Allan Edelsparre
@aedelsparre.bsky.social
Scientist and evolutionary biologist | Post Doctoral Fellow Queen's University | Subject Editor Oikos | Co-lead of the Queensnake Recovery Team
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🚨 What if evolution is the ”law”… and networks are the machines that do the work?
In this paper (just published) I try to formalize how living systems are non-equilibrium, information-processing, adaptive matter. With a great biological flavor! 🧪🌐🌍🧬🦠
👉 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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In this paper (just published) I try to formalize how living systems are non-equilibrium, information-processing, adaptive matter. With a great biological flavor! 🧪🌐🌍🧬🦠
👉 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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December 16, 2025 at 9:04 AM
🚨 What if evolution is the ”law”… and networks are the machines that do the work?
In this paper (just published) I try to formalize how living systems are non-equilibrium, information-processing, adaptive matter. With a great biological flavor! 🧪🌐🌍🧬🦠
👉 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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In this paper (just published) I try to formalize how living systems are non-equilibrium, information-processing, adaptive matter. With a great biological flavor! 🧪🌐🌍🧬🦠
👉 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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I am super proud to have worked with so many great people on queensnake recovery in Ontario. We put our experiences as a group into a manuscript in Ecological Solutions and Evidence - Wiley Online Library besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Fast‐tracking species at risk conservation: A framework for addressing recovery actions through multi‐agency collaboration
Queensnake as a rally-point for species-at-risk conservation.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I am super proud to have worked with so many great people on queensnake recovery in Ontario. We put our experiences as a group into a manuscript in Ecological Solutions and Evidence - Wiley Online Library besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Ten years in the Sokolowski Lab and scores of discoveries and wow moments are drawing to a close. Thanks for being a supportive home for my family and I #EEB #UniversityofToronto
June 23, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Ten years in the Sokolowski Lab and scores of discoveries and wow moments are drawing to a close. Thanks for being a supportive home for my family and I #EEB #UniversityofToronto
I am now x free
February 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I am now x free
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Completely agree.
The peeer community @peeer.bsky.social also addresses this issue and provides a list of some society owned journals for ecology.
peeer.net
Found this really helpful
The peeer community @peeer.bsky.social also addresses this issue and provides a list of some society owned journals for ecology.
peeer.net
Found this really helpful
PEEER: Publishing for an Ethical and Equitable Environment in Research
No Researcher Left Behind
peeer.net
January 31, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Completely agree.
The peeer community @peeer.bsky.social also addresses this issue and provides a list of some society owned journals for ecology.
peeer.net
Found this really helpful
The peeer community @peeer.bsky.social also addresses this issue and provides a list of some society owned journals for ecology.
peeer.net
Found this really helpful
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Why aren't more researchers publishing in society journals?
Two potential reasons:
1) They're often unfamiliar to early-career researchers,
and 2) they need better promotion, a task for all of us.
Two potential reasons:
1) They're often unfamiliar to early-career researchers,
and 2) they need better promotion, a task for all of us.
January 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Why aren't more researchers publishing in society journals?
Two potential reasons:
1) They're often unfamiliar to early-career researchers,
and 2) they need better promotion, a task for all of us.
Two potential reasons:
1) They're often unfamiliar to early-career researchers,
and 2) they need better promotion, a task for all of us.
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Latitudinal differences in thermal response curves across populations demonstrate context-dependent warming effects within species
https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10953
<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xcdhjuzb7t6aqdy5ii5q275y" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@nordicoikos.bsky.social #predatorprey #climatechange #latitude #thermalresponse #aquatic
https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10953
<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xcdhjuzb7t6aqdy5ii5q275y" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@nordicoikos.bsky.social #predatorprey #climatechange #latitude #thermalresponse #aquatic
January 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Latitudinal differences in thermal response curves across populations demonstrate context-dependent warming effects within species
https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10953
<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xcdhjuzb7t6aqdy5ii5q275y" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@nordicoikos.bsky.social #predatorprey #climatechange #latitude #thermalresponse #aquatic
https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10953
<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xcdhjuzb7t6aqdy5ii5q275y" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@nordicoikos.bsky.social #predatorprey #climatechange #latitude #thermalresponse #aquatic
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Models of pest impact predict that climate warming will alter growth rates and distributions of insect pests.
