Leighton Reid @LeightonReid

Restoration Ecologist, Dad, & Asst Prof @vtspes. #TropicalForest #Grassland #CommunityEcology #NaturalHistory he/him/his restorationecologylab.com Virginia Tech Joined August 2011

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FCAT Ecuador @FCAT_EC

2 years ago

Después de enfrentar desafíos como sequías e invasión de plagas, nuestro equipo de restauración ha reproducido con éxito más de 1000 ejemplares de Cedrela angusticarpa en la reserva FCAT. Un paso crucial para proteger esta especie al borde de la extinción. 🌱🌿 #Conservación

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Leighton Reid @LeightonReid

2 years ago

"Consider that preserving standing forests is always better than planting new ones, and tropical forests are more vital to global systems than temperate or boreal ones. But of course, we need them all." From @RobLangellier adventure.com/role-of-trees-…

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Katie Stuble @klstuble

2 years ago

Job Alert! Looking for a lead technician for my community ecology lab @holdenarboretum. Please send along to any #ScienceJob seekers you might know. #HoldenScience holdenfg.org/career-and-int…

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Claudia Gonzaga-Jauregui @cgonzagaj

2 years ago

"Bullying is a means for mediocre scientists to rise to the top. Some star academics reached their position because they are bullies, not in spite of it." - Excellent piece about bullying in academia (and really any other professional environment). nature.com/articles/s4156…

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A/Prof Tim Curran @TimCurran8

2 years ago

Speedy blooming in Cerrado after fire is not uncommon: New records of Cyperaceae species flowering 24 h after burning onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ae… @natashipilon et al.

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Leighton Reid @LeightonReid

2 years ago

Support the Virginia Native Plant Society and get an awesome t-shirt bonfire.com/hollow-joe-pye…

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Joey Santore @JoeySantore

3 years ago

Some of the best habitat in the state of Texas being cleared for the performative border fence ™️. I know this land well. It should've become a preserve. I was joking w/ border patrol a few weeks ago about how little this fence will do to stop human trafficking & crime.

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Dr. Elise Gornish @RestoreCAL

3 years ago

#JOBALERT! Plant Restoration Biologist, location negotiable! Full time and permanent: usajobs.gov/job/715672700

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Dr. Elise Gornish @RestoreCAL

3 years ago

Tropical forest regeneration offsets 26% of carbon emissions from deforestation: news.mongabay.com/2023/03/tropic…

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Jens Svenning @JCSvenning

3 years ago

On this #WorldRewildingDay, I'm happy to share some of the recent #rewilding science papers that many good colleagues & I have published. Hope they help move the science & highly necessary action forward 🌿🌍🐎☘️🐾🌐 See thread below

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Leighton Reid @LeightonReid

3 years ago

Incredible opportunity to work on one of the best crossover experiments in landscape and restoration ecology

Nick Haddad @nickmhaddad

3 years ago

Incredible opportunity to work on one of the best crossover experiments in landscape and restoration ecology

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Holly Jones @DocHPJones

3 years ago

We won't forget @GovPritzker that your legacy in the prairie state is allowing an ancient prairie to be bulldozed so @amazon can have a larger runway.

#SaveBellBowlPrairie @BellBowlPrairie

3 years ago

We won't forget @GovPritzker that your legacy in the prairie state is allowing an ancient prairie to be bulldozed so @amazon can have a larger runway.

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Anazélia Tedesco @AnazeliaTedesco

3 years ago

The second publication from my PhD is now online! Happy to have collaborated with such a great team of coauthors in discussing solutions to planning, implementing, and monitoring restoration while incorporating social considerations.

Hugh Possingham @HugePossum

3 years ago

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Virginia Tech Research @VTresearch

3 years ago

Chris Logan, @vtspes '22 graduate, and professor @LeightonReid partnered with Green Again Madagascar to protect and restore forests by testing shade structures, species, and soil amendments🌍🍃 vtx.vt.edu/articles/2023/…

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Dan Baldassarre @evornithology

3 years ago

If you care about native birds, you care about native insects. And if you care about native insects, you care about native plants. #KillYourLawn

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Dr. Ashley Dayer @DayerLab

3 years ago

JOBS: 2 new post-doc positions in our conservation social science research group at Virginia Tech. 2-3 year positions (with potential for extending, pending funding). We will begin reviewing applications for both positions on March 16, 2023. Please apply!@vt_cnre @vt_fishwild

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Austin D. Gray, Ph.D. @austin_doug13

3 years ago

Congrats to @angielg19 and collaborators on their new publication “Long-term, large-scale experiment reveals the effects of seed limitation, climate, and anthropogenic disturbance on restoration of plant communities in a biodiversity hotspot” published in PNAS!