My new book, Phylogenetic Biology, is now published. Available online for free at dunnlab.org/phylogenetic... . Physical copies can be purchased at shop.lightningsource.com/b/085?params... or your favorite bookstore.
Pedro Peres-Neto
@comecology.bsky.social
Concordia University & Canada Research Chair in Spatial Ecology & Biodiversity. Editor-in-Chief of Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social; Fellow of ESA; quantitative & community ecology (empirical and theoretical), drummer, cook & multilingual 🇧🇷🇨🇦
🏚️🌴Habitat loss reshuffles ecological and evolutionary interactions in a seed dispersal network vist.ly/5enh7 #AtlanticForest #Evolution #EvolutionaryDistinctness #Frugivores #SeedDispersal
2️⃣🔄The dual role of detritus as resource and habitat: integrating non-trophic processes to ecosystem dynamics vist.ly/5f4gp #EcosystemEngineering #EcosystemStability #EnvironmentalStochasticity #HigherOrderInteractions #NonlinearDynamics #Recycling #TrophicControl
🌍💊Continental accumulation of fads2 copy numbers allows sticklebacks to thrive across a diversity of nutritional landscapes vist.ly/5fdi7 #Diet #Fads2 #FattyAcids #Freshwater #Marine #Synthesis #ThreespineSticklebacks
🗺️🏃Habitat fragmentation and amount drive within-species variation in dispersal kernels and limit transferability across landscapes vist.ly/5fxgj #DispersalKernel #IndividualBasedDispersalModelling #LandscapeConfiguration #LongDistanceDispersal #MarkRecapture
Should journals reject papers after “too many” unsuccessful reviewer invitations? nso-journals.org/all-news/vie...
View from the editor's desk | Should journals reject papers after “too many” unsuccessful reviewer invitations? — NSO Journals
Reviewer availability is not a measure of manuscript quality; journals should keep searching and authors should help broaden the reviewer pool . Read more from Oikos Editor-in-Chief Pedro Peres-Neto.
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Let me know if you’re attending and want to talk about potential papers for @oikosjournal.bsky.social or the publication system in general.
📢 Registration is closing soon! Don't miss your chance to join us. Secure your place before registration closes on 16 August. We look forward to welcoming you! 🔗 Register now: vist.ly/5ebgu
EcoEvoJobs 2026-27 just opened for business and we've already got 79 faculty / permanent jobs listed. Please repost! ecoevojobs.net
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Love to colour match my food with a spatula… Just kidding…that’s the only orange spatula I’ve 😬
"Drawing on an analysis of over 100000 articles in ecology-related disciplines [...], we show that the shift to pay-to-publish OA has already reduced participation by researchers from many middle-income countries." nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Payment‐based open access is biasing scientific participation from the Global South in ecology
Opening access to the products of scientific research is widely considered a key step toward both fairness and better science worldwide. Since the 1990s, different forms of open access (OA) to journa...
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I have a project for this AI for science postdoc application: schmidtfellows.utoronto.ca To work on videos of migrating fish (eg salmon), for classification, segmentation, uncertainty quantification. Don’t need to be AI expert, but demonstrate high potential. Reach out if interested.
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🐠〰️Fish community trait dissimilarity dampens synchronizing effect of environmental fluctuations vist.ly/5d5zd #SpatialSynchrony #FreshwaterFish #FunctionalTraits #CommunityThermalIndex #MoranEffect
#Hiring! We are seeking two new members to join our Finance and Investment Committee at Canadian Science Publishing! If you have financial expertise and an interest in advancing scholarly publishing, learn more about this volunteer opportunity and consider applying: https://ow.ly/9Wf150ZtViA
My postdoc is coming to an end, so I'm looking for work! Let me know if you, or anyone you know, wants to hire a philosopher of biology/cognition with a knack for cross-disciplinary work, a focus on autonomy + agency, and experience writing for the broader public (10+ yrs in sci/tech journalism).
