What do you do if THE top researchers in your field ask if they can use your published code to "stress test" your model results? 😨 You say: Go ahead! But you think: Nothing I can do about it, it's all out there now 😅 Anyway, this turned out to be a fun collaboration 🧪: doi.org/10.1111/2041...

Challenging and diagnosing structured population models by testing predictions from stochastic demography

Structured population models are parameterized to accurately project expected population sizes, stage/state distributions and population growth rates, but they also predict the variation in outcom...

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Out today in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social our paper “Second Thoughts about First Principles in Biology.” www.cell.com/trends/ecolo... . We are in favour of first principles approaches in biology but we think that we need to do better in how we use them.

Second thoughts about first principles in biology

First-principles approaches, based on physics or chemistry, are key pillars of biological theory. Despite their value, there are recurrent problems with many first-principles approaches in biology: th...

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We've decided to open up the deadline for this, so please reach out if you think you might have something relevant to submit! Details in the link below.

Individual-based Ecology@ibe.pensoft.net · 6mo ago

Why do individual differences matter for species survival? 🧬 This is what our latest topical collection - "Individual-based #conservation" is trying to explore 💎 Diamond #OA (No fees for authors or readers) 📅 Deadline: 15 March 2026 Submit your abstract today ⤵️ ibe.pensoft.net/news/1106

It’s been such a joy helping to bring this together! I couldn’t have even dreamed that we’d receive such amazing submissions 😍 SMM members, please cast your vote for the new face of MMS! 🐋🎉🦭

Society for Marine Mammalogy@marinemammalogy.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🐋 Help choose the new cover for Marine Mammal Science! As the journal moves to continuous publication, SMM is selecting a permanent cover image celebrating marine mammal diversity. How to vote: log in on the SMM website

Reminder: a little over one week left to submit abstracts for the individual‑based conservation topical collection. Happy to chat if you’re considering contributing!

Individual-based Ecology@ibe.pensoft.net · 6mo ago

Why do individual differences matter for species survival? 🧬 This is what our latest topical collection - "Individual-based #conservation" is trying to explore 💎 Diamond #OA (No fees for authors or readers) 📅 Deadline: 15 March 2026 Submit your abstract today ⤵️ ibe.pensoft.net/news/1106

First Event Announcement 📅 March 5th
⏰ 6 PM CET / 9 AM PST Dawn of Cetology: The Scientific Pursuit of Whales, from Antiquities to the Twentieth Century

Disease dynamics in wildlife: We used a spatially explicit eco-epidemiological model to analyze classical swine fever spread in Northern Germany. Discover how host movement decisions shape disease spread. #EcoEpidemiology #FLI @ufz.de 🐖 Read here: doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...; @ecosphere-ua.bsky.social

Why do individual differences matter for species survival? 🧬 This is what our latest topical collection - "Individual-based #conservation" is trying to explore 💎 Diamond #OA (No fees for authors or readers) 📅 Deadline: 15 March 2026 Submit your abstract today ⤵️ ibe.pensoft.net/news/1106

New topical collection 'Individual-Based Conservation' calls for abstracts

While conservation science often focus on the 'big picture' of populations and ecosystems, the unique traits of the individual are frequently overlooked. To address this, the diamond open-acce...

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Whatever the level, we can tailor graphics to communicate your research to different audiences! These graphics both represent the same research but contain vastly different amounts of information.🧪🐡 We loved working on this project!🎨 Check out the fantastic paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

📣Call for Abstracts: Individual-Based #Conservation 🦁Explore how individual #heterogeneity drives conservation success in this new topical #collection from our💎Diamond #OA journal. 📅Deadline: 15 March 2026 More information can be found here⤵️

New topical collection 'Individual-Based Conservation' calls for abstracts

While conservation science often focus on the 'big picture' of populations and ecosystems, the unique traits of the individual are frequently overlooked. To address this, the diamond open-acce...

ibe.pensoft.net

Excited to announce our Topical Collection at @ibe.pensoft.net on Individual‑based Conservation! We aim to highlight approaches integrating individual heterogeneity into management and conservation practice. Please submit, share, & reach out with any questions! Details: ibe.pensoft.net/news/1106

Absolutely thrilled to see this project taking flight! 🚀 Such a fantastic team tackling a really important topic. Can’t wait for the full suite of forecasting challenges to drop, hoping many of you will jump in and give them a go once they’re live!

