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Frank Pennekamp @pennekampster.bsky.social · 3d

Does body size predict abundance the same way in all environments, as predicted by the Metabolic theory of Ecology? Our new study challenges this assumption. Read it here: 📄 doi.org/10.1111/ele....

Biodiversity modulates the cross‐community scaling relationship in changing environments

Organismal abundance typically declines with increasing body size, with metabolic theory predicting a universal size–abundance slope of –0.75. Using protist microcosms across gradients of species ric...

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Theresa Laverty @theresalaverty.bsky.social · 1d

Enjoy! Missing the conference and all the lovely participants unfortunately this year

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Theresa Laverty @theresalaverty.bsky.social · 4d

Got my dog a friend from the shelter this week. Zoe is adjusting to life with our other cattle dog, Bruce

Zoe, a blue heeler mix puppy, smiles for the camera

Zoe and Bruce (blue and red heeler mixes) enjoy the shade in the yard

Funny faces-- a yawn and a head shake-- from Zoe and Bruce

Bruce looks adoringly at the new puppy Zoe

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Francisco Rodriguez-Sanchez @frodsan.bsky.social · 7d

Finally using {pins} #rstats package to share heavy files that can't be shared among collaborators through GitHub, and it works like a breeze! Supports data versioning, cache, etc. Thanks @posit.co

Here using Google Drive to share files, but can use many different servers, see pins.rstudio.com

library("pins")

# specify folder in Google Drive to store objects
board <- board_gdrive("https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/FOLDER_ID")

# upload file
board |> pin_write(big_dataset, "big_dataset.csv", type = "csv")

# retrieve file (e.g. in another computer)
board |> pin_read("big_dataset.csv")

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Theresa Laverty @theresalaverty.bsky.social · 7d

The first student in my lab group successfully defended their graduate work today! Many congrats to Iona Rohan (coadvised by @jenniferfrey.bsky.social) for her MS work analyzing the effects of wind energy on the habitat use of terrestrial mammals in central NM. Stay tuned for our findings!

Iona Rohan (center) with co-advisors Theresa Laverty (left) and Jennifer Frey (right)

Kit fox with wind turbines in the background

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Theresa Laverty @theresalaverty.bsky.social · 9d

Reminder: two more days to apply for this opportunity!

Theresa Laverty @theresalaverty.bsky.social · Sep 5

Do you like acoustic data, community ecology, and desert oases? Apply for a PhD in my lab to investigate the role of ephemeral water sources (i.e., playa lakes and tinajas) in structuring desert bat (and maybe bird) communities. Visit lavertylab.org/join-the-lab for more. Applications due October 1

Advertisement for a PhD assistantship in the Laverty Lab on bats, birds, and the role of ephemeral water sources. Applications are due 1 October 2025. Visit https://lavertylab.org/join-the-lab for more information

A playa lake at the Jornada Basin Long-Term Ecological Research site just north of Las Cruces (New Mexico). Photo by: Wiebke Boeing.

A tinaja in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument (Arizona) with a mist net positioned along the shore in front of it

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Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 9d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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Anne Hilborn @annewhilborn.bsky.social · 14d

CA Biology job alert
My unit at the CA Dep of Fish and Wildlife is hiring a permanent position to write 5 year reviews for species listed under the CA Endangered Species Act.
Based in West Sacramento, currently 2x week in office.
I am happy to answer questions
calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/...

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Skype a Scientist @skypeascientist.bsky.social · 9d

Alrght everybody, get your Tin Can Telephones out. We need your help!

We reach new people by word of mouth. Send all your educator friends this pic! Teachers, librarians, scout troop leaders, etc! We offer our program for free, so we need help getting the word out without advertising $$.

A purple and red octopus talk to each other on the tin can telephone. Purple octopus says “want to connect your students with real
Scientists?” Then red octopus says “Skype a scientist matches groups with scientists for virtual q&as. It’s free!” And then an orange flapjack octopus says “get a match at skypeascientist.com”

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 12d

The solicitation is finally up! Good luck to everybody applying this year (and those with mentees applying) - it's an extremely tight turnaround but very glad to see this. 🧪🌎

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Li Li 李黎 @lireactivewater.bsky.social · 16d

Do heat waves happen in rivers? How do river heat waves (RHW) compare to air heat waves (AHW)?

