Oliver L. Phillips

Leeds Ecosystem, Atmosphere, & Forest (LEAF) centre @leedsleaf.bsky.social · 7h

Improving Predictions of Tropical Forest Response to Climate Change

Join David Galbraith, Chetan Deva, @forestplots.bsky.social, and Emanuel Gloor for this PhD to explore how climate change will impact the future of the tropical forest carbon sink?

unrisk-cdt.ac.uk/projects/imp...

Improving Predictions of Tropical Forest Response to Climate Change – Understanding Uncertainty to Reduce Climate Risks

unrisk-cdt.ac.uk

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by Oliver L. Phillips

ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 2d

The first comparison between the Amazon, Andes and Chocó forests using tree data from 1-ha plots. Led by Camilo Palacios-Hurtado with colleagues in Colombia, the team evaluates the taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity of rainforests in NorthWest South America.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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by Oliver L. Phillips

ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to our amazing colleagues in Peru! They just published several lifetimes of work: 236 new plant species collected from Oxapampa Asháninka Yánesha Biosphere Reserve.
revistas.unsaac.edu.pe/index.php/RQ...
If we are to avoid a 6th mass extinction we have to stop it in the Andes.

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by Oliver L. Phillips — Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips

ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 3d

Functional traits can efficiently characterize and distinguish the complex communities where South America's largest biomes meet.
Congratulations to Wesley Jonatar Alves da Cruz for his tremendous work untangling this critical transition zone!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#Amazon #Cerrado

Functional Biogeography and Ecological Strategies of Trees Across the Amazon–Cerrado Transition

We investigated how tree functional traits vary across six vegetation types in the Amazon–Cerrado transition and identified key environmental drivers of these patterns, revealing a functional continu....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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by Oliver L. Phillips

ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 3d

Improving Predictions of Tropical Forest Response to Climate Change.

New #PhD opportunity @universityofleeds.bsky.social #Amazonia

unrisk-cdt.ac.uk/projects/imp...

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by Brian J. Enquist — Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips, Jens‐Christian Svenning

Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 5d

The disproportionate impact of the #megabiota on biodiversity and ecosystem processes

Phyllis Lee @pili-scotland.bsky.social · 5d

iucncongress2025.org/programme/lo...

Longevity Conservation: Why we should protect old, wise and large animals

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by Oliver L. Phillips — Reposted by Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Neil Pederson

ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 6d

Growth–survival trade‐off in temperate trees is weak and restricted to late‐successional stages - Bordin - Journal of Ecology.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Growth–survival trade‐off in temperate trees is weak and restricted to late‐successional stages

Our findings highlight a role of disturbances in filtering life-history strategies and their potential impact on forest dynamics and global carbon cycling, but also a need to better understand the me...

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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by Oliver L. Phillips

ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 6d

In temperate trees, growth–survival trade-offs are surpisingly weak and restricted to late-successional stages.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Congratulations to Kauane Bordin for leading the analysis, and US FIA colleagues for an amazing data set: 12,035 (!) long-term plots

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Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips

IPBES en español @ipbeses.bsky.social · 6d

Hoy es el #DíaMundialDeLaSaludMental 🌍

La biodiversidad y el funcionamiento de los ecosistemas mejoran la salud mental. El acceso a entornos con biodiversidad facilita la recuperación del estrés, la depresión y otras afecciones relacionadas con la salud. 🧪

Ecosistemas saludables = mente sana. 🏡

El texto superpuesto a la imagen dice "LA CURA DE LA NATURALEZA " y "La biodiversidad apoya la salud mental" en texto oscuro. Un bloque de texto más pequeño, procedente de la Evaluación del Nexo de IPBES, describe la relación entre la naturaleza y la salud. El logotipo de IPBES aparece en la esquina superior derecha. La fotografía resalta la altura y la densidad del bosque, con la luz solar filtrándose a través de las hojas, creando un resplandor verde natural en toda la escena.

