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New in gdalraster 2.2.0 🎉

You can now run GDAL CLI algorithms (e.g., gdal raster calc) directly from R -- thanks to the new GDAL 3.11 unified CLI.

Docs: usdaforestservice.github.io/gdalraster/a...

#RStats #RSpatial #GDAL #OSGeo

Congratulations to Dr. Juliette Hunault-Fontbonne on a successful defense of her thesis entitled "In Search of Lost Connectivity: How can biodiversity and habitat networks be better integrated into boreal forest planning?”

Job offer: PostDoc in “Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in European forests in the face of global changes” 80-100% (f/m/d) The aim of the projects is to investigate the impact of global changes on temperate forests toward designing management plans that allows ecosystem resilience and high levels of biodiversity. Within these projects, you will develop standard and more efficient ecological monitoring methodologies to understand how different aspects of biodiversity and/or associated ecosystem processes, in particular deadwood decomposition, in forests are altered by global change factors such as climate change, disturbances, and management-induced structural changes at different spatial and temporal scales. Through this research, you will gain a better mechanistic understanding of these relationships as a basis for predicting future changes related to management decisions and climate change. To measure biodiversity, you will use cutting-edge DNA-based methods, such as e-DNA metabarcoding of fungi, from soil and dead wood, and detecting arthropods and mammals from vegetation surfaces. Data on biodiversity and forest functions will be analyzed in an interdisciplinary manner. Depending on your skills and expertise, you can focus on more technical aspects of biodiversity quantification using eDNA, fundamental ecological research questions on modelling ecosystem processes or the more applied design of management practices. You are expected to publish your findings in high-impact journals and present them at international conferences. You hold a PhD degree in Biology or Environmental Sciences or in a related field and have a strong background forest ecology, in DNA-based biodiversity assessments (e-DNA metabarcoding), bioinformatics and multivariate statistical analyses, and/or experimental planning. Furthermore, we expect very good knowledge in R programming, a good command of English, as well as strong skills in scientific paper writing.

#PostDoc Alert! PhD in #Biology or #EnvironmentalSciences? Strong background in #ForestEcology, DNA-based biodiversity assessments, #Bioinformatics, and experimental planning? Our #ForestEntomology Group offers a 2-year #PostDoc position 🌳🧬💻: apply.refline.ch/273855/1798/... #ScienceJobs #eDNA

From forest decline to salvage logging: cascading impacts on saproxylic beetle diversity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.28.690817v1

Explore how soil food webs withstand droughts and heatwaves, and what this means for tree regeneration in Swedish forests! 🌲🪱🌳🍄Become a PhD student in the WIFORCE Research School and work with us at SLU-Uppsala @mycopat.bsky.social #climate #forest #microbes #nematodes

www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

"There is little evidence that removing dead trees en masse is an effective strategy to contain fast fires. In fact, a substantial body of evidence shows that such large-scale tree removals will have cumulative and mostly negative ecosystem and climate consequences." 🌎

QUESTION: @evilanova.bsky.social and I were discussing resources for finding root:shoot ratios (belowground biomass, root biomass, etc) for global forests / ecoregions

And really doesn't feel like there has been much progress in this

Any suggestions for where to look!??
🧪🌎🌳🍁

🚨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...

This is figure 1, which shows distribution of flux tower sites across artificial light intensity in North America and Europe.

The findings of a study in Nature Climate Change show that artificial light at night disrupts the fundamental energetic constraints on ecosystem metabolism, warranting the inclusion of light pollution in global change and carbon–climate feedback assessments. go.nature.com/44cCKWm 🧪

⚠️ The spread of the pinewood nematode is a development of great concern to the future of European forests.

🤝 We stand by our fellow #HorizonEurope project @purpest-eu.bsky.social as we pursue complementary innovations in the management of such outbreaks.

#Forests #Pests #PlantHealth

Webropol Survey Survey Powered by Webropol

🌎 Experiments are central to understanding community dynamics, yet their use is declining.
We're trying to understand why.
If you work in community ecology, we'd really appreciate your input in a quick survey (<5 mins).
👉🏼 link.webropolsurveys.com/S/2022629791...
Reposts welcome!

Do you like forests and computer models? 🌳🧑‍💻
Within the Future Forests excellence cluster, we are hiring two modellers for 7 year (!) positions here in Freiburg.

A scientific coordinator role: uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004...

And and a scientific programmer role: uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004...

ForestPaths disturbance maps now available on FISE With ForestPaths releasing the European Forest Disturbance Atlas - a dataset of annual forest disturbance maps across 38 European countries - it is also now featured on the Forest Information System f...

