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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · 1d

1 week to go until our next Quantifying Ecology webinar with
@besaldernetwork.bsky.social!

Feat. Taiwanese forest SDMs and RainbowR, an organisation promoting LGBT+ voices in the R community.

Tues 14th Oct @ 11am BST

Sign up here: bit.ly/3HWpEol

Quantifying Ecology - British Ecological Society

The Quantitative Ecology SIG are teaming up with a cohort of BES groups to put on a series of free webinars exploring all facets of quantitative ecology.

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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · 2d

🍄 Opportunity alert!

Natural England are looking for a UK-based collaborator to support analytics for a Fungal Red List for Great Britain.

Tasks include bias assessment, Frescalo modelling, AOO/EOO, and data presentation (Shiny or Excel).

📩 Get in touch: [email protected]

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Ollie Spacey @biolliegist.bsky.social · 6d

Anyone interested in queer ecology, forests or SDMs... roll up! 🌲🌈📈

bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · 8d

📣 Two weeks to go! 📣

Don't forget to sign up using the link below.

bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · 16d

Join us for our next webinar, with @besaldernetwork.bsky.social!

Catherine Mercer and Ella Kaye will present their work predicting forest distributions using SDMs, and with @RainbowR, an organisation promoting LGBTQIA+ voices in the R community.

Tues 14th Oct @ 11am BST

Sign up: bit.ly/3HWpEol

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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · 8d

📣 Two weeks to go! 📣

Don't forget to sign up using the link below.

bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · 16d

Join us for our next webinar, with @besaldernetwork.bsky.social!

Catherine Mercer and Ella Kaye will present their work predicting forest distributions using SDMs, and with @RainbowR, an organisation promoting LGBTQIA+ voices in the R community.

Tues 14th Oct @ 11am BST

Sign up: bit.ly/3HWpEol

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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · 16d

Join us for our next webinar, with @besaldernetwork.bsky.social!

Catherine Mercer and Ella Kaye will present their work predicting forest distributions using SDMs, and with @RainbowR, an organisation promoting LGBTQIA+ voices in the R community.

Tues 14th Oct @ 11am BST

Sign up: bit.ly/3HWpEol

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Jon Yearsley @jonyearsley.bsky.social · 19d

Walsh PhD Scholarship: Modelling the impact of climate change on #forest productivity
Details at: drjonyearsley.github.io/agriadaptPhD...

Apply by 30th Sept 2025

@bes-quantitative.bsky.social @bes-forests.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social @ucdearth.bsky.social @teagasc.bsky.social

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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · 23d

Last chance to sign up!

Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · Aug 29

Don't forget to register for our Hackathon event! We'll be discussing and testing a protocol to check whether published data/code is actually reproducible...

Registration closes on the 15th September 🕤

Find out more and register here 👉 buff.ly/XTON0lV

bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · 28d

Great to hear you enjoyed it. Thanks for coming along!

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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · Sep 8

📣 Last chance to sign up! 📣

Tomorrow at 10am.

bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · Aug 27

📣 Join us for our next Quantifying Ecology webinar! 📣

This time, Dr Rémi Fay will present in collaboration with @bes-parasitesgroup.bsky.social :

"Modeling the dynamics of brucellosis in an wild Alpine ibex population."

9th Sep @ 10am BST bit.ly/3HWpEol

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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · Sep 5

📣 Don't forget to join us on Tuesday for our next webinar!

bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · Aug 27

📣 Join us for our next Quantifying Ecology webinar! 📣

This time, Dr Rémi Fay will present in collaboration with @bes-parasitesgroup.bsky.social :

"Modeling the dynamics of brucellosis in an wild Alpine ibex population."

9th Sep @ 10am BST bit.ly/3HWpEol

bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · Sep 2

One week to go before the next webinar in our Quantifying Ecology series. Don't forget to sign up!

bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · Aug 27

📣 Join us for our next Quantifying Ecology webinar! 📣

This time, Dr Rémi Fay will present in collaboration with @bes-parasitesgroup.bsky.social :

"Modeling the dynamics of brucellosis in an wild Alpine ibex population."

9th Sep @ 10am BST bit.ly/3HWpEol

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · Aug 29

Don't forget to register for our Hackathon event! We'll be discussing and testing a protocol to check whether published data/code is actually reproducible...

