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Dax Kellie @daxkellie.bsky.social · 9h

Still want to make cleaning biodiversity data shrimp-ler? 🦐

Good news: We just updated our Cleaning Biodiversity Data in R book, so you still can! We've updated data for 2025, added new content & fixed lots of silly typos 😀

Live the shrimp-le life:
cleaning-data-r.ala.org.au

#rstats #ecology 🧪🌏

The cover of the Cleaning Biodiversity Data in R book. It has an illustration of an Pacific Cleaner Shrimp in the middle of a navy background. The shrimp has a bright red-orange shell, pale-yellow body and white whiskers.

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The International Biogeography Society @biogeography.bsky.social · 8d

Dr. Brett Scheffers will be giving our October Funk lecture! If you are interested in how micro-scale variation in climate and habitat interact to shape biogeographic patterns, you won't want to miss this talk! Learn more here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/oc...

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Department of Geoecology @spacetimeeco.bsky.social · 14d

very interesting reading about #macroecology patterns emerging...just everywhere :) and what biological mechanisms we can (or rather can not) infer from such patterns

Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 14d

Classic macroecological laws-long held as signatures of biological systems-also emerge in economic and geological systems. The real signal lies not in the static universal patterns, but in how those patterns shift with scale 🌐🧪 #scaling #macroecology journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Separating Macroecological Pattern and Process: Comparing Ecological, Economic, and Geological Systems

Theories of biodiversity rest on several macroecological patterns describing the relationship between species abundance and diversity. A central problem is that all theories make similar predictions f...

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 19d

Occlusion in forest laser scanning is often seen as a problem, but it can also be an opportunity. Our new preprint tries to find the positives in the things we haven't seen. 🌲🌳🧪 eartharxiv.org/repository/view/10336/

Proportion of occluded voxels across the forest canopy from a mobile terrestrial laser scanner. Data collected by Daniel Kuekenbrink.

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Tom Hengl @tomhengl.bsky.social · 19d

If you maybe missed the #EOSummerSchool2025 at WICC, video-recordings 📼 and lecture materials are now available: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
The event was organized in collaboration with EO Council (www.eo-council.nl), Netherlands Space Office (www.spaceoffice.nl/en/) and SURF (www.surf.nl/en/).

OpenGeoHub Summer School 2025 at WICC "Data Science for Earth Observation" - YouTube

Data Science for Earth Observation: Hands-on Training in Python, R and Julia Date: 1—6 September 2025 Location: Wageningen, Netherlands IMPORTANT NOTICE: Som...

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Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · 20d

📖 Book release! Hinterland. Archeologie severočeských pískovcových krajin. Co-edited by Petr Pokorný, contributions from Jindra Prach and Jan Hošek (CTS).

An illustrated journey (100+ images) through 20,000 years of sandstone landscapes, from the Ice Age to today.

🔗 www.kosmas.cz/knihy/559021...

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Copernicus ECMWF @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social · 20d

🔔 Register now for the #C3S User Workshop on 20 Oct. in Prague, an in-person event for users to explore climate data tools and real-world applications, with hands-on training and networking opportunities. 📅 Sign up by 30 September: climate.copernicus.eu/c3s-user-eng...

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Department of Geoecology @spacetimeeco.bsky.social · 22d

interesting method to measure #microclimate:

about fiber-optics use in #microclimatology see also e.g.

Tyler et al. (2008) Journal of Glaciology doi.org/10.3189/0022...

Lutz et al. (2012) Northwest Science doi.org/10.3955/046....

Seyfried et al. (2016) Vadose Zone Journal doi.org/10.2136/vzj2...

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Jason P. Evans @jasonpevans.bsky.social · 23d

We just published a paper that shows including lateral flow of soil moisture matters for climate once you get down to km-scale modelling of the land surface. More and more of our work is at these scales so we need to start including processes like this. 🧪
hess.copernicus.org/articles/29/...

The influence of lateral flow on land surface fluxes in southeast Australia varies with model resolution

Abstract. Land surface models (LSMs) used in climate models typically represent surface hydrology as one-dimensional vertical fluxes, neglecting the lateral movement of water within and between grids....

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Department of Geoecology @spacetimeeco.bsky.social · 29d

#microclimate

Landscape Ecology and Ecosystem Dynamics @leed-greifswald.bsky.social · 29d

In this study, we attempt to shift the perspective on near-ground forest microclimate towards smaller organisms. We aimed to quantify how ground cover type further modifies air temp., air humidity and soil temp. on small scales. Our initial findings were presented at this year's GFÖ in Würzburg!

Poster from Daniel Harnisch for the GFÖ, about soil micro climate

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Tom Hengl @tomhengl.bsky.social · 29d

Had a privilege and pleasure to teach terra pkg (created by @roberthijmans.bsky.social et al.) and spatial sampling with R together with Alexandre Wadoux at the #EOSummerSchool2025 at WICC. You can follow the terra tutorial from here: differ.blog/p/processing...
📹: youtu.be/q9sQkg7BeAc?...

