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Liam Langan

@myplantsdance.bsky.social

I try to disentangle interactions between functional diversity and ecosystem function using #ecoevo vegetation models. #runctitiononal features. Historical Medical #frymblal & #Environental features

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a woman is sitting at a table and says the plot thickens ... ALT: a woman is sitting at a table and says the plot thickens ...
09.03.2026 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Open Positions – GEvol – DFG SPP 2349

You want to work on Transcriptional Regulation in Beetles 🐞? Join our GEvol Community and work with many great people ➑️ Two open PhD positions in @bfeldmeyer.bsky.social lab in Frankfurt: g-evol.uni-muenster.de/open-positio...

09.03.2026 10:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He’s too tall for the role

06.03.2026 09:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a painting of a man with a red beard ALT: a painting of a man with a red beard

Just came across this paper. I reckon the authors had a great laugh deciding on the order Vincent, Van, Goh :-)

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

06.03.2026 07:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump will be in prison soon enough.

05.03.2026 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜†

05.03.2026 06:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Everyday hero!

05.03.2026 06:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For all 6 vegetation modelers on here. I’ve only looked at this briefly, but it looks like a very worthwhile read if you’re interested in root traits and potential linkages with above ground traits.

03.03.2026 07:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Will be reading this one!

03.03.2026 07:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
On the potential for GWAS with phenotypic population means and allele-frequency data (popGWAS)

For completeness, here (doi.org/10.24072/pcj...) is a paper by Markus where he explores the potential of population vs individual genome wide association studies to understand the genetic basis of polygenic traits.

27.02.2026 09:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Predicting Forest Tree Leaf Phenology Under Climate Change Using Satellite Monitoring and Population‐Based Genomic Trait Association We studied European beech trees to understand how the interaction between genetics and the environment, particularly climate change, influences the timing of leaf budding and leaf fall. We found that...

I’m not sure how to judge accessibility and I still struggle with the quant genomics, but this (doi.org/10.1111/gcb....) paper links genomics with leaf phenological timing and this one (doi.org/10.3389/fevo...) links it with drought stress.

27.02.2026 08:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sure, but it’s not a trash language.

26.02.2026 04:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€žEs ist niemals zu spΓ€t, vernΓΌnftig und weise zu werden; es ist aber jederzeit schwerer, wenn die Einsicht spΓ€t kommt, sie in Gang zu bringen.β€œ

Kant

25.02.2026 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s quite a nice language actually.

25.02.2026 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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25.02.2026 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve had my last snow ⛷️ this year I fear. First two butterflies today. Spring is coming.

25.02.2026 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Shaping future forests: how can ecophysiology support climate‐smart forest management? Climate change, particularly the associated increase in extreme events and disturbances, threatens the numerous environmental, social, and economic benefits that forests provide, both locally and glo...

In our new work, we present a mechanism-based critical assessment of #forest #management practices to support climate-smart forestry in response to shifting environmental and climatic conditions. @newphyt.bsky.social Tansley Review:
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

23.02.2026 11:34 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

#toreadlist

This looks cool!

24.02.2026 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pace of ecology drives the tempo of visual perception across the animal kingdom Nature Ecology & Evolution - Using phylogenetic comparative methods across 237 species from disparate phyla, the authors show that species with fast-paced ecologies have higher temporal...

Our new paper is now out showing how time perception in animals is linked to their ecology. Using data from 237 species we show temporal perception is faster in species that fly and pursuit predators www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🌐

24.02.2026 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 139    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

Haha, you’ve no choice πŸ™ˆπŸ˜†

I hate β€œhaving” to get up at 6am but it’s a pretty nice time of the day a lot of the year. If I could master being asleep by 10 I think it’d be less painful.

24.02.2026 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I identify as bread defrost

23.02.2026 10:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🀣

23.02.2026 10:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, β€˜If it can happen to me, i...

I don’t expect to be visiting the USA until after the next elections. Too dodgy.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

23.02.2026 07:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Still time to submit an abstract to the BE20 meeting! Please share.

18.02.2026 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Haha. It’s very interesting alright.

19.02.2026 08:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Come work with us! πŸ§ͺπŸŒπŸ§‘β€πŸ’»πŸŒΏπŸΈβ„οΈ

I am hireing a #postdoc in Climate Change Ecology to work on Ecological Synthesis and support the upcoming #IPCC report as a Chapter Scientist (CH14: terrestrial, freshwater and cryopspheric biodiversity, ecosystems, and services. #IPCC #AR7
@ipcc.bsky.social

17.02.2026 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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16.02.2026 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Come join us in Bristol @bristolbiosci.bsky.social!

We are looking for new collegues working across a broad spectum of topics in biology, including ecology & environmental change. Get in touch if you have Qs!

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12.02.2026 09:10 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

This!

12.02.2026 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Et nytt klima er pΓ₯ vei i Amazonas Et hypertropisk klima som jorden ikke har opplevd pΓ₯ flere titall millioner Γ₯r, kan bli den nye virkeligheten i regnskogen i Amazonas.

Nice article about our recent 'hypertropics' paper, with a very, very old photo of me installing stem psychrometers at Caxiuana. The trick was to make them airtight with two different types of dental putty and then insulate them with about a foot of fibreglass...
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