Bob Muscarella
@bobmuscarella.bsky.social
Associate prof in plant ecology at Uppsala University, Sweden. Tropical forest dynamics, trait-based ecology, natural and anthropogenic disturbance...
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Post-doctoral fellow in global forest dynamics!
TreeChange combines life history traits from field observations with demographic modelling to understand the future of forests and the carbon sink. Based at Lund in Sweden you will work with researchers across the world
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TreeChange combines life history traits from field observations with demographic modelling to understand the future of forests and the carbon sink. Based at Lund in Sweden you will work with researchers across the world
lu.varbi.com/what:job/job...
October 6, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Post-doctoral fellow in global forest dynamics!
TreeChange combines life history traits from field observations with demographic modelling to understand the future of forests and the carbon sink. Based at Lund in Sweden you will work with researchers across the world
lu.varbi.com/what:job/job...
TreeChange combines life history traits from field observations with demographic modelling to understand the future of forests and the carbon sink. Based at Lund in Sweden you will work with researchers across the world
lu.varbi.com/what:job/job...
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Cool science, amazing supervisors who have your best interests at heart, one of the best places in the world for evolutionary biology, and Sweden offers amazing conditions to do a PhD in a country that respects all humans! Jump at this opportunity!
PhD-position ALERT!
Interested in the genomics of local adaptation and the evolution of niche breadth? 🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬
Come join me and @gmkov.bsky.social at @animecol-uu.bsky.social, Uppsala University, by applying here: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Deadline 1st of November!
Interested in the genomics of local adaptation and the evolution of niche breadth? 🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬
Come join me and @gmkov.bsky.social at @animecol-uu.bsky.social, Uppsala University, by applying here: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Deadline 1st of November!
PhD-student in Evolutionary and Ecological Genetics
Do you want to conduct frontier research in an outstanding environment within evolutionary biology at Sweden’s largest faculty of science and technology? The Department of Ecology and Genetics at Up
uu.varbi.com
October 2, 2026 at 6:53 AM
Cool science, amazing supervisors who have your best interests at heart, one of the best places in the world for evolutionary biology, and Sweden offers amazing conditions to do a PhD in a country that respects all humans! Jump at this opportunity!
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PhD-position ALERT!
Interested in the genomics of local adaptation and the evolution of niche breadth? 🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬
Come join me and @gmkov.bsky.social at @animecol-uu.bsky.social, Uppsala University, by applying here: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Deadline 1st of November!
Interested in the genomics of local adaptation and the evolution of niche breadth? 🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬
Come join me and @gmkov.bsky.social at @animecol-uu.bsky.social, Uppsala University, by applying here: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Deadline 1st of November!
PhD-student in Evolutionary and Ecological Genetics
Do you want to conduct frontier research in an outstanding environment within evolutionary biology at Sweden’s largest faculty of science and technology? The Department of Ecology and Genetics at Up
uu.varbi.com
October 1, 2026 at 3:44 PM
PhD-position ALERT!
Interested in the genomics of local adaptation and the evolution of niche breadth? 🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬
Come join me and @gmkov.bsky.social at @animecol-uu.bsky.social, Uppsala University, by applying here: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Deadline 1st of November!
Interested in the genomics of local adaptation and the evolution of niche breadth? 🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬
Come join me and @gmkov.bsky.social at @animecol-uu.bsky.social, Uppsala University, by applying here: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Deadline 1st of November!
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"🌿 We're hiring at @econovoau.bsky.social! Postdoc position forecasting how land-use change, climate shifts & rewilding will reshape European plant diversity. Biodiversa+ REDESIGN project, Aarhus Uni. 2 years. Closes 1 Nov 2026. 🔗 www.au.dk/om/stillinge... #ecology #postdoc
Postdoctoral researcher in biodiversity forecasting, vegetation dynamics and rewilding - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet
Ledig stilling ved Institut for Biologi - Økoinformatik og biodiversitet, Aarhus Universitet
www.au.dk
October 1, 2026 at 7:04 AM
"🌿 We're hiring at @econovoau.bsky.social! Postdoc position forecasting how land-use change, climate shifts & rewilding will reshape European plant diversity. Biodiversa+ REDESIGN project, Aarhus Uni. 2 years. Closes 1 Nov 2026. 🔗 www.au.dk/om/stillinge... #ecology #postdoc
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🌳We are hiring a PhD student in Forest Ecophysiology and Remote Sensing at EPFL and WSL in Lausanne!
