So happy for this one to finally come out: I wrote a book chapter on uncertainty in ecological models with Alke Voskamp, Lukas Baumbach, and Jamie Kass (@ndimhypervol.bsky.social) for a massive new open access book on uncertainty in climate change research. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

We are thrill to have @ndimhypervol.bsky.social be this month's Funk lecture speaker! To learn more and to register, please visit our website: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ju...

Check out our new paper in @EcographyJourna! A big team of #R pkg developers, we show how to improve analysis standards by using different pkgs for species distribution models together, a new pkg to catalog and explore them, and 3 extensive...

Just back from Minamisanriku on the NE coast where my lab and collabs installed wildlife cameras, microclimate sensors, and sound recorders to monitor biodiversity in beautiful mountain forests. We are all happy, but <exhausted>....

REMINDER: The Macroecology Lab @TohokuUniPR is hiring a postdoc. Applicants should be proficient in species distribution modeling, GIS, and R. If interested, please DM or email (if making the deadline is difficult, please reach out). Details in link...

リマインド：東北大のマクロ生態分野はポスドクを募集しています。種分布モデルや、GIS、Rなどの経験・能力を求めます。ご興味があれば私にDMかメールしてください。詳細は以下のリンクです。 どうぞよろしくお願いします。 （お盆休みなので締切が難しければDMしてください） https://dir.lat/hwghcF

The Macroecology Lab is hiring a postdoc. Applicants should be proficient in species distribution modeling, GIS, and R. Those who want to do research in an international env. are esp. welcome. If interested, please DM or email me. Details in link...

東北大のマクロ生態分野はポスドクを募集しています。種分布モデルや、GIS、Rなどの経験・能力を求めます。日本語・英語の国際的な環境で研究したい人は大歓迎です。ご興味があれば私にDMかメールしてください。詳細は以下のリンクにあります。 どうぞよろしくお願いします。 https://dir.lat/rscI9V

このオンライン署名に賛同をお願いします！「日本の未来のために、 科学研究費助成事業（科研費）の増額を求めましょう！」 https://chng.it/t2MQ4jTphp via @change_jp

Easily the most creative #biogeography study I've seen in a while. Question: how do the geographic distributions of trickster animals in folklore compare to those of the real reference species? @royalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.231577

Our paper about using SDMs and other biodiv models to predict and map ecosystem services is now published in an issue at @Trends_Ecol_Evo! https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2023.10.011 Also, just secured a JSPS grant (基盤C) to implement these ideas! More to come soon......

Last week we had a great kickoff meeting for a grant to build a new marine science research center at @TohokuUniPR with @JAMSTEC_PR~ My lab will be participating in <biodiversity modeling>! I joined the panel disc. about long-term monitoring, stability, and societal impacts.

Visited @OISTedu to work with @SamRPJRoss and colleagues on our SHINKA grant research on response diversity of lake plankton communities. Hardly felt like I'd been gone a while, let alone nearly a whole year... Hope to come again soon! View from the new Lab 5 building~

Press release w/ brief summary of our paper on biodiversity models for predicting nature's contributions to people, out in @Trends_Ecol_Evo. With K. Fukaya, @Wil_Thuiller, & @AkiraSMori @TohokuUniPR:...

Hey #R friends, in my pkg I'm trying to call an S4 method for predict() specified in another pkg, but unless I load this pkg it doesn't work. This method isn't exported by its pkg. How do I specify this method in NAMESPACE? Is there some other way? Thanks! @rstatstweet #ecology

Very pleased to share our new opinion paper in @Trends_Ecol_Evo! with K. Fukaya, @Wil_Thuiller, @AkiraSMori We explain how advances in biodiversity modeling (SDMs, MEMs) can help us predict and map ecosystem services: crop pollination, pest control, etc....

REMINDER: Register for the Japan Eco-Evo English Seminar 2023 #JEEES2023, Dec 9 - 10 at @TohokuUniPR! Present your #ecology + #evolution research, network, and join mentoring sessions. All English abilities welcome! Travels funds available. Details:...

