Postdoc opportunity in plant systematics + phylogenomics 🌿 my lab at the University of Michigan is recruiting for a Research Fellow working on species delimitation in neotropical myrtles. Full details + apply here (deadline April 30) careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
Postdoctoral position in Forest Genetics at @uni-freiburg.de with a focus on local adaptation and/or stress reaction of trees. The position combines research and teaching (4 SWS), and offers the opportunity to develop an independent research profile (4+ years).
Just got a #blinkcamera clip of #bobcats in a territorial standoff at my cottage. Worth listening to the audio. #AlleghenyFront #Pennsylvania
El levantamiento andino y la biogeografía histórica de la familia de la nuez de Brasil.
Lecythidaceae se diversificó durante el Mioceno. La mayoría de especies conservaron nichos en la selva de tierras bajas, pero varios linajes se desplazaron hacia los andes.
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A landmark study following 15+ years of collaboration by researchers at the Arboretum, @duke-university.bsky.social, @harvard.edu, and partners in Mexico published this week on @pnas.org. It reveals what made the mountains of Mexico and Central America a hotspot for oak biodiversity: arb.eco/4tVWclh
Thais Vasconcelos
Katrin Heer
ForestPlots
The Morton Arboretum
Looking forward to @andrewlhipp.bsky.social Andrew Hipp's Friday talk on "the nature of oak species" at the UM Herbarium. It's open to the public
lsa.umich.edu/herbarium/ne...
My favorite photo of #MICH and #UMichEEB grad student @dmedellinz.bsky.social She's holding a leaf from a Colombian species of Gustavia (Lecythidaceae). lsa.umich.edu/herbarium/ne...
Great new paper on the biogeography of the Brazil nut family #Lecythidaceae led by #UMichEEB PhD student Diana Medellín-Zabala. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Open letter for UMich profs + students to protest President Grasso's cowardly reproach of Dr. Peterson's
Spring Commencement speech acknowledging those—women, Jewish students, Black students, pro-Palestinian student activists—who "refused to accept the enclosures and orthodoxies of their time."
This is a nice (but grim) summary of the Chambers et al. paper that I was fortunate to work on.... Predicting the fate of tropical forests under intensifying heat www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Christopher Dick
Aim The assembly of tropical tree floras is complex, involving many lineage-specific histories; however, focusing on the biogeographic history of diverse clades can reveal general patterns. We inves...
A recent paper by U-M researchers uncovers how these iconic tropical trees spread across South America, diversified through time, and adapted to new environments and elevations.
Intense droughts have caused water stress and elevated mortality for trees in the Amazon, foreshadowing the future of tropical forests as the climate changes.
