@ESAEcology@OSFramework@NERCscience@NandinTM@geobiodiversity My second paper for my PhD is finally out! We found out that 1) if you want to understand herbivore systems it's worth considering both herbivore and plant ecophysiology, 2) movement can influence population dynamics, and so protected areas are not enough to save mobile species.
Illegal collection is a huge problem for turtles, but I also know from friends who have reported concerns that USFWS is serious about tracking down perpetrators. A lot of the illegal trade happens on social media, so keep your eyes open and say something. 🐢💚
Charismatic? ✔️
Cute? ✔️✔
Best kept in the wild? ✔️✔✔
Conservationist Jeff Corwin teamed up with the Service and partners to raise awareness about threats to America’s native turtles & tortoises, including illegal collection. 🐢 #KeepTurtlesWild
"Graphic Design with #ggplot2" 👨💼👩💻🧑💻
Do you want to recap the 2-day workshop at #rstudioconf? Or do you feel sad you've missed it?
🔥 All course material incl. latest updates can be found on the workshop webpage—9 sessions, 760 slides, 314 ggplots!
👉 https://t.co/TyBRWQOW7R
Announcing some forthcoming research positions in #DiseaseEcology and #Modeling. Interested in tooling up? The Drake lab (https://t.co/0AIybFV9lu) is currently seeking to fill positions including a senior research associate, postdocs, a lab manager, and grad students.
Amidst terrible fomo seeing all the cool conferences, I’ve been dying to share the news of our latest discovery 🥳 You thought jumping spiders peaked in their coolness? Buckle up!!! We need to talk about #jumpingspiders potentially #dreaming. @PNASNews
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Deer 522, a #muledeer in the Uinta herd showed us what it’s like to migrate from her winter range near I80 to her summer range outside of Evanston in the Spring of 2021. 522 wore a collar with a video camera 📸on it Here is a short thread🧵about what we saw from her eyes! 👀
Today @USGS published maps revealing 65 big-game #migration paths in collaboration with state, federal and Tribal scientists across the West. Check out “Ungulate Migrations of the Western U.S.: Vol. 2” here: https://t.co/jdJObgUQTu #deer#elk#pronghorn#wildlife@usgscoopunits
🆕 Paper out ‼️ led by @NandinTM documenting "A gazelle's extraordinary, 18,000-km-long journey through the steppes of Mongolia." Be sure to check out our animation 📽️ of the journey too! It's amazing what you can learn from 5 yrs of GPS tracking data!
👉https://t.co/Tz30ydBAMW
Wishing all bears their ideal weight gain over the coming weeks and congratulations to 480 Otis for understanding the assignment. Learn more about the fat bear diet plan: https://t.co/dISiA2xOsU
Kodiak brown bear (adult female). 📷 USFWS/Lisa Hupp #WildlifeRefuge#FatBearWeek
Wie gestalte ich meinen Garten insektenfreundlich? 🏡– Tipp 10: Samenstände stehen lassen. Viele #Insekten sind dankbar für einen Unterschlupf in der kalten Jahreszeit. Zugleich dienen die Samenstände vieler Pflanzen den heimischen Vögeln als Nahrung.
Here are 5 reasons to leave fallen leaves:
#1 Fallen leaves are a natural mulch
#2 & a natural fertilizer
#3 Bagged leaves break down in landfills & become methane
#4 Lawn & garden equipment are noise & air pollutants
#5 The fallen leaf layer is a natural wildlife habitat.
Kennt ihr schon unsere Mitmachaktionen für den #Naturschutz? Ihr könnt uns online melden, wenn ihr Tier- oder Pflanzenarten gesichtet habt. 👀 Damit helft ihr gefährdeten hessischen Arten wie dem Hirschkäfer oder Feuersalamander. 🪲 Weitere Infos: 👉https://t.co/kghYVv7TKg.
While we didn't get the clear answer we wanted, I think we pose some interesting questions for future research as we try to better understand habitat selection in nomadic animals.
#PLOSONE Resource selection of a nomadic ungulate in a dynamic landscape https://t.co/EFr06mhfQ1
@rkylebarrett, Thomas Floyd, and I looked at a lot of historical aerial images and quantified present-day wetland characteristics to see how habitat and site history influence bog turtle occupancy and abundance patterns. Check it out! https://t.co/SSxhivYvVv