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Marie Auger-Methe @marieaugermethe.bsky.social · Sep 5

Like to develop spatio-temporal models? Interested in Arctic marine mammals 🦭🐳 and their susceptibility to oil spills? You may be the postdoctoral fellow Dr. Mariane Marcoux and I are looking for! See the details in the job ad: tinyurl.com/spatiostatamm

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Ron Efrat @moveandconserve.bsky.social · Aug 22

How are human-altered habitats affecting birds' migratory routes? And what is the role of age and wind conditions?

We tested this for an #endangered #Eagle

authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

🐾🧪🪶 @yaelbird.bsky.social @talavgar.bsky.social
@currentbiology.bsky.social
#conservation #ornithology

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Biodiversity Pathways @biodivpathways.bsky.social · Jun 9

🎉 If you've worked with Wildlife Science Centre caribou ecologist @melaniedickie.bsky.social, you won't be surprised she received the Governor General Gold Medal for Academic Excellence for her PhD research! Nor will you be surprised by the Taylor Swift reference.

science.ok.ubc.ca/2025/06/06/d...

Dr. Melanie Dickie’s doctoral journey earns Governor General Gold Medal for Academic Excellence

science.ok.ubc.ca

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Melanie Dickie @melaniedickie.bsky.social · Jul 9

Not gonna lie, it’s pretty cool! So grateful for everything in my PhD that led me here.

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Biodiversity Pathways @biodivpathways.bsky.social · May 8

This April, we welcomed the Boreal Avian Modelling Project (now Centre!) to Biodiversity Pathways! We are pleased to announce that @ellycknight.bsky.social has taken on the new role of Operational Director at BAM for this next chapter.

biodiversitypathways.ca/bam-joins-bp/

BAM is now the Boreal Avian Modelling Centre with Biodiversity Pathways

As of April 1, 2025, BAM has become the fourth initiative under Biodiversity Pathways.

biodiversitypathways.ca

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Biodiversity Pathways @biodivpathways.bsky.social · May 29

We're #hiring a #wildlife camera coordinator! This highly collaborative position works with the wider monitoring community to develop and process camera projects. Full details available online, apply by June 16:

sensr.ca/opportunity/...

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gavin jones @ecologyofgavin.bsky.social · May 16

In Diversity and Distributions: “Rapid declines in southern Sierra Nevada fisher habitat driven by drought and wildfire”

Led by @ronanhart.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Rapid Declines in Southern Sierra Nevada Fisher Habitat Driven by Drought and Wildfire

Aim Forest disturbances are a natural ecological process, but climate and land-use change are altering disturbance regimes at an unprecedented rate, posing significant threats to biological communit...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Matthew Holden 🏳️‍🌈 @matthholden.bsky.social · May 16

Please share. 2 tenure-track T&R math/stat jobs at the University of Queensland, Australia. Amazing weather, gorgeous campus & lifestyle. 17% employer retirement contribution, lots of leave. Strong global reputation. Supports diversity @stevenstrogatz.com uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uqcare...

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Biodiversity Pathways @biodivpathways.bsky.social · May 9

We're #hiring a Statistical Wildlife Ecologist! This position analyzes large, complex datasets to support landscape management throughout Canada.

Learn more and apply through the University of Alberta by May 27, 2025:

wildlifescience.ca/hiring-stati...

#biodiversity #mammals #wildlife

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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · May 9

When your statistical model "fits the data well" ...

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Paul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com · May 2

I thought exactly the same many, many times. Reviewers entirely ignore the methodological part of the paper and take its results at face value, but they will debate the "framing" of it in every little detail.

Tom Wallis @tsawallis.bsky.social · Apr 16

It's bonkers that in academic science we spend hours obsessing over the wording of a paper, but often only one person has seen the code that produced the results! 2/N

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Oded Berger-Tal @odedberger-tal.bsky.social · May 1

We tend to think that we understand how urbanization impacts biodiversity, but our knowledge is based almost solely on research from temperate systems. This creates strong biases. Wonderful new work by ‪@elliediamant.bsky.social‬ in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · Apr 8

Great example of #WildlifeRestoration, featuring #WiRELab postdoc @m-mclellan.bsky.social and alumni Mateen Hessami in partnership with @biodivpathways.bsky.social and many more!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_sz...

Joint Nations Grizzly Bear Initiative: North Cascades Grizzly Bear Reintroduction

YouTube video by Joint Nations Grizzly Bear Initiative

www.youtube.com

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TransParent OK 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @transparentokanagan.ca · Apr 1

Kelowna federal riding is now rated as “Toss up” on 338. This is huge! 🤩 You can really feel the energy building - so many volunteers, people excited to vote - it’s within reach Kelowna!! Let’s go!

Screenshot from the 338 website showing the Kelowna writing highlighted in yellow and in the next column “toss up LPC/CPC”

Screenshot of 338 website showing federal parties down the left-hand side and three columns towards the right hand side showing the results from 2019 2021 and projected results. CPC projected results 46% plus -8%, LPC projected results 44% plus or -8%.

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Mike Laforge @m-laforge.bsky.social · Mar 27

I am currently looking for an MSc student to join my research group for September 2025 to investigate moose habitat selection in the context of apparent competition in Ontario's Far North. Please share and contact me for further details!

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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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Global Change Biology @globalchangebio.bsky.social · Mar 18

The Erosion of Threatened Southern Mountain Caribou Migration

📄 buff.ly/kOPQdao
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Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · Mar 14

Looking for a postdoc in 🇨🇦?

Liber Ero Fellowship
liberero.ca

* Applied conservation science
* Leadership training
* Open to int’l applicants
* Due Nov 1

🌎🧪🦤

Liber Ero Fellowship Program

liberero.ca

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · Mar 14

Read the full article here 👉 buff.ly/W5taIAW

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · Mar 14

New Blog post alert 🚨

The photo that got away: Camera traps may monitor less space than we think 📸 🌎 🧪 Read Brendan Carswell's full post here 👇

buff.ly/R9j5xvi

methodsblog.com

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · Mar 13

Five years on. Millions dead. COVID effectively endemic. The big story is how we are STILL in denial about airborne transmission of respiratory diseases. Good job, libertarians.

www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

America Is Sleeping on a Powerful Defense Against Airborne Disease

Treating clean indoor air as a public good would have protected Americans against more than COVID-19.

www.theatlantic.com

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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · Mar 14

Second, Dr. Jean Polfus delivered a BRAES / Biodiversity Pathways/ ECCC co-hosted seminar on the intersection of language, reconciliation, and caribou recovery.

So inspiring!
@ubcokanagan.bsky.social

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Tal Avgar @talavgar.bsky.social · Mar 12

Our new approach for quantifying the actual area monitored by a motion triggered camera

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Tal Avgar @talavgar.bsky.social · Mar 12

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Clayton T. Lamb @claytontlamb.bsky.social · Mar 5

NEW PAPER: looking into the erosion of southern mountain caribou migrations. Over 35 years, migration distances shrank 15-25%, and elevational migrations are collapsing. Habitat loss, not weather, likely the main culprit. A major conservation challenge ahead.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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