Miguel Acevedo
@miguelacevedo.bsky.social
(He,el) Educator and scientist (ecology+stats+R+…) Classical guitar student, music lover and salsa enthusiast
Go and apply! This is a great place to do your PhD and JP is a great scientist and supportive mentor.
Our research group has an open PhD position! Please share widely!
Possible topics include:
Determinants of range limits
Assembly of ecological networks (eg,
plant-pollinator)
The role of soil arthropods (eg, ants) in carbon storage
Details:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Possible topics include:
Determinants of range limits
Assembly of ecological networks (eg,
plant-pollinator)
The role of soil arthropods (eg, ants) in carbon storage
Details:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
PhD position opening in community and biogeography
PhD Position in Community Ecology & Biogeography, Montreal, Canada Our research group at Concordia University investigates the forces enabling the maintenance, and governing the distribution, of biol...
docs.google.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Go and apply! This is a great place to do your PhD and JP is a great scientist and supportive mentor.
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Are you looking for a postdoc? Let's develop a proposal for the University of Florida's "Ewel Postdoctoral Fellowship in Ecology and Environmental Science in the Tropics and Subtropics". Applications due January 11, 2026.
postdoc.aa.ufl.edu/current-post...
postdoc.aa.ufl.edu/current-post...
Ewel Postdoctoral Fellowship | Office of Postdoctoral Affairs - University of Florida
postdoc.aa.ufl.edu
November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Are you looking for a postdoc? Let's develop a proposal for the University of Florida's "Ewel Postdoctoral Fellowship in Ecology and Environmental Science in the Tropics and Subtropics". Applications due January 11, 2026.
postdoc.aa.ufl.edu/current-post...
postdoc.aa.ufl.edu/current-post...
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NEW! 🦠🦧 We revisited a perplexing paradox: do wildlife really pose less of a risk to human health as they become more endangered? Turns out, it's sampling bias all the way down: conservation risks correlate with disease surveillance blindspots. 🔓 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Viral diversity and zoonotic risk in endangered species
A growing body of evidence links zoonotic disease risk, including pandemic threats, to biodiversity loss and other upstream anthropogenic impacts on ecosystem health. However, there is little current...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
NEW! 🦠🦧 We revisited a perplexing paradox: do wildlife really pose less of a risk to human health as they become more endangered? Turns out, it's sampling bias all the way down: conservation risks correlate with disease surveillance blindspots. 🔓 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Happy to share new research, just out in Ecology @esajournals.bsky.social, led by Meghan Beatty.
We interrogate source-sink dynamics over a 28-year period for the endangered snail kite, testing how an invasion of novel prey alters dynamics...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
We interrogate source-sink dynamics over a 28-year period for the endangered snail kite, testing how an invasion of novel prey alters dynamics...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
November 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Happy to share new research, just out in Ecology @esajournals.bsky.social, led by Meghan Beatty.
We interrogate source-sink dynamics over a 28-year period for the endangered snail kite, testing how an invasion of novel prey alters dynamics...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
We interrogate source-sink dynamics over a 28-year period for the endangered snail kite, testing how an invasion of novel prey alters dynamics...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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🌿 A great review is more than just a summary or description of past research! They integrate existing studies in new ways to promote discussion & offer new ideas & directions in plant ecology 🌷
📰 Read more about our reviews in our latest blog post 👇
buff.ly/cgUBfSp
📰 Read more about our reviews in our latest blog post 👇
buff.ly/cgUBfSp
November 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
🌿 A great review is more than just a summary or description of past research! They integrate existing studies in new ways to promote discussion & offer new ideas & directions in plant ecology 🌷
📰 Read more about our reviews in our latest blog post 👇
buff.ly/cgUBfSp
📰 Read more about our reviews in our latest blog post 👇
buff.ly/cgUBfSp
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🌱Webinar Alert🌱
ESA “Exploring Career Opportunities in Ecology” Series
This series highlights diverse career paths for ecologists. It features informal, conversational interviews to provide insights and networking opportunities for students and professionals exploring alternative careers.
