Allegra Love
@allegralove.bsky.social
(Cari)bou-ologist
PhD student at the University of Guelph studying movement and disease ecology. she/her
PhD student at the University of Guelph studying movement and disease ecology. she/her
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A step forward on the use of #cameratrapping for #wildlife monitoring. Now underwater!
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
A new underwater camera trap for freshwater wildlife monitoring
Amphibians are among the most threatened groups of vertebrates worldwide and spend a significant part of their lifecycle in freshwater ecosystems. As for many freshwater organisms, monitoring thei...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A step forward on the use of #cameratrapping for #wildlife monitoring. Now underwater!
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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I had a great time at @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social in Sherbrooke, thank you so much to the organizers and volunteers.
And thanks everyone who indulged me for a few minutes to be caribou game show contestants! I had a blast talking about the landscape of disgust with everyone.
And thanks everyone who indulged me for a few minutes to be caribou game show contestants! I had a blast talking about the landscape of disgust with everyone.
July 11, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I had a great time at @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social in Sherbrooke, thank you so much to the organizers and volunteers.
And thanks everyone who indulged me for a few minutes to be caribou game show contestants! I had a blast talking about the landscape of disgust with everyone.
And thanks everyone who indulged me for a few minutes to be caribou game show contestants! I had a blast talking about the landscape of disgust with everyone.
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You’re probably why it takes so long for your paper to get reviewed and your excuses are bad dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/y... 🧪
You’re probably why it takes so long for your paper to get reviewed and your excuses are bad
A weird thing happened in scientific publishing during COVID. And it hasn’t gone away. Publications went up 30-50%. And responses to requests to review went down 30-50%. I know the actual statistic…
dynamicecology.wordpress.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
You’re probably why it takes so long for your paper to get reviewed and your excuses are bad dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/y... 🧪
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An update from the team on the uncertain future of our program and the impact of NSF budget cuts. Please share and reach out 🦠
June 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
An update from the team on the uncertain future of our program and the impact of NSF budget cuts. Please share and reach out 🦠
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🚨New paper alert!🚨
We show that hummingbird beaks have changed in shape & size since around WWII, driven by the rise of commercialized feeders! 🧵
📄 Paper: dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
#ornithology #evolution #GlobalChangeBiology
We show that hummingbird beaks have changed in shape & size since around WWII, driven by the rise of commercialized feeders! 🧵
📄 Paper: dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
#ornithology #evolution #GlobalChangeBiology
Supplemental Feeding as a Driver of Population Expansion and Morphological Change in Anna's Hummingbirds
Bird beaks are highly adaptable, with the potential to undergo rapid morphological shifts in response to environmental change such as climatic variation or food availability. Anna's Hummingbirds (Cal...
dx.doi.org
May 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🚨New paper alert!🚨
We show that hummingbird beaks have changed in shape & size since around WWII, driven by the rise of commercialized feeders! 🧵
📄 Paper: dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
#ornithology #evolution #GlobalChangeBiology
We show that hummingbird beaks have changed in shape & size since around WWII, driven by the rise of commercialized feeders! 🧵
📄 Paper: dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
#ornithology #evolution #GlobalChangeBiology
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Researchers paid $9 billion over 5 years for their findings to be freely accessible.
This is based on a study of the global expenditure on article processing charges (APCs) paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023. arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551
This is based on a study of the global expenditure on article processing charges (APCs) paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023. arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551
Estimating global article processing charges paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023
This study presents estimates of the global expenditure on article processing charges (APCs) paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023. APCs are fees charged for publishing in some ...
arxiv.org
January 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Researchers paid $9 billion over 5 years for their findings to be freely accessible.
This is based on a study of the global expenditure on article processing charges (APCs) paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023. arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551
This is based on a study of the global expenditure on article processing charges (APCs) paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023. arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551
How do animals act at risky times in risky places?
We investigated how caribou can use sociality at risky times and places to mitigate risk when facing trade-offs in habitat selection
Congratulations to @mary-atkinson.bsky.social for her first paper!
We investigated how caribou can use sociality at risky times and places to mitigate risk when facing trade-offs in habitat selection
Congratulations to @mary-atkinson.bsky.social for her first paper!
Sociality and movement change through space and time: implications for anti-predator strategies in caribou
Risk could vary temporally with predator activity levels or as animals age. While risk could vary spatially as a function of habitat complexity, where open habitats are risky because prey are more vis...
cdnsciencepub.com
May 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
How do animals act at risky times in risky places?
We investigated how caribou can use sociality at risky times and places to mitigate risk when facing trade-offs in habitat selection
Congratulations to @mary-atkinson.bsky.social for her first paper!
We investigated how caribou can use sociality at risky times and places to mitigate risk when facing trade-offs in habitat selection
Congratulations to @mary-atkinson.bsky.social for her first paper!
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Environmental assessments, worker protections, and Indigenous rights are not red tape.
