Our results highlight that the grass flora of Texas bears the signature of Pleistocene megafauna and influence of fires that predate human arrival. +
We suggest that grass functional classifications based on fire and grazer traits can improve prescribed fire and livestock management of savannas

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Grass functional traits reflect the long history of fire and grazers in the savannas of Texas Premise Understanding relationships among grass traits, fire, and herbivores may help improve conservation strategies for savannas that are threatened by novel disturbance regimes. Emerging theory, ...

🔥🌾🦬New Pub in @botsocamerica.bsky.social ! We show that the flammability–palatability trade‐offs that operate in Africa also explain correlated suites of traits in #Texas #grasses.
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Functional strategies of 337 native Texas grasses in relation to grazing and fire.

🔥🌱 From the upcoming #AJB Special Issue: “Understanding novel fire regimes using plant trait‐based approaches" 🌱🔥

Grass functional traits reflect the long history of #fire & grazers in the #savannas of #Texas

By @ashishnerlekar.bsky.social et al.

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Seeing the Savanna Through the Trees: Vegetation Structure, Composition and Function Along a Forest‐Savanna Boundary in Cambodia In the seasonally dry landscapes of continental Southeast Asia, deciduous dipterocarp vegetation (DDF), which resembles savanna, and semi-evergreen forests (SEF) form patchy landscape mosaics, with a...

Out today in @biotropica.bsky.social: We show that deciduous dipterocarp and semi-evergreen forests in Cambodia have distinct species, but similar soils across their abrupt boundaries. But we see differences in fire history and fire adapted functional traits. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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A picture of an experimental prairie restoration, and the field is mostly composed of Echinacea purpurea

New paper alert! @lars-brudvig.bsky.social, @nashturley.bsky.social and I reveal key context-dependent impacts of seed mix design decisions on restored prairie community structure!🌾 🧪 #PlantScience #EcologicalRestoration #ecosystem

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Open letter: There are more than just trees and forests to be conserved and restored Click on the article title to read more.

137 of us share our concerns with policymakers in an open letter: "There are more than just trees and forests to be conserved and restored" nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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such a fascinating study!

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Grassland restorations must better foster forbs to facilitate high biodiversity Grassland restoration efforts typically aim to recover lost biodiversity, guided by biologically diverse old-growth grasslands as a benchmark. In most old-growth grasslands, forbs greatly outnumber g...

Grassland restorations must better foster forbs to facilitate high biodiversity

Check out @ashishnerlekar.bsky.social's recent call for "forb-centric" grassland restoration

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