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Clayton Hale (he/him) @chale9.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

@jacquelyngill.bsky.social wondering if this ever made its way to publication?

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Ben R Lee, PhD @benrlee.com · 21/07/2026

My team is recruiting a MSc student for a new grant investigating forested wetland responses to Hurricane Helene. The student will lead a GIS project mapping disturbance type and severity in the ETSU Geosciences dept. The catch: they would need to start this fall semester (about a month from now).

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Clayton Hale (he/him) @chale9.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Evidence that I still make time for a little whitewater while finishing my PhD🌊

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Clayton Hale (he/him) @chale9.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I had a wonderful time at Evolution last week in Cleveland! I presented a talk on how global change influences the phenology and vital rates of spring ephemerals and a poster on conservation data needs for rare and imperiled plant species. See you in San Juan next year! #evol2026

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Clayton Hale (he/him) @chale9.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Headed to Evolution in Cleveland! Speaking Tuesday at 2:30 PM on how climate affects spring ephemeral fitness through direct and phenological pathways. Also presenting a poster Sunday evening on conservation data needs and evolutionary biology. Hope to see you there!

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James ⛰️🌾🇵🇸 @plantbard.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Just can’t seem to stay away from Death Valley

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Clayton Hale (he/him) @chale9.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Started a short-term internship this week at Atlanta Botanical Garden working on the population genetics of rare & imperiled plants 🌿🧬 Excited to build my genetics + wet lab skills. Huge thanks to UGA's Franklin College supporting this opportunity and ABG for hosting me!

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Botany One @botany.one · 13/05/2026

Natural Science Collections Facility Postdoctoral Fellowship // SANBI www.sanbi.org/job/natural-... Call for applications to carry out a research project: Understanding Knowledge Flows, Societal Impact, and Value Chains of South African Taxonomic Research and Digitised Collections. #BotanyJobs

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Natural Science Collections Facility (NSCF) Postdoctoral Fellowship - SANBI

Duration: 12 months Call for applications for a postdoctoral fellow to carry out a research project titled: Understanding Knowledge Flows, Societal Impact, and Value Chains of South African Taxonomic…

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Emily Josephs @emjo.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Once you've called SNPs and gotten a vcf, do you all have any favorite little checks? Stuff like, is pi_n < pi_s? I'm trying to write up a list for my lab and am curious what other folks do.

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Clayton Hale (he/him) @chale9.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

I ❤️ Southern Appalachian flowers

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Clayton Hale (he/him) @chale9.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Am I at all qualified to study killer whales? No. Do I need to pursue a second PhD? Also, no. Am I "interested" in studying KILLER WHALES?! duh. Kidding aside, this looks awesome.

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Clayton Hale (he/him) @chale9.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Bummer, thank you for the update! It might be helpful to also notify folks who didn't get the award. Knowing helps with budgeting on tight graduate student budgets. (If they did I apologize, I didn't get notified)

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Clayton Hale (he/him) @chale9.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Just curious, do you (or anyone) know if the Volunteer Travel Awards notifications have gone out yet? Trying to budget for the conference and it would be helpful to know one way or the other. TIA! @evolmtg.bsky.social

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

One of my former students took her final project for my field natural history class and turned it into her Honors thesis: a 100% original, hand-drawn field guide to the rocky intertidal! And she got copies printed for her defense!

A spiral bound field guide with a photo of sea star and a sea urchin, written and illustrated by Madelynn DeBest.

An illustrated schematic of the zones of the rocky intertidal and which species live at what depths.

An example page from a spiral bound field guide, open to the entry for bladderwarck, a light green seaweed with little air bladders to help it float.

A field guide entry for an invasive blue crab, showing it to be 9” across.

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Clayton Hale (he/him) @chale9.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

The fourth year of my Trillium persistens demography censuses are underway! With state and federal partners, I am working to better understand the drivers behind recent population declines in this federally endangered species. Excited to be back in the field and digging deeper into these dynamics!

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Clayton Hale (he/him) @chale9.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I’m excited to share a new commentary I wrote with my advisor, Dr. Megan DeMarche, on recent work showing that phenological and range shifts together alter the timing and composition of flowering communities. 🌸🌍 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Uniting Range and Phenological Shifts to Better Understand Effects of Climate Change on Communities

Click on the article title to read more.

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Clayton Hale (he/him) @chale9.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

We discuss a recent paper showing that shifts in phenology and species ranges can synergistically change both the timing and composition of flowering communities under climate change. This work highlights why spatial and temporal responses must be considered together.

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Clayton Hale (he/him) @chale9.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

First blooms of the season in my spring ephemeral warming experiment!! I sure do love pretty wildflowers🌸

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Clayton Hale (he/him) @chale9.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

I am honored to receive the Wilbur Duncan Outstanding Graduate Student Award from my department. My deepest thanks to the mentors, collaborators, and family who made this possible.

