Joe Bennett
@joebennett.bsky.social
Professor at Carleton University
https://carleton.ca/bennett-lab/
https://carleton.ca/bennett-lab/
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This is a good time to remember that Moas, Emus, and the other ratites diverged so long ago, they FLEW to different continents, and then lost the ability to fly and became giants independently. You can't just sprinkle a few variants to make one into the other.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
July 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
This is a good time to remember that Moas, Emus, and the other ratites diverged so long ago, they FLEW to different continents, and then lost the ability to fly and became giants independently. You can't just sprinkle a few variants to make one into the other.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Please share: PhD scholarship opportunity in mathematical ecology on the value of information for improving ecological management, open to international students, with a great team @hugepossum.bsky.social, Katriona Shea, Kate Helmstedt, & me at UQ, Australia 🌍 🧮, study.uq.edu.au/study-option...
The value of information for ecological management
study.uq.edu.au
July 4, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Please share: PhD scholarship opportunity in mathematical ecology on the value of information for improving ecological management, open to international students, with a great team @hugepossum.bsky.social, Katriona Shea, Kate Helmstedt, & me at UQ, Australia 🌍 🧮, study.uq.edu.au/study-option...
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Justin shares how his love for the outdoors and a problem-solving mindset brought him to grad school @carleton.ca.
As a masters student working with @joebennett.bsky.social, Emma Hudgins, and NCC staff, Justin's research on invasive plants informs conservation decisions.
youtu.be/9Mav72-XqIA?...
As a masters student working with @joebennett.bsky.social, Emma Hudgins, and NCC staff, Justin's research on invasive plants informs conservation decisions.
youtu.be/9Mav72-XqIA?...
Meet Justin Kreller, Weston Family Conservation Science Fellow
YouTube video by Nature Conservancy of Canada
youtu.be
July 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Justin shares how his love for the outdoors and a problem-solving mindset brought him to grad school @carleton.ca.
As a masters student working with @joebennett.bsky.social, Emma Hudgins, and NCC staff, Justin's research on invasive plants informs conservation decisions.
youtu.be/9Mav72-XqIA?...
As a masters student working with @joebennett.bsky.social, Emma Hudgins, and NCC staff, Justin's research on invasive plants informs conservation decisions.
youtu.be/9Mav72-XqIA?...
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Our guidelines on how to give linguistically friendly presentations in English for #ICCB2025 are now on @figshare.com - please use and disseminate it widely!
doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
#languagebarriers
doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
#languagebarriers
June 9, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Our guidelines on how to give linguistically friendly presentations in English for #ICCB2025 are now on @figshare.com - please use and disseminate it widely!
doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
#languagebarriers
doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
#languagebarriers
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Please share: Multiple Master's and #PhD positions opening in my lab at the University of Manitoba! Come do applied, quantitative #conservation #research with me! See attachment for details.
May 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Please share: Multiple Master's and #PhD positions opening in my lab at the University of Manitoba! Come do applied, quantitative #conservation #research with me! See attachment for details.
City of Ottawa and gardeners are working together to help control invasive species: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Gardeners call for more help, less bureaucracy in battle against invasive plants | CBC News
Invasives are plaguing community gardens in Ottawa, and it's representative of a citywide problem, according to Coun. Marty Carr. She believes mobilizing volunteers is the answer.
www.cbc.ca
May 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM
City of Ottawa and gardeners are working together to help control invasive species: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Please share. 2 tenure-track T&R math/stat jobs at the University of Queensland, Australia. Amazing weather, gorgeous campus & lifestyle. 17% employer retirement contribution, lots of leave. Strong global reputation. Supports diversity @stevenstrogatz.com uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uqcare...
May 16, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Please share. 2 tenure-track T&R math/stat jobs at the University of Queensland, Australia. Amazing weather, gorgeous campus & lifestyle. 17% employer retirement contribution, lots of leave. Strong global reputation. Supports diversity @stevenstrogatz.com uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uqcare...
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Some thoughts on the push to fast track development in Canada at the cost of the environment. theconversation.com/elbows-up-in... @pagse-pfst.bsky.social @e4dca.bsky.social @cdnsciencepub.com @carleton.ca @scas-scsa.bsky.social @csee-scee.bsky.social @rcgssgrc.bsky.social @wwfcanada.org
‘Elbows up’ in Canada means sustainable resource development
Accelerated resource development in Canada should not burden future generations with environmental destruction.
theconversation.com
May 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Some thoughts on the push to fast track development in Canada at the cost of the environment. theconversation.com/elbows-up-in... @pagse-pfst.bsky.social @e4dca.bsky.social @cdnsciencepub.com @carleton.ca @scas-scsa.bsky.social @csee-scee.bsky.social @rcgssgrc.bsky.social @wwfcanada.org
Please repost! The Canadian Institute for Ecology and Evolution is looking for a new Director and host university: www.linkedin.com/posts/joe-be...
