@Gough_Lab

Plant ecophysiology and ecosystem ecology research from @VCU Chris Gough. Tweets are from Chris and lab members.

 Richmond, VA
people.vcu.edu/~cmgough/
Joined September 2016
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Our team is hiring a postdoc to work on a NASA-supported project titled: “Globally-Derived Measures of Structure Informed by Ecological Theory and Observations”. A partnership with @NEON_sci's Keith Krause. The job announcement is here: vcu.csod.com/ux/ats/careersi….
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Massive status bias in peer review. 534 reviewers randomized to review the same paper revealing the low status, high status, or neither author. 65% reject low status, 23% reject high status. Amazing work by Juergen Huber and colleagues. #prc9
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Beat me to it! I'm recruiting PhD students to start fall 2023 or spring 2024. See the link for more info, and please reach out to me if you're interested!
ForestGEO@ForestGEO7 Sep 2022
OPPORTUNITY: @KannenbergSteve seeks applications for PhD student positions in the Ecosystem Physiology & Global Change lab (@WVUBiology). Research centers on plant health/functioning with a focus on western drylands & eastern temperate forests: stevekannenberg.weebly.com/o…
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How (and why) does lidar-derived canopy structure relate to forest soil respiration? @LauraJHickey's MS thesis published today in @STOTEN_journal has some thoughts: doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.…. @NSF supported, @UMBS and @VCUresearch .
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"Structural complexity and primary production resistance are coupled in a temperate forest", an MS thesis turned publication led by Kerstin Niedermaier 👏, doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2022.94…, @UMBS @VCUresearch @sciencePNNL and w/@BenBondLamberty @atkinsjeff.

Frontiers | Structural complexity and primary production resistance are coupled in a temperate...

The capacity of forests to resist structural change and retain material legacies–the biotic and abiotic resources that persist through disturbance–is crucial...

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Cameron Clay's thesis turned publication out today 👏: "Fire after clear-cut harvesting minimally affects the recovery of ecosystem carbon pools and fluxes in a Great Lakes forest" w/ @alley_barry @LauraJHickey @bpropscience @UMBS authors.elsevier.com/c/1f92Y…
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Now out in print: Whole plant traits of coastal dune vegetation and implications for interactions with dune dynamics esajournals.onlinelibrary.wi… former MS student Shannon Walker's MS thesis

Whole plant traits of coastal dune vegetation and implications for interactions with dune dynamics

Coastal dunes are important protective features against sea level rise and coastal storms. Interactions between dune plant aboveground structures and sediment trapping that allow for dune building...

esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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How does disturbance affect the temporal dynamics of forest structural complexity? Read our synthesis of @UMBS disturbance studies to find out: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…. w/@BenBondLamberty @bobbyfahey79 @hardimanFUSElab @JasonTallant1, @VCUresearch
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How can we infer the effects of partial defoliation on the C cycle from forest structure? We don’t have all the answers, but offer some ideas in this ERL perspective, in print today w/@onetreetwotrees @BenBondLamberty @JasonTallant1: iopscience.iop.org/article/1…. @UMBS @VCUresearch

Inferring the effects of partial defoliation on the carbon cycle from forest structure: challenges...

Inferring the effects of partial defoliation on the carbon cycle from forest structure: challenges and opportunities, Gough, Christopher M, Foster, Jane R, Bond-Lamberty, Ben, Tallant, Jason M

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Now online! 🎉 "Climate drives modeled forest carbon cycling resistance and resilience in the Upper Great Lakes Region, USA" - great #FoRTExperiment analysis led by my colleague @krdorheim w/ @Gough_Lab @ashiklom711 @LisaTHaber @KaylaMathes1 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.…

Climate Drives Modeled Forest Carbon Cycling Resistance and Resilience in the Upper Great Lakes...

Climatic conditions affect how forests will respond to and recover from disturbances Disturbance severity strongly affects carbon fluxes

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Also accepted in the last week: "Inferring the effects of partial defoliation on the carbon cycle from forest structure: challenges and opportunities", an ERL Pespective led by @Gough_Lab w/ @onetreetwotrees & Jason Tallant. Hurray!
A figure showing the correlation between defoliation (from the FASET experiment) and gross primary primary production.