@vallicrosah.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social
Start: April-May 27
Applications: Open until filled
careers.epfl.ch/job/Lausanne...
@vallicrosah.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social
Start: April-May 27
Applications: Open until filled
careers.epfl.ch/job/Lausanne...
October 1, 2026 at 6:11 AM
🌳We are hiring a PhD student in Forest Ecophysiology and Remote Sensing at EPFL and WSL in Lausanne!
@vallicrosah.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social
Start: April-May 27
Applications: Open until filled
careers.epfl.ch/job/Lausanne...
@vallicrosah.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social
Start: April-May 27
Applications: Open until filled
careers.epfl.ch/job/Lausanne...
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UConn EEB is hiring a tropical horticulturalist for our greenhouses! It's an awesome collection of both research+teaching/public display, and you get to work with pretty amazing folks (I may be biased). Job listing: jobs.hr.uconn.edu/en-us/job/49... Closes 10/14! 🌴🌿🌵🌺
UConn Careers | UConn Careers | University of Connecticut
jobs.hr.uconn.edu
September 30, 2026 at 3:21 PM
UConn EEB is hiring a tropical horticulturalist for our greenhouses! It's an awesome collection of both research+teaching/public display, and you get to work with pretty amazing folks (I may be biased). Job listing: jobs.hr.uconn.edu/en-us/job/49... Closes 10/14! 🌴🌿🌵🌺
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Fully funded 4-year PhD is available in my lab at NTNU (Trondheim, Norway) on Modelling Marine Larval Dispersal and Spatial Population Genetics and Demography. Great place to live and work! Would suit a quantitative/computational biologist.
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhD Candidate in Modelling Marine Larval Dispersal and Spatial Population Genetics and Demography (308848) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Job title: PhD Candidate in Modelling Marine Larval Dispersal and Spatial Population Genetics and Demography (308848), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Tuesda...
www.jobbnorge.no
September 30, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Fully funded 4-year PhD is available in my lab at NTNU (Trondheim, Norway) on Modelling Marine Larval Dispersal and Spatial Population Genetics and Demography. Great place to live and work! Would suit a quantitative/computational biologist.
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Applications are now open for the International Travel Stipends to attend the 2027 Evolution meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico! Funds cover registration, travel, meals, and lodging. Submit your application by November 1st!
www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...
@evolmtg.bsky.social
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@evolmtg.bsky.social
September 29, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Applications are now open for the International Travel Stipends to attend the 2027 Evolution meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico! Funds cover registration, travel, meals, and lodging. Submit your application by November 1st!
www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...
@evolmtg.bsky.social
www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...
@evolmtg.bsky.social
Sunday adventures
September 27, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Sunday adventures
I wouldn’t call it a spectacular sunset but a nice, solid sunset.
September 24, 2026 at 5:01 PM
I wouldn’t call it a spectacular sunset but a nice, solid sunset.
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V happy about this one (@brentcemerson.bsky.social @biodiversitysmns.bsky.social @hernmoral.bsky.social)et al
Species have survived on oceanic islands for Mya despite occupying small geographic areas, facing environmental calamities and having low Ne. We discuss this w/ a focus on conservation.
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Species have survived on oceanic islands for Mya despite occupying small geographic areas, facing environmental calamities and having low Ne. We discuss this w/ a focus on conservation.
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September 22, 2026 at 5:55 PM
V happy about this one (@brentcemerson.bsky.social @biodiversitysmns.bsky.social @hernmoral.bsky.social)et al
Species have survived on oceanic islands for Mya despite occupying small geographic areas, facing environmental calamities and having low Ne. We discuss this w/ a focus on conservation.
