Evan Fricke
Biodiversity, ecology, climate change, forests, seed dispersers.
Research scientist at MIT.
- Reposted by Evan FrickeOnly a pre-print for now, but after 4 years of hard work I couldn't resist sharing this! The Global Canopy Atlas: analysis-ready maps of 3D structure for the world's woody ecosystems 📜: doi.org/10.1101/2025... Huge team effort led by the brilliant Fabian Fischer!
- Very cool to see our recent study turned into a cartoon (what!?) Anyone else want to skip the middleman and just publish cartoons from here on out? 🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
- Reposted by Evan FrickeReally excited to share our new paper on #causalinference & #climatechange attribution out in #EcologyLetters today! Are you asking "how much" or "if" climate change has impacted your system, then this paper is for you! 🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Reposted by Evan FrickeAre you an early-career biologist or ecologist who would benefit from an invited seminar? Would you like to come to UMaine next fall or spring to give a talk? Leave a brief comment with some info about what you do. I'm co-hosting our seminar series again, and am filling out our rosters.
- MIT homepage today: 40% hornbill 40% figs 20% me yelling about seed dispersers Press release here: mit.edu
- Reposted by Evan FrickeIn our new perspective in PNAS we call for a move away from conservation focused on saving individual species to focusing on ecological processes, which underpin ecosystem resilience and the capacity to adapt to environmental change. Led by @josephtobias.bsky.social 🌍🌐🧪 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
- Our new study shows how animal biodiversity loss is a climate problem: tropical forests recover far less carbon where seed dispersers have declined. We’re not just losing forests – we’re losing their ability to regrow. Reversing that trend could align biodiversity recovery with climate solutions.🧵
- Motivation: Tropical regrowth forests are currently the largest contributor to the land carbon sink, which absorbs a third of global emissions annually. But over 80% of tropical trees rely on animals to regenerate, and seed dispersers are declining. What does that mean for tropical forest regrowth?
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