This is such a cogent take on how AI will change our field. As many have pointed out, AI flattens the field for computational expertise (to some extent at least). But well-constructed, long-term, and/or experimental datasets will be the real bottleneck.

Giant mayflies are going CRAZY in NE Ohio!

recruiting a couple new grad students to start in january, please share! www.gilbertecology.com/opportunities

Me: Exploring an animal's habitat selection reveals tons of useful insights into understudy aspects of natural history Also me: I am personally offended that this turtle chose to hide in swamp rose, the nerve

Some massive icicles from Fern. Stay warm out there, everyone!

Haven't seen much chatter about this on Bluesky - but if you use #AHDriFT, there's now an image recognition model for bucket cameras! Greg is looking for additional image contributors too - if you have images, consider contributing! u.osu.edu/lipps.37/ahd...

There is much to be done, at all levels. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Shout out to everyone currently experiencing everything

Yup, Greg is a great speaker - and this resonated with me yesterday, too!

Funny, but also one of the two best career pieces of advice I got -- get exercise, especially when you are too stressed or don't have time for it.

📖Published! Can hierarchical modelling of co-occurrence data provide accurate inference into species interactions? This review finds pitfalls in the use of hierarchical models applied to co-occurrence data in understanding species interactions🧪 🌍 Read more:

As someone trained as both a field ecologist and quantitative scientist, this tension runs deep for me. Some of my group are entrenched in the field whereas others work with models for a living. ‘I rarely get outside’: scientists ditch fieldwork in the age of AI www.nature.com/articles/d41... 1/4

Made a lil' vole friend during fieldwork today!

Yup. Shying away from difficult or complex problems or skills is a sign of atrophy, in many ways.

Should ecologists be worried about the carbon footprint of their own use of “AI” and LLMs? esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Resurfacing on Bluesky to remind people of the camera trapping starter pack!

Had a real "shoe on the other foot" moment today! I logged onto a zoom webinar, while finishing up a phone call. I wasn't muted. It was a thesis defense. Bye everyone, gonna go walk into the sea.

A bit late in announcing this, but we have a manuscript out in Ecological Applications on breeding bird occupancy across urban-rural gradients! Open access link here: doi.org/10.1002/eap..... We also have an RShiny app for the dataset, available here: testudinidude.shinyapps.io/bbsapp/.

Manuscript acceptance on a Wednesday afternoon 🥂 can't wait to share it with you all soon!

Growing up (during my PhD, 25 y ago), I was imprinted with Hurlbert ‘s 1984 paper on « Pseudoreplication and the design of ecological field experiments ». This new paper is essential reading for all students in ecology (and beyond), digging deeper in terminology of design and design flaws 👇

Also! In case you missed it, some of our UNH partners (Taylor Readyhough and Rem Moll) just published a paper on some of our deer management data! Check it out: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Interested in quantifying animal diel activity with hierarchical models? Check out this amazing how-to guide from @fa-bio-la.bsky.social , @science-action.bsky.social , and John Fieberg! 🧪 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

btw these large scary math symbols are just for-loops

Alright! First blue sky post! I'm a quantitative ecologist and Conservation biologist in Cleveland OH. I work on lots of fun datasets, but worked with turtles for most of my career!