Microclimatic variation regulates #seed #germination #phenology in alpine #plant communities, with an average germ delay of 52days in the snowy extreme of the gradient, as a response to accumulated small microclimatic differences of 2-3 ºC a week besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Microclimatic variation regulates seed germination phenology in alpine plant communities
This study combines novel laboratory experimentation based on detailed field microclimatic data to tackle the understudied topic of germination phenology in alpine habitats. The findings suggest a pr...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 6, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Microclimatic variation regulates #seed #germination #phenology in alpine #plant communities, with an average germ delay of 52days in the snowy extreme of the gradient, as a response to accumulated small microclimatic differences of 2-3 ºC a week besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Climate change 183 million years ago led to: "...widespread reproductive disruption alongside adaptive strategies, including physiological plasticity and microclimatic buffering, probably driven by thermal stress" ⚒️🧪
Warming, stress and survival: terrestrial vegetation dynamics during the Toarcian hyperthermal event 🧪⚒️
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
Warming, stress and survival: terrestrial vegetation dynamics during the Toarcian hyperthermal event
Abstract. Rapid global warming imposes profound stress on terrestrial ecosystems, both past and present, making it essential to understand how ecosystems r
royalsocietypublishing.org
April 13, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Climate change 183 million years ago led to: "...widespread reproductive disruption alongside adaptive strategies, including physiological plasticity and microclimatic buffering, probably driven by thermal stress" ⚒️🧪
On the blog🔎
Clara Espinosa del Alba et al. investigate how microclimatic gradients modify #germination #phenology to predict the resilience of alpine #plant communities to climate change jecologyblog.com/2025/01/14/m...
Clara Espinosa del Alba et al. investigate how microclimatic gradients modify #germination #phenology to predict the resilience of alpine #plant communities to climate change jecologyblog.com/2025/01/14/m...
Microclimatic gradients regulate germination phenology in alpine communities
Clara Espinosa del Alba, Biodiversity Research Institute (IMIB, University of Oviedo – CSIC – Principality of Asturias), part of the Vegetation and Biodiversity Lab, discusses her article: Microcli…
jecologyblog.com
January 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
On the blog🔎
Clara Espinosa del Alba et al. investigate how microclimatic gradients modify #germination #phenology to predict the resilience of alpine #plant communities to climate change jecologyblog.com/2025/01/14/m...
Clara Espinosa del Alba et al. investigate how microclimatic gradients modify #germination #phenology to predict the resilience of alpine #plant communities to climate change jecologyblog.com/2025/01/14/m...
In response to climate change #CC, #species #shift in many dimensions, moving in space along many climatic clines, including #microclimatic ones (horizontally & vertically) & adjusting their #phenology & #behaviour in time
🧪🌐🌍🍁🌳🌲🌴🦔🦅🦎🐝🦐🦑🐠🦈🐋
@cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social
shorturl.at/W9fGd
🧪🌐🌍🍁🌳🌲🌴🦔🦅🦎🐝🦐🦑🐠🦈🐋
@cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social
shorturl.at/W9fGd
May 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
In response to climate change #CC, #species #shift in many dimensions, moving in space along many climatic clines, including #microclimatic ones (horizontally & vertically) & adjusting their #phenology & #behaviour in time
🧪🌐🌍🍁🌳🌲🌴🦔🦅🦎🐝🦐🦑🐠🦈🐋
@cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social
shorturl.at/W9fGd
🧪🌐🌍🍁🌳🌲🌴🦔🦅🦎🐝🦐🦑🐠🦈🐋
@cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social
shorturl.at/W9fGd
Congratulations to my Honours student, Leon Sims, who graduated this week! Leon achieved First Class Honours for his thesis investigating how microclimatic variation in Australian Alps influences flowering and plant-pollinator networks. An outstanding achievement. Very proud supervisor here! 🐝🌸🪰🌼🦋
October 29, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Congratulations to my Honours student, Leon Sims, who graduated this week! Leon achieved First Class Honours for his thesis investigating how microclimatic variation in Australian Alps influences flowering and plant-pollinator networks. An outstanding achievement. Very proud supervisor here! 🐝🌸🪰🌼🦋
For my second PhD paper, we found significant intraspecific variation in germination base water potential along local microclimatic gradients. Seeds from drier sites germinated better under drought.
