{prismatic} has a `best_contrast()` function that should do the trick emilhvitfeldt.github.io/prismatic/re...

PhD AVAILABLE on #Wildlife #harvest and #management policy in the UK - studentship only for Home/UK resident status candidates - Life and social sciences collaboration - deadline 28th May 2025 - get in touch #birds #people #policy tinyurl.com/3vxkzad9

Thing I just learned in #rstats: unz() lets you connect to a .zip and load files from inside it without actually unzipping it (great for a file I'm working with that's 30 MB zipped and 1+ GB unzipped, with multiple CSVs in it)

New visualization tool alert! The vayr package version 1.0.0 is now on CRAN. It contains position adjustments for ggplot2 that help with overplotting in pleasing ways. My favorite is position_sunflower(). - install.packages("vayr") - alexandercoppock.com/vayr #rstats #ggplot2 #dataviz

Join @davidolusoga.bsky.social and Philip Leverhulme Prize winner @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social in conversation this June as they explore the themes of Qureshi’s powerful new book, Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction. Buy your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sadiah-qur...

Had a lot of fun reviewing the #boardgame #Finspan w/ @oschwery.bsky.social for @nature.com! This fish-themed game harnesses some of my favorite aspects of #Wingspan, blending stunning art & trophic ecology with fast-paced play. rdcu.be/eg2Dx #Finspan by @stonemaiergames.com

This is fantastic! This website allows you to watch TV stations from around the world. I just watched 2 minutes of Afghan volleyball. All the small regional TV stations from Germany are here too. Spread the word! Source: tv.garden

I’ve long used FiveThirtyEight’s interactive “Hack Your Way To Scientific Glory” to illustrate the idea of p-hacking when I teach statistics. But ABC/Disney killed the site earlier this month :( So I made my own with #rstats and Observable and #QuartoPub ! stats.andrewheiss.com/hack-your-way/

Do you work on lakes globally? Check out what is, to my mind, the most complete global database of lakes (~6M) and associated attributes, newly published in WRR. Also the basis for SWOT lake data. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

🔎 🌍 🧪 How reliable are biodiversity trend assessments? A new paper in @ecography.bsky.social led by the amazing @wilkesma.bsky.social, reveals hidden sources of uncertainty in monitoring data and modeling choices that can dramatically alter conservation conclusions… (1/5) 🔗 bit.ly/4ibhAgq

📢 Biodiversity scientists 📢 Ever wondered how the decisions we make during biodiversity trend assessment affects reported trends? Our new @ecography.bsky.social paper shows how we can mitigate biases and be more transparent about trend uncertainty nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

More opportunities for postgraduateresearch via the @leverhulme.bsky.social #SustainableTransitions programme at University of Essex. Fully funded MSc followed by a PhD. Open to UK students meeting specific eligibility criteria. Closing 18 April. See www.essex.ac.uk/scholarships... for more details

Just two weeks left apply for these opportunities for unique interdisciplinary PhD research on #biodiversity funded by @leverhulme.bsky.social. Apply by 7th February!

Messing around with shinylive. For real, how are people not freaking out?!! Zero hosting costs, no online requirements, no installation required, nothing not a damn thing. #rstats #databs

I'm happy to use my first #Bluesky post to announce that there's now a shiny app for the endotherm model of the #NicheMapR package bioforecasts.science.unimelb.edu.au/app_direct/e...

Everything you ever wanted to know to get started on #microclimate is compiled there ⬇️ in 🔟 guidelines 🤓 Unpack each 1️⃣ to select the right variable, the most relevant spatiotemporal scale, the best sampling design & to tailor your analyses to your study question 🧪🌐🍁 shorturl.at/VYP8f

By predicting the extent of invasion in the absence of timely interventions, the authors found that management measures were effective in limiting the spread of the yellow-legged hornet in Europe. #bioinvasions besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Stunning free #science vector art for your next poster, paper or talk 🤩 The #NIH has compiled over 2,000 illustrations including swatches and pattern brushes bioart.niaid.nih.gov #rstats #dataviz #phd #illustration

This ridgeline plot and the unconventional use of shading from white to blue to indicate sea ice loss is great. It also reinforces the impression of a dense ice pack breaking up. Chart by @janatausch.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/63fb... #dataviz

Exotic plants are better at hitchhiking upslope 🏔 than natives ⬇️ A very important result which supports former findings on exotic plants shifting and expanding their elevation ranges upslope at a rapid pace #RangeX #BioShifts 🧪🌐🌏🍁 shorturl.at/h846l

Happy to share a new paper—led by Justin Baldwin—exploring how avian dispersal ability shapes species-area relationships on islands worldwide 🐦‍⬛ 🏝️ 🌐 (1/2) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Celebrating @altmetric.com with this repost! www.nature.com/articles/s41... Islands harbor 1/3 of the world’s #plant species, including 63,280 endemics—making them #biodiversity hotspots. Yet, only 6% meet global #conservation goals. @natureportfolio.bsky.social #nature #science #research

The new #Grime #Review is out ⬇️ See our paper on embracing plant-plant interactions to improve predictions of plant species redistribution 🌲🌳🌴🌱🍀🌾🌼🌸 🧪🌐🌏🍁 @journalofecology.bsky.social shorturl.at/i763n

The socioeconomic and environmental niches of world terrestrial and marine #ProtectedAreas see our last study in Nat. Commun. 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🔑 We highlight ‘potential’ versus ‘unrealistic’ conservation gains on land and sea to meet global conservation targets. 🧪🌐🌍🦤🦑

The power of sharing authentic stories, from trusted messengers, and including the framing of future generations 🌿: theconversation.com/how-sharing-...

The founder of Statistics Globe that helps you master #rstats is on BlueSky now. Give Joachim a follow ⤵️

New (ok, not new, since 1953) distribution for count data just dropped! Modeling over/underdispersed count data with the Good Distribution - yehaw good.glm() besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #rstats 🌍

🎉 The {messy} package is now available on CRAN! 🎉 Read the introductory blog post here: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/introdu... #RStats #StatsEd #DataScience

Achieving higher standards in species distribution modeling by leveraging the diversity of available software https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecog.07346 #Software #Code #Rstats

Things are changing and as academics, we will have to adapt. How can we strategically position ourselves to leverage these new tools to ensure our work continues to me maximally valuable to our own community and society? 🧪🌎🌐#WetSci www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

We look forward to our next hybrid seminar with Annegret Larsen (WUR) to learn more about her interdisciplinary research into natural river systems and how it supports restoration efforts and her case studies in Europe, Asia, and South America. Join us! biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...

Two unique opportunities for fully funded interdisciplinary PhD research on #biodiversity #conservation @Uni_of_Essex, blending #ecology with #sociology and #business as part of the @leverhulme.bsky.social Sustainable Transitions programme jobs.ac.uk/job/DKT611/p... jobs.ac.uk/job/DKT503/p...