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We are excited to announce the awardees of the 2025 J&J Ruinen Fellowship in Tropical Forestry! 🌱Learn all about the funded projects of the five early-career scientists in our latest blog post: forestgeo.si.edu/blog/jj-ruinen…

📢Deadline in ~2 weeks (Feb 18)!🌿 The ATFS Tropical Forest Mortality Working Group will be one of the breakout groups at the 2025 ForestGEO Analytical Workshop 🌳Any project related to tropical tree mortality (regardless of the plot/network) is eligible

"Research is messy. … Trying to protect students from that reality does them a disservice." On #InternationalDayOfEducation, take a look back at this #ScienceWorkingLife on teaching students about scientific failure. scim.ag/4joffQj

New blog 💻 Last month, SERC completed their 4th census after 7 months of measurements! Meet the census crew and learn more by clicking here: forestgeo.si.edu/blog/sercs-fou…

If you are a beginner researcher, this paper will help you.

The key findings are: 1. Standard deviation is a measure of variability in a sample, while standard error is a measure of the precision of the sample mean. 2. Standard deviation does not change as the sample size increases, but standard error decreases as the sample size gets larger. 3. Standard error is useful for calculating confidence intervals and p-values. 4. Many publications do not clearly distinguish between standard deviation and standard error when reporting results. full paper: openread.academy/en/paper/readi…

You're invited ✉️ to ForestGEO's November Virtual Seminar Series ft. Kelvin Acebron. Join us Wednesday, Nov. 20 🌿 Register here: smithsonian.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

The ForestGEO Analytical Mini-Workshops have officially concluded 🎊 Thank you to all the participants & mentors for their hard work 👏Read our newest blog post to learn more about the final workshop, which wrapped up last week in Yaoundé, Cameroon! 🌿forestgeo.si.edu/blog/2024-fore…

All rejected papers share one common flaw: a weak discussion section. I know because I used to write them too. If you're stuck on the discussion section, wondering how to tie it all together, this is for you:

How #training and #education are crucial for #biodiversity protection. Read the article on Nature.com 👀 cetaf.org/elementor-1084… #taxonomy #BiodiversityMatters

Reminder 🚨 October's Virtual Seminar is taking place TOMORROW, Wednesday, October 16 at 9am ET. Register to hear a talk from Jose Medina-Vega: smithsonian.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

We have TWO #postdoc opportunities on African forests and their changing ecology. With AfriTRON, ForestPlots and a dynamic group of tropical forest scientists @UniversityLeeds @SoGLeeds Details: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r… jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r… Questions: S.L.Lewis@leeds.ac.uk

#Herbarium specimens are incredibly valuable classroom tools for #plant #taxonomy #training. When collecting, remember to share duplicates with local herbaria, including Universities. They're helpful for training local botanists in the identification of their country's #Flora.

My research is available on @ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication/38…

We're thrilled to have our draft #PANGEA white paper out. Both the #ARID and #PANGEA white papers are open for public comment until Nov 5. Please share your input. We look forward to incorporating more feedback!

The #PANGEA draft white paper is out! Provide input by Nov 5 via @NASA TE: cce.nasa.gov/terrestrial_ec… Translated versions (French, Spanish, Portuguese, Indonesian) here: tropicalforestscoping.com/news-2/ If selected, this campaign will be for the research community. Please share input!

New paper in the journal @ScientificReports by @PatrickHeuret and Nick P. Rowe @UmrAmap , "A Reinforcement Learning approach to study climbing plant behaviour" #Abs1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">nature.com/articles/s4159…

Read our new articles Forest Ecol Mgt reporting how Disturbance and climate affect species richness and aboveground biomas... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Researchers unveiled a new framework to amplify diverse voices in biodiversity research in @ConBiology. They address barriers faced by local experts in biodiversity-rich regions, including linguistic bias and undervalued contributions.🌱📚 @JoseValdezPhD idiv.de/en/news/news_s…