Dr. Mariana García Criado

Logo for the art-science competition described in the post above. The word ‘FLOh!RA’ is written on top of a beige rectangular panel which has rounded ends and is thinly outlined in orange. The letters: F, L, R and A are in light purple text, while ‘Oh!’ is in orange text, making it stand out. Behind the logo on top of a beige background are stylised depictions of flowers and leaves in golden-yellow across three square panels, in a style reminiscent of art- nouveau. This graphic was created by the CREAF communications team.

🍃Notice the plants around you🍃

Create an artwork on how plants change🍂🌡️❄️👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 & submit to #sciart competition- FLOh!RA
lstewart22.github.io/FLOhRA/

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For people living in Catalunya

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Funded by @ec.europa.eu @horizoneu.bsky.social
Supported by @creaf.cat

Linking Community‐Climate Disequilibrium to Ecosystem Function When turnover in species composition lags behind the pace of climate change, community-climate disequilibrium increases. We, for the first time, explicitly link this disequilibrium to ecosystem funct...

Species shift their ranges in response to climate change, but many can't keep up. The resulting "community-climate disequilibrium" can impair ecosystem function and cause counterintuitive dynamics, like short-term gain but long-term loss onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Wrote a little story about our paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecog...

Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out.

As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.

Here's what happened:

PhD positions open at UEF - The Nordic Borealization Network The Department of Geographical and Historical Studies at the University of Eastern Finland is seeking three motivated PhD researchers for projects on tundra and permafrost peatland changes in northern...

Three #PhD positions related to projects on #tundra and #permafrost peatland changes are currently open at one of our partner institutions!

Application DL: 15.2.2026

#remotesensing #carbonfluxes #arcticvegetation #palsamire 🌱
nordborn.lbhi.is?p=524

It was an absolute pleasure to contribute to this article on Andes-Amazon tree diversity change led by the brilliant @belenfadrique.bsky.social. Similar research questions, different biomes - and at the core, the importance of large-scale collaborative networks to understand global change 🌳🌳🌳

Tree diversity is changing in the Amazon and Andes.

Belen Fadrique leads our analysis in @natecoevo.nature.com w/ 400 plots + 40 years of RAINFOR records.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Hot, drier, more fragmented forests are losing species. Many in the Andes + western Amazon are gaining them.

We @creaf.cat discuss here (and in the media this week) the role of Greenland for science, climate & biodiversity, and the importance of protecting Greenland's identity. Greenland is for Greenlanders - and we stand with you 💙

www.creaf.cat/en/articles/...

✋ Short and simple: #science cannot take a back seat when the future of the planet is at stake.

Yes, today we’re talking about #Greenland, a key piece of the #globalclimate system, currently under strong geopolitical pressure.

Approaches developed to model plant cold hardiness across a spectrum of complexity, in relation to the number of intricate processes involved.

Cold hardiness mechanisms and modeling: existing approaches and future avenues

Charrier et al.

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

You will be sooo missed as our NordBorN guiding light 💫

amazing news Pekka, so excited for you! :)

Borealization of tundra ecosystems with climate and land-use change Borealization of tundra ecosystems with climate and land-use change, Verdonen, Mariana, Barrio, Isabel C, Barbero-Palacios, Laura, López-Blanco, Efrén, Speed, James D M, Defourneaux, Mathilde, García ...

🌲 Defining tundra borealization 🌲

Our new @nordborn.bsky.social review in @ioppublishing.bsky.social standardises the concept of tundra borealization & summarises its main patterns, drivers & consequences. Brilliantly led by @verdonenm.bsky.social & @icbarrio.bsky.social!

doi.org/10.1088/1748...

I just signed - consider signing if you work or have worked in Greenland “We hope many U.S.-based researchers in Greenland …will join us in signing this letter to… call upon our elected representatives to vocally support Greenland’s right to self-governance”. forms.gle/csef7uCnU11y...

Borealization of tundra ecosystems with climate and land-use change - The Nordic Borealization Network We are happy to start the new year with the publication of the first topical review from the Nordic Borealization Network, where we introduce the concept of tundra borealization to describe northward ...

New paper out! 🎉
In NordBorN’s first topical review, we define tundra borealization and synthesize evidence for plant and animal community changes, methods for quantifying borealization, and how climate and land-use change are reshaping species distributions. 🌱🌲🦫
Read more: nordborn.lbhi.is?p=474

Our review outlining how we can better use climate data for understanding ecology and evolution— now published in TREE! I’ll give it a rundown after the holidays.

Friends, I hardly ever get to post this…

Bryophyte faculty job!!!

botany.ubc.ca/job-postings...

Illustration showing a person examining a plant with text about the scarcity of plant taxonomists worldwide.