Recently published in @funecology.bsky.social (besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...)
Recently published in @funecology.bsky.social (besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...)
Functional intraspecific variation in the base water potential for seed germination along soil microclimatic gradients
The ability of plants to successfully regenerate depends on complex physiological and ecological processes, and one of the first vital stages is seed germination, which depends on temperature, lig...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
For my second PhD paper, we found significant intraspecific variation in germination base water potential along local microclimatic gradients. Seeds from drier sites germinated better under drought.
Recently published in @funecology.bsky.social (besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...)
Recently published in @funecology.bsky.social (besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...)
Over the last few days, I've prepared an "initial distribution" of our target species for simulation models.
I used 1 m2 resolution topography, interpolated microclimatic variables, soil properties and snow from permanent cameras. We also gathered multispectral data with a helicopter.
I used 1 m2 resolution topography, interpolated microclimatic variables, soil properties and snow from permanent cameras. We also gathered multispectral data with a helicopter.
February 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Over the last few days, I've prepared an "initial distribution" of our target species for simulation models.
I used 1 m2 resolution topography, interpolated microclimatic variables, soil properties and snow from permanent cameras. We also gathered multispectral data with a helicopter.
I used 1 m2 resolution topography, interpolated microclimatic variables, soil properties and snow from permanent cameras. We also gathered multispectral data with a helicopter.
A #CoolTree in Picardy 🇨🇵
What about microclimatic conditions beneath large solitary trees?
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Find out here:
shorturl.at/luNfI
What about microclimatic conditions beneath large solitary trees?
🌳
Find out here:
shorturl.at/luNfI
September 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
A #CoolTree in Picardy 🇨🇵
What about microclimatic conditions beneath large solitary trees?
🌳
Find out here:
shorturl.at/luNfI
What about microclimatic conditions beneath large solitary trees?
🌳
Find out here:
shorturl.at/luNfI
In my first PhD paper, we studied the germination phenology of alpine plants in two microclimatic conditions and found that colder conditions delayed germination for almost two months. It was published last december in @journalofecology.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Microclimatic variation regulates seed germination phenology in alpine plant communities
This study combines novel laboratory experimentation based on detailed field microclimatic data to tackle the understudied topic of germination phenology in alpine habitats. The findings suggest a pr...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 11, 2025 at 7:30 AM
In my first PhD paper, we studied the germination phenology of alpine plants in two microclimatic conditions and found that colder conditions delayed germination for almost two months. It was published last december in @journalofecology.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
This underlines how thermally constrained Small Coppers (and other grassland insects) can be and suggests that impacts of excessive atmospheric nitrogen deposition on these warmth-loving species are more likely to be via changes in habitat structure than host quality, see: doi.org/10.1111/j.13...
Global warming and excess nitrogen may induce butterfly decline by microclimatic cooling
Global warming may explain the current poleward shift of species distributions. However, paradoxically, climatic warming can lead to microclimatic cooling in spring by advancing plant growth, an effe...
doi.org
March 7, 2026 at 5:18 PM
This underlines how thermally constrained Small Coppers (and other grassland insects) can be and suggests that impacts of excessive atmospheric nitrogen deposition on these warmth-loving species are more likely to be via changes in habitat structure than host quality, see: doi.org/10.1111/j.13...
Thrilled to share my Bachelor's thesis work now published in the @jappliedecology.bsky.social! Using microclimate loggers and a 11-year mark-recapture dataset, we examine how selective logging differentially affects the survival and body conditions of eastern Himalayan birds.
