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Uriel Menalled @urielmenalled.bsky.social · 2h

@plantnet.bsky.social, for some reason, my app/website doesn't have this functionality yet

Uriel Menalled @urielmenalled.bsky.social · 2h

I'm excited about this nice way to collect plot-level species observations, calculating percent coverage or species counts!

If you haven't checked our Pl@ntNet, I find it to be the best app for plant ID.

@plantnet.bsky.social #PlantEcology #OpenData #CitizenScience

youtu.be/BU4ckJgRlHg?...

Intro to Pl@ntNet plots

YouTube video by PlantNet

youtu.be

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DrZP @zarahpattison.bsky.social · 23d

Source: ScienceDaily
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Why some plants are taking over the world

Plants are spreading across the globe faster than ever, largely due to human activity, and new research shows that the very same traits that make plants thrive in their native lands also drive their s...

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Uriel Menalled @urielmenalled.bsky.social · 29d

My wife, @erinhassett.bsky.social, sums up why the last seven years in Ithaca have been so magical: www.thisfootprint.com/post/a-love-...

A love letter to Ithaca

I had no expectations when moving to Ithaca in the summer of 2018. It was just the next city that I needed to go to for my career goals–– this time for grad school. I accepted the offer letter before ...

www.thisfootprint.com

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Uriel Menalled @urielmenalled.bsky.social · 29d

After a master's, PhD, and postdoc at Cornell, I now set my sights on Virginia Tech, where I will be doing my second postdoc. At VTech, I'll be in Susan Whitehead's lab studying how plant and soil microbe diversity impacts apple quality. I'm looking forward to learning some chemical ecology!

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Uriel Menalled @urielmenalled.bsky.social · Aug 20

This is so cool!!!! Thank you, really! I've never considered how evolutionary theories can be applied to model cultural changes.

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Uriel Menalled @urielmenalled.bsky.social · Aug 19

Here we go again!

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Uriel Menalled @urielmenalled.bsky.social · Aug 15

Okay, this is super cool! I wonder if we could use some similar approach to think about the diversity of ancient cropping systems 🤔. Anyone want to collaborate?
#Agroecology #STEM #Paleobotany

Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · Aug 15

📖Published📖

Cooper et al. present DeepDiveR, an R package companion for the DeepDive Python program, facilitating estimation of biodiversity from fossil occurrence data. Read more here 👇

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The DeepDiveR workflow. Firstly, in R, input data are pre-processed and prepared in the correct format for reading into DeepDive along with generation and editing of a configuration file (.ini) that stores all settings of the analysis. The configuration file has a modular structure following the stages of the workflow. The configuration file is then executed in a command line terminal and runs in Python.

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Uriel Menalled @urielmenalled.bsky.social · Aug 14

💡Update: I successfully recovered the report using web.archive.org

Wayback Machine

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Uriel Menalled @urielmenalled.bsky.social · Aug 14

I can’t access the Fourth National Climate Assessment—the Trump admin took it down. It shows extreme precipitation will rise across much of the U.S., supporting my case for tillage reduction research. Farmers and researchers need this info!

Below is an old screenshot.

#ClimateChange #Farming

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Nature @nature.com · Aug 13

Predictions of climate change are uncertain. That’s why we need to keep finding out how our atmosphere works, says Tim Palmer

go.nature.com/414QrVV

Just how bad will climate change get? The only way to know is to fund basic research

Predictions of climate change are uncertain. That’s why we need to keep finding out how our atmosphere works.

go.nature.com

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Uriel Menalled @urielmenalled.bsky.social · Aug 6

There were only 9 jobs with NOAA when I checked USAJobs today... A far cry from the NOAA jobs that DOGE cut...

Uriel Menalled @urielmenalled.bsky.social · Aug 6

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Uriel Menalled @urielmenalled.bsky.social · Aug 6

@mikegrunwald.bsky.social, you make a really interesting point which I'd like to use in talks, etc. However, I read through the NYTimes article, and it didn't say that ~40M ac of solar would power the US. Would you mind providing some additional support for this statement?

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Uriel Menalled @urielmenalled.bsky.social · Aug 5

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Uriel Menalled @urielmenalled.bsky.social · Aug 5

Instead of commenting "📌" It would be so much nicer just to have a pin option on each post.

Uriel Menalled @urielmenalled.bsky.social · Jul 31

Here are two great videos to get started with the renv package:

1. youtu.be/Oen9xhEh8PY?...
2. youtu.be/yc7ZB4F_dc0?...

Thanks @albertrapp.bsky.social and @patschloss.bsky.social!

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Uriel Menalled @urielmenalled.bsky.social · Jul 31

Do you ever get frustrated when you open old code and find that functions that ran in the past were deprecated?

Enter {renv}, a package that stores all package version information in a within-project library! I've been using it for reproducible analysis and long-term code storage.
#Rstats

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Uriel Menalled @urielmenalled.bsky.social · Jul 16

Really interesting! Thanks for sharing!

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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · Jul 1

Forest cover enhances pest control by birds and bats independently of vineyard management intensity 🌲🧪

Highlights the ecological and economic value of birds and bats as natural pest control agents in vineyards 🦇🌏

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

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Uriel Menalled @urielmenalled.bsky.social · Jun 24

Ah, yes, I see the gvif from {car} and vif from {performance} are equivalent—thank you for the clarification.

Any reason why GVIF^(1/(2*Df)) is not included?

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Uriel Menalled @urielmenalled.bsky.social · Jun 24

One annoyance worth mentioning: @easystats.bsky.social, the VIF values are often extremely high when interactions are present. Why not use the same approach as the vif() in the {car} package? I also like that the car package presents generalized VIFs when appropriate.

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Uriel Menalled @urielmenalled.bsky.social · Jun 24

The help file for the check_model() function provides nice explanations for each graphic

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Uriel Menalled @urielmenalled.bsky.social · Jun 23

Shout out to the #rstats {performance} package. Its check_model() function is super helpful for model evaluation.

#statistics #STEM

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Uriel Menalled @urielmenalled.bsky.social · Jun 11

As someone who enjoys meat but is concerned about the environment, I found it interesting to see that poultry is relatively "light" in terms of GHG emissions per 100 g of protein and land use. Is there a catch to eating chicken that I'm missing?

Full paper: www.nature.com/articles/s44...