This month, Vitor de Andrade Kamimura and Helena Streit have joined our group from Brazil for a postdoctoral stay of nearly one year. During his visit to Francesco de Bello’s group, supported by a BEPE/FAPESP fellowship, Vitor is investigating how functional traits shape forest responses to environmental gradients and extreme events—from individuals to entire communities—using […]
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Studies with the German Exploratories
A couple of papers came out recently based on the collaboration with the German biodiversity explotatories on long term plots. These studies led by our former postdocs, Marta Gaia Sperandii (in Science Advances) and Manuele Bazzichetto (in Journal of Ecology) focus on the drivers of temporal stability of communities and their responses to extreme climatic […]
Continue ReadingFarewell Gathering Meal: Paella with colleagues
Our research group recently gathered for a special farewell event to honor two outstanding members who have been an integral part of our team. We organized a traditional paella lunch to bid goodbye to our Italian PhD intern and a Master’s student who has been with us for their practical training. Our lunch gathering provided […]
Continue ReadingCollaboration with students: Fieldwork and Data Collection in Progress
In recent weeks, our research group has collaborated with a capable group of students who have significantly contributed to our fieldwork and data collection efforts. This collaboration has provided the students with practical experience in ecological research. The interns have demonstrated notable enthusiasm and diligence, aiding us in gathering essential data that supports our ongoing […]
Continue ReadingEstablishment of the Bioclima Network Seed Bank: Advancing Biodiversity Conservation
We are pleased to report on a new initiative under development by the Bioclima Network: the establishment of a seed bank. As part of our commitment to biodiversity conservation and the study of ecosystems, we have participated in a training course provided by the Center for Forestry Research and Experimentation (CIEF) on seed collection and […]
Continue ReadingFrancesco’s Seminar at the University of Utrecht
Francesco went to the Netherlands, to the University of Utrecht to give a seminar and discuss chapters of XIaobin Pan’s thesis supervised by Prof. Yann Hauthier and co-supervised by Francesco. Xiaobin is working in the impressive BioCliVE proyect, a huge biodiversity experiments, launched by Yann, with comunities growing in 1 m3soil cubes. Its impressive!
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