David J Gibson
@davidjgibson.bsky.social
Writer, retired academic, botanist, and plant ecologist. Passionate about #prairies. ☕️🏊♂️🏃🚴✍️. Latest 📕Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes.
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David J Gibson
@davidjgibson.bsky.social
· Jul 28
Another great review of Elite Memories has come in!
You can get your copy anywhere: books2read.com/Elite…
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Reviews inspire authors!
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Website for Dr. David J. Gibson's research, writing, and books.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
My next author's newsletter is going out soon. Don't miss out!
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Great example of using pig cadavers to learn how colonizing plants can be used to find clandestine graves.
I discuss similar examples in Chapter 3 of my book, Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes (OUP, 2022).
#forensics #botany #cadavers #clandestinegraves
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
I discuss similar examples in Chapter 3 of my book, Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes (OUP, 2022).
#forensics #botany #cadavers #clandestinegraves
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
How dead pigs are helping in the search for missing victims of Mexico’s drug wars
Tens of thousands of families are desperately searching for loved ones ‘disappeared’ by the country’s drug cartels. Now, pigs, drones and AI are being used to find clandestine graves
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Great example of using pig cadavers to learn how colonizing plants can be used to find clandestine graves.
I discuss similar examples in Chapter 3 of my book, Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes (OUP, 2022).
#forensics #botany #cadavers #clandestinegraves
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
I discuss similar examples in Chapter 3 of my book, Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes (OUP, 2022).
#forensics #botany #cadavers #clandestinegraves
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Leave the leaves.
Dive into autumn leaves with today's @theguardian.com country diary by Phil Gates.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: Autumn is a time to rake in the wildlife | Phil Gates
Crook, County Durham: There’s a contemplative pleasure to gathering up the leaves this time of year, and it’s a benefit to legions of invertebrates and toadstools too
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Leave the leaves.
Sign the Petition
Reconsider the potential suspension of Plant Biology Courses at UoN
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November 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
HOT OFF THE PRESS! The Hoodwinked Collaborative is proud to unveil a preview chapter from the forthcoming Fourth Edition of Hoodwinked in the Hothouse: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Save the date and time!
I'm excited to see my talk scheduled in the Wild Things 2026 program. 1:00 pm, Jan 31, 2026, O'Fallon, IL.
Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes.
I'll be talking about #forensic #botany and #landmanagement.
wildthingscommunity.org
I'm excited to see my talk scheduled in the Wild Things 2026 program. 1:00 pm, Jan 31, 2026, O'Fallon, IL.
Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes.
I'll be talking about #forensic #botany and #landmanagement.
wildthingscommunity.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Save the date and time!
I'm excited to see my talk scheduled in the Wild Things 2026 program. 1:00 pm, Jan 31, 2026, O'Fallon, IL.
Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes.
I'll be talking about #forensic #botany and #landmanagement.
wildthingscommunity.org
I'm excited to see my talk scheduled in the Wild Things 2026 program. 1:00 pm, Jan 31, 2026, O'Fallon, IL.
Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes.
I'll be talking about #forensic #botany and #landmanagement.
wildthingscommunity.org
ARC opportunity! 🎉
Are you ready to be an ARC reviewer for my forthcoming dystopian science-fiction romance, Shanya's Saga? This exciting stand-alone novella is the prequel to my full-length novel Elite Memories (books2read.com/Elite…).
Note: Unpaid opportunity.
Apply here: forms.gle/1n6p3���
Are you ready to be an ARC reviewer for my forthcoming dystopian science-fiction romance, Shanya's Saga? This exciting stand-alone novella is the prequel to my full-length novel Elite Memories (books2read.com/Elite…).
Note: Unpaid opportunity.
Apply here: forms.gle/1n6p3���
October 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
ARC opportunity! 🎉
Are you ready to be an ARC reviewer for my forthcoming dystopian science-fiction romance, Shanya's Saga? This exciting stand-alone novella is the prequel to my full-length novel Elite Memories (books2read.com/Elite…).
Note: Unpaid opportunity.
Apply here: forms.gle/1n6p3���
Are you ready to be an ARC reviewer for my forthcoming dystopian science-fiction romance, Shanya's Saga? This exciting stand-alone novella is the prequel to my full-length novel Elite Memories (books2read.com/Elite…).
Note: Unpaid opportunity.
Apply here: forms.gle/1n6p3���
Excited to review proofs of our upcoming article today.