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Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips

Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · 8d

Marking 125 years of #EJBotany #OpenAccess and its forerunner, Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, we are delighted to announce that ALL content is now freely available at journals.rbge.org.uk/notes and journals.rbge.org.uk/ejb

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Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips

EcoDebate @ecodebate.com.br · 9d

► Capitais brasileiras como Rio, Recife e Florianópolis estão entre as mais ameaçadas pela elevação do nível do mar ◄

Pesquisa mapeia edifícios em risco globalmente e revela vulnerabilidade do litoral brasileiro
www.ecodebate.com.br/2025/10/07/c...

Capitais brasileiras como Rio, Recife e Florianópolis estão entre as mais ameaçadas pela elevação do nível do mar

Pesquisa mapeia edifícios em risco globalmente e revela vulnerabilidade do litoral brasileiro, onde milhões de pessoas e infraestruturas essenciais podem ser impactadas

www.ecodebate.com.br

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Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips, Francis Martin

Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · 9d

New OA Article: "Increasing tree size across Amazonia" rdcu.be/eJOz7

With a highlight @nature.com : "Trees of the Amazon are becoming even mightier - Forest giants are becoming bigger and more common than they once were"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips

Ecology Group Basel - Sabine Rumpf @ecologybasel.bsky.social · 9d

*Job alert*
We have a 4-year #PhD position open! The project investigates spreading potential & impact of non-native plant species in mountain ecosystems using fieldwork, experimental & data-driven approaches. Starting date: 04/2026.
More info here:
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

Come work with us!

Universität Basel: PhD position in global change ecology

The research group Ecology at the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Basel in Switzerland invites applications for a PhD position within the ERC project 'Global status, trends, ...

jobs.unibas.ch

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Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips, Matthias Cuntz

Temporal Ecology Lab @temporalecology.bsky.social · 9d

Our department at UBC is hiring for a professor of forest ecophysiology, including "tree ecophysiology; plant abiotic or biotic stress physiology; forest mortality and climate change responses; forest carbon balance; tree water relations; or nutrient use." Learn more at: tinyurl.com/5da56f5c

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Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips, Ben Bond‐Lamberty

Martin Dovciak🌳🌱🌻 @dovciak-lab.bsky.social · 12d

🥁New paper on microclimate vulnerability under changing climate 🌦️ & forest structure 🌳. Forest structure can buffer or amplify climate warming! Congrats to Joanna Lumbsden-Pinto @sunyesf.bsky.social, @brookhavenlab.bsky.social, @sunyofficial.bsky.social. 🌐🌍

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Microclimate vulnerability under coupled effects of changing climate and forest structure

Understanding how forest structure affects microclimate is crucial amidst global warming, especially in biodiversity hotspots such as the North Americ…

www.sciencedirect.com

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by Oliver L. Phillips

ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 14d

Amazônia enfrenta escalada inédita de temperaturas extremas em áreas ainda preservadas
apublica.org/2025/10/temp...

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by Oliver L. Phillips

ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 14d

The "flying rivers" of the Amazon bring water across the continent. As their rainfall is depleted by deforestation, especially in the critical dry season, forest loss in Brazil threatens the stability of the unique Amazon and Andes forests in Peru & Bolivia.
www.maapprogram.org/amazon-flyin...

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Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips

Kerry Jaggers 🇦🇺 @kerryjaggers.bsky.social · 14d

"Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have?"
Jane Goodall

What a legacy.

www.theguardian.com/science/gall...

