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Julie Lockwood

@lockwoodlab.bsky.social
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Distinguished Professor and Director, Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute Biodiversity conservation, invasive species, wildlife trade, eDNA, climate change Lockwoodlab.com sites.rutgers.edu/edna/

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Matthew A. Barnes @drbarnes.org · 14h
"All the Things You’re Not Allowed to Say In Texas" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1... #AcademicSky
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All the Things You’re Not Allowed to Say In Texas
The state now controls what professors can teach.
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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 11/10/2026
FACULTY JOB ALERT: @bloustein.rutgers.edu assistant professor position in climate change + planning law jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/282...
The Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy seeks to hire a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor for an appointment beginning July 2027. Candidates should have a specialty in climate change and planning law. Strong candidates will have a focus on legal, policy, regulatory, or contractual aspects of adapting to or mitigating climate-change-related problems. Examples include land-use planning, regulation of climate-responsive urban form for neighborhood design, energy facility siting, disrupted insurance and real estate markets, property buyouts, landlord-tenant law governing habitability, hazard mitigation in coastal and riverine locations, and zoning- and density-based solutions. We are particularly interested in scholars with a clear research agenda or practical experience in the following areas: adaptation in urban or coastal contexts; integration of hazard mitigation and municipal planning practices; or public utilities regulation.
 
The faculty member will teach in the Master of City and Regional Planning program and related graduate and undergraduate programs in the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Candidates need to be able to teach Survey of Planning Law at the graduate level.
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Nancy Knowlton @nancyknowlton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Not a huge amusement park fan (the rides are more scary than amusing for me!) but a solar parking lot at Six Flags that runs the place is my news to me good news for Oct 10 #EarthOptimism people.com/six-flags-ma...
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This Major Amusement Park Just Made History with a Record-Breaking Solar Power Upgrade
A California amusement park just made history with a record-breaking solar panel installation that will offset 100% of the property’s annual electricity consumption. At the beginning of October, Six F...
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Royal Society of Biology @rsb.org.uk · 24/09/2026
Don't miss our review of 'Ecological Explosions: The History of Biological Invasions and Invasion Science' by Daniel Simberloff, in the latest issue of The Biologist! The book looks at how the field of invasion science has grown rapidly. Read the full review: biologist.rsb.org.uk/the_expandin...
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The expanding science of biological invasions
A review from the RSB of new book, Ecological Explosions
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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A nice short documentary video on one of the most famous field studies in ecology: www.nps.gov/media/video/... Below, a rare photo of young Dan Simberloff as a grad student, heading out to some Florida mangrove islands to conduct his famous experiment that tested the Theory of Island Biogeography.
Dan Simberloff, as a grad student, heading out to Florida mangrove islands to conduct his famous experiment
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Julie Lockwood @lockwoodlab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"This illegal action is a payback to oil and gas drillers. Gulf communities – and the marine ecosystems that we all depend on – will pay the price.”
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Julie Lockwood @lockwoodlab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Rutgers' own indomitable Dr. Kiersten Formosa tells the story of ancient marine ecosystems and one of their top marine reptile predators, mosasaurs. So cool! www.rutgers.edu/news/some-th...
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Some of Those Ancient Sea Predators Were Built for Surprise Attacks
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Will Pearse @willpearse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Our global analysis of ecosystem functions and services is online now! This is probably the paper I'm most proud of - a quantitative, global map of every one of the IPBES ecosystem service categories, all tracked back to the original data! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Biodiversity safeguards ecosystem services and functions worldwide - Nature Ecology & Evolution
An analysis of a global database of 423 studies and >200,000 data points outlines the strength and generality of biodiversity relationships with ecosystem functioning and services.
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IPBES @ipbes.net · 07/10/2026
Read the @ipbes.net Assessment Report on #LandDegradation and Restoration:
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Assessment Report on Land Degradation and Restoration | IPBES secretariat
The assessment of land degradation and restoration covers the global status of and trends in land degradation, by region and land cover type; the effect of degradation on biodiversity values, ecosystem services and human well-being; and the state of knowledge, by region and land cover type, of ecosy...
