Joe Bailey
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Evolutionary Biologist | Professor UTK EEB|
Neat new paper on Geographic Mosaics of Coevolution in tropic interactions between birds, grasshoppers, galling insects and cottonwoods (
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Plant evolution and environmental variation create a geographic mosaic of predator-prey interactions and natural selection - Evolutionary Ecology
A major goal of ecology and evolutionary biology is to understand patterns of species interactions, their resulting natural selection and how these change across space and time. Studies show that variation in predator-prey interactions causes variation in natural selection on prey phenotypes. Other studies have shown that plant genetic variation can influence predator attack rates on prey. However, no study to our knowledge has linked these two phenomena to see if plant evolution can influence predator attack rates on prey, how predators cause natural selection on prey and how these patterns differ geographically. We studied a plant-gall-predator system in the wild across three tree sites spanning an elevation/climate gradient, across which trees have evolved in response to climate variation and other factors. We also worked in a common garden, in which trees were drawn from the same three wild sites. In the wild, attack by birds on galls was ~ 4x higher at the mid-elevation site compared to the low and high elevation sites. Further, birds selectively foraged on small galls, resulting in bird-mediated natural selection at the mid elevation, but not at the low and high elevation sites. In the common garden with respect to predator-prey interactions, we found similar patterns to the wild, providing evidence that evolved variation in the tree influenced attack rates by predators. In terms of natural selection, we found mixed evidence for the hypothesis that plant evolution would shape patterns of predator-caused natural selection on galls. Our findings broaden our understanding of geographic mosaics of community interactions and their resultant patterns of natural selection.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10682-025-10359-y
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rdcu.be/ezMuk
. Evidence of climate change driven rapid evolution in a 31 year old common garden. Congrats on a great first first author paper
@ashlynnhord.bsky.social
and for all of the help from everyone else
@carrileroy.bsky.social
@jenschweitzer.bsky.social
and Dylan Fischer...and the mustang.
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Hybrid introgression as a mechanism of rapid evolution and resilience to climate change in a riparian tree species
Communications Biology - A long-term common garden experiment shows that hybrid introgression is associated with enhanced survival and increased resistance to selection pressures in warmer, drier...
https://rdcu.be/ezMuk
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John Stinchcombe
11 months ago
I agree! (plug for one of my former grad student's papers)...
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Genetic architecture of heritable leaf microbes | Microbiology Spectrum
We investigated how host genetic variation affects the assembly of Ipomoea hederacea’s natural microbiome. We found that the genetic architecture of leaf-associated microbiomes involves both quantitat...
https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/spectrum.00610-24
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New work by Alivia Nytko on how eco-evolutionary traits of rarity link genes and ecosystems. Evolved traits that affect how plants are rare also drive variation in plant-plant interactions that impact above and belowground biomass.
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Evolution of rarity and phylogeny determine above- and belowground biomass in plant-plant interactions
Rare species are often considered inferior competitors due to occupancy of small ranges, specific habitats, and small local populations. However, the phylogenetic relatedness and rarity level (level 1...
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0294839
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An evolutionary case for plant rarity: Eucalyptus as a model species Building off of Rabinowitz 7 forms of rarity, Alivia Nytko found a phylogenetic pattern to rarity suggesting that species can evolve a syndrome of traits that makes them rare (
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Brian J. Enquist
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👀 Landscape fragmentation overturns classical metapopulation thinking 🧪🦋🌎 "We found that classical results from past models are not generalizable...a philosophical departure from current ideas for managing species persistence, biodiversity, and ecosystem resilience "
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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Landscape fragmentation overturns classical metapopulation thinking | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Habitat loss and isolation caused by landscape fragmentation represent a growing threat to global biodiversity. Existing theory suggests that the p...
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2303846121
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Katharine Hayhoe
almost 2 years ago
2023 was the hottest year on record. Around the world, it was marked by record wildfires, hot-tub temperature ocean waters, torrential downpours, and non-stop heatwaves. The US had one billion+ dollar weather extreme every 1.8 weeks. More info:
www.climate.gov/news-feature...
