www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Really cool - "Stocks must therefore be orbiting the [shared] attractor asynchronously to produce the observed uncorrelated fluctuations." Inspiring statement.

Ecological stability through nonlinear fluctuations and the portfolio effect | PNAS

Much ecological theory has pursued understanding the mechanisms that stabilize communities, yet empirical analyses reveal deterministic nonlinear d...

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Fifty years since a simple equation described the chaos of biology 🧪🌐 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Fifty years since a simple equation described the chaos of biology

An exploration of chaos theory in population dynamics showed that unpredictable systems can often be modelled using surprisingly simple mathematics.

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New in @pnas.org: Ecological stability through nonlinear fluctuations and the portfolio effect We show that nonlinear dynamics like oscillations and chaos are paradoxically key to stabilizing globally important salmon complexes in the Fraser River and Bristol Bay. Link: doi.org/10.1073/pnas... 🌐🐟

Ecological stability through nonlinear fluctuations and the portfolio effect | PNAS

Much ecological theory has pursued understanding the mechanisms that stabilize communities, yet empirical analyses reveal deterministic nonlinear d...

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New in @pnas.org: Ecological stability through nonlinear fluctuations and the portfolio effect We show that nonlinear dynamics like oscillations and chaos are paradoxically key to stabilizing globally important salmon complexes in the Fraser River and Bristol Bay. Link: doi.org/10.1073/pnas... 🌐🐟

Ecological stability through nonlinear fluctuations and the portfolio effect | PNAS

Much ecological theory has pursued understanding the mechanisms that stabilize communities, yet empirical analyses reveal deterministic nonlinear d...

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Paper published, led by Forest Isbell. We developed a new theoretical framework to predict how temporal stability and resilience emerge from the combined effects of resistance and recovery. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Predicting temporal stability and resilience from resistance and recovery - Nature

New predictions for how temporal stability and resilience depend on their resistance and recovery components are explored.

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Join us at the #SWEEET Symposium on May 14 (1:30-5pm) at #CSEE2026! We're tackling three barriers facing equity-deserving researchers: parenthood, fieldwork access & socioeconomic challenges. Featuring talks by Drs. Courtney Robichaud, Rachel Giles & Diane Srivastava. We hope to see you there!

Many thanks to Drs. Akira Mori (@akkym.bsky.social), Shinichi Tatsumi and Xinyu Xu for the invitation to present at their Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning Symposium at the Ecological Society of Japan Annual Meeting in Kyoto. Wonderful to be part of such a great lineup of speakers! #ESJ73 #BEF

A global analysis of marine fish populations involving 243 recruitment and 266 spawner time series across 143 species finds that nonlinear dynamics are widespread and that the degree of nonlinearity is amplified by temperature variation and in fast-lived species 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Temperature variation and life history mediate nonlinearity in fluctuations of marine fish populations worldwide - Nature Ecology & Evolution

A global analysis of marine fish populations involving 243 recruitment and 266 spawner time series across 143 species finds that nonlinear dynamics are widespread and that the degree of nonlinearity i...

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Call for Donations to Support the SWEEET/CSEE Equity Fund 🌱🧬🎓 Help remove financial barriers by supporting grad students & postdocs attending #CSEE2026 in Toronto through donating to the Equity Fund. Support access to science by donating / sharing! @csee-scee.bsky.social #EcoEvo gofund.me/cca1d39af

Check out the accompanying Research Briefing for a summary of background, methods, main results and what we think this means for marine fishes under climate change. Read it here: doi.org/10.1038/s415... @natecoevo.nature.com

Nonlinearity in marine fish populations is amplified by temperature variation and fast life histories - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Analysis of marine fish populations reveals that nonlinear dynamics are widespread and that the degree of nonlinearity is elevated by high temperature variation and for species with fast life historie...

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Robert Hechler@roberthechler.bsky.social · 6mo ago

New in @natecoevo.nature.com, we show that nonlinear dynamics like oscillations & chaos occur in 81% of marine fish populations worldwide. Nonlinearity was correlated with the magnitude of fluctuations & amplified by temperature variation & in fast-lived species. 🌍🌐 Link: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

New in @natecoevo.nature.com, we show that nonlinear dynamics like oscillations & chaos occur in 81% of marine fish populations worldwide. Nonlinearity was correlated with the magnitude of fluctuations & amplified by temperature variation & in fast-lived species. 🌍🌐 Link: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Temperature variation and life history mediate nonlinearity in fluctuations of marine fish populations worldwide - Nature Ecology & Evolution

A global analysis of marine fish populations involving 243 recruitment and 266 spawner time series across 143 species finds that nonlinear dynamics are widespread and that the degree of nonlinearity i...

doi.org

Reflecting on what we’ve done and what more we can do to advance #equity in 🇨🇦#AquaticSciences in a new blog post blog.cdnsciencepub.com/equity-for-ea Thanks to @jaimegrimm.bsky.social @roberthechler.bsky.social @bradhowell.bsky.social @kirkwoodlab.bsky.social and non-bsky authors for this collab 💙💧

Equity for early-career researchers in fisheries and aquatic science | Canadian Science Publishing

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New preprint! We analyzed ~500 global marine fish time series using #EmpiricalDynamicModeling and show that temperature variation amplifies nonlinearity in juveniles and adults, while life history mediates nonlinearity for the latter, dampening it in slow-lived species #Ecology #Fisheries

Temperature variation and life history mediate the degree of nonlinearity in fluctuations of global marine fish populations

Nonlinear dynamics readily occur in natural ecosystems and can drive irregular population fluctuations through oscillations, chaos and alternative stable states. However, the effects of anthropogenic ...

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Extremely grateful to receive the award. Thank you @asn-amnat.bsky.social for supporting my work!

Daniel Bolnick@danielbolnick.bsky.social · last yr.

@asn-amnat.bsky.social Student Research Award goes to: Robert Hechler Quantifying the effects of life history and temperature in driving nonlinear dynamics in global marine fish populations 5/10

Empirical dynamic modeling of #eDNA data goes beyond presence/absence, allowing for the identification and quantification of species interactions through time. Check out my journal club commentary on Ushio and colleagues' exciting work, out now in @natrevbiodiv.bsky.social ! go.nature.com/41543Ql

I usually reserve this account for my personal views; but today I want to represent my position as President of @asn-amnat.bsky.social to post a message that will shortly go out to the membership of the American Society of Naturalists from the ASN Executive Council