Kali Middleby
Postdoc at AMAPlab, Montpellier. Interested in forest ecology, plant physiology, heat stress, and rainforest conservation 🌿
- Don't forget - deadline for abstract submission to #EGU2026 is the 15th of January. If your work focuses on #microclimate or #heatstress in plants submit to our session BG3.41 "Microclimate Variation and Heat Impacts on Vegetation: From Molecules to the Biosphere" www.egu26.eu/session/57401
- Reposted by Kali MiddlebyWe found that when temps hit 30°C+, C3 plants start struggling - their carbon metabolism gets disrupted, they burn through sugar stores faster, and even their isotope signatures change. Meanwhile C4 plants? They're basically chilling like "this is fine" 😎 www.nature.com/articles/s44...
- Where we collect seed for restoration matters. In a new paper led by Jayden Engert, we examined where nurseries source seed for rainforest plantings and discuss what that means for restoration success. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by Kali MiddlebySubmit an abstract to our #EGU2026 session "Microclimate Variation and Heat Impacts on Vegetation: From Molecules to the Biosphere"(meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...) @kalimiddleby.bsky.social @santiagotrueba.bsky.social @sonyageange.bsky.social @egu.eu @egubg.bsky.social @hs.egu.eu
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- Featured on the cover of @globalchangebio.bsky.social is a thermal image of Elaeocarpus Grandis taken at @jcuofficial.bsky.social Daintree Rainforest Observatory. In this species we find that populations originating from warmer climates have narrower leaves with higher rates of water loss.
- Check out our piece in @theconversation.com explaining how intraspecific trait coordination across climatic gradients helps to avoid heat stress in some (but not all) tropical tree species theconversation.com/some-tropica...
- Can tropical rainforest trees keep their cool? Now out in @globalchangebio.bsky.social we explored whether intraspecific variation in leaf energy balance was a result of adaptation to local climate. doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
- Big thanks to all the support from coauthors @drrebeccajordan.bsky.social @awcheesman.bsky.social @martinbreed.bsky.social @mrossettorecer.bsky.social @dcrayn.bsky.social @lucascernusak.bsky.social
- What a wonderful time sharing ideas with fellow plant nerds 💚
- Heading to Oaxaca for #ATBC2025 ? Make sure you stop by our symposium for all things leaf temperature, heat tolerance, and tradeoffs across climate gradients 🌿💧🌡️
- Link to our session and more information on our speakers here: www.xcdsystem.com/atbc/program...
- Reposted by Kali MiddlebyI have an opportunity for a new PhD student in tropical tree ecophysiology in my lab. Some more details at the link below. Please pass along! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
- Proud to have my thermal image on the cover of this fantastic issue - now time to check out the research inside!
- Reposted by Kali Middleby#AMAPwebinar april 29th, 11:00 (CET) Kali Middeby, post-doc, AMAPlab, Montpellier "Patterns and drivers of leaf thermoregulation in rainforest trees of the Australian Wet Tropics" amap.cirad.fr/fr/edit-even...
- Reposted by Kali Middleby🔥Can heatwaves leave a thermal leaky legacy?🔥 Check out our latest paper on gmin dynamics during and after thermal stress🍃📄 Extremely proud of my student Viviane! Special thanks to @hcochard.bsky.social @torresruizjm.bsky.social @martijnslot.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/plph...
- Reposted by Kali MiddlebyHappy to share a new paper, "Effects of Hot Versus Dry Vapor Pressure Deficit on Ecosystem Carbon and Water Fluxes," led by the amazing Miriam Johnston w/ @mallorybarnes.bsky.social and others agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