Check out our new paper on how land-cover change affects seasonal patterns for Okinawan ants in #ProcB @RSocPublishing! With @OISTedu @EconomoLab, OKEON, ESI, and collaborator @donohueian. Link: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.1185#ProcB🧵below

The Japanese version of #WallaceEcoMod is now out, expanding global accessibility for the app! Thanks to @NIES_JP who led this amazing effort. Can't wait to use this in the classroom~ @TohokuUniPR : https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/japanese/2023/10/press20231004-02-sdm.html#WallaceEcoMod ...

Register for the Japan Eco-Evo English Seminar 2023! #JEEES2023 is a live event (Dec 9 - 10) at @TohokuUniPR to present your #ecology + #evolution research, network, and chat with mentors. All are welcome regardless of English ability. Learn more here:...

Just returned from an excellent time at EAFES 2023 in beautiful Jeju Island, Korea, where ecologists from all over East Asia shared research and began new int'l collaborations. Great experience, looking forward to the next one! @esjoffice @TohokuU_Lifesci

リマインド: 東北大学（@TohokuU_Lifesci）のマクロ生態分野で新しく研究室を運営します。当研究室では助教を募集しています。 生物多様性モデル(SDM, MEMなど)や、GIS、Rなどに能力を持つ方を歓迎します。 関心をお持ちの方に広くご周知をお願いします！ 詳しい情報はこちら：https://dir.lat/0QtvcJ

REMINDER: I'm hiring an Asst Prof for my new Macroecology Lab at @TohokuU_Lifesci in Japan to start late 2023. Looking for PhDs skilled in #biodiversity modeling (SDMs, MEMs, etc.), #GIS, and #RStats. Please spread the word! Details and contact:...

東北大学（@TohokuU_Lifesci）のマクロ生態分野で新しく研究室を運営します。当研究室では助教を募集しています。 種の分布モデルや、GIS、Rなどに能力を持つ方を歓迎します。 関心をお持ちの方に広くご周知をお願いします！ 詳しい情報はこちら：https://dir.lat/uXhUXu

I'm hiring an Asst Prof for my new Macroecology Lab at @TohokuU_Lifesci in Sendai, one of Japan's greenest cities. Looking for PhDs skilled in species distribution modeling, GIS, and R. Please spread the word! Details and contact:...

Thrilled to start this week as Associate Professor at @TohokuUniPR in the @TohokuU_Lifesci dept~ Great environment with very accomplished and warm colleagues. I run the new Macroecology Lab. https://www.lifesci.tohoku.ac.jp/en/research/teacher/detail---id-45605.html Looking...

Our paper presenting #WallaceEcoMod version 2 is now published in an @EcographyJourna issue! This customizable R #shiny app educates about species distribution modeling and implements a variety of analyses for #macroecology and #biogeography~ https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.06547

New @biorxivpreprint for my @jsps_sns postdoc research on Okinawa ant communities in @EconomoLab at @OISTedu! We found that seasonal patterns broke down with more human development across the island, and ruled out effects of climate or site...

ENMeval 2.0.4 is out on CRAN! Bug fixes, better documentation, improved userability, all thanks to feedback from the awesome *user community*! Details here: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/ENMeval/NEWS, and vignette:...

#NACCB2022 participants: not too late to check out my virtual talk on Okinawan ant seasonality: "Urbanization Breaks Down Insect Seasonal Patterns Across an Island-wide Observation Network", in the Urban Ecology session. @NACCB2022 #ecology #RStats

The @EcologicalRes Idea Paper I wrote with Nao Takashina, Nick Friedman, @BuntarouKusumo1, and @marye_blair is finally in an issue! <Improving biodiversity forecasts by detecting novel communities via monitoring over disturbance gradients> Check it out!...

Benefits of using wikis in academic research: from computing technician @kdeligkaris in @EconomoLab at @OISTedu! Wikis: A Viable Platform for Supporting Academic Research Operations...

