Mark Westoby

evolution and ecology, mainly plants

[Mark Westoby @WestobyMark]

leaving twitter. Will post occasionally at @westobymark.bsky.social

[Mark Westoby @WestobyMark]

Memorial Lecture Feb 26 2025 @ANU Fenner School. David Brand: The Evolution of Forestry into a Natural Capital Asset Class. https://t.co/NANZhVfMR4

[Raina MacIntyre @Globalbiosec]

Very concerning findings that #H5N1 from an infected human shows adaptation to mamalian spread, airborne spread in ferrets, and lethal to mice and ferrets. Highest virus replication in the lung.
https://t.co/VRx7dzO5mx

[Arko Lucieer @TerraLuma]

Distinguished Prof. Jamie Kirkpatrick passed away yesterday. A beloved colleague at the heart of our School for 50+ years @UTAS_ , his kindness, dedication, and commitment to the Tasmanian environment will not be forgotten. He will be missed.

[Mark Westoby @WestobyMark]

Trait-based ecology, trait-free ecology and in between https://t.co/WK2B0BPvjm @mqnatsci

[Mark Westoby @WestobyMark]

Schrader et al "Islands are key for protecting the world's plant endemism" @Nature https://t.co/3cemIH90iU @Weigelt_P @lrcai @FdezPalaciosLab @IslandKostas @BioGeoKreft

[Mark Westoby @WestobyMark]

Rob Kooyman @mqnatsci https://t.co/ee7hUpg7gu

[Eucalypt Australia - Archived @EucalyptAus]

EXHIBITION ALERT:
Visit "Anatomy Of The Angophora" at Ditty Wheels Gallery in Willoughby, NSW. The debut solo exhibition of artist Tim Owers celebrates the magnificent Sydney Red Gum, Angophora costata - our 2023 #EucalyptoftheYear! #LoveAGum
https://t.co/omVCGZKhma

[Mark Westoby @WestobyMark]

terrific is the right word! -- I hadn't known of this

[Ralph Stefan Weir @RalphStefanWeir]

My favourite paper by Daniel Dennett is "Where Am I?" A terrific combination of philosophy with narrative and humour https://t.co/F91MLAmNb2

[Mark Westoby @WestobyMark]

Truly sorry about Dennett's passing. A great philosopher, took biology seriously, and a very considerate person as I had reason to know.

[Mark Westoby @WestobyMark]

Up the Australian east coast, an average of 14% of plant species are lost per oC increase in mean annual temperature, and 20% are gained. @Oikos_Journal https://t.co/mkOeCLKJeu

[Mark Westoby @WestobyMark]

3/3 Msg 2: this can be done using multi-response phylogenetic mixed models MR-PMMs.

[Mark Westoby @WestobyMark]

1/3 Nice new paper from Sanchez-Martinez et al @MethodsEcolEvol about role of phylogeny in ecological comparisons across spp https://t.co/cjLgY3MXha. Two key messages aligned with Westoby et al 2023 @Jecol https://t.co/Ji57LtJhj7.

[Mark Westoby @WestobyMark]

2/3 Msg 1: where covar between traits across species is also phylogenetically conservative, the phylo conservative share should be separately quantified, rather than being partialled out of the trait relationship.

[Jaco Le Roux @JacoLeRoux01]

📢PhD scholarships!!!

Fancy #rhizobia #invasionbiology #networkecology #microbes #botany, #fieldwork in three countries? Then this project @mqnatsci (with @ananovoaperez & @DaveRichSBosch) is for you! See https://t.co/rCQCmFGYKA. Applications close 20-2-24.

Please RT!

[Mark Westoby @WestobyMark]

@mrillig biofilms

[Mark Westoby @WestobyMark]

Jack Westoby Memorial Lecture 21st Nov @ANUFennerSchool; Claudia Romero and Jack Putz, Active Forestry to Improve the Fates of Tropical Forests

[Mark Westoby @WestobyMark]

https://t.co/plFxOakqtZ Nice overview of Claudia Goldin's work. Captures the history of feminism, at least in USA.

[Mark Westoby @WestobyMark]

A blog commentary (portuguese and english versions) on the possibility of a new communally-developed curriculum for ecology https://t.co/KOyhP9sEn1 via @SobrevivendoNC, modeled on the wonderful CORE-Econ https://t.co/ll3QCBbVgA.

[Journal of Ecology @JEcology]

📢J.P. Grime transformed the study of #plant #ecology, say 14 prominent scientists.

👇This piece kicks off our 3rd Grime Reviews Series with an assessment of his legacy:
https://t.co/MoBSuuaYvt