We're recruiting for a brand new & really cool tenure-eligible faculty line in GLOBAL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION!
Please help spread the word far & wide for this position with cool teaching responsibilities & literally a world of research opportunities!
https://t.co/x7xm7XqDI9
✨New preprint! We report that nearly half of the variation in research effort on 293 bird species in the US+Canada is explained by just 3 factors: 1) visual appeal, 2) breeding range size, & 3) # of universities w/in that range. Here’s what we did:🧵
➡️https://t.co/bQUfhyoTEr
Today 50 or so @IowaStateU students, faculty, and staff literally sang “happy birthday” to a 50 year old parking lot-turned-prairie and it filled my heart with happiness and hope.
We’re so excited to announce our 2nd annual travel grant program for LGBTQIA+ wildlifers! We know it’s last minute, but due to very recent donations, we’re able to offer ONE $500 travel grant to an LGBTQIA+ TWS member (student or professional). Apps due Oct 27! More info below.
Our new OA paper is out here: https://t.co/RO0FDP5NL0
We present an approach for combining tracking data and remote-sensed threat maps to quantify year-round individual risk exposure.
We use @_BTO Cuckoo tracking data to reveal seasonal and flyway differences in risk exposure.
I'm really excited for another chapter of my dissertation to make it into the world! I had a great time working with some awesome folks on this project. Check it out here for free before it goes behind a paywall! @usufrenchlab@emilyevirgin@McClunatory
https://t.co/A7IHa9REpm
I'm happy to announce that I'll be starting as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at San Francisco State University @SFSU in January 2024. Our lab will continue to study how small mammals have been/will be affected by climate change. I'm extremely excited!
Just in time for Christmas: whole genomes of Bachman's warbler from the turn of the 20th century. Our pre-print shows V. bachmanii was highly divergent with no evidence of gene flow with other Vermivora.
https://t.co/vCXqoYRsTD
w @AMNH @CLObirds @zszpiech & @PennStateBio
The Toews lab at Penn State is hiring a NSF-funded postdoctoral researcher, interested in avian genomics and/or phylogenomics.
Please reach out for more information (or click this very short and intuitive link):
https://t.co/vhFdJB3088
🌈🐦🌵 1st ch. from my MS work on #postfledging ecology of #GrayVireos out today in @AvianAce!
We used radio telemetry to monitor fledgling survival, space use, & habitat associations for a Species of Greatest Conservation Need in New Mexico (1/7🧵 👇)
https://t.co/VePDdglgwM
Please RT! We are hiring a field technician to recapture Swainson’s Warblers with geolocators in Virginia this spring! See the official job listing for more details: https://t.co/XEFt3S4VxU
Our new paper @PNASNews is out! Major ecological change can occur below water quality guidelines designed to protect lakes from salt pollution. Was great leading this effort with @ShelleyArnott and many other scientists around North America and Europe.
https://t.co/nAPAND4e2S
Summer #REUProgram Opportunity: Get Paid to do Research!
@lakeeriecenter is accepting applications for its Summer 2022 Research Experience for Undergraduates (#REU) Program.
Application Deadline: February 13, 2022
More info & to apply: https://t.co/EzbCoof8X6
@NSF#GreatLakes
Overuse of road salts to melt away snow/ice is threatening human health and the environment as they wash into drinking water sources, new @UToledo study shows. Ecologist Bill Hintz explains critical need to reduce use of road salt, suggests best practices. https://t.co/WXaBHnFiVj