Keep reading ... 🧵
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Sky islands are ideal locations to identify above and belowground genes of climate resilience and ecosystem function
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
. Outstanding work by
@sarahlove.bsky.social
, Knowable Magazine and their great editorial team. Shoutout to
@skyislandalliance.bsky.social
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Hunting sky islands for genetic clues to climate resilience
OPINION: Isolated mountaintops are hotbeds of evolutionary adaptation and great places to study how climate change affects ecosystems
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2024/sky-islands-evolutionary-adaptation-climate-change
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~ 20 years ago this month this Lego Beaver picture from Legoland California (taken by Steve Hart) was published in Ecology (
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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ASN Grads
almost 2 years ago
We're here to remind you that the 2024 ASN Student Research awards are open for funding applications! We offer $2k USD for post-candidacy PhD projects. Apply by March 15th:
www.amnat.org/announcement...
. Email
[email protected]
or DM us with questions.
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Casey terHorst
almost 2 years ago
Reminder that apps for the Student Research Award from
@asn-amnat.bsky.social
are due in two weeks (3/15)
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Michael Landis
almost 2 years ago
Join us June 4-6 for a free phylogenetic biogeography workshop using RevBayes at WUSTL Details:
tinyurl.com/phylobiogeow...
Apply by March 6:
forms.gle/3ax6q4GzYFMY...
Instructors: Isaac Lichter Marck, Fábio Mendes, Sarah Swiston, Felipe Zapata + me Funded by award DEB-2040347
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Nick Smith
almost 2 years ago
Check out our new paper, led by Remi Luo, on estimating global C4 vegetation coverage and primary productivity. We find C4 plants make up ~17% of plants and ~20% of GPP globally. We also examine changes through time since the turn of the century.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Mapping the global distribution of C4 vegetation using observations and optimality theory - Nature Communications
Due to fundamental anatomical and biochemical differences, C3 and C4 plant species tend to differ in their biogeography and response to climate change. Here, the authors use global observations and op...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-45606-3
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Warm and Cool soil microbiomes advance and delay bud break phenology, respectively along replicated elevation
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
and latitudinal
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
gradients and populations at continental scales!
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Climate-driven divergence in plant-microbiome interactions generates range-wide variation in bud break phenology - Communications Biology
Ian Ware et al. use reciprocal plant population by soil location feedback experiments to show how the soil microbiomes of the narrowleaf cottonwood are influenced by genetic and environmental variatio...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-021-02244-5
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Climate Change Driven Convergent Evolution on Sky Islands leads to convergent effects on ecosystem function
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Sky islands are a model system to understand climate change effects not just climatic variation
www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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almost 2 years ago
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Stephen Heard
almost 2 years ago
Oooooooooooooooh! Get thee behind me, Satan - no, wait, get thee right in front of me with your delicious whiskies🤣
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One of the great migrations in the eastern US! And Loud!!!
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almost 2 years ago
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Greg Goldsmith
almost 2 years ago
Assistant Professor of Quantitative Ecology at Montana State - you'd have some great colleagues and a great place to live:
jobs.montana.edu/postings/40231
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Assistant Professor of Applied Quantitative Ecology
The Ecology Department at Montana State University seeks applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Applied Quantitative Ecology whose research uses cutting-edge quantitative approaches, inc...
https://jobs.montana.edu/postings/40231
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Weirdest and most important! This is great.
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almost 2 years ago
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We are looking forward to the visit on Darwin Day!
@stephenbheard.bsky.social
almost 2 years ago
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Dr. Ole Wintermann
almost 2 years ago
Erneut weisen Forschende auf das Ende großer Teile der Maya-Zivilisation infolge einer regionalen Klimaveränderung und den daraus resultierenden sozialen Konflikten hin. Die Menschheit kann in dieser Vergangenheit ihre Zukunft sehen.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Klimakrise
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Drought-Induced Civil Conflict Among the Ancient Maya - Nature Communications
The influence of climate on premodern civil conflict and societal instability is debated. Here, the authors combine archeological, historical, and paleoclimatic datasets to show that drought between 1...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-31522-x
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More Sky Islands! New art installation at Sky Island Alliance.
skyislandalliance.org/2023/12/sky-...
