Tree ecophysiology research lab at the UMaine School of Forest Resources

Orono, Maine
Joined June 2020
Make that three! Announcing an open assistantship (M.S. or PhD) using remote sensing to study coastal forest dynamics as part of this @WasonLab, @PeterRNelson et al. project team. forest.umaine.edu/wp-content…
Two graduate positions open at UMaine. Come join our collaborative team to study the beautiful forests of the coast of Maine! forest.umaine.edu/wp-content…
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Xylem network connectivity and embolism spread in grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) (Jay Wason, Martin Bouda, Eric F Lee, Andrew J McElrone, Ronald J Phillips, Kenneth A Shackel, Mark A Matthews, Craig Brodersen) #XylemNetworks #PlantSci @brodersen_lab buff.ly/3qeteMs
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🌲 #Forests #forestsoil 🌲<Non-Native Earthworms Invade Forest Soils in Northern Maine, USA>, a new study by Joshua J. Puhlick et al. Read more at mdpi.com/1999-4907/12/1/80
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Postdoc position in my group @PlantEcoEvo_UU 🇸🇪: Wood anatomy of tropical angiosperm trees in #PuertoRico 🇵🇷 Details here: bobmuscarella.weebly.com/peo… *Please apply by 15 Jan 2021*
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A plea for measuring traits that incorporate time (i.e., temporal variation in environmental conditions) to understand processes and mechanisms... What do you mean “functional” in ecology? Patterns versus processes onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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The soil-moisture drought of the 21st century continues in the North American Southwest through 2020.
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Wason Lab retweeted
Wow! The EPA website features a webpage about global warming using a slideshow by climate denier Richard Linzen which is packed with old, well-debunked climate misinformation epa.gov/environmental-econom… h/t @bud_ward
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Conditions generally deteriorated in the Northeast this week, with severe and moderate drought expanding: nrcc.cornell.edu/regional/dr…
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Here are a series of tree petiole and root 3D models showing xylem structure by @brodersen_lab > sites.environment.yale.edu/b…. View on the webpage or 3D print out these complex models scanned using X-ray CT > 3dplantphenomics.org/reposit…
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Take a look inside the stems of tiny emergent conifer seedlings experiencing drought with microCT and confocal imaging. Our new paper with @DanielJ21473288 and @adam_roddy is online and shows the vulnerability of the vascular system. bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.…
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The definition of a ~good~ pressure chamber set up outside the lab. Dealing with pressures inside xylem that are many fold greater than the pressure inside your car tire! How fun!
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