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International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology @iite-ecotheory.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

📣Tomorrow (Tuesday), join us for the return of our online seminars! We are very excited to kick the series off with John Vandermeer (U. Mich.) presenting: ⭐Intransitive competition, predation, and higher order effects in the coffee agroecosystem.⭐ Free in all senses - just join the Zoom link!

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International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology @iite-ecotheory.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

📅Next week, the first speaker in our latest run will be John Vandermeer (U. Mich.), presenting: ⭐Intransitive competition, predation, and higher order effects in the coffee agroecosystem.⭐ Zoom link: liu-se.zoom.us/j/63158449287 Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f... Sure to be good!

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Systems Ecology @systems-ecology.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🌱 Systems Ecology is now live! A new independent, researcher-run, diamond OA journal for ecological research through systems science. Free to read. Free to publish. No APCs. We are now open for submissions: systems-ecology.org Please help spread the word!

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PopBio on the Dark Side @pop-bio.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Join us for the next PopBio seminar on Thursday 24th September. Eloise Skinner (University of Queensland) will present "Pull one thread: how shifting ecosystems unravel into disease" Sign up link: forms.gle/6DkY5LDgdW7n...

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Ecological Forecasting Initiative @ecoforecast.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Join us tomorrow to learn about EEFI's First Forecasting Challenge and biodiversity forecasting in Spain. Sanne will share information about the Forecasting Challenge, lessons learned developing the Challenge, and discuss the next steps. Details at: euro-ecoforecast.wordpress.com/seminar-seri...

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International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology @iite-ecotheory.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

📣We will soon be back for a new run of open online theoretical ecology seminars! We have six exciting speakers covering topics from all corners of the field to add to your calendars: In the meantime, there are 80+ previous talks on our YouTube 📺: www.youtube.com/@theoretical... See you there!

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PopBio on the Dark Side @pop-bio.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Join us for the next PopBio seminar on Thursday 27 August. Giulia Ghedini (Monash University) @giuliaghedini.bsky.social will present: "Linking species traits to community assembly and stability" Sign up link: forms.gle/e1RYP4bXk3Yw...

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PopBio on the Dark Side @pop-bio.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The next PopBio seminar will be on Thursday 30 July. Chang-Yu Chang (Academia Sinica) @changyuchang.bsky.social will present: "Unravelling the emergent properties of plant-microbe symbiosis and community assembly" Sign up link: forms.gle/v5kRZKAdauG7...

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PopBio on the Dark Side @pop-bio.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The next PopBio seminar will be next Thursday June 25. Masayuki Ushio (HKUST) @ong8181.bsky.social will present: "Understanding cetacean ecology from water samples: Cetacean environmental DNA studies in Hong Kong waters" Sign up link: forms.gle/JR8NkjgBBgwD...

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Chuliang Song @clsong.com · 16/06/2026

Spent the last two years developing a new Intro to Physics course for undergrad biology majors. It features tons of examples from biology (especially Ecology & Evolution!) and requires only middle school-level math. Lecture note here shorturl.at/0PiVp Any comments or feedback are highly welcome!

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International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology @iite-ecotheory.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

📣Tomorrow (Tuesday)📣, our final speaker this term: Harman Jaggi (Princeton) will be presenting: ⭐Noise and determinism across systems: insights from Trinidadian guppies and Soay sheep⭐ Zoom link: iite.info/seminar/ Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f... We hope to see you there!

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International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology @iite-ecotheory.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

📅Next week, our online seminar speaker is Harman Jaggi (Princeton) @harmanjaggi.bsky.social: ⭐Noise and determinism across systems: insights from Trinidadian guppies and Soay sheep⭐ Zoom link: iite.info/seminar/ Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f... Open to all - see you there!

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International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology @iite-ecotheory.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

📅Next Tuesday, our online seminar speaker will be Lisa Buche @lili-buche.bsky.social (ETH Zürich), presenting: ⭐Moving beyond linear interactions in community ecology⭐ Zoom link: iite.info/seminar/ Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f... Free and open to all - we hope to see you there!

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International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology @iite-ecotheory.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

🗓️Next Tuesday our seminar speaker will be Andrea Tabi (ICM-CSIC, Spain) @andreatabi.bsky.social, presenting: ⭐Stochastic Origins of Metabolic Scaling Laws⭐ Zoom Link: iite.info/seminar/ Global Times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f... Fully free and open to all - see you there!

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Purushottam Dixit @pdixit.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I will be talking about some recent work on using niche theory to model host associated microbiomes in a couple of hours!

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International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology @iite-ecotheory.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

🗓️Next Tuesday our online seminar speaker is Purushottam Dixit (Yale), presenting: ⭐Niche dimensionality drives microbial community structure⭐ Global Times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f... Zoom Link: iite.info/seminar/ Free and open to all. See you there!

