CoolTreeProject

Biodiversity and ecosystem functions of large solitary trees. Funded by @FWOvlaanderen. Tweets by @PieterDeFrenne and @K_VanMeerbeek

[CoolTreeProject @CoolTreeProject]

Start of our @CoolTreeProject #winter #fieldwork in Amiens🇫🇷: laser scanning, downloading #microclimate loggers and wood coring of our solitary trees🌳 across Europe

@FWOVlaanderen @EkoLogIt @K_VanMeerbeek @f_spicher @ArnoThomaes @ForNaLab @PlueJan @SAOCousins @WoodlabG

[CoolTreeProject @CoolTreeProject]

Our first @CoolTreeProject #microclimate #temperature🌡️ data are coming in. These data come from this old #Tilia tree🌳🌳 in Belgium🇧🇪 during the heat of 15-18 June🤩

[Eva Gril @eva_gril]

The @CoolTreeProject has many protocols to assess the biodiversity & fonction of these giants: 3D LiDAR scans, floristic and faunistic surveys, carbon stock & nutrient cycling... And of course my favorite, #microclimate! 🌡️

[Eva Gril @eva_gril]

To learn more about this great research project, visit their twitter @CoolTreeProject & web page
https://t.co/rEQ1H1aa75 🌳

[Eva Gril @eva_gril]

Yesterday I had a unexpected field day with @EkoLogIt. Just helped out a bit with the @CoolTreeProject, focusing on big old solitary trees 🌳, comparing urban & rural landscapes!
We collected insect traps, attached to each of those massive trees...

[Eva Gril @eva_gril]

The @CoolTreeProject focuses on 3 common trees: Tilia (Lime), Quercus (Oak) & Fraxinus (Ash)
There are 10 study areas throughout Europe, 7 countries! We visited 15 trees, of the 24 in our zone around Amiens (Northern France)
Good luck with the rest today @EkoLogIt and @f_spicher!

[Jonathan Lenoir @EkoLogIt]

Yesterday, together w/ @eva_gril (see her great 🧵⬇️), we surveyed large solitary trees #LSTs for the @CoolTreeProject, including a massive oak, look at this beautiful beast 🤩😍 The logger looks so tiny 😂😅

[CoolTreeProject @CoolTreeProject]

#Kickoff of our 2022 #CoolTree summer fieldwork

✅Started with #large #solitary #trees in Belgium 🇧🇪

We scan the trees #LiDAR, quantify #biodiversity (plants, lichens, arthropods with pan traps...) and assess ecosystem functions (#microclimate, #carbon, #nutrients...)

[CoolTreeProject @CoolTreeProject]

Welcome to the #CoolTree project #Twitter page. We research #large #solitary #trees, such as this one. More news coming soon!