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Cecilia Baldoni @cecibaldoni.bsky.social · 13h

Spread wide and far to your network! 🎉
SORTEE Conference is on next week!

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SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · 14h

🚨 Just one week left until our conference kicks off!

Join us for unconferences, workshops, and hackathons.

Register now at sortee.org/upcoming #SORTEE2025

Upcoming events

Upcoming conference by Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary biology (SORTEE)

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Saoirse Kelleher @saoirsekelleher.eco · 5d

Do you run or participate in a code club at your institution, or are you interested in starting one but don’t know where to begin? @cecibaldoni.bsky.social and I are leading an ‘unconference’ discussion at @sortee.bsky.social’s virtual conference on October 16 - come share some tips and ideas!

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Saoirse Kelleher @saoirsekelleher.eco · 5d

I’ve always thought 1970 was a particularly odd baseline - that was the year the US EPA was founded, and just before the DDT ban, so not exactly a high point in bird conservation..

Jason Mark @jasondovemark.bsky.social · 6d

If conservationists work from a compromised baseline, our notions of abundance, scarcity, and ecological wellbeing will keep getting defined downward:
"The researchers show that using the 1970s as a baseline tends to normalize an already severely degraded state."
phys.org/news/2025-10...

Bird conservation threatened by shifting baseline syndrome

New research shows that populations of dozens of waterbird and seabird species have been declining for much longer than previously thought in Europe. The article "Shifting the baseline for waterbird a...

phys.org

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Jason Mark @jasondovemark.bsky.social · 6d

If conservationists work from a compromised baseline, our notions of abundance, scarcity, and ecological wellbeing will keep getting defined downward:
"The researchers show that using the 1970s as a baseline tends to normalize an already severely degraded state."
phys.org/news/2025-10...

Bird conservation threatened by shifting baseline syndrome

New research shows that populations of dozens of waterbird and seabird species have been declining for much longer than previously thought in Europe. The article "Shifting the baseline for waterbird a...

phys.org

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 6d

From policy to practice: Progress towards #data- and #code-sharing in ecology and evolution #ProcB
@asanchez-tojar.bsky.social @eivimeycook.bsky.social tell us more in our blog royalsociety.org/blog/2025/09...

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 7d

Some lovely things on the Aussie #urbanNature scene this week!

First up - the work and creativity of friend-colleague @drkyliesoanes.bsky.social has been beautifully profiled by the ABC.

If you use TikTok or Insta I highly encourage you to add Kylie to your feeds!🌏
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

One woman's mission to rewild our cities

Kylie Soanes says urban development should not come at the expense of nature and there's no reason why we should not spot a fairy wren on the way to the bus stop.

www.abc.net.au

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SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · 21d

Register now for #SORTEE2025 conference!

We thank our sponsors (@asn-amnat.bsky.social, @cdnsciencepub.com, @datadryad.bsky.social, @peercommunityin.bsky.social, @royalsociety.org, @sse-evolution.bsky.social, @biologists.bsky.social) who are eligible for free registration.

SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · Aug 1

📷 The 2025 SORTEE conference program is now online!

Visit sortee.org/upcoming/ to register and explore the exciting lineup of various sessions.

#SORTEE2025

If you know a great open science project, now is the time to nominate it for a SORTEE Award www.sortee.org/awards/

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Saoirse Kelleher @saoirsekelleher.eco · 16d

Any recommendations for talks from last week’s posit::conf? Timezones weren’t ideal for Australia so I’ve got some recordings to catch up on this week 👀

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Ed Ivimey-Cook @eivimeycook.bsky.social · 20d

Our latest #SORTEE-led paper is out now in #ProcB!

We reviewed data/code-sharing policy clarity, strictness & timing across 275 EcoEvo journals

We also worked with #ProcB & #EcologyLetters to assess initial compliance with sharing mandates. Huge team effort! 👉 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

From policy to practice: progress towards data- and code-sharing in ecology and evolution | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Data and code are essential for ensuring the credibility of scientific results and facilitating reproducibility, areas in which journal sharing policies play a crucial role. However, in ecology and evolution, we still do not know how widespread data- and ...

doi.org

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Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social · 21d

📣 Hot off the press at #ProcB!

🔍 Our study checked data/code-sharing policies in 275 eco/evo journals and compliance in Proc B (n=2,340) & Ecology Letters (n=571). Policies exist, but clarity and strictness vary, affecting reproducibility.

🔗 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

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Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 28d

What a steal! SORTEE out here doing God's work for increasing rigor and transparency in research. Plus it's a super fun group of people. You're gonna want to check it out

Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 28d

Members of the American Society of Naturalists @asn-amnat.bsky.social can get free registration to the 2025 SORTEE conference Oct 15-16 sortee.org/upcoming/

Upcoming events

Upcoming conference by Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary biology (SORTEE)

sortee.org

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Saoirse Kelleher @saoirsekelleher.eco · Aug 27

Yikes 😬 shouldn’t even get through most pre-print servers…

Dr Nadiah Kristensen @nadiah.bsky.social · Aug 25

Check out the graphical abstract for a paper recently published in Ecological Modelling.

I have papers published in Ecological Modelling. Never again, I guess.

A diagram titled "Ecological Network Optimisation" with attractive landscapes and networks and very clear AI-generation artifacts.

