Chris Klausmeier
@chrisklausmeier.bsky.social
Professor of Theoretical Ecology, Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University
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We still have room in the lab if you want to experience a writing retreat next month ! A great occasion to visit the (maybe) snowy french Pyrenees.
- From 8 to13 december
- From 15 to 20 december
All infos here : 👇
intp.science/fr/content/r...
- From 8 to13 december
- From 15 to 20 december
All infos here : 👇
intp.science/fr/content/r...
INTP - Appel à résidences
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November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
We still have room in the lab if you want to experience a writing retreat next month ! A great occasion to visit the (maybe) snowy french Pyrenees.
- From 8 to13 december
- From 15 to 20 december
All infos here : 👇
intp.science/fr/content/r...
- From 8 to13 december
- From 15 to 20 december
All infos here : 👇
intp.science/fr/content/r...
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📅Our speaker next week is Ágnes Móréh (HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Hungary) presenting:
⭐Simultaneous invasion by two species: consequences for their success and for the resident community⭐
Zoom Link: iite.info/seminar/
Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...
See you there!
⭐Simultaneous invasion by two species: consequences for their success and for the resident community⭐
Zoom Link: iite.info/seminar/
Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...
See you there!
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 AM
📅Our speaker next week is Ágnes Móréh (HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Hungary) presenting:
⭐Simultaneous invasion by two species: consequences for their success and for the resident community⭐
Zoom Link: iite.info/seminar/
Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...
See you there!
⭐Simultaneous invasion by two species: consequences for their success and for the resident community⭐
Zoom Link: iite.info/seminar/
Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...
See you there!
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Finally a thread that intersects with the insights and expertise of @chrisklausmeier.bsky.social and @maitner.bsky.social
What do Pac-Man, Space Invaders, and Mortal Kombat have to teach us about #cultural #evolution? As a social-technological phenomenon, #arcade game genres evolved like cultural species—some diversified, while others became "living fossils." 🕹️🧪 👉 doi.org/10.1017/ehs....
November 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Postdoc position in individual-level incentives, social
learning, and payoff-biased imitation shape group-level accuracy in complex prediction and decision-making tasks in Konstanz
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learning, and payoff-biased imitation shape group-level accuracy in complex prediction and decision-making tasks in Konstanz
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November 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Postdoc position in individual-level incentives, social
learning, and payoff-biased imitation shape group-level accuracy in complex prediction and decision-making tasks in Konstanz
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learning, and payoff-biased imitation shape group-level accuracy in complex prediction and decision-making tasks in Konstanz
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Excited to share our fresh-off-the-press Annual Review on the role of temperature in metabolic scaling! We review the state of the field on this topic and unpack confusion about the various ways the term "scaling" is used in metabolic theories. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Scaling Temperature Effects on Metabolism from Individuals to Ecosystems
The effects of temperature on metabolic rates are a core component of ecological change, with surprisingly regular effects across diverse ecological systems. Metabolic scaling theories can provide qua...
www.annualreviews.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Excited to share our fresh-off-the-press Annual Review on the role of temperature in metabolic scaling! We review the state of the field on this topic and unpack confusion about the various ways the term "scaling" is used in metabolic theories. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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One of the most unique aspects of ICTP is our Diploma Programme. Pre-PhD students from the Global South spend 1 year in Trieste to gain knowledge and skills necessary to pursue PhDs worldwide.
The 2026-2027 call is now open w/ a February 28 deadline. Please circulate.
www.ictp.it/news/2025/11...
The 2026-2027 call is now open w/ a February 28 deadline. Please circulate.
www.ictp.it/news/2025/11...
Call for Applications, Postgraduate Diploma Programme | ICTP
Are you a student who dreams of earning a PhD in physics or mathematics, but who lives in a country lacking such opportunities? ICTP could be your first step on the path to attaining a PhD.
www.ictp.it
November 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
One of the most unique aspects of ICTP is our Diploma Programme. Pre-PhD students from the Global South spend 1 year in Trieste to gain knowledge and skills necessary to pursue PhDs worldwide.
