ESA Journals @esajournals.bsky.social · 29/09/2026New findings from #TheScientificNaturalist, in our journal "Ecology": doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... 030
Reposted by ESA JournalsExperimental Interaction Ecology @eisenhauerlab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026New paper by Lettenmaier er al. on how canopy openness and deer interactively shape earthworm biomass in @esajournals.bsky.social Ecology: "Native earthworms and roe deer in temperate forests: Friends in the sun, foes in the shade" 🪱🦌🌳🌞 doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... @christianristok.bsky.social 232
Reposted by ESA JournalsBrooke Rose @mbrookerose.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Check out our new paper on integrating satellite observations and species distribution modeling for monitoring California oak woodlands published in Ecosphere 🌳 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Photo of TNC's Randall Preserve (credit: co-author Maria Viteri) 151
Reposted by ESA JournalsGabby Palomo, PhD @gabspalomo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026New paper just published! I am so proud of this work I did with @cregabrodsky.bsky.social and Diana Lafferty: The Role of holistic mentorship in Academia. We discuss how mentors can scaffold unique mentoring plans to guide mentees and students. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.comThe role of holistic student mentorship in academiaRecruitment and retention of diverse students and future faculty in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is essential for ensuring the STEM fields, like ecology, become more inclu.... 271
ESA Journals @esajournals.bsky.social · 25/09/2026From the Freshwater Ecology track of our journal "Ecosphere"⬇️ 010
Reposted by ESA JournalsDaniel Rieker @dan-rie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026New 📄 out led by @chao-guo.bsky.social In addition to elevation and local conditions we further investigated the effects of invertebrates across substrates, again with partly contrasting effects. It’s super interesting how different decomposition of various substrates takes place 041
ESA Journals @esajournals.bsky.social · 25/09/2026New—and #OpenAccess—in our journal "Ecology"!⬇️ 020
Reposted by ESA JournalsDr. Drew Brayshaw 🌊🪨 @drewbrayshaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026No indeterminate growth freshwater lobster god for North America 🦞 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com 221
ESA Journals @esajournals.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Find the study in #TheScientificNaturalist series from our journal "Ecology": doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... 010
Reposted by ESA JournalsMatthew Brousil @mbrousil.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This one has been in the works for a while and I'm excited to see it out! Thanks @mishafredmeyer.bsky.social! 032
Reposted by ESA JournalsStephanie Hampton @sehampton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Labor of love published! We integrated fatty acid database created by @awegalloway.bsky.social with under-ice freshwater phytoplankton data to understand how nutrition available to lake food web shifts seasonally! Under-ice plankton are nutritious! esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 193
Reposted by ESA Journalsnichemodelling.bsky.social @nichemodelling.bsky.social · 21/09/2026doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...doi.orgSeasonal dynamism or model realism: What drives better predictions of landscape connectivity?Connectivity modeling is central to conservation science, yet most studies assume static landscapes and fixed species-habitat preferences, thus overlooking seasonal dynamics. Additionally, many rely ... 011
ESA Journals @esajournals.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Now out in the Animal Ecology track of our journal "Ecosphere" ⤵️ 010
Reposted by ESA JournalsCameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Nutritional content of phytoplankton communities under ice esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #jcampubs 041
Reposted by ESA Journalsweecology @weecology.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We just released annotated drone imagery for over 50,000 individual birds of 6 widely distributed species. This #OpenData includes bounding boxes and species identifications and is designed for help (pre)train computer vision models for individual bird detection and classification. 🌎🧪doi.orgEverWatch airborne bird imagery dataset for detection and classification of Everglades wading birdsLarge-scale monitoring of populations and communities using airborne remote sensing is increasingly central to a broad range of research, management, and decision-making efforts. Performing this work... 0156
