Just read and really enjoyed "Spark, Scaffold, Substrate" (the @asn-amnat.bsky.social paper on natural history in EEB research recommended by @hormiga.bsky.social) and I have two notes...

Interested in doing a postdoc in plankton ecology, on topics of community assembly, trait-based ecological resilience, stressor interactions, harmful algal blooms and others? Contact me to discuss developing a proposal for MSU's EEB Presidential Postdoc Fellowship (Nov 1 application deadline).

Lars Brudvig@lars-brudvig.bsky.social · 5d ago

Join us through the Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship in EEB! Conduct your own research, mentored by 2+ EEB faculty. $65k salary + research/moving $. All areas of EEB welcome. Apply by 11/1 I co-chair this search and am happy to field questions Spread the word! eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...

Kework & Pierson studied fine-scale spatial variation in reproductive tactic frequencies in two-lined salamanders and found that "searching" male frequencies were higher in small tributaries than in larger stream reaches. Read now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Excited to see this out in print now! Led by @hengxingzou.bsky.social this work empirically shows that the "Consequences of phenological shifts are determined by the number of generations per season." & how this relates to coexistence mechanisms. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Consequences of phenological shifts are determined by the number of generations per season

The order and timing of species' arrival in a community can often change species interactions. Termed priority effects, this phenomenon arises in communities with drastically different life histories...

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EEB Mentor Match is now open! But apps due soon (8/17). Mentees: get help applying for grad school or fellowships in ecology & evolution. Mentors: senior grads, post-docs, or faculty in these fields willing to give advice Org by Diversity Cmte of @asn-amnat.bsky.social Pls share! eebmentormatch.com

EEB Mentor Match

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Bumping this up since I arrived for #ESA2026. Also, f you want to learn more about temporal structure of communities and climate extremes come joint me for my talk at 3:30 today in 2051E or just come and find me in person this week.

Volker Rudolf@volkerrudolf.bsky.social · 3w ago

I’ll be heading to #ESA2026 end of the week. If you will also be there, and want to chat about your science or publishing in @asn-amnat.bsky.social (or just hang out) shoot me DM or email. I’m happy to chat.

Spread the word! My lab group is hosting a workshop tomorrow at #ESA2026: Ecological Theory for Everyone: A practical introduction to engaging with theory in your own research for those with little or no theoretical experience 1:30pm, Room 254B events.rdmobile.com/Sessions/Det...

For anyone that missed my talk at @isbe2026.bsky.social - never you fear! You can watch my talk and read more about the new Replication Studies section at @behavecol.bsky.social right here! laskowskilab.faculty.ucdavis.edu/2026/07/22/r...

An important and beautiful paper on the central role of natural history in ecology and evolutionary biology.

American Naturalist / ASN 🐌@asn-amnat.bsky.social · 4w ago

Historical Perspective: Sridhar et al. use the backstories of famous scientific papers in Ecology and Evolution to uncover the background roles of natural history that are written out of papers. Available now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

published ahead of print in @asn-amnat.bsky.social, by me et al.: doi.org/10.1086/743270 the first test (I think) of dynamic range models (spatially explicit population dynamic models) for mechanistic forecasting of near-term range shifts. they outperform a traditional species distribution model!

Dynamic range models improve the near-term forecast for a marine species on the move | The American Naturalist: Vol 0, No ja

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Weiss et al. use field observations, experiments, and simulations to demonstrate that periodical cicada nymphs use skototaxis (orientation and movement towards dark objects), to march unerringly to their molting trees at night. Read now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Field sampling while we’re in the triple digits. Still better then being in the office

Its This Hot Outside - Extreme Summer Heat

ALT: Its This Hot Outside - Extreme Summer Heat

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I’ll be heading to #ESA2026 end of the week. If you will also be there, and want to chat about your science or publishing in @asn-amnat.bsky.social (or just hang out) shoot me DM or email. I’m happy to chat.

