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Justine A Smith @justineasmith.bsky.social · 6d

Job Alert! Assistant Prof of Fish Ecology at
@wfcbucdavis.bsky.social, with a focus on freshwater and anadromous coldwater fishes. This is a wonderful and supportive place to work. Please share with your fishy friends! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07351

Assistant Professor of Fish Ecology

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

recruit.ucdavis.edu

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KneeDeep Times Magazine @kneedeeptimes.bsky.social · 27d

After the 2018 #MendocinoComplexFire burned acres of oak savanna, researchers found that nearly all of the bird species in the area —including California #quail—preferred burned areas over untouched habitat. #Mendocino #nativebirds #wildfire #ecosystem

📷: Dave Harper
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Morgan Tingley @mwtingley.bsky.social · Aug 26

A bunch of wonderful scientists are working to study how the LA fires in January impacted our local nature. We had a great time working with @brookejarvis.bsky.social and @nytimes.com on this beautiful article.

feat. @kendallcalhoun.bsky.social @ltkelly.bsky.social et al.

What the Bloom After L.A.’s Wildfires Reveals About Our Ecological Future

www.nytimes.com

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Zack Steel 🪶🦇🌲🔥 @zacksteel.bsky.social · Jul 30

New research from our lab documents important drought impacts on desert bird communities in the SW United States 🌎🐦

25 years of bird data across the Mojave & Sonoran deserts, show drought drives clear declines in bird abundance & species richness.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Increased drought drives avian community declines in the warm deserts of the United States

The frequencies, intensities, and durations of extreme weather are increasing under climate change, furthering biodiversity loss. In the Southwestern …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Grant Linley @glinley.bsky.social · Jul 17

The last of my PhD papers. This was a fun project uncovering species diel changes in response to wildfire.

Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · Jul 17

🔥🌿The impact of gigafire on vegetation structure, terrestrial vertebrate abundance and diel activity

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#BlackSummer #EcologicalResilience #FireSeverity #SpeciesActivity #TemporalActivity #VegetationRecovery #Wildfire

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Kendall Calhoun @kendallcalhoun.bsky.social · Jul 15

So fortunate to work with some really special co-authors - thanks @zacksteel.bsky.social, @drpheebs.bsky.social, Haylee Oyler, and Justin! : )

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Kendall Calhoun @kendallcalhoun.bsky.social · Jul 15

Last dissertation chapter is out! 😱

We compared the influence of fire severity and pyrodiversity in shaping bird and bat species distributions at the Hopland Research and Extension Center. 🦇🕊️🔥

Check it out here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Severity outweighs pyrodiversity in shaping avian and bat species distributions following an oak woodland megafire

Anthropogenic pressures have altered fire regimes across the western United States. These altered fire regimes, and the megafires they often produce, threaten ecologically and economically critical e...

esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈 @scrappynaturalist.bsky.social · Apr 21

🎉Hi fam! I’m so thrilled to announce that I’ve been hired for my dream job: Assistant Curator of Community Science at @nhm.org ! I'll be working w/the incredible team there & also continuing my existing work on EJ & human-wildlife interactions in the Bay Area, LA, and Kenya. (1/n)
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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈 @scrappynaturalist.bsky.social · Apr 14

Super excited to share this new pub led by @wilsonsherm.bsky.social! We used Nextdoor posts to explore human-carnivore interactions in Los Angeles. Nextdoor offers a useful data source for understanding urban human-wildlife interactions, if human biases are accounted for. Check it out! 🧪🌎

Wilson Sherman @wilsonsherm.bsky.social · Apr 14

"The wildlife Nextdoor: Socioeconomics and race predict social media carnivore reports" is out in Science of the Total Environment. @scrappynaturalist.bsky.social, Christopher Schell, and I looked at how people post about coyotes and black bears on Nextdoor.

doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...

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Grant Linley @glinley.bsky.social · Apr 5

‘Megafire’ — you may not like it, but you can’t avoid it.
In our new paper, we argue why a clear, size-based definition (>10,000 ha) of megafire improves research, communication, and fire management globally. 🔥
Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

#wildfire #fire

‘Megafire’—You May Not Like It, But You Cannot Avoid It

Aim The term ‘megafire’ is increasingly used to describe large fires worldwide. We proposed a size-based definition of megafire—fires exceeding 10,000 ha arising from single or multiple related igni.....

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈 @scrappynaturalist.bsky.social · Apr 4

Thanks so much for the feature about our work on urban coyote movement, @sfgate.com !

It's critical to continue examining the myriad links between human and wildlife wellbeing, and use these findings to more equitably design & redesign our shared landscapes. 👣🐾🧪🌎

www.sfgate.com/la/article/l...

New Calif. coyote study 'went against everything that we've learned'

A study of the movement of 20 coyotes in Los Angeles County turned up some unexpected findings.

www.sfgate.com

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Justine A Smith @justineasmith.bsky.social · Apr 2

JOB ALERT! We are hiring two seasonal field technicians for mid July - mid October to conduct research on mule deer in the Santa Monica Mountains, CA. The project is a collaboration between UC Davis and NPS. Ungulate capture experience preferred. Please share! jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id...