Reposted by ESA JournalsEthan White @ethanwhite.weecology.org · 22/09/2026Interested in airborne monitoring using computer vision? We (@weecology) just released annotated data with bounding boxes and species IDs for over 50,000 individual birds of 6 widely distributed species from our drone work in the Everglades. doi.org/10.1002/ecy....doi.orgEverWatch airborne bird imagery dataset for detection and classification of Everglades wading birdsLarge-scale monitoring of populations and communities using airborne remote sensing is increasingly central to a broad range of research, management, and decision-making efforts. Performing this work.... 165
ESA Journals @esajournals.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Research published in #TheScientificNaturalist series of our journal "Ecology" ⤵️ 021
ESA Journals @esajournals.bsky.social · 22/09/2026From the Freshwater Ecology track of our journal "Ecosphere" ⤵️ 031
Reposted by ESA JournalsEcological Society of America @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social · 22/09/2026How do giant salamanders reshape river food webs? Which species make the best ecological indicators? Read about these and three other new studies from ESA journals, featured in our latest research roundup! 📰 ow.ly/eFSw50ZPQjv 012
Reposted by ESA JournalsStable Isotope Ecology (CER, Kyoto Univ.) @stableisotopeecol.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Predator‐mediated trophic connectivity between reef and oceanic habitats in Palau Arnoldi, Carlisle, Dunbar et al. Ecological Applications onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002… #stableisotopesonlinelibrary.wiley.comPredator‐mediated trophic connectivity between reef and oceanic habitats in PalauEffective fisheries management and marine spatial planning depend on understanding how mobile predators link reef and oceanic ecosystems through cross-habitat movements and foraging. Predator resourc... 012
ESA Journals @esajournals.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Good news for Chesapeake oyster reefs—find the #OpenAccess study here, in our journal "Ecosphere"👇 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 010
ESA Journals @esajournals.bsky.social · 17/09/2026New findings from #TheScientificNaturalist in our journal "Ecology" ⬇️ 021
Reposted by ESA JournalsBenedikt Brunner @seaweedben.bsky.social · 17/09/2026How is biomass so stable across space, despite changing environments? We explore this using benthic organisms 🌊 and meta-community models 📊 in our new paper in Ecology @esajournals.bsky.socialdoi.orgFrom environmental heterogeneity to stability: Beta‐diversity stabilizes biomass across spaceUnderstanding how biodiversity influences ecosystem stability across heterogeneous landscapes is a central challenge in ecology. The spatial insurance hypothesis proposes that turnover in species com... 182
ESA Journals @esajournals.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The September cover of "Ecosphere" spotlights a landlocked Atlantic salmon from Lake Champlain. Recent research examined the costs of reproduction, revealing unexpected links between spawning behavior, survival, and the challenges posed by dams Find the full issue: tinyurl.com/4mn459yu 151
Reposted by ESA JournalsDavid Grimm @david-grimm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Follow the amazing--and sometimes tragic--odyssey of a group of wild dog siblings as they complete the longest known trek of any African mammal. Really cool story by @phiejacobs.bsky.social for @science.orgscience.orgThree wild dogs have traveled farther than any African mammalRecord-breaking “odyssey” suggests populations of these highly endangered carnivores are more connected than thought 0355
ESA Journals @esajournals.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Find the study here, in our journal "Ecology": esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 000
Reposted by ESA JournalsReuters @reuters.com · 15/09/2026African wild dogs trek thousands of kilometres to find mates, study shows reut.rs/4h7aDOereut.rsAfrican wild dogs trek thousands of kilometres to find mates, study showsAfrican wild dogs can travel more than 4,000 km (2,500 miles) across the continent to find mates, according to new research that suggests the endangered species' surviving populations are more interconnected than previously thought. 2398
ESA Journals @esajournals.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Check out the #OpenAccess study, from #TheScientificNaturalist series in our journal "Ecology"⤵️ esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 010
Reposted by ESA JournalsFrancisco Rodriguez-Sanchez @frodsan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026'Normality of Raw Data in General Linear Models: the Most Widespread Myth in Statistics' From 2003 @esajournals.bsky.social. Myth still alive and kicking... doi.org/10.1890/0012... #statistics 071