1/2
Species have survived on oceanic islands for Mya despite occupying small geographic areas, facing environmental calamities and having low Ne. We discuss this w/ a focus on conservation.
1/2
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🌱 Systems Ecology is now live!
A new independent, researcher-run, diamond OA journal for ecological research through systems science.
Free to read. Free to publish. No APCs.
We are now open for submissions: systems-ecology.org
Please help spread the word!
A new independent, researcher-run, diamond OA journal for ecological research through systems science.
Free to read. Free to publish. No APCs.
We are now open for submissions: systems-ecology.org
Please help spread the word!
Systems Ecology
systems-ecology.org
September 21, 2026 at 7:32 AM
🌱 Systems Ecology is now live!
A new independent, researcher-run, diamond OA journal for ecological research through systems science.
Free to read. Free to publish. No APCs.
We are now open for submissions: systems-ecology.org
Please help spread the word!
A new independent, researcher-run, diamond OA journal for ecological research through systems science.
Free to read. Free to publish. No APCs.
We are now open for submissions: systems-ecology.org
Please help spread the word!
Reposted by Bob Muscarella
Protecting tropical forests is more cost-effective for biodiversity and climate than restoration | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Protecting tropical forests is more cost-effective for biodiversity and climate than restoration
Halting deforestation and promoting restoration are at the core of strategies to confront the biodiversity and climate crises in tropical forests. Avoiding forest disturbances is also critically impor...
www.science.org
September 18, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Protecting tropical forests is more cost-effective for biodiversity and climate than restoration | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The Department of Integrative Biology at UT Austin has two open positions for assistant professors, one in evolutionary biology and one in mechanistic processes. Please share.
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/193270
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/193270
September 15, 2026 at 7:02 PM
The Department of Integrative Biology at UT Austin has two open positions for assistant professors, one in evolutionary biology and one in mechanistic processes. Please share.
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/193270
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/193270
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🌴 Save the Date: ECTE 2027 in the vibrant city of Aarhus!
We are excited to announce that the European Conference of Tropical Ecology will take place 15–18 June 2027 at Aarhus University, Denmark.
More information: conferences.au.dk/ecte-aarhus-2027
Contact: [email protected]
#ECTE2027
We are excited to announce that the European Conference of Tropical Ecology will take place 15–18 June 2027 at Aarhus University, Denmark.
More information: conferences.au.dk/ecte-aarhus-2027
Contact: [email protected]
#ECTE2027
September 15, 2026 at 5:33 PM
🌴 Save the Date: ECTE 2027 in the vibrant city of Aarhus!
We are excited to announce that the European Conference of Tropical Ecology will take place 15–18 June 2027 at Aarhus University, Denmark.
More information: conferences.au.dk/ecte-aarhus-2027
Contact: [email protected]
#ECTE2027
We are excited to announce that the European Conference of Tropical Ecology will take place 15–18 June 2027 at Aarhus University, Denmark.
More information: conferences.au.dk/ecte-aarhus-2027
Contact: [email protected]
#ECTE2027
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Princeton EEB is running a very broad faculty search at the Assistant Professor level. Please consider applying to join us! This is a wonderful, collaborative, cohesive department with diverse interests and amazing colleagues. apply.interfolio.com/193474
Apply - Interfolio
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September 15, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Princeton EEB is running a very broad faculty search at the Assistant Professor level. Please consider applying to join us! This is a wonderful, collaborative, cohesive department with diverse interests and amazing colleagues. apply.interfolio.com/193474
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📣 New York Botanical Garden is seeking a career-track Restoration Ecologist!
🥾 develop ext. funded, field-oriented, collections-informed, & collaborative research program
📨 Optimal consideration: Sep. 25 (open till filled)
📆 Start: Jan. 1, 2027 (negotiable)
🤑 $87.5k
jobs.jobvite.com/nybg/job/o8s...
