andrewlatimer

Plants and global change. Father of 2 teenagers, ecologist, data analyst, runner, tenor. Aim to be better at those things. He/him. Views mostly repurposed.

[andrewlatimer @andrewlatimer]

Hi! if you have some ability to donate and interest in a science outreach program connecting Lake County kids with UC, scientists, and the outdoors, please consider donating to the Kids into Discovering Science Outreach Program https://t.co/mPqUgNecBY #crowdfunducdavis

[andrewlatimer @andrewlatimer]

@cxadlam But yeah I intuitively think having 60% oak canopy cover vs just grass might slow fire spread rate and decrease spotting. Seems important to check out.

[andrewlatimer @andrewlatimer]

@cxadlam That’s an interesting idea! Randomly there is some research by Dennis Baldocchi about wind speeds and air flow in oak Savannahs from flux tower sites. I think the oaks were reducing ground wind speeds but also increasing atmospheric turbulence (which I guess might loft embers?)

[andrewlatimer @andrewlatimer]

@ecmille1 Wow I didn’t know you were working on this as well. Looking forward to reading it. Enticing cover quote!

[andrewlatimer @andrewlatimer]

Neat research on the subtle seasonal color changes of coniferous forest and what they “reflect”

[Charles Nock @charlesnock]

This is exciting: although they spelled colour wrong (go Canada, lol). I'm interested in aspect related to the onset of photosynthesis (thinking about aspen-spruce mixedwood)

Seasonal variation in the canopy color of temperate evergreen conifer forests https://t.co/ElXF1Vwh4r

[andrewlatimer @andrewlatimer]

@TheTreeCorener @dudney_joan Forgot to acknowledge: these notes part of an excellent historical reconstruction project by Eric E Knapp of USFS PSW. Also by @egbrodie who just started collaborating with him on that project.

[andrewlatimer @andrewlatimer]

@TheTreeCorener @dudney_joan Makes sense. Some foresters’ notes from the 1930s surprised me by calling yellow pine a nuisance. Because in recent decades USFS shorthands yellow pine as good, white fir & cedar as weeds. The old comments were about a sugar pine stand, so the goal was to slow or reverse change.

[andrewlatimer @andrewlatimer]

@dudney_joan @kevinm19537661 @TheTreeCorener I’m curious about the consistent rigidity of institutional forest management thinking through time. And about how species (and plant functional types) develop these “character roles”which become a pervasive mental shortcut in thinking about forests.

[andrewlatimer @andrewlatimer]

@ecmille1 But don’t you think character parts are more fun to play anyway?

[andrewlatimer @andrewlatimer]

@ecmille1 Huh I don’t know, Lizzy!

[andrewlatimer @andrewlatimer]

@dudney_joan But like the other folks who responded I support what you want to do. Happy to talk more as well.

[andrewlatimer @andrewlatimer]

@dudney_joan Yeah tough one, sorry that the bad editorial decision put you in a bind. Sounds like they are doing some kind of priority review - too little too late but at least responsive.

[andrewlatimer @andrewlatimer]

@BatmanateePhD Maybe the concept of regularization

[andrewlatimer @andrewlatimer]

@noamross @antoine_fabri This is beyond me but the figures are cool: https://t.co/Tzu70XPRfr

[Ezra Klein @ezraklein]

Someone just asked me how I was doing and in my tired state I replied "coffee" and on reflection I think that was the correct answer.

[andrewlatimer @andrewlatimer]

@TomBuckleyLab According to Quammen’s bio of Darwin, it’s how Charles did it too! No domestic constraints, since he had vast resources, but he just liked taking breaks for walks, bathroom, lunch, letters, investment decisions, yeah sometimes hanging with his kids.

[andrewlatimer @andrewlatimer]

How best (or not) to resample historical data sets to check for long term trends? New paper by @klstuble with @BewickLab explores this using community simulations and long term data sets from https://t.co/N3JyhI8Itn.

[Katie Stuble @klstuble]

We often resample historically sampled sites to understand the impacts of climate change. But how well does this sort of resampling reflect true long-term trends? Here, we explore just that -- early view @ESAMonographs with @andrewlatimer @BewickLab
https://t.co/9zP9X0FP7h

[andrewlatimer @andrewlatimer]

New paper that reports on truly epic field study of blister rust and bark beetle spread in the southern Sierra Nevada. Alarming implications for high-elevation white pines "if present trends continue." Another great piece of work by @dudney_joan and team. https://t.co/fZcEOtpLst

[andrewlatimer @andrewlatimer]

@ecmille1 Haha I never had a problem spelling gorgeous, haha, and I never did a spelling bee but still haunted by my PSAT error on the meaning of ���ingrate”

[andrewlatimer @andrewlatimer]

Judge Barrett scores big for Team Legal Realism!

[CBS News @CBSNews]

Klobuchar asks if it's against federal law to intimidate voters at polls.

"I can’t characterize the facts in a hypothetical situation," Barrett says

Klobuchar then reads the statute outlawing it: "This is a law that has been on the books for decades" https://t.co/NN41m59TpP