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Brian Joseph Enquist is an American biologist and academic. Enquist is a professor of biology at the University of Arizona. He is also external professor at the Santa Fe Institute. He is a biologist, plant biologist and an ecologist. He was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012 and the Ecological Society of America (ESA) in 2018. .. more

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · Nov 9

Here is a starter pack for scientists and others interested in Macroecology - go.bsky.app/GBn9pNZ 🌎🧪🦋🌾

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 8h

Amazonian hyperdominance exceeds expectations of neutral theory 🧪🌐🌾 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Amazonian hyperdominance exceeds expectations of neutral theory

Our work demonstrates Amazon-wide hyperdominance necessitating deterministic explanation by first comparing data to the global dispersal neutral model, then establishing this to be a conservative tes....

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 1d

Please DM or contact me if you are interested. The fellowship supports innovative early-career researchers advancing theory in plant biology — ideal for those interested in linking quantitative methods and theory ecology. Applications are due December 4 2025

Reposted by Ana S. L. Rodrigues, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Robin J. Pakeman , and 2 more Ana S. L. Rodrigues, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Robin J. Pakeman, Márk E. Hauber, Stephen D. Murphy

Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 1d

Source: Charitie Ropati, Intersectional Environmentalist, and Feminist reporting on Typhoon Halong ravaging western Alaska

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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 2d

Large citizen science datasets are powerful tools for biodiversity science, but they may have biases. Nice new paper from @louisbackstrom.bsky.social et al. showing that for eBird and Birdtrack lists there is a tendency for rare species to be over-represented
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Reposted by Jens‐Christian Svenning, Oliver L. Phillips

Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 4d

The disproportionate impact of the #megabiota on biodiversity and ecosystem processes

Phyllis Lee @pili-scotland.bsky.social · 4d

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Longevity Conservation: Why we should protect old, wise and large animals

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Phyllis Lee @pili-scotland.bsky.social · 4d

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Longevity Conservation: Why we should protect old, wise and large animals

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 6d

Some ‘fall’ color happening here in #Tucson… well, actually Fouquieria splendens sheds and dumps its leaves quickly in response to episodic rainfall so not truly ‘fall’ colors just correspondence to time since last monsoon rains

Yellow leaves about to fall off of a Ocotillo plant in Tucson - Fouquieria splendens

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist, Jocalyn Clark, Georg Weizsäcker

Nature @nature.com · 6d

Of the 202 Nobel laureates who have been awarded prizes in physics, chemistry and medicine this century, less than 70% hail from the country in which they were awarded their prize.

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More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys

The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.

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Reposted by Brian J. Enquist, Marten Winter

HigherJobz @higherjobz.bsky.social · 6d

Postdoctoral Position – University of Basel, Switzerland
Project: Global status, trends, drivers & impacts of non-native plant species in mountain ecosystems
Eligibility: PhD in related fields
Deadline: 13 Oct 2025
🔗 Details: higherjobz.com/postdoctoral...
#Postdoc #AcademicJobs #Ecology @unibas.ch

Postdoctoral Position in Mountain Macroecology – Basel | HigherJobz

Apply for a Postdoctoral Researcher role in Mountain Macroecology at University of Basel, Switzerland. Deadline: 13 Oct 2025.

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 8d

Bookmarking as essential reference material - www.yelp.com/article/top-... 🌮🌵

Photo of a tasty looking juicy taco - entitled Top 100 Taco Spots 2025, According to Yelp Reviewers

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 8d

This looks to be a fundamental theoretical advance by @jpodwyer.bsky.social et al. Using linkage disequlibrium-based Ne to back out σ² and then predict fluctuation sizes from a single temporal snapshot is a real advance for broad application 🧪🌐https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu6396

Genomic demography predicts community dynamics in a temperate montane forest

Species population sizes fluctuate over time, and these temporal dynamics play a key role in governing the maintenance of biodiversity. Although modeling approaches have been developed to characterize...

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 8d

Science teachers scramble as U.S. climate resources vanish
As government websites go dark, some nonprofits are trying to fill the void www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

Science teachers scramble as U.S. climate resources vanish

As government websites go dark, some nonprofits are trying to fill the void

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Trends in Ecology & Evolution @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social · 9d

Online now: Disability in ecology and evolution

Disability in ecology and evolution

In this TrendsTalk series 'Disability in ecology and evolution' in Trends in Ecology and Evolution, we will be hearing from people about their experiences being disabled in ecology and evolution. We are asking ecologists and evolutionary biologists with disabilities what the community could do to make our field more inclusive – these changes can be very practical things (e.g., large fonts), they could be institutional, or involve people’s attitudes and beliefs. We hope you enjoy the series.

