James Skelton

Community Ecologist -- Data masochist.

[James Skelton @jskelton_mudbug]

eDNA shows that dammed coastal waterways are less diverse, more homogenous, and dominated by invasive species
https://t.co/7gVCxkWVkI

[James Skelton @jskelton_mudbug]

Dams affect much more than salmon. MS student Mindy Spence analyzed environmental DNA to show their full impact on fish diversity in the Chesapeake. @williamandmary @wm_biology. Read her paper new @STOTEN_journal.
https://t.co/4xn1G9Utr3

[James Skelton @jskelton_mudbug]

Aquatic fungi respond to water quality - Honors thesis from my undergrad Lauren French is now published.
https://t.co/1pRbGLgNeB

[James Skelton @jskelton_mudbug]

#worldwaterday2024
Ecology detectives: Student researchers use discarded DNA to investigate aquatic mysteries
https://t.co/I2zSN3zaMc

[James Skelton @jskelton_mudbug]

Now face west... Tree hole direction affects breeding success in endangered red-cockaded woodpeckers. See what started as a beer-fueled conversation among three Virginia Tech EEB grad students many years ago:
@MAJusino @LukasLandler
https://t.co/gsA5cDBANs

[James Skelton @jskelton_mudbug]

When does native symbiont diversity suffer from the invasion of non-native host species? See our new conceptual paper in Ecology:
@wm_biology
https://t.co/q3SA9nzTmN

[James Skelton @jskelton_mudbug]

What happens to native symbionts when non-native hosts invade? Here is a link to our story about the "Dilution Effect" in a cleaning symbiosis
https://t.co/jZkbuI9nAE

[Marcos Vinicius Caiafa Sepulveda @CaiafaMarcos]

I am happy to share the third chapter from my Ph.D. with @TruffleSmithLAB. Here we explored the ecology and evolution of non-mycorrhizal boletes!
https://t.co/2g35go2SSM

[James Skelton @jskelton_mudbug]

Congrats to @CaiafaMarcos, @MAJusino and @TruffleSmithLAB for authoring the cover article of Current Biology with their story about South American birds that eat and disperse truffles!
https://t.co/U7SbqfJvz2

[James Skelton @jskelton_mudbug]

New paper on evolution of fungal symbionts of bark beetles. Entomocorticium is derived from wood-degrading Peniophora. Plus several new species descriptions @MDPIOpenAccess @shroominn @FungusProf @forestmycology
https://t.co/FlfWBtGdla

[Jiri Hulcr @JiriHulcr]

Ambrosia beetles & fungi are known for all kinds of damage, but never before anyone accused them of impact on wood decay... until now. On the landscape scale! https://t.co/ERDAP4w1qg Left: log with invasive ambrosia fungus Flavodon, right: natural colonization by native fungi.

[James Skelton @jskelton_mudbug]

Check out our new paper showing how a crayfish cleaning symbiosis affects freshwater diversity and ecosystem processes. https://t.co/J1KMIwgggL

[James Skelton @jskelton_mudbug]

Which would you rather drink? Tank on left is water from a murky polluted reservior after 1 day with a few #freshwater #sponges (Radiospongilla cerebellata), tank on right is same water with no sponges.

[James Skelton @jskelton_mudbug]

@wm_biology @forestmycology @kasson_wvu

[Michelle Jusino @MAJusino]

These non-native #beetles farm a mushroom-producing fungus...and it competes with native #fungi!
@jskelton_mudbug @JiriHulcr @TruffleSmithLAB
https://t.co/zNzsivLHik

[Michelle Jusino @MAJusino]

These non-native #beetles farm a mushroom-producing fungus...and it competes with native #fungi!
@jskelton_mudbug @JiriHulcr @TruffleSmithLAB
https://t.co/zNzsivLHik

[Michelle Jusino @MAJusino]

Communities of wood decay fungi are essential to global carbon fluxes and ecosystem function. Tune in to #MSAfungi20 on Weds: “Fungal Community Structure, Dynamics and Function in Decaying Wood” to see cutting-edge research in decay!
https://t.co/8snPrb2dRi
@FungusProf @MSAFungi

[James Skelton @jskelton_mudbug]

Here is some great news:
https://t.co/ZeiY8KUfzN

[Jiri Hulcr @JiriHulcr]

POSTDOC POSITION at the University of Florida: we are looking for a fungal biologist with experience and publications in fungal molecular biology, fungal genetics and CRISPR. Nemat Keyhani's lab, co-supervised by me. Email inquiries directly to [email protected]

[James Skelton @jskelton_mudbug]

#HomerSimpson #workingfromhomeplaybook