🗞️New study in @globalchangebio.bsky.social 🗞️
🌳Diversity in resource use strategies promotes productivity across a global network of tree #diversity experiments?🌲
Read our new study led by Joel Jensen together with #TreeDivNet here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🌳Diversity in resource use strategies promotes productivity across a global network of tree #diversity experiments?🌲
Read our new study led by Joel Jensen together with #TreeDivNet here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Diversity in Resource Use Strategies Promotes Productivity in Young Planted Tree Species Mixtures
By analyzing data from over 83,000 trees in 21 experiments across five continents, we found that forests with more species were more productive and had more stable growth. Productivity was driven mai....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
🗞️New study in @globalchangebio.bsky.social 🗞️
🌳Diversity in resource use strategies promotes productivity across a global network of tree #diversity experiments?🌲
Read our new study led by Joel Jensen together with #TreeDivNet here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🌳Diversity in resource use strategies promotes productivity across a global network of tree #diversity experiments?🌲
Read our new study led by Joel Jensen together with #TreeDivNet here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Tree diversity increases carbon sequestration #TreeDivNet 🌳🌲 scienceblog.com/tree-diversi...
Tree diversity increases carbon sequestration
The world's oldest tropical tree diversity experiment has delivered compelling evidence that forests with multiple tree species capture significantly more
scienceblog.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Tree diversity increases carbon sequestration #TreeDivNet 🌳🌲 scienceblog.com/tree-diversi...
In a new #OA Forum paper in @oikosjournal.bsky.social we discuss the underlying mechanisms of temporal shifts in tree diversity effects on forest ecosystem functioning and use the Satakunta forest diversity experiments as a case study 🌳🌲🌍🧪 #TreeDivNet
doi.org/10.1111/oik....
doi.org/10.1111/oik....
January 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
In a new #OA Forum paper in @oikosjournal.bsky.social we discuss the underlying mechanisms of temporal shifts in tree diversity effects on forest ecosystem functioning and use the Satakunta forest diversity experiments as a case study 🌳🌲🌍🧪 #TreeDivNet
doi.org/10.1111/oik....
doi.org/10.1111/oik....
Our new #TreeDivNet paper led by Hernán Serrano-León is out in @globalchangebio.bsky.social! Using data from 9 forest diversity experiments across Europe, we showed that tree diversity effects on tree growth responses strengthened during consecutive drought years dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
September 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Our new #TreeDivNet paper led by Hernán Serrano-León is out in @globalchangebio.bsky.social! Using data from 9 forest diversity experiments across Europe, we showed that tree diversity effects on tree growth responses strengthened during consecutive drought years dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
🚨Publication alert🚨 #Forest 🌳 #diversity ≠ automatic #drought resilience. Across #treedivnet 🧪🍁experiments, single-year drought growth reflected #trees’ #hydraulic safety margins & drought intensity, not richness. In consecutive droughts, div effects grew—direction varied by site. #Traits matter.
Multiyear Drought Strengthens Positive and Negative Functional Diversity Effects on Tree Growth Response
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October 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🚨Publication alert🚨 #Forest 🌳 #diversity ≠ automatic #drought resilience. Across #treedivnet 🧪🍁experiments, single-year drought growth reflected #trees’ #hydraulic safety margins & drought intensity, not richness. In consecutive droughts, div effects grew—direction varied by site. #Traits matter.
It was a pleasure to meet and discuss tree trait responses to diversity @idiv-research.bsky.social 🌳🌲
#sTREND rocks🚨/w @juliakoricheva.bsky.social, @ritasousasilva.bsky.social, @habenblondeel.bsky.social, @cavenderg9.bsky.social, @shankothari.bsky.social, @lsachsenmaier.bsky.social, #TreeDivNet
#sTREND rocks🚨/w @juliakoricheva.bsky.social, @ritasousasilva.bsky.social, @habenblondeel.bsky.social, @cavenderg9.bsky.social, @shankothari.bsky.social, @lsachsenmaier.bsky.social, #TreeDivNet
Fun week @idiv-research.bsky.social attending the 1st meeting of sTREND working group on synthesis of tree traits responses to neighbouring diversity with @mixedforests.bsky.social, @ritasousasilva.bsky.social, @habenblondeel.bsky.social, @cavenderg9.bsky.social, @shankothari.bsky.social and others
July 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It was a pleasure to meet and discuss tree trait responses to diversity @idiv-research.bsky.social 🌳🌲
#sTREND rocks🚨/w @juliakoricheva.bsky.social, @ritasousasilva.bsky.social, @habenblondeel.bsky.social, @cavenderg9.bsky.social, @shankothari.bsky.social, @lsachsenmaier.bsky.social, #TreeDivNet
#sTREND rocks🚨/w @juliakoricheva.bsky.social, @ritasousasilva.bsky.social, @habenblondeel.bsky.social, @cavenderg9.bsky.social, @shankothari.bsky.social, @lsachsenmaier.bsky.social, #TreeDivNet
Forest temperature buffering in pure and mixed stands: A high-resolution temporal analysis with generalized additive models #TreeDivNet doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...