Reposted by ESA JournalsBrandon Moore, PhD @rando.insalubrio.us · 15/09/2026A group of African wild dogs traveled 2,485 miles between two Zambian national parks in search of a mate. It's the farthest journey of its kind for an African mammal and a reminder that we must also protect land that connects these wild spaces! 🧪 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 0155
Reposted by ESA JournalsDieter Lukas @dieterlukas.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026Tracking the movement of wild dogs shows that for their conservation, "the glass is half empty and the glass is half full" www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy459y5y9… + able to move across large distances - risk of poaching Study: doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70504 054
ESA Journals @esajournals.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Find the study here, in #TheScientificNaturalist series from our journal "Ecology": esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com 010
ESA Journals @esajournals.bsky.social · 14/09/2026In the ESA Bulletin: A Resolution of Respect for Herbert Sukopp, pioneering urban ecologist and founder of the Berlin School of Urban Ecology. His work transformed how scientists and planners understand biodiversity, conservation, and nature in cities Read the full piece: tinyurl.com/mrc5z9kr 042
Reposted by ESA JournalsAlberto Navarro @navarroalb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026If you want to know more, take a look at this paper: The Bearded Vulture as an accumulator of historical remains: Insights for future ecological and biocultural studies esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com 021
ESA Journals @esajournals.bsky.social · 14/09/2026From #TheScientificNaturalist series in our journal "Ecology"⬇️ 072
Reposted by ESA JournalsKinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Hydrology Paper of the Day @esajournals.bsky.social on how mountain habitats, tree cover and landscape-based variability affects species richness and flowering: the effects of polination and elevation; transitions; and detection of flowers by application of machine vision to trail camera footage. 052
Reposted by ESA JournalsEcological Society of America @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Introducing ESA's Peer Review Academy, a program for early-career researchers seeking practical training in peer review & scholarly publishing. 2 years of workshops, mentored review assignments & discussion with ESA journal editors. Applications due 10/15: ow.ly/erjO50ZLAta 032
ESA Journals @esajournals.bsky.social · 11/09/2026🆕 and #OpenAccess in "Ecological Applications" ⤵️ 020
Reposted by ESA JournalsHolly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Environmental Impact Assessment doesn't protect nature. It manages how much we lose. Our new paper proposes a fix: a "nature positive pathway" asks what a development site could gain for #biodiversity, not just what damage to offset. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🌏 🧪esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.comRethinking Environmental Impact Assessment for nature positive developmentAchieving “nature positive” development within existing regulatory frameworks will be challenging. Halting and reversing biodiversity loss requires protection, restoration, and enhancement of ecosyst... 33818
Reposted by ESA JournalsCamille Delavaux @camilledelavaux.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Check out our new paper showing that ericoid mycorrhizal fungi mediate plant diversity-productivity relationships in Ericaceous systems! The culmination of a huge team effort 🪴🍄 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 2218
ESA Journals @esajournals.bsky.social · 10/09/2026🆕 in "Earth Stewardship": How can sea slugs spark stewardship? A new program builds connections between people and nature 📄Broadening the community of nudibranch enthusiasts through multilingual educational programming to increase climate advocacy engagement doi.org/10.1002/eas2... 022
ESA Journals @esajournals.bsky.social · 09/09/2026New in the Animal Ecology track of our journal "Ecosphere"👇 020
ESA Journals @esajournals.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The September "Ecological Applications" cover stars the endangered mallee emu-wren, a tiny bird of Australia’s mallee shrublands. New research shows that rainfall before & after fire can shape habitat quality for years, with important lessons for conservation Browse the issue: tinyurl.com/2xyrjc47 131
ESA Journals @esajournals.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Who says seed dispersers need feathers or fur? The September cover of "Ecology" captures a land hermit crab feasting on a strange non-photosynthetic plant while helping spread its dust-like seeds—a partnership documented in #TheScientificNaturalist Browse the issue: tinyurl.com/59skbttk 112