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International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology @iite-ecotheory.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

🗓 Extended schedule for this term, now with Harman Jaggi @harmanjaggi.bsky.social joining our lineup of speakers! All details and Zoom link here: iite.info/seminar/ Also, don't forget we have 75+ previous talks archived on our YouTube 📺: www.youtube.com/@theoretical...

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PopBio on the Dark Side @pop-bio.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Join us online Thursday 26th March. Mayumi Seto will present a seminar titled: A reaction-centric perspective on microbial community networks and ecosystem functions Please share widely. Sign up here: forms.gle/3QTsPyuEnE72...

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Guim Aguadé-Gorgorió @guimaguade.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Excited to announce Eco-Onco Exchange — a virtual seminar series bridging mathematical ecology and oncology. Each session pairs two speakers from each field around a shared theme, followed by joint discussion. First three sessions coming soon! Register here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Chris Klausmeier @chrisklausmeier.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

🚨 SMTPBconnect Event: Linking Theory and Practice in Eco-evolutionary Modelling 😳 Tomorrow (Weds March 18 2-5PM Pacific Time, Thurs March 19 8-11AM Australian Eastern Time) 🤠 Sponsored by @smtpb.bsky.social, hosted by Maria Kleshnina smtpb.org/event-6562940

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Society for Modeling and Theory in Population Biology - Linking Theory and Practice in Eco-evolutionary Modelling

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Chris Klausmeier @chrisklausmeier.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Don't miss today's Dynamic Ecology interview with @clsong.com. Jeremy wasn't lying when he wrote "Reading this is going to be way more entertaining and thought-provoking than whatever you were planning to spend the next 15 minutes doing." dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2026/03/11/i...

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“If you keep your mind too open, your brain falls out”: interview with theoretical ecologist Chuliang Song

Welcome to our latest interview with the author of a recent(ish) interesting paper. Today’s interview is with theoretical ecologist Chuliang Song. I asked Chuliang about Song & Levine 202…

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International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology @iite-ecotheory.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

🗓️Next Tuesday our seminar speaker is Jonathan Levine (Princeton) speaking on: ⭐Rapid evolution and species coexistence: from theory to empirical evidence in an orchard fly system⭐ Times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f... (NB Europe time shift⏰🌍) Open Zoom link: iite.info/seminar/ See you there!

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International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology @iite-ecotheory.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

📣Next week, we restart our online series with Theo Gibbs (NYU) @theogibbs.bsky.social, who will present: ⭐Do higher-order interactions promote coexistence in diverse ecological communities?⭐ Free and open! Zoom link: iite.info/seminar/ Global time checker: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...

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International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology @iite-ecotheory.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

🗓️Complete schedule for this term, where we will have speakers covering higher-order interactions, metabolic scaling, niche dimensionalty, coexistence and more! Look forward to seeing you there! All details and Zoom link: iite.info/seminar/

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

🤔Looking to make your #code more #reproducible? Check out our new and improved guide to Reproducible Code! 🧪🌍️ Find it here👇️ buff.ly/10TeNok @nhcooper123.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org

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International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology @iite-ecotheory.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

📣We will be back soon with a new series of online theory seminars! As ever, free and open for all via Zoom. Follow us on here, or join our email list (iite.info/seminar-emai...) for details. In the meantime, all our past talks are on Youtube: www.youtube.com/@theoretical... See you there!

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Ecological Forecasting Initiative @ecoforecast.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

The European EFI Chapter is hosting Willem Bonnaffé for their monthly virtual seminar on Wednesday, December 10 at 1pm CET. Find details at: euro-ecoforecast.wordpress.com/seminar-seri...

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Sebastian Schreiber @sebastianschreiber.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Looking forward to the Modern Coexistence Theory workshop tomorrow. Please repost :)

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International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology @iite-ecotheory.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

📣Tomorrow! Our speaker is Ágnes Móréh (HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Hungary) presenting: ⭐Simultaneous invasion by two species: consequences for their success and for the resident community⭐ Zoom Link: iite.info/seminar/ Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f... See you there!

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International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology @iite-ecotheory.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

📅Our speaker next week is Ágnes Móréh (HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Hungary) presenting: ⭐Simultaneous invasion by two species: consequences for their success and for the resident community⭐ Zoom Link: iite.info/seminar/ Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f... See you there!

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PopBio on the Dark Side @pop-bio.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Join us this Thursday, Hiromi Uno (Tohoku University) will give our last seminar for the year: Insects, shrimps and fishes; river animal migrations and their ecological consequences Sign up to this google form to receive the zoom link and future seminar announcements forms.gle/H6YgMuAgDWYS...

