Jules Segrestin
@jsegrestin.bsky.social
Plant ecology researcher @plantecolcb.bsky.social 🌿🍀🌾 interested in #trait responses to environmental changes 🍂🌞🌧🐐 , #biodiversity 🌸🌻🏵, and #ecosystem functioning
Reposted by Jules Segrestin
A new publication led by Ondra, now published in @jvegsci.bsky.social is the result of fieldwork by almost our entire working group. We examined the intraspecific trait variability of 15 Carex species across South Bohemia.
You can find the article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
You can find the article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
October 13, 2025 at 8:22 AM
A new publication led by Ondra, now published in @jvegsci.bsky.social is the result of fieldwork by almost our entire working group. We examined the intraspecific trait variability of 15 Carex species across South Bohemia.
You can find the article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
You can find the article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
📢 Looking for an international Master’s in Ecology? 🌿
A great opportunity to study cutting-edge ecology in a dynamic research environment in the Czech Republic! 🇨🇿✨
🔗 prf.jcu.cz/ecology
#Ecology #Masters 🌐
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A great opportunity to study cutting-edge ecology in a dynamic research environment in the Czech Republic! 🇨🇿✨
🔗 prf.jcu.cz/ecology
#Ecology #Masters 🌐
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Faculty of Science, USB, České Budějovice, Czechia offers a two-year research-oriented Master's study in Ecology.
prf.jcu.cz/ecology
Application deadline: 31 October 2025.
Tuition fee:
EU citizens: 500 CZK per year (≈ 20 EUR)
Non-EU: 12000 CZK per year (≈ 480 EUR)
prf.jcu.cz/ecology
Application deadline: 31 October 2025.
Tuition fee:
EU citizens: 500 CZK per year (≈ 20 EUR)
Non-EU: 12000 CZK per year (≈ 480 EUR)
October 10, 2025 at 12:13 PM
📢 Looking for an international Master’s in Ecology? 🌿
A great opportunity to study cutting-edge ecology in a dynamic research environment in the Czech Republic! 🇨🇿✨
🔗 prf.jcu.cz/ecology
#Ecology #Masters 🌐
👇👇👇
A great opportunity to study cutting-edge ecology in a dynamic research environment in the Czech Republic! 🇨🇿✨
🔗 prf.jcu.cz/ecology
#Ecology #Masters 🌐
👇👇👇
🌿 Excited to share FAIRTraits!
A data set with 189,452 records of 180 quantitative #traits from 240 Mediterranean plant species, fully FAIR-compliant & openly available 📊🌐
🔗🔓 doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
Started back in 2013 when I was a MSc student, now a huge team effort 💪
@esajournals.bsky.social
A data set with 189,452 records of 180 quantitative #traits from 240 Mediterranean plant species, fully FAIR-compliant & openly available 📊🌐
🔗🔓 doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
Started back in 2013 when I was a MSc student, now a huge team effort 💪
@esajournals.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
🌿 Excited to share FAIRTraits!
A data set with 189,452 records of 180 quantitative #traits from 240 Mediterranean plant species, fully FAIR-compliant & openly available 📊🌐
🔗🔓 doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
Started back in 2013 when I was a MSc student, now a huge team effort 💪
@esajournals.bsky.social
A data set with 189,452 records of 180 quantitative #traits from 240 Mediterranean plant species, fully FAIR-compliant & openly available 📊🌐
🔗🔓 doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
Started back in 2013 when I was a MSc student, now a huge team effort 💪
@esajournals.bsky.social
Reposted by Jules Segrestin
In our new article with Rui-Ling Liu and Wen-Yong Guo in J. Ecol., we quantified how plant strategy scores derived from leaf traits (Pierce method) correlate with other plant traits and plant environmental preferences.
🔗 Open-access article: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
@journalofecology.bsky.social
🔗 Open-access article: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
@journalofecology.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
In our new article with Rui-Ling Liu and Wen-Yong Guo in J. Ecol., we quantified how plant strategy scores derived from leaf traits (Pierce method) correlate with other plant traits and plant environmental preferences.
