David J Gibson
@davidjgibson.bsky.social
Writer, retired academic, botanist, and plant ecologist. Passionate about #prairies. ☕️🏊♂️🏃🚴✍️. Latest 📕Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes.
Join me on my socials: linktr.ee/davidgibson
Join me on my socials: linktr.ee/davidgibson
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.
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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
Beautiful. If you've ever wondered what it might be like to have your mind transferred into a coyote (bobcat, dog, wolf, or eagle), consider my sci-fi novel Elite Memories.
books2read.com/EliteMemories
books2read.com/EliteMemories
September 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Beautiful. If you've ever wondered what it might be like to have your mind transferred into a coyote (bobcat, dog, wolf, or eagle), consider my sci-fi novel Elite Memories.
books2read.com/EliteMemories
books2read.com/EliteMemories
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…
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)
It's still got legs!
I'm thrilled to see a recent $0.99 purchase of my short eBook, Juice of Cursed Hebenon.
Do you want to know how forensic botany is portrayed in crime fiction, as seen in works by Agatha Christie, Conan Doyle, NCIS, and CSI? 🕵️♂️🔬📖🌱
a.co/d/0G7V5qW
I'm thrilled to see a recent $0.99 purchase of my short eBook, Juice of Cursed Hebenon.
Do you want to know how forensic botany is portrayed in crime fiction, as seen in works by Agatha Christie, Conan Doyle, NCIS, and CSI? 🕵️♂️🔬📖🌱
a.co/d/0G7V5qW
August 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
It's still got legs!
I'm thrilled to see a recent $0.99 purchase of my short eBook, Juice of Cursed Hebenon.
Do you want to know how forensic botany is portrayed in crime fiction, as seen in works by Agatha Christie, Conan Doyle, NCIS, and CSI? 🕵️♂️🔬📖🌱
a.co/d/0G7V5qW
I'm thrilled to see a recent $0.99 purchase of my short eBook, Juice of Cursed Hebenon.
Do you want to know how forensic botany is portrayed in crime fiction, as seen in works by Agatha Christie, Conan Doyle, NCIS, and CSI? 🕵️♂️🔬📖🌱
a.co/d/0G7V5qW
Latest royalties statement from @oxunipress.bsky.social ... Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes is now my best-selling book, edging out Grasses and Grassland Ecology.
academic.oup.com/book/43764 #TrueCrime
academic.oup.com/book/53887 #Grasslands
(not a living income, but enough for coffee.) 🤣
academic.oup.com/book/43764 #TrueCrime
academic.oup.com/book/53887 #Grasslands
(not a living income, but enough for coffee.) 🤣
August 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Latest royalties statement from @oxunipress.bsky.social ... Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes is now my best-selling book, edging out Grasses and Grassland Ecology.
academic.oup.com/book/43764 #TrueCrime
academic.oup.com/book/53887 #Grasslands
(not a living income, but enough for coffee.) 🤣
academic.oup.com/book/43764 #TrueCrime
academic.oup.com/book/53887 #Grasslands
(not a living income, but enough for coffee.) 🤣
Another great review of Elite Memories has come in!
You can get your copy anywhere: books2read.com/Elite…
Reviews inspire authors!
You can get your copy anywhere: books2read.com/Elite…
Reviews inspire authors!
July 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Another great review of Elite Memories has come in!
You can get your copy anywhere: books2read.com/Elite…
Reviews inspire authors!
You can get your copy anywhere: books2read.com/Elite…
Reviews inspire authors!
EM and I enjoyed today the magnificent display of Naturalist Notebooks at @linneansociety.bsky.social in London
June 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
EM and I enjoyed today the magnificent display of Naturalist Notebooks at @linneansociety.bsky.social in London
If you're thinking of picking up a copy of Elite Memories, it's discounted 21% now at Green Orbit through Amazon. 🎉
shorturl.at/M8zKG
shorturl.at/M8zKG
June 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
If you're thinking of picking up a copy of Elite Memories, it's discounted 21% now at Green Orbit through Amazon. 🎉
shorturl.at/M8zKG
shorturl.at/M8zKG
In good company! Check out the latest Indie Release Radar.
There are some seriously good books to choose from, including my own Elite Memories!
Thanks @glenweatherhead
creativewritingwizard.com/2024/11/18/i...
Elite Memories link: a.co/d/dNqCvtO
There are some seriously good books to choose from, including my own Elite Memories!
Thanks @glenweatherhead
creativewritingwizard.com/2024/11/18/i...
Elite Memories link: a.co/d/dNqCvtO
May 29, 2025 at 2:44 AM
In good company! Check out the latest Indie Release Radar.
There are some seriously good books to choose from, including my own Elite Memories!
Thanks @glenweatherhead
creativewritingwizard.com/2024/11/18/i...
Elite Memories link: a.co/d/dNqCvtO
There are some seriously good books to choose from, including my own Elite Memories!
Thanks @glenweatherhead
creativewritingwizard.com/2024/11/18/i...
Elite Memories link: a.co/d/dNqCvtO
Writing Inspiration. Everyone loves a library!
A librarian friend sent me this photo of the book display in the Val Verde County Library, Texas. valverdecounty.texas.gov/181/Library.
Does your local library have a copy of Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes? I'd love to see some pics.
A librarian friend sent me this photo of the book display in the Val Verde County Library, Texas. valverdecounty.texas.gov/181/Library.
Does your local library have a copy of Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes? I'd love to see some pics.
