Ron Togunov

PhD graduate from The University of British Columbia.
Movement/Arctic/behaviour Ecology of polar bears 🐻‍❄️📉🗺️.

[Andrew Derocher @AEDerocher]

Obituary of Ian Stirling in the Globe & Mail today.
https://t.co/LQ3eOZO8AB

[Ron Togunov @RTogunov]

@KristinAndrewz Consciousness is likely continuous, not binary. Everything from phospholipids to humans falls on the spectrum. But the idea of "shifting the Null" breaks the fundamental logic behind the Null in science; you can't prove a negative. We can shift the prior but not the Null.

[Ron Togunov @RTogunov]

Deeply saddened by the passing of Ian Stirling. They say science is built on the shoulders of giants; Ian was one of mine. So many opportunities I've had were enabled by his pioneering work. His legacy will continue to influence research and conservation for generations.

[Andrew Derocher @AEDerocher]

Ian Stirling OC, FRSC (1941-2024).

My friend, colleague, and mentor. He will be missed by so many.

[Ron Togunov @RTogunov]

@ArtistSarahMT @AugerMethe @NatureArtists @UBCoceans @ubcscience @UBCStatistics Well done! I Love that your art made it into a article figure. Also, Featured Article!

[Sarah McComb-Turbitt @ArtistSarahMT]

@ubcscience @AugerMethe @UBCoceans @MEPS_IR So excited!! 🎉🐧

[nature @Nature]

Falling behind: postdocs in their thirties tire of putting life on hold.

Read the results of Nature’s second global survey of postdoctoral researchers https://t.co/jYxKuLT3B9

[Clayton Lamb @ClaytonTLamb]

Thrilled to share our co-produced (@dunnezaman @mateens22 @sarperotto @akmenzies @JessPopp @HebblewhiteLab @mprice_org) work published today in @ScienceMagazine on braiding Indigenous rights and endangered species laws for culturally-meaningful recovery. https://t.co/TC3Sbb5txF

[Natasha Klappstein @NJKlappstein]

Paper on state-switching step selection functions (HMM-SSFs) published in Movement Ecology (https://t.co/zMVzO3zSKR)!

We model behaviour-dependent movement and habitat selection, with some new extensions and inferential tools. Applied to 🦓. With @len_thom and @TheoMichelot

[Ron Togunov @RTogunov]

@mikewulder @HansOleOerka @GobakkenTerje @MCJPerreault Very interesting work. @HansOleOerka, are data/attribute maps produced for this publicly available?

[Ron Togunov @RTogunov]

@AEDerocher @birdsoftheworld Bonus is that observations go into @Team_eBird database and is used by scientists to study species distributions. For some rare species, citizen science can provide more valuable data than systematic surveys.

[Natasha Klappstein @NJKlappstein]

The research I did during my MSc at @CREEM_cake is out as a preprint!
We (myself, @TheoMichelot and @len_thom) worked on a model that merges hidden Markov models with step selection functions (the HMM-SSF).
1/4
https://t.co/xgRENLLsSo

[Ron Togunov @RTogunov]

Great summary of our recent #MovementEcology paper on polar bear winter behaviour by @SaraGomez1326 !

[Sara Gomez @SaraGomez1326]

1/7 A very interesting paper has recently been published in #MovementEcology by @RTogunov, @AugerMethe and colleagues about #polarbear #behaviour and foraging strategy! A lot of nice analysis on this fascinating species, have a look 🧵👇🏼

https://t.co/KJF1qFSP8G

[Ron Togunov @RTogunov]

@SaraGomez1326 @AugerMethe You summarised the work better than I could! Thanks for taking a deep dive into our paper!

[UBC Oceans (also found at ubcoceans.bsky.social) @UBCoceans]

RESEARCH: Drivers of #polarbear behavior and the possible effects of prey availability on foraging strategy, by @RTogunov and @AugerMethe
https://t.co/A3cv3I8oQF via #MovementEcology @BioMedCentral

[Ron Togunov @RTogunov]

Very excited to publish the last chapter of my PhD on #polarbear #BehaviourEcology using #HMMs. Bears seem to change their behaviour and foraging strategy with the daily and seasonal cycles of their seal prey. #newpaper #movementecoolgy
https://t.co/Mp1095HCLc

[Andrew Derocher @AEDerocher]

New polar bear paper with @RTogunov, @AugerMethe & @environmentca explores foraging behavior: "bears spent approximately 47% of their time in the stationary drift state, 29% in olfactory search, and 24% in area‐restricted search." Open access: https://t.co/xKtWXNYjq4

[UBC Oceans (also found at ubcoceans.bsky.social) @UBCoceans]

#Narwhals are changing their migration patterns in response to pressure from changing #Arctic #climates, a new UBC report has found. https://t.co/aTLnTjdQSf via @RitzHerald #whales @CourtneyShuert @AugerMethe

[Marie Auger-Méthé @AugerMethe]

. @vianey_lb @RTogunov Marco and I just wrapped up our Hidden Markov Models for marine sciences workshop that our @CANSSIINCASS CRT team prepared for @FishOceansCAN . You can find our lectures here: https://t.co/hPVES35IpE and our hands-on tutorial here: https://t.co/qyWaght9gq

[Ron Togunov @RTogunov]

@jeffwhigdon Arctic food chains are hard... PBI's food chain has algae consumed by diatoms (photosynthetic algae).

[Ron Togunov @RTogunov]

@BobOHara Will that also be the view from my office? These are the screen shots I took from my travels on Google Earth the other day.

[Ron Togunov @RTogunov]

I am very excited to say that I have changed my email signature! First on the agenda: accept my Postdoc at NTNU in Trondheim, Norway with @BobOHara.

[Ron Togunov @RTogunov]

@24beavers @BobOHara Probably not until December, unfortunately. What are you doing in Norway?