Does body size predict abundance the same way in all environments, as predicted by the Metabolic theory of Ecology? Our new study challenges this assumption. Read it here: 📄 doi.org/10.1111/ele....

Got my dog a friend from the shelter this week. Zoe is adjusting to life with our other cattle dog, Bruce

Finally using {pins} #rstats package to share heavy files that can't be shared among collaborators through GitHub, and it works like a breeze! Supports data versioning, cache, etc. Thanks @posit.co Here using Google Drive to share files, but can use many different servers, see pins.rstudio.com

The first student in my lab group successfully defended their graduate work today! Many congrats to Iona Rohan (coadvised by @jenniferfrey.bsky.social) for her MS work analyzing the effects of wind energy on the habitat use of terrestrial mammals in central NM. Stay tuned for our findings!

Reminder: two more days to apply for this opportunity!

Great news! JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month www.jstor.org/action/showL...

CA Biology job alert My unit at the CA Dep of Fish and Wildlife is hiring a permanent position to write 5 year reviews for species listed under the CA Endangered Species Act. Based in West Sacramento, currently 2x week in office. I am happy to answer questions calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/...

Alrght everybody, get your Tin Can Telephones out. We need your help! We reach new people by word of mouth. Send all your educator friends this pic! Teachers, librarians, scout troop leaders, etc! We offer our program for free, so we need help getting the word out without advertising $$.

The solicitation is finally up! Good luck to everybody applying this year (and those with mentees applying) - it's an extremely tight turnaround but very glad to see this. 🧪🌎

Do heat waves happen in rivers? How do river heat waves (RHW) compare to air heat waves (AHW)? www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Here we show: 1) RHWs occur less frequently & intensively but last twice as long as AHWs; 2) RHW have risen much faster than AHWs. Congrats to Dr. Kayal Sadayappan!

New paper out in Biofpr: "Environmental metrics of ethanol production improve with increased biomass yield and carbohydrate content in Populus trichocarpa" scijournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Glad that my state recognizes the benefits of vaccines!

#BREAKINGNEWS 🦇🌍 The world now has 1,500 recognized bat species! 🎉 The global list at www.batnames.org just hit this milestone. New bats are found through fieldwork in remote places & genetic discoveries. Amazing biodiversity news! #Bats #Biodiversity #BatsNeedFriends

Great work from Nate's lab on Madrean Sky Island specimens!

This is a very fast turn around this year and it seems the solicitation still isn't up. Get going on those GRFP proposals ASAP and hope for minimal changes to the requirements/qualifications!

New in @globalchangebio.bsky.social- "Which Plant Traits Increase Soil C Sequestration? Empirical Evidence From a Long-Term Poplar Genetic Diversity Trial". We sampled soils & roots from 24 black cottonwood genotypes in a 13-y.o. Center for Bioenergy Innovation common garden. doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

Do you like acoustic data, community ecology, and desert oases? Apply for a PhD in my lab to investigate the role of ephemeral water sources (i.e., playa lakes and tinajas) in structuring desert bat (and maybe bird) communities. Visit lavertylab.org/join-the-lab for more. Applications due October 1

This guy is playing it right. We need to back him up!

This 🧵 is long so please bear with me. It is compiles evidence in a historical timeline on how effective #COVIDVaccines are. When a pandemic ends we quickly and easily forget the tools that got us out of it. So here is my labour day gift to you prompted by this headline.

our paper on how light pollution affects bird vocal behavior is out today in Science!! w/ @brentpease.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Though classes started this week, we are still far from the end of summer in the Southwest. Here's a glimpse of one of the many gorgeous monsoon sunsets from last month

Medellin, Colombia 2028! #ibrc2028 #bats #batresearch

URM faculty received 7% more negative votes & were 44% less likely to receive unanimous votes from P&T committees -evidence that P&T decision-making processes contribute to the sustained underrepresentation of URM faculty in tenured faculty positions www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Just a reminder to swing by BCC 343 at 8:45am tomorrow if you want to learn about long-distance movements of lesser long-nosed bats! #ESA2025

New paper on #bat #windturbine interactions is out: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Also if you're at #ESA2025 and interested in bats (maybe birds too), bioacoustics, arid landscapes, and thinking of a PhD, please say hello. I plan to recruit 1-2 grad students. Spring or fall 2026 start with a focus on desert waters or renewable energy. lavertylab.org Happy to meet up!

