Ecologist exploring biodiversity from local to global scales | Professor at Washington University in St. Louis | 🌲🌴🌱🏔🦉🌎🔥🎶 🚲 ⚽️ ♟ 🌲 https://myersecologylab.com 📷 http://jonathanmyers.smugmug.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamyersecology.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamyersecology.bsky.social/post/3mlrxvzzfc22hHonored to have one of my photos on the cover of @nature.com And thrilled to be part of this #ForestGEO study led by Yuanzhi Li and Chengjin Chu 🌴 🌳 🌐 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10434-6 Photo caption: Sunrise over a tropical forest near Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah, Malaysia14 May 2026 04:24 +0000at://did:plc:h5qgr4b5a3prsejjs5pufad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrxvzzfc22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamyersecology.bsky.social/post/3mlgge67l3222Many thanks to Xugao Wang, Zikun Mao and their research team for a wonderful visit to the Institute of Applied Ecology, Research Station of Changbai Mountain Forest Ecosystems, and Changbaishan Chinese Forest Biodiversity Network (CForBio) & Forest Global Earth Observatory (ForestGEO) site 🌲 🌐09 May 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:h5qgr4b5a3prsejjs5pufad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgge67l3222https://bsky.app/profile/jamyersecology.bsky.social/post/3mf64efjr2k2mHappy to share our new paper—led by Ethan Abercrombie in collaboration with Adam Smith @earthskysea.bsky.social and Lyle Usdin @washu.edu—exploring responses of small-mammal communities to a century of climate change in the Sierra Nevada mountains 🏔️ 🐿️ https://doi.org/10.1002/ecog.0801018 Feb 2026 22:19 +0000at://did:plc:h5qgr4b5a3prsejjs5pufad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf64efjr2k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamyersecology.bsky.social/post/3md4epfhbvk26Happy to share this paper from the Madidi Metabolomics Project, led by Sierra Chadwick & Brian Sedio, and made possible by the Madidi Project, Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Missouri Botanical Garden @mobotgarden.bsky.social and WashU @livingearthcollab.bsky.social 🌴 ⛰️ https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.172123 Jan 2026 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:h5qgr4b5a3prsejjs5pufad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3md4epfhbvk26https://bsky.app/profile/jamyersecology.bsky.social/post/3m6k32tnhcs24Year 14 of seed-trap collections complete! 🌳 Tyson Research Center ForestGEO Plot #ForestEcology #ForestGEO #SeedDispersal #TysonResearchCenter26 Nov 2025 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:h5qgr4b5a3prsejjs5pufad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6k32tnhcs24https://bsky.app/profile/jamyersecology.bsky.social/post/3m2z3tqwfx22mGaps in the groundcover plant community from burning trees - Longleaf Pine Ecosystem, The Jones Center at Ichauway, Georgia 🔥 🌱 #FireEcology #LongleafPineEcosystem #PrescribedFire12 Oct 2025 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:h5qgr4b5a3prsejjs5pufad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2z3tqwfx22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamyersecology.bsky.social/post/3m2wg6uc6cc2qEnjoyed a wonderful visit to the longleaf pine ecosystem at The Jones Center at Ichauway. Many thanks to David Mason for hosting me, @jefferybcannon.bsky.social for a tour of the Ichauway Forest Dynamics Plot & ForestGEO site, and The Jones Center community for a great seminar visit. 🔥 🌱 🌼11 Oct 2025 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:h5qgr4b5a3prsejjs5pufad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2wg6uc6cc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamyersecology.bsky.social/post/3lz7mqqzi7s2yHappy to share this commentary on our new paper in @pnas.org, led by William Farhan-Rios, exploring responses of tropical tree communities to climate warming from the Amazon to Andes Mountains 🌴 ⛰️ 🌐 An uphill struggle for tropical forest trees | PNAS https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.252043612219 Sep 2025 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:h5qgr4b5a3prsejjs5pufad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz7mqqzi7s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamyersecology.bsky.social/post/3lwrhd72gck27A big congratulations to William Farhan-Rios on this paper in @pnas.org, featuring a study of tropical-forest change over four decades along the Amazon-to-Andes elevational gradient in Bolivia and Peru 🌴 ⛰️ 🌐 @mobotgarden.bsky.social @livingearthcollab.bsky.social 1/3 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.242561912219 Aug 2025 17:38 +0000at://did:plc:h5qgr4b5a3prsejjs5pufad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwrhd72gck27https://bsky.app/profile/jamyersecology.bsky.social/post/3lunfz4yvs22fA big congratulations to Dr. Ethan Abercrombie on his PhD defense! 🎉23 Jul 2025 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:h5qgr4b5a3prsejjs5pufad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lunfz4yvs22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamyersecology.bsky.social/post/3lu4jsqcmes2lA collage of research-team shirts from the Forest Biodiversity Team, Tyson Research Center (2014-2025) 🌳 #ForestEcology #TysonResearchCenter16 Jul 2025 23:06 +0000at://did:plc:h5qgr4b5a3prsejjs5pufad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu4jsqcmes2l