🥾 develop ext. funded, field-oriented, collections-informed, & collaborative research program
📨 Optimal consideration: Sep. 25 (open till filled)
📆 Start: Jan. 1, 2027 (negotiable)
🤑 $87.5k
jobs.jobvite.com/nybg/job/o8s...
New York Botanical Garden is looking for Assistant Curator, Restoration Ecology.
New York Botanical Garden is looking for Assistant Curator, Restoration Ecology. Learn more or Jobvite a friend.
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September 8, 2026 at 11:56 PM
📣 New York Botanical Garden is seeking a career-track Restoration Ecologist!
🥾 develop ext. funded, field-oriented, collections-informed, & collaborative research program
📨 Optimal consideration: Sep. 25 (open till filled)
📆 Start: Jan. 1, 2027 (negotiable)
🤑 $87.5k
jobs.jobvite.com/nybg/job/o8s...
🥾 develop ext. funded, field-oriented, collections-informed, & collaborative research program
📨 Optimal consideration: Sep. 25 (open till filled)
📆 Start: Jan. 1, 2027 (negotiable)
🤑 $87.5k
jobs.jobvite.com/nybg/job/o8s...
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Call for plant ecophysiologists!
Do you have Fv/Fm or F0-rise data? Do you know someone who might? @seanmichaletz.bsky.social and @nicolebison.bsky.social would love to hear from you. (Bonus if your data are from Asia or Africa.)
Please share widely! #ecology #botany #ClimateChange #HeatTolerance
Do you have Fv/Fm or F0-rise data? Do you know someone who might? @seanmichaletz.bsky.social and @nicolebison.bsky.social would love to hear from you. (Bonus if your data are from Asia or Africa.)
Please share widely! #ecology #botany #ClimateChange #HeatTolerance
September 3, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Call for plant ecophysiologists!
Do you have Fv/Fm or F0-rise data? Do you know someone who might? @seanmichaletz.bsky.social and @nicolebison.bsky.social would love to hear from you. (Bonus if your data are from Asia or Africa.)
Please share widely! #ecology #botany #ClimateChange #HeatTolerance
Do you have Fv/Fm or F0-rise data? Do you know someone who might? @seanmichaletz.bsky.social and @nicolebison.bsky.social would love to hear from you. (Bonus if your data are from Asia or Africa.)
Please share widely! #ecology #botany #ClimateChange #HeatTolerance
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During the many long term ecological change projects in @rececochange.bsky.social, we have concretely learned how important long term data are. Here some thoughts on the topic 👇
Long-Term Community Data Reveal Ecological and Evolutionary Phenomena - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Long-Term Community Data Reveal Ecological and Evolutionary Phenomena - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Long-Term Community Data Reveal Ecological and Evolutionary Phenomena
Resolving the ecological and evolutionary processes affecting biodiversity requires long-term community data. By separating short-term variability from directional change and by revealing lags spannin...
www.annualreviews.org
September 8, 2026 at 7:05 AM
During the many long term ecological change projects in @rececochange.bsky.social, we have concretely learned how important long term data are. Here some thoughts on the topic 👇
Long-Term Community Data Reveal Ecological and Evolutionary Phenomena - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Long-Term Community Data Reveal Ecological and Evolutionary Phenomena - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
New open-access paper out @consbiog.bsky.social: “How Five Decades of Land-Cover Change Reshaped Suitable Habitat for Puerto Rican Tree Species.”
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Led by recent PhD grad @laura-moro.bsky.social #LUQLTER
🌱🌱🌱🚜🌱🌱🌱 ➡️ 🌳🌴🌳🌳🌴🌳
doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
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Led by recent PhD grad @laura-moro.bsky.social #LUQLTER
🌱🌱🌱🚜🌱🌱🌱 ➡️ 🌳🌴🌳🌳🌴🌳
doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
How Five Decades of Land‐Cover Change Reshaped Suitable Habitat for Puerto Rican Tree Species
Aim Human land-use has dramatically altered the amount, quality and connectivity of habitat for species worldwide. Understanding how these changes affect individual species is essential for predicti...
doi.org
September 7, 2026 at 1:04 PM
New open-access paper out @consbiog.bsky.social: “How Five Decades of Land-Cover Change Reshaped Suitable Habitat for Puerto Rican Tree Species.”