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Microclimatic niche shifts predict long‐term survival and body mass declines in a warmer and more degraded world
Using a long-term mark-recapture methodology in the eastern Himalaya, we find that bird species that experience the greatest shifts in microclimatic niches after selective logging undergo the steepes....
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Thrilled to share my Bachelor's thesis work now published in the @jappliedecology.bsky.social! Using microclimate loggers and a 11-year mark-recapture dataset, we examine how selective logging differentially affects the survival and body conditions of eastern Himalayan birds.
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Most vascular plants' distribition are in disequilibrium w/ current climates, w/ species ranges best predicted by climatic conditions 10-18 yrs before sampling, especially so for closed-canopy species 🌳🌳🌲🌲
➡️ Lagging dynamics or microclimatic processes ?
@natecoevo.nature.com
shorturl.at/m2EOx
➡️ Lagging dynamics or microclimatic processes ?
@natecoevo.nature.com
shorturl.at/m2EOx
July 12, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Most vascular plants' distribition are in disequilibrium w/ current climates, w/ species ranges best predicted by climatic conditions 10-18 yrs before sampling, especially so for closed-canopy species 🌳🌳🌲🌲
➡️ Lagging dynamics or microclimatic processes ?
@natecoevo.nature.com
shorturl.at/m2EOx
➡️ Lagging dynamics or microclimatic processes ?
@natecoevo.nature.com
shorturl.at/m2EOx
we prepared detail manual for working with #microclimate time-series and microclimatic maps in #Rstats
covers a lot - from #TMS_loggers installation and calibration to advanced data analyses with #myClim
originally in czech, but #AI translated to english: labgis.ibot.cas.cz/metodika-ppz...
covers a lot - from #TMS_loggers installation and calibration to advanced data analyses with #myClim
originally in czech, but #AI translated to english: labgis.ibot.cas.cz/metodika-ppz...
May 30, 2025 at 7:52 AM
we prepared detail manual for working with #microclimate time-series and microclimatic maps in #Rstats
covers a lot - from #TMS_loggers installation and calibration to advanced data analyses with #myClim
originally in czech, but #AI translated to english: labgis.ibot.cas.cz/metodika-ppz...
covers a lot - from #TMS_loggers installation and calibration to advanced data analyses with #myClim
originally in czech, but #AI translated to english: labgis.ibot.cas.cz/metodika-ppz...
Now published in Ecosphere (@esajournals.bsky.social): Led by K. Wehner, we found that microclimatic changes following tree dieback influence the decomposer belowground fauna (oribatid mites, earthworms and isopods).
doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...
doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...
August 25, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Now published in Ecosphere (@esajournals.bsky.social): Led by K. Wehner, we found that microclimatic changes following tree dieback influence the decomposer belowground fauna (oribatid mites, earthworms and isopods).
doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...
doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...
The underappreciated roles of fog and dew on vegetation and biocrusts
#TansleyReview by Wang et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#plantscience
#TansleyReview by Wang et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#plantscience
April 20, 2026 at 5:09 PM
The underappreciated roles of fog and dew on vegetation and biocrusts
#TansleyReview by Wang et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#plantscience
#TansleyReview by Wang et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#plantscience
Alocasia odora's #microclimatic heterogeneity guides Colocasiomyia fly movement within its inflorescence-an example of thermogenesis-derived spatiotemporal microclimates guiding #pollinator movement.
Read it for🆓!
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
@wileylifesci.bsky.social
#OpenAccess #BugSky #PlantSci
Read it for🆓!
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
@wileylifesci.bsky.social
#OpenAccess #BugSky #PlantSci
Thermogenesis‐derived spatiotemporal microclimates guide pollinator movement to ensure pollination
Alocasia odora's microclimatic heterogeneity guides Colocasiomyia fly movement within its inflorescence. During the female stage, midday heat in the upper spadix pushes flies down to the cooler femal...
doi.org
July 6, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Alocasia odora's #microclimatic heterogeneity guides Colocasiomyia fly movement within its inflorescence-an example of thermogenesis-derived spatiotemporal microclimates guiding #pollinator movement.
