Fell runner/skier/outdoorsy. Animal ecologist and data person. Environmental data scientist @UK_CEH. He/him
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We just published a simulation study showing that model-based sampling can improve the performance of species distribution models using #citizenscience data! Really cool to see how beneficial adaptive sampling can be in real-world contexts! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
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Apply now for a 2025 AOS Kessel Fellowship. This year, our early-career Fellowship grant amounts will be $15K each for #OrnithologicalResearch & one $30K grant for #ArcticResearch. Applications are due by 1/31/25.
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Why do birds coordinate provisioning to young? Work by @ChayAnimalFacts, @beckerhopper, @SamCPatrick & Hatchwell suggests long-tailed tits exhibit 2 forms of coordination; synchronizing visits to ⬇️predation risk & turn feeding to ⬆️ offspring recruitment.
doi.org/10.1093/evlett/qrae0…
ALT Photo of a Long-tailed tit in a nest by @MarionGermain15
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📖Published📖
In their new Review, Henrys et al. provide an introduction to adaptive sampling for ecologists 👇
doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14…
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New exciting 2.5 postdoc position available in our team at @NorskPolar to identify & map the distribution of North Atlantic seabird prey species 🐠🐟🗺️
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Two papers in @MethodsEcolEvol in the space of a few months really blows my mind a little. These have been a long time in the making and am very pleased to see them out. A lot of hard work through challenging times...
The "older" one is a simulation study investigating a few different methods to evaluate whether adaptive sampling could work for improving citizen science data. Spoiler: it works! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
For a better summary of the second paper than I could ever do, see this post by @mjopocock
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Recording nature where it matters (adaptive sampling in #citizenscience) improves results of biodiversity modelling - according to our new simulation study in @MethodsEcolEvol 🧵
@TMondain @simon_rolph @decidenature
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Ledig postdoktorstilling i prosjektet “Spatial population dynamic in seabirds” i Tromsø.
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NEW JOB in #ornithology to study the migratory decisions of #seabirds in #Scotland and #Norway: buff.ly/45Okgvf
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I couldn’t sleep last night so apropos of nothing (pride month? 🤷♂️😂) I present
🎤✨📊 Pop Girlies as Probability Distributions ✨🎤📊
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📢3.5yr postdoc research fellow position in evolutionary ecology - apply now! Quantifying spatio-seasonal variation in #selection on seasonal #migration. Deadline July 15. @UoABioSci @UKCEHseabirds @NERCscience #ecoevo abdnjobs.co.uk/vacancy/resea…
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Using log(X+1) when estimating population trends is a classic mistakes of many papers in ecology, including famous one published in @Science and @NatureEcoEvo about #insect decline.
Why is it a mistake? Because it breaks the interpretability of the slope (trend) as a growth rate.
log(0) = {Drop it, Scale it, Reform it, Invert it, Group it, press it, snap it, work it, quick erase it} or maybe what these authors do instead? @dggoldst
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If any EU/UK citizens want to come hang out in warm and sunny Florida for a couple years and work on a postdoc, please don't hesitate to reach out about developing a proposal for this call! Anything related to ecology, macroecology, citizen science, urban ecology, etc.
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Interested in a #postdocposition in HiRAD and work on aerial #biodiversity monitoring with #radar? Apply here:
apply.refline.ch/273855/1638…
and join us!
@BiodiversaPlus @WSL_research @WSL_DME @Aero_Eco @idiv
With: @BaranesJudy @cnilsson709 @peterdesmet @hvangasteren @FelixLiechti @bart_kra @barthoekstra @HuyPieter
@globam_net
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The state of academic publishing in 3 graphs, 6 trends, and 4 thoughts dynamicecology.wordpress.com… via @DynamicEcology
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The BMJ is looking for a freelance statistical reviewer, offering to pay £115/review.
Yes we can professionalise peer review and pay academics for peer review as a service.
jobsearch.bmj.com/jobs/job/F…