Useful synthesis effort led by Anderson Bueno focused on differences between true islands and forest “islands” in a terrestrial mosaic. Matrix matters! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Excited about a new paper led by @gcerullo.bsky.social showing that edge effects on marbled murrelets amplify under poor ocean conditions. The management implication is to reduce edge amount by spatially concentrating logging: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Very grateful for a productive week in Frascati with the @ipbes.net Monitoring Assessment group.

Some solid Forest Landscape Lab time at our research site in the Oregon Cascades! Lucky to have all of these brilliant folks in our group.

Long-term data result in more reliable species distribution models. Perhaps expected, but nice to see it quantified formally! Thanks @nico-anselmetto.bsky.social for leading this effort at the HJ Andrews LTER. @uslter.bsky.social 🧪 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Nice article by @jimrobbins.bsky.social in @nytimes.com on one of my favorites - marbled murrelet - and its potential fate given changes to our forests, oceans and the US Endangered Species Act. @coforegonstate.bsky.social 🧪

Thanks to @natecoevo.nature.com for publishing this short essay on our Costa Rica hummingbird/heliconia work!

Old-growth Douglas-fir / western hemlock forest, Pyramids, Oregon

Science is rarely a linear path from hypotheses to published papers. Here, I tell the story of our many ups and downs during the discovery of pollinator recognition. Hope you enjoy it! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Another excellent article by @lyndamapes @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social, this one focused on one of my favorite species - Swainson’s Thrush. So nice to see the HJ Andrews @uslter.bsky.social linked to wintering grounds in Costa Rica. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Always a pleasure to see others recognize the value of our network. "[The LTER Network] has enabled scientists to get answers that have led to key policy decisions, from amending the Clean Air Act to prevent acid rain to preserving old-growth forests." Lynda Mapes for the @seattletimes.com

Great to see this @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social by Lynda Mapes on post-fire "reorganization" at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest and LTER! @uslter.bsky.social

Today’s @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social features an excellent article by Lynda Mapes on how our research forest HJ Andrews Experimental Forest @uslter has changed following fire www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Collecting bioacoustics data but terrified of the time required to train auto-ID models? A solution from @mattweldy.bsky.social out today in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social in the form of transfer learning which minimizes the need for training data. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Fledgling black-backed woodpecker @ the HJ Andrews LTER yesterday. Fascinating to see this long-studied ecosystem reorganizing after the 2023 Lookout Fire.

Clearcutting doesn't mimic fire when it comes to biodiversity conservation - in the early stages of forest development at least. Congrats to Graham Frank on the publication of his PhD chapter! esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Rough skinned newt, Oregon Coast Range

For what it's worth, I largely owe my career to NSF. Happy 75th! www.science.org/content/arti...

Some well articulated arguments for science funding here: theconversation.com/unprecedente...

This article came out officially yesterday focused on supporting federal science to inform forest management: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Thanks to @gcerullo.bsky.social for his efforts on this.

Here’s our attempt to emphasize the importance of maintaining strong federal research capacity in the face of new executive orders to increase timber production in the US: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Defunding the research agency that uncovered forever chemicals, measures impacts of air particulate on human health, researches playground safety…what could go wrong? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/c...

Some scenes from the Corvallis stand up for science protest today. So nice to see this much positivity out there.

Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs. It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎

Beautiful piece given to me after my talk @uoftmississauga.bsky.social. Drawn by Mark Nadijiwan of the Anishnabek, to show the turtle as a communicator of wisdom to humans.

Don't look up! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I've always been quite impressed with the US for its investments in science, and use of science in (some) decision making. That era seems to be coming to an end, unless we can do all that we can to stop it. So sorry for my friends and colleagues at NSF: www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

A reminder to stop doom scrolling for a bit, listen to Mozart piano concerto 20 in D minor, then call your representatives.

And now for something completely different: baby Malayan tapir.

We’re on the edge of our seats about HJ Andrews Forest @uslter.bsky.social careers and the future of our 45 years of data. Unfortunate times: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I'm summarizing some of our lab group's forest bird research at the Seven Scapes Bird Alliance meeting tomorrow (Wednesday @ 6 pm). Old growth & climate, hummingbirds, and intensive forest management. If interested, you can register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi... @oregonstate.edu

A good one for today!

This is causing major issues for us at the HJ Andrews LTER. Possible disruptions to >40 years of data on water, tree growth and survival, ecosystem response to fire. As well as three long-term employees whose livelihoods are now uncertain.

Increased demand for wood, in combination with climate change and fires, pose serious challenges for biodiversity and carbon storage. Which landscape planning strategies minimize negative impacts? New paper by @colinmast.bsky.social! 🧪https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10980-024-02041-5

The National Science Foundation canceled all of its grant review panels this week. www.npr.org/sections/sho... 8/12

Job opportunity for field techs in the Forest Landscape Lab (flel.forestry.oregonstate.edu) at OSU. These positions focus on long-term songbird responses to intensive forest management and involve bioacoustics. If you have skills in PNW bird ID, please apply: jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/163...

My favorite paper this week, not just because it seems to solve language differences, but mostly because it cites Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

Super article by Marina Ritchie about grad students at the HJ Andrews NSF-LTER and their resilience to our recent wildfires: www.nwf.org/Home/Magazin... @uslter.bsky.social

Exciting opportunity this spring/summer for bird and microclimate-oriented field biologists at the HJ Andrews LTER, Oregon, USA. If you have western bird ID skills and like rugged fieldwork, please apply! jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/163...

Counter to our hopes and dreams, marbled murrelet surveys yield little information about nest locations…(led by Jonathan Valente). journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Very nice article by Marina Ritchie about the resilience of three grad students in the face of wildfire @ the HJ Andrews NSF @uslter.bsky.social www.nwf.org/Home/Magazin...

Coast Range old-growth, Oregon

Importance of data spread. Please let me know if you find a moderately tasty 800 m diameter sphere.

Correlation (hopefully) not causation. Has anyone else noticed this pattern with their conservation-oriented work?

Two life-long ambitions achieved: (1) my "McCune number" (like a mossy Erdös number) now +1 (publishing with one of my ecology heroes Bruce McCune), (2) publishing a moss paper. Not expected: a high elevation species thriving at low elevations - even when in competition. Coming in Northwest Science.

Cool/hot paper alert.

My daughter sent me this and I think it’s kind of funny/true

Species #response #curves to 🌡 to derive #thermal #performances are usually fitted against T°C data from #weather #stations, right? Yet, how many #forest species live next to a weather station? None! Lets derive affinity to forests' microclimates ⬇️ @journalofecology.bsky.social shorturl.at/rEMVU

Yesterday I explored again the forest near where I grew up in New Brunswick, Canada and realized what an outsized impact this place has had on me. Where is your childhood forest?

If you happen to be in the Toronto area this Friday: www.utm.utoronto.ca/biology/biol...