New paper in Ecology! We show how to incorporate basically any animal behavior into ecological networks models: doi.org/10.1002/ecy....

This paper looks pretty neat!

New open access review paper out now in Trends in Microbiology: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

With sadness and respect, we honor the legacy of Dr. Jim Estes, who passed away this week. A pioneer of marine ecology, Jim’s groundbreaking work transformed our understanding of ecosystems and the essential role of keystone predators like sea otters. He is an icon in sea otter research. 🧵👇

Today's lesson: if you want to model agents with bodies, probably add physical constraints to their bones

New paper led by @janamassing.bsky.social, with @jdyeakel.bsky.social and @thilogross.bsky.social, on dynamics of cooperative bacteria: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

When animals' decision-making processes are disrupted, models predict that small mistakes like false alarms will be magnified, spreading contagiously on a grand scale

My department is looking for an Assistant Professor in the broad area of 'biological systems.' Would be great for a theoretical or quantitative empirical ecologist. Any system/taxa are ok. Come work with me! fau.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FAU/de... #facultyjobs #ecology

New paper! (arxiv.org/abs/2503.14093) I haven’t been this excited about one in a while, and I think the theory @mhab.bsky.social develops here will be a big step forward for the field. Why? Let me explain 🧵...

Once again experienced the 'Abrams Effect': thinking you've had an original idea in theoretical ecology but it's actually an esoteric Peter Abrams book chapter from the 80's with no electronic copy online. Time to update the references list...

Really proud of our little school by the beach gaining R1 status: www.fau.edu/research/r1/

[Ayo!]: I have a 2-year #postdoc available for an ecologist Florida Atlantic University. Apply by Dec 1, here: t.co/XwMgMKnUYJ