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“The paper represents the voice of the Vanua o Ovalau—the people of Ovalau—speaking to our losses and the bleak future we face if no action is taken,” Dr Rosiana Lagi said. cebra.unimelb.edu.au/about/news/q... doi.org/10.5751/ES-1... doi.org/10.5751/ES-1...

Quality-of-life has drastically declined on Fiji island due to climate change, new study finds

Quality-of-life has drastically declined on Fiji island due to climate change, new study finds

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Fish in sand and gravel habitats in the North Sea and adjacent shelf seas: A systematic literature review: doi.org/10.32942/X2D...

Explore our new work on climate change impacts on Indigenous Fijian culture in Ovalau. Anca Hanea, Rosiana Lagi (USP), and @tkompas.bsky.social, Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis #CEBRA + Centre for Environmental & Economic Research #CEER, @unimelb.edu.au

Ecology & Society: Current and future climate change impacts on Indigenous lifestyle and cultural values in Ovalau, Fiji

Many <em>iTaukei</em> (Indigenous Fijian) communities maintain traditional lifestyles that may be particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts because of a reliance on small-scale subsistence agr...

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"Invasive species have cost the New South Wales economy at least AU$30 billion over the last five decades while the true cost may be far higher..." cebra.unimelb.edu.au/about/news/i... doi.org/10.3897/neob... @tkompas.bsky.social @lu-yiwang.bsky.social @biosecuritycommons.bsky.social #CEBRA

Invasive species costs for New South Wales are high, and growing

Invasive species costs for New South Wales are high, and growing

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New work tells a familiar story about invasive species impacts, while highlighting the value of #OpenScience resources for biosecurity. #CEBRA, @lu-yiwang.bsky.social, Anca Hanea, @tkompas.bsky.social

NeoBiota@neobiota.pensoft.net · 8mo ago

Invasive species are costing New South Wales billions of dollars a year, with plants and agricultural losses dominating reported impacts and major gaps remaining in how environmental and non-market damages are counted. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neob...

From policy to practice: progress towards #data- and #code-sharing in ecology and evolution #ProcB #OpenAccess royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Open data & code make science better. That means sharing data, & code with published research AND during peer review. But even at the better journals, submitting a manuscript is often confusing and tedious. 🧵1/3 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

From policy to practice: progress towards data- and code-sharing in ecology and evolution | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Data and code are essential for ensuring the credibility of scientific results and facilitating reproducibility, areas in which journal sharing policies play a crucial role. However, in ecology and ev...

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New in #ProcB - From policy to practice: Progress towards #data- and #code-sharing in ecology and evolution @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social @eivimeycook.bsky.social tell us more in our blog royalsociety.org/blog/2025/09...

New paper! 🥳📜 We reviewed 275 ecology & evolution journals: only 38% mandate data sharing & 27% mandate code sharing. 📉 We share recommendations to help close this gap. 💡 👉 Paper: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... 👉 Blog: royalsociety.org/blog/2025/09...

From policy to practice: progress towards data- and code-sharing in ecology and evolution | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Data and code are essential for ensuring the credibility of scientific results and facilitating reproducibility, areas in which journal sharing policies play a crucial role. However, in ecology and ev...

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Our latest #SORTEE-led paper is out now in #ProcB! We reviewed data/code-sharing policy clarity, strictness & timing across 275 EcoEvo journals We also worked with #ProcB & #EcologyLetters to assess initial compliance with sharing mandates. Huge team effort! 👉 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

From policy to practice: progress towards data- and code-sharing in ecology and evolution | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Data and code are essential for ensuring the credibility of scientific results and facilitating reproducibility, areas in which journal sharing policies play a crucial role. However, in ecology and evolution, we still do not know how widespread data- and ...

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Only 38% of ecology and evolution journals mandate data sharing and just 27% mandate code sharing New paper out today on how to fix this! Thnx to @eivimeycook.bsky.social @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social @nickmoran-sci.bsky.social @royalsocietypublishing.org 👉 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....

🙌 wonderful work leading this @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social, @eivimeycook.bsky.social, and @nickmoran-sci.bsky.social. Transparency with open data and code sharing is a critical first step in the quality control pipeline for research code.

Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar@asanchez-tojar.bsky.social · 11mo ago

📣 Hot off the press at #ProcB! 🔍 Our study checked data/code-sharing policies in 275 eco/evo journals and compliance in Proc B (n=2,340) & Ecology Letters (n=571). Policies exist, but clarity and strictness vary, affecting reproducibility. 🔗 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

📣 Hot off the press at #ProcB! 🔍 Our study checked data/code-sharing policies in 275 eco/evo journals and compliance in Proc B (n=2,340) & Ecology Letters (n=571). Policies exist, but clarity and strictness vary, affecting reproducibility. 🔗 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

Check out our latest preprint 📣 TADA guidelines 📣 TADA (Transferable, Accessible, Documented, Annotated) helps researchers across disciplines share code, with the ultimate goal of increasing code availability & its quality. Brilliantly led by @eivimeycook.bsky.social 🔗 doi.org/10.32942/X2D...

Ed Ivimey-Cook@eivimeycook.bsky.social · last yr.

🎉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.

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Ed Ivimey-Cook@eivimeycook.bsky.social · last yr.

Here's said mascot along with an excellent checklist by @shreyadimri.bsky.social

🎉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.

Learn about @biosecuritycommons.bsky.social at a webinar hosted by Australia's Chief Plant Protection Officer, Dr Gabrielle Vivian-Smith! 📅 Tues 25 March, 2pm AEDT ✍ Add the event to your calendar via this link: ardc.edu.au/event/austra... #NCRISimpact #biosecurity

Australian Chief Plant Protection Officer Webinar: Biosecurity Commons | ARDC

Learn about Biosecurity Commons - an open-access, cloud-based platform for modelling and analysing biosecurity risk and response.

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Detector dogs, particularly when used alongside other intervention methods, are effective at preventing invasive pests from entering new territories. Research paper by @nickmoran-sci.bsky.social: doi.org/10.3897/neob...

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Paws at the border: Dogs help stop invasive pests spread by air passengers

A new study by researchers at the University of Melbourne's Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis (CEBRA) highlights the biosecurity risks posed by air passengers and emphasizes the value...

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New work out. Finally proving empirically that dogs are the best 🐕‍🦺🐕🐩 doi.org/10.3897/neob...

NeoBiota@neobiota.pensoft.net · last yr.

Researchers from the University of Melbourne have found detector dogs to be effective at stopping air passengers spreading invasive pests into new territories. 🌏 Read more on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/02/13/a...

Our new pre-registered study on data- and code-sharing in 275 eco&evo journals: doi.org/10.32942/X24... Thanks to all participants of the @sortee.bsky.social hackathon. Special thanks to @eivimeycook.bsky.social & @nickmoran-sci.bsky.social for their invaluable contributions & leadership. You rock.

Ed Ivimey-Cook@eivimeycook.bsky.social · 2y ago

We end with guidance on how to improve data- and code-sharing policies across E&E. Shown here in this awesome diagram (made by Romy Zeiss and Kevin Bairos-Novak).

We end with guidance on how to improve data- and code-sharing policies across E&E. Shown here in this awesome diagram (made by Romy Zeiss and Kevin Bairos-Novak).

New work out of @sortee.bsky.social, led by @eivimeycook.bsky.social @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social, myself, & a huge global network of researchers. It has some genuinely fascinating insights into the peer-review process, and advocates for a stronger & more robust approach to code/data sharing. 🧵👇

Ed Ivimey-Cook@eivimeycook.bsky.social · 2y ago

🎉🎉New Preprint!!🎉🎉 "From Policy to Practice: Progress towards Data- and Code-Sharing in Ecology and Evolution" doi.org/10.32942/X24... Myself and a whole bunch of awesome coauthors reviewed data- and code-sharing policies across 275 journals that publish ecology and evolution studies.

Spoke today at the Levuka Town Hall, about cultural and economic impacts of climate change for the people of Ovalau. Thanks to the Fiji Environmental Law Association for facilitating this event. It has been a remarkable year of research on the island.

Hello Bluesky. I do various kinds of ecology and data science at the Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis #CEBRA at the University of Melbourne. Check out this new preprint about how detector dogs affect biosecurity interceptions at airports 👋✌️👍