Postdoc at AMAPlab, Montpellier. Interested in forest ecology, plant physiology, heat stress, and rainforest conservation 🌿
Kali Middleby
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Don't forget - deadline for abstract submission to #EGU2026 is the 15th of January. If your work focuses on #microclimate or #heatstress in plants submit to our session BG3.41 "Microclimate Variation and Heat Impacts on Vegetation: From Molecules to the Biosphere" www.egu26.eu/session/57401
In full sun, tropical leaves can become much hotter than the surrounding air. Their ability to cope can be a matter of life or death.
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/some-tr...
Where we collect seed for restoration matters. In a new paper led by Jayden Engert, we examined where nurseries source seed for rainforest plantings and discuss what that means for restoration success.
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Submit an abstract to our #EGU2026 session "Microclimate Variation and Heat Impacts on Vegetation: From Molecules to the Biosphere"(meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...) @kalimiddleby.bsky.social @santiagotrueba.bsky.social @sonyageange.bsky.social @egu.eu @egubg.bsky.social @hs.egu.eu
Featured on the cover of @globalchangebio.bsky.social is a thermal image of Elaeocarpus Grandis taken at @jcuofficial.bsky.social Daintree Rainforest Observatory. In this species we find that populations originating from warmer climates have narrower leaves with higher rates of water loss.
New research reveals some rainforest tree species use self-cooling strategies to withstand rising temperatures, but others are more at risk.
Full story: shorturl.at/piQ5B
Just out! @awcheesman.bsky.social et al show VPD and CO2 affect the thermal sensitivity of stomatal function in tropical trees, we demonstrate how the model parameter g1 increases with temperature and how accounting for this can improve predictions of stomatal conductance
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
🍃Notice the plants around you🍃
Create an artwork on how plants change🍂🌡️❄️👨👩👧👦 & submit to #sciart competition- FLOh!RA
lstewart22.github.io/FLOhRA/
Opening today, closing April 6th
For people living in Catalunya
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Funded by @ec.europa.eu @horizoneu.bsky.social
Supported by @creaf.cat
Kali Middleby
We found that when temps hit 30°C+, C3 plants start struggling - their carbon metabolism gets disrupted, they burn through sugar stores faster, and even their isotope signatures change.
Meanwhile C4 plants? They're basically chilling like "this is fine" 😎
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