Enjoying the cool weather in Baltimore this week for #ESA2025. Come hear about the long-distance movements of lesser long-nosed bats that my colleagues and I have been documenting this Thursday at 8:45am (COS 128 - Behavior: Migration and Movement 1). Please don't be afraid to say hi!

Finished updating syllabus and lecture slides for my intro undergrad course on applied stats and R. See them here: bit.ly/dss_instructors Are you an instructor using DSS as your primary textbook? Email me for updated source files #rstats #AcademicSky

❗️Our next workshop will be on August 14, 6 pm CEST, on marginaleffects package by @vincentab.bsky.social ! Register or sponsor a student by donating to support Ukraine! Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S Please share! #AcademicSky #EconSky #RStats

Herculean effort by @kaitlyngaynor.bsky.social and our incredible NPS colleagues to explore variation in wildlife responses to recreation across our National Parks. Come for the COVID-19 lockdown data, stay for the typologies of animal responses to human activity.

🧪Two weeks left to apply to this position! Note that posted starting date is a target and can be worked out. Questions? Contact me!

If you're teaching Scientific Writing this fall (especially if it's new to you!) and are getting worried about just how close the fall is getting: reminder that I share my syllabus and all my course materials. Here: scientistseessquirre...

New research from our lab documents important drought impacts on desert bird communities in the SW United States 🌎🐦 25 years of bird data across the Mojave & Sonoran deserts, show drought drives clear declines in bird abundance & species richness. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/3

Back home after a bat acoustic course two weeks ago in Tucson and bat fieldwork on both sides of the border last week. I love where my work takes me and the people I get to spend time with in the field *All bat capture and handling is conducted under scientific permits

Out today in Parasites & Vectors, Angelo Andrianiaina led a paper in which we described the seasonal diversity and effect of climate on ectoparasites on two species of Madagascar fruit bat, Eidolon dupreanum and Rousettus madagascariensis doi.org/10.1186/s130... 🧪🦇

Super cool story featuring @drjuliekyoung.bsky.social and my Berger labmate Wes. Guardian dogs for the win!

Might need to check this out further...

Two new papers published this week! Open access links to papers and details below! (1/4) #bats 🧪🦇🧵

Dr Aaron Corcoran does some amazing work on bats and moths. He is looking for a bat person to work with him in Colorado Springs starting in September. Check the link for more information. This would be an amazing opportunity! cu.taleo.net/careersectio...

Wishing we were still offline and at alpine lakes... Glad to have traded fireworks for wildflowers for the holiday last weekend with @johnlfield.bsky.social and our cattle dog mix Bruce along the Santa Barbara Divide in the Pecos Wilderness. Successful first backpacking trip for Bruce!

Applications are NOW OPEN for Smith Fellows conservation research Fellowships beginning in 2026! View the Proposal Guidelines and apply here: www.smithfellows.org/join-us

Now is the time that I remind you that, while plague has been endemic in the western United States for 70+ years and this is a normal occurrence, our work does seem to strongly suggest climate change is increasing spillover risk onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

today's a great day to make sure "require alt text before posting" is enabled in your settings and to continue to make bluesky more accessible and inclusive bsky.app/settings/acc...

The Nazis burned books, attacked universities, and crippled German science. The MAGAs delete websites, attack universities, and cripple American science. The website www.globalchange.gov of the mandated Global Change Research Program & all the National Climate Assessment reports has been deleted.

Bruce's first gotcha day: then and now. So glad to have this pup in my life. He's excited for @johnlfield.bsky.social to come back from TN soon!

TIL that NSF has funding options for grad student funding to do internships with NGOs or companies: www.nsf.gov/eng/intern

Nothing beats the first monsoon storm of the season. Loving the light show over Las Cruces tonight and looking forward to more lluvia tomorrow. Rain and a drop in temperatures are so welcome after this spring's dust

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...