🔗 Open-access article: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
@journalofecology.bsky.social
🔗 Open-access article: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
@journalofecology.bsky.social
Reposted by Jules Segrestin
New Article: "Arbuscular mycorrhizal association regulates global root–seed coordination" rdcu.be/eBmpX
Global positive correlation between root diameter and seed size, driven by dual roles of arbuscular mycorrhiza in phosphorus uptake and pathogen defence.
Global positive correlation between root diameter and seed size, driven by dual roles of arbuscular mycorrhiza in phosphorus uptake and pathogen defence.
August 19, 2025 at 10:39 AM
New Article: "Arbuscular mycorrhizal association regulates global root–seed coordination" rdcu.be/eBmpX
Global positive correlation between root diameter and seed size, driven by dual roles of arbuscular mycorrhiza in phosphorus uptake and pathogen defence.
Global positive correlation between root diameter and seed size, driven by dual roles of arbuscular mycorrhiza in phosphorus uptake and pathogen defence.
Reposted by Jules Segrestin
Last week’s campaign combined tech & teamwork!
Multispectral drone flights by Leyre Pedrós Pla (PhD student of Francesco de Bello) + trait sampling across all Prachatice grassland sites = 710 leaf samples processed in 2 days. Big thanks to the whole team! @jsegrestin.bsky.social #RemoteSensing
Multispectral drone flights by Leyre Pedrós Pla (PhD student of Francesco de Bello) + trait sampling across all Prachatice grassland sites = 710 leaf samples processed in 2 days. Big thanks to the whole team! @jsegrestin.bsky.social #RemoteSensing
July 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Last week’s campaign combined tech & teamwork!
Multispectral drone flights by Leyre Pedrós Pla (PhD student of Francesco de Bello) + trait sampling across all Prachatice grassland sites = 710 leaf samples processed in 2 days. Big thanks to the whole team! @jsegrestin.bsky.social #RemoteSensing
Multispectral drone flights by Leyre Pedrós Pla (PhD student of Francesco de Bello) + trait sampling across all Prachatice grassland sites = 710 leaf samples processed in 2 days. Big thanks to the whole team! @jsegrestin.bsky.social #RemoteSensing
Last week, we hosted Leyre (PhD w/ Francesco) who flew a drone equipped with a #multispectral camera over all our multi-site diversity plots 🚁
At the same time, we measured plant #traits across the entire gradient and… processed 710 leaf samples in just 2 days 😅
An intense but rewarding campaign 💪
At the same time, we measured plant #traits across the entire gradient and… processed 710 leaf samples in just 2 days 😅
An intense but rewarding campaign 💪
July 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Last week, we hosted Leyre (PhD w/ Francesco) who flew a drone equipped with a #multispectral camera over all our multi-site diversity plots 🚁
At the same time, we measured plant #traits across the entire gradient and… processed 710 leaf samples in just 2 days 😅
An intense but rewarding campaign 💪
At the same time, we measured plant #traits across the entire gradient and… processed 710 leaf samples in just 2 days 😅
An intense but rewarding campaign 💪
🌿 Testing the ‘afterlife' effect 👻 within species 🌿
Do Carex populations from different environments decompose differently? 🍂
✅ Yes – different populations had different decomposability
🤏 But species identity mattered much more
❗ And leaf #traits didn’t reliably predict decay rates
Do Carex populations from different environments decompose differently? 🍂
✅ Yes – different populations had different decomposability
🤏 But species identity mattered much more
❗ And leaf #traits didn’t reliably predict decay rates
So excited to see the first chapter of my PhD published! 🎉
We conducted a leaf decomposition experiment on closely related Carex species, and investigated the extent of trait differences within and between species 🍃🍂
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s004...
We conducted a leaf decomposition experiment on closely related Carex species, and investigated the extent of trait differences within and between species 🍃🍂
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s004...