ESA “Exploring Career Opportunities in Ecology” Series
This series highlights diverse career paths for ecologists. It features informal, conversational interviews to provide insights and networking opportunities for students and professionals exploring alternative careers.
November 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
🌱Webinar Alert🌱
ESA “Exploring Career Opportunities in Ecology” Series
This series highlights diverse career paths for ecologists. It features informal, conversational interviews to provide insights and networking opportunities for students and professionals exploring alternative careers.
ESA “Exploring Career Opportunities in Ecology” Series
This series highlights diverse career paths for ecologists. It features informal, conversational interviews to provide insights and networking opportunities for students and professionals exploring alternative careers.
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🦟 Los mosquitos Culex pipiens experimentan cambios en su microbiota cuando entran en contacto con parásitos de malaria aviar.
Presentan un enriquecimiento en rutas relacionadas con la biosíntesis y el metabolismo de biomoléculas.
🔗 www.ebd.csic.es/divulgacion/...
📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Presentan un enriquecimiento en rutas relacionadas con la biosíntesis y el metabolismo de biomoléculas.
🔗 www.ebd.csic.es/divulgacion/...
📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
🦟 Los mosquitos Culex pipiens experimentan cambios en su microbiota cuando entran en contacto con parásitos de malaria aviar.
Presentan un enriquecimiento en rutas relacionadas con la biosíntesis y el metabolismo de biomoléculas.
🔗 www.ebd.csic.es/divulgacion/...
📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Presentan un enriquecimiento en rutas relacionadas con la biosíntesis y el metabolismo de biomoléculas.
🔗 www.ebd.csic.es/divulgacion/...
📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🆕 in "Ecological Monographs": Static models miss the mark—adding nonlinear, density-based facilitation helps predict coexistence, persistence, and realistic community dynamics
📄Neighbor density-dependent facilitation promotes coexistence and internal oscillation
doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
📄Neighbor density-dependent facilitation promotes coexistence and internal oscillation
doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
🆕 in "Ecological Monographs": Static models miss the mark—adding nonlinear, density-based facilitation helps predict coexistence, persistence, and realistic community dynamics
📄Neighbor density-dependent facilitation promotes coexistence and internal oscillation
doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
📄Neighbor density-dependent facilitation promotes coexistence and internal oscillation
doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
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10 New Insights in Climate Science report is out now just ahead of #cop30
Out now: the 2025/2026 10 New Insights in Climate Science.
A global science synthesis with new findings on extreme warming, ocean heat, disease risks, and the state of carbon markets.
Read the full report: 10insightsclimate.science
#10ClimateInsights
A global science synthesis with new findings on extreme warming, ocean heat, disease risks, and the state of carbon markets.
Read the full report: 10insightsclimate.science
#10ClimateInsights
October 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
10 New Insights in Climate Science report is out now just ahead of #cop30
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Please repost!
I am looking for a passionate and hard-working PhD student to work in southern Africa on experimental defaunation and rewilding of megafauna. See the link below for more information:
@camzoology.bsky.social @conservation.cam.ac.uk
I am looking for a passionate and hard-working PhD student to work in southern Africa on experimental defaunation and rewilding of megafauna. See the link below for more information:
@camzoology.bsky.social @conservation.cam.ac.uk
Reversing defaunation through rewilding and its consequences for biodiversity and ecosystem function | Department of Zoology
Reversing defaunation through rewilding and its consequences for biodiversity and ecosystem function Supervisor: Professor Rob Fletcher The world is facing several global challenges that are transform...
www.zoo.cam.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Please repost!
I am looking for a passionate and hard-working PhD student to work in southern Africa on experimental defaunation and rewilding of megafauna. See the link below for more information:
@camzoology.bsky.social @conservation.cam.ac.uk
I am looking for a passionate and hard-working PhD student to work in southern Africa on experimental defaunation and rewilding of megafauna. See the link below for more information:
@camzoology.bsky.social @conservation.cam.ac.uk
Jamaica stay strong
Meet #hurricane #Melissa
Cat5 of course
The incredible is happening
#ClimateCrisis #ExtremeWeather #Metacrisis
Cat5 of course
The incredible is happening
#ClimateCrisis #ExtremeWeather #Metacrisis
October 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Jamaica stay strong
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10/27 5am EDT: #Melissa has strengthened to a Category 5 hurricane with 160 mph winds and a 917 mb central pressure, confirmed by the Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters. Conditions in #Jamaica will rapidly deteriorate later today and tonight.
