Bob Shriver

Why has woody plant density been increasing in dryland ecosystems? In a new paper in @pnas.org we show that increasing tree density in pinyon-juniper woodlands could largely be a result of long-term population growth, rather than recent anthropogenic effects. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Our new paper asks the question: is there any precedent for recent, high-severity fires that have removed >100,000 acres of forests from northern New Mexico? Based on the locations of trees that recorded surface fires over the prior 500 years, the answer is, statistically speaking, "not a chance".

Hey folks I am recruiting for a phd position in tree thermal physiology. 🌐🌾🧪 Ad below. Applications due Dec. 1st www.unlv.edu/graduatecoll...

Interested in deep learning in ecology? Apply for a postdoc position at Boise State! We are accepting applications until August 15th. I am at ESA, if anyone would like to have an in-person conversation about the position. #ESA #drones #postdoc #jobs

Our new MS on post-fire seeding is out! It turns out post-fire seeding at higher rates than typically used, and over multiple years gives a much greater chance of seeing success in dryland areas. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New paper on post-fire seeding led by Martin Genova! Martin was co-advised by @dendromecon27.bsky.social and I.

Actual good news! A past MS student of mine and @bkshriver.bsky.social had his first, first-authored paper accepted in Restoration Ecology today! It is about post-fire reseeding in the Great Basin. I will post a synopsis when it publishes. Congrats Martin (not on BlueSky)!

Writeup about Daniel and I's new project looking at traits and demography in western forests!

I am giving a CalFire webinar tomorrow, Nov 25, at 3pm PDT on our work on Eastern Sierra post-fire forest regeneration, tree-shrub relationships, and cheatgrass invasion in the region (cue hissing noise). Register here! events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/d08db5...

Join the Laughlin lab and our new NSF funded project! Awesome opportunity to visit forests across the western US and examine the functional basis of demographic responses to drought and wildfire.

1st pub from Phd student Alicia Formanack synthesizing tree ring widths in drought-killed trees to show that, nope, there are no universal patterns. We present a framework combining previously described syndromes: flashy, decoupled, or declining?🌏🌐 doi.org/10.1111/nph.... @newphyt.bsky.social

New paper led by PhD student Elise Pletcher! Forecasts from simple, density-dependent population models are highly transferable to new sites. Adding env. covariates does little to improve prediction in-sample and worsens forecasts out-of-sample. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Excellent piece by @kristinayoung.bsky.social on the critical threat facing the USGS's Southwest Biological Science Center. We must rally and fight this senseless attack on science!!

A bit late but excited to see our new TREE paper out on integrating PSFs with resilience theory! www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

🚨 New paper, led by Cristina Barber. We used high-resolution aerial imagery to study tree mortality in a tropical landscape. Large, isolated trees were most likely to die--alarming finding! @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Yale School of the Environment is hiring an open-rank professor in temperate forest resilience! Come be my colleague!!!!! environment.yale.edu/jobs/faculty...

A nice summary from Nevada Today of our recent paper on Pinyon-Juniper woodland dynamics in @pnas.org. Check it out! www.unr.edu/nevada-today...

Dioecious plants have separate male and female individuals, and temperature sensitivity may vary between sexes. A study of a dioecious grass species, Texas Bluegrass, shows that poleward shifts will be shaped by male heat intolerance. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

Hydrology Paper of the Day @bkshriver.bsky.social on why woody plants are apparently more prevalent in dryland areas: long-term increases in tree population are responsible for more young trees, and low rates of tree establishment over the past 400 years in the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau.

I'm hiring a postdoc! Themes: long-term data, plant reproduction, mast seeding, synthesis, macosystems biology. Also, reproducible tesearch. Target submission deadline: 22 June (for priority review). 1-2 year position, $60K/year. 🌲 🌲 🌲 www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...

There is still time to apply for this position! If you have some spatial modelling skills and interest in wildfire, please consider applying.

Hi Folks! Myself and the Barberan Lab at U of A are still looking for a PhD student to work on an NSF funded project exploring effects of fire and invasion on soil microbes. We are looking for someone to start in Fall! SOON! Email me if you are interested! PLS Repost! @EsaSeeds

The New Mexico Reforestation Center is hiring a director. We are looking for a dynamic leader that can develop and execute a plan to establish NMRC as a leader in science-based reforestation. Please help advertise the position and reach out if you have questions. careers.nmsu.edu/jobs/dir-new...

Please spread the word - I am looking for a postdoc to join my lab at @osubpp.bsky.social to study diversity and interactions of plants and pathogens in wild and working landscapes! More information here: agsci-labs.oregonstate.edu/diseaseecolo...

Research on a Tahoe endemic alpine plant led by M.S. student Sage Ellis was featured in the Sierra Sun. Sage just defended her thesis! Check it out more about her research here: www.sierrasun.com/news/tahoe-d...

Postdoc position at the interface of plant population and community ecology at Ben Blonder’s lab at UC Berkeley, in collaboration w my lab at Oxford @oxfordbiology.bsky.social. Details aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04677

Interested in field ecology, genomics, and infectious diseases? Want to live in the beautiful Pacific Northwest? Then this job might be for you! We will start reviewing applications on 22 November and hope to have the position filled by the new year.

@jblaszczak.bsky.social and I are recruiting a postdoc in quantitative ecology to model the population and community dynamics of benthic algal communities. Come join us in the beautiful eastern Sierra and Great Basin! Please share! More details here: nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNR-external...

One week left to apply for this post-doc opportunity in my lab at Colorado State! Join us and work on cutting-edge wildfire remote sensing science to support fuel management with a great team! Apply by March 25 for full consideration

Heili Lowman is not on Bluesky so I want to share our new publication with @bkshriver.bsky.social, Bob Hall, Jud Harvey, Phil Savoy, & Charles Yackulic on macroscale controls on river resilience to flood disturbances out today in PNAS! Yay Heili! Check it out here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

@bkshriver.bsky.social and I are looking for a postdoc to work with us on developing models to predict benthic cyanoHABs in rivers. Come work with us and others on developing cool models with diverse datasets! Details here: blaszczaklab.weebly.com/current-open... Please share! Deadline Nov. 15th

Still looking for phd students. If you know a student interested in drought mortality, dendroecology, tree phys, or particularly NSC +14c, please reach out. A growing dept with broad expertise. Outdoors access in Las Vegas is pretty great. Also, giant glowing orbs? shorturl.at/lwxSW

Come work with us (Hall Cushman and myself) at U Nevada, Reno! We are seeking a PhD student and post-doc to work on Whitebark pine in California. We are interested in its recruitment dynamics and interactions with fire and fuels treatments. We have 3 years of solid funding!

We are recruiting a postdoc or research assistant prof to work on a project modeling vegetation and fire. www.hurteaulab.org/blog/ecosyst...