Regression to the mean (RTM) is a statistical phenomenon in which extreme initial observations tend to be closer to the average upon subsequent measurement. Fontanari & Santos show that common RTM correction methods are problematic. Read now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Historical Perspective: Sridhar et al. use the backstories of famous scientific papers in Ecology and Evolution to uncover the background roles of natural history that are written out of papers. Available now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Godoy et al. explored whether cooperation gives rise to mechanisms of coexistence that competition does not promote and found that cooperation promotes three unique mechanisms that diversify the pathways to coexistence. Read now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

In this new paper in @asn-amnat.bsky.social , Swapna Subramanian asks whether the performance of an ecological community can be predicted by the performance of its dominant member, using wild yeast on apple orchards. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....

Very proud of this project! @oscar-godoy.bsky.social @langa71.bsky.social

American Naturalist / ASN 🐌@asn-amnat.bsky.social · 4w ago

Godoy et al. explored whether cooperation gives rise to mechanisms of coexistence that competition does not promote and found that cooperation promotes three unique mechanisms that diversify the pathways to coexistence. Read now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Cissell & McCoy reveal that spatially heterogeneous predation may contribute to asynchronous community extinction, stabilizing cyanobacterial mat metacommunities despite extensive community-scale instability. Read now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Arnold et al. developed a novel extension of mechanistic home range analyses (MHRA) that is able to predict both territorial shifts following harvest and non-territorial behaviors in the elusive felid Canada lynx (Lynx Canadensis). Read now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

When organisms colonize new environments, they can experience release from previous parasites. Bolnick et al. use an experiment to track how this release leads to large fluctuations in infection rates, as well as immune evolution. Read now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

It’s the season for making Hot sauce!

Congrats we just made it impossible to come here for a PhD www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/m...

Trump administration limits student visas to four years, changing longstanding policy - The Boston Globe

The new rule, which also restricts the international students’ ability to transfer schools or change majors without approval in their first year, will go into effect in mid-September.

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Yesterday, AAAS submitted a comment on the OMB proposed rule on federal grantmaking, highlighting an overemphasis on political objectives in scientific priority setting & deprioritization of scientific opportunity, peer review, and the needs of Americans. Read the full comment https://bit.ly/4w6O8PE

I think my new favorite example of a historical constraint in evolution just arrived in my print (🥰) copy of @asn-amnat.bsky.social!!! And on the same week that i prepped my lecture on adaptation and constraints!!!

This is an awesome experiment that @hengxingzou.bsky.social pulled off testing theory on priority effects & coexistence. What he forgot to mention is that it required manipulating and tracking thousands of beetles & hundreds of colonies on his own. Truly a Herculean effort!

Hengxing Zou@hengxingzou.bsky.social · 4w ago

Glad to see my last dissertation chapter published! In this experiment, we tested how the arrival times and number of overlapping generations affect competitive outcomes between two flour beetles… doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... @esajournals.bsky.social (1/3)

This campus squirrel gives ofd some major Friday vibes, kinda how I feel after just finishing setting up a big experiment this morning

Hari Sridhar hs a nice bew paper on the role of natural history in ecology and evolution www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Spark, Scaffold, Substrate: The Multiple Hidden Roles of Natural History in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | The American Naturalist: Vol 0, No 0

AbstractOver the last 30 years, as ecology and evolutionary biology (EEB) has become more theoretical, experimental, and data driven, there has been a growing worry that the space for natural history ...

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🧪 Physiology is a hidden dimension of diversity in the radiation of woodland salamanders | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Physiology is a hidden dimension of diversity in the radiation of woodland salamanders | PNAS

Morphological evolution can be explosive, producing visually spectacular adaptive radiations like Caribbean anoles, Malagasy vangas, and African Ri...

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"I know there's a lot of concern about the proliferation of journals, slop in the in the literature — the best way to combat this is to publish in society-owned journals." — @asn-amnat.bsky.social President @beckyfuller82.bsky.social preaching the Gospel #Evol2026