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Maximilian Pichler @maximilianpichler.bsky.social · 8h

#PhD position!

I’m looking for a PhD Student (1+3 years) to model insect populations using statistical models + deep learning at #TheoreticalEcology, Regensburg (Germany).

Join our team - please RT!

Details: karriere.uni-regensburg.de/tg7w9

#Insects #Ecology #DeepLearning #Ecology #Monitoring

WSL Umweltforschung @wslresearch.bsky.social · 14h

🛰️🌿💻 #PostDoc Alert! PhD in #EnvironmentalSciences, #RemoteSensing or #ComputerVision, and sound ecological knowledge of #biodiversity? You work comfortably with statistical computing and scripting languages? We offer a 2-year PostDoc position: apply.refline.ch/273855/1792/... #ecology #ScienceJobs

Job offer: PostDoc “Remote Sensing for Biodiversity Monitoring” – Eawag-WSL BiMo Initiative (80-100%, f/m/d)
A key component of an effective biodiversity strategy is rapid and scalable monitoring. Eawag and WSL have extensive expertise and experience in novel biodiversity monitoring approaches. The new Biodiversity Monitoring initiative (BiMo) aims to strengthen this research portfolio and generate effective practice implementation. BiMo has a strong focus on method development and outputs with high relevance for stakeholders. In addition to the remote sensing project for which we are recruiting here, BiMo comprises two further projects that will obtain information from eDNA and image analysis, with the joint objective to strengthen capacities at Eawag and WSL for developing and implementing biodiversity monitoring methods. In this project, you will examine the potential and applicability of remote sensing technologies and data (2D, 3D, active and passive sensors on different platforms) to assess and monitor terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity. You will adapt existing methods and available data on national scale to swiftly enhance ongoing monitoring programmes, identify gaps and unsolved issues and design new avenues. You will be actively involved in a large BiMo joint research proposal aimed at third-party funding.
You hold a PhD degree in environmental science, remote sensing, computer vision or an equivalent field and have sound ecological knowledge of biodiversity. You work comfortably with statistical computing and scripting languages (e.g. R, Python). You are highly motivated to analyse data using sophisticated methods and tools. Good communication and organisation skills, an excellent team spirit and fluency in German or English with very good knowledge of the other language are mandatory.

The project is led by Christian Ginzler (WSL) and Dr. Daniel Odermatt (Eawag). The successful applicant will be based and hired in the group of Christian Ginzler at WSL.

ESA Journals @esajournals.bsky.social · 1d

🆕 in "Ecological Monographs": Static models miss the mark—adding nonlinear, density-based facilitation helps predict coexistence, persistence, and realistic community dynamics

📄Neighbor density-dependent facilitation promotes coexistence and internal oscillation
doi.org/10.1002/ecm....

Schematic illustrating how species interactions can depend on neighborhood density and identity.

Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 1d

Would you help me spread the word?🫶🏽

Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 1d

Are you involved in ecological forecasting in Europe?
We’re mapping forecasting applications across the continent — from SDMs to observatories with predictive potential.
Our goal: make EU forecasting more connected and identify both immediate and long-term forecasting potential.

Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 1d

Submit your project here 👉 euro-ecoforecast.wordpress.com/forecasting-...
#EcologicalForecasting #EEFI #AIforEcology #OpenScience

Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 1d

Are you involved in ecological forecasting in Europe?
We’re mapping forecasting applications across the continent — from SDMs to observatories with predictive potential.
Our goal: make EU forecasting more connected and identify both immediate and long-term forecasting potential.

Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 1d

Izindeyim 🙏🏽

"Ben, manevî miras olarak hiçbir âyet, hiçbir dogma, hiçbir donmuş ve kalıplaşmış kural bırakmıyorum. Benim manevi mirasım ilim ve akıldır."

The International Biogeography Society @biogeography.bsky.social · 2d

Dr. Laura Pollock will be giving the last Funk Seminar of 2025! Registration and information about this talk can be found on our website: www.biogeography.org/news/news/no...

Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 4d

So good

Davis Vaughan @davisvaughan.bsky.social · 4d

We are looking for #rstats community feedback on 3 new dplyr functions!

We're aiming to expand the `filter()` family:

- `filter()` to keep rows
- `filter_out()` to drop rows
- `when_any()` and `when_all()` as modifiers

Read more and leave feedback here:
github.com/tidyverse/ti...

Example of using `filter_out()` on the `penguins` dataset, showing how it is much easier than `filter()`, especially with `NA`s

Davis Vaughan @davisvaughan.bsky.social · 4d

We are looking for #rstats community feedback on 3 new dplyr functions!

We're aiming to expand the `filter()` family:

- `filter()` to keep rows
- `filter_out()` to drop rows
- `when_any()` and `when_all()` as modifiers

Read more and leave feedback here:
github.com/tidyverse/ti...

Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 7d

2-years #postdoc #position: #eDNA 🧬🔬for integrated #ecosystem and #biodiversity assessment

apply.refline.ch/673277/1297/...

In the new Eawag/WSL Biodiversity Monitoring Initiative we will strengthen & advance effective and scalable #biodiversity #monitoring methods & implement into practice. 🌐🌳🐟📈

apply.refline.ch

Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 14d

Very exciting model! Looking forward to trying it out!

