FoRCE

Investigating global forest recovery from disturbance & interaction with climate, vines & management. Seeking students & partners. @usceduau @arc_gov_au

[FoRCE @FoRCEexperiment]

Our recently published global analysis shows that lianas outcompete trees in disturbed, warm, dry, lowland forests. Disturbance-temperature interaction suggests a tipping point of 27.8 degrees C, when lianas become more dominant. https://t.co/n09dKYIG2F

[FoRCE @FoRCEexperiment]

The first research output from our Australian permanent sample plot network, led by @EmmaMackintosh4, shows that forests struggling to recover from cyclones are not recovering biomass and overwhelmed by liana infestations. https://t.co/nXmhISKH3W

[FoRCE @FoRCEexperiment]

Monitoring of litterfall and herbivory in one of our vegetation plots has been combined with similar data from 73 other sites worldwide, showing that plant-herbivore interactions and associated nutrient fluxes, are affected by climate.

[Alain Ngute @askngute]

In a new @NatureComms study led by Bernice Hwang @lunduniversity, we analyse data from 74 permanent plots across 40 mature #forests worldwide to highlight the critical role of #herbivore #insects in #ecosystem processes & #global biogeochemical cycles.
https://t.co/hNSJOKu9X0

[FoRCE @FoRCEexperiment]

Mounting evidence supporting our hypothesis for alternative stable states within moist African (and tropical) forests: https://t.co/ZqTBNzTTwE

[Réjou-Méchain Maxime @MaximeRejou]

🌿Discover the enigmatic Marantaceae forests of Africa in our latest review! Could these forests be one of the rare examples of alternative stable states in tropical ecosystems? Our review suggests yes, yet much remains to be uncovered: https://t.co/9vvGk6NRoO
#TropicalForests

[FoRCE @FoRCEexperiment]

Another step towards identifying critical thresholds for tropical forest recovery from disturbance.

[Crowther Lab @CrowtherLab]

New study in @NatureClimate shows that maintaining a forest cover of > 40% is critical to ensure #seed dispersal mediated by birds – a process key to restore fragmented tropical forests: https://t.co/wPgpQYpRIK

@carobello58 @DaisyDent @TWCrowther @UniofExeter @Unesp_Oficial

[FoRCE @FoRCEexperiment]

This article summarises our use of millipedes to test for “bandage effects” of vine infestations. While they harm trees and stall forest succession, we expect that dense vine thickets also preserve microclimates for wildlife and future forest recovery. https://t.co/wssvY1PlWB

[FoRCE @FoRCEexperiment]

PhD graduate, @askngute, interviewed about his work under our project. Great work Alain!

[Down To Earth @down2earthindia]

Interview: ‘Lianas threaten Earth’s carbon sinks’

Field ecologist @askngute explains how lianas have lower carbon sequestering capacity than trees & when they compete for sunlight in the canopy, they suppress trees.

https://t.co/Ngo0WfvRAa

#Environment #Liana

[FoRCE @FoRCEexperiment]

More on our recent work identifying disturbance-climate interactions that shape global liana competition with trees https://t.co/lJYTnUdS2t

[University of Exeter News @UniofExeterNews]

Rainforest seedlings are more likely to survive in natural forests than in places where logging has happened – even if tree restoration has taken place

Read more 👉 https://t.co/v46cp6oqcF

Full study 👉 https://t.co/y07DeBfuUv

@UniofExeter @StirUni @SEELeeds @GSI_Exeter @ETH

[Department of Environment and Geography @YorkEnvironment]

Check out this new funding call from the @BritishAcademy_ "Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Led by or Actively Involving Indigenous Peoples + Local Communities" 👇🌍

https://t.co/aTzwizHBIn

[FoRCE @FoRCEexperiment]

We are recruiting for a new postdoc to join our team for 18 months, modelling the global and regional impact of vines on tree growth and forest recovery from disturbance. https://t.co/s1nX7rqMBy

[Andy Marshall @Andy_R_Marshall]

Workshop with forest managers discussing implications of our @FoRCEexperiment research for managing the Australian Wet Tropics last month. Many people “hate” the native & exotic vines now smothering the forests after all the cyclones and logging! But should we be cutting them?

[FoRCE @FoRCEexperiment]

We are seeking field assistants to help with our research into forest recovery from cyclones in North Queensland. Please circulate 😊. https://t.co/zp59ERR1H8

[Australian Tropical Herbarium @aust_trop_herb]

The herbarium of the future (the global metaherbarium). @Trends_Ecol_Evo OpenAccess: https://t.co/kKVWGyFnbm

[Masunungur_C @Masunungure_C]

FORREST RESEARCH FOUNDATION Post-doc Fellowships for 2024 – open until 31 May 2023 https://t.co/RoH1qQNTGO

[FoRCE @FoRCEexperiment]

Secondary forest recovery in the neotropics. They appear to be behaving differently to the vine-dominated forests where we work, where recovery can be stalled for decades.

[ForestPlots @ForestPlots]

Long generation times mean that biodiversity change of Amazon forests lags behind climate change

[FoRCE @FoRCEexperiment]

Our wonderful new field team in Vietnam has just finished establishing our latest pilot vegetation plots, our first expansion into Asia. Hopefully lots more work to follow, to determine how disturbed forests can be restored through control of plants competing with trees.

[Hoang Thanh Son @hoangsonfsiv]

Lianas Research in Vietnam
@Andy_R_Marshall
@Vietnam

[FoRCE @FoRCEexperiment]

This month we begin expansion of our network of permanent vegetation plots into Colombia and Vietnam. We are establishing new pilot plots and exploring forest elevation gradients to plan for future work. Partners: @inst_humboldt and the Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences.

[Science for Forest Restoration @Science4forests]

The executive summary of our @RSocPublishing #PhilTransB theme issue is now available in 8 languages: Bahasa, English, French, Mandarin, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Swahili and Vietnamese. Please share to help get the science into policy and practice. https://t.co/zNoMzpTL5f