ALT A figure showing the correlation between defoliation (from the FASET experiment) and gross primary primary production.

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New paper in @FunEcology: "Power-law scaling relationships link canopy structural complexity and height across forest types" doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13… w/ @Gough_Lab @bobbyfahey79 @StovallAtticus @ecojaw
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Kalyn Dorheim@krdorheim16 Dec 2021
Thanks to all that tuned in! This project has been really fun to work on. Big thanks to @BenBondLamberty @Gough_Lab @LisaTHaber @KaylaMathes1 and @ashiklom711 for all their incredible work to be published in @JGRBiogeo January 2022!
Ben Bond-Lamberty@BenBondLamberty16 Dec 2021
Don't miss this one! Today #AGU21 my @PNNLab colleague @krdorheim presents her work (in press @JGRBiogeo ) modeling forest response to experimental disturbance. B42A-10 at 10:33 CST
The title slide of a talk on "Modeling FoRTE the Forest Resilience Threshold Experiment"

ALT The title slide of a talk on "Modeling FoRTE the Forest Resilience Threshold Experiment"

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Ecosphere@ESAEcosphere10 Nov 2021
From our Innovative Viewpoints track: A new multidimensional framework offers a standard way to discuss & analyze #EcosystemStability doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3800 #CarbonCycling #EcologicalDisturbance #OpenAccess @KaylaMathes1 @Gough_Lab
Conceptual figure shows two example C flux stability profiles following disturbance, one increasing and one decreasing immediately following disturbance. Illustration panels provide snapshots of the various stages of disturbance response corresponding with different stability dimensions

ALT Conceptual figure shows two example C flux stability profiles following disturbance, one increasing and one decreasing immediately following disturbance. Illustration panels provide snapshots of the various stages of disturbance response corresponding with different stability dimensions

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How can we robustly interpret, synthesize, and forecast ecosystems' responses to rising global disturbances? In her first 🎉 first-author paper @KaylaMathes1 argues that this challenge requires a multidimensional framework: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
A schematic showing four different dimensions of disturbance effects on recovering ecosystems.

ALT A schematic showing four different dimensions of disturbance effects on recovering ecosystems.

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Mirco Migliavacca@BAIEbgi22 Sep 2021
The three major axes of ecosystem function, now out here: nature.com/articles/s41586-0… We use 203 sites @fluxnet_coop across major terrestrial biomes and extract a series of functional properties related to water, carbon, and energy fluxes. @Nature (1/7)
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New in Nature today: The three major axes of terrestrial ecosystem function. Fantastic eddy-covariance synthesis by Mirco Migliavacca @BAIEbgi @MPI_BGC and many others. nature.com/articles/s41586-0… See overview here: phys.org/news/2021-09-functi… @FLUXNET_Coop @Fluxnet_ecn @AmeriFlux

The three major axes of terrestrial ecosystem function

Nature - Three key axes of variation of ecosystem functional changes and their underlying causes are identified from a dataset of surface gas exchange measurements across major terrestrial biomes...

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NACP Carbon@NACP_Carbon15 Sep 2021
Are you at the beginning of your carbon cycle science career? Looking for a mentor outside of your institution? We've launched a mentoring program and currently have mentors waiting to be paired! bit.ly/3mTFvHv
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Kyla Dahlin@bristleweed27 Aug 2021
If you like pixels, forests, and/or the terrestrial carbon cycle, please consider applying to work with me as a PhD student or postdoc! Info here: ersamlab.com/join-us.html
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Hey Ecology and/or Evolution folks - @UMichEEB is going to hire an Assistant Professor in any area of Ecology or Evolution to start next fall. Please share widely or consider applying yourself!
UMich Ecology and Evolutionary Biology@UMichEEB18 Aug 2021
Have you heard the news? We are searching for a full-time, tenure-track assistant professor in any area of ecology or evolutionary biology -- PLS RT #ScienceJobs myumi.ch/qgoqy
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