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David Wolfson

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Postdoc at U of MN | movement ecology | integrated population modeling david-wolfson.rbind.io

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Zack Steel 🪶🦇🌲🔥 @zacksteel.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Wildlife collars are great for tracking movements 🦌. We’re now adding smoke sensors to those collars! New paper led by Adam Parlin w/ @mditmer.bsky.social & others describes the tech & huge potential to learn about 🔥 smoke impacts on wildlife 🧪 🌎🌐 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Marie Auger-Methe @marieaugermethe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Interested in eider ducks? Love to analyse spatial data? Apply to do a PhD with Mark Mallory and me! Deadline Oct 23. statisticalecology.weebly.com/uploads/1/1/...
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Swiss Ornithological Institute @vogelwarte.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In a new report, @pauldufour80.bsky.social et al analyzed data from 411 migratory landbirds to quantify the proportion of migratory flights at night. They found that nocturnal migration is the dominant strategy in small- to medium sized landbirds. doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
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Aimee M. Van Tatenhove @full-o-fulmars.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Two acoustic integration #postdoc positions at @cornellbirds.bsky.social: Statistical integration of eBird and acoustic data academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32523 Acoustic abundance estimation with eBird data academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32728 Please share and reach out with any questions!
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Cornell University, Lab of Ornithology
Job #AJO32523, WDR-00061235 Postdoc Associate eBird-acoustic statistical integration, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New Yor...
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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I’m taking a segue from higher ed for a lil’ while and I noticed that in other sectors, strategic plans are more than hopeful wishes.
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Swiss Ornithological Institute @vogelwarte.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A new study showcases how vertical-looking radars can be used to quantify and characterize seasonal variability in high-altitude bat movements. Read more: doi.org/10.1002/rse2...
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Migration Ecology Group @migecol.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
New #ornithology paper! Knowledge gaps and research directions in migration ecology for advancing the #conservation of migratory songbirds onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Aims to stimulate research advancing #migration #ecology and conserving threatened migratory #songbirds.
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Benedetta Catitti @bcatitti.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🚨Preprint alert! 🚨What if your study animal doesn't know the landscape yet? Standard movement models such as SSA assume it does. In our new study we let it learn instead, and put "learner" against "omniscient" head to head (1/4) doi.org/10.64898/202...
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Jeremy Cohen @drjerbs.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Doing a bioacoustics project somewhere in the eastern US? For a large-scale study exploring how bird communities react to disturbance across regions/habitats, we are looking for daytime recordings at consistent sites over 2+ years, during the same season(s) each year. Please get in touch!
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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Big new @adriftlab.bsky.social paper - we show for the first time that plastics affects seabirds at the POPULATION level. Plastic ingested as a chick reduces recruitment of birds to the breeding population. And the story is pretty grim. 🧵 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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The Institute for Bird Populations @instbirdpop.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
🪶Cool new research on female Passerines by @joannaxwu.bsky.social and colleagues at IBP and UCLA. Read more about it here-> bit.ly/4zfjbdY
Photo of a female Black-headed Grosbeak by Richard Griffin. Text on the graphic says: "Female birds are less likely to survive than males, but why?
New study uses MAPS data to explore sex-biased survival in North American Passerines..... Read more on our blog!"
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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 24/07/2026
New issue of #PhilTransB: Ecological #epigenetics at the intersection of behaviour and life history variation in non-model animals. Read #OA: buff.ly/6v4pqCo
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I wrote about a reason not to use generative AI in your writing that I haven't seen anyone talking about. Once I realized this, banning GenAI in our lab's writing became a no-brainer. Feel free to share, I think this is probably useful especially for trainees: www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/the...
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The only reason you’ll ever need not to write with AI — The Carlson Lab
Over the last year, our lab has been developing a policy on AI use. To do this, we did three main things: We read a lot of academic publications and tech news. We set up an #ai channel on our la...
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
📖 Published📖 This study compiles a list of ten simple rules to help team members engage and excel throughout the entire process as they embark on ecological synthesis journeys🧑‍🤝‍🧑 📈 🧪
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Ten simple rules for team synthesis in ecological research
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Raphaël Nussbaumer @rafnuss.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Can a tiny magnetic sensor help geolocate migratory birds? 🧭 Earth’s magnetic field varies across the globe in both intensity and inclination. We asked whether those spatial patterns can turn magnetometer data from lightweight tags into location estimates.
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Swiss Ornithological Institute @vogelwarte.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Using integrated pop. models, @steffopp.bsky.social @jaumebadiaboher.bsky.social et al explored scenarios to identify which combination of reinforcement, habitat restoration, and survival improvement are needed for the Aquatic Warbler population at the margin of its range. doi.org/10.1093/orni...
