PhD position in Global Change and Savanna Ecology at the University of Wyoming. Reminder: Applications due this Friday for full consideration, see link for full details. Please RT. kevinwilcox.weebly.com/lab-opportunit…

Super excited about this!

Master's candidate Ashley Dupuis successfully defended her thesis today, woohoo!!! Wyoming big sagebrush tolerate multi-year drought relatively well, until drought magnitude becomes very extreme. #DroughtOnTheRange

Many grasslands across the front range got some much needed snow this weekend to break a winter #DroughtOnTheRange . Might just be the most important precipitation event of 2021! #RanchingUnderDrought . Many thanks to The PhenoCam Network and for these pics.

I found my reading material for this week!

Working around the clock to discover effects of global change drivers on phylogenetic and functional trait diversity. Literally, around the clock!

Can't wait to see those deep emerald post-burn hills in the spring!

Nice story that shows how our simple solutions (i.e., planting trees to offset carbon emissions) aren't always so simple. And it's less than 7 minutes! Give it a watch.

Very nice article all about one of the best predictors of how ecosystems will respond to future changes in climate.

Sarah is cruising through soil samples to study effects of drought and grazing intensity! She's looking at the enzymes that microbes pump into the soil to break down plant matter and animal waste. We'll let you know what we learn!

#Droughtontherange
#RanchingUnderDrought

Check it out: Conservative grazing regimes sustain palatability of dominant grass species even under an extreme multi-year drought.
#DroughtOnTheRange #RanchingUnderDrought

Savannas are resilient and recover just 1 year post-drought, even though they recover at first with yucky forbs - with Kevin Wilcox Dr. Sally Koerner and SAEON Dave Thompson

Very nice talk by Morgan Frost at #ESA2020 showing that different brome species can have very different impacts on native mixed grass plant communities. I wonder why!
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Two graduate student positions in grassland vegetation ecology available at the University of Wyoming to start in January 2021. Please share! @UWyoPiE
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Job! Searching for a two-year post doc with mad quantitative skills and a sunny disposition to improve grass-shrub dynamics within global process-based models at the University of Wyoming UWyo News, @Uwyopie, U.S. Department of Energy. Please RT.

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Making a light blink is oddly satisfying when you’re working with base components. Next step: Arduino buriable soil moisture sensors!

Unexpected. Tracking global change responses in plants through experiments- but in control plots. Adam Langley Mark J Hovenden Kevin Wilcox @drkimlapierre Meghan Avolio @ForestIsbell Alan Knapp Dr. Sally Koerner @cjlortie

New publication on net primary production estimation through remote sensing in the short grass steppe. res.mdpi.com/remotesensing/…

Read about how Erin Wiersma uses fire to make art.
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Think and smile #TheSmartJokes