#TeamEffort #STEM #ScienceEducation #NSFNoyce
Ekmekci et al., in press. Measuring teachers’ motivation, beliefs, leadership engagement, and networks: validation of instruments for teacher education and professional development programs.
#TeamEffort #STEM #ScienceEducation #NSFNoyce
Ekmekci et al., in press. Measuring teachers’ motivation, beliefs, leadership engagement, and networks: validation of instruments for teacher education and professional development programs.
October 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Excited to review proofs of our upcoming article today.
#TeamEffort #STEM #ScienceEducation #NSFNoyce
Ekmekci et al., in press. Measuring teachers’ motivation, beliefs, leadership engagement, and networks: validation of instruments for teacher education and professional development programs.
#TeamEffort #STEM #ScienceEducation #NSFNoyce
Ekmekci et al., in press. Measuring teachers’ motivation, beliefs, leadership engagement, and networks: validation of instruments for teacher education and professional development programs.
Here I am settled in to @barnesandnoble Galleria #SaintLouis ready to sign books and meet you from 11 to 2 pm.
It’s raining outside so now is a great time to come in and shop for books.📚
It’s raining outside so now is a great time to come in and shop for books.📚
October 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Here I am settled in to @barnesandnoble Galleria #SaintLouis ready to sign books and meet you from 11 to 2 pm.
It’s raining outside so now is a great time to come in and shop for books.📚
It’s raining outside so now is a great time to come in and shop for books.📚
I'll be signing copies of two of my biology books tomorrow 11-2, in the Galleria @barnesandnoble.com #bookstore in #SaintLouis.
Stop by and chat with me about #forensicbotany #forensics #TrueCrime #botany #dogs #dystopia #sciencefiction #mindtransfers.
#IAmABiologist #BiologyWeek @rsb.org.uk
Stop by and chat with me about #forensicbotany #forensics #TrueCrime #botany #dogs #dystopia #sciencefiction #mindtransfers.
#IAmABiologist #BiologyWeek @rsb.org.uk
October 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I'll be signing copies of two of my biology books tomorrow 11-2, in the Galleria @barnesandnoble.com #bookstore in #SaintLouis.
Stop by and chat with me about #forensicbotany #forensics #TrueCrime #botany #dogs #dystopia #sciencefiction #mindtransfers.
#IAmABiologist #BiologyWeek @rsb.org.uk
Stop by and chat with me about #forensicbotany #forensics #TrueCrime #botany #dogs #dystopia #sciencefiction #mindtransfers.
#IAmABiologist #BiologyWeek @rsb.org.uk
Authors - how excited do you get when your book is published?
I'll never forget the excitement from three years ago when my Planting Clues was the number one 'hot new release'.
It's still available and currently discounted at $16.95.
a.co/d/0N3Zoyt
#truecrime #forensics #botany
I'll never forget the excitement from three years ago when my Planting Clues was the number one 'hot new release'.
It's still available and currently discounted at $16.95.
a.co/d/0N3Zoyt
#truecrime #forensics #botany
October 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Authors - how excited do you get when your book is published?
I'll never forget the excitement from three years ago when my Planting Clues was the number one 'hot new release'.
It's still available and currently discounted at $16.95.
a.co/d/0N3Zoyt
#truecrime #forensics #botany
I'll never forget the excitement from three years ago when my Planting Clues was the number one 'hot new release'.
It's still available and currently discounted at $16.95.
a.co/d/0N3Zoyt
#truecrime #forensics #botany
The value of long-term vegetation studies and keeping old datasets.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Century-old papers saved from the bin reveal changes in Europe’s plant life
Plant inventories dating back to 1884 and nearly thrown away enable unique time-lapse study of biodiversity in Swiss meadows
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The value of long-term vegetation studies and keeping old datasets.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Excited that our paper has just been accepted.
Ekmekci, Aqazade, Gibson & Rushton.
Measuring Teachers' Motivation, Beliefs, Leadership Engagement, and Networks: Validation of Instruments for Teacher Education and Professional Development Programs
@pdiejournal.bsky.social
#professionaldevelopment
Ekmekci, Aqazade, Gibson & Rushton.