See hurricanes.gov for the latest details.
See hurricanes.gov for the latest details.
October 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
10/27 5am EDT: #Melissa has strengthened to a Category 5 hurricane with 160 mph winds and a 917 mb central pressure, confirmed by the Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters. Conditions in #Jamaica will rapidly deteriorate later today and tonight.
See hurricanes.gov for the latest details.
See hurricanes.gov for the latest details.
Reposted by Miguel Acevedo
Authorities in at least five countries rushed on Sunday to evacuate low-lying areas in preparation for record amounts of rain expected with Hurricane Melissa, which is currently a Category 4 storm moving slowly west in the Caribbean.
Caribbean Braces for Hurricane Melissa
A fast developing storm was expected to bring “unprecedented” amounts of rain to several countries, meteorologists said.
nyti.ms
October 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Authorities in at least five countries rushed on Sunday to evacuate low-lying areas in preparation for record amounts of rain expected with Hurricane Melissa, which is currently a Category 4 storm moving slowly west in the Caribbean.
Thinking of Jamaica…what’s coming to them is going to be very difficult
#Melissa is about to undergo rapid intensification (RI). And I anticipate it will be quite explosive. A classic cyan ring on 37 GHz imagery from this GMI overpass at 1447 UTC.
October 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Thinking of Jamaica…what’s coming to them is going to be very difficult
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We need more lizards in the @nytimes.com!
Super excited to see them feature our research on 3-legged lizards 🦎🦎🦎
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/s...
Super excited to see them feature our research on 3-legged lizards 🦎🦎🦎
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/s...
‘Pirate Lizards’ Can Get Around on 3 Legs
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
We need more lizards in the @nytimes.com!
Super excited to see them feature our research on 3-legged lizards 🦎🦎🦎
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/s...
Super excited to see them feature our research on 3-legged lizards 🦎🦎🦎
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/s...
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Blog post on some research in the lab thanks to @entsocamerica.bsky.social. This is undergrad Liz Wynne's big discovery of a non-raft laying Culex. If you didn't catch the original paper in Scientific Reports you can read the blog. 🦟🧪
entomologytoday.org/2025/10/16/u....
entomologytoday.org/2025/10/16/u....
Unique Egg-Laying Behavior Re-Discovered in Culex Mosquito Species
Culex antillummagnorum doesn't lay eggs in a tight group like fellow Culex species. Instead, females hover or perch above pools of water in plants and drop in eggs one at a time.
entomologytoday.org
October 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Blog post on some research in the lab thanks to @entsocamerica.bsky.social. This is undergrad Liz Wynne's big discovery of a non-raft laying Culex. If you didn't catch the original paper in Scientific Reports you can read the blog. 🦟🧪
entomologytoday.org/2025/10/16/u....
entomologytoday.org/2025/10/16/u....
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It went well!!!
October 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
It went well!!!
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agenciadenoticias.unal.edu.co/detalle/foto... this is us! National Bird Collection 🇨🇴
A laboratory of #ornithology for the most diverse bird country. It's paradise!
Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia @vriunal.bsky.social
A laboratory of #ornithology for the most diverse bird country. It's paradise!
Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia @vriunal.bsky.social
Fotogalería. Colección de aves de la UNAL, testigo de la mayor diversidad del planeta
En una sala de gabinetes metálicos del Instituto de Ciencias Naturales (ICN) de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL) se guardan las huellas más delicadas del país: 45.000 aves que hablan de lo q...
agenciadenoticias.unal.edu.co
October 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
agenciadenoticias.unal.edu.co/detalle/foto... this is us! National Bird Collection 🇨🇴
A laboratory of #ornithology for the most diverse bird country. It's paradise!
Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia @vriunal.bsky.social
A laboratory of #ornithology for the most diverse bird country. It's paradise!
Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia @vriunal.bsky.social
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Missed our last MEE live? Watch it now!
In our latest workshop, we were joined by author Ata Kalirad, who talked through their recent paper and illustrated how EcoGt can be used to simulate ecological competition on various topologies.
Watch the video and find the paper below📃
In our latest workshop, we were joined by author Ata Kalirad, who talked through their recent paper and illustrated how EcoGt can be used to simulate ecological competition on various topologies.
Watch the video and find the paper below📃
MEE live! A hands-on workshop on Ecological Graph Theory
In this workshop, Ata Kalirad illustrates how the EcoGt can be used to simulate ecological competition on various topologies — including complete graphs, random graphs, small-world graphs — as well…
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October 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Missed our last MEE live? Watch it now!
In our latest workshop, we were joined by author Ata Kalirad, who talked through their recent paper and illustrated how EcoGt can be used to simulate ecological competition on various topologies.
Watch the video and find the paper below📃
In our latest workshop, we were joined by author Ata Kalirad, who talked through their recent paper and illustrated how EcoGt can be used to simulate ecological competition on various topologies.
Watch the video and find the paper below📃
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🐠🔊 What noise does a fish make?
Researchers have developed a new tool that combines 360° video with spatial audio to identify fish by their sounds. The result is the most extensive library of natural fish sounds ever published, including many that have never been identified before.
🌍🧪
Researchers have developed a new tool that combines 360° video with spatial audio to identify fish by their sounds. The result is the most extensive library of natural fish sounds ever published, including many that have never been identified before.
🌍🧪
October 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🐠🔊 What noise does a fish make?
Researchers have developed a new tool that combines 360° video with spatial audio to identify fish by their sounds. The result is the most extensive library of natural fish sounds ever published, including many that have never been identified before.
🌍🧪
Researchers have developed a new tool that combines 360° video with spatial audio to identify fish by their sounds. The result is the most extensive library of natural fish sounds ever published, including many that have never been identified before.
🌍🧪
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The new ggplot2 4.0.0 is here! 🎉
This major update includes a foundational rewrite of S7 and user benefits such as smarter labeling and a revamped theming system.
Check the details: www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/09...
BONUS: Join the release party on Oct 3, 3pm ET. bit.ly/join-gg-extenders
#RStats
This major update includes a foundational rewrite of S7 and user benefits such as smarter labeling and a revamped theming system.
Check the details: www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/09...
BONUS: Join the release party on Oct 3, 3pm ET. bit.ly/join-gg-extenders
#RStats
September 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The new ggplot2 4.0.0 is here! 🎉
This major update includes a foundational rewrite of S7 and user benefits such as smarter labeling and a revamped theming system.
Check the details: www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/09...
BONUS: Join the release party on Oct 3, 3pm ET. bit.ly/join-gg-extenders
#RStats
This major update includes a foundational rewrite of S7 and user benefits such as smarter labeling and a revamped theming system.
Check the details: www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/09...
BONUS: Join the release party on Oct 3, 3pm ET. bit.ly/join-gg-extenders
#RStats
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💥BREAKING: Birds in a tropical pluvial rainforest of the Chocó have been quietly changing in morphology for 109 years. Some have shrunk, others grown. Tails grew longer, bills grew deeper. Even in forests with continuous cover, climate change may be rewriting evolution in real time.
September 30, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Natalia’s paper on morphological changes in forest birds in 100 years is having some coverage on the national news
blogs.elespectador.com/cultura/pazi...
@nataliaperez-a.bsky.social
blogs.elespectador.com/cultura/pazi...
@nataliaperez-a.bsky.social
Aves de Barbacoas | Blogs El Espectador
Entre 1911 y 1914 el Museo Americano de Historia Natural de los Estados Unidos auspició la Expedición Chapman a Suramérica, la intención era observar y estudiar las aves del continente y dejar registr...
blogs.elespectador.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Natalia’s paper on morphological changes in forest birds in 100 years is having some coverage on the national news
blogs.elespectador.com/cultura/pazi...
@nataliaperez-a.bsky.social
blogs.elespectador.com/cultura/pazi...
@nataliaperez-a.bsky.social