🇵🇷 🧪
Led by recent PhD grad @laura-moro.bsky.social #LUQLTER
🌱🌱🌱🚜🌱🌱🌱 ➡️ 🌳🌴🌳🌳🌴🌳
doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
🇵🇷 🧪
Led by recent PhD grad @laura-moro.bsky.social #LUQLTER
🌱🌱🌱🚜🌱🌱🌱 ➡️ 🌳🌴🌳🌳🌴🌳
doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
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New from @ashishnerlekar.bsky.social @llseedsull.bsky.social me and many others: Grassland destruction causes shifts in plant traits that persist during recovery
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
eeb.msu.edu/news/why-anc...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
eeb.msu.edu/news/why-anc...
eeb.msu.edu
August 26, 2026 at 12:53 PM
New from @ashishnerlekar.bsky.social @llseedsull.bsky.social me and many others: Grassland destruction causes shifts in plant traits that persist during recovery
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
eeb.msu.edu/news/why-anc...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
eeb.msu.edu/news/why-anc...
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We're hiring! Our search for an Assistant Professor in Arthropod Biodiversity just opened. Come join us at UC Berkeley in the amazing Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management! Feel free to contact me if you have questions. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05523
Assistant Professor - Arthropod Biodiversity - Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
August 25, 2026 at 5:08 PM
We're hiring! Our search for an Assistant Professor in Arthropod Biodiversity just opened. Come join us at UC Berkeley in the amazing Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management! Feel free to contact me if you have questions. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05523
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Evolution 2027 meeting logo contest! The winner will receive free conference registration and t-shirt! www.evolutionmeetings.org/2027-logo-co...
2027 Logo Contest
2027 Evolution Logo Contest! San Juan, Puerto Rico Please submit your original images to be considered. The winner will receive free meeting registration and t-shirt! Due October 1 Submit to...
www.evolutionmeetings.org
August 25, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Evolution 2027 meeting logo contest! The winner will receive free conference registration and t-shirt! www.evolutionmeetings.org/2027-logo-co...
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🚨🧪 PhD/postdoc opportunity! The "Faculty for the Future" program of the Schlumberger Foundation funds female citizens of developing countries. Get in touch if you are interested in coming to Sweden to work on Tropical Forest Dynamics! Due 6 Nov.
schlumbergerfoundation.com/applications/
schlumbergerfoundation.com/applications/
Applications - Schlumberger Foundation
schlumbergerfoundation.com
August 24, 2026 at 7:55 AM
🚨🧪 PhD/postdoc opportunity! The "Faculty for the Future" program of the Schlumberger Foundation funds female citizens of developing countries. Get in touch if you are interested in coming to Sweden to work on Tropical Forest Dynamics! Due 6 Nov.
schlumbergerfoundation.com/applications/
schlumbergerfoundation.com/applications/
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🦋 I’m recruiting a fully funded PhD student at the University of Helsinki: understanding how butterflies respond to climate change across Europe. Apply by 30 Sept:
Full details:
jobs.helsinki.fi/job-invite/5...
Please share!
#ecology #job #phd
Full details:
jobs.helsinki.fi/job-invite/5...
Please share!
#ecology #job #phd
Doctoral Researcher (PhD student) in Butterfly Ecology and Climate Change across Europe
Doctoral Researcher (PhD student) in Butterfly Ecology and Climate Change across Europe
jobs.helsinki.fi
August 17, 2026 at 12:13 PM
🦋 I’m recruiting a fully funded PhD student at the University of Helsinki: understanding how butterflies respond to climate change across Europe. Apply by 30 Sept:
Full details:
jobs.helsinki.fi/job-invite/5...
Please share!
#ecology #job #phd
Full details:
jobs.helsinki.fi/job-invite/5...
Please share!
#ecology #job #phd