Measuring Teachers' Motivation, Beliefs, Leadership Engagement, and Networks: Validation of Instruments for Teacher Education and Professional Development Programs
@pdiejournal.bsky.social
#professionaldevelopment
Professional Development in Education (@pdiejournal.bsky.social)
@pdiejournal is the SSCI rated academic journal of the International Professional Development Association
pdiejournal.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Excited that our paper has just been accepted.
Ekmekci, Aqazade, Gibson & Rushton.
Measuring Teachers' Motivation, Beliefs, Leadership Engagement, and Networks: Validation of Instruments for Teacher Education and Professional Development Programs
@pdiejournal.bsky.social
#professionaldevelopment
Ekmekci, Aqazade, Gibson & Rushton.
Measuring Teachers' Motivation, Beliefs, Leadership Engagement, and Networks: Validation of Instruments for Teacher Education and Professional Development Programs
@pdiejournal.bsky.social
#professionaldevelopment
Publication alert!
Our Routledge Handbook of Grasslands is available for pre-order at a discount.
Check out the all-star list of authors of the 36 chapters.
#grasslands #grassand #prairie #savanna #climatechange #sustainability #ecosystems
www.routledge.com/Routledge-Ha...
Our Routledge Handbook of Grasslands is available for pre-order at a discount.
Check out the all-star list of authors of the 36 chapters.
#grasslands #grassand #prairie #savanna #climatechange #sustainability #ecosystems
www.routledge.com/Routledge-Ha...
Routledge Handbook of Grasslands
This comprehensive handbook represents a definitive state of the art overview of grasslands from multiple, interdisciplinary and global perspectives.
Despite the real and intrinsic values that grassla...
www.routledge.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Publication alert!
Our Routledge Handbook of Grasslands is available for pre-order at a discount.
Check out the all-star list of authors of the 36 chapters.
#grasslands #grassand #prairie #savanna #climatechange #sustainability #ecosystems
www.routledge.com/Routledge-Ha...
Our Routledge Handbook of Grasslands is available for pre-order at a discount.
Check out the all-star list of authors of the 36 chapters.
#grasslands #grassand #prairie #savanna #climatechange #sustainability #ecosystems
www.routledge.com/Routledge-Ha...
How far do *𝐲𝐨𝐮* have to scroll down to find 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 in this Epic Sci-Fi & Fantasy bookfunnel indie book promo? Try it!
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Epic Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Searching for your next favorite story?
Look no further! These bestselling authors have teamed up to offer a delightful selection of new books. Available for a limited time.
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September 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
How far do *𝐲𝐨𝐮* have to scroll down to find 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 in this Epic Sci-Fi & Fantasy bookfunnel indie book promo? Try it!
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This...
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
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September 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This...
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
I’m a biased plant nerd, but I love the @journalofecology.bsky.social International Biological Flora accounts. Reading them is like meeting a new friend.
Hello Eastern Hemlock.
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Hello Eastern Hemlock.
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
International Biological Flora: Tsuga canadensis*
Eastern Hemlock is a long-lived forest tree of eastern North America known for its deep shade and home given to many organisms. Despite surviving large-scale clearing for agriculture when Europeans a...
doi.org
September 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I’m a biased plant nerd, but I love the @journalofecology.bsky.social International Biological Flora accounts. Reading them is like meeting a new friend.
Hello Eastern Hemlock.
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Hello Eastern Hemlock.
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Beta reader opportunity still open! My WIP draft novella is ~35K words)
#quickread
#readershelpingreaders
#indieauthors
#sciencefiction
#dystopia
Please fill out the form to apply.
(Don't respond if you are planning to charge or offer 'marketing opportunities')
#quickread
#readershelpingreaders
#indieauthors
#sciencefiction
#dystopia
Please fill out the form to apply.
(Don't respond if you are planning to charge or offer 'marketing opportunities')
Beta readers needed!
*Shanya's Saga* is a biomedical thriller prequel to my full-length dystopian sci-fi adventure, *Elite Memories*.
Apply 👇
forms.gle/vmmXstDC1AfA...
(Unpaid opportunity)
*Shanya's Saga* is a biomedical thriller prequel to my full-length dystopian sci-fi adventure, *Elite Memories*.
Apply 👇
forms.gle/vmmXstDC1AfA...
(Unpaid opportunity)
September 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Beta reader opportunity still open! My WIP draft novella is ~35K words)
#quickread
#readershelpingreaders
#indieauthors
#sciencefiction
#dystopia
Please fill out the form to apply.
