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Robert Hechler

@roberthechler.bsky.social
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PhD candidate at UToronto 🇨🇦 National Geographic Explorer Biodiversity dynamics, stability & global change Website: www.roberthechler.ca

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Mike Fowler @theorecol.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Whoop! The @responsedivnet.bsky.social is now on Bluesky! Given them a follow to find out about all the cool things going on in the Response Diversity Network! 🧪🌍
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Akira Terui @mlaevis.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Really cool - "Stocks must therefore be orbiting the [shared] attractor asynchronously to produce the observed uncorrelated fluctuations." Inspiring statement.
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Ecological stability through nonlinear fluctuations and the portfolio effect | PNAS
Much ecological theory has pursued understanding the mechanisms that stabilize communities, yet empirical analyses reveal deterministic nonlinear d...
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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Fifty years since a simple equation described the chaos of biology 🧪🌐 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Fifty years since a simple equation described the chaos of biology
An exploration of chaos theory in population dynamics showed that unpredictable systems can often be modelled using surprisingly simple mathematics.
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Robert Hechler @roberthechler.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
New in @pnas.org: Ecological stability through nonlinear fluctuations and the portfolio effect We show that nonlinear dynamics like oscillations and chaos are paradoxically key to stabilizing globally important salmon complexes in the Fraser River and Bristol Bay. Link: doi.org/10.1073/pnas... 🌐🐟
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Ecological stability through nonlinear fluctuations and the portfolio effect | PNAS
Much ecological theory has pursued understanding the mechanisms that stabilize communities, yet empirical analyses reveal deterministic nonlinear d...
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Robert Hechler @roberthechler.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
New in @pnas.org: Ecological stability through nonlinear fluctuations and the portfolio effect We show that nonlinear dynamics like oscillations and chaos are paradoxically key to stabilizing globally important salmon complexes in the Fraser River and Bristol Bay. Link: doi.org/10.1073/pnas... 🌐🐟
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Ecological stability through nonlinear fluctuations and the portfolio effect | PNAS
Much ecological theory has pursued understanding the mechanisms that stabilize communities, yet empirical analyses reveal deterministic nonlinear d...
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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Paper published, led by Forest Isbell. We developed a new theoretical framework to predict how temporal stability and resilience emerge from the combined effects of resistance and recovery. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Predicting temporal stability and resilience from resistance and recovery - Nature
New predictions for how temporal stability and resilience depend on their resistance and recovery components are explored.
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SWEEET @sweeet-ecoevo.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Join us at the #SWEEET Symposium on May 14 (1:30-5pm) at #CSEE2026! We're tackling three barriers facing equity-deserving researchers: parenthood, fieldwork access & socioeconomic challenges. Featuring talks by Drs. Courtney Robichaud, Rachel Giles & Diane Srivastava. We hope to see you there!
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Robert Hechler @roberthechler.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Many thanks to Drs. Akira Mori (@akkym.bsky.social), Shinichi Tatsumi and Xinyu Xu for the invitation to present at their Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning Symposium at the Ecological Society of Japan Annual Meeting in Kyoto. Wonderful to be part of such a great lineup of speakers! #ESJ73 #BEF
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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 13/02/2026
A global analysis of marine fish populations involving 243 recruitment and 266 spawner time series across 143 species finds that nonlinear dynamics are widespread and that the degree of nonlinearity is amplified by temperature variation and in fast-lived species 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Temperature variation and life history mediate nonlinearity in fluctuations of marine fish populations worldwide - Nature Ecology & Evolution
A global analysis of marine fish populations involving 243 recruitment and 266 spawner time series across 143 species finds that nonlinear dynamics are widespread and that the degree of nonlinearity i...
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SWEEET @sweeet-ecoevo.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Call for Donations to Support the SWEEET/CSEE Equity Fund 🌱🧬🎓 Help remove financial barriers by supporting grad students & postdocs attending #CSEE2026 in Toronto through donating to the Equity Fund. Support access to science by donating / sharing! @csee-scee.bsky.social #EcoEvo gofund.me/cca1d39af
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Robert Hechler @roberthechler.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Check out the accompanying Research Briefing for a summary of background, methods, main results and what we think this means for marine fishes under climate change. Read it here: doi.org/10.1038/s415... @natecoevo.nature.com
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Nonlinearity in marine fish populations is amplified by temperature variation and fast life histories - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Analysis of marine fish populations reveals that nonlinear dynamics are widespread and that the degree of nonlinearity is elevated by high temperature variation and for species with fast life historie...
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Robert Hechler @roberthechler.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
New in @natecoevo.nature.com, we show that nonlinear dynamics like oscillations & chaos occur in 81% of marine fish populations worldwide. Nonlinearity was correlated with the magnitude of fluctuations & amplified by temperature variation & in fast-lived species. 🌍🌐 Link: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Temperature variation and life history mediate nonlinearity in fluctuations of marine fish populations worldwide - Nature Ecology & Evolution
A global analysis of marine fish populations involving 243 recruitment and 266 spawner time series across 143 species finds that nonlinear dynamics are widespread and that the degree of nonlinearity i...
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Jessica Reid 🌈 @j-reid.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Reflecting on what we’ve done and what more we can do to advance #equity in 🇨🇦#AquaticSciences in a new blog post blog.cdnsciencepub.com/equity-for-ea Thanks to @jaimegrimm.bsky.social @roberthechler.bsky.social @bradhowell.bsky.social @kirkwoodlab.bsky.social and non-bsky authors for this collab 💙💧
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Equity for early-career researchers in fisheries and aquatic science | Canadian Science Publishing
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Robert Hechler @roberthechler.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
New preprint! We analyzed ~500 global marine fish time series using #EmpiricalDynamicModeling and show that temperature variation amplifies nonlinearity in juveniles and adults, while life history mediates nonlinearity for the latter, dampening it in slow-lived species #Ecology #Fisheries
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Temperature variation and life history mediate the degree of nonlinearity in fluctuations of global marine fish populations
Nonlinear dynamics readily occur in natural ecosystems and can drive irregular population fluctuations through oscillations, chaos and alternative stable states. However, the effects of anthropogenic ...
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Robert Hechler @roberthechler.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Extremely grateful to receive the award. Thank you @asn-amnat.bsky.social for supporting my work!
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Robert Hechler @roberthechler.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Empirical dynamic modeling of #eDNA data goes beyond presence/absence, allowing for the identification and quantification of species interactions through time. Check out my journal club commentary on Ushio and colleagues' exciting work, out now in @natrevbiodiv.bsky.social ! go.nature.com/41543Ql
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Quantifying species interactions in the Anthropocene - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Nature Reviews Biodiversity - Quantifying species interactions in the Anthropocene
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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
I usually reserve this account for my personal views; but today I want to represent my position as President of @asn-amnat.bsky.social to post a message that will shortly go out to the membership of the American Society of Naturalists from the ASN Executive Council
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