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NEW: In March the White House released an FY27 budget request that zeroed out the National Science Foundation's directorate of Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE). For months it was unclear what would happen. Now, with FY26 over, the damage to SBE is coming to light. My reporting:
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‘Complete devastation’: How NSF gutted its social sciences research
Agency body that funds sociology, linguistics, and archaeology studies in U.S. gave 90% fewer new grants this year
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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 07/10/2026
Does this mean UA researchers can’t publish papers about the Gulf of Mexico in journals that (like @agu.org journals) require use of internationally recognized geographic names?
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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Congratulations to RCEI affiliate Dr. Bob Kopp, who has been selected for the American Geophysical Union's 2026 Ambassador Award! This award honors scientists whose work has had outstanding societal impact and who have shown exceptional leadership in connecting... Read more at tinyurl.com/3nv7f2vp
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Louie Lopez @pinoyplankton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How can we monitor salmon in remote, rapidly changing watersheds where conventional surveys are hard to implement due to inaccessible sites? In our latest study in Ecological Applications, we used eDNA to detect Pacific salmon in emerging habitats within the Skeena watershed in British Columbia
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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Applications are OPEN for the RCEI Spring 2027 Clean Energy Fellowship! Fellows will work a paid placement opportunity with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to advance clean energy in New Jersey! Applications will be accepted until November 1, 2026.
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 05/10/2026
Seventeen endangered golden lion tamarins survived a 40-day smuggling journey across the Atlantic from Brazil to Togo aboard a boat. Despite decades of recovery pushing their population to 5,000, Brazil’s iconic primate faces a rising illegal trade. By @nandawenzel.bsky.social. mongabay.cc/2J7qhI
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Pedro Brandão-Dias F Pinto @pedrobd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
With northern hemisphere autumn/fall right here, the trees changing color, and leaves starting to fall 🍂🍁... have you ever wondered what impact those leaves might have on environmental DNA (eDNA) 🧬? We just published a study looking at exactly that! + doi.org/10.1021/acse...
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Environmental DNA Removal is Mediated by Decomposing Leaf Litter in Streams
Abstract. Understanding what controls eDNA removal from the water column remains a critical challenge for interpreting eDNA results in flowing waters. Allo
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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
September 2026 was the warmest September on record for the Contiguous U.S. since 1895 according to PRISM climate data. 🔥🔥🔥
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Carlos Cano-Barbacil @canobarbacil.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🚨 New paper out! Which non-native species could invade the Canary Islands next? In this stdy led by @ana-franco.bsky.social we used horizon scanning with 37 experts to identify future invasion threats, helping inform prevention and surveillance 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
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Preventing Invasive Non‐Native Species: A Horizon Scanning for the Canary Islands
Aim Oceanic islands host exceptional biodiversity and endemism but are highly vulnerable to biological invasions. We aimed to identify non-native species with high potential to invade the Canary Isl.....
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The Revelator @therevelator.org · 04/10/2026
We Didn’t Just Fail to Stop Ebola. We Caused It. -- The driver of zoonotic outbreaks isn’t bad luck. It’s habitat destruction, wildlife trade, and decades of ignoring science. therevelator.org/ebola
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We Didn’t Just Fail to Stop Ebola. We Caused It. • The Revelator
The driver of zoonotic outbreaks isn’t bad luck. It’s habitat destruction, wildlife trade, and decades of ignoring science.
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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The High Seas Treaty, also know as the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) has reached 100 parties, marking a significant milestone in global efforts to protect marine ecosystems beyond national jurisdiction. sustainabilitymag.com/news/ocean-p...
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Ocean Protection: The High Seas Treaty Reaches 100 Parties
The High Seas Treaty is strengthening global efforts to protect marine biodiversity, tackle climate change and pollution, with insight from Rebecca Hubbard
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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The fiscal year is over. The dying Social, Behavioral, and Economic division of NSF ended up awarding 90 total grants this year, as opposed to ~700-800 in recent past years. Source: grantwitness.org/nsf/analyses...
The graph shows the cumulative number of awards made by month across this fiscal year, as compared to the last 6 fiscal years. The line for this year is total flat until June, but then finally gets up to 91 by October. In prior years the increase starts building earlier and ends on average in the 700-800 range (with variability, last year was only between 400-500).
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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 03/10/2026
Just days before the Supreme Court hears Boulder’s landmark climate case against Big Oil, a New Jersey county filed the latest climate suit against the industry.
