Published in @jappliedecology.bsky.social!😀
We show how (Hierarchical) Hidden Markov Models ((H)HMMs) can be tailored to different epidemiological scenarios to infer disease status directly from animal movement data.
🔗 ttps://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.70323
Science communication is at the heart of why I love doing in science.
Take a look at this paper we published on a workshop we did on effective ways of doing science communication across multiple settings. @esalatamcarib.bsky.social
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Outstanding paper and spectacular dataset!! And led by a @gtsciences.bsky.social undergraduate student!!! Congratulations Shreyas & @benjaminfreeman.bsky.social - fantastic!! 🐦🦅🪹
New paper out - fun collaboration with @wcratcliff.bsky.social & led by the wonderful Tony Burnetti! IMO, a rare clear example identifying the mechanism underlying priority effects at macroevolutionary scales. Also, continuing to justify my PhD from a plant lab 🍃
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
The first issue of 2026 is now out! 🚨
This issue contains our new special feature 'Conservation, ecology and artificial intelligence: Advances and symbiotic solutions'. 🌍 🧪
Read the whole issue here 👇
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🌊 Parasites are not always bad! In blue mussels (Mytilus edulis), trematode infection can buffer acute heat stress, linked to increased heat shock protein expression. A surprising twist on host-parasite interactions under warming conditions
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Join us for the Great Backyard Bird Count February 13-16! You can be anywhere in the world, any age & any level of experience. Count birds for at least 15 minutes, then let us know what you see. Your observations help researchers learn more about how to help birds. birdcount.org
This is a wonderful summary of how two common connectivity models used in ecology and conservation are related:
Circuit theory is a special case of connectivity modeling with the SAMC (Spatial Absorbing Markov Chains)
Breaking News: Yale will waive tuition for new undergraduate students whose families have annual incomes below $200,000.
I don't know who needs a break from the world to read about desert rodents, but I definitely needed a break from the world to write it. Nearly a year has passed, but here's an update on the unprecedented events over the past year at the Portal Project.
Do you want to scare an academic colleague?
Ask them, “What’s the unit of the variance?” … and then quietly leave their office.
😂
We're looking for a full-stack developer! Help us build the best open data platforms for pandemic prediction in the world.
Probably a short-term contract, but if you're looking for a full-time gig, let's talk. Inquire within: www.viralemergence.org/blog/were-hi...
Recovering tropical forests grow back ~2x as fast when they have enough nitrogen, says a new @natcomms.nature.com paper coauthored by Cary’s Sarah Batterman. Paper suggests strategies to naturally boost soil N and speed up trees' CO2 absorption for ~10 years www.caryinstitute.org/news-insight...
Both perspectives are important and both need each other.
If you do not go into the field, collaborate with those that do.
If you are incredible in the field, find a quantitative friend.
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We're hiring a full-time research software engineer for biodiversity & bioacoustics!
Position offers a strong research component with independence + research pub opportunities and real-world impact.
expected salary range $111K - $116K.
dse.berkeley.edu/news/were-hi...
@brunalab.bsky.social
Happy 2026 fellow academics!
May our meetings be shorter & our calendars kinder!
PS: and may our R scripts reproducible, and our Reviewer 2 merciful 😉
We are recruiting several PhD students. If you are interested in conservation conflicts, population ecology, quantitative ecology, or biodiversity, check these projects out (links in the thread, feel free to reach out):
Coquito Was Once a Puerto Rican Secret. Now Everybody Knows. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/n...
I remember when we used to call chronic wasting disease “a disease in slow motion”. No longer.
Another strong argument for multidisciplinary training
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Wow!! Those are amazing tshirts!
Our review outlining how we can better use climate data for understanding ecology and evolution— now published in TREE! I’ll give it a rundown after the holidays.
Really excited about what came in the mail today:
Book cover for Reproducible Code guide. The cover has a red background with a large yellow-bodied black-headed stag beetle.
Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!
Hope Badger gets better soon
