Mark Westoby
@WestobyMark
evolution and ecology, mainly plants
leaving twitter. Will post occasionally at @westobymark.bsky.social
Memorial Lecture Feb 26 2025 @ANU Fenner School. David Brand: The Evolution of Forestry into a Natural Capital Asset Class. fennerschool.anu.edu.au/news-events/ev…
Very concerning findings that #H5N1 from an infected human shows adaptation to mamalian spread, airborne spread in ferrets, and lethal to mice and ferrets. Highest virus replication in the lung. nature.com/articles/s4158…
Distinguished Prof. Jamie Kirkpatrick passed away yesterday. A beloved colleague at the heart of our School for 50+ years @UTAS_ , his kindness, dedication, and commitment to the Tasmanian environment will not be forgotten. He will be missed.
Trait-based ecology, trait-free ecology and in between nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/TCEQNATI… @mqnatsci
Schrader et al "Islands are key for protecting the world's plant endemism" @Nature nature.com/articles/s4158… @Weigelt_P @lrcai @FdezPalaciosLab @IslandKostas @BioGeoKreft
EXHIBITION ALERT: Visit "Anatomy Of The Angophora" at Ditty Wheels Gallery in Willoughby, NSW. The debut solo exhibition of artist Tim Owers celebrates the magnificent Sydney Red Gum, Angophora costata - our 2023 #EucalyptoftheYear! #LoveAGum timowers.com.au/exhibitions/an…
terrific is the right word! -- I hadn't known of this
My favourite paper by Daniel Dennett is "Where Am I?" A terrific combination of philosophy with narrative and humour lehigh.edu/~mhb0/Dennett-…
Truly sorry about Dennett's passing. A great philosopher, took biology seriously, and a very considerate person as I had reason to know.
RIP Daniel Dennett (1942-2024), a monumental loss to philosophy...
Up the Australian east coast, an average of 14% of plant species are lost per oC increase in mean annual temperature, and 20% are gained. @Oikos_Journal doi.org/10.1111/oik.10…
📢PhD scholarships!!! Fancy #rhizobia #invasionbiology #networkecology #microbes #botany, #fieldwork in three countries? Then this project @mqnatsci (with @ananovoaperez & @DaveRichSBosch) is for you! See surl.li/odiralink. Applications close 20-2-24. Please RT!
Jack Westoby Memorial Lecture 21st Nov @ANUFennerSchool; Claudia Romero and Jack Putz, Active Forestry to Improve the Fates of Tropical Forests
draliceevans.substack.com/?utm_source=na… Nice overview of Claudia Goldin's work. Captures the history of feminism, at least in USA.
A blog commentary (portuguese and english versions) on the possibility of a new communally-developed curriculum for ecology marcoarmello.wordpress.com/2023/09/12/cor… via @SobrevivendoNC, modeled on the wonderful CORE-Econ core-econ.org.
📢J.P. Grime transformed the study of #plant #ecology, say 14 prominent scientists. 👇This piece kicks off our 3rd Grime Reviews Series with an assessment of his legacy: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/13…
El MinCyT ha financiado CONATURAR, nuestra Red Federal de Acto Impacto, sobre contribuciones de la naturaleza para la gente desde la puna jujeña a Tierra del Fuego. Gran entusiasmo! Aquí explicamos de qué se trata 👇 bit.ly/RedCONATURAR @IMBIVCONICETUNC @CONICETDialoga
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