Ian Wright

Join — Sydney Functional Ecology

Excited to share a PhD opportunity in my upcoming lab at The University of Sydney!
Join an ARC-funded project on the ecology of ant invasions in 2026 🐜
🇦🇺 Live in Sydney, ant around Australia
🌍 Intl + Domestic applicants welcome
markwongecology.com/join
#PhD #Ecology #Biodiversity
Pls share, thx 🙏

We are searching for a 4- year postdoctoral fellow to work us on Microbial Ecology and Crop Disease Management.

More details below. The position will start next year.

Please circulate and repost.

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📢🌿Available #traits #FunctionalTraits PhD position in my group @westsyduhie.bsky.social, closes 30th Oct. Topics: “Climate adaptations in Australian native grasses”; OR “Plant resource economics”. Apply via WSU Online Portal. Eligibility and other key info here: wrightlab.wordpress.com/news/

📢New blog by Prof Colin Prentice. Why paleoclimate science matters now- and why ignoring our planet's history is no longer an option. Read more 👇

research.reading.ac.uk/lemontree/what…

#paleoclimate #climatechange #earthhistory

New Article: "Arbuscular mycorrhizal association regulates global root–seed coordination" rdcu.be/eBmpX

Global positive correlation between root diameter and seed size, driven by dual roles of arbuscular mycorrhiza in phosphorus uptake and pathogen defence.

PhD opportunity available at @westsyduhie.bsky.social with the brillant Dr Laura Williams - hyperspectral data and process-based modelling of tree diversity 🌳🌲 please share with your networks tinyurl.com/ms6mjz8y

An ongoing Academic (Research and Teaching) position in Genomics, here at Monash University in Melbourne. Closing in a little over a week! Please share widely! Lecturer/Senior Lecturer level (similar to Assistant Professor). careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

Two (!) ongoing Academic (Research and Teaching) positions in Ecology, here at Monash University in Melbourne. Closing in a little over a week! Please share widely! Both at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer level (similar to Assistant Professor) careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

Wind and frost have surprisingly strong effects on global patterns in leaf cuticle thickness! Latitude, biome and taxonomy matter too. Other climate variables not so much. #trait research from international team including @lawrensack.bsky.social @westobymark.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Here's some cool results from the paper: taxonomic and environmental patterning in metabolic rate – body size relations

Metabolic traits are shaped by phylogenetic conservatism and environment, not just body size | PNAS Metabolic rate dictates life’s tempo, yet how ecological and environmental factors integrate to shape metabolic traits remains contentious. Conside...

Awesome to see our paper exploring competing hypotheses in macro/metabolic ecology out in PNAS.

Led by the all star @lilyleahy.bsky.social with a range of amazing folks including @funkyant.bsky.social @natejsanders.bsky.social @ianjwright.bsky.social.

Check it out!

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Link below for more details - shout out if you need a pdf 😉

🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Regular cumquats make a superior marmalade in combination with lemon. Perhaps true of the calamansi also? Thin strips of Tahitian lime zest add a nice zing but easily overwhelm if added to generously...

Great to get this paper out on macroevolutionary trends of the hyperdiverse southwest Australian and eastern Australian floras! @alexskeels.bsky.social

Article is open access and can be downloaded here:
lnkd.in/gaxzYppQ

Please pass along - postdoc position! with our working group on #FunctionalTraits and rarity. This is part of the FREE (Functional Rarity in Ecology and Evolution) working group led by Cyrille Violle in Montpellier France 🧪🌐🌾 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

I'm delighted to present this Science special issue on Plants and Heat! Through a series of Reviews and Perspective articles, covering topics from cell signalling to ecology there is something for everyone here. (1/8)

‘Empathy is a kind of strength’: Jacinda Ardern on kind leadership, public rage and life in Trump’s America Young, progressive and relatable, the former prime minister of New Zealand tried to do politics differently. But six years into power, she dramatically resigned. In an exclusive interview with the Gua...

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Thermal acclimation of stem respiration implies a weaker carbon-climate feedback The efflux of carbon dioxide (CO2) from woody stems, a proxy for stem respiration, is a critical carbon flux from ecosystems to the atmosphere, which increases with temperature on short timescales. Ho...

Excited to share our new paper led by Tsinghua Uni ECR Zhang Han: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... New model based on eco-evolutionary optimality explains observed seasonal and spatial trends in stem respiration, implies stem CO2 efflux down by >25% by 2100, reducing land carbon emissions.

Outstanding postdoc position on ecology and biogeography with @biogeokreft.bsky.social
@unigoettingen.bsky.social

www.uni-goettingen.de/en/644546.ht...

Have you recently lost your academic job due to the political situation? Then this program is for you. Read more! www.monash.edu/research/eme...

Fully funded PhD in Plant Ecophysiology at UBC in Vancouver 🍁! Possible topics include leaf physiology, thermal ecology, microclimates, scaling, tree physiology, forest ecology & more. Start Jan/May/Sept 2026. michaletzlab.org
Please share!
#PlantEcoPhys #Ecology #Botany #PhDposition #GradSchool

cross-section of eucalyptus sapwood showing the arrangement of different cell types

Excited to share this paper led by ECR Tiantian Pan: Adaptation in eucalyptus wood anatomy to site climate, just published in PCE.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/.... Wonderful coauthors including
@julianschrader.bsky.social and @deannicolle1.bsky.social e1.bsky.social #FunctionalTraits

🚨We're #hiring! Join Plant Success as an Outreach Officer 🌱

Use your skills in science, education & engagement to inspire curiosity & connect with schools, students & communities.

📍 UQ St Lucia
🔗 bit.ly/PS-OO

#Jobs #ScienceOutreach

Join us for Talking Plant Science with Professor Peter Reich from the University of Michigan🌱

🗓️ Thursday 17 April, 2025
🕙 11am-12pm (AEST)
📍 Zoom, uqz.zoom.us/j/84296813859
ℹ️More information: www.plantsuccess.org/event/talking-plant-science-peter-reich/

#event #webinar #plantscience

Revisiting the #root economics space 🧪🌍

On the responsibilities of intellectuals and the rise of bullshit jobs in universities You may never have considered yourself to be one. Why would you? But if you’re reading this, there is more than a likelihood that you are one. If you’re a

touché.

academic.oup.com/brain/articl...

Australia's first island plant database, A-Islands, is now out!
It includes vegetation surveys from 800+ islands, with many repeated surveys.
@biogeokreft.bsky.social @westobymark.bsky.social @ianjwright.bsky.social @iavs5.bsky.social @jvegsci.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Do trait–growth relationships vary with plant age in fire‐prone heathland shrubs? We demonstrate that key functional traits undergo shifts in their relationship with growth as plants mature. Therefore, it will be valuable to shift our understanding of plant strategies away from th...

New paper! How does age affect plant trait-growth relationship? Does how you measure growth matter? 🌱📏Big thank you to @ianjwright.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to lead this when I was just a research assistant. doi.org/10.1111/1365...

We’re hiring again! Our new Leader Systematic Botany role at Botanic Gardens of Sydney is an exciting opportunity to join a vibrant, diverse, and inclusive team of 15 scientists working on systematics, phylogenomics, and macroevolution of the Australian flora.
iworkfor.nsw.gov.au/job/leader-s...

Twitter/X got really quiet (and weird) so I finally moved over here...are my fellow ecology/plant eco-phys folks out here?? Give me a follow to bring back that lovely #scicomm community 🙏🌱🤓