Jeff Hostetler
@jeffhostecology.bsky.social
Quantitative population and migration ecologist at U.S. Geological Survey Eastern Ecological Science Center in Laurel, MD. Among other things, I analyze Breeding Bird Survey data.
This is so depressing. Ceding the future to other countries while we make our air dirtier and our planet hotter. Gift link, if you dare. Really hope this horrible bill fails completely.
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Senate’s tax bill seeks to gut clean energy; Musk calls it ‘utterly insane’
The Republican-controlled Congress is poised to score a major win for President Trump by repealing green energy incentives that Democrats passed in 2022.
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June 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This is so depressing. Ceding the future to other countries while we make our air dirtier and our planet hotter. Gift link, if you dare. Really hope this horrible bill fails completely.
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Our analysis of BBS data (through 2023) just came out!
doi.org/10.5066/P1F2...
doi.org/10.5066/P1F2...
The North American Breeding Bird Survey, Analysis Results 1966 - 2023
This data product consists of a database of population change and abundance estimates for North American birds, estimated from North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data. Data are presented for 54...
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February 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Our analysis of BBS data (through 2023) just came out!
doi.org/10.5066/P1F2...
doi.org/10.5066/P1F2...
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New paper out, led by @villarreal-miguel.bsky.social. There's a disconnect between remote sensing advances and application to ecology (including only 11 UAS papers in Landscape Ecology!). We provide a guide for using drones to answer ecological ?s: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #uas #drones
February 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
New paper out, led by @villarreal-miguel.bsky.social. There's a disconnect between remote sensing advances and application to ecology (including only 11 UAS papers in Landscape Ecology!). We provide a guide for using drones to answer ecological ?s: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #uas #drones
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2nd chapter of my PhD just published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
Another step towards linking animal migration and population dynamics using integrated modelling! The secret lies in a neat equation relating survival and transition probabilities between migratory regions
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
Another step towards linking animal migration and population dynamics using integrated modelling! The secret lies in a neat equation relating survival and transition probabilities between migratory regions
An integrative framework to combine migratory connectivity and demographic data
Migratory species experience various conditions and events throughout their annual cycle that influence their spatial and demographic dynamics. To understand these dynamics, it is essential to des...
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February 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
2nd chapter of my PhD just published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
Another step towards linking animal migration and population dynamics using integrated modelling! The secret lies in a neat equation relating survival and transition probabilities between migratory regions
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
Another step towards linking animal migration and population dynamics using integrated modelling! The secret lies in a neat equation relating survival and transition probabilities between migratory regions
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I'm currently seeking PhD candidates to help me work on exciting ecological forecasting problems using #rstats ecogambler.netlify.app/opportunities/ 🌎
Research opportunities | GAMbler
If you are interested in joining my research group, or for any other enquiries, please contact me. You can find my most up-to-date contact details on my [University of Queensland page](https://about.u...
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January 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I'm currently seeking PhD candidates to help me work on exciting ecological forecasting problems using #rstats ecogambler.netlify.app/opportunities/ 🌎
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Post-migratory movements in the nonbreeding season are in fact displayed by a surprising number of birds around the world, with diverse resource- or weather-based cues. Two former students in the lab wrote a paper documenting examples of this: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Post‐migratory nonbreeding movements of birds: A review and case study
While many migratory birds are conceptualized as using a single wintering site, technological advances that enable detailed tracking of individual birds are uncovering more examples of post-migratory....
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January 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Post-migratory movements in the nonbreeding season are in fact displayed by a surprising number of birds around the world, with diverse resource- or weather-based cues. Two former students in the lab wrote a paper documenting examples of this: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Long-billed Curlew and 'Akikiki may be an ocean apart, but they have at least one thing in common: They both benefit from funds coming from the United States federal budgeting (AKA, appropriations) process. 🪶
January 18, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Long-billed Curlew and 'Akikiki may be an ocean apart, but they have at least one thing in common: They both benefit from funds coming from the United States federal budgeting (AKA, appropriations) process. 🪶
Check out our article here!