The 2026-2027 call is now open w/ a February 28 deadline. Please circulate.
www.ictp.it/news/2025/11...
The 2026-2027 call is now open w/ a February 28 deadline. Please circulate.
www.ictp.it/news/2025/11...
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Had a great day visiting Michigan State and looking forward to another tomorrow at Kellogg Biological Station! Thanks Morgan Clark for the seminar art! 👌🏻
November 21, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Had a great day visiting Michigan State and looking forward to another tomorrow at Kellogg Biological Station! Thanks Morgan Clark for the seminar art! 👌🏻
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I am currently searching for a new postdoctoral researcher to study the evolution, genetics, and physiology of cold acclimation and freezing tolerance in switchgrass at Michigan State University. This work will be funded by a newly funded five-year DOE grant. careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...
Research Associate-Fixed Term - East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Position Summary
The Lowry Lab at Michigan State University is searching for a postdoctoral research associate to conduct molecular and physiological experiments to understand the causes of genetic va...
careers.msu.edu
November 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I am currently searching for a new postdoctoral researcher to study the evolution, genetics, and physiology of cold acclimation and freezing tolerance in switchgrass at Michigan State University. This work will be funded by a newly funded five-year DOE grant. careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...
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Join us for an @smtpb.bsky.social workshop on Modern Coexistence Theory. We'll cover mathematical foundations, the theory of partitioning, and data-based applications. Featuring @swatipatel.bsky.social, Nick Kortessis, & Lauren Shoemaker. Zoom link here: smtpb.org/event-6426026
November 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Join us for an @smtpb.bsky.social workshop on Modern Coexistence Theory. We'll cover mathematical foundations, the theory of partitioning, and data-based applications. Featuring @swatipatel.bsky.social, Nick Kortessis, & Lauren Shoemaker. Zoom link here: smtpb.org/event-6426026
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Our most recent seminar from Meghna Krishnadas is now available to watch 🌳🦠🌳
youtu.be/zzOS16wA9YU?...
youtu.be/zzOS16wA9YU?...
Meghna Krishnadas - Demographic responses of plants to abiotic and biotic drivers
YouTube video by PopBio on the Dark Side
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November 18, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Our most recent seminar from Meghna Krishnadas is now available to watch 🌳🦠🌳
youtu.be/zzOS16wA9YU?...
youtu.be/zzOS16wA9YU?...
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Like math and plant community ecology?
I am recruiting one or two new Ph.D. students to work on theory and its integration with data in the areas of forest dynamics, species coexistence, or plant community ecology more generally.
Deadlines for the EEB and Plant Biology programs are Dec. 1.
I am recruiting one or two new Ph.D. students to work on theory and its integration with data in the areas of forest dynamics, species coexistence, or plant community ecology more generally.
Deadlines for the EEB and Plant Biology programs are Dec. 1.
Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
The Ecology, Evolution and Behavior graduate program at The University of Texas at Austin is top-10 ranked.
integrativebio.utexas.edu
November 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Like math and plant community ecology?
I am recruiting one or two new Ph.D. students to work on theory and its integration with data in the areas of forest dynamics, species coexistence, or plant community ecology more generally.
Deadlines for the EEB and Plant Biology programs are Dec. 1.
I am recruiting one or two new Ph.D. students to work on theory and its integration with data in the areas of forest dynamics, species coexistence, or plant community ecology more generally.
Deadlines for the EEB and Plant Biology programs are Dec. 1.
Now that Canadian wildfire season is over, Michigan leaf burning season can commence 😷
November 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Now that Canadian wildfire season is over, Michigan leaf burning season can commence 😷
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We are doing spatial patterns in class tomorrow. So please enjoy my simulation of Pokemon battles on a lattice. Pokemon attack a random neighbor and winners are based on the game's hierarchy (water > fire > ice ...). Some amazing spatial patterns emerging from 7-way rock-paper-scissors!
