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Ainhoa Magrach @ainhoamagrach.bsky.social · 27d

Thrilled to welcome @julianresasco.bsky.social (University of Colorado) on sabbatical with us! 🌿🐝 Ongi etorri!
He gave a fantastic talk on how anthropogenic change reshapes plant–pollinator communities across time— from seasonal dynamics to long-term trajectories.
#Pollination #GlobalChange

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Robert Fletcher @fletcherecology.bsky.social · Aug 7

Happy to share new work from the lab and a wonderful group of co-authors:

We argue that conservation biology needs to move beyond the current focus on species richness metrics.

While this has been argued before, we highlight the unappreciated impacts of using richness for a variety of problems:

Beyond Species Richness for Biological Conservation

Recent global policy developments have highlighted the need for straightforward, robust, and meaningful biodiversity metrics. However, much of conservation science is dominated by the use of a single....

conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Tad Dallas @taddallas.bsky.social · Aug 29

We will be recruiting graduate researchers to start Fall 2026 in the Dallas lab at U South Carolina. We are a mix of population, community, and disease ecologists. Parasite macroecology!!!

Feel free to reach out to chat and see our webpage for more info on our science (taddallas.github.io).

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Ainhoa Magrach @ainhoamagrach.bsky.social · Aug 28

Touched down in Colorado ✈️🌄 Off to RMBL for a data-theory pollinator workshop 🐝🌸 After years of reading the papers, I get to see the actual place they came from. Pinch me!

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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · Aug 22

Nuestro artículo en @es.theconversation.com sobre los registros de biodiversidad contenidos en las Relaciones Topográficas de Felipe II, finales del siglo XVI, ha superado las 30.000 lecturas
Qué bien que sean tantas y que se siga leyendo
@ebdonana.bsky.social
theconversation.com/la-biodivers...

La biodiversidad de hace 450 años: lo que había y lo que hemos perdido

Osos pardos, manadas de cebras, cultivos de seda… Un estudio de ecología histórica describe la flora y la fauna en tiempos de Felipe II. Lo que había, y lo que hemos perdido.

theconversation.com

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Julian Resasco @julianresasco.bsky.social · Aug 16

💚 lternet.edu/stories/a-pl...

A plant evolutionary ecologist's ode to yellow-bellied marmots - LTER

Marmots serve as a reminder to me to step back from this optimization-focused perspective and pay more attention to how organisms actually act than to how I think they should act.

lternet.edu

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Julian Resasco @julianresasco.bsky.social · Aug 14

This afternoon at #ESA2025 👇🏼

Julian Resasco @julianresasco.bsky.social · Aug 11

At #ESA2025? Check out 🌟PhD Student Asia Kaiser's talk on Thurs, Aug. 14 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM EDT in COS 161 Statistics-“Synthetic control methods: An alternative framework for causal inference using iNaturalist data in cities” 🐝 🌇 @lauradee.bsky.social

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Julian Resasco @julianresasco.bsky.social · Aug 11

And check out the pre-print here www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...

Synthetic control methods enable stronger causal inference using participatory science data in cities

As urban populations grow, conserving biodiversity within cities is increasingly vital and of global policy interest. However, urban environments pose unique challenges for understanding drivers of bi...

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Julian Resasco @julianresasco.bsky.social · Aug 11

At #ESA2025? Check out 🌟PhD Student Asia Kaiser's talk on Thurs, Aug. 14 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM EDT in COS 161 Statistics-“Synthetic control methods: An alternative framework for causal inference using iNaturalist data in cities” 🐝 🌇 @lauradee.bsky.social

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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · Aug 5

Just got the final proofs of my book💓

Available on Amazon worldwide next week
Very exciting!

I’ve packed into it everything I’ve learned about writing and publishing over the past 20 years

I really hope it helps many jump over the writing and publishing barriers💪

book cover of the book "A Pocket Guide to Scientific Writing and Publishing" by Martin A. Nunez

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Julian Resasco @julianresasco.bsky.social · Aug 5

Yikes 😮

Julian Resasco @julianresasco.bsky.social · Aug 5

Happy to be at BC3: Basque Centre for Climate Change for my sabbatical! Excited to connect and collaborate with my host @ainhoamagrach.bsky.social and other great colleagues at here at BC3.

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Nash Turley @nashturley.bsky.social · Jul 23

Our guide to bees of Pennsylvania is available for free now, you can order print copy (just have to pay shipping) and/or download PDF from Penn State Extension page: extension.psu.edu/bees-of-penn...

For every one of the 47 bee genera we have beautiful photo(s) and natural history facts

two pages from our been book, lots of of images and a bit of text for each bee genera

cover of our Bees of Pennsylvania book with photo of green sweat bee

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CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · Jul 23

New audio 🔊 story campaign — Voices of CIRES! First up, CIRES Fellow & @colorado.edu Professor Joost de Gouw @gouwlab.bsky.social: buff.ly/2AowWlb

"Of all the research dollars that I get, 80% of that goes through student salaries, and if I don't get that, I cannot offer projects to students..."

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Kyle E. Coblentz @kecoblentz.bsky.social · Jul 17

I'm running a seminar in the fall for senior undergrads in Evolutionary Ecology. I'm hoping to curate a reading list mixing classic and new papers that illustrate how combining ecological and evolutionary perspectives can lead to new insights. Do you have a favorite I should consider?