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marie martin

@mellenmartin.bsky.social

ecologist at OSU, fan of weasels, birds, handicrafts

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gavin jones@ecologyofgavin.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I’m really concerned about early career scientists using generative AI in writing, because writing is how we think and reflect. There’s almost nothing *more* human than that, and to give that gift away to a machine is almost unconscionable to me

marie martin@mellenmartin.bsky.social · 8mo ago

And another article featured thanks to Matt Delheimer’s photography of female marten F20 in Lassen NF, California 💗. Huge shoutout to @roguedogs.bsky.social, Matt, and the Levi and Moriarty research programs for collaborative peek into the diets of martens in the PNW and across North America

ESA Journals@esajournals.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Take a peek—the December cover of "Ecosphere" is here! With a curious marten photographed as part of a recent study that finds these small carnivores have remarkable foraging and diet flexibility across North American forests Browse the issue: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/21508925...

Cover of the December 2025 issue of Ecosphere
gavin jones@ecologyofgavin.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I’m recruiting a PhD and MSC student for fall 2026 working on the movement ecology and conservation of Mexican spotted owls in SW forests and rocky canyonlands. Exciting partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory. Great vibrant lab group, high impact research! 🦉 gavinmjones.com/opportunities/

Opportunities

***PhD and MSc openings – Movement ecology and conservation*** I will periodically support graduate students, postdocs, and other staff through the Biology Department at the University of New…

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marie martin@mellenmartin.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Our (very!) collaborative look at the lives of carnivores in Yosemite gets a feature thanks to @roguedogs.bsky.social amazing camera work 😊 Yosemite is an ecological and aesthetic marvel!

Oikos@oikosjournal.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Our cover for December! 🦊 Martin et al.(2025) show that species like bobcats, cougars, coyotes, gray foxes, and martens largely avoid each other in space but share surprisingly similar diets—revealing how landscape conditions shape coexistence but also their delicate balance. vist.ly/4h3ks

Oikos@oikosjournal.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Our cover for December! 🦊 Martin et al.(2025) show that species like bobcats, cougars, coyotes, gray foxes, and martens largely avoid each other in space but share surprisingly similar diets—revealing how landscape conditions shape coexistence but also their delicate balance. vist.ly/4h3ks

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gavin jones@ecologyofgavin.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Folks: I will be flying an ad for well funded PhD and MSc positions in the coming days. If you want to do movement ecology and conservation with these incredible animals… watch this space 🦉🌲

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Daniel Wolfe@sadbumblebee.buzz · 10mo ago

In June, the @washingtonpost.com sent me and @byaliceli.bsky.social to witness cultural burns in California. We learned how they encourage beneficial vegetation, reduce wildfire risk, and provide traditional food and craft sources for tribes in the Klamath region. 🎁: wapo.st/3J7BQTL

How indigenous practices can help protect forests

The Post followed cultural burning practices, an Indigenous tradition now permitted under California law and used to help protect forests from wildfires.

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marie martin@mellenmartin.bsky.social · 10mo ago

new pub out — Yosemite is a perfect (and picturesque) place to show how heterogeneity can shape species distributions and foraging patterns. Grateful to Yosemite NP, Levi & Sacks labs & @roguedogs.bsky.social for their collaboration 💗

A two row figure displaying the occupancy patterns of bobcats, cougars, coyotes, gray foxes, and martens (top row) in Yosemite and how canopy cover, heterogeneity in canopy cover, and topography/snowpack (bottom row) shaped these patterns of occurrence. A two panel figure diet patterns of bobcats, cougars, coyotes, gray foxes, and martens via composition of major prey groups detected through high-throughout sequencing (left figure) and how inter specific diets overlapped in niche space (right panel)
Oikos@oikosjournal.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🌄🥩Landscape heterogeneity shapes the spatial and diet partitioning of a montane carnivore guild 📷 © Jennifer Hart vist.ly/47zke #Competition #DetectionDogTeam #HierarchicalModeling #HighThroughputSequencing #IntegratedOccupancyModel #NichePartitioning #NonInvasiveSampling

gavin jones@ecologyofgavin.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We have a new paper developing methods for looking at bird-fire macroecology. What’s most fascinating to me is that the magnitude *and* direction of fire effects can vary enormously across a species range. Stationarity is dead!! Long live non-stationarity!! doi.org/10.1002/fee....

