Mira Sytsma

Wildlife ecology MSc from @UW_SEFS Prugh Lab | Global health consultant | #SciComm | FOOD & COOKING | @PacSci Science Communication Fellow |

[Mira Sytsma @mirasytsma]

Today, May 26 2020, will forever be remembered as the day that I discovered dholes.

WHY HAVE I NEVER HEARD OF DHOLES? TODAY IS THE BEST DAY! But also a sad day bc I wasted 28 years of my life NOT looking at pictures of dholes! Also absolutely pronouncing it "d-hole" in my head..

[Journal of Animal Ecology @AnimalEcology]

Novel research by @mirasytsma et al., investigates the impacts of contemporary glacial recession on the successional dynamics of terrestrial mammals.

Read the full article in Journal of Animal Ecology: https://t.co/REspN91pPk

[Mira Sytsma @mirasytsma]

Here, we showed that mammal communities increase in diversity over time, but these changes don't necessarily track changes in habitat. Body size/dispersal ability/landscape connectivity may also play key roles in shaping mammal communities post-disturbance.

[Mira Sytsma @mirasytsma]

🚨new paper🚨 with @LauraPrugh and other amazing non-twitter co-authors!

We investigated successional patterns of terrestrial mammals following the most rapid and extensive deglaciation event in the world since the Little Ice Age.

https://t.co/cgEhzxwmvp

[Mira Sytsma @mirasytsma]

The glacial recession that formed @GlacierBayNPS opened up new habitat for recolonization by plants and animals. But while studies of plant community succession are fundamental to ecology, post-disturbance successional patterns of wildlife communities remain poorly understood...

[Michele Buonanduci @M_Buonanduci]

How do surviving trees respond following severe #MountainPineBeetle outbreak? We explore this in our new paper out in #LandscEcol! 🌲🪲

Huge thanks to co-authors @JennaEMorris @michelle_agne MikeBattaglia @Brian_J_Harvey

https://t.co/ixPgsG9p5R

[Matthijs Hollanders @realHollanders]

New paper! 📢 The second chapter of my PhD was just published in @MethodsEcolEvol 🤯 @andyroyle_pwrc and I developed a multievent mark-recapture model that accounts for state assignment errors in both sampling and diagnostic protocols in disease models! 🧑‍🔬https://t.co/jNQHIi2DkT

[Mira Sytsma @mirasytsma]

Check out the paper, here: https://t.co/F5a7s3fDwH

[Mira Sytsma @mirasytsma]

Fan girling over the fact that Joel Berger has anything to say about our recent paper: "provides the first quantitative evidence, in my impression, on responses of species of wildlife when exposed to people in these low-density situations"
#wildlife #conservation

[The Seattle Times @seattletimes]

A new University of Washington study shows the degree to which wild animals avoid areas where humans tread, and may have implications for recreation management. https://t.co/C9cXyFXW5W

[Glacier Bay NP @GlacierBayNPS]

#ParkScience update! Glacier Bay researchers find wildlife in National Parks can be impacted by even just a few people. University of Washington and Glacier Bay scientists studied wildlife with 40 motion-activated cameras across ten sites in Glacier Bay.

[Mira Sytsma @mirasytsma]

🚨new paper🚨

How much outdoor recreation is "too much" for wildlife? We found that nearly any level of human activity altered wildlife behavior in @GlacierBayNPS

Excited to share this work and THANK YOU to @UW_SEFS co-authors @LauraPrugh @LabGardner

https://t.co/RxXMotrSbB

[Mira Sytsma @mirasytsma]

Escaped the PNW heat wave by summitting the tallest hill I could find in Washington... An epic few days on Rainier🥰
#PNWheatwave #pnwheatwave2021 #MtRainier #MtTahoma #mountaineering

[Mira Sytsma @mirasytsma]

Just found out my dad has a twitter??
And GOOD JOB @SytsmaAnneliese!!! You're the best sister and doctor ever!

[Anneliese Sytsma @SytsmaAnneliese]

Officially done with PhD and a member of the Dr. Sytsma Club. @MarkSytsma

Thanks to everyone who came to my exit seminar on Friday and to everyone who has helped along the way! @DrSallyET @dronova_iryna @terri_hogue

[Mira Sytsma @mirasytsma]

@oldenoughtosay Crow is..... special

[Mira Sytsma @mirasytsma]

#SocialDistancing #patiodesign

[Anneliese Sytsma @SytsmaAnneliese]

RT my year-old tweet to give props to my parents who were doing social-distancing patio design before it was a thing

@mirasytsma

[Mira Sytsma @mirasytsma]

@SytsmaAnneliese 😂😂😂

[Mira Sytsma @mirasytsma]

Educators of all kinds pls help!

What is the best platform for building courses online??

I want to transform an in-person, multi-day polio surveillance training into an online course

My team, @WHO, the @gatesfoundation & the future of polio eradication need your input 🙏

[Clayton Lamb @ClaytonTLamb]

Huge news out of Alberta. A new $7M wildlife overpass will help to keep people and wildlife safe in the Rockies. https://t.co/sjc1ESZdpv

[Mira Sytsma @mirasytsma]

@morss_alex @PvtJoeker This🙌 after finishing grad school and getting offers for several different full time positions in wildlife ecology that only paid minimum wage (with no benefits) I left the field🤷‍♀️

[Mira Sytsma @mirasytsma]

In the spirit of Halloween I wanted to remind everyone what the scariest photo on the internet is 😱