🐞🌱🐞🌱🐞🌱🐞🌱🐞🌱🐞🌱🐞🌱
How do trait-specific evolutionary responses affect predictions?
Have a look at our new paper rdcu.be/d6G2u in @naturecomms.bsky.social to find out. Short summary below.
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How do trait-specific evolutionary responses affect predictions?
Have a look at our new paper rdcu.be/d6G2u in @naturecomms.bsky.social to find out. Short summary below.
Life-history adaptation under climate warming magnifies the agricultural footprint of a cosmopolitan insect pest
Nature Communications - Current statistical projections of pest impact under climate change neglect the role of rapid genetic adaptation. Here the authors show that evolutionary responses in pest...
rdcu.be
January 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Models of pest impact predict that climate warming will alter growth rates and distributions of insect pests.
🐞🌱🐞🌱🐞🌱🐞🌱🐞🌱🐞🌱🐞🌱
How do trait-specific evolutionary responses affect predictions?
Have a look at our new paper rdcu.be/d6G2u in @naturecomms.bsky.social to find out. Short summary below.
🐞🌱🐞🌱🐞🌱🐞🌱🐞🌱🐞🌱🐞🌱
How do trait-specific evolutionary responses affect predictions?
Have a look at our new paper rdcu.be/d6G2u in @naturecomms.bsky.social to find out. Short summary below.
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‘Bending the curve towards nature recovery: building on Georgina Mace's legacy for a biodiverse future’ - a special issue of Phil Trans R Soc B in honour of a very special biodiversity scientist - is published today by @royalsociety.org. royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1917
royalsocietypublishing.org
January 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
‘Bending the curve towards nature recovery: building on Georgina Mace's legacy for a biodiverse future’ - a special issue of Phil Trans R Soc B in honour of a very special biodiversity scientist - is published today by @royalsociety.org. royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
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If you hate statistics like I do, then you'll love my free lectures. Putting science before statistics, 20 lectures from basics of inference & causal modeling to multilevel models & dynamic state space models. It's all free, made with love and sympathy. 🧪 #stats www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
September 19, 2024 at 10:56 AM
If you hate statistics like I do, then you'll love my free lectures. Putting science before statistics, 20 lectures from basics of inference & causal modeling to multilevel models & dynamic state space models. It's all free, made with love and sympathy. 🧪 #stats www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Absolutely! Many want to review that don't get invited. Some of us have created online lists for reviewers to sign up, and they are a success with many ERCs signing in. I'll share them shortly.
December 16, 2024 at 11:03 PM
Absolutely! Many want to review that don't get invited. Some of us have created online lists for reviewers to sign up, and they are a success with many ERCs signing in. I'll share them shortly.
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Thank God Vanity Fair is keeping it REAL!
December 15, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Thank God Vanity Fair is keeping it REAL!
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❕ PhD position on 🦋 ❕
Passionate about studying the genomics of local adaptation? Join us for a fully funded 4-year PhD at Uppsala University, Sweden. Enjoy competitive salaries, full employment benefits, and a vibrant research community surrounded by nature. Apply here uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Passionate about studying the genomics of local adaptation? Join us for a fully funded 4-year PhD at Uppsala University, Sweden. Enjoy competitive salaries, full employment benefits, and a vibrant research community surrounded by nature. Apply here uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
December 16, 2024 at 11:28 AM
❕ PhD position on 🦋 ❕
Passionate about studying the genomics of local adaptation? Join us for a fully funded 4-year PhD at Uppsala University, Sweden. Enjoy competitive salaries, full employment benefits, and a vibrant research community surrounded by nature. Apply here uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Passionate about studying the genomics of local adaptation? Join us for a fully funded 4-year PhD at Uppsala University, Sweden. Enjoy competitive salaries, full employment benefits, and a vibrant research community surrounded by nature. Apply here uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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A surprising number of whistleblowers have died unexpectedly lately, but one insurance executive is found dead on a sidewalk and suddenly it’s a crisis.
December 13, 2024 at 11:15 PM
A surprising number of whistleblowers have died unexpectedly lately, but one insurance executive is found dead on a sidewalk and suddenly it’s a crisis.
