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Dylan Craven @dylancraven.bsky.social · Nov 12

Acabo de crear un starter-pack para ecologós en América Latina - !!! favor de sugerir más gente !!!!
go.bsky.app/BdhnF3f

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Dylan Craven @dylancraven.bsky.social · 16h

How does island biogeography influence diversity - stability relationships? Find out here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Island Biogeography and Life‐History Traits Stabilize Island Bird Communities

This study proposed a framework that integrated the Equilibrium Theory of Island Biogeography with a functional perspective to explore island biodiversity–stability relationships. By analyzing a 13-y...

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Dylan Craven @dylancraven.bsky.social · 1d

Y ahora @josemiguelcerda.bsky.social con diversidad -estabilidad en los Andes mediterráneos

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Dylan Craven @dylancraven.bsky.social · 1d

Integrantes de Ecología y Biogeografía Funcional - Daniela Ramírez y yo - presentamos sobre la diversidad urbana de aves y resiliencia de ecosistemas semi-aridos @rae2025.bsky.social #mendoza #rae2025

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Mario Vallejo-Marin @nicrodemo.bsky.social · 1d

How do plants stave off greedy pollinators? Read our new paper on pollen dosing in buzz pollinated flowers just out in @funecology.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Gradual pollen release in a buzz‐pollinated plant: Investigating pollen presentation theory under bee visitation

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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Dylan Craven @dylancraven.bsky.social · 2d

Y #rae2025 partió en Mendoza! Un tremendo privilegio compartir con colegas de Chile, Uruguay y la Argentina @rae2025.bsky.social

Dylan Craven @dylancraven.bsky.social · 3d

Happy to be in Mendoza with @josemiguelcerda.bsky.social for #RAE2025

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CoreyWelch_STEM @coreywelch.bsky.social · 8d

Got 40 mentors & 47 students signed up so far.
Need more of both, but particularly students.

Typical year, we get ~125 mentors & 250+ students. I know this year will not be typical.

CoreyWelch_STEM @coreywelch.bsky.social · 12d

Attending SACNAS conference? Sign up ->

10th Annual SACNAS 1-on-1 Mentoring Workshop. Need 100+ mentors. Oct. 30th, 5:30 - 7:00 PM, N. Short Ballroom

Mentors Link (Faculty/Postdocs/Staff): 1 min to fill out forms.gle/daTSoT8yniJ8...

Each mentor is assigned 1-2 students.

Sign-up to be a MENTOR: "10th Annual 1-on-1 Mentoring with a SACNAS Leader" Mentoring Undergraduates using a modified-IDP

Meet for 35-40 minutes with an Undergraduate/Postbac/Grad student to discuss their career goals. You will meet with 1-2 individuals during the 90 min session. We have a much bigger space this year so ...

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Dylan Craven @dylancraven.bsky.social · 12d

Schmid, B., Baruffol, M., Wang, Z., & Niklaus, P. A. (2017). A guide to analyzing biodiversity experiments. Journal of Plant Ecology, 10(1), 91. doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

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Dylan Craven @dylancraven.bsky.social · 12d

Also Bernhard Schmid had a nice paper on BEF experiments and how to analyze them

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Dylan Craven @dylancraven.bsky.social · 12d

Cottingham 2005!

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Dylan Craven @dylancraven.bsky.social · 12d

Wonderful talk by @saltyecoevo.bsky.social about his exciting work on chemical ecology and urban biodiversity patterns across the Americas #DataObservatory #UMayor

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Macroecology lab @unipotsdam @zurelllab.bsky.social · 25d

How reliable are model-based blacklists of invasive plant species if occurrence & environmental data are limited & under different model choices? New paper by PhD researcher Valén Holle @jappliedecology.bsky.social #SDM #invasive #plants #Pacific besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Uncertainty in blacklisting potential Pacific plant invaders using species distribution models

SDMs can provide valuable support for planning the preventive management of alien species. However, our findings show that blacklist outcomes are highly sensitive to modelling decisions. While ensemb....

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Dylan Craven @dylancraven.bsky.social · Aug 21

agregada!

Dylan Craven @dylancraven.bsky.social · Aug 21

agregado!

Dylan Craven @dylancraven.bsky.social · Aug 19

Agregado !

Dylan Craven @dylancraven.bsky.social · Aug 19

agregado!

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Dylan Craven @dylancraven.bsky.social · Aug 19

Agregada!

Dylan Craven @dylancraven.bsky.social · Aug 19

Obvio que si!

Dylan Craven @dylancraven.bsky.social · Aug 18

@annbot.bsky.social !

Dylan Craven @dylancraven.bsky.social · Aug 18

Check out the pretty version of our paper exploring intraspecific trait variation across the range of an endemic tree species in central Chile #UndergraduatePower #OrgulloDeSupervisor

Shifts in trait diversity across the range of an endemic treeline species in central Chile

AbstractBackground and Aims. Climate change is altering biodiversity by shifting species ranges. Yet, the mechanisms underlying these shifts are not well u

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Dylan Craven @dylancraven.bsky.social · Aug 7

Wonderful work!

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Flor Yannelli *typo queen* 👽🌱🪁(she/her/ella) @floryannelli.bsky.social · Aug 7

By far my favorite paper this year.
A collaboration between Mapuche elders—including Machi Patricia—and ecologists, reflecting on building trust and shared understanding in the face of environmental crisis.
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Dylan Craven @dylancraven.bsky.social · Aug 6

Rasgos-CL made the national news in Chile:
www.instagram.com/stories/data...

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Pedro Peres-Neto @comecology.bsky.social · Jul 30

🌿 PhD Opportunity in Biodiversity Sciences 🌿

Join our lab to explore the processes shaping biodiversity across space and time. Competitive stipend, flexible project design, and membership in the vibrant @qcbs.ca network.

Montreal | Concordia | MSc/PhD

Details: bit.ly/3UCmDMB

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Dylan Craven @dylancraven.bsky.social · Jul 29

Great talk about alpine diversity in W. North América by #HannahMarx #Botany2025

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