Driven by Sarah Love. Built at Belmont. Inspired by Science!
www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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Belmont University Class Creates Sky Island Art - Sky Island Alliance
Inspired by conversations with Sarah J. Love, who gave a Coffee Break talk in November 2023 and who also happens to be my niece, I was recently introduced to Sky Island Alliance and their work in sout...
https://skyislandalliance.org/2023/12/sky-island-illustrations/
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Stephanie Kivlin
almost 2 years ago
Newest paper out of the lab- microbiomes from dried soils reflect those in frozen soils, even after 8 years.
@joeedwards.bsky.social
@joe-bailey.bsky.social
@jenschweitzer.bsky.social
and others.
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Matt Barber
almost 2 years ago
📢🚨We are hiring a new Biology Department Head at the University of Oregon! Applicants with a strong record of mentoring and inclusive leadership are encouraged to apply. Please share and repost, initial deadline is coming up (Feb. 12). More information below:
careers.uoregon.edu/en-us/job/53...
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Throwback Thursday! Soil microbiomes drive range shifts and ecosystem function along elevation gradients across the western US (
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Divergent plant–soil feedbacks could alter future elevation ranges and ecosystem dynamics - Nature...
Variable plant–soil biotic interactions influence the migration and fragmentation of tree species, and models will need to incorporate soil parameters to more accurately predict future species distr...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-017-0150
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Interested in how climate change will affect the distribution of genetic variation in functional traits? Here is a new mapping method (
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
). Stacked distribution models models predict climate-driven loss of variation in phenology at continental scales.
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Stacked distribution models predict climate-driven loss of variation in leaf phenology at continenta...
Integrating stacked distribution models with genetically-based trait diversity of Populus angustifolia reveals how phenological variation can change differently across populations in response to clima...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-04131-z
almost 2 years ago
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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra
almost 2 years ago
I think the exchange rate on space for time in ecological genetics just took a hit.
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Are Ecological and Evolutionary studies biased due to sampling in zones of admixture rather than across the range? It could be a big problem affecting the scope of our inference (
journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
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Identifying ecological and evolutionary research targets and risks in climate change studies to brea...
Understanding the responses of plants, microbes, and their interactions to long-term climate change is essential to identifying the traits, genes, and functions of organisms that maintain ecosystem st...
https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000320
almost 2 years ago
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Casey terHorst
almost 2 years ago
Applications for the Student Research Award from
@asn-amnat.bsky.social
are now open. If you're a PhD student working on ecology, evolution, or behavior, please consider applying!
www.amnat.org/announcement...
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Student Research Award
<p>The ASN Student Research Awards support research by student members that advances the goals of the society: the conceptual unification of ecology, evolution, and behavior. Each award consists of a ...
https://www.amnat.org/announcements/apply-student-research-award.html
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Work on Mountains? Sky Islands are a Global Tool for Predicting the Ecological and Evolutionary Effects of Climate Change (
www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
) across systems and organisms and a great framework for broad inference.
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Matthew Hurteau
almost 2 years ago
Faculty position in forest ecophys at NMSU. Come work with us at the NM Reforestation Center.
careers.nmsu.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant/Associate Professor of Forest Ecophysiology - Remote Locations, New Mexico, United States
Position Title: Assistant/Associate Professor of Forest Ecophysiology Employee Classification: LC Faculty TT/TN 12m College/Division: Agricultural,Consumer & Env Sci Col Department: 301400-PLANT ...
https://careers.nmsu.edu/jobs/assistant-associate-professor-of-forest-ecophysiology-remote-locations-new-mexico-united-states
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This is a great paper for a journal club or discussion group. Intraspecific variation critical to breaking barriers to broad inference.
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Stephanie Kivlin
about 2 years ago
Check out our latest (grad student-led) manuscript on scaling global change research!
journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
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Identifying ecological and evolutionary research targets and risks in climate change studies to brea...
Understanding the responses of plants, microbes, and their interactions to long-term climate change is essential to identifying the traits, genes, and functions of organisms that maintain ecosystem st...
https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000320
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Leslie Rissler
about 2 years ago
LIFE - Leveraging Innovations From Evolution Yay! The DCL is finally out! NSF BIO seeks to catalyze research around convergent evolution to speed discoveries of nature-based solutions. Proposals to IntBIO (& more) are welcome.
www.nsf.gov/pubs/2024/ns...
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