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Here we show: 1) RHWs occur less frequently & intensively but last twice as long as AHWs; 2) RHW have risen much faster than AHWs.

Congrats to Dr. Kayal Sadayappan!

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John L Field @johnlfield.bsky.social · 19d

New paper out in Biofpr: "Environmental metrics of ethanol production improve with increased biomass yield and carbohydrate content in Populus trichocarpa"
scijournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Environmental metrics of ethanol production improve with increased biomass yield and carbohydrate content in Populus trichocarpa

When selecting economically and environmentally advantageous genotypes for domestication in a biofuel supply chain, variability of cell-wall composition within a feedstock population and its impact o....

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Theresa Laverty @theresalaverty.bsky.social · 18d

If only I could say the same about my country...

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Theresa Laverty @theresalaverty.bsky.social · 18d

Glad that my state recognizes the benefits of vaccines!

Theresa with two vaccine bandages on her arm

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Theresa Laverty @theresalaverty.bsky.social · 19d

I feel this. We used to get away with only logging in every few days, but this semester I have to two-factor in multiple times a day

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Alberta Community Bat Program/Western Bat Program 🦇 @albertabats.bsky.social · 20d

#BREAKINGNEWS 🦇🌍 The world now has 1,500 recognized bat species! 🎉 The global list at www.batnames.org just hit this milestone. New bats are found through fieldwork in remote places & genetic discoveries. Amazing biodiversity news! #Bats #Biodiversity #BatsNeedFriends

A collage of bat photos of species from around the world. Photos are contributions from photographers who have kindly allowed us to use their work for education and conservation. Text reads "Celebrate Bats!" and 1500.

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Theresa Laverty @theresalaverty.bsky.social · Sep 9

Great work from Nate's lab on Madrean Sky Island specimens!

Nate Upham @n8upham.bsky.social · Sep 8

When & where have species of bats, rodents, & shrews been collected across the 54 mountains of the Madrean Sky Islands?

Damien Rivera in our lab led this effort to find out!

New preprint "Uncovering historical small mammal biodiversity among the Madrean Sky Islands" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Theresa Laverty @theresalaverty.bsky.social · Sep 8

This is a very fast turn around this year and it seems the solicitation still isn't up. Get going on those GRFP proposals ASAP and hope for minimal changes to the requirements/qualifications!

Megan Barkdull @meganbarkdull.bsky.social · Sep 8

While full solicitation isn’t up, looks like we have 2025 proposal deadlines for the GRFP: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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John L Field @johnlfield.bsky.social · Sep 2

New in @globalchangebio.bsky.social- "Which Plant Traits Increase Soil C Sequestration? Empirical Evidence From a Long-Term Poplar Genetic Diversity Trial". We sampled soils & roots from 24 black cottonwood genotypes in a 13-y.o. Center for Bioenergy Innovation common garden.
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

Which Plant Traits Increase Soil Carbon Sequestration? Empirical Evidence From a Long‐Term Poplar Genetic Diversity Trial

This study measured soil carbon concentrations and stocks in a 13-year-old poplar common garden study, exploring the degree to which soil carbon storage is affected by biological diversity or attribu...

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Theresa Laverty @theresalaverty.bsky.social · Sep 5

Do you like acoustic data, community ecology, and desert oases? Apply for a PhD in my lab to investigate the role of ephemeral water sources (i.e., playa lakes and tinajas) in structuring desert bat (and maybe bird) communities. Visit lavertylab.org/join-the-lab for more. Applications due October 1

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · Sep 2

This guy is playing it right. We need to back him up!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 2

Pritzker: "It breaks my heart to report that we have been told ICE will try to disrupt community picnics and peaceful parades. Let's be clear -- the terror and cruelty is the point, not the safety of anybody living here."

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · Sep 1

This 🧵 is long so please bear with me. It is compiles evidence in a historical timeline on how effective #COVIDVaccines are. When a pandemic ends we quickly and easily forget the tools that got us out of it. So here is my labour day gift to you prompted by this headline.

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Neil Gilbert @gilbert-lab.bsky.social · Aug 21

our paper on how light pollution affects bird vocal behavior is out today in Science!!

w/ @brentpease.bsky.social

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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