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Emily McKinnon

@birdbiologist.bsky.social
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#ornithologist (Arctic #songbirds) and science educator at #UManitoba and senior editor at #EcologyandEvolution focussing on papers with #IndigenousScience

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Emily McKinnon @birdbiologist.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
From Science to Sovereignty: Indigenizing Western Scientific Approaches for Culturally Appropriate Wildfire Recovery - Oeggerli - 2025 - Ecology and Evolution onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #IndigenousScience #EcoEvo
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From Science to Sovereignty: Indigenizing Western Scientific Approaches for Culturally Appropriate Wildfire Recovery
This study reanalyzes post-wildfire vegetation trajectory data with Indigenous plant classification systems co-developed with St'át'imc communities, revealing that conventional “native/non-native” pl....
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Emily McKinnon @birdbiologist.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Nice to see Ecology & Evolution Associate Editor and Indigenous Scholar Dr. Az Klymiuk's work highlighted in the #UManitoba UM Today Magazine! Feeling hungry for some wild rice now... #IndigenousScience #EcologyandEvolution news.umanitoba.ca/the-comeback...
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The Comeback Crop
Could a humble, ancient grain help address modern-day food insecurity? UM researchers think so. Why wild rice—with a climate-friendly twist—could be Canada’s next staple
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Wilson Ornithological Society @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Here's a fascinating read on how Indigenous knowledge has deepened biologists' understand of changes in the bird community on a small island off of British Columbia. #ornithology
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Decades of Indigenous observations reveal changing bird community - The Wildlife Society
Scientific surveys and Heiltsuk knowledge came together to unravel the avian ecology of a British Columbia island
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Emily McKinnon @birdbiologist.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
New paper in #Ecology&Evolution illustrating that there are treasures buried in those dusty university-held avian collections, e.g., new species records that provide insight into historical + future distributions onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #naturenote #naturalhistory #ornithology
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A 19th Century Stormwrecked Black‐Capped Petrel From Vermont Offers Insight Into Historical Vagrancy Processes
Small historical museum collections can provide unexpected data points in telling the story of how climate change has impacted species. We report a (re)discovered Black-capped Petrel (Pterodroma hasi....
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Ecology and Evolution @ecol-evol.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Call for papers for our special issue on Indigenous Science and Practice in Ecology and Evolution. Edited by @klymiuk.ca & @birdbiologist.bsky.social: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... / onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
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Introducing a new special section—Indigenous Science and Practice in Ecology and Evolution
Editorial introducing a new special issue in the journal.
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Corey Bradshaw @conservbytes.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Geochemical evidence that #Indigenous #fire management in Australia began at least 11,000 years ago theconversation.com/indigenous-f...
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Indigenous fire management began more than 11,000 years ago: new research
Indigenous fire management shaped Australian tropical savannas over millennia, until the arrival of Europeans pushed the landscape back into a dangerous, unmanaged state.
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CSEE_SCEE @csee-scee.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
CSEE is now on Bluesky! We’ll be posting information about upcoming events, including our AGM, webinars and more, and news about the society. #Ecology #Evolution
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American Ornithological Society @amornith.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Present your research at #AOS25 in St. Louis! We are seeking proposals for Symposia, Roundtables & Workshops for our annual meeting being held 11-15 August 2025. Details are on our meeting website. Due date: 1/31/25 #ornithology #scientificmeeting meeting.americanornithology.org/news-announc...
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Emily McKinnon @birdbiologist.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Comparing Historical and Contemporary Observations of Avian Fauna on the Yáláƛi (Goose Island) Archipelago, British Columbia, Canada - Obrist - 2024 - Ecology and Evolution - Wiley Online Library #IndigenousScience #EcologyandEvolution onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Comparing Historical and Contemporary Observations of Avian Fauna on the Yáláƛi (Goose Island) Archipelago, British Columbia, Canada
Old hunting cabin near the lagoon on Goose Island, Yáláƛi, British Columbia.
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