February 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Forest temperature buffering in pure and mixed stands: A high-resolution temporal analysis with generalized additive models #TreeDivNet doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...
Very pleased that data from the Satakunta forest diversity experiments have contributed to this @nature.com paper led by Laurent Augusto & Marie Charru @inrae-france.bsky.social which shows that tree species with conservative traits often outperform acquisitive species #TreeDivNet rdcu.be/eeeA8
Widespread slow growth of acquisitive tree species
Nature - Under field conditions, acquisitive tree species generally grow slowly, whereas conservative species show generally higher realized growth, owing to their ability to tolerate unfavourable...
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March 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Very pleased that data from the Satakunta forest diversity experiments have contributed to this @nature.com paper led by Laurent Augusto & Marie Charru @inrae-france.bsky.social which shows that tree species with conservative traits often outperform acquisitive species #TreeDivNet rdcu.be/eeeA8
Delighted that our @oikosjournal.bsky.social Forum paper is the Editor's choice for the April issue! 🌳🌲 #TreeDivNet nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
April 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Delighted that our @oikosjournal.bsky.social Forum paper is the Editor's choice for the April issue! 🌳🌲 #TreeDivNet nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
🚨🧪#Tree #diversity reduces variability in sapling survival under drought: a new #TreeDivNet synthesis paper by
Blondeel et al. just published in J Ecology
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Blondeel et al. just published in J Ecology
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
April 9, 2024 at 11:55 AM
🚨🧪#Tree #diversity reduces variability in sapling survival under drought: a new #TreeDivNet synthesis paper by
Blondeel et al. just published in J Ecology
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Blondeel et al. just published in J Ecology
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
new Ecology paper alert: we use 2 tree diversity-ecosystem function experiments to show that tree diversity increases productivity through increased canopy complexity (as measured with NEON airborne Lidar) #treedivnet
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Canopy complexity drives positive effects of tree diversity on productivity in two tree diversity experiments
Forest canopy complexity (i.e., the three-dimensional structure of the canopy) is often associated with increased species diversity as well as high primary productivity across natural forests. Howeve...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
new Ecology paper alert: we use 2 tree diversity-ecosystem function experiments to show that tree diversity increases productivity through increased canopy complexity (as measured with NEON airborne Lidar) #treedivnet
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
So much done, so much to do... to understand climate change and management effects on 🌳🌲 forest ecosystem functioning and services 🧪... Coordinated action needed... with TreeDivNet being a great start to unravel tree diversity effects. Read the recent synthesis to see where the science stands...
Publication alert🚨Mixed #forests are great - this is common knowledge, but what is the #scientific basis? Read the #TreeDivNet 🌳🌲synthesis by Depauw et al. doi.org/10.1007/s407...
February 7, 2024 at 4:09 PM
So much done, so much to do... to understand climate change and management effects on 🌳🌲 forest ecosystem functioning and services 🧪... Coordinated action needed... with TreeDivNet being a great start to unravel tree diversity effects. Read the recent synthesis to see where the science stands...
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.
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.
March 31, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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.
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.