Intraspecific differences in leaf decomposition and associated traits in closely related Carex species: a microcosm experiment - Oecologia
Litter decomposition is a fundamental process in carbon and nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. In a microcosm experiment we investigated the determinants of leaf decomposition with considerat...
doi.org
June 16, 2025 at 7:41 AM
🌿 Testing the ‘afterlife' effect 👻 within species 🌿
Do Carex populations from different environments decompose differently? 🍂
✅ Yes – different populations had different decomposability
🤏 But species identity mattered much more
❗ And leaf #traits didn’t reliably predict decay rates
Do Carex populations from different environments decompose differently? 🍂
✅ Yes – different populations had different decomposability
🤏 But species identity mattered much more
❗ And leaf #traits didn’t reliably predict decay rates
Reposted by Jules Segrestin
I am very happy to spend some weeks visiting the @plantecolcb.bsky.social group! After reading a lot of papers from this experiment I finally have the opportunity to visit the place and meet the people 😊
lucrecialipoma.bsky.social, a researcher at IMBIV (CONICET, Argentina) and assistant professor at the National University of Córdoba, is now visiting our working group. She arrived at the peak of the field season and had already joined the harvest of the biomass from Šuspa's experiment.
June 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I am very happy to spend some weeks visiting the @plantecolcb.bsky.social group! After reading a lot of papers from this experiment I finally have the opportunity to visit the place and meet the people 😊
Reposted by Jules Segrestin
📰Published📰 Seedling fate in wet meadows: success fueled by mowing, not fertilizer 🌱
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Seedling fate in wet meadows: success fueled by mowing, not fertilizer
Terezie Rychtecká, Pavel Fibich, Jan Lepš This is a plain language summary for a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Regeneration from seed plays an important role in grass…
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May 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
📰Published📰 Seedling fate in wet meadows: success fueled by mowing, not fertilizer 🌱
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Reposted by Jules Segrestin
A 🆕 #OpenAccess Review in "Ecological Monographs": 8 key limitations in how we link species traits to ecosystem structure & function, and a to-do list to push the field forward
📄Raunkiæran shortfalls: Challenges and perspectives in trait-based ecology
doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
📄Raunkiæran shortfalls: Challenges and perspectives in trait-based ecology
doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
May 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A 🆕 #OpenAccess Review in "Ecological Monographs": 8 key limitations in how we link species traits to ecosystem structure & function, and a to-do list to push the field forward
📄Raunkiæran shortfalls: Challenges and perspectives in trait-based ecology
doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
📄Raunkiæran shortfalls: Challenges and perspectives in trait-based ecology
doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
🎤 Grateful for the opportunity to speak as a keynote at #PopBio2025 in beautiful Prague! 🇨🇿✨
It was a true pleasure to share my work and connect with such a thoughtful community 🌍
Huge thanks to the organizers for putting together such a fantastic event! 👏🏼🎉🌱
#Ecology #ScientificCommunity
It was a true pleasure to share my work and connect with such a thoughtful community 🌍
Huge thanks to the organizers for putting together such a fantastic event! 👏🏼🎉🌱
#Ecology #ScientificCommunity
May 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🎤 Grateful for the opportunity to speak as a keynote at #PopBio2025 in beautiful Prague! 🇨🇿✨
It was a true pleasure to share my work and connect with such a thoughtful community 🌍
Huge thanks to the organizers for putting together such a fantastic event! 👏🏼🎉🌱
#Ecology #ScientificCommunity
It was a true pleasure to share my work and connect with such a thoughtful community 🌍
Huge thanks to the organizers for putting together such a fantastic event! 👏🏼🎉🌱
#Ecology #ScientificCommunity
Reposted by Jules Segrestin
A nice review to add to the next steps in #TraitBaesdEcology literature - "Raunkiæran shortfalls: Challenges and perspectives in trait‐based ecology" 🌐🧪🌾https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ecm.70018
Raunkiæran shortfalls: Challenges and perspectives in trait‐based ecology
Trait-based ecology, a prominent research field identifying traits linked to the distribution and interactions of organisms and their impact on ecosystem functioning, has flourished in the last three...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A nice review to add to the next steps in #TraitBaesdEcology literature - "Raunkiæran shortfalls: Challenges and perspectives in trait‐based ecology" 🌐🧪🌾https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ecm.70018
Reposted by Jules Segrestin
Group of "trait ecologists" published a large paper on the state of the art of the discipline in Ecological Monographs. doi.org/10.1002/ecm.... - There are four authors in the team from our group, including the leading author, Francesco de Bello.
May 16, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Group of "trait ecologists" published a large paper on the state of the art of the discipline in Ecological Monographs. doi.org/10.1002/ecm.... - There are four authors in the team from our group, including the leading author, Francesco de Bello.