(Don't respond if you are planning to charge or offer 'marketing opportunities')
#quickread
#readershelpingreaders
#indieauthors
#sciencefiction
#dystopia
Please fill out the form to apply.
(Don't respond if you are planning to charge or offer 'marketing opportunities')
My books are in a brick-and-mortar bookstore!
#SaintLouis #TrueCrime #ScienceFiction
Ahead of my Oct 18th book signing, the Saint Louis Galleria
@barnesandnoble.com has copies of Elite Memories and Planting Clues available NOW for pickup.
stores.barnesandnoble.com/event…
#SaintLouis #TrueCrime #ScienceFiction
Ahead of my Oct 18th book signing, the Saint Louis Galleria
@barnesandnoble.com has copies of Elite Memories and Planting Clues available NOW for pickup.
stores.barnesandnoble.com/event…
September 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
My books are in a brick-and-mortar bookstore!
#SaintLouis #TrueCrime #ScienceFiction
Ahead of my Oct 18th book signing, the Saint Louis Galleria
@barnesandnoble.com has copies of Elite Memories and Planting Clues available NOW for pickup.
stores.barnesandnoble.com/event…
#SaintLouis #TrueCrime #ScienceFiction
Ahead of my Oct 18th book signing, the Saint Louis Galleria
@barnesandnoble.com has copies of Elite Memories and Planting Clues available NOW for pickup.
stores.barnesandnoble.com/event…
Barrier Islands are important.
#erosioncontrol #biodiversity #coastalecology #barrierislands
Great article by Rachel Dunn, a former student and @siucarbondale.bsky.social plant biology alumna.
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#erosioncontrol #biodiversity #coastalecology #barrierislands
Great article by Rachel Dunn, a former student and @siucarbondale.bsky.social plant biology alumna.
interpnet.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
interpnet.wordpress.com
September 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Barrier Islands are important.
#erosioncontrol #biodiversity #coastalecology #barrierislands
Great article by Rachel Dunn, a former student and @siucarbondale.bsky.social plant biology alumna.
interpnet.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
#erosioncontrol #biodiversity #coastalecology #barrierislands
Great article by Rachel Dunn, a former student and @siucarbondale.bsky.social plant biology alumna.
interpnet.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
Beta readers needed!
*Shanya's Saga* is a biomedical thriller prequel to my full-length dystopian sci-fi adventure, *Elite Memories*.
Apply 👇
forms.gle/vmmXstDC1AfA...
(Unpaid opportunity)
*Shanya's Saga* is a biomedical thriller prequel to my full-length dystopian sci-fi adventure, *Elite Memories*.
Apply 👇
forms.gle/vmmXstDC1AfA...
(Unpaid opportunity)
September 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Beta readers needed!
*Shanya's Saga* is a biomedical thriller prequel to my full-length dystopian sci-fi adventure, *Elite Memories*.
Apply 👇
forms.gle/vmmXstDC1AfA...
(Unpaid opportunity)
*Shanya's Saga* is a biomedical thriller prequel to my full-length dystopian sci-fi adventure, *Elite Memories*.
Apply 👇
forms.gle/vmmXstDC1AfA...
(Unpaid opportunity)
So what are the "1437 likely questionable open-access journals"?
I hope I've not published in any of them. 🙁
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
I hope I've not published in any of them. 🙁
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Estimating the predictability of questionable open-access journals
AI screening of journals identifies over a thousand questionable journals, helping experts review where it is needed most.
www.science.org
August 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
So what are the "1437 likely questionable open-access journals"?
I hope I've not published in any of them. 🙁
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
I hope I've not published in any of them. 🙁
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Grassland ecologists...take a look at the amazing work of fiber and mixed-media artist Shin-hee Chin.
shinheechin.com/grassland/
shinheechin.com/grassland/
Grassland – Shin-hee Chin
shinheechin.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Grassland ecologists...take a look at the amazing work of fiber and mixed-media artist Shin-hee Chin.
shinheechin.com/grassland/
shinheechin.com/grassland/
I'm working on my end-of-summer newsletter. It will have all my latest writing news. 😀🎉✍️📖
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August 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I'm working on my end-of-summer newsletter. It will have all my latest writing news. 😀🎉✍️📖
Please sign up at davidjgibson.com if you'd like to get a copy of my newsletter. (or DM me directly and I'll add you to the list).
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