Billur Bektaş 🍃@billurbektas.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Really excited to be part of PREDICT — Platform for REsilient Data Integration and Coordinated Forecasting Tools — funded by OSCARS ✨ (we didn’t get the red carpet, though 🙃). Led by brilliant @paniw.bsky.social 👑

Interested in doing a PhD in biodiversity predictions 📈🐦🌸🪲📈? The Ciaxa Foundation has launched a call for PhD fellowships in 🇪🇸 Excellence Research Centers. @ebdonana.bsky.social is one of them: lacaixafoundation.org/en/doctoral-... 🧪🌎

🚨 Job alert 🚨 Postdoc position in ecological forecasting 📈 as part of the Horizon Europe OSCARS call. The postdoc will be based in lovely Sevilla (fantastic place to live) and will include working closely with several European forecasting projects. Apply by Dec 11! 🌎🧪 globalchangeeco.com/jobs

Postdoc position(s) available! Work on: - Muskox movement ecology - Ecosystem & carbon dynamics These can be done back-to-back for someone keen on both topics or split into two separate roles. 📄 Full details in the attached flyer! #AcademicJobs #PostdocPositions #Ecophysiology #EcologyJobs

🧊 Did your model freeze in time? Let’s bring it back to life! Join our hands-on workshop “Building Near-Term Iterative Forecasting Workflows” at #TIBS2026 – Aarhus, 6 Jan 2026 🌍 We’ll explore how to turn static predictions into dynamic, self-updating forecasts. @paniw.bsky.social

Are you involved in ecological forecasting in Europe? We’re mapping forecasting applications across the continent — from SDMs to observatories with predictive potential. Our goal: make EU forecasting more connected and identify both immediate and long-term forecasting potential.

The latest paper from the DISCAR synthesis group is out at Ecology Letters! We discuss the key approaches to predicting human impacts on wildlife populations, highlighting avenues for incorporating indirect effects, such as energetic modelling. doi.org/10.1111/ele....

New York Times article discusses @nature.com paper by our Rune Dietz, Christian Sonne, and others at @au.dk and the University of Copenhagen 🌐🐋🧪🌏 @newyorktimeshaiku.bsky.social @ucph.bsky.social #Science #Research #impact #Mercury #Arcticchange

Study Shows Mercury Levels in Arctic Wildlife Could Rise for Centuries

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Animal energetics, movement, and coexistence are inextricably linked. What insights emerge when we consider these processes together? In our new paper, we present a conceptual framework that integrates these domains, outlines their connections, and highlights the value of their joint study.

Do you use geolocators to estimate foraging time, behaviour, or energetics in diving seabirds? See our new paper for insights from a study of Common Guillemots. doi.org/10.61350/sbj... @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social

After years of non-stop brainstorming and hard work with @alamarins.bsky.social & co, we're thrilled to present IBASAM (v3): a spatially explicit demo-genetic individual-based model for anadromous salmonids (meta)populations. @inrhttps://ibe.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=153305

IBASAM: a spatially explicit demo-genetic individual-based model for anadromous salmonids (meta)populations

To improve our understanding and management of species’ response to environmental and anthropogenic changes, there is a critical need for integrative modeling approaches that encompass demographic, ec...

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Our Senior Researcher Fredrik Christiansen recently completed the third photogrammetry field season on bowhead whales in Disko Bay, Greenland. See Thread. 🌐🌏🐋🧪 @FChristiansen.bsky.social #marinemammology #ecology #cetaceanresearch #Arctic #MarineEcology #Research #Science

This week I'm out in the Danish #BalitcSea on the #SAMBAHII Project, working to monitor the remaining 500 Baltic #harborporpoise. Here, we are deploying a 4-channel array to calculate the #dectectionFunction, or the likelihood of detecting porpoise #echolocation in the study area.

📣 New paper alert ! 📣 Image-based bio-logging offers unique insights into marine predator behaviour 🦭 🦈 🐧 🐢 and ecosystem functioning, but demands advanced analytical tools. #MarineConservation #AI #ComputerVision #BioLogging Grateful to the global inter-disciplinary collaborative effort! 🙏 😊

CEBC Predateurs Marins team @predateursmarins.bsky.social · last yr.

Out in Methods in Ecology and Evolution Chimienti et al. Reviewing seas of data: Integrating image-based bio-logging and artificial intelligence to enhance marine conservation dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041... #ecology #seabirds #ai #biologging @cebc-chizelab.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social

Excited to share our new paper on how empirical research can better support mechanistic models—through realistic, interdisciplinary data and by embracing complex, individual-level mechanisms. Born from a @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social symposium! doi.org/10.1111/2041... @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social

Postdoc call in Mechanistic Biodiversity Modelling (up to 6 ya) at my lab @unibonn.bsky.social. We focus on modelling terrestrial plant communities, island biogeography, range dynamics, eco-evolutionary feedbacks, diversity gradients, tropical forests, vascular epiphytes. Pls rt! shorturl.at/CL1ny

✏️The African EFI Chapter has officially launched! The group will host a short course in Cape Town late 21-25th July. Applications close 9 June. Find details and the link to the application form at: ecoforecast.africa/events/curre... Please share with African colleagues and collaborators!

Tomorrow is the last day to apply! 🏃‍♀️

GraphicsSci.bsky.social@graphicssci.bsky.social · last yr.

Science Graphic Design is hiring! 🚨 We’re looking for an experienced science graphic designer/illustrator to join us for a 3-month contract over the summer and help us through a busy and exciting season. Apply now at www.sciencegraphicdesign.com/opportunities 🇬🇧 UK only!