🌲 The European Forest Disturbance Atlas by ForestPaths is now on Forest Information Systems for Europe!

Using Landsat data (1985–2023), the maps track fires, storms, bark beetles & harvesting across 38 countries — open-source & updated annually.

🔗 Explore more: forestpaths.eu/news/forestp...

📢 WE'RE HIRING 📢 --- 📢 4 VACANT POSITIONS 📢

💡 🌲 SmartForest at @uninmbu.bsky.social and NIBIO is announcing a #Postdoc position and 3 #PhD_scholarships dedicated to advancing #AI in #forestry

📍 Full-time, 3-year positions based in Ås, Norway

apply here 👉 smartforest.no/2025/10/30/4...

We're hiring for two full-time, permanent positions: a Senior Scientist (to lead our eddy flux work) and a Director of Administration and Finance. Unfortunately we can't host international visas for these positions. More info here! harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/about/employ...

🚨Application deadline has been extended to 1 December 2025!

🔗 www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

#ForestScience #ForestResearch #entomology

Check out our new preprint. In this review we show the comparative decline of experimental approaches in community ecology and discuss some alternatives to push the field forward

Applications for the MEME programme (www.evobio.eu
) are now open! MEME is a research- and mobility-oriented master’s in evolutionary biology (& I’m a proud alumna!), jointly run by the Unis of Groningen, Uppsala, Montpellier, and LMU Munich, with Harvard and Lausanne as partners. Spread the word!

Research scientist, doctoral researcher, statistics/forest science - Natural Resources Institute Finland Open job: Research scientist, doctoral researcher, statistics/forest science, Natural Resources Institute Finland - Find all jobs in Valtiolle.fi

Open position for a methods-savvy PhD student to work on combining diverse data sources to understand forests! Great chance to work on an important topic with Mari Myllymäki and me + collaborators across Europe. Please apply (by 31st Oct) or share forward valtiolle.fi/en/jobs/rese...

Students collecting vegetation data in the Organ Mountains

Plants with soil and roots

Students collecting plants from forest understory

Hello! I’m recruiting three graduate students (MS or PhD) to start in summer or fall 2026 . Projects are broadly focused on the ecology, restoration, and management of rangelands, deserts, and forests. Please share!

Lab website: functionalrestoration.nmsu.edu

#Talvilintulaskennat alkavat marraskuun alussa. Perusta uusi reitti tai elvytä vanha reitti henkiin. Vuosittainen kirje talvilintulaskennoista kiinnostuneille löytyy linkistä 👇
tietopankki.luomus.fi/linnustonseu...
Tervetuloa mukaan!
@birdlifesuomi.bsky.social @helsinki.fi @nathist.bsky.social

📢 PhD opportunity! 📢 Join me, @ejduncan.bsky.social, Tom Sloan + the wider #GairWood team to investigate climate-resilient woodlands in the UK 🌳 with @yes-dtn.bsky.social @earthandenvleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social

PhD applications are now open @treesdla.bsky.social for 2026 intake. Have a look at a project on effects of forest diversity on floral reward production for pollinators that we advertise with @philstevenson.bsky.social. Do apply/get in touch if you are interested! www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/eff...

The ghosts of Wolves, Elks, Crested Tits, Willow Tits, Aurochs and Lynxes emerging at low tide in long-lost Holocene forest...

Last chance to apply for this exciting job opportunity in our International Conservation Science team

Applications close Monday 20th Oct
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Our department at UBC is hiring for a professor of forest ecophysiology, including "tree ecophysiology; plant abiotic or biotic stress physiology; forest mortality and climate change responses; forest carbon balance; tree water relations; or nutrient use." Learn more at: tinyurl.com/5da56f5c

📢 Our partners from @wslresearch.bsky.social are offering a new #PostDoc position for 1.5 years as part of the FORSAID project!

🪲 Specialists in invasion biology, spectroscopy and chemical ecology are invited to apply here: apply.refline.ch/273855/1772/...

#Forests #Pests #PlantHealth

Our latest research shows that harvesting in Finland also takes place in forests of high biodiversity value, which highlights the need to integrate biodiversity conservation more closely into forest management practices.

More details in English here:
➡️https://r.jyu.fi/Gql

Registration for the Fall Webinar is now open!

I especially recommend joining the sessions organized by the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice committee where we have six interesting talks about how to make conservation more inclusive!

Great PhD opportunity with an excellent supervisor:

Quantify traits of tree species across the western US to determine how tree populations and forest communities will respond to drought and fire.

plant-traits.net/lab-openings/