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New Jersey’s Middlesex County Sues Big Oil Over Escalating Climate Impacts - Inside Climate News
The lawsuit comes as the Supreme Court is poised to hear arguments in a similar climate case against oil companies. A ruling in the industry’s favor in that case could kill dozens of pending climate s...
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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Quote: "Biological invasions are not merely about losing species; they are also about the silent rewriting of ecosystems. From the chemistry of the soil to the rhythms of wildfires, their impacts ripple through the environment long after their arrival." theconversation.com/how-biologic...
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How biological invasions are silently remodelling ecosystems
Invasive alien species don’t only drive out other native species, they also dramatically transform soils, water and ecosystems. A new assessment tool aims to pinpoint the negative environmental impact...
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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
New varieties of oysters that have become an important part of the global aquaculture industry have earned Rutgers University researcher and RCEI affiliate Ximing Guo a 2026 Edison Patent Award from the Research & Development Council of NJ (RDNJ). Guo’s inventi... Read more at tinyurl.com/5h67b39w
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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LGBTQ+ STEM @lgbtqstem.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hi everyone! Last few days to sign up for the STEMinar! Get your registrations in! Only takes a few minutes. See you all 6 November
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Stuart McDaniel @stuartmcdaniel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
UF Biology is searching for an Assistant Professor in Plant Ecology, pass it along explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/search...
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University of Florida - Search Results
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Dr. Emily S Choy (she/her), FRCGS @emilyschoy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Come join my department at McMaster! We are searching for a Plant Biology professor! Please share widely! www.academicwork.ca/jobs/tenure-...
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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Plant Biology
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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“We are all experiencing sea level rise here in New Jersey and that it’s not just a scientific story, it’s a personal story,” said RCEI affiliate Lisa Auermuller, in a new article published by NBC10 Philadelphia. The article discusses recent changes in New Jerse... Read more at tinyurl.com/7khj84k6
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Alejandro Ordonez @anordonez1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"🌿 We're hiring at @econovoau.bsky.social! Postdoc position forecasting how land-use change, climate shifts & rewilding will reshape European plant diversity. Biodiversa+ REDESIGN project, Aarhus Uni. 2 years. Closes 1 Nov 2026. 🔗 www.au.dk/om/stillinge... #ecology #postdoc
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Postdoctoral researcher in biodiversity forecasting, vegetation dynamics and rewilding - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet
Ledig stilling ved Institut for Biologi - Økoinformatik og biodiversitet, Aarhus Universitet
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Missed our last MEE live? You can now find it on our Youtube! 🌍 🧪 In this this webinar, Antica Culina introduces the concept of Risk of Bias (RoB), and discusses why RoB assessment matters for producing reliable systematic reviews and meta-analyses. buff.ly/B2GOVNe
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MEE live! Risk of Bias in ecology and evolution: Why does it matter, and how do we do it?
Risk of Bias (RoB) assessment is an essential part of evidence synthesis in many disciplines, yet it is rare in ecology and evolutionary biology. In this this webinar, Antica Culina introduces the…
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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Pro tip for writers: A very bad first draft is not a failure - it’s a great start, Congratulations! You can’t revise a blank page, but you can shape a bad one into something really great
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Conservation Biology and Forest Ecology @cofeuniwue.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Congrats to Kirtana Kumar on her first new publication! 🎉 Her study reveals responses of Galápagos lizards following invasive mammal eradication, a fascinating example of how quickly ecosystems can respond to conservation action🦎 Give it a read! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Response of endemic lizard populations to attempted eradication of invasive predators on a Galápagos island
Integrating reptile monitoring into invasive predator eradication programmes can reveal rapid responses in ecologically important, yet frequently overlooked, components of island ecosystems. Accounti...
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Here's the paper that the article draws from, co-authored with @jmbecologist.bsky.social
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Revisiting the case for assisted colonisation under rapid climate change
Maintaining functioning ecosystems in a hotter world will require mass-scale assisted colonisation, so appropriate conservation policy, legislative frameworks and regulating bodies must be urgently d....