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kdelmore.bsky.social @kdelmore.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
🧠🧬🦤 Excited to be at #ICN2026! We're recruiting a #postdoc to study the neural and molecular basis of migration. Projects could include field experiments, captive studies, and spatial/single-cell. Stop by poster 72 today or email! @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social #neuroethology delmorelab.com/recruitment
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kdelmore.bsky.social @kdelmore.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
🪽🧬 Migration is one of the most spectacular behaviors in nature, yet we still know little about its molecular basis. Our new paper explores whether epigenetic variation contributes to migratory orientation in a songbird hybrid zone. doi.org/10.1098/rstb... tamuartsci.bsky.social columbia.bsky.social
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liedvogel lab @genmig.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
how does seasonal migration evolve? this question is to the heart of our focus and here we use common garden approach to characterise the amount of seasonal change in chromatin accessibility in ancestral migratory and derived resident populations of the Eurasian blackcap doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
Spanisch blackcap male sitting on a rocky structure, curiously looking to the left in front of a green background (c) Benehar Rodrigues
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Animal-Environment Interactions Lab @safilab.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Removing outliers is one of the first things to do when analysing movement data. With porting the remaining move functions to move2 in move2utils package, I also wrote some functions to address the GPS outlier problem. The preprint is out and you can find it here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Self-thresholding hierarchical outlier-detection for animal movement tracks
1). Erroneous locations are ubiquitous in animal tracking data and prove notoriously difficult to remove, particularly so in an unsupervised manner. Whether caused by poor satellite geometry, atmosphe...
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 13/07/2026
An ICE agent in Houston shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo last week, the latest in a string of shootings by ICE officers who later claimed the victim attempted to hit them with a car—a claim that, in many cases, has been refuted by video evidence. minnesotareformer.com/2026/07/13/i...
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Immigration agents are still shooting people in cars • Minnesota Reformer
On Tuesday, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Houston shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the latest in a string of shootings by ICE officers who later claimed the victim attempt...
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Christopher Pollock @tonyauk.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Together, this points to a hierarchical strategy: memory picks the general area, and social information helps refine and maintain it. By establishing the mechanisms by which gannets occupy space, this framework can robustly predict responses under climate and offshore wind farm scenarios. 4/5
An adult Northern gannet taking flight from Bass Rock.
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Christopher Pollock @tonyauk.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
New paper! We simulated foraging trips of Northern gannets at Bass Rock to decipher what information individuals use to keep returning to the same foraging patches. Memory was the strongest driver, but it wasn't the whole story. 🧵👇 doi.org/10.1186/s404... 1/5
Figure showing Northern gannet foraging tracks, movement states, and prey distribution. (A) Map of GPS-tracked foraging trips from Bass Rock (black triangle) overlaid in grey, with representative tracks from three individuals highlighted (orange, green, and purple). Semi-transparent polygons indicate each individual's core foraging utilisation distributions, illustrating differences in individual foraging site fidelity and overlap (overlap values shown in the legend). (B) Example foraging trip classified into behavioural states: outbound travel (yellow), foraging (red), inbound travel (blue), and resting (light blue), with arrows indicating travel direction. (C) Enlarged view of a foraging segment showing tortuous movement characteristic of area-restricted search. (D) Spatial map of simulated prey density, with darker purple indicating higher prey availability.
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Paul Dufour @pauldufour80.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
🐦🌙 Happy to see this big collaborative paper out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! We address a seemingly simple question using geolocator data collected across many species and individuals: how much of bird migration actually happens at night? www.cell.com/current-biol... A short🧵
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Matthijs Hollanders @matthollanders.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Turns out continuous time hidden Markov model-step selection functions (HMM-SSF) with unequal sampling intervals sample like a dream in @mc-stan.org🔥
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Paul Dufour @pauldufour80.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
🚨 Exciting news! The Swiss Ornithological Institute is starting a collaborative program that offers multi-sensor geolocators and analytical support for bird migration research, focusing on underrepresented species & regions. Interested? geopressure.org/GeoCollabForm/ Please share!
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David Wolfson @dwwolfson.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Love it!
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Smith Fellowship @smithfellows.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Applications are NOW OPEN for Smith Fellows conservation research Fellowships beginning in 2027! View the Proposal Guidelines and apply here: smithfellows.org/proposal-gui...
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Apply — Smith Fellows
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Katie Abson @katieabson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Our paper is out! 📣 we find that molecular measures of genetic variation do not predict heritable genetic variation across species - important implications for the application of genomic data for conservation! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Nucleotide diversity is a poor predictor of short-term adaptive potential | PNAS
The capacity to adapt is essential for a population to avoid extinction in a changing world and is recognized as a global conservation priority. Ad...
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
On the fourth anniversary of the overturning of Roe v Wade remember that they lied to get their seats on the Supreme Court
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EcoEvoRxiv @ecoevorxiv.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
'Avian Population Genomics: Latest Findings and Future Prospects' DOI: doi.org/10.32942/X2C...
