Flikk enjoying some of the rare summer sunshine outside at the new house.

Help. Do you use python notebooks (of any flavor) for data science/analysis work? Would you be willing to chat with me about your workflow? I haven't used notebooks since grad school (just haven't needed to) and I realized this week some of my assumptions need challenging! #python #pydata #databs

Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.

New blog post! Odds ratios are...a bit weird. Here I explain two problems (interpretation, non-collapsibility) and provide some simple recommendations for improved reporting. www.the100.ci/2026/07/30/r...

Reviewer notes: Odds ratios are really odd

When psychological researchers investigate binary outcomes, they routinely report odds ratios to quantify the strength of an effect or an association. This is quite understandable given that psycholog...

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Let’s embrace wildfires, droughts, floods and climate change that will get progressively worse and more destructive Let’s embrace ecosystem collapse, food shortages, threats to infrastructure and economic disaster

Why do so many ecological systematic reviews cite PRISMA but not the CEE Guidelines? Are we teaching reporting standards but not conduct standards? Curious to hear from editors, reviewers and those teaching synthesis in ecology. #EvidenceSynthesis

🐦 Thrilled to share our latest research, a milestone: the first first-author paper from @shreyadimri.bsky.social, published in @royalsocietypublishing.org Why do birds add fresh green nest material to their nests? 🧵 🔗 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

I can't stress enough how disrespectful it is when colleagues in the Global North publish papers about our realities without a single author from the region. It's not "just data." Context matters. Interpreting our realities through your own framework isn't just exclusionary, it's weaker science.

Does anyone what to review an exciting paper in #ResearchSynthesisMethods on LLM screening in systematic reviews with complex inclusion criteria? #SystematicReview Let me know if you have capacity.

Delighted to see this paper finally out after a long time in the making. Huge thanks to everyone involved—and to all those long nights spent on the cliffs catching these incredible little birds. 🥳🎉 @stephen8vickers.bsky.social #seabirds #ornithology

RSPB Science@rspbscience.bsky.social · 2w ago

New research reveals a substantial decline in the number of European Storm-petrels caught by researchers over the course of a 27-year study Read on for a summary Full paper: doi.org/10.1080/0006... @one-cardiffuni.bsky.social @robthomasbirds.bsky.social @kirstyfranklin.bsky.social #seabird 🪶🧪

(1/) This week, we head north for an interesting study that was conducted by Nord University in Norway. It used an online bird identification test to upskill survey volunteers in order to increase the number of species that were detected during surveys. @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social

This looks useful. A typical meta-analysis in ecology mixes experiments with observational studies, mixes coefficients with different controls and therefore different causal meanings. I would not normally say "hey the folks in medicine are doing it right, imitate them" but in this case maybe

Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar@asanchez-tojar.bsky.social · 3w ago

Are our ecological conclusions built on shaky foundations? Our latest paper in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social highlights that Risk of Bias (RoB) assessment, crucial for ensuring the internal validity of research, is almost never used in #systematicreviews in eco & evo 📉 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/2041...

Are our ecological conclusions built on shaky foundations? Our latest paper in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social highlights that Risk of Bias (RoB) assessment, crucial for ensuring the internal validity of research, is almost never used in #systematicreviews in eco & evo 📉 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/2041...

The irony of saying «god sommer» to people when it «feels like» -3.

We built a hotel for roof-breeding kittiwakes on Røst and share our first experiences in a paper now published in SEABIRD, with recommendations for those attempting a similar project. High attendance but few breeding attempts in the first year. doi.org/10.61350/sbj... 📷 T Anker-Nilssen

There are still free spots for the 2nd edition of the 5-day course: "Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis in R", run in collaboration with the @eco-aeet.bsky.social This year we are running the event at beautiful and historic @ucoimbra.bsky.social (Portugal) Info: aeet.org/events/2026/... #rstats

Course Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis in R, 2ed

This course provides a practical introduction to modern methods of evidence synthesis, with a focus on systematic review and meta-analysis in ecology and evolution.

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Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology@cnc-uc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📚 Applications are open for the 2nd edition of the course Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis in R. 🗓️ Oct 19–23, 2026 📍 University of Coimbra 📝 Apply until Sept 18 🔗 www.cnc.uc.pt/pt/systemati... @ucoimbra.bsky.social

Flikk trying to show off her stick to a red squirrel on this mornings walk. To be fair it was a nice stick.

Automation is a means, not an outcome. Our @sinisavilaakso.bsky.social, @nealhaddaway.bsky.social , @chrispritchard.co.uk latest commentary argues that we should be careful not to equate AI-assisted automation with demonstrated efficiency in evidence synthesis. rdcu.be/frFVC

Only in Norway? We saw this grill mounted on skis on our hike today.

If you need to do a lot of work to make model explainable, you didn't make a (good) model

Today we are running our AI-assisted Coding Workshop at Nord University in Bodø (Norway)! We couldn’t ask for a better setting: an amazing location, inspiring surroundings, and excellent infrastructure for learning and collaboration.

Two weeks left to apply!

Jacquelyn Gill@jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Three weeks left to apply to our postdoc position on alpine plant resilience! Us: Three years of funding, an awesome collaborative team, a gorgeous study system, blueberry pie, unionized postdocs. You: A PhD and experience in ancient DNA, paleoecology, and/or plant genetics and genomics.

🌟 Have you come across a project making science more open, reproducible, or accessible in ecology & evolutionary biology? Nominating it for a 2026 SORTEE Commendation Award is a great way to recognise the people behind it! Submit a nomination here: sortee.org/awards/ #openscience

2 seats are still available! If you are interested in Phylogenetic Comparative Methods in R, do not miss it...

Physalia-courses@ONLINE@physaliacourses.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚨Join us for the 6th edition of the Phylogenetic Comparative Methods in R course 🧬(15–19 June, online) Learn how to build ultrametric trees, study trait evolution & diversification using R. Hands-on tutorials + real datasets + theory. www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work... #Rstats #Phylogenetics

Had a fantastic time last week in Trondheim at the @eshackathon.bsky.social 🇳🇴 A full week discussing evidence synthesis & how to improve it with a brilliant and knowledgeable interdisciplinary team. Highly energising! 🙌 Thank you to @drmattg.bsky.social for hosting us & taking such good care of us

Next week with us! - Spring School in #Bioinformatics- ONLINE, 8-12 June @passdan.bsky.social & Christoph Hahn Introduction to #RShiny - ONLINE, 9-10 June @drmattg.bsky.social www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

📢 REGISTRATION OPEN #BOUasm26 | 29 September 2026 | York, UK & Zoom & Bluesky Avian futures: predicting and preparing for the future of avian biodiversity Check out the programme and register now! bou.org.uk/event/avi... #ornithology 🪶

🚨 PREPRINT 🚨 In our systematic review and meta-analysis, we tackle a challenging evidence base to show that administering antibiotics to beef cattle increases the abundance of antibiotic resistance determinants (bacteria and resistance genes) during and after antibiotic administration 💊🐂 (1/n).

bioRxivpreprint@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Effects of antibiotics on the abundance of antibiotic resistance determinants during and after antibiotic administration to beef cattle: A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.31.729110v1

Last seats available for Introduction to R Shiny (online, 9–10 June) with @drmattg.bsky.social Learn to build interactive web apps in R: structure, reactivity, layouts, customization & deployment to shinyapps.io. www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...