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Laura Dee @lauradee.bsky.social · Aug 26

interested in causal inference and ecology? join our Slack to exchange ideas, papers, get feedback, ask and answer questions - let's start a community #causalsky

Jarrett Byrnes @jebyrnes.bsky.social · Aug 26

Chatting with @lauradee.bsky.social about how many different groups of #causality #ecology folk we have to share papers, code and discussions with, and wouldn't it be nice if we all had a place to interact..... so we made a Causal Ecology slack. So.... if you want to join, DM me and I'll add you! 🌍🧪

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Giulia Masoero @giumasoero.bsky.social · Aug 19

Are you at the #EOU2025 and interested in #OpenScience?

Matthieu Paquet and I are hosting this roundtable to chat about the topic with you 😀

@eounion.bsky.social @sortee.bsky.social
#ornithology

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Jarrett Byrnes @jebyrnes.bsky.social · Aug 14

Really excited that our #causalinference for climate change paper is out today! @dudney-joan.bsky.social, @lauradee.bsky.social , @econservation.bsky.social, @katherinesiegel.bsky.social were such an awesome team, and I hope this is a useful one for researchers in the field!

Dr. Joan Dudney @dudney-joan.bsky.social · Aug 14

Really excited to share our new paper on #causalinference & #climatechange attribution out in #EcologyLetters today!

Are you asking "how much" or "if" climate change has impacted your system, then this paper is for you!

🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A Causal Inference Framework for Climate Change Attribution in Ecology

Accurately attributing ecological shifts to climate change remains a significant challenge. Here, we present an accessible causal inference framework designed for climate change attribution in observ...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Nick Moran @nickmoran-sci.bsky.social · Aug 4

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Ed Ivimey-Cook @eivimeycook.bsky.social · Aug 2

Here's said mascot along with an excellent checklist by @shreyadimri.bsky.social

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Ed Ivimey-Cook @eivimeycook.bsky.social · Aug 2

🎉New preprint!

"TADA! Simple guidelines to improve code sharing"

tinyurl.com/8rmnwjrk

We present simple guidelines to help researchers of all coding levels improve the transparency and reproducibility of their analytical code, TADA!

Transferable, Accessible, Documented, Annotated.

TADA! Simple guidelines to improve code sharing

ecoevorxiv.org

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SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · Jun 4

🎉Registration for the SORTEE Conference 2025 (15-16 Oct) is now open!🎉

Register here: www.sortee.org/upcoming

The conference is FREE for members, so consider joining us! www.sortee.org/join/

Let’s recognize great open science work - nominate a project for a SORTEE Award! www.sortee.org/awards/

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Nick Clark 💹 @njclark.bsky.social · May 14

Want to move beyond simple forecasting algorithms for modelling real world time series? The {mvgam} #rstats 📦 has you covered nicholasjclark.github.io/mvgam/

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Saoirse Kelleher @saoirsekelleher.eco · May 14

Coming up later today!

SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · May 9

Another forthcoming SORTEE Webinar:

DisMAP - a visualization, analysis, data-sharing and discovery tool to evaluate marine species distribution changes through time

Wed, 14 May, 9pm - 10pm CEST

Free registration at:

events.humanitix.com/dismap-a-vis...

SORTEE Webinar: DisMAP - a visualization, analysis, data-sharing and discovery tool to evaluate marine species distribution changes through time

Event in the SORTEE Workshop & Webinar Series: Distribution Mapping and Analysis Portal

events.humanitix.com

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SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · May 9

Our next workshop will be on May 12th 8:00 am UTC.

An introduction to Quarto, the open-source scientific publishing system.

We'll discuss how Quarto can help us write reproducible analyses and lead a brief workshop on the basics!

Register at:
events.humanitix.com/sortee-works...

SORTEE Workshop: Quarto for reproducible analyses

SORTEE Workshop and Webinar Series: Intro to Quarto

t.co

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SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · May 9

Content submissions for the 5th SORTEE Conference (15-16 Oct 2025) are now OPEN.

Submit your proposal for an unconference, hackathon or workshop by June 2nd via sortee.org/upcoming

The conference will be FREE for members, so consider joining us (sortee.org/join/).

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Cecilia Baldoni @cecibaldoni.bsky.social · May 8

Join me on May 28th to talk about Scrollytelling 🥳😍

R-Ladies Amsterdam @rladiesamsterdam.bsky.social · May 7

🚨 New Event! 🚨

Scrollytelling Science with Quarto and Closeread
Featuring: @cecibaldoni.bsky.social

📅 May 28, 2025 | 18:00-19:00 CET

Learn to create engaging scientific narratives with interactive storytelling techniques!

Register: www.meetup.com/rladies-amst...

@rladies.org #RStats #rladies

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Saoirse Kelleher @saoirsekelleher.eco · May 7

@sortee.bsky.social is also hosting a webinar next week on NOAA’s DisMAP tool for marine species distributions!
Sign up here: events.humanitix.com/dismap-a-vis...

SORTEE Webinar: DisMAP - a visualization, analysis, data-sharing and discovery tool to evaluate marine species distribution changes through time

Event in the SORTEE Workshop & Webinar Series: Distribution Mapping and Analysis Portal

events.humanitix.com

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