Registration closes on the 15th September 🕤

Find out more and register here 👉 buff.ly/XTON0lV

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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · Aug 27

📣 Join us for our next Quantifying Ecology webinar! 📣

This time, Dr Rémi Fay will present in collaboration with @bes-parasitesgroup.bsky.social :

"Modeling the dynamics of brucellosis in an wild Alpine ibex population."

9th Sep @ 10am BST bit.ly/3HWpEol

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Ellie Honan @elliehonan.bsky.social · Aug 5

This was a great way to start a Tuesday - thanks to @jamesaorr.bsky.social‬ and looking forward to the rest of the talks in the series 💻🌿

bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · Jul 21

📣 Don’t forget to sign up to our first Quantifying Ecology webinar! 📣

We join Dr James Orr in collab with @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social for:

”Variability of community-level responses contains information about ecosystem functioning and global change impacts”

5th Aug @ 9am BST

bit.ly/44SzlwG

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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · Aug 4

📣 One more day to register! 📣

We kick off tomorrow at 9am BST.

bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · Jul 21

📣 Don’t forget to sign up to our first Quantifying Ecology webinar! 📣

We join Dr James Orr in collab with @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social for:

”Variability of community-level responses contains information about ecosystem functioning and global change impacts”

5th Aug @ 9am BST

bit.ly/44SzlwG

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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · Jul 30

Our Quantifying Ecology series is kicking off next week! Join us on Tues 5th Aug for our first webinar 🐟

bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · Jul 21

📣 Don’t forget to sign up to our first Quantifying Ecology webinar! 📣

We join Dr James Orr in collab with @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social for:

”Variability of community-level responses contains information about ecosystem functioning and global change impacts”

5th Aug @ 9am BST

bit.ly/44SzlwG

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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · Jul 25

📬 Subscribe now to receive this month’s Quantitative Ecology Newsletter!

Featuring the latest on events, research, opportunities, and of course, our quantitative meme of the month.

Sign up here: bit.ly/3Ieke7T

(Photo credit: Instagram @britishecolsoc)

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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · Jul 21

📣 Don’t forget to sign up to our first Quantifying Ecology webinar! 📣

We join Dr James Orr in collab with @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social for:

”Variability of community-level responses contains information about ecosystem functioning and global change impacts”

5th Aug @ 9am BST

bit.ly/44SzlwG

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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · Jul 21

📣 Don’t forget to sign up to our first Quantifying Ecology webinar! 📣

We join Dr James Orr in collab with @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social for:

”Variability of community-level responses contains information about ecosystem functioning and global change impacts”

5th Aug @ 9am BST

bit.ly/44SzlwG

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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · Jul 18

Question: what’s one piece of advice you’d give to somebody starting out in quantitative ecology?

#QuantitativeEcology #Statistics #R

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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · Jul 16

📆 Workshop Opportunity 📆

The ANdinA workshop aims to bridge the gap between modelling and applied ecology to advance ecological predictions in real-world systems.

Nerín, Spain 8-12 June 2026

More info: andinaspain2026.com

Improving predictions in ecology

Can complex problems get away with simple solutions?

andinaspain2026.com

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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · Jul 16

SO excited to kick off our Quantifying Ecology webinar series on 5th August. Don't forget to sign up! #QuantifyingEcology

@britishecologicalsociety.org @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social

bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · Jul 10

Join us for our first Quantifying Ecology webinar:

”Variability of community-level responses contains information about ecosystem functioning and global change impacts”

With Dr @jamesaorr.bsky.social in collab with ( @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social). 🐟📈

5th Aug at 9am BST.

Sign-up: bit.ly/44SzlwG

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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · Jul 10

Join us for our first Quantifying Ecology webinar:

”Variability of community-level responses contains information about ecosystem functioning and global change impacts”

With Dr @jamesaorr.bsky.social in collab with ( @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social). 🐟📈

5th Aug at 9am BST.

Sign-up: bit.ly/44SzlwG

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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · Jul 8

Quantitative methods underpin all of ecology - whether we like it or not!

Join our new webinar series, 🌱📈 Quantifying Ecology 📈🌱, where we team up with other BES SIGs to explore quantitative methods in their research fields.

Kicking off on 5th Aug. Keep following for updates and links!

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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · Jun 24

Thrilled to announce our webinar series:

🌱📈 Quantifying Ecology 📈🌱

We are collaborating with our SIG friends to bring you quantitative methods in different ecological contexts.

Kicking off with Dr @jamesaorr.bsky.social and @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social on 5th August. More details to come!

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