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Lars Brudvig @lars-brudvig.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Join us through the Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship in EEB! Conduct your own research, mentored by 2+ EEB faculty. $65k salary + research/moving $. All areas of EEB welcome. Apply by 11/1 I co-chair this search and am happy to field questions Spread the word! eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...

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Postdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

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Bernard Kim @bernardkim.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Princeton EEB is running a very broad faculty search at the Assistant Professor level. Please consider applying to join us! This is a wonderful, collaborative, cohesive department with diverse interests and amazing colleagues. apply.interfolio.com/193474

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Volker Rudolf @volkerrudolf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Felt Lord of the ring inspired when I scored this souredough bread

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Dmitri Petrov @petrovadmitri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We are searching for an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology! Looking for colleagues asking fundamental questions relating to evolutionary processes and drivers of evolutionary patterns. If you think it is you, please do apply! And please repost. facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/assista...

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Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology - Stanford University, California, United States

The Department of Biology at Stanford University seeks applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology. A successful candidate will conduct research that asks fundamental que...

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Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Plant Colleagues! Open job for Director of the Billie L. Turner Plant Resources Center (PRC) at UT Austin. A great job for anyone addressing fundamental questions in evolution of plants and a commitment to herbarium administration and/or collections-based research. apply.interfolio.com/193263

a field of blooming bluebonnets, the state flower of Texas.

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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Applications are now open for the International Travel Stipends to attend #Evol2027! Funds cover registration, travel, meals, and lodging. The application deadline is earlier this year: November 1st! www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci... @evolmtg.bsky.social

The San Juan coastline. Text: Evolution 2027, San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 25-29. Society for the Study of Evolution International Travel Stipends, Deadline: November 1.

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Chuliang Song @clsong.com · 04/09/2026

Very grateful to the editorial board for the opportunity to write about a topic I care deeply about. This review is deliberately opinionated, a personal view of where theory in community ecology stands and where it might go next. Pushback and disagreement are very welcome! doi.org/10.1146/annu...

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Toward a Conceptual Commons for Theory in Community Ecology

Community ecology has developed a rich and increasingly diverse body of theory, but its rapid expansion has outpaced efforts to compare and synthesize competing frameworks. As a result, semantic ambig...

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ybrandvain.bsky.social @ybrandvain.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I'm excited to release the newest version of my free applied biostats textbook. It's tidyverse style, clarkia inspired and loads of fun Im putting this down until the end of the semester, when I'll add and polish additional chapters, but the 1st 21 are pretty solid yanivjb.github.io/biostats-book

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Applied Biostatistics

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American Naturaliﬆ / ASN 🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Abundance and Functional Roles, Not Richness, Govern Wood-Fall Degenerative Ecosystem Function in the Deep Sea by McClain et al. Available now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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American Naturaliﬆ / ASN 🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Rock-paper-scissors dynamics and intransitive competition maintain diversity in evolutionary and ecological contexts. Delgado et al. use this to understand eco-evolutionary coexistence through intransitive feedback loops. Read now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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Instituto de Investigación en Cambio Global @iicg-urjc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

🆕Noticia sobre el estudio realizado por Ciro Cabal Ruano, investigadore del @iicg-urjc.bsky.social y @biodiversosurjc.bsky.social publicado en The American Naturalist @asn-amnat.bsky.social sobre la posibilidad de que algunos paisajes abiertos de Gredos podrían ser vestigios de una antigua sabana. 👇

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Volker Rudolf @volkerrudolf.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It’s so hot and dry that our “pond” just turned into a piggy mud bath.

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American Naturaliﬆ / ASN 🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Transgenerational and Intergenerational Maternal Age Effects Exhibit Complex, Genotype-Specific Patterns of Inheritance by Liguori et al. Available now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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American Naturaliﬆ / ASN 🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Chokechaipaisarn & Hitchcock develop new models of sex allocation tailored to non-standard forms of arrhenotoky, revealing the distinct effects of asymmetric ploidy upon patterns of relatedness and sex allocation. Read now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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American Naturaliﬆ / ASN 🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Gaughan et al. suggest that the preference of insect herbivores may play an important yet under-appreciated role in the destabilization of plant diversity. Available now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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American Naturaliﬆ / ASN 🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Smith develops theory showing that aggregation caused by habitat structure can make Janzen–Connell effects and habitat partitioning work together as a powerful mechanism promoting coexistence in tropical forests. Read now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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Caitlin MacKenzie @cmacmtns.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Just read and really enjoyed "Spark, Scaffold, Substrate" (the @asn-amnat.bsky.social paper on natural history in EEB research recommended by @hormiga.bsky.social) and I have two notes...

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Elena Litchman @elenalitchman.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Interested in doing a postdoc in plankton ecology, on topics of community assembly, trait-based ecological resilience, stressor interactions, harmful algal blooms and others? Contact me to discuss developing a proposal for MSU's EEB Presidential Postdoc Fellowship (Nov 1 application deadline).

