interactions and C sequestration!
Apply here before the 3rd of December: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Check out this video of the project you will be working in: vimeo.com/1133112953?s...
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
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Yeah Stephen basically hit it on the head, and he deserves to be the first to say it in the press: “Bruce is fucking cooked”
![Stephen Paolini, who is affiliated with Katie Wilson's PAC: First, a point of personal privilege. I said what I said.
Bruce is fucking cooked ... [Wilson's] lead will only increase. The final margin will be somewhere between a 800-1200
vote lead for Katie ... I believe it's fair to say Katie will be the next mayor of Seattle but we might as well wait one more day to say it officially.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bcuz32ichfex6m3lebo2uq2z/bafkreigbs2umt3nhv36vc4bqnzjv47ib7wzdjeu6snup4pa57pooenbnsi@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Yeah Stephen basically hit it on the head, and he deserves to be the first to say it in the press: “Bruce is fucking cooked”
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This year we have sold 31% of the advent calendars that we sold last year 😓
The art is so pretty and colorful 🥺
The facts are so good 🥺
Eels are so cool 🥺
Get an eel facts advent calendar at EelFacts.net
The art is so pretty and colorful 🥺
The facts are so good 🥺
Eels are so cool 🥺
Get an eel facts advent calendar at EelFacts.net
November 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This year we have sold 31% of the advent calendars that we sold last year 😓
The art is so pretty and colorful 🥺
The facts are so good 🥺
Eels are so cool 🥺
Get an eel facts advent calendar at EelFacts.net
The art is so pretty and colorful 🥺
The facts are so good 🥺
Eels are so cool 🥺
Get an eel facts advent calendar at EelFacts.net
Bad: I've got a cold
Also bad: Seattle sports teams are out of playoffs x3 this month
Immensely good: all of my students applying to the GRFP this year got their ref letters in yesterday and are prepared to submit their (really good!) propsals this weekend!
I'll take that tradeoff any day
Also bad: Seattle sports teams are out of playoffs x3 this month
Immensely good: all of my students applying to the GRFP this year got their ref letters in yesterday and are prepared to submit their (really good!) propsals this weekend!
I'll take that tradeoff any day
November 9, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Bad: I've got a cold
Also bad: Seattle sports teams are out of playoffs x3 this month
Immensely good: all of my students applying to the GRFP this year got their ref letters in yesterday and are prepared to submit their (really good!) propsals this weekend!
I'll take that tradeoff any day
Also bad: Seattle sports teams are out of playoffs x3 this month
Immensely good: all of my students applying to the GRFP this year got their ref letters in yesterday and are prepared to submit their (really good!) propsals this weekend!
I'll take that tradeoff any day
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Amy Angert and I are recruiting a #postdoc to participate in a collaborative NSF-funded study of demographic responses to climate across the geographic range of the scarlet monkeyflower. Please repost! jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/224...
November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Amy Angert and I are recruiting a #postdoc to participate in a collaborative NSF-funded study of demographic responses to climate across the geographic range of the scarlet monkeyflower. Please repost! jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/224...
One of my students is having trouble submitting her GRFP because the submission site is not recognizing her Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts sub-headings. Has anyone else run into this problem and found a solution? It doesn't seem to be a font face issue.
November 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
One of my students is having trouble submitting her GRFP because the submission site is not recognizing her Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts sub-headings. Has anyone else run into this problem and found a solution? It doesn't seem to be a font face issue.
Just over one week left to apply to work as a PhD student with me in one of the most beautiful ecosystems in the US!
🚨 Please repost widely!🚨
I am recruiting a PhD student to join my lab next fall to work on forest and climate change ecology projects in southern Appalachia! Come join me in one of the most beautiful, biodiverse, and understudied parts of North America. Details below and happy to answer questions
I am recruiting a PhD student to join my lab next fall to work on forest and climate change ecology projects in southern Appalachia! Come join me in one of the most beautiful, biodiverse, and understudied parts of North America. Details below and happy to answer questions
November 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Just over one week left to apply to work as a PhD student with me in one of the most beautiful ecosystems in the US!
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Warning. ⚠️ If you are writing an NSF GRFP, new this year, you need official transcripts to apply. Beware. They will not review applications without official transcripts. ‼️
November 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Warning. ⚠️ If you are writing an NSF GRFP, new this year, you need official transcripts to apply. Beware. They will not review applications without official transcripts. ‼️
Formally published @forestecosyst.bsky.social
📰Spatial variation in non-structural carbohydrates reserves of pine species along climatic gradients: A global synthesis www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
📰Spatial variation in non-structural carbohydrates reserves of pine species along climatic gradients: A global synthesis www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 4, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I'm taking applications for a PhD student to work in my lab for just shy of two more weeks! Happy to talk to interested candidates about potential projects.
🚨 Please repost widely!🚨
I am recruiting a PhD student to join my lab next fall to work on forest and climate change ecology projects in southern Appalachia! Come join me in one of the most beautiful, biodiverse, and understudied parts of North America. Details below and happy to answer questions
I am recruiting a PhD student to join my lab next fall to work on forest and climate change ecology projects in southern Appalachia! Come join me in one of the most beautiful, biodiverse, and understudied parts of North America. Details below and happy to answer questions
November 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I'm taking applications for a PhD student to work in my lab for just shy of two more weeks! Happy to talk to interested candidates about potential projects.
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The amount of AI generated art in slides at this conference, primarily used by older scientists, is killing me. Scientists please. Don’t use these ai platforms to make your figures or slides. They look bad and I have yet to see them meaningfully improve the message of talks.
October 31, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The amount of AI generated art in slides at this conference, primarily used by older scientists, is killing me. Scientists please. Don’t use these ai platforms to make your figures or slides. They look bad and I have yet to see them meaningfully improve the message of talks.