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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
RCEI affiliate Fiorella Prada, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences was recently awarded a U.S.–Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) grant for a collaborative project with Tali Mass at the University of Haifa. According t... Read more at tinyurl.com/s5wpyy6j
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 29/09/2026
Don’t ask an elected official if they “believe” in climate change, it’s not a religion. Don’t ask if they think it’s serious: it is. Ask them what matters most: what are they doing about it? Excellent application here, 10/10 no notes 👏⬇️👏
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MissPlaced @missplaced.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
@standupforscience.net
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
📖Published📖 This study investigates the practical application and sensitivity of eRNA for detecting fish in the wild🧬🐟️ Find out more here 👇 buff.ly/yq0tRrh
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Pablo Garcia-Diaz @pablo-ecology.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Resharing this as I just read another paper that conflates transport, introduction, & establishment. We need to revisit key tips for comparative analyses of invasions: 1) propagule pressure matters, and it’s correlated with other vars; 2) defining the pool of species for comparisons is essential.
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Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center @maisrc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Our Lab to Lakes eDNA community testing initiative was covered by @mprnews.org! "It’s a novel approach that’s brought citizens and scientists together to fight #AIS, and could eventually make it easier for #Minnesotans to police their local lakes." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Citizen sleuths use DNA traces to hunt for zebra mussels in Minnesota lakes
A new tool built at the University of Minnesota can help detect the DNA of invasive species in lakes, giving officials more time to respond. Across Minnesota, volunteers are putting that science into ...
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Center for Large Landscape Conservation @largelandscapes.org · 28/09/2026
The largest wildlife overpass in North America was completed in 2025 spanning I-25 in CO. According to Colorado Governor Jared Polis, the crossing, and nearby crossing infrastructure, has reduced wildlife-vehicle collisions on the stretch of I-25 by 91%. www.denvergazette.com/outtherecolo...
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Massive wildlife overpass has helped reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions by 91% in Colorado
In December 2025, it was announced that the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) had completed the construction of the I-25 wildlife overpass in the area of Greenland, between Denver and Color...
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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A collaborative team of Rutgers School of Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) students was one of four winners in the 2026 OpenAir Carbon Removal Challenge. The team compe... Read more at tinyurl.com/47x7csx2
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Research Centre For Ecological Change @rececochange.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
📢 Open position in Biodiversity Science The 2-year position focuses on how patterns of species co-occurrence are shifting under global change, using long-term biodiversity datasets and advanced statistics. 📍 Helsinki, Finland | ~€3,700/month 📅 Apply by 19 Oct. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Biodiversity Science
Postdoctoral Researcher in Biodiversity Science
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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Please pass along: I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab. We study physical ecology, macroecology, and biodiversity — spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested 🧪🌐🌾
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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The argument that a species is in no danger because it is very common, is a complete fallacy; but is very often brought forward...by people who have a financial interest in destroying the animals." - Charles Elton, Animal Ecology (1927) Each of these species was very common 1-2 centuries ago.
Atlantic codAmerican bisonPassenger pigeonThylacine
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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This study demonstrates that integrating eDNA metabarcoding data into species distribution models can improve fish abundance predictions, especially for site-attached and reef-associated species 🐡 🧬 🪸 👉️ buff.ly/wZWIzWQ
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Garry Peterson @resiliencesci.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Development and implementation of an Indigenous data governance framework and stewardship tool to document, store, and apply Indigenous environmental data in northern Canada Chow-Fraser+ doi.org/10.5751/ES-1...
Fig. 2. A conceptual model of the Dene Tha’ First Nation data governance framework, which flows from left to right. The data governance framework then repeats as community priorities are reassessed. Community engagement is interwoven throughout each stage as a way to ensure that data governance implementation consistently reflects community needs and desires. Example outputs of land and resource governance decisions are presented on the basis of whether they are externally, collaboratively or Nation led.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“Fish” can be both singular (one individual fish) or plural (multiple fish of the same species.) “Fishes” refers to individuals of different species. 🐟 Fish 🐟🐟🐟 Fish 🐠🐟🐡 Fishes Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
ICE has abducted Senegalese WBB player Aminata Seck and won't release her. DHS 'policy' is to provide medical care to prisoners at intake, yet they admit to denying her care for an ACL injury for 1.5 months. The NCAA is letting it happen, despite its predatory recruitment of ICAs. We explain.
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ICE has abducted a college athlete. What are the NCAA and universities going to do about it?
Aminata Seck’s detention shows the bargain facing international college athletes: universities eagerly recruit them, but support can disappear when their immigration status becomes precarious.
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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026
We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/
a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans
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