Beautiful essay on the Umwelt of animals by Ed Yong. How Animals See Themselves https://nyti.ms/3QJb5Em

昨日、#esj69 で沖縄のあり群集の季節性の研究を日本語で発表しました（F01-10)。母国語じゃない言語の発表を準備するのが色々大変でしたが、とても良い経験になりました。英語で発表する日本の皆さん、尊敬します！

Until Feb 28, Dr. Ruriko Otomo of @HokkaidoUni is conducting a survey about sexual harassment and violence during field work situations. Please help me spread the word! https://safefieldwork.live-on.net/survey/purposes-of-this-survey-en/

As an alum of the JSPS Postdoc Fellowship program, I am asked occassionally to nominate candidates for short-term (1 yr) appointments to do research in Japan. If you or anyone you know are interested, please reach out to me. Such candidates have a very good chance to get it.

ENMeval 2.0 ms now published in an issue in @MethodsEcolEvol! Version 2.0.2, with some small fixes, out now on @github, soon CRAN -- thanks users! Vignette: https://jamiemkass.github.io/ENMeval/articles/ENMeval-2.0.0-vignette.html. And check out multilingual abstract in EN, ES, FR,...

My ecology postdoctoral research in Japan is finally complete. Here are the results.

生態学的モデリングアプリWallaceを説明する新しいウェビナーをアップしました。自分と@NIES_JPの共同研究者と一緒に作ったもので、英語以外のウェビナーでは二番目です（スペイン語もあります）。今後もっと作りたいです！ https://dir.lat/LkgigQ @jnishihiro @CUNYResearch @CCNYBiology @jsps_sns

Just uploaded: Wallace ecological modeling app webinar in Japanese I produced with @NIES_JP colleagues, the 2nd non-English language webinar by our team (we also have Spanish). Hope to make and host more! https://youtu.be/eT2VEXaraf8 @jnishihiro @CUNYResearch @CCNYBiology @jsps_sns

New paper out in @molecology on climate change range predictions for genetic lineages of a tropical seagrass and important marine habitat provider. Collab with intl team of great scientists led by Zi-Min Hu & incl @zzx1102, @stefanomammola1, @BearsDtScience, @AJueterbock. #RStats

Our paper on R pkg ENMeval 2.0 is out in @MethodsEcolEvol! We discuss new features (see below), conduct a lit review on pkg use, and recommend how 2.0 can address issues we found. Now available on #github and CRAN. #RStats https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13628

I took this @nytgraphics dialect quiz and they pinpointed me to NYC, Yonkers, or Newark. Not bad, but NJ? Really? btw, any American who pronounces Mary, merry, and marry the same needs to go to NYC public...

Just presented my work today at #ESJ68 on the temporal variability of ant communities in Okinawa. A very positive and smooth virtual conference experience -- thanks to the organizers! @esjoffice @OISTedu @jsps_sns #ecology #ants #RStats

Co-authored paper now in issue at @consbiog! We showed how intraspecific diversity matters when making climate change forecasts of range shifts. With @zzx1102, @stefanomammola1, and other collabs. #rstats #conservation #ClimateAction #ClimateScience...

Does anyone know of a US citizen (including yourself) who wants to do a 1-year #JSPS postdoc in Japan? If so, please have them reach out to me bc I was just requested to nominate someone (only one though!) as an alumnus. Great experience, and excellent program.

Just published in @consbiog: Lineage‐level range models for threatened Japanese crayfish and more ecologically realistic climate change predictions. Led by @zzx1102, with @stefanomammola1 and other great collabs. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ddi.13225 #conservation...

Published in @ESABulletin: Lovely photo of the southern spiny pocket mouse in Ecuador and caption on our recent @ESAApplications study. We used support vector machines to edit modeled ranges for parapatric species. @GC_CUNY @RPAbiodiversity @PUCE_Ecuador...

Very straightforward tutorial on parallelization in R. I've been using foreach for years and learned a whole lot. https://https://t.co/23ATMxa3Zw

Great popular piece on why bat conservation is vital to human livelihood, most of all now bc of prevalent fears of their roles as disease vectors. Bats and the Coronavirus https://nyti.ms/2JSaD8Y