There are only three days left to apply for our Commissioning Editor role! ⏰ Join our global Editorial Board & play a crucial role in inviting innovative ideas via commissioning Reviews, Perspectives, Practitioner's Perspectives & Policy Directions 📖 Apply here 👇 apply.workable.com/britishecolo...
If Canadian provincial governments can run liquor stores, why not a few grocery stores? Not to replace the private sector; but to set a benchmark for fair prices, ethical practices, and real competition.
Mamdani’s Grocery Stores Will Offer 30 Percent Discount on Some Products Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s five city-owned grocery stores will provide a 30 percent discount on produce, meat, bread and milk. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/n...
Will AI turni science into pastry? Less discovery, more recipe-following?
We lost this week a jazz giant from Montreal; farewell Oliver!! m.youtube.com/watch?v=ovG_...
Iconic jazz pianist Oliver Jones remembered for his music and Montreal roots
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Like if Leonard Cohen and Mark Knopfler had somehow become the same person. The great Chris Rea! And somehow, “This ain’t no technological breakdown / Oh no, this is the road to hell" feels more current than ever. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwnP...
Chris Rea - Road to Hell (Ultimate live version - 2006) [HD]
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📢 We’re hiring at Aarhus University! Tenure-track or permanent on vertebrate-driven #ecosystem processes, especially large #mammals w/in @econovoau.bsky.social's strong interdisciplinary environment spanning #ecology, paleoecology, biodiversity science & global change biology 🦬🌿🌍 ➡️More info below
🕸️🔵Integrating network and stable isotope approaches to reveal food web structures vist.ly/5btud #FoodWebDimensions #StableIsotopes #TrophicStructure #Network
Consider becoming Editor in Chief for the BSSB! This innovative journal has a strong foundation and enormous potential --come help make it happen!
The Society of Systematic Biologists is looking for a new editor for the Bulletin! The Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists is the Society’s diamond OA journal. Are you interested? Or know someone who might be? See 👇 www.systbio.org/eicbssb.htm
I am #hiring! In my group 📍Universität Zürich | University of Zurich & Eawag I have #two open #Postdoc #Positions, with application deadlines in early August 2026. 🧬 🦐 🐠🌐🌍 Here a quick reminder & 🧵with all details, thanks for 🔄 redistributing to interested candidates.
We’re now looking for evolutionary ecologists to join our committee to build #ExE2026 into the start of something great, not just a one-off. Details here: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/evol...
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We're hosting a Reproducibility Hackathon on July 24th @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social to highlight the ongoing reproducibility crisis in the Social Sciences. All welcome. Lunch provided. So, come for the scran, if not the company! Register here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/NFZwvM4LC
My statistical sciences dept is hiring in the area of Statistical Learning Theory & adjacent fields (assistant professor rank). Located at downtown campus. 🔹Salary Range: $140,000-$190,000 annually (based on experience) 🔹Application Deadline: November 9, 2026 academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32307
University of Toronto, Statistical Sciences
Job #AJO32307, Assistant Professor, Statistical Learning Theory, Statistical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CA
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That magic moment when you rediscover a band that you use to listen as a teenager! Even more so when they're still rocking! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EXC...
The Doobie Brothers - Listen to the Music (Live from The Late Show)
YouTube video by The Doobie Brothers
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If in Lyon, France, try L’Habit Rouge. Fantastic food! Fantastic hosts!
🌿 The discounted early‑bird registration period for the joint NSO–GfÖ 2026 conference ends on 17 July. After this date, registration will remain open at the full fee until the final deadline on 16 August. Register here: vist.ly/5aqkm
I'm hiring! Two positions at Inria Bordeaux in complex systems: One software engineer, for development of a causal inference package: recrutement.inria.fr/public/class... One postdoc, on the inference of causal structure and causal dynamics: recrutement.inria.fr/public/class...