🧵 New paper out today in @peercommunityin.bsky.social Journal! @joelpick.bsky.social et al. introduce the first standardised guidelines for data & code quality control in #ecology & #evolutionarybiology, on behalf of @sortee.bsky.social 🔓 doi.org/10.24072/pcj... #OpenScience #EEB [1/5]

This was such a cool project to be a part of! We used ML models to build a high-res (1.4m) land cover map, and combined terrain+weather data w/ algae+water samples from >200 lagoon sites over 4 years to understand connections between land use, precipitation, water quality, and microbial communities.

Science X / Phys.org@sciencex.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Extensive surveys on Mo'orea show that land use and rainfall patterns significantly influence lagoon water quality, highlighting the importance of integrated land-sea management for coral reef health. doi.org/hbcrmg

I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students. I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...

This was such a cool project to be a part of! We used ML models to build a high-res (1.4m) land cover map, and combined terrain+weather data w/ algae+water samples from >200 lagoon sites over 4 years to understand connections between land use, precipitation, water quality, and microbial communities.

Science X / Phys.org@sciencex.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Extensive surveys on Mo'orea show that land use and rainfall patterns significantly influence lagoon water quality, highlighting the importance of integrated land-sea management for coral reef health. doi.org/hbcrmg

Smoke pours over Little Lakes Valley at sunset; view from Morgan Pass (Saturday night). The Garnet Fire is about 40 miles away but prevailing winds bring poor air quality to the High Sierra. #GarnetFire #CAfire #CAwx

The SORTEE Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology doi.org/10.32942/X24...

🚨Introducing the @sortee.bsky.social Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology🚨 doi.org/10.32942/X24... Increasingly E&E journals are recruiting data editors. We provide standardised guidelines for journals with data editors and those wanting to recruit them 🧵

🎉New preprint! "TADA! Simple guidelines to improve code sharing" tinyurl.com/8rmnwjrk We present simple guidelines to help researchers of all coding levels improve the transparency and reproducibility of their analytical code, TADA! Transferable, Accessible, Documented, Annotated.

Are you an early-career biologist or ecologist who would benefit from an invited seminar? Would you like to come to UMaine next fall or spring to give a talk? Leave a brief comment with some info about what you do. I'm co-hosting our seminar series again, and am filling out our rosters.

Terrigenous inputs link nutrient dynamics to microbial communities in a tropical lagoon https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.11.659169v1

Wrapping up a quarter-long Intro to Scientific Computing class -- we've had a blast! So grateful for @allisonhorst.bsky.social amazingly joyful illustrations and @uslter.bsky.social LTER datasampler package of simplified environmental datasets for teaching and learning 🧪🌎🌱⌨️

My first first-author paper was published this morning! Did you know eye lenses grow in layers throughout life and can be analyzed to study movement and foraging ecology. But eye lenses differ in bio molecular composition across fish taxa, especially for sharks! 🧪🌎🦑 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Investigating eye lens composition for stable isotope analysis in fishes: a comparison between Chondrichthyes and Actinopterygii - Environmental Biology of Fishes

Life history ecology provides a framework for understanding the complex interactions between organisms and their environments but is challenging to resolve for long-lived and migratory species. In fis...

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Happy holidays and happy end of the year to all of you. Thank you for making 2024 a wonderful and exciting year for our society. Let's continue working towards Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in 2025. Join us at: https://sortee.org/join/

Super stoked to share our latest research on the migratory patterns of painted lady butterflies across the Sahara! 🦋🏜️ www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

Trans-Saharan migratory patterns in Vanessa cardui and evidence for a southward leapfrog migration

Chemistry; Nature conservation; Ecology; Entomology

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I made one! I’ve realized when going to conferences that graduate students and early career professionals in the wildlife world are constantly communicating and will be working together later down the road. LMK if you want to be added, I def missed folks! go.bsky.app/FFFHs9U

Sharing some #dataviz reflections I've had to go from the classic choropleth map on the left to the map on the right [...]

Hi Bluesky! We are BWEEMS, Black Women in Ecology, Evolution and Marine Science. A non-profit dedicated to amplifying and supporting Black women in EEMS spaces! It's nice to be here! 🐟 🪴 🐊 www.bweems.org

Black Women in Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Science

BWEEMS is a global network of Black Women driving innovation in ecology, evolution, and marine science despite being historically overlooked and isolated in the field.

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Movement and migration ecology starter pack! Help me fill it out as more folks join Bluesky 🌎🌍🌏 go.bsky.app/SSiWN2u

This app is so cool! My science word cloud below:

Just Jeff@jeffhavig.bsky.social · 2y ago

Introducing myself: My science word cloud built from papers I have authored/co-authored. While I'm still in the post-twitter decompression/trust building phase, hoping to start sharing more of my science on here. Link: scholargoggler.com

Today begins GIS week at the University of California! Check out some of the many cool geospatial talks below - all talks are streaming online and all audiences are welcome! uc-gis-ucop.hub.arcgis.com/pages/uc-gis...

UC GIS Week 2024

geospatial of the University of California faculty, staff, students, and alumni. While we come together virtually to share our work with our community t...

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Movement and migration ecology starter pack! Help me fill it out as more folks join Bluesky 🌎🌍🌏 go.bsky.app/SSiWN2u

Paper alert!! 🌎🧪🌾 We showed that large Arctic herbivores impact plant abundance by way of their effects on plant phenology: plants that emerge earlier under herbivory than under herbivore exclusion also had greater abundance later in the season, and vice versa. academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

Large herbivores link plant phenology and abundance in Arctic tundra

Abstract. Plant phenological dynamics have been well studied in relation to abiotic conditions and climate change, but comparatively poorly studied in rela

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3. www.phylopic.org Free silhouette images of animals, plants, and other life forms.

PhyloPic

PhyloPic is an open database of free silhouette images of animals, plants, and other life forms, available for reuse under Creative Commons licenses. Download silhouettes for use in educational materi...

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If you see this post, post a photo taken in the mountains. Can’t resist! Chilkat Range, Southeast Alaska, July 2024

FrontRangeWildflowers@frwildflowers.bsky.social · 2y ago

If you see this post, post a photo taken in the mountains.

Excited to share our new synthesis of global change experiments from the Niwot LTER onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... We had a great team and great leadership from Jon Henn!

Long‐Term Alpine Plant Responses to Global Change Drivers Depend on Functional Traits

Predicting the effects of global change on plant species and communities is a critical challenge as global change drivers accelerate and intensify. We used functional traits to determine whether ther...

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Write your code knowing that you will deposit it with your paper. Trust me, this is good for you AND good for science. You'll be more careful if you know everyone else will eventually see your code and everyone else can learn from your methods. It's win-win!

Have you ever had to go back through old files for a project from 5 years ago (ahem, I have) & just hated Past You for leaving it such a mess? Yeah, me too. It sucks. Here's a post I made about easy data management tips you can do to help Future You laskowskilab.faculty.ucdavis.edu/2020/08/03/k...

Evening visit by a mule deer in Ukiah this weekend 🌎