Processing large rasters using terra package for R: combining tiling and time-series modeling

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CRAN Updates @cranupdates.bsky.social · Sep 12

New on CRAN: mlr3spatiotempcv (2.3.4). View at https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=mlr3spatiotempcv

mlr3spatiotempcv: Spatiotemporal Resampling Methods for 'mlr3'

Extends the mlr3 machine learning framework with spatio-temporal resampling methods to account for the presence of spatiotemporal autocorrelation (STAC) in predictor variables. STAC may cause highly biased performance estimates in cross-validation if ignored. A JSS article is available at <<a href="https://doi.org/10.18637%2Fjss.v111.i07" target="_top">doi:10.18637/jss.v111.i07</a>>.

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Department of Geoecology @spacetimeeco.bsky.social · Sep 12

Like #microclimate, #tundra, #plants and experiments? Then apply for this position with @juliakemppinen.bsky.social
Highly recommended....

Julia Kemppinen @juliakemppinen.bsky.social · Sep 12

I am recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to conduct experiments on tundra plants and microclimates 🌱🌡️💧❄️ Call ends October 7! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

Postdoctoral Researcher, Biodiversity Change

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Jakub Nowosad @jakubnowosad.com · Sep 10

📢 Materials from the OpenGeoHub Summer School 2025 (“Data Science for Earth Observation”) by Krzysztof Dyba are now online.

Discuss how to access, process, and analyze satellite data with #RStats.

👉 github.com/kadyb/OGH2025

#RSpatial #RemoteSensing #GISchat

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Department of Geoecology @spacetimeeco.bsky.social · Sep 9

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Tom Hengl @tomhengl.bsky.social · Sep 7

Our paper now in @nature.com Scientific Data
"Global 30-m annual median vegetation height maps (2000–2022) based on ICESat-2 data and ML"
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🌍 stac.openlandmap.org/gpw_gsvh-30m...
📱 global-pasture-watch.projects.earthengine.app/view/gsvh-30m
📰 landcarbonlab.org/insights/glo...

Global 30-m annual median vegetation height maps (2000–2022) based on ICESat-2 data and Machine Learning - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - Global 30-m annual median vegetation height maps (2000–2022) based on ICESat-2 data and Machine Learning

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Antoine Cabon @acabon.bsky.social · Sep 5

🌳 New Tansley Insight!
What really limits tree growth—carbon source or sink? 🤔
I argue it’s not either/or but a distal → proximal continuum: from photosynthesis to transport and cell division, drivers act together to shape C allocation & growth 🌱🌍
🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.70516

Distal to proximal: a continuum of drivers shaping tree growth and carbon partitioning

The relationship between tree carbon (C) assimilation and growth is central to understanding tree functioning and forecasting forest C sequestration, yet remains unresolved. The long-standing debate ...

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The International Biogeography Society @biogeography.bsky.social · Sep 4

We can't wait to hear Dr.Brian McGill's talk for this month's Funk lecture! Learn more and register here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/se...

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Nordic Society Oikos @nordicoikos.bsky.social · Sep 3

Got inspired by all the fantastic research at #gfoe2025? Save the date for an even larger gathering of excellence in #ecology and #evolution at the joint #NSO2026 and #gfoe2026 meeting with @gfoesoc.bsky.social! See you on 14-17 Sep 2026 in Denmark! nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/event/nordic...

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Sean Michaletz @seanmichaletz.bsky.social · Sep 2

What drives photosynthesis temperature sensitivity? New #GCB paper from #MichaletzLab grad #JosefGaren uses #FAsTeR to show it's 1‑day weather, not traits, origin climate, or phylogeny!

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

@ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca @globalchangebio.bsky.social

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Eline Rentier @elinerentier.bsky.social · Sep 3

New R-package alert! 🚨

With tabs it has never been easier to reconstruct altitudinal shifts of biogeographical systems over time. Whether in the ocean 🏝️, shallow seas 🪸 or mountains ⛰️; tabs can project spatial configurations shaped by climatic conditions.
➡️ doi.org/10.21425/fob...

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Tim Osborn @timosbornclim.bsky.social · Sep 3

Do you use the gridded CRU-TS climate dataset? Here's a reminder that you can find the source observations in the observations folder, here:
crudata.uea.ac.uk/cru/data/hrg...

The format of these observation files is described here:
crudata.uea.ac.uk/cru/data/hrg...

CRU TS v4.09 Observations

crudata.uea.ac.uk

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Martin Mokros @mokros.bsky.social · Aug 20

🌲 What if a terrestrial laser scanner cost ~€2k, and still delivered reliable forest data?

We built one. And it works.
→ DBH accuracy ~1.5 cm
→ Tree height ~1 m
→ Open hardware + open software

Accessible 3D forest monitoring

Wherever you are, get in touch 🌍

Preprint: bit.ly/3HneatY

#LiDAR

Guide + code: https://zenodo.org/records/16531534

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Dr. Joan Dudney @dudney-joan.bsky.social · Aug 14

Really excited to share our new paper on #causalinference & #climatechange attribution out in #EcologyLetters today!

Are you asking "how much" or "if" climate change has impacted your system, then this paper is for you!

🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A Causal Inference Framework for Climate Change Attribution in Ecology

Accurately attributing ecological shifts to climate change remains a significant challenge. Here, we present an accessible causal inference framework designed for climate change attribution in observ...

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Shinichi Nakagawa @itchyshin.bsky.social · Jul 25

Around 3 years ago, we started writing papers during our weekly lab meetings. This is the first one from our new lab at
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Location-Scale Models for Ecologists!

preprint: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
tutorial: ayumi-495.github.io/Eco_location...

Enjoy! #glmmTMB #brms

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