Xavier Morin @xaviermorin.bsky.social · 19d

📣So happy to share the PhorEau model, combining models of forest dynamics, plant water relations, and process-based SDM = linking ecophysiology, ecology & biogeography 🌳📈💻
gmd.copernicus.org/articles/18/...
➡️ from Tanguy Postic's PhD, with many perspectives to simulate forests under CC

PHOREAU v1.0: a new process-based model to predict forest functioning, from tree ecophysiology to forest dynamics and biogeography

Abstract. Climate change impacts forest functioning and dynamics, but large uncertainties remain regarding the interactions between species composition, demographic processes and environmental drivers...

gmd.copernicus.org

The International Biogeography Society @biogeography.bsky.social · 15d

Don't forget to check out these fantastic workshops! Learn more here: conferences.au.dk/tibs-aarhus-...

Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 15d

For more information: conferences.au.dk/tibs-aarhus-...
Register now: conferences.au.dk/tibs-aarhus-...

workshop 2

conferences.au.dk

Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 15d

Hosted by the European Ecological Forecasting Initiative (EEFI) @ecoforecast.bsky.social

Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 15d

If you create and submit a relevant model, we’ll be thrilled to invite you as a co-author on our upcoming synthesis paper!

Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 15d

You’ll get access to our biodiversity dataset — complete with environmental variables — and the chance to build your own predictive model using the same inputs. Your model will then be evaluated against ours using forecasting skill scores and other performance metrics to see how well it performs.

Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 15d

🧊 Did your model freeze in time? Let’s bring it back to life!
Join our hands-on workshop “Building Near-Term Iterative Forecasting Workflows” at #TIBS2026 – Aarhus, 6 Jan 2026 🌍
We’ll explore how to turn static predictions into dynamic, self-updating forecasts. @paniw.bsky.social

Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 17d

Ecology should reclaim technology and digital twins are the most promising start🌿 Such a great interview from @paniw.bsky.social 🫶🏽

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Digital flocks, predators allow ecologists to simulate real-world animal behaviour

‘Digital twins’ of real-world objects are moving from manufacturing to wildlife management.

www.nature.com

Xavier Morin @xaviermorin.bsky.social · 19d

📣So happy to share the PhorEau model, combining models of forest dynamics, plant water relations, and process-based SDM = linking ecophysiology, ecology & biogeography 🌳📈💻
gmd.copernicus.org/articles/18/...
➡️ from Tanguy Postic's PhD, with many perspectives to simulate forests under CC

PHOREAU v1.0: a new process-based model to predict forest functioning, from tree ecophysiology to forest dynamics and biogeography

Abstract. Climate change impacts forest functioning and dynamics, but large uncertainties remain regarding the interactions between species composition, demographic processes and environmental drivers...

gmd.copernicus.org

Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 25d

I will try it soon

Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 25d

Interesting 🤭
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q.e.d Science

Critical Thinking AI for constructive criticism and science evaluation

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Maria Paniw @paniw.bsky.social · 28d

I am really proud of this study! It was led by an amazing ECR, highlights the work of a wonderful team of co-authors, and has resulted in a database of mechanistic demographic models currently being expanded to include underrepresented taxa to do comparative forecasts: github.com/MariaPaniw/C...

PNAS Nexus @pnasnexus.org · Oct 6

A study of how 41 plant and animal species react to climate change highlights the complexity of density feedbacks, in which population reductions lead to an easing of competition for the remaining individuals. In PNAS Nexus: https://ow.ly/xQMz50X6h6s

Wild arctic fox (Vulpes Lagopus), one of the studied species. Stock photo.

Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 28d

Postdoc Opportunity - Interested in plant scaling, quantitative botany, or theoretical plant biology? join our group to explore how plant form, function & scaling principles connect across levels of organization
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons-postdoctoral-fellowships-in-plant-biology🧪🌾🌐

Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology

Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology on Simons Foundation

www.simonsfoundation.org

Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 29d

Look at this amazing figure🫶🏽😱

Karl Andraczek @karlandraczek.bsky.social · 29d

I had the honour to write a @newphyt.bsky.social commentary on this fantastic paper — summarizing its key insights and exploring exciting directions for future research. Hope it may spark new ideas and helps the community! ✨
🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Trajectories of alpine plant communities under climate change.

Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 29d

This came as a beautiful surprise! What an amazing feeling reading a commentary on your paper, especially if you put soooo much work on it! Thank you @karlandraczek.bsky.social and @newphyt.bsky.social !

Karl Andraczek @karlandraczek.bsky.social · 29d

Predicting how climate warming reshapes plant communities and their functioning is crucial. But how can we unearth its effects — especially in rapidly warming alpine systems? ⛰️🥵
👉 @billurbektas.bsky.social et al. shed light on this in an inspiring study: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Traits and functions of alpine plant communities respond strongly but not always sufficiently to in situ climate change

Increasing climate warming and summer droughts are known to affect mountain plant communities, their functional traits and life strategies. However, little is known about how strongly and efficientl...

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Karl Andraczek @karlandraczek.bsky.social · 29d

I had the honour to write a @newphyt.bsky.social commentary on this fantastic paper — summarizing its key insights and exploring exciting directions for future research. Hope it may spark new ideas and helps the community! ✨
🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Karl Andraczek @karlandraczek.bsky.social · 29d

Predicting how climate warming reshapes plant communities and their functioning is crucial. But how can we unearth its effects — especially in rapidly warming alpine systems? ⛰️🥵
👉 @billurbektas.bsky.social et al. shed light on this in an inspiring study: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Traits and functions of alpine plant communities respond strongly but not always sufficiently to in situ climate change

Increasing climate warming and summer droughts are known to affect mountain plant communities, their functional traits and life strategies. However, little is known about how strongly and efficientl...

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · Oct 10

I don’t want my emails to be summarized or read or written by AI in any way. I do not want to integrate AI in my google docs.

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