Coyotes are fairly new to the US east coast. Here's a curious one exploring a mixture plot in the #BiodiversiTREE tree diversity experiment in Edgewater MD (taken by Cathy Fahey). Will be interesting to see how these top predators affect food webs. #treedivnet
June 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Coyotes are fairly new to the US east coast. Here's a curious one exploring a mixture plot in the #BiodiversiTREE tree diversity experiment in Edgewater MD (taken by Cathy Fahey). Will be interesting to see how these top predators affect food webs. #treedivnet
Today is #InternationalDayofForests and the 2025 theme is “Forests and Food”, so here are some photos of wonderful non-wood products we have enjoyed from the Satakunta forest diversity experiment in Finland for the last 25 years 😋🌲🌳🍄🍓 www.sataforestdiversity.org #TreeDivNet
March 21, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Today is #InternationalDayofForests and the 2025 theme is “Forests and Food”, so here are some photos of wonderful non-wood products we have enjoyed from the Satakunta forest diversity experiment in Finland for the last 25 years 😋🌲🌳🍄🍓 www.sataforestdiversity.org #TreeDivNet
🗞️ Here is a a nice newspaper article by Mongabay on #forest #restoration potential and where and how restoration should be carried out.
🌲 It also features results from our Sardinilla experiment. #TreeDivNet.🌳
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/new-...
@uni-freiburg.de @idiv-research.bsky.social
🌲 It also features results from our Sardinilla experiment. #TreeDivNet.🌳
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/new-...
@uni-freiburg.de @idiv-research.bsky.social
New study pinpoints tree-planting hotspots for climate and biodiversity gains
Reforestation is gaining global momentum as a climate solution, but scientists warn that planting trees indiscriminately isn’t effective. Its success depends on how and, crucially, where it’s done. A ...
news.mongabay.com
September 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
🗞️ Here is a a nice newspaper article by Mongabay on #forest #restoration potential and where and how restoration should be carried out.
🌲 It also features results from our Sardinilla experiment. #TreeDivNet.🌳
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/new-...
@uni-freiburg.de @idiv-research.bsky.social
🌲 It also features results from our Sardinilla experiment. #TreeDivNet.🌳
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/new-...
@uni-freiburg.de @idiv-research.bsky.social
New #TreeDivNet paper shows generally positive relationships between insect herbivory and tree growth & diversity modulated by leaf traits
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The tree growth–herbivory relationship depends on functional traits across forest biodiversity experiments - Nature Ecology & Evolution
It is unclear whether the linkage between tree species richness and insect herbivory is consistent across climates and forest types. Here, the authors analyse data from forest biodiversity experiments...
www.nature.com
August 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
New #TreeDivNet paper shows generally positive relationships between insect herbivory and tree growth & diversity modulated by leaf traits
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Interested in biomass production in diverse planted #forests?🌳🌲
In our new study led by Georgios Skiaderesis, we analyzed the effects of species- and structural diversity on woody biomass production in the #Sardinilla experiment.
#TreeDivNet @uni-freiburg.de
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In our new study led by Georgios Skiaderesis, we analyzed the effects of species- and structural diversity on woody biomass production in the #Sardinilla experiment.
#TreeDivNet @uni-freiburg.de
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
June 4, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Interested in biomass production in diverse planted #forests?🌳🌲
In our new study led by Georgios Skiaderesis, we analyzed the effects of species- and structural diversity on woody biomass production in the #Sardinilla experiment.
#TreeDivNet @uni-freiburg.de
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In our new study led by Georgios Skiaderesis, we analyzed the effects of species- and structural diversity on woody biomass production in the #Sardinilla experiment.
#TreeDivNet @uni-freiburg.de
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
led by Cathy Fahey, we used #metabolomics in the #BiodiversiTREE experiment to show that chemically mediated plant–enemy interactions promote positive biodiversity effects on young tree growth - Journal of Ecology #treedivnet besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Chemically mediated plant–enemy interactions promote positive biodiversity effects on young tree growth
A large-scale tree diversity experiment reveals that early growth of trees is influenced by phytochemically mediated trophic interactions. Specifically, foliar chemical diversity is higher for trees ...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
led by Cathy Fahey, we used #metabolomics in the #BiodiversiTREE experiment to show that chemically mediated plant–enemy interactions promote positive biodiversity effects on young tree growth - Journal of Ecology #treedivnet besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The “Brazil team” Agnès Robin, Daniel Poultney, Joannès Guillemot and Guerric Le Maire @umr-ecosols.bsky.social @cirad.bsky.social installed buried scanners (paper link below) in the MataDIV Experiment (TreeDivNet) with the teams from Floragro and the Itatinga experimental station (ESALQ-USP).
May 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The “Brazil team” Agnès Robin, Daniel Poultney, Joannès Guillemot and Guerric Le Maire @umr-ecosols.bsky.social @cirad.bsky.social installed buried scanners (paper link below) in the MataDIV Experiment (TreeDivNet) with the teams from Floragro and the Itatinga experimental station (ESALQ-USP).
