Today at @idiv-research.bsky.social Feilong Ji showed responses of tree diversity on pre-disersal seed redation for several tree species in BEF-China - great progress 😊

Georg Albert, our synthesis postdoc, shiws how species interactions shape (multi) functions in the BEF-China experiment.

The saprophytic insects of BEF China and how this group is affected by tree species loss. Great work of our PhD student Matteo Dadda.

@entomassi.bsky.social explains how tree diversity influences parasitism of bees and wasps using long-term trap-nesting data in BEF China.

We developed and tested hypotheses on how fine root traits of the root economics space relate to ecosystem functioning in grasslands and forests, and experimental and observational systems (such as the Jena Experiment, the Biodiversity Exploratories, BEF-China, Cedar Creek, NEON and others).

@thdxr https://x.com/thdxr/status/1949818200419344776 #x-thdxr

i'm sure the other labs have stuff up their sleeve

but every single interesting model update in the past 2 months has come from china

feels really weird and is a brand new dynamic i haven't seen bef...

🚨 Postdoc paper alert! 🚨
🌳✨ In a subtropical forest plantation (BEF-China), we asked: How flexible are tree leaves when light & neighbours change? Using Vis/NIR spectroscopy, we measured 14 leaf traits from ~5000 leaves 🌿 across diversity levels. doi.org/10.1002/ecy....

....Simulations from the subtropical BEF-China experiment data.....Improving forest ecosystem functions by optimizing tree species spatial arrangement www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Reforestation isn’t just about planting more trees. It’s also about how we plant them.
Using the data from the BEF-China experiment, we simulated how different spatial arrangements of tree species affect:
🌱 Tree growth
🍂 Litterfall
🌿 Decomposition

McConnell - China
Adams - Turkey
Menendez - Egypt
Vance - India
Kushner - Saudi, Israel
Trump - the highest bidder

As a #GOP legislator proclaimed, “If you prevent bribes, no one will run for office!”

Let’s compare net worth annually to net worth bef entering ofc. Hello?

Next, insider trading…

Klimawandel und Biodiversität: Die Rolle artenreicher Wälder

Ein artenreicher Wald kann Temperaturextreme im Sommer und Winter besser ausgleichen als ein Wald mit geringerer Baumartenvielfalt. Was zunächst logisch klingt, ist das Ergebnis einer kürzlich […]

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We worked in the #BEF-China experiment, the largest planted #tree diversity experiment in the world and part of #TreeDivNet.

We found: A forest with high tree species diversity 🌳🌲 is better at buffering heat peaks 🌡️ in summer and cold peaks ❄️ in winter than a forest with fewer tree species.

@globaltimesnews: #Opinion: The Philippines has truly mastered the art of twisting the truth. It stirs up trouble in the South China Sea, escalates the situation, pushes it to the international stage, and then calls China the "biggest disruptor." It's like watching a ridiculous soap opera unfold bef

Wonderful visit from BEF China and oak syngameon scientists at #Cedar_Creek_ESR for our #NSF #Dimensions_of_Biodiversity project