Chris Jolly
@ecolojolly.bsky.social
Ecology | evolution | behaviour | fire | conservation | herpetology | Postdoc at Macquarie University. Living on Larrakia Country (Darwin)
A neat artivle published in Scientific American about a study published by @lizardlab.bsky.social @biodiversityguy.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/zoo-...
Zoo Lunch Mishap Reveals Lizards’ Hidden Fire Detector
Australian “sleepy” lizards are not so sleepy when it comes to fire
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the IUCN have passed the Longevity Conservation motion put forward to them by @kellerfish.bsky.social and @pili-scotland.bsky.social and based on the paper we wrote on the value of older individuals in animal societies. www.cdu.edu.au/news/global-...
Global body adopts policy to protect Earth’s old, wise and large animals | Charles Darwin University
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has recognised Charles Darwin University-led research into the Earth’s oldest animals with the adoption of the ‘Longevity Conservation’ global...
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Global body adopts policy to protect Earth’s old, wise and large animals | Charles Darwin University
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has recognised Charles Darwin University-led research into the Earth’s oldest animals with the adoption of the ‘Longevity Conservation’ global...
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New paper out today with @biodiversityguy.bsky.social and @lizardlab.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
From anecdote to evidence: experimental validation of fire-cue recognition in Australian sleepy lizards | Biology Letters
Fire has shaped the evolution of both plants and animals. Animals exposed to fire throughout their evolutionary history are predicted to exhibit behavioural adaptations that enhance survival during fire. Here, we investigated whether Australian sleepy ...
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Hot off the press! Check out our new paper on sleepy lizard aka shingleback skink fire cue discrimination led by @ecolojolly.bsky.social DM if you want a PDF.
It’s always worth celebrating a student’s first paper! And an excellent one at that! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Knocking out genes to reveal drivers of natural selection on phenotypic traits: a study of the fitness consequences of albinism | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Conclusions about the adaptive significance of phenotypic traits typically rely on correlations between the trait and fitness, but pleiotropic effects of a single trait on fitness and covariation amon...
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🧪🌎🌍🦎🌡️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Climate change and the cost-of-living squeeze in desert lizards
Climate warming can induce a cost-of-living “squeeze” in ectotherms by increasing energetic expenditures while reducing foraging gains. We used biophysical models (validated by 2685 field observations...
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New paper evaluating the utility of eDNA metabarcoding for detecting the cryptic and Critically Endangered Arnhem rock skink in Kakadu National Park. Despite sampling high activity crevices, we were unable to detect them using eDNA. www.publish.csiro.au/PC/PC24072
Evaluating the utility of environmental DNA for detecting a large Critically Endangered lizard in tropical northern Australia
It can be challenging to reliably detect rare or cryptic species. Environmental DNA (eDNA) is an emerging tool for detecting species and is increasingly being used to detect reptiles in terrestrial en...
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✅ Do you use R or Python? ✅ Are you an ecologist/biologist? Then you might find our website ALA Labs useful! ALA Labs is full of how-to articles to visualise or analyse biodiversity data. Some are for beginners, others are advanced/experimental 😀 labs.ala.org.au 🧪🌏 #rstats #python #quartopub
A swamp wallaby, one of my favourite macropods, on the cover of Nature, and I’m a coauthor on the paper www.nature.com/articles/s41..., led by @dadriscoll.bsky.social. Achievements unlocked!
🧪🌎. Our short film "The Waiting" 🐸🎥🐸🎬 is been awarded as a Vimeo Staff Pick, so since yesterday it's publicly accessable on Vimeo! vimeo.com/1036802517?s...
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Karen Lips is researcher and lives for several years in a tiny little shack in Costa Rica to observe frogs. When she leaves the cloud forest for a short time and…
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Research thrives on innovation and the diversity of ideas, yet our funding system often penalizes both. In our new study published in PNAS, we explore the hidden costs of competition in allocating scarce research funds. (1/10) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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@biodiversityguy.bsky.social delivering his @ecolsocaus.bsky.social Australian Ecology Research Award. Congratulations, Dale! Thoroughly deserved recognition for your wonderful and important work. #ESAus2024
How to train your apex reptilian predators! Great research on how to protect varanids from cane toads #ESAus2024
A great article highlighting the incredibly important work @chapplelab.bsky.social, @julesfarquhar.bsky.social and team are doing to improve our understanding of Australia’s data deficient skinks! 🦎 www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildl...?
