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Joe Bennett

@joebennett.bsky.social
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Professor at Carleton University carleton.ca/bennett-lab

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Joe Bennett @joebennett.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
The most Canadian story I've seen in a while. It involves a scruffy dude, a kind stranger and wildlife. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Ottawa man describes close encounter of the bird kind | CBC News
An Ottawa man caught on video escaping from two persistent and hostile turkeys is opening up about his experience.
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Collaboration for Environmental Evidence (CEE) @envevidence.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
New at #EnvironmentalEvidence! @ryanhodgson.bsky.social @joebennett.bsky.social @timalamenciak.bsky.social et al. evaluated the use of OntGPT and ontologies (machine-interpretable glossaries of domain terminology) in data extraction. #EvidenceSynthesis #AI 🧪 🤖
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Assessing the effectiveness of ontology-grounded AI term extraction using OntoGPT for environmental evidence synthesis - Environmental Evidence
Environmental Evidence - Evidence syntheses are valuable sources of robust and transparent knowledge that can identify gaps in research and inform evidence-based decision making. However, the...
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Prof. Anna Metaxas @annamet.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Full list: bit.ly/4stiZEA
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Which are the 66 global organisations the US is leaving under Trump?
The significant changes will lead the US to withdraw from key forums focused on climate change, peace and democracy.
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ciara likes bugs @fugbuck.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
french artist hubert duprant makes artists out of insects. caddisfly (trichoptera sp.) larvae are provided gold flecks and precious stones like turquoise, emeralds, and pearls, which they bind together into a cocoon with silk spun from modified salivary glands. (📷 by frederic delpech)
a caddisfly larvae mostly encased in gold flakes, pearls, and other precious stones with only its head exposed. a second, similarly decorated cocoon lies alongside ita profile of a caddisfly larvae sticking its head out of a gold encrusted cocoon. there is a band of turquoise beads around the midsectiona profile view of a gold encrusted caddisfly cocoon with a pearl band around the middle
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Fernando Villanea @fervillanea.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
This is a good time to remember that Moas, Emus, and the other ratites diverged so long ago, they FLEW to different continents, and then lost the ability to fly and became giants independently. You can't just sprinkle a few variants to make one into the other. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Maps of continents breaking apart does not match the order in which flightless birds speciate, which indicates they flew over water rather than walk across a mega continent.
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Matthew Holden 🏳️‍🌈 @matthholden.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Please share: PhD scholarship opportunity in mathematical ecology on the value of information for improving ecological management, open to international students, with a great team @hugepossum.bsky.social, Katriona Shea, Kate Helmstedt, & me at UQ, Australia 🌍 🧮, study.uq.edu.au/study-option...
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The value of information for ecological management
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Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Justin shares how his love for the outdoors and a problem-solving mindset brought him to grad school @carleton.ca. As a masters student working with @joebennett.bsky.social, Emma Hudgins, and NCC staff, Justin's research on invasive plants informs conservation decisions. youtu.be/9Mav72-XqIA?...
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Meet Justin Kreller, Weston Family Conservation Science Fellow
YouTube video by Nature Conservancy of Canada
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Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Our guidelines on how to give linguistically friendly presentations in English for #ICCB2025 are now on @figshare.com - please use and disseminate it widely! doi.org/10.6084/m9.f... #languagebarriers
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Guidelines on how to give linguistically friendly presentations in English
Presentation guidelines developed by the Language Accessibility Committee to support language-inclusive presentations at the International Congress for Conservation Biology 2025.
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Allison Binley @adbinley.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Please share: Multiple Master's and #PhD positions opening in my lab at the University of Manitoba! Come do applied, quantitative #conservation #research with me! See attachment for details.
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Joe Bennett @joebennett.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
City of Ottawa and gardeners are working together to help control invasive species: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
Gardeners call for more help, less bureaucracy in battle against invasive plants | CBC News
Invasives are plaguing community gardens in Ottawa, and it's representative of a citywide problem, according to Coun. Marty Carr. She believes mobilizing volunteers is the answer.
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Matthew Holden 🏳️‍🌈 @matthholden.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Please share. 2 tenure-track T&R math/stat jobs at the University of Queensland, Australia. Amazing weather, gorgeous campus & lifestyle. 17% employer retirement contribution, lots of leave. Strong global reputation. Supports diversity @stevenstrogatz.com uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uqcare...
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Steven J Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Some thoughts on the push to fast track development in Canada at the cost of the environment. theconversation.com/elbows-up-in... @pagse-pfst.bsky.social @e4dca.bsky.social @cdnsciencepub.com @carleton.ca @scas-scsa.bsky.social @csee-scee.bsky.social @rcgssgrc.bsky.social @wwfcanada.org
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‘Elbows up’ in Canada means sustainable resource development
Accelerated resource development in Canada should not burden future generations with environmental destruction.
