Luke Wilson

#whatkillstrees | @okstate and @UGAWarnell alum

[Luke Wilson @LukeAWilsonOK]

1/x Happy to announce that my MS research has been published! We found that grass stage longleaf pine seedling can survive pretty intense fires and drought. The only seedlings that died were past predawn Y of -1.7MPa and fire intensity of 3.5MJ/m2! https://t.co/qXSFZ0enmG

[Luke Wilson @LukeAWilsonOK]

@TomBuckleyLab @wmhammond My proposal was on tissue level changes related to stomata and VPD across taxa. I only listed "life sciences - ecology", but my proposal was ecology heavy as it was my prior experience was in that field. Mine somehow got funded but the project ended up a bit bunk.

[Luke Wilson @LukeAWilsonOK]

Thanks to @TreePhysDJ @UGATreePhysLab @pyroecophys ,Doug Aubrey, Joe O'Brien, Nash Spencer, and Ream Thomas for all their help!

[Luke Wilson @LukeAWilsonOK]

1/x Happy to announce that my MS research has been published! We found that grass stage longleaf pine seedling can survive pretty intense fires and drought. The only seedlings that died were past predawn Y of -1.7MPa and fire intensity of 3.5MJ/m2! https://t.co/qXSFZ0enmG

[Luke Wilson @LukeAWilsonOK]

4/x Compared to western conifers (some with different fire strategies) longleaf pine seedlings say bring it on!

[Luke Wilson @LukeAWilsonOK]

@kbmac_sciwack @yyachung I always say "Texas lite" until you get to Tulsa, then it's whatever category you think Missouri is.

[Luke Wilson @LukeAWilsonOK]

@treephys Wow! That's awesome! Here in Georgia piedmont we're trying to convert some areas from lob to long leaf. It's tough to compete with those volunteers

[Luke Wilson @LukeAWilsonOK]

@treephys What site prep/release treatments? That looks nice!

[Dr. William Hammond @wmhammond]

🚨#WhatKillsTrees Alert!🚨
How hot is too hot, and how dry is too dry, for Earth's forests? We asked decades of dying trees, and our analysis revealed a "hotter-drought fingerprint" for global forest mortality, out today in @NatureComms.
Paper: https://t.co/0QyOKeN8wg

[Luke Wilson @LukeAWilsonOK]

@JoeBuckInNature man that has alata wings

[Luke Wilson @LukeAWilsonOK]

Using a fire lab with the USFS and a couple weeks of drought we tested the interaction of drought intensity and different fuel/energy release loads to figure out how tough grass stage seedlings really are.

[Luke Wilson @LukeAWilsonOK]

I am defending my thesis on Friday at 1PM! Titled "Longleaf pine seedlings are extremely resilient to the combined effects of experimental drought and fire". Let me know if you'd like a zoom link!

[Luke Wilson @LukeAWilsonOK]

@santjpm7 @TomBuckleyLab This is what works for us. Required almost every time on one machine. The other need it sometimes too.

[Luke Wilson @LukeAWilsonOK]

@RaquelFeltrin @UGATreePhysLab Yeah it’s pretty awesome having a state of the art burn lab just one building over from our lab and plant growth chambers. Folks at @usfs_srs have been super helpful! Plus they got cool sensors! Come visit and burn stuff!

[Luke Wilson @LukeAWilsonOK]

Busy times at the @UGATreePhysLab
But we had to send Dave back to Utah so we had to burn some stuff for his last week here!

[Luke Wilson @LukeAWilsonOK]

This was the last planned burn for my MS. Big thanks to the @usfs_srs folks for helping us out!

[UGA's Warnell School @UGAWarnell]

Trees in Western forests have been dying at an alarming rate due to droughts, high temperatures, pests and fires. Check out how the intersection of #drought and #fire could shape the future of forests there. #ugaresearch https://t.co/Q0zrYSFutS @TreePhysDJ @RaquelFeltrin

[Dr. William Hammond @wmhammond]

Ham fam is finally in Gainesville! Huge thank you to @LukeAWilsonOK for driving down from Athens to help us unload. Never imagined that in the first plant biology lab I ever TA’d (5 years ago) was sitting a future colleague and dear friend. Feels good to be home in Florida!

[Luke Wilson @LukeAWilsonOK]

@ecofiz1 Where was this three summers ago! Very cool!