New paper out in @oikosjournal.bsky.social! So so grateful to have been part of this project with one of my mentors and friends, Dr Dave Jenkins. #ecology #science Read below: doi.org/10.1002/oik....

A tipping point for tipping points

Tipping points (TPs) – often understood as abrupt changes to a system – have become a popular framework for ecology and environmental science across spatial and temporal scales. The underlying, quant...

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First visit to Kissimmee Prairie was a great cleanse after the election results. Good grounding reminder of what is at stake for our fellow kin on this planet. #plants #botany #bugs #florida

Trip to the Apalachicola National Forest and Saint George Island was truly unforgettable. Nothing quite like crossing a palaeobiogeographical boundary. #hiking #nature #plants #florida #botany

Just some of the beautiful finds from my most recent few hikes. 1. Habaneria floribunda (Orchidaceae) 2. Polygala lutea (Polygalaceae) 3. Viola sororia (Violaceae) 4. Lyonia lucida (Ericaceae) #flowers #plants #florida #botany #ecology #hiking #nature #wildlife

So excited for this latest edition to my field guide library! Can't wait to get out there and find some of these hidden beauties. #wildlife #flower #nature #botany #plants #florida

Some of my favourite finds from this morning's hike! I saw 21 Lilium catesbaei (Pine Lily), which is a new record for me on one hike! This post is in memory of the gnat that became breakfast for this Drosera capillaris (Pink Sundew) 🥲. #wildlife #flower #florida #nature #plants

Just saw this beauty on my evening walk (sorry about the low-quality photo)! Made my whole weekend ☺️. I learned recently that Barred Owls (Strix varia) have one of the highest dietary proportions of invertebrates for owls of their size! #birds #ornithology #nature

Ok, just a HUGE thanks to those who suggested Obsidian! I am now in the process of translating my analogue Zettelkasten to my new digital one, and I am loving it already!!! Also still exploring Notion, seems like it will be a good complement to Obsidian! #academia

Alexandria G. Lacoursière (she/her)@ecostatsdria.bsky.social · 3y ago

Wondering if anyone in #academia, #teaching, or #education else uses Notion (or other programs) and has any opinions? I'm looking for an organisational software that I can use to consolidate my to-do lists, random ideas, and progress updates to...there has to be a better way than Post-It notes. 😅

Have geospatial genomic data and want to hammer out landscape analyses? Check out this new swiss army knife that does it all from @chamberea.bsky.social et al, built to handle California Conservation Genomic Project scale data onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Wondering if anyone in #academia, #teaching, or #education else uses Notion (or other programs) and has any opinions? I'm looking for an organisational software that I can use to consolidate my to-do lists, random ideas, and progress updates to...there has to be a better way than Post-It notes. 😅

Why I use Notion to organize my PhD research

Maya Gosztyla describes the database tool as a ‘second brain’, helping her to coordinate her work. Maya Gosztyla describes the database tool as a ‘second brain’, helping her to coordinate her ...

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Paywalls hold all of us back! It's time for them to come down. Free our science, free our society. #OAWeek #OAWeek2023 youtu.be/jOWjt3Z0BvE

Open Access Week message from The Stacks

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Saw these beautiful flowering Lupinus diffusus (Sky-Blue Lupine) on a hike today. Very strange to see them flowering, let alone fruiting, in autumn, then again, the planet is on fire 🥲. Hands down, one of my favourite #Florida native plants. #hiking #botany #plants #climate #flowers

Not surprised by this Nature article one bit. I am lucky enough to have colleagues in my lab that are incredibly supportive and decent people, but some of the horror stories I have heard from friends in academia are deeply disquieting. This is a *must* read. #academia doi.org/10.1038/d415...

Toxic workplaces are the main reason women leave academic jobs

Women feel driven out by problems with workplace culture more often than by lack of work–life balance. Women feel driven out by problems with workplace culture more often than by lack of work–life...

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Found this beautiful Stilpnochlora couloniana (Giant katydid) on the Clerodendrum sp. that's planted right outside my apartment. Wonderful way to start the week. Hope everyone has a great day! 💚 #entomology #bugs #floridanature #florida

So sad about the extinction of Bachman's Warbler. This species was a transient native to Florida, which it used as a migration corridor to its winter range in Cuba. The species had a spatially complex life history, making it reliant on multiple ecosystems, and therefore, vulnerable to habitat loss.

Can't wait to get back to my field sites next month! I miss my darling, little Ceratiola babies and am excited to see how they've grown this year. Field work is not a huge component of my job, but that makes it all the more rewarding when I am able to do it! #botany #ecology #science

EIGHT (8!) birds from Hawai‘i on this list 😭

This week, I learned that one of my beloved study species, Ceratiola ericoides, is a host plant for a beautifully cryptic little species of geometrid moth, Nemoria outina. Will keep my eyes out for larvae during my next field survey!!! Citation: Ferguson, 1985 #botany #ecology #entomology

Hello my people! I'm Alexandria (she/her), and I am a student researcher at the University of Central Florida. My research is in statistical modelling of plant communities. My current project involves multi-species demographic modelling of endemic plants in Florida in a global heating future.