Evaluating macroecological fire impacts on bird populations

Fire regimes are context-dependent, as are the ways that animals respond. However, most information on animal responses to fire comes from short-term local field studies, which are hard to extrapolat....

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Colin Carlson@colincarlson.bsky.social · last yr.

Unfortunately for Americans who want to not experience things like "bubonic plague," we also can't write NIH or NSF grants about this kind of thing anymore. I dunno, seems important

Colin Carlson@colincarlson.bsky.social · last yr.

Now is the time that I remind you that, while plague has been endemic in the western United States for 70+ years and this is a normal occurrence, our work does seem to strongly suggest climate change is increasing spillover risk onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Phil Manlick@pmanlick.bsky.social · last yr.

Spent last week in the field measuring veg and tagging seedlings in our small mammal exclosures at HJ Andrews experimental forest. Bit of a surreal landscape following the 2023 Lookout Fire.

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Resistance Rangers@resistancerangers.altgov.info · last yr.

“Things are not OK,” Heatley told OPB on Monday. “This is not a normal situation. This is a paradigm shift that is having repercussions that will last for at least a generation.”

Crater Lake superintendent resigns, citing staff shortages

Since he started at Crater Lake in January, Kevin Heatley has seen Crater Lake’s permanent workforce cut in half, and onboarding seasonal staff was delayed by a month. "Things are not OK," he said.

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Jacquelyn Gill@jacquelyngill.bsky.social · last yr.

This is why the media’s credulous boosterism for Colossal is so dangerous. “Innovation, not regulation” is tech-bro propaganda. It’s the false promise that any problem can be solved with some future breakthrough that will enable the same people who got us into this to profit from the solutions.

A tweet by Sec. Doug Burgum: The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is to work with others to “conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.” The Department of the Interior is excited about the potential of “de-extinction” technology and how it may serve broader purposes beyond the recovery of lost species, including strengthening biodiversity protection efforts and helping endangered or at-risk species. The Endangered Species List has become like the Hotel California: once a species enters, they never leave. In fact, 97 percent of species that are added to the endangered list remain there. This is because the status quo is focused on regulation more than innovation. It’s time to fundamentally change how we think about species conservation. Going forward, we must celebrate removals from the endangered list - not additions. The only thing we’d like to see go extinct is the need for an endangered species list to exist. We need to continue improving recovery efforts to make that a reality, and the marvel of “de-extinction” technology can help forge a future where populations are never at risk. Since the dawn of our nation, it has been innovation – not regulation – that has spawned American greatness. The revival of the Dire Wolf heralds the advent of a thrilling new era of scientific wonder, showcasing how the concept of “de-extinction” can serve as a bedrock for modern species conservation. The Dire Wolf revival carries profound cultural significance as it embodies strength and courage that is deeply encoded within the DNA of American identity and tribal heritage. Breakthroughs of this nature will inspire leading minds and future generations of innovators to chase the impossible, capture it, and unleash its potential! The Department of the Interior looks forward to a vibrant future full of innovation that advances core missions such as wildlife conservation.
David Green, PhD@ecologistgreen.bsky.social · last yr.

#PeerReview is too important to let it get destroyed by AI. We need to be making it easier for scientists to evaluate each other's work, while also making the process fun and engaging. This is possible with collaborative peer review like what we've built @stacksjournal.bsky.social. #SciPub

AI is transforming peer review — and many scientists are worried

Artificial intelligence software is increasingly involved in reviewing papers, provoking interest and unease.

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gavin jones@ecologyofgavin.bsky.social · last yr.

Best way to find a typo in a paper is to read the draft carefully 100 times, print it, mark it up, submit it, get it accepted, have copy editors review it, read it again, finalize it, get it published, and then proudly share it will all of your close colleagues