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beckerhopper.bsky.social
Professor of Evolutionary Ecology University of Sheffield #rstats, #Julia #mtb, #foodweb, #openresearch 🧪 🚵🏽 𝄢
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Get simulating! #Biodiversity / #foodweb dynamics with #julialang. Classic bioenergetic model, consolidation of lots of add-ons & super fast. Very happy to share this, a result of amazing collaborators and a rich history of model development. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

“Musk is amplifying a slew of incorrect and misleading information. His concern about the subject doesn’t extend to being truthful when addressing it.” How is this consistent with him retaining fellowship of the @royalsociety.org? www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Lovely to see Devi Satarkar’s first DPhil paper out in print

Climate change is creating warmer, drier conditions that cause fire seasons in some regions like western North America to last longer and be more active. Read more:

The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this

Check out this open position as Scientific Manager in Biodiversity and Ecosystem Science at the Novo Nordisk Foundation to support activities within monitoring and modelling of #biodiversity, #ecosystem health, #restoration & environmental sustainability 🌿🌳🌍💦🌸 apply.workable.com/novonordiskf...

Don't miss this chance to join a truly interdisciplinary #PhD programme on Transforming Chemical Management for a Non-Toxic Future. Stage 1 Applications are due 6 Jan. #ecology #ecotoxicology #systemsthinking #urbanecosystems Details here: ecosolutions.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/home

We've now got the green light to revamp this booklet and we're looking for volunteers to write/peer review sections. Express your interest here: forms.gle/ZYFLPaC3k2RF.... We want to feature diverse ECR writers from across the world. Women of colour are especially encouraged!

That’s a wrap! There’s nothing quite like seeing ecologists and practitioners come together, sparking new ideas and collaborations. We can’t wait to bring this energy to Edinburgh next year. Until then, stay connected and stay inspired!

15 000 fieldworkers | 28 countries | decades of effort | 170 #bird species🐦 Data paper on European long-term population changes in #birds: doi.org/10.1038/s415... Data: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... #ornithology

If you’re in Liverpool for the BES (or any other reason!) I highly recommend Conversations (free!) at the Walker Art gallery. Centred on Black women and non binary artists. Also thoughtful interp in the rest of the gallery about colonial and slavery links www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker-art-g...

Help Shape the Future of a Non-Toxic Environment: Join the ECOSOLUTIONS PhD Programme Interested in urban pollution science, policy & systems thinking ? Backgrounds in ecology, chemistry, geography, environmental engineering, policy & law welcome! www.findaphd.com/phds/program... #PhD

We’re launching a new @britishecolsoc.bsky.social network at #BES2024! Come and be part of Emerging Leaders and Managers with @luehea.bsky.social, Rob Brooker and me 👩🏻‍🦳🧑🏻‍🌾👩🏻 and keep your ears open for the first episode of the ELM podcast with special guest @ymalhi.bsky.social, available soon!

Wow 😱: The western arctic caribou herd has largely abandoned its southern ranges as winter survival has worsened there. In: Evidence for an Adaptive, Large-Scale Range Shift in a Long-Distance Terrestrial Migrant. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I don’t need to go on social media to have my worldview challenged I am in theoretical physics I have a new existential crisis daily

In the simpler days of 2015/16 we wrote the BES Guide to Reproducible Code: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/wp-content/u.... It’s time for a refresh! Would you like to help? I’m looking for people to review the existing booklet by 5th December.

This is an AMAZING public service - thank you!

Hey all, please RT this new starter pack for locating our fellow ecological modellers on Blue Sky! And please reply to this post if you'd like to be added to the starter pack! go.bsky.app/EfUQaM2

oh nice they have both

I am recruiting a postdoc in statistical physics, computational biology, or a related field to study the predictability of evolution in microbial communities. Please share! Details: qevomicrolab.org/wp-content/u... Apply by May 1 here: forms.gle/hMNgrh3Ja5dP...

More context for 🧪. New statistical methods accounting for spatial, temporal and evolutionary non-independence lead to big questions about global trends in biodiversity and improved prediction at smaller scales. Paper is OA so grab it if biodiversity things float your boat!

Check this out. Interesting times for biodiversity analyses. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪

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🐠🌊 PhD Position - Applications Open 🐠🌊 Predicting global patterns in fish feeding behaviour: implications for food webs and fisheries Based at Sheffield with collaborators at York and CEFAS. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

To conclude - the name we will go with 'Science' for searchabulity as @bossett.bsky.social suggested. But referring to it as 'the science feed' is cool. The community of scientists on Bluesky will continue to be known as BlueSci, and that name will remain the name of the list the feed runs off 🧪