Tomos Potter
@tomospotter.bsky.social
Evolutionary ecologist in the Kokko lab, JGU Mainz. Recovering guppy-botherer, interested in eco-evolutionary processes that generate and maintain diversity. Models, stats, long-term studies.
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Also likes: food, landscapes, guitars
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Also likes: food, landscapes, guitars
I just posted a thread of my plans along these lines! bsky.app/profile/tomo...
A 🧵 of future eco-evo research plans, based purely on their potential for pun titles.
Please feel free to contribute to this important list - ideally by doing the research and including me as a co-author.
#WriteTheJokeFirstDoTheScienceLater
#MyExperimentalDesignIsAJoke
Please feel free to contribute to this important list - ideally by doing the research and including me as a co-author.
#WriteTheJokeFirstDoTheScienceLater
#MyExperimentalDesignIsAJoke
November 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I just posted a thread of my plans along these lines! bsky.app/profile/tomo...
On the genetic basis of size-fecundity scaling relationships: “Super-hyperallometric-reproductive-locus”
November 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
On the genetic basis of size-fecundity scaling relationships: “Super-hyperallometric-reproductive-locus”
On the contribution of random births and deaths to coexistence among salamanders: “The Newt-ral theory of community ecology”
November 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
On the contribution of random births and deaths to coexistence among salamanders: “The Newt-ral theory of community ecology”
On mutualistic interactions between mycorrhizae and ferns: “Fronds with benefits”; the follow-up paper on alpine species: “Fronds in high places”
November 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
On mutualistic interactions between mycorrhizae and ferns: “Fronds with benefits”; the follow-up paper on alpine species: “Fronds in high places”
A mechanistic decomposition of the impact of blood-sucking ectoparasites on host demographic rates: “How the mitey have fallen”
November 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
A mechanistic decomposition of the impact of blood-sucking ectoparasites on host demographic rates: “How the mitey have fallen”
On apparent competition in tide pools: “An anemone’s enemy’s enemy is its friend”
November 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
On apparent competition in tide pools: “An anemone’s enemy’s enemy is its friend”
Ffs. What a bunch of knobs. Sorry you have to deal with that.
November 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Ffs. What a bunch of knobs. Sorry you have to deal with that.
Hooray - congrats!
November 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Hooray - congrats!
It had been years since I started. Pretty sure pre-Covid.
October 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
It had been years since I started. Pretty sure pre-Covid.
Reposted by Tomos Potter
Some nice timeline synchronicity for me today
October 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Some nice timeline synchronicity for me today
Some nice timeline synchronicity for me today
October 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Some nice timeline synchronicity for me today
And maybe ‘highly motivated’ is overrated. Isn’t there some (possibly apocryphal) quote from Bill Gates about giving the hardest problems to the laziest coders, because they will find the easiest way to get the job done?
October 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
And maybe ‘highly motivated’ is overrated. Isn’t there some (possibly apocryphal) quote from Bill Gates about giving the hardest problems to the laziest coders, because they will find the easiest way to get the job done?