Trait-based #ecology has flourished, but key limitations still hinder progress. We identify 8 major shortfalls, from trait definitions 📏 to ecosystem scaling 🔄🌐, and propose paths forward for a more robust and integrative trait-based framework.
📄🔗 doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
@esajournals.bsky.social
📄🔗 doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
@esajournals.bsky.social
Raunkiæran shortfalls: Challenges and perspectives in trait‐based ecology
Trait-based ecology, a prominent research field identifying traits linked to the distribution and interactions of organisms and their impact on ecosystem functioning, has flourished in the last three...
doi.org
May 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Trait-based #ecology has flourished, but key limitations still hinder progress. We identify 8 major shortfalls, from trait definitions 📏 to ecosystem scaling 🔄🌐, and propose paths forward for a more robust and integrative trait-based framework.
📄🔗 doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
@esajournals.bsky.social
📄🔗 doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
@esajournals.bsky.social
Reposted by Jules Segrestin
New BEF research in "Ecology" - this time, examining carbon dynamics 👀
🌿Just published in Ecology @esajournals.bsky.social! 🎉
Using long-term removal experiments, we empirically tested how redundancy and complementarity among plant species shape seasonal #carbon dynamics in a natural grassland 🌐
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
#Biodiversity 🌿 #CarbonCycle 🔁 #Grasslands 🌾
Using long-term removal experiments, we empirically tested how redundancy and complementarity among plant species shape seasonal #carbon dynamics in a natural grassland 🌐
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
#Biodiversity 🌿 #CarbonCycle 🔁 #Grasslands 🌾
May 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
New BEF research in "Ecology" - this time, examining carbon dynamics 👀
🌿Just published in Ecology @esajournals.bsky.social! 🎉
Using long-term removal experiments, we empirically tested how redundancy and complementarity among plant species shape seasonal #carbon dynamics in a natural grassland 🌐
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
#Biodiversity 🌿 #CarbonCycle 🔁 #Grasslands 🌾
Using long-term removal experiments, we empirically tested how redundancy and complementarity among plant species shape seasonal #carbon dynamics in a natural grassland 🌐
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
#Biodiversity 🌿 #CarbonCycle 🔁 #Grasslands 🌾
May 9, 2025 at 7:22 AM
🌿Just published in Ecology @esajournals.bsky.social! 🎉
Using long-term removal experiments, we empirically tested how redundancy and complementarity among plant species shape seasonal #carbon dynamics in a natural grassland 🌐
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
#Biodiversity 🌿 #CarbonCycle 🔁 #Grasslands 🌾
Using long-term removal experiments, we empirically tested how redundancy and complementarity among plant species shape seasonal #carbon dynamics in a natural grassland 🌐
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
#Biodiversity 🌿 #CarbonCycle 🔁 #Grasslands 🌾
Reposted by Jules Segrestin
🚨 PhD Opportunity 🚨
🌱🔥We're offering a funded PhD position at
@inrae-paca.bsky.social
to investigate how tree species functional strategies and fire recurrence shape the resilience of Mediterranean forests and their ecosystem services. 🌍
📩 To apply (in French) : jobs.inrae.fr/ot-25708
🌱🔥We're offering a funded PhD position at
@inrae-paca.bsky.social
to investigate how tree species functional strategies and fire recurrence shape the resilience of Mediterranean forests and their ecosystem services. 🌍
📩 To apply (in French) : jobs.inrae.fr/ot-25708
Evaluation de la résilience des peuplements et des services écosystémiques associés au changement de régime de feu en fonction de la stratégie d’adaptation au feu des espèces
ContexteDans les forêts européennes, les régimes de perturbations évoluent également, avec une augmentation des incendies, des tempêtes et des épidémies d'insectes (Patacca et al. 2022). L'augmentatio...
jobs.inrae.fr
April 15, 2025 at 7:08 AM
🚨 PhD Opportunity 🚨
🌱🔥We're offering a funded PhD position at
@inrae-paca.bsky.social
to investigate how tree species functional strategies and fire recurrence shape the resilience of Mediterranean forests and their ecosystem services. 🌍
📩 To apply (in French) : jobs.inrae.fr/ot-25708
🌱🔥We're offering a funded PhD position at
@inrae-paca.bsky.social
to investigate how tree species functional strategies and fire recurrence shape the resilience of Mediterranean forests and their ecosystem services. 🌍
📩 To apply (in French) : jobs.inrae.fr/ot-25708
Reposted by Jules Segrestin
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...
