Ron Rotbarth

PhD Candidate @WUR. Studying forest resilience to disturbances and climate change impacts, especially in the sub-Arctic.

[Ron Rotbarth @Ron_Rotbarth]

New study is out! We project global changes to boreal forest tree densities by 2100 which will increase wildfire risks and affect forest funtioning.
https://t.co/BZk8w8wDey

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The snow forest of North America may be about to shrink https://t.co/iaIDTlnn3i

[Dr. Jennifer Baltzer @forestecogrp]

Curious how permafrost thaw might be impacting Arctic/Boreal productivity? We were too, so we combined >30years of ground temp data from @GSC_CGC with @NASA Landsat NDVI records along the Mackenzie Valley in the NWT 🇨🇦. @elogden led this work for her MSc thesis @LaurierBiology.

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@olewin im Inneren des Bioms. Das Netto-Ergebnis ist ein Mehr an Bäumen. Ob das lange so bleibt, ist fraglich. Das wir im äußersten Norden keine Migration der Wälder sehen, bedeutet daher, dass boreal Wälder auf lange Sicht kontrahieren können. 2/2

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@olewin Danke für die Weiterverbreitung unseres Artikels. Eine kleine, aber doch wesentliche Richtigstellung: Unsere Ergebnisse bedeuten (noch) keine Entwaldung. Wir sehen eine Ausdünnung borealer Wälder an der südlichen Grenze verbunden mit einer starken Verdichtung der Wälder 1/2

[Wageningen U&R @WUR]

#Forests 🌲❄️ | Boreal forests are expected to move northwards due to climate change. An international study, led by WUR, used 20 years of tree cover data from satellites to observe how boreal forests in North America are changing. Want to know how? ⤵️ https://t.co/kQaIQZaoGU

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Boreal forests may be on the verge of contraction https://t.co/XtwSh71oka via @WUR

[Nature Communications @NatureComms]

Boreal forests are expanding at high latitudes & declining at southern boundaries. Rotbarth et al. show that such trends are not symmetrical in North America.

@Ron_Rotbarth @WUR @WURenvironment @NINAnature @NESSCresearch @UiTNorgesarktis
https://t.co/JzGnz2Jmng

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My first co-authored paper! Super excited! Vegetation succession in the Siberian tundra is strongly coupled to permafrost dynamics. Degraded permafrost may recover through these trajectories but on a much longer timescale. https://t.co/8jo1Qc7eeT #Arctic #tundra #ClimateChange

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Great annual meeting of @NESSCresearch last week. Lots of new exciting research on #ClimateChange reconstruction and impacts. Proud to be part of our smart team @WUR.

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Very honoured and happy to have been accepted by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation @studienstiftung . Thank you so much! My sincere gratitude goes to @AlistairJump for the reference and the years of support!!

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Sad news for #butterflies...yet again! https://t.co/oaU3Cdy2vq

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Scientists made a detailed “roadmap” for meeting the Paris climate goals. It’s eye-opening. https://t.co/116Cxqj8Z5 via @voxdotcom

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@_BCT_ Thank you, will do. :)

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@_BCT_ Great poster! Is it available for purchase?

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Great projects at the @StirUni Vice Chancellor's Fund today. Glad I got to accept the award for the @GreenBlueSpace organic food project. https://t.co/Ei4AuZJ9BG

[University of Stirling @StirUni]

Congrats to recipients of the 2017 UofS Vice Chancellor's Fund – made possible by generous contribution from Prof McCormac. 👏

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Useful interactive map of #forest cover change 2000 - 2013. The extent of forest loss in some areas is shocking! https://t.co/2WXKMmzgTr

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Józef oak is European Tree of 2017. What a great story this tree could tell us! https://t.co/7ITX36L0Mc

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Accepted for MSc in Forest and Nature Conservation at @WUR! Incredibly happy! Being able to work and study in different countries is amazing

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Exciting research of @StirUni student @AlastairPenny and @Forest_Research on Phytophthera ramorum disease. https://t.co/kZjXgIDbxD

[Forest Research @Forest_Research]

We're gathering evidence which shows that tree diseases are being
picked up on bike tyres – please clean bikes & buggies #keepitclean