🌍 Excited to share the Move Disease Archive (MDA)—co-led by me and @kmorelle.bsky.social with support from Movebank, Move BON, Euromammals, and many partners!
A global collection of wildlife movement + disease data to understand behavior, spread & spillover!
🔗 kimx3725.github.io/move-disease...
Depictions of evolution where a phylogeny often has humans on the far right or top can give an impression of evolution being progressive of leading to ‘increased complexity’ when it does not. Top figure shows such a phylogeny which can look the same as ‘the March of progress’ depiction most commonly used to depict evolution (showing monkey to man erroneous march of evolution) - instead swiveling some nodes on a phylogeny where humans are shown closer to the center (which doesn’t change relationships) can lead to better ‘tree thinking’
New post by me on #MITPressReader @mitpress.bsky.social
On the 100th anniversary of the #ScopesMonkeyTrial
the ways we depict #evolution can still give an erroneous progressive view (that evolution leads to humans or ‘increased complexity’).
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/is-our-pictu...
Scientific productivity gap based on English-language peer-reviewed papers. Shown are the maximum % differences in the number of peer-reviewed papers published by female native English speakers from a high-income country (-45%), female non-native English speakers from a high-income country (-60%), and female non-native English speakers from a lower-middle income country (-70%), compared to male native English speakers from a high-income country (red flag).
Women, non-native English speakers & those form low-income countries are disadvantaged in science but by how much? We found that women with non-English first languages from low-income countries publish up to 70% fewer in English than their counterparts. 1/5
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#languagebarriers
Please add me to this for postdoc. Thanks.
photo collage (c) Carolin Scholz
Animal movement and habitat selection - tracking at short intervals but running out of battery soon? Or large? ▶️ Intermediate is best, but mind the landscape!
📰 doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
Great finals of RTG @bio_move w @jsigner.bsky.social + 1st cohort doctoral students @cedricscherer.com + Caro
🚨 Paper Alert 🚨
Second PhD paper is out in Movement Ecology!
Exploring the behavioral responses of female #brownbears 🐻 to adult males! Females accompanied by dependent offspring, irrespective of age, perceive adult males as risk and use spatiotemporal avoidance tactics! #phd
Here: rdcu.be/emKnG
We're #hiring a Statistical Wildlife Ecologist! This position analyzes large, complex datasets to support landscape management throughout Canada.
Learn more and apply through the University of Alberta by May 27, 2025:
wildlifescience.ca/hiring-stati...
#biodiversity #mammals #wildlife
New paper out @jzoology.bsky.social !
What would you risk? In our study, Asian black bears took risks for love and food—differently, depending on sex and season.
doi.org/10.1111/jzo....
Great to see the feature on the social behaviour of solitary animals being released by #NewScientist #SamWong!
The feature also includes a short section regarding the findings of my first PhD paper. #brownbears #social #solitary #animals #science #wildlife
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
New paper out @commsearth.bsky.social !
Depopulation and climate warming have driven recovery in six large terrestrial mammals in Japan. Over 40 years of range expansion has brought them ever closer to human‑dominated landscapes—posing urgent challenges for coexistence.
doi.org/10.1038/s432...