CIEE/ICEE | Joe Bennett
Please see ad below, and please repost. Thank you!
The Canadian Institute of Ecology and Evolution - Institut canadien d’écologie et d'évolution (CIEE-ICEE) seeks a new Director and Host Univers...
www.linkedin.com
May 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Please repost! The Canadian Institute for Ecology and Evolution is looking for a new Director and host university: www.linkedin.com/posts/joe-be...
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Come join our team! We're hiring a Research Assistant for the Technical Support Unit of the @ipbes.net assessment on Monitoring #Biodiversity and NCPs.
Job details & application process👇
mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/mcgill...
Please apply through the website in the link above.
Job details & application process👇
mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/mcgill...
Please apply through the website in the link above.
April 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Come join our team! We're hiring a Research Assistant for the Technical Support Unit of the @ipbes.net assessment on Monitoring #Biodiversity and NCPs.
Job details & application process👇
mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/mcgill...
Please apply through the website in the link above.
Job details & application process👇
mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/mcgill...
Please apply through the website in the link above.
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Here are 27 videos for those learning ecology at school. Teachers (or pupils) am pleased to hear of suggested additions from my channel, videos to remove or gaps I could usefully fill. Good luck!
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
A level Biology - YouTube
A set of videos explaining concepts relevant to the A level syllabus. Enjoy!
youtube.com
April 21, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Here are 27 videos for those learning ecology at school. Teachers (or pupils) am pleased to hear of suggested additions from my channel, videos to remove or gaps I could usefully fill. Good luck!
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Just in time for the long weekend: Ontario announces intent to repeal Endangered Species Act and replace it with new Species Conservation Act: ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0...
Proposed interim changes to the Endangered Species Act, 2007 and a proposal for the Species Conservation Act, 2025 | Environmental Registry of Ontario
The current approach to the protection and conservation of species at risk is complicated, takes too long to complete, and causes unnecessary delays and costs for housing, transit, and critical infras...
ero.ontario.ca
April 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Just in time for the long weekend: Ontario announces intent to repeal Endangered Species Act and replace it with new Species Conservation Act: ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0...
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Bad media science takes can kill off whole species.
Gene edited puppies are NOT actually dire wolves, any more than an especially hair mouse is a mammoth.
Endangered Species Act is NOT rendered moot by this publicity stunt
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Gene edited puppies are NOT actually dire wolves, any more than an especially hair mouse is a mammoth.
Endangered Species Act is NOT rendered moot by this publicity stunt
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump team cites wolf ‘de-extinction’ as it seeks to cut endangered species list
The interior secretary hailed a biotech company’s claim to have brought back the dire wolf, while the administration and GOP push to roll back species protections.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Bad media science takes can kill off whole species.
Gene edited puppies are NOT actually dire wolves, any more than an especially hair mouse is a mammoth.
Endangered Species Act is NOT rendered moot by this publicity stunt
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Gene edited puppies are NOT actually dire wolves, any more than an especially hair mouse is a mammoth.
Endangered Species Act is NOT rendered moot by this publicity stunt
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Just out:
A geometric approach to beta diversity
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Led by the brilliant
@clsong.bsky.social & Muyang Lu.
A geometric approach to beta diversity
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Led by the brilliant
@clsong.bsky.social & Muyang Lu.
March 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Just out:
A geometric approach to beta diversity
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Led by the brilliant
@clsong.bsky.social & Muyang Lu.
A geometric approach to beta diversity
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Led by the brilliant
@clsong.bsky.social & Muyang Lu.
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We @envevidencecanada.bsky.social are seeking #GreyLiterature for an ongoing DFO evidence synthesis on the effects of #sealice from salmon farms on wild #PacificSalmon. Please get in touch if you have any literature or data related to the topic! Deadline is March 31, 2025 #netpens #aquaculture
February 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We @envevidencecanada.bsky.social are seeking #GreyLiterature for an ongoing DFO evidence synthesis on the effects of #sealice from salmon farms on wild #PacificSalmon. Please get in touch if you have any literature or data related to the topic! Deadline is March 31, 2025 #netpens #aquaculture
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Nous recherchons de la #Littératuregrise pour une synthèse de données probantes en cours de DFO sur les effets de la #pouxdemer des élevages de saumon sur le #saumon sauvage du Pacifique. N'hésitez pas à nous contacter avant le 31 Mars 2025 si vous avez de la documentation!