Plant taxonomy is disappearing - and so is our ability to protect species 🍂

Nearly half of countries have fewer than 10 plant taxonomists. Kew is working to close the gap, but we need more experts fast.

Read the study’s key findings and what we're doing about it 👇
https://ow.ly/XhJo50XyGAa

An infographic illustrating indigenous and relational philosophies about sustainability and ways of being. The design features a tree-like structure with curved golden branches, each holding a colored circle representing different cultural concepts. At the base, an arrow transitions from "Relations of Domination" to "Relations of Care," showing transformation in values. Ten cultural concepts are displayed with unique icons and locations: Ubuntu (Sub-Saharan Africa) with a turquoise bird Mino-mnaamodzawin (Anishinaabek, USA) Satoyama and Satoumi (Japan) with cherry blossoms Saffu (Oromo, Ethiopia) with a leaf Kawsak Sacha (Kichwa, Ecuador) with a figure by water Nanao ñu'u (Mixtec, Mexico) Birgejupmi (Sápmi, Arctic) with a reindeer Suma Qamaña (Aymara, Bolivia) with a drum Sumak Kawsay (Kichwa, South America) Whakakapa (Aotearoa, New Zealand) with traditional symbols Below, a legend explains each concept's meaning, focusing on human-nature relationships, respect, and sustainable living practices. The overall theme emphasizes transformation from anthropocentric approaches to ecocentric and pluriversal formations based on reciprocity.

🌿 Indigenous wisdom offers many ways: 10 diverse philosophies from around the world demonstrate how human-nature relationships can shift from domination to care.

@IPBES #TransformativeChange Assessment

Read the report: https://www.ipbes.net/transformative-change-assessment

Light blue trumpet shaped lichen growing on dried moss bank

Cladonia fimbriata, our Trumpet Lichen, seen Sunday at Deer Creek Canyon 🌿

Proximity to seabird colonies and water availability shape moss distributions in Antarctica vist.ly/4fqxk #SDM #Mosses #Biogeography

Herbivory Modifies the Role of Spatial Processes in a Grassland Plant Metacommunity We empirically examined how mammalian herbivory interacts with habitat size and connectivity to affect plant diversity in a natural grassland metacommunity. We found that herbivory increased plant di...

New study out in Ecology Letters 🌱🐑!

Using long-term Åland monitoring data, we found that herbivory increases plant diversity across scales and flips the diversity–area relationship: a positive relationship is found in grazed sites while a negative one in ungrazed sites.

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ele....

Would you like to study #functional trait diversity and biogeochemical dynamics in rapidly changing #tundra ecosystems? Then this #PhD is for you! 👇 You will do fieldwork in #Alaska, #Svalbard and #Italy and work with amazing Matteo Petit Bon. Apply by Dec 19

herbivory.lbhi.is/2025/11/19/p...

Global bias towards recording latitudinal range shifts - Nature Climate Change The authors consider studies reporting species range shifts and demonstrate a geometric bias in sampling along latitudinal, rather than longitudinal, gradients. This bias may favour the corroboration ...

Study area shape matters when tracking species range shifts & we may underestimate longitudinal range shifts to the benefit of latitudinal range shifts, potentially undermining drivers other than T°C 🌡

🌐🌏🌎🌍🧪🐠🐍🦋🦉🦇🌳🌲

shorturl.at/prp63

🐘 New research - Large herbivores are linked to higher herbaceous plant diversity and functional redundancy across spatial scales

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@jonastrepel.bsky.social @joe-atkinson.bsky.social @andrewabraham.bsky.social @jessekalwij.bsky.social @jcsvenning.bsky.social @econovoau.bsky.social

🚨Job opportunity🚨

We are hiring a 3yr research technician. If you love fieldwork, are passionate about forests & mountains, and want to up-skill in remote sensing, sensor networks and running field experiments this could be the dream job for you!
🧪🌳⛰️🛰️🌡️🍄

www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

📢 Abstract submission deadline for the World Biodiversity Forum @worldbioforum.bsky.social in Davos is Nov 18!
Join us for our session 'Understanding and caring for Arctic biodiversity together'. All regions, organisms and formats welcome! 🌿🦌🦋

In our new article led by Gabriele Midolo, published in Ecology Letters, we show that plant species richness in European plant communities generally decreased between the 1960s and 1980s. However, since the 1990s, this trend seems to have stopped or even reversed.
dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele....

Thrilled to be one of the plenary speakers for the @iavs5.bsky.social 68th #IAVS Symposium (Gijón, Spain, 22-26 June 2026) along legends like @jcsvenning.bsky.social @gmendietal.bsky.social @ftmaestre.bsky.social et al!

Join us to discuss plants across taxonomic, spatial and temporal scales! 🌿