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Maria Paniw @paniw.bsky.social · 3h

I am really proud of this study! It was led by an amazing ECR, highlights the work of a wonderful team of co-authors, and has resulted in a database of mechanistic demographic models currently being expanded to include underrepresented taxa to do comparative forecasts: github.com/MariaPaniw/C...

PNAS Nexus @pnasnexus.org · 7d

A study of how 41 plant and animal species react to climate change highlights the complexity of density feedbacks, in which population reductions lead to an easing of competition for the remaining individuals. In PNAS Nexus: https://ow.ly/xQMz50X6h6s

Wild arctic fox (Vulpes Lagopus), one of the studied species. Stock photo.

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 3h

Postdoc Opportunity - Interested in plant scaling, quantitative botany, or theoretical plant biology? join our group to explore how plant form, function & scaling principles connect across levels of organization
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons-postdoctoral-fellowships-in-plant-biology🧪🌾🌐

Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology

Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology on Simons Foundation

www.simonsfoundation.org

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Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 23h

Look at this amazing figure🫶🏽😱

Karl Andraczek @karlandraczek.bsky.social · 1d

I had the honour to write a @newphyt.bsky.social commentary on this fantastic paper — summarizing its key insights and exploring exciting directions for future research. Hope it may spark new ideas and helps the community! ✨
🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Trajectories of alpine plant communities under climate change.

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Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 23h

This came as a beautiful surprise! What an amazing feeling reading a commentary on your paper, especially if you put soooo much work on it! Thank you @karlandraczek.bsky.social and @newphyt.bsky.social !

Karl Andraczek @karlandraczek.bsky.social · 1d

Predicting how climate warming reshapes plant communities and their functioning is crucial. But how can we unearth its effects — especially in rapidly warming alpine systems? ⛰️🥵
👉 @billurbektas.bsky.social et al. shed light on this in an inspiring study: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Traits and functions of alpine plant communities respond strongly but not always sufficiently to in situ climate change

Increasing climate warming and summer droughts are known to affect mountain plant communities, their functional traits and life strategies. However, little is known about how strongly and efficientl...

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 4d

I don’t want my emails to be summarized or read or written by AI in any way. I do not want to integrate AI in my google docs.

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Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 4d

I am a frequent user of AI tools but I want to use it when I want to use it and I don’t want it to be imposed. It looks like now decades old Gmail and decade old Drive are imposing Gemini! I cannot disable them! This is outrageous! (Hoping that I overlooked the settings

@newsfromgoogle.bsky.social

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Ecological Forecasting Initiative @ecoforecast.bsky.social · 11d

📣 Reminder: Join EFI and the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Statistical Ecology section

📆 next Monday, October 6 at noon US ET

📖 to learn from Dr. Kenneth Kellner about “The {unmarked} R package for fitting hierarchical models of animal abundance and occurrence”

✅ Register at: bit.ly/3H7tri7

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: EFI-ESA Stats Seminar: The {unmarked} R package for fitting hierarchical models of animal abundance and occurrence. After registering, you will receive a c...

This Statistical Methods seminar by the Ecological Forecasting Initiative and the Ecological Society of America Statistical Ecology Section is hosting Dr. Kenneth Kellner from Michigan State Universit...

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 12d

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

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Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 12d

Jane Goodall has been a role model for generations of women scientists and ecologists. She taught us that we can follow our passion beyond the roles society assigns us — that we can be compassionate while still being ambitious. She opened the path and paved the way with elegance. Forever grateful!

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AI + Environment Summit Zurich @ai-env-summit.bsky.social · 13d

This year’s edition of the AI + Environment Summit has started!

Follow this thread for up-to-date content, and register online to access the streaming: eventfrog.ch/en/p/courses...

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Dr Chris Clements @expecocons.bsky.social · 13d

🌍📢 Postdoc alert | 3-yr starting 1/1/26

Understand how ecosystem stability is changing across space and through time using niche modelling, pinpoint at-risk species/regions, and build tools that drive conservation action🌿🧭📈

👉 tinyurl.com/2w2we5z8

#Ecology #Jobs #Biodiversity #RStats

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Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 13d

@ai-env-summit.bsky.social 🫶🏽

Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 13d

AI to impact panel discussion on! 🔥

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Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 13d

AI to impact panel discussion on! 🔥

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Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 13d

Ready set go!

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Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 18d

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Dr. U @transport-talk.bsky.social · 18d

{gm} - Create music with R: flujoo.github.io/gm/

#RStats bookmark from old twitter

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Brandon Samuel Whitley @brandonswhitley.bsky.social · 29d

Please share widely! The Natural History Museum Denmark @nhmdk.bsky.social is offering a PhD fellowship in collection-based Natural History Research, focused on dark taxa & unknown species, pref. including representatives of Danish flora, fauna or geology.

candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

PhD fellowship in collection-based Natural History Research

Natural History Museum Denmark Faculty of SCIENCE University of Copenhagen   Natural History Museum Denmark invites applicants for a PhD fellowship in coll

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Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 28d

Today, I am part of one of her stories with my work in the TransPlant Network at @ethz.ch , our experiment in France Université Grenoble Alpes and the @ecoforecast.bsky.social , honored to be featured alongside scientists in climate science and ecology.

www.quantamagazine.org/photos-captu...

Photos Capture the Extreme, Beautiful Work of Climate Science | Quanta Magazine

Building an accurate model of Earth’s climate requires a lot of data. Photography reveals the extreme efforts scientists have undertaken to measure gases, glaciers, clouds and more.

www.quantamagazine.org

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Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 28d

“And when they have a second to breathe, surrounded by a lush green forest or white ice as far as the eye can see, they admire the beauty of a planet that they don’t fully understand.”

Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 28d

Yasemin brings forward the most crucial and inspiring part of our job: collaboration! Without it, science cannot exist. Besides, where would all the fun go…

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Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 28d

Today, I am part of one of her stories with my work in the TransPlant Network at @ethz.ch , our experiment in France Université Grenoble Alpes and the @ecoforecast.bsky.social , honored to be featured alongside scientists in climate science and ecology.

www.quantamagazine.org/photos-captu...

Photos Capture the Extreme, Beautiful Work of Climate Science | Quanta Magazine

Building an accurate model of Earth’s climate requires a lot of data. Photography reveals the extreme efforts scientists have undertaken to measure gases, glaciers, clouds and more.

www.quantamagazine.org

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Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 28d

Honestly, I hoped that one day I could hear my own science told in one of her compelling stories.

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Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 28d

I started reading @quantamagazine.bsky.social when I was doing my PhD, immersed in inspiring stories of scientists. Later I discovered @yaseminsaplakoglu.bsky.social ‘s articles and was always mesmerized by her storytelling.

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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 29d

Did you know that it's officially #PeerReviewWeek? 📑💭

Whether you're looking to learn more about #PeerReview for the first time or want to brush up on some best practice tips, check out our free guide below 👇

https://f.mtr.cool/eoffzyiudg

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Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 29d

Last week, in our group, everyone chose a paper to read from their ‘to read’ folder to read asap.. mine was this one👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

Dr. Joan Dudney @dudney-joan.bsky.social · 29d

Unpopular opinion? #Ecologists should use #specification #charts instead of relying solely on #AIC in their analyses. It builds confidence & #transparency & it's straightforward to implement! 🧪🌐🍁🌱

See our #newpaper:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Replication code: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

specification chart showing the coefficient of interest across different model structures

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Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 29d

Claude code makes me feel like Neo 👻

the matrix has you is displayed in green on a black background

ALT: the matrix has you is displayed in green on a black background

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