November 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
We are doing spatial patterns in class tomorrow. So please enjoy my simulation of Pokemon battles on a lattice. Pokemon attack a random neighbor and winners are based on the game's hierarchy (water > fire > ice ...). Some amazing spatial patterns emerging from 7-way rock-paper-scissors!
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Our paper "Nitrite accumulation in marine oxygen minimum zones induced by microbial nitrite consumers" is online @natgeosci.nature.com! We found that microbial nitrite consumers counterintuitively lead to nitrite accumulation in marine oxygen minimum zones! 🦠 🌊 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Nitrite accumulation in marine oxygen minimum zones induced by microbial nitrite consumers - Nature Geoscience
Despite being consumers, nitrite-oxidizing bacteria contribute to the accumulation of nitrite in marine oxygen minimum zones through interactions with other microbes, in particular denitrifiers, accor...
www.nature.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Our paper "Nitrite accumulation in marine oxygen minimum zones induced by microbial nitrite consumers" is online @natgeosci.nature.com! We found that microbial nitrite consumers counterintuitively lead to nitrite accumulation in marine oxygen minimum zones! 🦠 🌊 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Our work on rethinking tipping is set to appear in The American Naturalist. Find the accepted version here www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Rethinking tipping points in spatial ecosystems | The American Naturalist: Vol 0, No ja
www.journals.uchicago.edu
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Our work on rethinking tipping is set to appear in The American Naturalist. Find the accepted version here www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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📅Our speaker next week is Violeta Calleja-Solanas @violetacalleja.bsky.social (Estación Biológica de Doñana):
⭐The effect on stability of the temporal variability of species interactions⭐
Zoom Link: iite.info/seminar/
Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...
Open to all, see you there!
⭐The effect on stability of the temporal variability of species interactions⭐
Zoom Link: iite.info/seminar/
Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...
Open to all, see you there!
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
📅Our speaker next week is Violeta Calleja-Solanas @violetacalleja.bsky.social (Estación Biológica de Doñana):
⭐The effect on stability of the temporal variability of species interactions⭐
Zoom Link: iite.info/seminar/
Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...
Open to all, see you there!
⭐The effect on stability of the temporal variability of species interactions⭐
Zoom Link: iite.info/seminar/
Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...
Open to all, see you there!
Maybe I should’ve skipped this version 😈
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Maybe I should’ve skipped this version 😈
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“This one’s dedicated to a special brain-infiltrating eukaryotic parasite - you know who you are.”
November 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
“This one’s dedicated to a special brain-infiltrating eukaryotic parasite - you know who you are.”
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Some in my household like @stephenbheard.bsky.social 's book for the contents; others prefer the taste and texture of the cover.
November 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Some in my household like @stephenbheard.bsky.social 's book for the contents; others prefer the taste and texture of the cover.
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Biological modeling is organized inquiry, but how should we think about the process?
My new paper in #EcologyLetters argues that we should model like experimentalists: define treatments, measure responses, validate, perturb, repeat.
👉 doi.org/10.1111/ele....
Do you agree?
My new paper in #EcologyLetters argues that we should model like experimentalists: define treatments, measure responses, validate, perturb, repeat.
👉 doi.org/10.1111/ele....
Do you agree?
https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70251
November 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Biological modeling is organized inquiry, but how should we think about the process?
My new paper in #EcologyLetters argues that we should model like experimentalists: define treatments, measure responses, validate, perturb, repeat.
👉 doi.org/10.1111/ele....
Do you agree?
My new paper in #EcologyLetters argues that we should model like experimentalists: define treatments, measure responses, validate, perturb, repeat.
👉 doi.org/10.1111/ele....
Do you agree?