Jane Goodall – a life in pictures

The world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91

www.theguardian.com

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by Sam Illingworth — Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips

Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 15d

🌳 Amazon trees are getting bigger

A 30-year study across 188 forest plots shows that trees in the Amazon are increasing in size, with basal area growing by 3.3% per decade. Rising CO2 & nutrient availability may be driving this change.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#SciComm #Plants 🧪

Increasing tree size across Amazonia - Nature Plants

A global research network monitoring the Amazon for 30 years reports in this study that tree size increased by 3% each decade.

www.nature.com

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by Oliver L. Phillips

ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 16d

"¿Bom Futuro" para Bolivia? El gigante de la soya brasileña deja en vilo a INPA, una isla de bosque de 30.019 hectáreas en la Chiquita
revistanomadas.com/bom-futuro-e...

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by Brian J. Enquist — Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips

Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 16d

Increasing tree size across Amazonia 🧪🌐 #allometry www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Increasing tree size across Amazonia - Nature Plants

A global research network monitoring the Amazon for 30 years reports in this study that tree size increased by 3% each decade.

www.nature.com

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Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips

Emilio Vilanova @evilanova.bsky.social · 20d

Big trees in Amazon more climate-resistant than previously believed www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Big trees in Amazon more climate-resistant than previously believed

Forest is ‘remarkably resilient to climate change’, but remains under threat from fires and deforestation

www.theguardian.com

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Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips, Carly Reddington

Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 20d

Study shows big trees in Amazon more climate-resistant than previously believed

But while Amazon rainforest is a key ally in struggle to stabilise the climate, it remains under threat from fires and deforestation

www.theguardian.com

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by Oliver L. Phillips

ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 21d

Congratulations to all our colleagues for the hard work of tree ID and measurement - again and again! And to Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert and Rebecca Banbury Morgan for your leadership with this.

#openaccess paper www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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by Oliver L. Phillips

ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 21d

Average tree size across the Amazon has increased by 3.2% every decade, consistent with a response to rising carbon dioxide levels. Big trees, especially, have got bigger.

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by Oliver L. Phillips

ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 21d

Big trees are on the rise.

30 years of Amazon forest measurements by RAINFOR partners show that, so far, any impact of #climatechange on forests and large trees have been more than mitigated by the positive effects of increased resources.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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by Oliver L. Phillips

ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 26d

Last year, Latin America suffered 82% of the world's murders of environmental defenders. Andean and central American countries are the most dangerous for environmental defenders.

Colombia is, by far, the worst.
www.actualidadambiental.pe/peru-defenso...

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by Oliver L. Phillips — Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips

ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · Sep 12

Los datos del sitio GEO-TREES deben ser parte integral de la finalización del Proyecto. Los solicitantes no necesitan estar asociados a un sitio antes de presentar la solicitud; sin embargo, deben contar con la aprobación del investigador principal del sitio antes de presentar la propuesta.

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by Oliver L. Phillips

ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · Sep 12

Convocatoria GEOTREES geo-trees.org
Ofrece oportunidades de trabajo en los sitios GEOTREES para estudiantes e investigadores en sus inicios de carrera. Más información aquí.
geo-trees.org/downloads/GE...

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by Mathias Disney — Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips

Mathias Disney @matdisney.bsky.social · Sep 11

A great effort! Can't do this kind of thing without help from so many collaborators & support from @uclgeography.bsky.social @nceoscience.bsky.social, CEDA colleagues @forestplots.bsky.social among others.

Dr Cecilia Chavana-Bryant @cch-b.bsky.social · Sep 11

🚀Super proud of our ForestScan x ESA paper supporting BIOMASS cal/val! Huge dataset: TLS, UAV, ALS + tree census, on CEDA. Includes protocol recs & FBRMS site guidance. A benchmark for EO data sharing! 📡🌳 Preprint: essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es... #UCLGeog #OpenScience #LiDAR #BIOMASS #ForestScan

ForestScan: a unique multiscale dataset of tropical forest structure across 3 continents including terrestrial, UAV and airborne LiDAR and in-situ forest census data

Abstract. The ForestScan project was conceived to evaluate new technologies for characterising forest structure and biomass at Forest Biomass Reference Measurement Sites (FBRMS). It is closely aligned...

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