Suz Everingham

Fully funded PhD in #Ecophysiology at UBC in Vancouver! 🍁 Possible topics include leaf physiology, thermal ecology, microclimates, scaling, tree physiology, forest ecology, and more. Start Sept 2026/Jan 2027. michaletzlab.org
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Important reading as you prepare for your semester

Thanks cate 😀

With the excellent team of @angelamoles.bsky.social Eve Slavich, @plantypotato.bsky.social and Cathy Offord

Shining a Light on Patterns of Photoperiod Sensitivity in Germination and Flowering Across Latitudes, Ecosystems and Functional Traits Our study investigated the role of photoperiod sensitivity in plant phenology, focusing on germination and flowering patterns across species in Australia and globally. We found that most species show...

Our #OpenAccess paper showing no trends in photoperiod sensitivity in germination 🌱 & flowering time 🌸 across a range of predictors out now in @ecol-evol.bsky.social Led by brilliant Honours student Ashika and my first 'senior author' paper 😀 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Very deserving of the DECRA she recently received 🎉

She really is!

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

Exciting new paper from @innaosmol.bsky.social and a great team - why are some climate change range shifts counterintuitive to predictions? Changes in biotic interactions!

Adaptation in Wood Anatomical Traits to Temperature and Precipitation—A Common Garden Study Wood anatomy underpins plant function. Across 58 evergreen species thicker vessel walls increased hydraulic safety in cold and dry sites. Smaller vessels increased safety at warm sites yet hydraulic ....

📢 New publication ' #Adaptation in Wood Anatomical Traits to Temperature and Precipitation—A Common Garden Study' by Tiantian Pan, Travis Britton, Julian Schrader, Emma Sumner, Dean Nicolle, Brendan Choat and @ianjwright.bsky.social in Plant, Cell and Environment 🧪

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The registration for the 5th @sortee.bsky.social annual virtual conference is now open!

We have two fantastic plenary speakers this year @simine.com and Israel Borokini (not on BSky?).

Huge congrats Fonti! 🎉

Despite transport NSW cancelling pretty much all of their Sydney trains we had a great turn out @pintsworld.bsky.social in Parramatta, Aus 🍻 a crew of an astronomist @astrolaura.com an ecologist (me! 👋🏻) and a nuclear chemist (Anton Peristyy) chatting about our big and small research

Do trait–growth relationships vary with plant age in fire-prone heathland shrubs?

🌱New study reveals functional traits e.g. wood density & leaf mass fraction shape plant growth rates, with these relationships changing as plants mature. Growth isn't a fixed trait–it evolves with age! @lilydun.bsky.social @ianjwright.bsky.social🧪🌍
🔍Article: buff.ly/f0vnEFV
🗞️Blog: buff.ly/nY1TorB

Content submissions for the 5th SORTEE Conference (15-16 Oct 2025) are now OPEN.

Submit your proposal for an unconference, hackathon or workshop by June 2nd via sortee.org/upcoming

The conference will be FREE for members, so consider joining us (sortee.org/join/).

New paper out! After the 2019-2020 #fires in Australia our team undertook #IUCN Red List assessments of fire affected #plant species, to handle the volume we undertook paired rapid and full assessments and compared their accuracy 1/4

doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

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 publication 'Do trait–growth relationships vary with plant age in fire-prone heathland #shrubs?' by Lily Dun, Elizabeth Wenk, Daniel Falster, Mark Westoby and Ian Wright in Journal of Ecology 🧪

doi.org/10.1111/1365...

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Not sure how to vote based on your values and priorities? Check out this great resource www.buildaballot.org.au.

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Towards an integrative mechanistic framework for biodiversity–consumer relationships Terrestrial plant diversity plays a pivotal role in influencing the abundance, diversity, and impacts of herbivores and pathogens (collectively, plant consumers). However, it is unclear whether the relationships between biodiversity and herbivory reflect the same underlying ecological mechanisms as the relationships between biodiversity and disease. This uncertainty results in part from decades of independent, siloed research on each consumer group. We propose that, across herbivores and pathogens, plant diversity–consumer relationships arise from five fundamental factors: (1) density of a focal plant, (2) total plant biomass, (3) plant neighborhood quality, (4) resource diversity, and (5) structural complexity. By matching established hypotheses to these five fundamental factors, we highlight opportunities for growth in the rapidly developing field of plant–consumer interactions.

Online now: Towards an integrative mechanistic framework for biodiversity–consumer relationships

Led by a brilliant and fun team @fletcher-h.bsky.social @zoexiro.bsky.social @annekempel.bsky.social @ebelingae.bsky.social + Max Brocher, Fabiane Mundim, Mayank Kohli and Alex Strauss 😀

Our paper on the integration of biodiversity-disease and biodiversity-herbivore relationships is out now! Thanks to @idiv-research.bsky.social for supporting us through #sDiv working group funding to bring together two typically disparate fields in ecology! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We have a fully funded MSc position at UofA, Canada

"Ecological time machines: bridging paleontology and community ecology"

www.i-deel.org/opportunitie...

co-supervised by Christine Sosiak (scholar.google.com/citations?us...)

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Wow! Huge congrats and so well deserved 🎉

A great week with the best collaborators! Especially Sid the sloth

A black and white photograph of Lucy Evelyn Cheesman. She is wearing a short-sleeve shirt and a hat. She’s holding a net in her left hand, and a stick in the right hand.

Have you heard of the adventurous entomologist Lucy Evelyn Cheesman? 🐛🐞

As we continue to celebrate Women’s History Month, we’re taking a closer look at Cheesman’s fascinating life! 🧵

How will we prepare for an uncertain future? The value of open data and code for unborn generations facing climate change | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences As the impacts of climate change continue to intensify, humans face new challenges to long-term survival. Humans will likely be battling these problems long after 2100, when many climate projections currently end. A more forward-thinking view on our ...

Great article and very timely: 'Investing in open science today may ensure a brighter future for unborngenerations' royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Short-day plants and day-neutral plants are advancing their flowering times with climate change, while long-day plants are lagging behind. This delay could put long-day species at a competitive disadvantage as their flowering times fail to keep up with changes in the environment, potentially impacting their interactions with pollinators and competitors.

🌸🌞 #PlantReproductionWeek⏳

Species that require long-day conditions to flower are not advancing their flowering phenology as fast as species without photoperiod requirements by Karen Zeng et al. in @annbot.bsky.social

#openaccess article
👉 doi.org/n5qk

@angelamoles.bsky.social
#PlantScience

led by @mlagisz.bsky.social - an important message to all learnt society #EcoEvo

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Postdoc available in a great lab 😀

Figure from a paper - legend: Figure 2. Measuring changes in insect biodiversity can be achieved by focusing on drivers that directly or indirectly impact insect biodiversity metrics and trends (left). Where data on insect populations specifically are unavailable, data from other species and ecological processes can provide inferential support for changes in insect biodiversity (right).

Our new paper led by @manusaunders.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... takes stock of the evidence-base for global insect declines 🦋🐝🪳🪰🦗 and how uncertainty is being leveraged by science denialists to undermine efforts to reverse biodiversity loss 🌍🧪.