Liam U. Taylor
@liamtaylor.bsky.social
Doherty Postdoc in Biology - Bowdoin College - BSS Kent Island (they/them)
Faculty presenting on grad student's work
November 15, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Faculty presenting on grad student's work
My long awaited review of the new, highly enjoyable @themountaingoats.bsky.social album
November 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
My long awaited review of the new, highly enjoyable @themountaingoats.bsky.social album
Out now in Behavioral Ecology.
We built weigh bridges that allow us automatically to track the energetics of a sensitive, nocturnal seabird. We show how these devices can help answer fundamental questions about parental care.
doi.org/10.1093/behe...
We built weigh bridges that allow us automatically to track the energetics of a sensitive, nocturnal seabird. We show how these devices can help answer fundamental questions about parental care.
doi.org/10.1093/behe...
November 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Out now in Behavioral Ecology.
We built weigh bridges that allow us automatically to track the energetics of a sensitive, nocturnal seabird. We show how these devices can help answer fundamental questions about parental care.
doi.org/10.1093/behe...
We built weigh bridges that allow us automatically to track the energetics of a sensitive, nocturnal seabird. We show how these devices can help answer fundamental questions about parental care.
doi.org/10.1093/behe...
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Freaking love this guy
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Freaking love this guy
missing these fuzzy little ones :)
(Leach's Storm-Petrel)
(Leach's Storm-Petrel)
October 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
missing these fuzzy little ones :)
(Leach's Storm-Petrel)
(Leach's Storm-Petrel)
Fresh delivery for this semester's Queer Biology Book Club!
October 15, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Fresh delivery for this semester's Queer Biology Book Club!
In a postbreeding census (i.e., one where you want newborns/juvies as their own age class, first column)
1. Fecundity is weighted by survival!
2. Individuals start reproducing at the END of the terminal prebreeding stage!!
1. Fecundity is weighted by survival!
2. Individuals start reproducing at the END of the terminal prebreeding stage!!
October 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
In a postbreeding census (i.e., one where you want newborns/juvies as their own age class, first column)
1. Fecundity is weighted by survival!
2. Individuals start reproducing at the END of the terminal prebreeding stage!!
1. Fecundity is weighted by survival!
2. Individuals start reproducing at the END of the terminal prebreeding stage!!
an important part of modern biology is picking appropriate proxies for fitness, which are carefully confirmed by anonymous peer reviewers by checking whether there is a tradeoff in those proxies
September 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
an important part of modern biology is picking appropriate proxies for fitness, which are carefully confirmed by anonymous peer reviewers by checking whether there is a tradeoff in those proxies
In the 1980s biologists discovered the idea that an organism cannot be in two places at once, which was hailed as a major innovation at the time
September 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
In the 1980s biologists discovered the idea that an organism cannot be in two places at once, which was hailed as a major innovation at the time
my face when I read this sentence in 1000 papers 100000 times per day
September 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
my face when I read this sentence in 1000 papers 100000 times per day
I've drawn us a helpful diagram
September 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I've drawn us a helpful diagram
If I see one more annual adult survival rate at 87% so help me I'm starting a full blown conspiracy
September 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
If I see one more annual adult survival rate at 87% so help me I'm starting a full blown conspiracy
Nettleship 1972 has some classic data from Great Island, Newfoundland.
THOUGH several of statistical results from that monograph are reported incorrectly, including outright typos and errors. I'm guessing (hoping) that the descriptive data are still correct.
THOUGH several of statistical results from that monograph are reported incorrectly, including outright typos and errors. I'm guessing (hoping) that the descriptive data are still correct.
September 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Nettleship 1972 has some classic data from Great Island, Newfoundland.
THOUGH several of statistical results from that monograph are reported incorrectly, including outright typos and errors. I'm guessing (hoping) that the descriptive data are still correct.
THOUGH several of statistical results from that monograph are reported incorrectly, including outright typos and errors. I'm guessing (hoping) that the descriptive data are still correct.
orange gull from the summer
August 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
orange gull from the summer
just saw a regression that looks like this
August 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
just saw a regression that looks like this
After going back and forth, settled for a fully stacked look! I think it will do the job for now, but, per usual, who knows where I'll end up at the end of the day!
August 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
After going back and forth, settled for a fully stacked look! I think it will do the job for now, but, per usual, who knows where I'll end up at the end of the day!
question for #rstats, plotting, #datavis folks
is it kosher to plot overlapping histograms with different binwidths? I am trying to highlight a subset of conditions (red) in an overall histogram. I think it looks much nicer if "foreground" bins are slightly smaller.
Any issues with this?
is it kosher to plot overlapping histograms with different binwidths? I am trying to highlight a subset of conditions (red) in an overall histogram. I think it looks much nicer if "foreground" bins are slightly smaller.
Any issues with this?
August 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
National Lampoon 1974
August 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
National Lampoon 1974