Skink on the brink - Australian Geographic
These researchers gave everything to their search – and found not one, but 23 critically-endangered long sunskinks.
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Warm winters are waking snakes early. Here’s what that means for them and us
Evidence suggests climate change could make snakes come out of hiding earlier. But it’s also likely to cause population declines or shifts in the long run, as snakes adjust to the new conditions.
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It’s a big year for snakes in Australia. In fact, it’s always going to be a big year, so homework helps www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
It’s a big year for snakes in Australia. In fact, it’s always going to be a big year, so homework helps
Hot, dry conditions bring numerous species into contact with people and pets, and not just in the bush. It’s good to know which is which
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Saving ‘old and wise’ animals vital for species’ survival, say scientists www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Saving ‘old and wise’ animals vital for species’ survival, say scientists
Hunting bigger, more experienced animals eradicates memories and knowledge crucial to group survival, research suggests
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Our review about the value of older animals appeared this weekend in the Age of Extinction series www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Saving ‘old and wise’ animals vital for species’ survival, say scientists
Hunting bigger, more experienced animals eradicates memories and knowledge crucial to group survival, research suggests
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Lauren Brent@ljnbrent.bsky.social · 2y agoSome lovely fish ecologists invited me to help them summarize the value of older individuals in animal societies and what we risk from their loss. Check it out! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Loss of Earth’s old, wise, and large animals | Science
Don’t even think about it mate! Exciting to see an endangered northern quoll in Kakadu last night clearly avoiding its primary threat—toxic, invasive cane toads (Rhinella marina).
Just because they’re great, here’s a reptile! Hidden dragon (Cryptagama aurita). These little pebble mimicking dragons go decades between being seen. Before we found this guy in 2018, they hadn’t been seen since the 90s! www.publish.csiro.au/book/7930/
Celebrating @altmetric.com with this repost! www.nature.com/articles/s41... Islands harbor 1/3 of the world’s #plant species, including 63,280 endemics—making them #biodiversity hotspots. Yet, only 6% meet global #conservation goals. @natureportfolio.bsky.social #nature #science #research
Islands are key for protecting the world’s plant endemism - Nature
A standardized checklist of all known vascular plants shows the distribution of island native and endemic species, identifies their conservation status and highlights the need for actions to conserve ...
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Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪
Altmetric@altmetric.com · 2y agoThere are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research. A Place of Joy.
Earlier this year, I received news that fake peer reviews were allegedly being submitted impersonating me and approximately six others I shared my story with Science to, hopefully, reduce the chance of this kind of breach happening again www.science.org/content/arti...
‘It felt very icky’: This scientist’s name was used to write fake peer reviews
Elsevier retracts dozens of journal articles that were published based on “fictitious” reviews
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What’s crazy is a cicada at 73 decibels is on the lower end of the scale 😟 This article claims the average Double drummer cicada is around 90 decibels (as loud as a lawnmower) & the Australian Museum has recorded sounds of ~120 decibels (as loud as a chainsaw or a jet plane taking off)! 😳🛫 🧪🌏🪲👂💥📣📢
All the buzz: chorus of ‘deafening’ cicadas to soundtrack Australian summer
Warmer weather brings multitudes of largest and noisiest varieties to east coast, with some as loud as 120 decibels
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Robbi Bishop-Taylor 🛰️🌏@satellitesci.bsky.social · 2y agoAnd for something a little less peaceful: Double Drummer cicada (Thopha saccata) - apparently the loudest insect on the planet! 😱🔊 #WildOz #OzInverts
Why does #Australia have so many #reptiles, and why are so many of them among the world's most venomous? 🐍🇦🇺 In our latest EcolClip, Dr. Chris Jolly tells us why! #Venomous #Wildlife #EcolClips #Ecology #Biodiversity #Snakes #Biology #nature #naturephotography #venomoussnake #herpetology
Australia's Reptiles: Diversity, Venomous Species & Climate Impacts with Dr. Chris Jolly | EcolClips
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I want to make a list of global collaborations in ecology, including coordinated distributed experiments (e.g., NutNet) and data-based collaborations (e.g., UrBioNet). Hit me with your knowledge.
A region’s climate is defined over periods of 30 years. In a world affected by global warming, we need new tools to improve these definitions.
‘Unprecedented’ climate extremes are everywhere. Our baselines for what’s normal will need to change
A region’s climate is defined over periods of 30 years. In a world affected by global warming, we need new tools to improve these definitions.
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