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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 23h

Bookmarking as essential reference material - www.yelp.com/article/top-... 🌮🌵

Photo of a tasty looking juicy taco - entitled Top 100 Taco Spots 2025, According to Yelp Reviewers

Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 1d

This looks to be a fundamental theoretical advance by @jpodwyer.bsky.social et al. Using linkage disequlibrium-based Ne to back out σ² and then predict fluctuation sizes from a single temporal snapshot is a real advance for broad application 🧪🌐https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu6396

Genomic demography predicts community dynamics in a temperate montane forest

Species population sizes fluctuate over time, and these temporal dynamics play a key role in governing the maintenance of biodiversity. Although modeling approaches have been developed to characterize...

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James O'Dwyer @jpodwyer.bsky.social · Jun 26

For “Reflections on the history of modeling and theory”, @sarperotto.bsky.social and I met with Joel Cohen. We learn how he navigated math and biology, the value of embracing ignorance, and what is a population. Or really, what _isn't_ a population: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCt9...
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Reflections on Modeling and Theory in Population Biology: Joel Cohen

YouTube video by SMTPB

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 1d

Science teachers scramble as U.S. climate resources vanish
As government websites go dark, some nonprofits are trying to fill the void www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

Science teachers scramble as U.S. climate resources vanish

As government websites go dark, some nonprofits are trying to fill the void

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Trends in Ecology & Evolution @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social · 2d

Online now: Disability in ecology and evolution

Disability in ecology and evolution

In this TrendsTalk series 'Disability in ecology and evolution' in Trends in Ecology and Evolution, we will be hearing from people about their experiences being disabled in ecology and evolution. We are asking ecologists and evolutionary biologists with disabilities what the community could do to make our field more inclusive – these changes can be very practical things (e.g., large fonts), they could be institutional, or involve people’s attitudes and beliefs. We hope you enjoy the series.

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Jay T Lennon @jaytlennon.bsky.social · 6d

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Microbiology Leaders Launch Global Climate Change Strategy

ASM and other leading microbiology organizations have unveiled their first joint global strategy to harness the power of microbial science in addressing the climate crisis.

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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 6d

Here is the full document that universities are being asked to sign. It's well worth your time to read.

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 7d

We are deeply saddened by the passing of UN Messenger of Peace Dr. Jane Goodall.

Her life’s work championing conservation, humanity and the natural world leaves an enduring legacy.

Our condolences to her family, the Jane Goodall Institute and all who draw hope from her example.

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 7d

People say international solidarity cannot work, and yet eduroam.

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 7d

These results provide a roadmap for biodiversity theory to move beyond traditional patterns, and also suggest ways in which macroecological theory can constrain the dynamics of economic systems 🧪🌐🌾

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 7d

At the level of functional form (‘first-order effects’), these patterns are not unique to ecological systems, indicating they may reveal little about biological process. However, we show that mechanism can be better revealed in the scale-dependency of first-order patterns (‘second-order effects’).

Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 7d

To test this, we analyze five datasets from ecological, economic, and geological systems that describe the distribution of objects across categories in the United States....

Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 7d

Classic macroecological laws-long held as signatures of biological systems-also emerge in economic and geological systems. The real signal lies not in the static universal patterns, but in how those patterns shift with scale 🌐🧪 #scaling #macroecology journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Separating Macroecological Pattern and Process: Comparing Ecological, Economic, and Geological Systems

Theories of biodiversity rest on several macroecological patterns describing the relationship between species abundance and diversity. A central problem is that all theories make similar predictions f...

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 8d

Consider signing - Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition 🧪🌐https://laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/

Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 8d

Increasing tree size across Amazonia 🧪🌐 #allometry www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Increasing tree size across Amazonia - Nature Plants

A global research network monitoring the Amazon for 30 years reports in this study that tree size increased by 3% each decade.

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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 13d

🍃🌲Relaxation of the leaf economics spectrum within and across quaking aspen Populus tremuloides genotypes

📷 © 1,2 Jolanta Rieksta 3 Benjamin Wong Blonder

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 10d

Agreed 👍

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Prof. Vigdis Vandvik @vvandvik.bsky.social · 10d

The #IPCC is now hireing ‘chapter scientists’ to support the author teams for the upcoming IPCC Report.

If you are an early career scientist with strong synthesis and organisational skills, and from a developing country or a country in transition, do check this out!

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IPCC AR7 Chapter Scientists | ICTP

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is in the process of preparing its Seventh Assessment report (AR7). The IPCC Working Groups are seeking highly motivated early-career researchers f...

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 11d

👀 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/s...

Polish Skier Climbs Everest and Skis Down Without Extra Oxygen

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The Peregrine Fund @theperegrinefund.bsky.social · 11d

The 2025 California Condor Release livestream starts soon! Tune in now: https://bit.ly/LiveCondorRelease25.

2025 California Condor Release hosted by The Peregrine Fund & Bureau of Land Management

Join us and celebrate the release of captive-bred California Condors to the wild! Tune in starting at 11:30am Mountain Daylight Time (1:30pm Eastern / 12:30p...

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 11d

Genomic divergence across the tree of life 🧪🌐https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2319389122

Genomic divergence across the tree of life | PNAS

Nucleotide sequence data are being harnessed to identify species, even in cases in which organisms themselves are neither in hand nor witnessed. Bu...

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 12d

New: After a long wait, the GRFP solicitation is live! Deadlines have been extended to early November, so applicants have a bit over a month to submit. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

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Catherine Hulshof @hulshof.bsky.social · 12d

"After 55 years, the world’s most ambitious caterpillar inventory will come to a close. This monumental project in ACG has reared 870,000 caterpillars, of 8,000 species of butterflies and moths, and 18,000 species of wasp parasites—all documented by a team that grew to 30 local parataxonomists."

Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund @gdfcf.bsky.social · 12d

Happy to share our latest newsletter! The latest GDFCF and Area de Conservación Guanacaste news is here: mailchi.mp/54601d57a15d...

Greetings from the Late Rainy Season

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 13d

Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment.

The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP

jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/

An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

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Sally Aitken 🇨🇦 @sallyaitken.bsky.social · 13d

We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs

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