📖Published📖
Check out our new research article 👉 Challenges and opportunities for data integration to improve estimation of migratory connectivity 🐦🌎 🧪 Read more here 👇
Check out our new research article 👉 Challenges and opportunities for data integration to improve estimation of migratory connectivity 🐦🌎 🧪 Read more here 👇
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January 19, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Check out our article here!
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Are you looking to get a graduate degree in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences? This funded MS project at OSU is focused on testing a range of non-invasive method for small mammals (enclosed camera trapping + thermal cameras mounted on drones) against SCR applied to live trapping data.
January 14, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Are you looking to get a graduate degree in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences? This funded MS project at OSU is focused on testing a range of non-invasive method for small mammals (enclosed camera trapping + thermal cameras mounted on drones) against SCR applied to live trapping data.
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Our article in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social on migratory connectivity, data integration, bidirectional data, and more just came out! 🧵 (eventually)
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Challenges and opportunities for data integration to improve estimation of migratory connectivity
Understanding migratory connectivity, or the linkage of populations between seasons, is critical for effective conservation and management of migratory wildlife. A growing number of tools are avai...
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January 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Our article in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social on migratory connectivity, data integration, bidirectional data, and more just came out! 🧵 (eventually)
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
This would be grand! Of course Zotero would have to guess which articles I actually read and which ones I just skimmed the abstract.
I wish zotero made me a little end of year graph showing me my reading history like storygraph does. How many non bird papers did I read?
#goodreads #storygraph
#goodreads #storygraph
January 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
This would be grand! Of course Zotero would have to guess which articles I actually read and which ones I just skimmed the abstract.
Our article in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social on migratory connectivity, data integration, bidirectional data, and more just came out! 🧵 (eventually)
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Challenges and opportunities for data integration to improve estimation of migratory connectivity
Understanding migratory connectivity, or the linkage of populations between seasons, is critical for effective conservation and management of migratory wildlife. A growing number of tools are avai...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Our article in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social on migratory connectivity, data integration, bidirectional data, and more just came out! 🧵 (eventually)
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Excited to share a new opportunity in my new lab at Cambridge!
We are looking for a highly motivated, early-career, postdoctoral scientist to be part of a growing effort in #connectivity conservation.
3-yr position housed in the Cambridge Conservation Initiative!
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49330/
We are looking for a highly motivated, early-career, postdoctoral scientist to be part of a growing effort in #connectivity conservation.
3-yr position housed in the Cambridge Conservation Initiative!
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49330/
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term) in the Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk
November 29, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Excited to share a new opportunity in my new lab at Cambridge!
We are looking for a highly motivated, early-career, postdoctoral scientist to be part of a growing effort in #connectivity conservation.
3-yr position housed in the Cambridge Conservation Initiative!
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49330/
We are looking for a highly motivated, early-career, postdoctoral scientist to be part of a growing effort in #connectivity conservation.
3-yr position housed in the Cambridge Conservation Initiative!
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49330/
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Learn how to draw a North Atlantic Right Whale at the Science Museum of Virginia. Sad thing is that enough kids draw these each day to represent the entire population (c. 375) 😔
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November 29, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Learn how to draw a North Atlantic Right Whale at the Science Museum of Virginia. Sad thing is that enough kids draw these each day to represent the entire population (c. 375) 😔
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In "Consequences of cross-season demographic correlations for population viability," the authors establish positive correlations between population growth rates for three distinct groups of Atlantic puffins.
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November 23, 2024 at 6:27 PM
In "Consequences of cross-season demographic correlations for population viability," the authors establish positive correlations between population growth rates for three distinct groups of Atlantic puffins.
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Do you like calendars?
I do!
Maybe we could like them in the same room sometime.
Please buy so I can continue to afford comics: www.calendars.com/shop/Samurai...
I do!
Maybe we could like them in the same room sometime.
Please buy so I can continue to afford comics: www.calendars.com/shop/Samurai...
November 18, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Do you like calendars?
I do!
Maybe we could like them in the same room sometime.
Please buy so I can continue to afford comics: www.calendars.com/shop/Samurai...