February 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Nous recherchons de la #Littératuregrise pour une synthèse de données probantes en cours de DFO sur les effets de la #pouxdemer des élevages de saumon sur le #saumon sauvage du Pacifique. N'hésitez pas à nous contacter avant le 31 Mars 2025 si vous avez de la documentation!
Anyone else getting followed by a bunch of progressive bots? Someone or rather something has obviously figured out my politics. Typical format is some vague feel-good aphorism, then the odd picture to suggest realism, then lots of reposts of progressive content.
February 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Anyone else getting followed by a bunch of progressive bots? Someone or rather something has obviously figured out my politics. Typical format is some vague feel-good aphorism, then the odd picture to suggest realism, then lots of reposts of progressive content.
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Prioritizing conservation action using participatory science data could result in better biodiversity outcomes than paying for targeted professional monitoring - allowing managers to redistribute limited conservation resources from monitoring to action 🌏 🧪
🔗 https://buff.ly/40nEw5C
🔗 https://buff.ly/40nEw5C
doi.org
January 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Prioritizing conservation action using participatory science data could result in better biodiversity outcomes than paying for targeted professional monitoring - allowing managers to redistribute limited conservation resources from monitoring to action 🌏 🧪
🔗 https://buff.ly/40nEw5C
🔗 https://buff.ly/40nEw5C
New work by @adbinley.bsky.social and others: 61% of endangered species in Canada lack research on what conservation actions work. We need more action-based research. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Endangered species lack research on the outcomes of conservation action
Summary of the available peer-reviewed literature for 209 terrestrial species at risk listed as Endangered in Canada. The number of species in each category is noted in the rectangle to the right of ...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
New work by @adbinley.bsky.social and others: 61% of endangered species in Canada lack research on what conservation actions work. We need more action-based research. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Citizen science (aka community science or participatory science) can help conservation agencies save money that can then be used directly for conservation. @adbinley.bsky.social shows this in her latest paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Quantifying the value of participatory science data for conservation decision‐making
Prioritizing conservation action based on high-quality, freely available participatory science data could theoretically result in better biodiversity outcomes than paying for targeted professional mo...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Citizen science (aka community science or participatory science) can help conservation agencies save money that can then be used directly for conservation. @adbinley.bsky.social shows this in her latest paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
I'm very proud of what my labmates accomplished in 2024. Here are a few highlights: 1/4
December 18, 2024 at 2:16 PM
I'm very proud of what my labmates accomplished in 2024. Here are a few highlights: 1/4
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Proposez un symposium ou atelier pour la rencontre 2025 de la Société Canadienne de l'Écologie et de l'Évolution à Sherbrooke en juillet! Date limite le 31 janvier event.fourwaves.com/fr/scee2025/...
2025 Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution
Fourwaves - 2025 Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution
event.fourwaves.com
November 29, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Proposez un symposium ou atelier pour la rencontre 2025 de la Société Canadienne de l'Écologie et de l'Évolution à Sherbrooke en juillet! Date limite le 31 janvier event.fourwaves.com/fr/scee2025/...
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[1/4] What is the status of plant conservation in Canada? 🌿
In this study led by JL McCune, we surveyed 243 practitioners in plant conservation, ecology or evolution to answer the question.
We came up with seven recommendations.
➡️ www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2023-0216
📷 : JL McCune
In this study led by JL McCune, we surveyed 243 practitioners in plant conservation, ecology or evolution to answer the question.
We came up with seven recommendations.
➡️ www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2023-0216
📷 : JL McCune
December 3, 2024 at 1:33 AM
[1/4] What is the status of plant conservation in Canada? 🌿
In this study led by JL McCune, we surveyed 243 practitioners in plant conservation, ecology or evolution to answer the question.
We came up with seven recommendations.
➡️ www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2023-0216
📷 : JL McCune
In this study led by JL McCune, we surveyed 243 practitioners in plant conservation, ecology or evolution to answer the question.
We came up with seven recommendations.
➡️ www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2023-0216
📷 : JL McCune