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Sebastian Schreiber @sebastianschreiber.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Join us for an @smtpb.bsky.social workshop on Modern Coexistence Theory. We'll cover mathematical foundations, the theory of partitioning, and data-based applications. Featuring @swatipatel.bsky.social, Nick Kortessis, & Lauren Shoemaker. Zoom link here: smtpb.org/event-6426026

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International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology @iite-ecotheory.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

📅Our speaker today is Violeta Calleja-Solanas @violetacalleja.bsky.social ⭐The effect on stability of the temporal variability of species interactions⭐ Zoom Link: iite.info/seminar/ Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f... Open to all, see you there soon!

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International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology @iite-ecotheory.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

📅Our speaker next week is Violeta Calleja-Solanas @violetacalleja.bsky.social (Estación Biológica de Doñana): ⭐The effect on stability of the temporal variability of species interactions⭐ Zoom Link: iite.info/seminar/ Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f... Open to all, see you there!

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Maria Paniw @paniw.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Super hyped that our project *PREDICT – Platform for REsilient Data Integration and Coordinated Forecasting Tools* is among the selected ones - oscars-project.eu/news/2nd-osc... We will demystify complex ecological predictions to make them usable for decision makers. @ebdonana.bsky.social

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2nd OSCARS Open Call concluded with 12 projects selected | OSCARS

The OSCARS consortium decided for a complementary second call with a residual budget of only 3 millions €.

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John M. Drake @jdrakephd.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Biological modeling is organized inquiry, but how should we think about the process? My new paper in #EcologyLetters argues that we should model like experimentalists: define treatments, measure responses, validate, perturb, repeat. 👉 doi.org/10.1111/ele.... Do you agree?

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International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology @iite-ecotheory.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

📣Today!📣 Our next seminar speaker is Gonzalo Robledo (Universidad de Chile), presenting: ⭐Sensitivity analysis for time varying ecological networks⭐ As ever free and open for all! Zoom link: iite.info/seminar/ Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f... See you there!

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International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology @iite-ecotheory.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

📅 Next week our seminar speaker will be Gonzalo Robledo (Universidad de Chile), presenting: ⭐Sensitivity analysis for time varying ecological networks⭐ As ever free and open for all! Zoom link: iite.info/seminar/ Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f... See you there!

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PopBio on the Dark Side @pop-bio.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Meghna Krishnadas will present the next PopBio seminar: The relative and interactive roles of abiotic and biotic drivers on demographic responses of plants Join us online, Thursday Oct 30 1pm AEST. Sign up to our mailing list to receive the zoom link: forms.gle/u7B1fyzRAwar...

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Chris Klausmeier @chrisklausmeier.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Interested in resource competition theory, mutualism, spatial patterns or temporal dynamics? I'll be giving a talk in the IITE online seminar series tomorrow summarizing our recent work on microbial cross-feeding that includes all these ingredients.

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International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology @iite-ecotheory.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

📣Tomorrow our next series of online seminars restarts: Chris Klausmeier (MSU) will present: ⭐Microbial cross-feeding: coexistence and collapse, spatial patterns and population cycles⭐ Free and open to all: Zoom link: iite.info/seminar/ Global Times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...

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International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology @iite-ecotheory.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

📣Our line-up for our next theoretical ecology series (crossing three continents!), It will have been 5 years since we started, and still all our seminars are fully open on Zoom (iite.info/seminar/). There is no need to register, but you can sign up to email updates here iite.info/seminar-emai...

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International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology @iite-ecotheory.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

📣We will be back soon for a new series! 🎉 Our first speaker will be Chris Klausmeier @chrisklausmeier.bsky.social on Tuesday 21 October: ⭐Microbial cross-feeding coexistence and collapse, spatial patterns and population cycles⭐ As ever, free for all to join! Link+details: iite.info/seminar/

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PopBio on the Dark Side @pop-bio.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Shaopeng Wang will present the next PopBio seminar: "Biodiversity and Ecosystem Stability Across Spatial and Temporal Scales" Join us online, Thursday August 28 1pm AEST. These seminars are open to all! Sign up to our mailing list to receive the zoom link: forms.gle/uRJwbK1ZacZH...

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PopBio on the Dark Side @pop-bio.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Joe Wan will present the next PopBio seminar: "A unified theory of community structure" Join us online, Thursday July 31 1pm AEST. These seminars are open to all! Sign up to our mailing list to receive the zoom link: forms.gle/ZG8ghPoz2oX4...

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NSF-Simons NITMB @nitmb.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Are you interested in research on microbial communities, how microbes come together and co-exist in nature, and what “community-level” functions they display? Join us for an upcoming workshop, Microbial Communities: Energetics and Dynamics Across Space and Time! www.nitmb.org/microbial-co...

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PopBio on the Dark Side @pop-bio.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Andrew Barnes @barnesecodiv.bsky.social will present our next seminar: "Deciphering the Multitrophic Consequences of Biodiversity Change Through an Energetic Lens" Join us online Thursday 26th June 1pm AEST! Sign up to our mailing list to receive the zoom link forms.gle/24Y557Cjeu6w...

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