Mule Deer Field Technician | Natural Resources Job Board

jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu

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Susan Prichard @susanprichard.bsky.social · Mar 31

This job at UBC (Vancouver Campus) also looks amazing.
forestry.ubc.ca/career-oppor...

Assistant Professor (Tenure Track): Wildfire Sciences | Job | UBC

Job Post: UBC Forestry is seeking an Assistant Professor in Wildfire Sciences to develop an novel research program and teach third-year courses. Apply now.

forestry.ubc.ca

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Avery Shawler, PhD @averyshawler.bsky.social · Mar 20

Excited to share my first publication with Western Landowners Alliance, “Building Trust: A guide for agencies working with producers to reduce wildlife conflicts” westernlandowners.org/publication/... 1/2.

Building Trust

A guide for agenciesworking with producersto reduce wildlife conflicts Wildlife conflict on working lands can strain relationships between livestock producers and wildlife agencies, making trust cr...

westernlandowners.org

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Kaitlyn Gaynor @kaitlyngaynor.bsky.social · Mar 21

Hello Bluesky! Good to see you all again!

Job alert: I'm looking to recruit a postdoc interested in working at the interface of AI and wildlife ecology, supported by the AI for Biodiversity Change (ABC) Global Center. Apply by April 15, 2025. gaynorlab.weebly.com/join-us.html

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gavin jones @ecologyofgavin.bsky.social · Mar 14

“Bioregional‐scale acoustic monitoring can support fire‐prone forest restoration planning” out now in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

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Society for Conservation Biology @society4conbio.bsky.social · Mar 13

SCB is thrilled to welcome the Class of 2025 Smith Fellows!
These early-career scientists are tackling #conservation challenges with innovative research and applied solutions. Meet the new cohort and learn about their impactful work!
🔗 Read more: conbio.org/publications...
@smithfellows.bsky.social

Pictures of each of the five new Smith Fellows.

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Michelle María Early Capistrán @earlycapistran.bsky.social · Mar 11

Must read.

#academicsky #socialsciene 🧪

blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

We are all losers in Trump’s ‘common sense’ war on social science - Impact of Social Sciences

Beyond their short-term implications, Trump's executive orders represent a concerted effort to undermine scientific enquiry across all fields of research.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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American Ornithological Society @amornith.bsky.social · Mar 10

#AOSMembers: Join us for our next #AOS_SRGS seminar, “'The canary in the gold mine': Assessing the impacts of artisanal & small-scale gold mining on bird communities in the Peruvian Amazon" on 3/17 at Noon ET, w/ Chris Sayers, UCLA Ph.D. Candidate
INFO/REG: americanornithology.org/professional...

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Jared Dahl Aldern @jdaldern.bsky.social · Feb 27

“For the Karuk Tribe, Cal Fire will no longer hold regulatory or oversight authority over the burns and will instead act as a partner and consultant. The previous arrangement essentially amounted to one nation telling another nation what to do on its land — a violation of sovereignty.”

California tribe enters first-of-its-kind agreement with the state to practice cultural burns

After suppression of Indigenous cultural burning, the state agrees Northern California's Karuk Tribe may practice the burns more freely than it has in over 175 years.

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈 @scrappynaturalist.bsky.social · Feb 25

Thanks so much to Lila for this LA Times article about our new publication about social-ecological influences on coyote movement in Los Angeles! 🧪🌎🏙️

Check out the publication here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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CantlonLab @cantlonlab.bsky.social · Feb 18

Join us! Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home 🧪🔬🧬 🏠

sciencehomecoming.com

Science Homecoming

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gavin jones @ecologyofgavin.bsky.social · Feb 19

Of course many federal workers can just “find another job”. But the point is that the jobs we do are done for the *public good*. There are no private sector corollaries. We do things that are largely not profitable and that is on purpose. We do work that benefits everyone, if sometimes indirectly.

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Kendall Calhoun @kendallcalhoun.bsky.social · Feb 11

Great piece by @antonsrkn.bsky.social delving into all the nuance surrounding how the L.A. fires might impact wildlife. Happy to have been part of it, check it out!

Joe Spring @joespring.bsky.social · Feb 5

How did L.A.'s wildfires affect its animals?
@antonsrkn.bsky.social has answers in this stellar piece, which features his stunning photos. www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

Here’s How the Los Angeles Wildfires Are Affecting Animals, From Fish to Snakes to Birds

While scientists were able to save and move some creatures in the aftermath, researchers are worried about the prospects for other species

www.smithsonianmag.com

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Anton Sorokin @antonsrkn.bsky.social · Feb 5

Hot off the press! An article I wrote for Smithsonian on how the LA fires have impacted wildlife. I believe its the deepest dive into the LA fires' effects on fauna so far & not just because we talk diving fish & newts! Deeply grateful to all the experts who spoke with me & Joe's excellent editing🌎

Joe Spring @joespring.bsky.social · Feb 5

How did L.A.'s wildfires affect its animals?
@antonsrkn.bsky.social has answers in this stellar piece, which features his stunning photos. www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

Here’s How the Los Angeles Wildfires Are Affecting Animals, From Fish to Snakes to Birds

While scientists were able to save and move some creatures in the aftermath, researchers are worried about the prospects for other species

www.smithsonianmag.com

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