Read it for🆓!
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
@wileylifesci.bsky.social
#OpenAccess #BugSky #PlantSci
Read it for🆓!
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
@wileylifesci.bsky.social
#OpenAccess #BugSky #PlantSci
Do you think about the effects of wind on plants and animals? Check out a new paper in @sicbjournals.bsky.social that explores the effects of wind on plant and animal physiology: academic.oup.com/icb/advance-...
The Wind Niche: The Thermal and Hydric Effects of Wind Speed on Terrestrial Organisms
Synopsis. Wind can significantly influence heat and water exchange between organisms and their environment, yet microclimatic variation in wind is often ov
academic.oup.com
July 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Do you think about the effects of wind on plants and animals? Check out a new paper in @sicbjournals.bsky.social that explores the effects of wind on plant and animal physiology: academic.oup.com/icb/advance-...
#TansleyReview: The underappreciated roles of fog and dew on vegetation and biocrusts
Wang et al.
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📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience
Wang et al.
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📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience
June 5, 2026 at 6:35 AM
#TansleyReview: The underappreciated roles of fog and dew on vegetation and biocrusts
Wang et al.
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📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience
Wang et al.
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📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience
We paired #microclimate with #LiDAR to create 5m resolution temperature grids for the #BohemianForestEcosystem (NP Šumava and NP Bavarian Forest)🍁
Beside large microclimatic variability, our data reveals also systematic differences from #SoilTemp, #ForestTemp and #ERA5-Land
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Beside large microclimatic variability, our data reveals also systematic differences from #SoilTemp, #ForestTemp and #ERA5-Land
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
January 15, 2026 at 10:38 AM
We paired #microclimate with #LiDAR to create 5m resolution temperature grids for the #BohemianForestEcosystem (NP Šumava and NP Bavarian Forest)🍁
Beside large microclimatic variability, our data reveals also systematic differences from #SoilTemp, #ForestTemp and #ERA5-Land
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Beside large microclimatic variability, our data reveals also systematic differences from #SoilTemp, #ForestTemp and #ERA5-Land
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Press release from UC Santa Cruz ⬇️ Species not only shift in space (lat., long. & elev. shifts) & time (phenological adjustments) but also in place (e.g., vertically) along microclimatic clines 🦎
@afredston.bsky.social
@ucsantacruz.bsky.social
@cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social
🧪🌐
shorturl.at/wpHSe
@afredston.bsky.social
@ucsantacruz.bsky.social
@cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social
🧪🌐
shorturl.at/wpHSe
Rethinking climate adaptation: Researchers call for a holistic approach to species on the move
Animals adapt in more ways than one – ignoring that complexity could undermine efforts to help them survive climate change.
shorturl.at
May 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Press release from UC Santa Cruz ⬇️ Species not only shift in space (lat., long. & elev. shifts) & time (phenological adjustments) but also in place (e.g., vertically) along microclimatic clines 🦎
@afredston.bsky.social
@ucsantacruz.bsky.social
@cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social
🧪🌐
shorturl.at/wpHSe
@afredston.bsky.social
@ucsantacruz.bsky.social
@cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social
🧪🌐
shorturl.at/wpHSe
New publication! 🎉
How much can microclimatic temperatures vary across a landscape? It turns out the answer depends a lot on synoptic conditions. 🌤️
By me, Juha Aalto, @niittynen.bsky.social and Miska Luoto
📰 doi.org/10.1007/s003...
@nessling.fi
How much can microclimatic temperatures vary across a landscape? It turns out the answer depends a lot on synoptic conditions. 🌤️
By me, Juha Aalto, @niittynen.bsky.social and Miska Luoto
📰 doi.org/10.1007/s003...