Reposted by Jules Segrestin
#conference | POPBIO 2025: 37th Conference of the Plant Population Biology Section of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ)
❗ Deadline for abstracts: 31 Mar 2025
➡️ popbio2025.ibot.cas.cz
Org. by @popecolibot.bsky.social @ibotcz.bsky.social, @sciencecharles.bsky.social
❗ Deadline for abstracts: 31 Mar 2025
➡️ popbio2025.ibot.cas.cz
Org. by @popecolibot.bsky.social @ibotcz.bsky.social, @sciencecharles.bsky.social
February 18, 2025 at 9:13 AM
#conference | POPBIO 2025: 37th Conference of the Plant Population Biology Section of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ)
❗ Deadline for abstracts: 31 Mar 2025
➡️ popbio2025.ibot.cas.cz
Org. by @popecolibot.bsky.social @ibotcz.bsky.social, @sciencecharles.bsky.social
❗ Deadline for abstracts: 31 Mar 2025
➡️ popbio2025.ibot.cas.cz
Org. by @popecolibot.bsky.social @ibotcz.bsky.social, @sciencecharles.bsky.social
🌱 I’m excited to announce that I’ll be presenting at PopBio 2025 in Prague! 🌍🌐
I’ll be discussing the drivers of stability in ecological communities and sharing new results from long-term biodiversity data.
🗓️ May 2025 | More info: popbio2025.ibot.cas.cz
#PopBio2025 #Ecology #FunctionalEcology
I’ll be discussing the drivers of stability in ecological communities and sharing new results from long-term biodiversity data.
🗓️ May 2025 | More info: popbio2025.ibot.cas.cz
#PopBio2025 #Ecology #FunctionalEcology
February 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
🌱 I’m excited to announce that I’ll be presenting at PopBio 2025 in Prague! 🌍🌐
I’ll be discussing the drivers of stability in ecological communities and sharing new results from long-term biodiversity data.
🗓️ May 2025 | More info: popbio2025.ibot.cas.cz
#PopBio2025 #Ecology #FunctionalEcology
I’ll be discussing the drivers of stability in ecological communities and sharing new results from long-term biodiversity data.
🗓️ May 2025 | More info: popbio2025.ibot.cas.cz
#PopBio2025 #Ecology #FunctionalEcology
Reposted by Jules Segrestin
New field season has been started! We removed the ingrowth cores placed to measure belowground biomass in permanent plots at Ohrazení.
February 5, 2025 at 8:41 AM
New field season has been started! We removed the ingrowth cores placed to measure belowground biomass in permanent plots at Ohrazení.
Reposted by Jules Segrestin
A new article from Ohrazení is out! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
A new article from Ohrazení is out! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🚨 New paper from our group! 🚨
Using a realistic species loss scenario, we show only limited effects of #biodiversity loss on below-ground biomass & root #traits. 🌱 But short-term root production is strongly affected!
📄🔓 Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
@journalofecology.bsky.social #Ecology 🌐
Using a realistic species loss scenario, we show only limited effects of #biodiversity loss on below-ground biomass & root #traits. 🌱 But short-term root production is strongly affected!
📄🔓 Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
@journalofecology.bsky.social #Ecology 🌐
Plant diversity loss has limited effects on below‐ground biomass and traits but alters community short‐term root production in a species‐rich grassland
These results from a non-random species removal experiment revealed minimal impact of a realistic diversity loss on root biomass and traits, but a decrease in short-term fine root production. These r...
doi.org
January 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🚨 New paper from our group! 🚨
Using a realistic species loss scenario, we show only limited effects of #biodiversity loss on below-ground biomass & root #traits. 🌱 But short-term root production is strongly affected!
📄🔓 Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
@journalofecology.bsky.social #Ecology 🌐
Using a realistic species loss scenario, we show only limited effects of #biodiversity loss on below-ground biomass & root #traits. 🌱 But short-term root production is strongly affected!
📄🔓 Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
@journalofecology.bsky.social #Ecology 🌐
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January 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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