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 24/01/2026

Who gets to report the environmental crisis matters. In 2026, Mongabay is expanding the Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship — our largest cohort yet. Paid, remote, for early-career journalists from tropical countries. Apply by Feb 1: buff.ly/sH4S0O2 Learn more: buff.ly/1Bp60qD

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Clayton Hale (he/him) @chale9.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Ohhhhh, ok. I see now. Thank you for the context!

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Clayton Hale (he/him) @chale9.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

I thought in the UK there are “right to roam” laws?

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Clayton Hale (he/him) @chale9.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I think it would! They might be too big, but also we didn't want to drive or drill anything into the rock if we didn't have to. Also, liquid nails was just cheaper.

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Clayton Hale (he/him) @chale9.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

There will be releases that will cover some of the tags, but it will likely just be a couple days of year.

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Clayton Hale (he/him) @chale9.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

This something I was very worried about. I went with the high end liquid nails. It says it will work with marble to metal which seemed like the closest thing to this situation. After a day it was already set and we couldn’t pry them up. Will it hold over the course of years? I’m not sure.

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Clayton Hale (he/him) @chale9.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Excited to share that, with state partners and the TVA, we’ve launched long-term monitoring of the federally listed Pityopsis ruthii, found in just two East Tennessee riverbeds. We're studying how hydrology and dam releases shape the future of this rare species!

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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Hungary 1956 'Well over a 100k people fled the country seeking asylum. Among them was a young geneticist named George Rédei, who headed for the Austrian border with a small vial of seeds tucked in his pocket. The seeds belonged to a spindly weed in the mustard family called Arabidopsis thaliana.'

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How a humble weed became a superstar of biology

Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress launched the botanical world into the molecular era.

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Clayton Hale (he/him) @chale9.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Help! 🚨 Looking for resources on structural equation models—favorite methods papers, example studies, or guides for building an SEM pipeline. Thinking of using one for a dissertation chapter & not sure where to start. Suggestions? Please share!

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Emma Chandler (she/her) @chandler2228.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Cool day helping @chale9.bsky.social with fieldwork! Surveyed fothergilla in a longleaf pine forest and saw some amazing carnivorous plants!! 🌱

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Rebecca Wheeler @botanybeck.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

I hadn’t seen it for a couple of years so it was extra special in early June to catch up with my #FavouritePlant! The gorgeous Mertensia maritima, commonly named Oysterplant, as the leaves taste like the fruits of the sea! Caithness #Wildflowerhour

The gorgeous blue bell-shaped flowers of Oysterplant are tinged pink in bud like the other members of the Borage family in which this most beautiful plant belongs.

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Clayton Hale (he/him) @chale9.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Just got back from an incredible experience contributing to a 30-year plant demographic study in the Alaskan Arctic. What an amazing, beautiful, and wild place. Can’t wait to go back! @chandler2228.bsky.social

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Clayton Hale (he/him) @chale9.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

What a wonderful day driving the Dalton Highway to arctic Alaska! Now it’s time to measure some plants! @toolikfieldstation.bsky.social

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Climatic determinants of plant #phenology in vernal pool habitats New #AJB research by Brandon Thomas Hendrickson, Jenna Aubrie Benterou, Robert Martin & Jason Sexton doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #citizenscience #wetlands

Flowering Limnanthes douglasii ssp. rosea and Trifolium variegatum within a vernal pool on the Merced Vernal Pools & Grassland Reserve.

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Dave @astronomydave.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Happy to see more Black Eyed Susan flower on our little prairie. Also have a LOT of milkweed, some vervain, fleabane and a smattering of foxglove beardtongue.

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Clayton Hale (he/him) @chale9.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

I am in my hometown visiting family for a few days and got the opportunity to see one of my favorites, the Tennessee coneflower! It was one of the first plants listed under the Endangered Species Act and was delisted in 2011. A rare conservation success story!

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Aspen Ellis @boriellis.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

As we’re wrapping up Pride month, check out this podcast on Queer Ecology & how we can teach it in classrooms! Spotify: lnkd.in/eGBJMGbH Apple Podcasts: lnkd.in/es-gwyjB Thanks for having us, @pangolinpodcast.bsky.social! 🏳️‍🌈

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Emma Chandler (she/her) @chandler2228.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

#Evol2025 was such an amazing experience! I presented my work on sexual differentiation in Silene acaulis, watched my science heroes present their work, and connected with others working on similar questions. I feel fortunate to be surrounded by an amazing group of supportive and brilliant people!

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Clayton Hale (he/him) @chale9.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Had an amazing time at #Evolution2025 — Grateful for the chance to share my work on how phenological shifts are impacting plant fitness. Until next time! #Evol2025

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