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Sybil Gotsch PhD @GotschSybil

PI- Forest Ecophysiology Lab, Climber, Hiker, Daydreamer 🌈 Associate Professor, Dept. of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Kentucky

Joined October 2021
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University of Kentucky scientist trying to solve state’s white oak mystery news.mgcafe.uky.edu/article/…

University of Kentucky scientist trying to solve state’s white oak mystery

Sybil Gotsch has spent her career climbing trees in some of the world's most remote rainforests — from Costa Rica to Brazil to Mexico. Now, one of the hardest questions in her career is rooted in...

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In 2022, we began a project with an ambitious goal- simulate the effects of climate change in the cloud forest by removing epiphytes from entire trees. I am so excited to see this, our first product, in print! It sure took a village! sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @UKAgriculture
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My students in Tree Biology are learning about wood structure and function. This white oak core shows large, early-season vessels that move more water when it is abundant and late-season vessels (tiny) that move less water but withstand drought. @UKAgriculture #forestry
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Sybil Gotsch PhD retweeted
Amy McDermott@amygmcdermott
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Join me on an expedition into the #CloudForest, to unpack research on the delicate plants carpeting the canopy. They're canaries in the coal mine of #ClimateChange and may hold clues for impending change to the forest water cycle. @pulitzercenter @PNASNews pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.24…
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It was great to participate in this multimedia project for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences! The cloud forest is a critical ecosystem for hydrology and biodiversity but doesn't nearly get the press it deserves. @UKAgriculture @NSF pnas.org/post/multimedia/epi…

The perilous plight of rainforest epiphytes

Climate change is drying out plants in the cloud forest canopy. Losing these orchids, ferns, and other epiphytes could set off a cascade of changes for the whole rainforest water cycle. In hopes of...

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UK's Forest Ecophysiology Lab is representing at the North American Forest Ecology Workshop. I am so proud of these ladies on their first conference presentations! They both knocked it out of the park! @ukyfnr @ukagriculture instagram.com/p/C8ugkHzOYiG/…
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Our reseach was just featured on a French TV vimeo.com/906639425/44f95a63… Thanks to the landowners, the arborist supply companies and the National Science Foundation for supporting this research! @ukyfnr @ukagriculture @teufelbergertreecare @fincatierraviva @eltigrewaterfalls
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After a year and four months of discussions, prepping, collecting pilot data, and constructing preliminary models, I am happy to say, proposal submitted! Fingers crossed. Back to the trees.
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Dawn in the cloud forest. I am in Monteverde, Costa Rica, for a couple of weeks to work with my field team and support two film crews that will be documenting our research project. Stay tuned! @ukyfnr @UKAgriculture #forestry #canopyscience #climatechangeresearch
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These fog gauges are up at the top of our study trees and will help us understand how morning fog frequency changes across the Central Appalachian landscape. @ukagriculture @teufelbergertreecare #teufelbergerambassador #teufelbergerscienceambassador instagram.com/reel/C6cuCWNNQ…
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I am extremely honored to be named one of @teufelbergertreecare 's first science ambassadors! For more info about the program, please check out the link below! teufelberger.com/en/products… #arborist #arboriculture #womeninforestry #canopyscience @wesspur_tree @ukyfnr @ukagriculture
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Sybil Gotsch PhD retweeted
Ellen Crocker@evcrocker
4 Feb 2023
Job alert- Biological Science Technician position is open with the Forest Service doing forest pathology, based right here at U Kentucky! Work with Dr. Tyler Dreaden & the Forest Health Research Education Center (& me!) on a range of exciting projects usajobs.gov/job/704298300
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Fog trials on Appalachian seedlings are about to begin! @UKAgriculture
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And now we have begun a photosynthesis campaign. So curious to see how these cloud forest trees will respond to the loss of epiphytes. Check out the climber in the upper left. @UKAgriculture
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First stemflow gauge installed! We are also working to understand how a loss of epiphytes will impact water movement through, in and around these canopies. #stemflow #climatechange #tropicalmontanecloudforest #fincabarpe @UKAgriculture @teufelbergertreecare
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Ecology professors who love field work- Do you feel you are still able to do the parts of the job you love most? I hope so. #canopyscience #fieldbiology #womenintrees #treefolk
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Our tree architecture campaign continues. We are taking these measurements to understand factors influencing epiphyte colonization, following removal. My crew's climbing skills are being pushed to the next level! @UKAgriculture
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Happy to see this article in print. It was the result of undergraduate in-class and summer research in collaboration with colleagues at Penn State and led by a post-bacc technician. Go team! #undergradresearch #urbanecohydrology #womeninSTEM sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Another productive and fun day in the trees in Monteverde Costa Rica. We have completed measurements on four trees for this architecture campaign and have six to go! @UKAgriculture #climatechangeresearch #canopyscience #womeninSTEM
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Another scientific adventure has begun! To the cloud forest we go! @UKAgriculture
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