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Joe Bennett @joebennett.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Please repost! The Canadian Institute for Ecology and Evolution is looking for a new Director and host university: www.linkedin.com/posts/joe-be...
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CIEE/ICEE | Joe Bennett
Please see ad below, and please repost. Thank you! The Canadian Institute of Ecology and Evolution - Institut canadien d’écologie et d'évolution (CIEE-ICEE) seeks a new Director and Host Univers...
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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Come join our team! We're hiring a Research Assistant for the Technical Support Unit of the @ipbes.net assessment on Monitoring #Biodiversity and NCPs. Job details & application process👇 mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/mcgill... Please apply through the website in the link above.
Expert authors of the assessment working on identifying the key messages of the Summary for Policy Makers.
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William (Bill) Sutherland @billsutherland.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Here are 27 videos for those learning ecology at school. Teachers (or pupils) am pleased to hear of suggested additions from my channel, videos to remove or gaps I could usefully fill. Good luck! youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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A level Biology - YouTube
A set of videos explaining concepts relevant to the A level syllabus. Enjoy!
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James Snider @jamessnider.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Just in time for the long weekend: Ontario announces intent to repeal Endangered Species Act and replace it with new Species Conservation Act: ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0...
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Proposed interim changes to the Endangered Species Act, 2007 and a proposal for the Species Conservation Act, 2025 | Environmental Registry of Ontario
The current approach to the protection and conservation of species at risk is complicated, takes too long to complete, and causes unnecessary delays and costs for housing, transit, and critical infras...
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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Bad media science takes can kill off whole species. Gene edited puppies are NOT actually dire wolves, any more than an especially hair mouse is a mammoth. Endangered Species Act is NOT rendered moot by this publicity stunt www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Trump team cites wolf ‘de-extinction’ as it seeks to cut endangered species list
The interior secretary hailed a biotech company’s claim to have brought back the dire wolf, while the administration and GOP push to roll back species protections.
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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Just out: A geometric approach to beta diversity esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Led by the brilliant @clsong.bsky.social & Muyang Lu.
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Steven J Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
We @envevidencecanada.bsky.social are seeking #GreyLiterature for an ongoing DFO evidence synthesis on the effects of #sealice from salmon farms on wild #PacificSalmon. Please get in touch if you have any literature or data related to the topic! Deadline is March 31, 2025 #netpens #aquaculture
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Steven J Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Nous recherchons de la #Littératuregrise pour une synthèse de données probantes en cours de DFO sur les effets de la #pouxdemer des élevages de saumon sur le #saumon sauvage du Pacifique. N'hésitez pas à nous contacter avant le 31 Mars 2025 si vous avez de la documentation!
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Joe Bennett @joebennett.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Anyone else getting followed by a bunch of progressive bots? Someone or rather something has obviously figured out my politics. Typical format is some vague feel-good aphorism, then the odd picture to suggest realism, then lots of reposts of progressive content.
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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Prioritizing conservation action using participatory science data could result in better biodiversity outcomes than paying for targeted professional monitoring - allowing managers to redistribute limited conservation resources from monitoring to action 🌏 🧪 🔗 buff.ly/40nEw5C
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Joe Bennett @joebennett.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
New work by @adbinley.bsky.social and others: 61% of endangered species in Canada lack research on what conservation actions work. We need more action-based research. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Endangered species lack research on the outcomes of conservation action
Summary of the available peer-reviewed literature for 209 terrestrial species at risk listed as Endangered in Canada. The number of species in each category is noted in the rectangle to the right of ...
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Joe Bennett @joebennett.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Citizen science (aka community science or participatory science) can help conservation agencies save money that can then be used directly for conservation. @adbinley.bsky.social shows this in her latest paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Quantifying the value of participatory science data for conservation decision‐making
Prioritizing conservation action based on high-quality, freely available participatory science data could theoretically result in better biodiversity outcomes than paying for targeted professional mo...
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Joe Bennett @joebennett.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
I'm very proud of what my labmates accomplished in 2024. Here are a few highlights: 1/4
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Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Proposez un symposium ou atelier pour la rencontre 2025 de la Société Canadienne de l'Écologie et de l'Évolution à Sherbrooke en juillet! Date limite le 31 janvier event.fourwaves.com/fr/scee2025/...
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2025 Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution
Fourwaves - 2025 Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution
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Simon Joly @simjoly.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
[1/4] What is the status of plant conservation in Canada? 🌿 In this study led by JL McCune, we surveyed 243 practitioners in plant conservation, ecology or evolution to answer the question. We came up with seven recommendations. ➡️ www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2023-0216 📷 : JL McCune
Wood-poppy, a species at risk in Canada. Photo credit: J.L. McCune.
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