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Paolo Becciu @pbecciu.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
🚨Very happy to share our new paper out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! 🦉 We show that barn owl colour morphs do not simply experience moonlight differently — they hunt differently under it. White morphs appear to turn bright moonlight into a hunting advantage. 1/3 #movementecology #barnowl #moon
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Jenny McKee @jennymckee.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Come be my (remote) work colleague! Dr. Ellen Aikens and Dr. @wyokauffman.bsky.social are hiring a postdoc to lead analyses on a new migration ecology and climate resilience project with 152 mule deer herds and >44 million GPS points! Apply by July 15th! eeik.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Post Doc Res Assoc - Aikens Lab
Postdoctoral Researcher — Migration Ecology and Climate Resilience in Mule Deer
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Ben Bolker @bbolker.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
new diamond open-access Journal of Statistical Ecology launched 🎉🎉🎉 jse.centre-mersenne.org @fredbarraquand.bsky.social @oaggimenez.bsky.social @marieaugermethe.bsky.social @vianeylb.bsky.social (apologies to any Bsky editors I missed)
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Journal of Statistical Ecology Journal of Statistical Ecology
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David Wolfson @dwwolfson.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Yes!!! This is so desperately needed. Currently trying to find people to review a manuscript and after 25 invitations I have only a single review....🙁. This, unfortunately, is not uncommon.
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Jessi Rick @jessi-rick.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I'm recruiting a master's student for Fall 2026 to join my lab at The University of Arizona, to work on a project investigating the population genomics and hybridization dynamics of native and invasive leopard frogs in central Arizona! 🐸 🧬 Ad with details is posted below.
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Neil Gilbert @gilbert-lab.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
recruiting a couple new grad students to start in january, please share! www.gilbertecology.com/opportunities
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Julie K. Young @drjuliekyoung.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Interacting effects of human presence and landscape modification on birds and mammals | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Interacting effects of human presence and landscape modification on birds and mammals
Sustainable human–wildlife coexistence requires a mechanistic understanding of the many ways that humans affect animals. However, progress is hampered by the lack of accessible data measuring the dyna...
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David Wolfson @dwwolfson.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Gotta keep that one loaded up for deliberations with my 7yr old, 😂
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Evolution Letters @evolletters.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
How do migratory birds navigate massive barriers like the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau? Asian stonechats reveal migratory divides, hybridization, and evolving routes across extreme landscapes. doi.org/10.1093/evle... Image credit Wikimedia.
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Matthias Tschumi 🦉 @matthiastschumi.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Some kids are always on the move – others prefer a good book. We show that early-life behaviour in golden eagles 🦅 cascades across life stages: more active nestlings fledge earlier, explore more, and disperse sooner. tinyurl.com/3sb8jnsz @vogelwarte.bsky.social @safilab.bsky.social #ornithology
Juvenile golden eagle soaring in front of a cliff. (c) Marcel Burkhardt
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Aimee M. Van Tatenhove @full-o-fulmars.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
#Postdoc opportunity at Michigan State, working with eBird status & trends data! careers.msu.edu/jobs/postdoc...
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Postdoctoral Scholar-Fixed Term - East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Position Summary The Michigan Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Michigan State University seeks a postdoctoral scholar to work on a project to ...
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Vianey Leos Barajas @vianeylb.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Finally have a paper out on something I've been thinking about for 8 years... What if instead of ignoring the local modes when fitting HMMs, we actually figure out if they're ecologically meaningful? Have we been throwing away insights? Bayesian statistics to the rescue! arxiv.org/pdf/2604.24587
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Andrew Gelman et al. @statmodeling.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
The Bayesian Workflow book is coming! statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/04/16/t...
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The Bayesian Workflow book is coming! | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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International Statistical Ecology Conference (ISEC) @isec-stats-ecol.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Abstract submission deadline getting closer (May 1, anywhere on Earth). Excited by all of the submissions received thus far, and excited to learn about all of the amazing research being done in statistical ecology. Look forward to seeing you all in Mérida, México!
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Rachit Dubey @rachitdubey.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
🚨New preprint and our results are rather concerning.. We find the "boiling frog" equivalent of AI use. Using large-scale RCTs, we provide *casual* evidence that AI assistance reduces persistence and hurts independent performance. And these effects emerge after just 10–15 minutes of AI use! 1/
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Movebank @movebank.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
📢 Update: We’ve extended our survey deadline! During 2026, we will undertake a major renewal of the Movebank system. Help us build a more scalable, sustainable database for your projects. Your feedback will directly shape the future of Movebank. Survey: survey.academiccloud.de/f/221856?lan...
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 03/04/2026
“They’re destroying more than fifty research facilities across thirty-one states, labs that house decades of irreplaceable long-term science…And they’re replacing all of it — the offices, the scientists, the institutional knowledge, the professional independence — with fifteen political appointees”
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Trump administration orders dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service
Late Tuesday afternoon, with the subtlety of a wrecking ball and the morality of a foreclosure notice, the Trump administration announced the most devastating attack on the U.S. Forest Service in the ...
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David Wolfson @dwwolfson.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Why not?
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McClure 🦉🦅🦤 @mcclure.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
New paper in IBIS: I surveyed GenAI policies across the top 20 ornithology journals. 40% had no discoverable policy, and the rest varied widely in what’s permitted. Authors need clearer guidance. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ibi.70054 #ornithology​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Generative‐AI policies vary widely across top ornithology journals
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