Andy Marshall
@Andy_R_Marshall
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Professor, studying, exploring and restoring forests for wildlife and people. Happy dad with lively twin boys.
Australia, Tanzania, UK
Joined August 2013
Looking for a postdoc to help us to make some significant advances in understanding forest recovery and restoration. Working with @usceduau, @ForestPlots, @GFB_Initiative and many other collaborators from across the world. Reasonable potential for ongoing employment too.
We are recruiting for a new postdoc to join our team for 18 months, modelling the global and regional impact of vines on tree growth and forest recovery from disturbance. https://t.co/s1nX7rqMBy
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Forests aren't recovering from cyclones in the Australian Wet Tropics and vines, especially rattans, are likely to be the cause. Our work is ongoing, but this is a significant first step. Great work led by PhD student @EmmaMackintosh4.
The first research output from our Australian permanent sample plot network, led by @EmmaMackintosh4, shows that forests struggling to recover from cyclones are not recovering biomass and overwhelmed by liana infestations.
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I am a little late in sharing this one as coincidentally, I was in Tanzania, at the same location where we carried out this newly published work. Another fantastic output from @askngute as part of our @FoRCEexperiment.
I'm beyond excited to see another #PhD paper out in @JEcology! While highlighting the nuanced role of #lianas on #tree dynamics influenced by elevation & soil, we show that the recovery of #tropical #forest structure from disturbances is predictable along environmental gradients.
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Looking forward to presenting on our work selecting conservation indicators and developing monitoring plans at @UQ_CBCS tomorrow.
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🌸 Ecosystem restoration aims to reverse damage, restore habitats, and revive biodiversity through efforts like reforestation, wildflower meadow enhancement, wetland restoration, and coral reef restoration 🪸 But why do some restoration projects succeed while others falter? 👇
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Fantastic work Alain. A really excellent thesis!
I'M THRILLED TO BE OFFICIALLY #PhDone! My #PhD Thesis 'Investigating the relationship between #liana abundance and #tropical #forest recovery' has just been accepted, without revisions! My advisors @Andy_R_Marshall @marion_pfeifer & @prof_schoeman led me throughout my #phdlife
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Here is some recently published work from my lab led by @askngute, who just passed his PhD at @usceduau with NO corrections and an award form our Dean. Amazing work Alain! ⭐️
Our recently published global analysis shows that lianas outcompete trees in disturbed, warm, dry, lowland forests. Disturbance-temperature interaction suggests a tipping point of 27.8 degrees C, when lianas become more dominant.
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Elephant-proofing our tree nursery in the Udzungwa Botanic Garden. It needs a sturdy fence!
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New pre print on the possibility and challenges for community members and citizen scientists to contribute to monitoring the Global Biodiversity Framework. Useful ahead of CBD meetings in Montreal next week
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The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), and its monitoring framework, aims to reverse the decline of nature. The GBF tasks governments to report progress towards 23 targets and four...
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"The Amazon might not have a 'tipping point.' But it's still in trouble" https://t.co/WvU8oAQGkR
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Scientists race to foretell the fate of the vast forest facing deforestation and climate change.
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Workshop with forest managers discussing implications of our @FoRCEexperiment research for managing the Australian Wet Tropics last month. Many people “hate” the native & exotic vines now smothering the forests after all the cyclones and logging! But should we be cutting them?
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📢Exciting news: the Caribbean island of Redonda has been granted protected area status! In just a few short years, Redonda has been transformed from barren ‘moonscape’ into a thriving wildlife sanctuary, & will now be one of the largest protected areas in the Caribbean.
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A new PhD started today. She asked for general advice for the first few months. This was my advice: 1. Don’t work evenings or weekends 2. Don’t aim to prove yourself (to me), I’m already convinced of your capacities 3. Go for a walk when things dazzle you (1/3)
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Large herbivores keep invasive plants at bay https://t.co/mdjtLZzI8Z - @AarhusUni press release on our recent study in @NatureEcoEvo 🐘🌿🐃🌳 #megafauna #InvasiveAlienSpecies #plants #elephants #ungulates
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Elephants, buffaloes and other heavy herbivores are effective against invasive plants. This is the conclusion of a new study from Aarhus University and the Wildlife Institute of India that used...
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The value of sustained, long-term, direct observation. Our new paper in @NatureClimate led by @Amy_Benno reveals the impact of heat and drought on South American tropical forests. More than 100 colleagues measured trees for 30 years across the continent. https://t.co/K94s92Nnlo
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Cool job alert! Postdoc to join the NERC-funded project, Centre for Landscape Regeneration (CLR). The Research Associate will work with Co-I Prof Jennifer Gabrys to review, develop and test community restoration initiatives. https://t.co/FAKq0Yf5Da
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Tens of thousands of dead fish wash up on Texas beach due to low oxygen levels in water https://t.co/6lJDU5w1Fd Events like this are only going to become more common with #ClimateChange 🔥
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Third meeting of the Udzungwa-Kilombero Restoration Forum. Planning forest restoration across a 53,000 km-sq region in Tanzania, including a field visit to the new @ReforestAfr Udzungwa Botanic Garden.
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