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Warning. ⚠️ If you are writing an NSF GRFP, new this year, you need official transcripts to apply. Beware. They will not review applications without official transcripts. ‼️
November 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Warning. ⚠️ If you are writing an NSF GRFP, new this year, you need official transcripts to apply. Beware. They will not review applications without official transcripts. ‼️
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📣Today!📣
Our next seminar speaker is Gonzalo Robledo (Universidad de Chile), presenting:
⭐Sensitivity analysis for time varying ecological networks⭐
As ever free and open for all!
Zoom link: iite.info/seminar/
Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...
See you there!
Our next seminar speaker is Gonzalo Robledo (Universidad de Chile), presenting:
⭐Sensitivity analysis for time varying ecological networks⭐
As ever free and open for all!
Zoom link: iite.info/seminar/
Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...
See you there!
November 4, 2025 at 11:02 AM
📣Today!📣
Our next seminar speaker is Gonzalo Robledo (Universidad de Chile), presenting:
⭐Sensitivity analysis for time varying ecological networks⭐
As ever free and open for all!
Zoom link: iite.info/seminar/
Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...
See you there!
Our next seminar speaker is Gonzalo Robledo (Universidad de Chile), presenting:
⭐Sensitivity analysis for time varying ecological networks⭐
As ever free and open for all!
Zoom link: iite.info/seminar/
Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...
See you there!
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NYC and adjacent friends: I'm thrilled and terrified to be giving a public lecture in Manhattan at 6pm on Wednesday, 19 November. If you feel like coming into the city* for the evening, I'd love to see you there!
*Yes, NYC = "the city" for Jersey girls.
www.simonsfoundation.org/event/trade-...
*Yes, NYC = "the city" for Jersey girls.
www.simonsfoundation.org/event/trade-...
Trade, Borrow, or Steal: How Acquired Metabolism Drives Evolution
Trade, Borrow, or Steal: How Acquired Metabolism Drives Evolution on Simons Foundation
www.simonsfoundation.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:34 AM
NYC and adjacent friends: I'm thrilled and terrified to be giving a public lecture in Manhattan at 6pm on Wednesday, 19 November. If you feel like coming into the city* for the evening, I'd love to see you there!
*Yes, NYC = "the city" for Jersey girls.
www.simonsfoundation.org/event/trade-...
*Yes, NYC = "the city" for Jersey girls.
www.simonsfoundation.org/event/trade-...
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📅 Next week our seminar speaker will be Gonzalo Robledo (Universidad de Chile), presenting:
⭐Sensitivity analysis for time varying ecological networks⭐
As ever free and open for all!
Zoom link: iite.info/seminar/
Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...
See you there!
⭐Sensitivity analysis for time varying ecological networks⭐
As ever free and open for all!
Zoom link: iite.info/seminar/
Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...
See you there!
October 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
📅 Next week our seminar speaker will be Gonzalo Robledo (Universidad de Chile), presenting:
⭐Sensitivity analysis for time varying ecological networks⭐
As ever free and open for all!
Zoom link: iite.info/seminar/
Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...
See you there!
⭐Sensitivity analysis for time varying ecological networks⭐
As ever free and open for all!
Zoom link: iite.info/seminar/
Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...
See you there!
Reposted by Chris Klausmeier
Ecology faces an accumulation of models but not an accumulation of confidence. Our new paper w/ Jonathan Levine www.nature.com/articles/s41... in @natecoevo.nature.com introduces a rigorous test rooted in queueing theory to falsify inadequate models and build confidence in useful ones.
Rigorous validation of ecological models against empirical time series - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Validating theoretical models against empirical data presents challenges. Here the authors present an assumption-light method to validate ecological models against time series data, along with a dedic...
www.nature.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Ecology faces an accumulation of models but not an accumulation of confidence. Our new paper w/ Jonathan Levine www.nature.com/articles/s41... in @natecoevo.nature.com introduces a rigorous test rooted in queueing theory to falsify inadequate models and build confidence in useful ones.