Publication alert🚨Mixed #forests are great - this is common knowledge, but what is the #scientific basis? Read the #TreeDivNet 🌳🌲synthesis by Depauw et al. doi.org/10.1007/s407...
February 7, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Publication alert🚨Mixed #forests are great - this is common knowledge, but what is the #scientific basis? Read the #TreeDivNet 🌳🌲synthesis by Depauw et al. doi.org/10.1007/s407...
Our new OA paper with Juri Felix and @philstevenson.bsky.social is out in @ecol-evol.bsky.social! We explored the role of leaf traits in driving genotypic diversity-mediated associational effects in silver birch #TreeDivNet 🌳🍁🌍🧪https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.71768
July 9, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Our new OA paper with Juri Felix and @philstevenson.bsky.social is out in @ecol-evol.bsky.social! We explored the role of leaf traits in driving genotypic diversity-mediated associational effects in silver birch #TreeDivNet 🌳🍁🌍🧪https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.71768
A European study of 948 trees across 68 species mixtures found mixed forests grow better during single‑year droughts but can suffer when droughts last months or recur. https://getnews.me/tree-species-mixes-influence-forest-drought-resilience-study-shows/ #treedivnet #forestry #droughtresilience
September 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
A European study of 948 trees across 68 species mixtures found mixed forests grow better during single‑year droughts but can suffer when droughts last months or recur. https://getnews.me/tree-species-mixes-influence-forest-drought-resilience-study-shows/ #treedivnet #forestry #droughtresilience
Interested in #forest restoration and #carbon sequestration?
🚨 In our new study in @globalchangebio.bsky.social we show that 🌳 Tree diversity 🌲 increases carbon stocks and fluxes in a tropical forest experiment.
#TreeDivNet, @uni-freiburg.de
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
🚨 In our new study in @globalchangebio.bsky.social we show that 🌳 Tree diversity 🌲 increases carbon stocks and fluxes in a tropical forest experiment.
#TreeDivNet, @uni-freiburg.de
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Tree Diversity Increases Carbon Stocks and Fluxes Above—But Not Belowground in a Tropical Forest Experiment
We examined the potential of mixed-species planted forests compared to monospecific forests to act as a nature-based solution to climate change mitigation through carbon sequestration. By analysing m....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Interested in #forest restoration and #carbon sequestration?
🚨 In our new study in @globalchangebio.bsky.social we show that 🌳 Tree diversity 🌲 increases carbon stocks and fluxes in a tropical forest experiment.
#TreeDivNet, @uni-freiburg.de
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
🚨 In our new study in @globalchangebio.bsky.social we show that 🌳 Tree diversity 🌲 increases carbon stocks and fluxes in a tropical forest experiment.
#TreeDivNet, @uni-freiburg.de
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
🗞️New publication🗞️
How do neighbourhood diversity effects on tree growth change with climatic conditions?🌳🌲🔆🌧️
We adress this question in our new study in @natecoevo.nature.com led by Liting Zheng.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
/w @liting-zheng.bsky.social, Peter Reich & #TreeDivNet
How do neighbourhood diversity effects on tree growth change with climatic conditions?🌳🌲🔆🌧️
We adress this question in our new study in @natecoevo.nature.com led by Liting Zheng.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
/w @liting-zheng.bsky.social, Peter Reich & #TreeDivNet
Neighbourhood diversity increases tree growth in experimental forests more in wetter climates but not in wetter years - Nature Ecology & Evolution
How tree diversity effects on ecosystem functioning vary along climatic gradients is unclear. Here, analysing data from 15 experimental forest sites, the authors show that tree growth responses to nei...
www.nature.com
July 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
🗞️New publication🗞️
How do neighbourhood diversity effects on tree growth change with climatic conditions?🌳🌲🔆🌧️
We adress this question in our new study in @natecoevo.nature.com led by Liting Zheng.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
/w @liting-zheng.bsky.social, Peter Reich & #TreeDivNet
How do neighbourhood diversity effects on tree growth change with climatic conditions?🌳🌲🔆🌧️
We adress this question in our new study in @natecoevo.nature.com led by Liting Zheng.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
/w @liting-zheng.bsky.social, Peter Reich & #TreeDivNet