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"My one family member with solid insurance is my dog. He got elective surgery recently, and I was astounded by the straightforward nature of his insurance ... it’s incredible to think that insurance for pets and possessions is easier to navigate and more consumer-friendly than insurance for people"
How insurance companies degrade the patient-doctor relationship, by Helen Ouyang, my friend and exceptional physician-author
gift link www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/o... @nytopinion.nytimes.com
gift link www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/o... @nytopinion.nytimes.com
December 12, 2024 at 3:27 PM
"My one family member with solid insurance is my dog. He got elective surgery recently, and I was astounded by the straightforward nature of his insurance ... it’s incredible to think that insurance for pets and possessions is easier to navigate and more consumer-friendly than insurance for people"
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How does fibrosis (an inflammation and tissue repair response) affect dispersal? We investigated this question with stickleback in a mark-recapture experiment in Alaska: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3... @danielbolnick.bsky.social @nataliesteinel.bsky.social @ecoevoevoeco.bsky.social
Does Motility‐Restricting Fibrosis Influence Dispersal? An Experiment in Nature With Threespine Stickleback
Factors that affect dispersal can have important eco-evolutionary implications. Here, we show that an inflammation and tissue repair response—peritoneal fibrosis—does not influence threespine stickle...
dx.doi.org
December 12, 2024 at 4:09 PM
How does fibrosis (an inflammation and tissue repair response) affect dispersal? We investigated this question with stickleback in a mark-recapture experiment in Alaska: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3... @danielbolnick.bsky.social @nataliesteinel.bsky.social @ecoevoevoeco.bsky.social
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The first paper from my PhD is out in Parasitology! Using DNA metabarcoding, I show patterns of parasite infection in Sable Island horses!
It's open access, so go check it out!
doi.org/10.1017/S003...
It's open access, so go check it out!
doi.org/10.1017/S003...
Mixed strongyle parasite infections vary across host age and space in a population of feral horses | Parasitology | Cambridge Core
Mixed strongyle parasite infections vary across host age and space in a population of feral horses
doi.org
December 12, 2024 at 4:26 PM
The first paper from my PhD is out in Parasitology! Using DNA metabarcoding, I show patterns of parasite infection in Sable Island horses!
It's open access, so go check it out!
doi.org/10.1017/S003...
It's open access, so go check it out!
doi.org/10.1017/S003...
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15 000 fieldworkers | 28 countries | decades of effort | 170 #bird species🐦
Data paper on European long-term population changes in #birds: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Data: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
#ornithology
Data paper on European long-term population changes in #birds: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Data: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
#ornithology
Long-term and large-scale multispecies dataset tracking population changes of common European breeding birds - Scientific Data
Measurement(s) population Technology Type(s) Count Factor Type(s) time scale • geographic location Sample Characteristic - Organism Aves Sample Characteristic - Location Europe Machine-accessible meta...
doi.org
December 7, 2024 at 9:58 PM
15 000 fieldworkers | 28 countries | decades of effort | 170 #bird species🐦
Data paper on European long-term population changes in #birds: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Data: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
#ornithology
Data paper on European long-term population changes in #birds: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Data: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
#ornithology
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our new pre-print up summarizing our experimental evolution study testing some theory about the evolution of sexually-selected weapons. Let us know what you think!
The role of resource defensibility in facilitating sexually-selected weapon evolution: An experimental evolution test https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.06.627045v1
December 8, 2024 at 2:52 PM
our new pre-print up summarizing our experimental evolution study testing some theory about the evolution of sexually-selected weapons. Let us know what you think!
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Thank you so much to whoever put this very comprehensive list of #science Bsky starter packs together. This is just amazing: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Starter packs
BIOLOGY General Science community https://go.bsky.app/HVYAMEA Research Institutions in Life Sciences https://go.bsky.app/LxXpcvJ LGBTQIA+ in STEM https://go.bsky.app/BFc4wgf LGBTQIA+ in STEM 2 h...
docs.google.com
November 26, 2024 at 2:47 AM
Thank you so much to whoever put this very comprehensive list of #science Bsky starter packs together. This is just amazing: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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🔥 New paper out 🔥
Seed dispersers help plants tracking climate change on mountains!