@nessling.fi
Synoptic atmospheric conditions drive spatio-temporal microclimatic variability in high-latitude landscapes - Climate Dynamics
Climate Dynamics - Microclimatic heterogeneity in high-latitude landscapes plays a key role in shaping ecosystem functioning, biodiversity and resilience to environmental change. Microclimates are...
doi.org
April 21, 2026 at 9:57 AM
New publication! 🎉
How much can microclimatic temperatures vary across a landscape? It turns out the answer depends a lot on synoptic conditions. 🌤️
By me, Juha Aalto, @niittynen.bsky.social and Miska Luoto
📰 doi.org/10.1007/s003...
@nessling.fi
How much can microclimatic temperatures vary across a landscape? It turns out the answer depends a lot on synoptic conditions. 🌤️
By me, Juha Aalto, @niittynen.bsky.social and Miska Luoto
📰 doi.org/10.1007/s003...
@nessling.fi
Together w/ Fabien Spicher to install #TMS4 loggers to record microclimatic conditions across the 💯 permanent 🌳🌲 plots of the #RENECOFOR network spread across 🇨🇵
Paired w/ soundscape loggers 🦉🦇 installed by Kevin Darras
#PEPR #FORESTT PC #MONITOR Tasks 3.1 & 3.2 to feed models from Task 3.4 🛰🌳🌐🧪
Paired w/ soundscape loggers 🦉🦇 installed by Kevin Darras
#PEPR #FORESTT PC #MONITOR Tasks 3.1 & 3.2 to feed models from Task 3.4 🛰🌳🌐🧪
July 24, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Together w/ Fabien Spicher to install #TMS4 loggers to record microclimatic conditions across the 💯 permanent 🌳🌲 plots of the #RENECOFOR network spread across 🇨🇵
Paired w/ soundscape loggers 🦉🦇 installed by Kevin Darras
#PEPR #FORESTT PC #MONITOR Tasks 3.1 & 3.2 to feed models from Task 3.4 🛰🌳🌐🧪
Paired w/ soundscape loggers 🦉🦇 installed by Kevin Darras
#PEPR #FORESTT PC #MONITOR Tasks 3.1 & 3.2 to feed models from Task 3.4 🛰🌳🌐🧪
📖 New research📖
These results indicate that pyrodiversity may enhance resilience by balancing biomass accumulation with microclimatic stability, supporting adaptive fire management under a warmer climate🔥 🌾 ☀️
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
These results indicate that pyrodiversity may enhance resilience by balancing biomass accumulation with microclimatic stability, supporting adaptive fire management under a warmer climate🔥 🌾 ☀️
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
September 17, 2026 at 8:00 AM
📖 New research📖
These results indicate that pyrodiversity may enhance resilience by balancing biomass accumulation with microclimatic stability, supporting adaptive fire management under a warmer climate🔥 🌾 ☀️
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
These results indicate that pyrodiversity may enhance resilience by balancing biomass accumulation with microclimatic stability, supporting adaptive fire management under a warmer climate🔥 🌾 ☀️
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@akshaybirdwatch.bsky.social explains how microclimatic niche shifts predict long-term survival and body mass declines in a warmer and more degraded world🐦🌎
Shortlisted for the 2025 Southwood Prize 🏆🧪
appliedecologistsblog.com/2026/03/30/a...
Shortlisted for the 2025 Southwood Prize 🏆🧪
appliedecologistsblog.com/2026/03/30/a...
appliedecologistsblog.com
March 30, 2026 at 1:01 PM
@akshaybirdwatch.bsky.social explains how microclimatic niche shifts predict long-term survival and body mass declines in a warmer and more degraded world🐦🌎
Shortlisted for the 2025 Southwood Prize 🏆🧪
appliedecologistsblog.com/2026/03/30/a...
Shortlisted for the 2025 Southwood Prize 🏆🧪
appliedecologistsblog.com/2026/03/30/a...