I do!
Maybe we could like them in the same room sometime.
Please buy so I can continue to afford comics: www.calendars.com/shop/Samurai...
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Today’s poem is called ‘The Importance of the Oxford Comma’.
November 20, 2024 at 11:10 AM
Today’s poem is called ‘The Importance of the Oxford Comma’.
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I get that scientists want/need to reach out to as many people as possible and that this involves posting on multiple platforms. But if we want the migration of science to Bluesky to be successful, IMO we shouldn’t keep contributing scientific content to X
November 21, 2024 at 2:36 PM
I get that scientists want/need to reach out to as many people as possible and that this involves posting on multiple platforms. But if we want the migration of science to Bluesky to be successful, IMO we shouldn’t keep contributing scientific content to X
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Ready to learn how to use LiDAR for research in #forestry and natural resources using #R? This week I am releasing a 7-part series to help you get started! Share with anyone you know who wants to get started. Part 1 covers acquiring, & viewing LiDAR data! bit.ly/lidR-module1
Module 1: Getting started with LiDAR processing for forestry and natural resources - The Jones Center at Ichauway Research Labs
If you are interested in learning to use LiDAR for forestry and natural resources, this tutorial can help you get started. You will learn to view large datasets, create raster products, map trees, and...
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November 21, 2024 at 1:57 AM
Ready to learn how to use LiDAR for research in #forestry and natural resources using #R? This week I am releasing a 7-part series to help you get started! Share with anyone you know who wants to get started. Part 1 covers acquiring, & viewing LiDAR data! bit.ly/lidR-module1
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Need some cheering up? How about some coati babies :-) from the Central Volcanic Chain of Guatemala. Kudos to my collaborators for picking this cool spot to set up a camera trap.
November 20, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Need some cheering up? How about some coati babies :-) from the Central Volcanic Chain of Guatemala. Kudos to my collaborators for picking this cool spot to set up a camera trap.
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Was Clements wrong? Resasco et al. revisit the Clements and Gleason debate with plant distributions from Pikes Peak, Clements’s life-long study site. Read this new historical perspective now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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November 11, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Was Clements wrong? Resasco et al. revisit the Clements and Gleason debate with plant distributions from Pikes Peak, Clements’s life-long study site. Read this new historical perspective now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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I'm a quantitative ecologist, focused on wildlife population ecology, wildlife migration, and conservation biology. I mostly study birds and marine mammals. One of my primary tasks is analyzing data from the North American Breeding Bird Survey. 🐦🦅🐦⬛🦆🐳 🧪 🌍
November 11, 2024 at 3:20 PM
I'm a quantitative ecologist, focused on wildlife population ecology, wildlife migration, and conservation biology. I mostly study birds and marine mammals. One of my primary tasks is analyzing data from the North American Breeding Bird Survey. 🐦🦅🐦⬛🦆🐳 🧪 🌍
Another advantage of histograms over stacked bar charts is you can easily include error bars if you have a measure of uncertainty
I like this way of presenting ordinal data!
I think people are sometimes too quick to use stacked bar charts for ordinal data when histograms can be simpler and easier to read #datavis #rstats
I think people are sometimes too quick to use stacked bar charts for ordinal data when histograms can be simpler and easier to read #datavis #rstats
Was reminded by @matthewbjane.bsky.social on the other site of some fancy ideas I've implemented for presenting ordinal data, here's one for paired ordinal data (@chelseaparlett.bsky.social was originally asking about it on the other site years back).
November 11, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Another advantage of histograms over stacked bar charts is you can easily include error bars if you have a measure of uncertainty
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Two snowstorms in 2021 set new records of snow and subfreezing temperatures in southeastern US. Then, people reported massive die-offs in wildlife, including among Eastern Bluebirds. Rolland et al. investigate what allowed some to survive. Read now! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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November 4, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Two snowstorms in 2021 set new records of snow and subfreezing temperatures in southeastern US. Then, people reported massive die-offs in wildlife, including among Eastern Bluebirds. Rolland et al. investigate what allowed some to survive. Read now! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...