Animals are dispersing plant species to higher elevations... but over half of the plants arriving at higher elevations were exotic. 🦎🐦💩🌿
@newphyt.bsky.social
🧪🍁🌐🌏
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Seed dispersers help plants tracking climate change on mountains!
Animals are dispersing plant species to higher elevations... but over half of the plants arriving at higher elevations were exotic. 🦎🐦💩🌿
@newphyt.bsky.social
🧪🍁🌐🌏
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Climb forest, climb: diverse disperser communities are key to assist plants tracking climate change on altitudinal gradients
Climate change is forcing species to shift their distribution ranges. Animal seed dispersers might be particularly important in assisting plants tracking suitable climates to higher elevations. Howe.....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 3, 2024 at 7:34 AM
🔥 New paper out 🔥
Seed dispersers help plants tracking climate change on mountains!
Animals are dispersing plant species to higher elevations... but over half of the plants arriving at higher elevations were exotic. 🦎🐦💩🌿
@newphyt.bsky.social
🧪🍁🌐🌏
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Seed dispersers help plants tracking climate change on mountains!
Animals are dispersing plant species to higher elevations... but over half of the plants arriving at higher elevations were exotic. 🦎🐦💩🌿
@newphyt.bsky.social
🧪🍁🌐🌏
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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#eDITH: an #Rstats package to model transport of environmental DNA in #river #networks.
Allows to spatially project #eDNA-based #biodiversity estimates across river networks /w minimal prior information.
🧬🐟🌊🦠🐞
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
lucarraro.github.io/eDITH/
1/4
Allows to spatially project #eDNA-based #biodiversity estimates across river networks /w minimal prior information.
🧬🐟🌊🦠🐞
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
lucarraro.github.io/eDITH/
1/4
April 3, 2024 at 3:48 PM
#eDITH: an #Rstats package to model transport of environmental DNA in #river #networks.
Allows to spatially project #eDNA-based #biodiversity estimates across river networks /w minimal prior information.
🧬🐟🌊🦠🐞
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
lucarraro.github.io/eDITH/
1/4
Allows to spatially project #eDNA-based #biodiversity estimates across river networks /w minimal prior information.
🧬🐟🌊🦠🐞
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
lucarraro.github.io/eDITH/
1/4
I am proud of my wife, @tanya-nature.bsky.social who co-edited this wonderful book together with so many incredible researchers and contributors. Big shout out to folks who care deeply about the Ontario's herpetofauna. The book can be accessed for free @ ontarionature.org/programs/com...
November 24, 2024 at 10:16 PM
I am proud of my wife, @tanya-nature.bsky.social who co-edited this wonderful book together with so many incredible researchers and contributors. Big shout out to folks who care deeply about the Ontario's herpetofauna. The book can be accessed for free @ ontarionature.org/programs/com...
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🌎 In conclusion, this study underscores the complexity of plant responses to environmental stressors and emphasizes the need for further research to unravel the mechanisms underlying intra- and transgenerational plasticity. (7/7)
👉 botany.fyi/2elalm
#PlantScience
👉 botany.fyi/2elalm
#PlantScience
Transgenerational plasticity to drought: contrasting patterns of non-genetic inheritance in two semi-arid Mediterranean shrubs
AbstractBackground and Aims. Intra- and transgenerational plasticity may provide substantial phenotypic variation to cope with environmental change. Since
botany.fyi
May 10, 2024 at 12:59 PM
🌎 In conclusion, this study underscores the complexity of plant responses to environmental stressors and emphasizes the need for further research to unravel the mechanisms underlying intra- and transgenerational plasticity. (7/7)
👉 botany.fyi/2elalm
#PlantScience
👉 botany.fyi/2elalm
#PlantScience
My journey with #BlackBerry since 2008 ends with #KeyOne. It died last night. The day was always going to come. But it was dreaded. I am glad that I was part of the journey as long as it possibly could last.
April 22, 2024 at 1:47 PM
My journey with #BlackBerry since 2008 ends with #KeyOne. It died last night. The day was always going to come. But it was dreaded. I am glad that I was part of the journey as long as it possibly could last.