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Jay T Lennon @jaytlennon.bsky.social · 13d

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Microbiology Leaders Launch Global Climate Change Strategy

ASM and other leading microbiology organizations have unveiled their first joint global strategy to harness the power of microbial science in addressing the climate crisis.

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Reposted by Brian J. Enquist, Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Samantha Brennan , and 2 more Brian J. Enquist, Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Samantha Brennan, Ann Bartow, Raúl Pacheco-Vega

Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 13d

Here is the full document that universities are being asked to sign. It's well worth your time to read.

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 14d

We are deeply saddened by the passing of UN Messenger of Peace Dr. Jane Goodall.

Her life’s work championing conservation, humanity and the natural world leaves an enduring legacy.

Our condolences to her family, the Jane Goodall Institute and all who draw hope from her example.

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

These results provide a roadmap for biodiversity theory to move beyond traditional patterns, and also suggest ways in which macroecological theory can constrain the dynamics of economic systems 🧪🌐🌾

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

At the level of functional form (‘first-order effects’), these patterns are not unique to ecological systems, indicating they may reveal little about biological process. However, we show that mechanism can be better revealed in the scale-dependency of first-order patterns (‘second-order effects’).

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

To test this, we analyze five datasets from ecological, economic, and geological systems that describe the distribution of objects across categories in the United States....

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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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 14d

People say international solidarity cannot work, and yet eduroam.

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 15d

Consider signing - Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition 🧪🌐https://laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/

Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 15d

Increasing tree size across Amazonia 🧪🌐 #allometry www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Increasing tree size across Amazonia - Nature Plants

A global research network monitoring the Amazon for 30 years reports in this study that tree size increased by 3% each decade.

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Katie Holten @katieholten.bsky.social · 16d

What a delight to revisit the stunning Hilma af Klint exhibition “What Stands Behind the Flowers” at MoMA yesterday, on the last day, before these beauties get packed up. “I will try,” she wrote, “to grasp the flowers of the earth.” Gorgeous Nature Studies—botanical drawings to feed the soul.

Photo taken inside the Hilma af Klint exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Two people, with their backs to the camera, are looking at framed water color studies of flowers.

The wall is painted a grey/green color to indicate the works acquired by MoMA, Nature Studies.

Nature Studies, a rare portfolio of 46 botanical drawings made by the artist between the spring and summer of 1919 and 1920, was purchased by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York roughly three years ago, with plans to study and exhibit them to the public. The show, “What Stands Behind the Flowers”, on view at MoMA from May 11 through September 27, considers af Klint’s engagement with the natural world.

Photo of the Hilma af Klint exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Two vitrines in the foreground display pressed flowers and notebooks. In the background, people loo at framed water color studies hanging on the museum walls, which are pained a light pastel grey shade of green.

Photo of two framed water colors in the Hilma af Klint exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Flowers and tree branches with seeds and catkins in shades of bright yellow, musky blue and deep red. The museum walls are painted a Greyish green color.

Photo of my hand holding a giant magnifying glass in front of a botanical watercolor drawing to get a closer look at the beautiful details.

Enjoying the last day of the Hilma af Klint exhibition “What Stands Behind the Flowers” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

Above: Lombardy Poplar
Below: Goat Willow

Curated by Jodi Hauptman with support from Laura Neufeld, paper conservator and Lena Struwe, director of the Herbarium at Rutgers.

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 17d

Agreed 👍

Reposted by Glen P. Peters, Brian J. Enquist, Alessandro Tagliabue , and 1 more Glen P. Peters, Brian J. Enquist, Alessandro Tagliabue, Julie L. Lockwood

Prof. Vigdis Vandvik @vvandvik.bsky.social · 17d

The #IPCC is now hireing ‘chapter scientists’ to support the author teams for the upcoming IPCC Report.

If you are an early career scientist with strong synthesis and organisational skills, and from a developing country or a country in transition, do check this out!

www.ictp.it/opportunity/...

IPCC AR7 Chapter Scientists | ICTP

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is in the process of preparing its Seventh Assessment report (AR7). The IPCC Working Groups are seeking highly motivated early-career researchers f...

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