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American Naturaliﬆ / ASN 🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Kework & Pierson studied fine-scale spatial variation in reproductive tactic frequencies in two-lined salamanders and found that "searching" male frequencies were higher in small tributaries than in larger stream reaches. Read now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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Volker Rudolf @volkerrudolf.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Excited to see this out in print now! Led by @hengxingzou.bsky.social this work empirically shows that the "Consequences of phenological shifts are determined by the number of generations per season." & how this relates to coexistence mechanisms. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Consequences of phenological shifts are determined by the number of generations per season

The order and timing of species' arrival in a community can often change species interactions. Termed priority effects, this phenomenon arises in communities with drastically different life histories...

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Casey terHorst @ecoevolab.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

EEB Mentor Match is now open! But apps due soon (8/17). Mentees: get help applying for grad school or fellowships in ecology & evolution. Mentors: senior grads, post-docs, or faculty in these fields willing to give advice Org by Diversity Cmte of @asn-amnat.bsky.social Pls share! eebmentormatch.com

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EEB Mentor Match

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Volker Rudolf @volkerrudolf.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Bumping this up since I arrived for #ESA2026. Also, f you want to learn more about temporal structure of communities and climate extremes come joint me for my talk at 3:30 today in 2051E or just come and find me in person this week.

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Caroline Farrior @cfarrior.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Spread the word! My lab group is hosting a workshop tomorrow at #ESA2026: Ecological Theory for Everyone: A practical introduction to engaging with theory in your own research for those with little or no theoretical experience 1:30pm, Room 254B events.rdmobile.com/Sessions/Det...

A collage of theory figures: Trees searching for light, chaos from logistic growth, evolutionary analyses, stabilizing coexistence, and collective movement.

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Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

For anyone that missed my talk at @isbe2026.bsky.social - never you fear! You can watch my talk and read more about the new Replication Studies section at @behavecol.bsky.social right here! laskowskilab.faculty.ucdavis.edu/2026/07/22/r...

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Wayne Maddison @waynemaddison.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

An important and beautiful paper on the central role of natural history in ecology and evolutionary biology.

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Alexa Fredston @afredston.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

published ahead of print in @asn-amnat.bsky.social, by me et al.: doi.org/10.1086/743270 the first test (I think) of dynamic range models (spatially explicit population dynamic models) for mechanistic forecasting of near-term range shifts. they outperform a traditional species distribution model!

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Dynamic range models improve the near-term forecast for a marine species on the move | The American Naturalist: Vol 0, No ja

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American Naturaliﬆ / ASN 🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Weiss et al. use field observations, experiments, and simulations to demonstrate that periodical cicada nymphs use skototaxis (orientation and movement towards dark objects), to march unerringly to their molting trees at night. Read now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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Volker Rudolf @volkerrudolf.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I’ll be heading to #ESA2026 end of the week. If you will also be there, and want to chat about your science or publishing in @asn-amnat.bsky.social (or just hang out) shoot me DM or email. I’m happy to chat.

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American Naturaliﬆ / ASN 🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Regression to the mean (RTM) is a statistical phenomenon in which extreme initial observations tend to be closer to the average upon subsequent measurement. Fontanari & Santos show that common RTM correction methods are problematic. Read now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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American Naturaliﬆ / ASN 🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Historical Perspective: Sridhar et al. use the backstories of famous scientific papers in Ecology and Evolution to uncover the background roles of natural history that are written out of papers. Available now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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American Naturaliﬆ / ASN 🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Godoy et al. explored whether cooperation gives rise to mechanisms of coexistence that competition does not promote and found that cooperation promotes three unique mechanisms that diversify the pathways to coexistence. Read now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

In this new paper in @asn-amnat.bsky.social , Swapna Subramanian asks whether the performance of an ecological community can be predicted by the performance of its dominant member, using wild yeast on apple orchards. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....

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American Naturaliﬆ / ASN 🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Cissell & McCoy reveal that spatially heterogeneous predation may contribute to asynchronous community extinction, stabilizing cyanobacterial mat metacommunities despite extensive community-scale instability. Read now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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American Naturaliﬆ / ASN 🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Arnold et al. developed a novel extension of mechanistic home range analyses (MHRA) that is able to predict both territorial shifts following harvest and non-territorial behaviors in the elusive felid Canada lynx (Lynx Canadensis). Read now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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American Naturaliﬆ / ASN 🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

When organisms colonize new environments, they can experience release from previous parasites. Bolnick et al. use an experiment to track how this release leads to large fluctuations in infection rates, as well as immune evolution. Read now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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Volker Rudolf @volkerrudolf.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

It’s the season for making Hot sauce!

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American Association for the Advancement of Science @aaas.org · 14/07/2026

Yesterday, AAAS submitted a comment on the OMB proposed rule on federal grantmaking, highlighting an overemphasis on political objectives in scientific priority setting & deprioritization of scientific opportunity, peer review, and the needs of Americans. Read the full comment bit.ly/4w6O8PE

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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I think my new favorite example of a historical constraint in evolution just arrived in my print (🥰) copy of @asn-amnat.bsky.social!!! And on the same week that i prepped my lecture on adaptation and constraints!!!

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Volker Rudolf @volkerrudolf.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

This is an awesome experiment that @hengxingzou.bsky.social pulled off testing theory on priority effects & coexistence. What he forgot to mention is that it required manipulating and tracking thousands of beetles & hundreds of colonies on his own. Truly a Herculean effort!

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Volker Rudolf @volkerrudolf.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

This campus squirrel gives ofd some major Friday vibes, kinda how I feel after just finishing setting up a big experiment this morning

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