May 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Writing Inspiration. Everyone loves a library!
A librarian friend sent me this photo of the book display in the Val Verde County Library, Texas. valverdecounty.texas.gov/181/Library.
Does your local library have a copy of Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes? I'd love to see some pics.
A librarian friend sent me this photo of the book display in the Val Verde County Library, Texas. valverdecounty.texas.gov/181/Library.
Does your local library have a copy of Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes? I'd love to see some pics.
We were in our own conclave today. Congratulations, Dr. Bryan Foster on passing your dissertation defense today.
May 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
We were in our own conclave today. Congratulations, Dr. Bryan Foster on passing your dissertation defense today.
Hot research by Bryan Foster at today’s Southern Illinois #Cannabis Science Center Spring Forum.
#Gibsonlab @siucarbondale.bsky.social
Population Dynamics of Feral Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) in Illinois.
#Gibsonlab @siucarbondale.bsky.social
Population Dynamics of Feral Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) in Illinois.
May 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Hot research by Bryan Foster at today’s Southern Illinois #Cannabis Science Center Spring Forum.
#Gibsonlab @siucarbondale.bsky.social
Population Dynamics of Feral Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) in Illinois.
#Gibsonlab @siucarbondale.bsky.social
Population Dynamics of Feral Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) in Illinois.
Thanks @applvegsci.bsky.social for the recognition of our paper. #Gibsonlab
@ecoevo.bsky.social et al.
The role of dominant prairie species ecotypes on plant diversity patterns of restored grasslands across a rainfall gradient in the US Great Plains
doi.org/10.1111/avsc...
@ecoevo.bsky.social et al.
The role of dominant prairie species ecotypes on plant diversity patterns of restored grasslands across a rainfall gradient in the US Great Plains
doi.org/10.1111/avsc...
April 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Thanks @applvegsci.bsky.social for the recognition of our paper. #Gibsonlab
@ecoevo.bsky.social et al.
The role of dominant prairie species ecotypes on plant diversity patterns of restored grasslands across a rainfall gradient in the US Great Plains
doi.org/10.1111/avsc...
@ecoevo.bsky.social et al.
The role of dominant prairie species ecotypes on plant diversity patterns of restored grasslands across a rainfall gradient in the US Great Plains
doi.org/10.1111/avsc...
Thank you readers!
Planting Clues is climbing the Amazon ranks again. No 4 in botany.
Planting Clues is climbing the Amazon ranks again. No 4 in botany.
April 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Thank you readers!
Planting Clues is climbing the Amazon ranks again. No 4 in botany.
Planting Clues is climbing the Amazon ranks again. No 4 in botany.
I went to check my long-term old-field succession plots today. They look good, but could use some maintenance.
We're now working on a paper presenting 27 years of data.
Our most recent paper was based upon 22 years of data, so an update is overdue. Li et al., (2020) doi.org/10.1111/jvs....
We're now working on a paper presenting 27 years of data.
Our most recent paper was based upon 22 years of data, so an update is overdue. Li et al., (2020) doi.org/10.1111/jvs....
April 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I went to check my long-term old-field succession plots today. They look good, but could use some maintenance.
We're now working on a paper presenting 27 years of data.
Our most recent paper was based upon 22 years of data, so an update is overdue. Li et al., (2020) doi.org/10.1111/jvs....
We're now working on a paper presenting 27 years of data.
Our most recent paper was based upon 22 years of data, so an update is overdue. Li et al., (2020) doi.org/10.1111/jvs....
I'm an ecologist, not a taxonomist, but it's because of them, that I can do my research.
#TaxonomistAppreciationDay #WorldTaxonomistAppreciationDay
Festuca longifolia - a rare grass - first named in 1799.
@journalofecology.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#TaxonomistAppreciationDay #WorldTaxonomistAppreciationDay
Festuca longifolia - a rare grass - first named in 1799.
@journalofecology.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
March 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I'm an ecologist, not a taxonomist, but it's because of them, that I can do my research.
#TaxonomistAppreciationDay #WorldTaxonomistAppreciationDay
Festuca longifolia - a rare grass - first named in 1799.
@journalofecology.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#TaxonomistAppreciationDay #WorldTaxonomistAppreciationDay
Festuca longifolia - a rare grass - first named in 1799.
@journalofecology.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Hands up if you remember sending these out!
You still have some? Drop them in the comments.
I found this one in the back of a desk draw in my office. @siucarbondale.bsky.social
#ResearchArtifacts
#Boomers
You still have some? Drop them in the comments.
I found this one in the back of a desk draw in my office. @siucarbondale.bsky.social
#ResearchArtifacts
#Boomers
March 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Hands up if you remember sending these out!
You still have some? Drop them in the comments.
I found this one in the back of a desk draw in my office. @siucarbondale.bsky.social
#ResearchArtifacts
#Boomers
You still have some? Drop them in the comments.
I found this one in the back of a desk draw in my office. @siucarbondale.bsky.social
#ResearchArtifacts
#Boomers
Happy #WorldBookDay
Here are my own books (shameless self-promotion) and current reads.
Here are my own books (shameless self-promotion) and current reads.
March 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Happy #WorldBookDay
Here are my own books (shameless self-promotion) and current reads.
Here are my own books (shameless self-promotion) and current reads.
For more on the Wardian case check out Luke Keogh’s fascinating book (flyer shown in the video at 1:28)
March 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
For more on the Wardian case check out Luke Keogh’s fascinating book (flyer shown in the video at 1:28)