Read my OpEd on why the Ford government needs to drop Bill 5.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Read my OpEd on why the Ford government needs to drop Bill 5.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Doug Ford wants to create rules-free zones in Ontario. We shouldn’t let him
Doug Ford is using tariffs to create a false choice. Does Ontario really want to join Russia and China, who also have rules-free special economic zones?
www.thestar.com
May 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Environmental assessments, worker protections, and Indigenous rights are not red tape.
Read my OpEd on why the Ford government needs to drop Bill 5.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Read my OpEd on why the Ford government needs to drop Bill 5.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
The government of Ontario is proposing to change the endangered species act. My advisor @qwebber.bsky.social and @ryannorrissci.bsky.social wrote an op-ed about the proposed changes and planned new bill (and a link to proposal). Public consultation closes May 17th, have you submitted a comment yet?
Proposed Bill 5 threatens Ontario wildlife and ecosystems
Proposed Bill 5 threatens Ontario wildlife and ecosystems.
thepointer.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The government of Ontario is proposing to change the endangered species act. My advisor @qwebber.bsky.social and @ryannorrissci.bsky.social wrote an op-ed about the proposed changes and planned new bill (and a link to proposal). Public consultation closes May 17th, have you submitted a comment yet?
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When the Romans conquered Carthage they famously salted the fields so nothing new would grow. By killing NSF, MAGA is salting the scientific fields where new economic innovations would have grown
May 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
When the Romans conquered Carthage they famously salted the fields so nothing new would grow. By killing NSF, MAGA is salting the scientific fields where new economic innovations would have grown
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Congratulations to the CBS winners of the Student Experience Awards!
🏆Natalie Wilkinson, Biological Science
🏆Audrey Peñafiel, Wildlife Biology & Conservation
🏆Alannah Grant and Jonathan Chu, PhD in Integrative Biology students
🗞️ news.uoguelph.ca/2025/05/cele...
@integrativebiology.bsky.social
🏆Natalie Wilkinson, Biological Science
🏆Audrey Peñafiel, Wildlife Biology & Conservation
🏆Alannah Grant and Jonathan Chu, PhD in Integrative Biology students
🗞️ news.uoguelph.ca/2025/05/cele...
@integrativebiology.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Congratulations to the CBS winners of the Student Experience Awards!
🏆Natalie Wilkinson, Biological Science
🏆Audrey Peñafiel, Wildlife Biology & Conservation
🏆Alannah Grant and Jonathan Chu, PhD in Integrative Biology students
🗞️ news.uoguelph.ca/2025/05/cele...
@integrativebiology.bsky.social
🏆Natalie Wilkinson, Biological Science
🏆Audrey Peñafiel, Wildlife Biology & Conservation
🏆Alannah Grant and Jonathan Chu, PhD in Integrative Biology students
🗞️ news.uoguelph.ca/2025/05/cele...
@integrativebiology.bsky.social
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Congratulations to @joeybernhardt.bsky.social @integrativebiology.bsky.social, named an Early Career Fellow with the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social!
The fellowship recognizes outstanding contributions to advancing & applying ecological knowledge.
🗞️ www.uoguelph.ca/cbs/news/202...
The fellowship recognizes outstanding contributions to advancing & applying ecological knowledge.
🗞️ www.uoguelph.ca/cbs/news/202...
April 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Congratulations to @joeybernhardt.bsky.social @integrativebiology.bsky.social, named an Early Career Fellow with the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social!
The fellowship recognizes outstanding contributions to advancing & applying ecological knowledge.
🗞️ www.uoguelph.ca/cbs/news/202...
The fellowship recognizes outstanding contributions to advancing & applying ecological knowledge.
🗞️ www.uoguelph.ca/cbs/news/202...
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How does fibrosis (an inflammation and tissue repair response) affect dispersal? We investigated this question with stickleback in a mark-recapture experiment in Alaska: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3... @danielbolnick.bsky.social @nataliesteinel.bsky.social @ecoevoevoeco.bsky.social
Does Motility‐Restricting Fibrosis Influence Dispersal? An Experiment in Nature With Threespine Stickleback
Factors that affect dispersal can have important eco-evolutionary implications. Here, we show that an inflammation and tissue repair response—peritoneal fibrosis—does not influence threespine stickle...
dx.doi.org
December 12, 2024 at 4:09 PM
How does fibrosis (an inflammation and tissue repair response) affect dispersal? We investigated this question with stickleback in a mark-recapture experiment in Alaska: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3... @danielbolnick.bsky.social @nataliesteinel.bsky.social @ecoevoevoeco.bsky.social
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How fast can brains epigenetically respond to predation stress?
We found that brain DNA methylation in guppies can shift within 30 minutes of predator exposure — with different time courses between males and females.
New paper from my PhD now out! 🧠🐟
doi.org/10.1111/mec....
We found that brain DNA methylation in guppies can shift within 30 minutes of predator exposure — with different time courses between males and females.
New paper from my PhD now out! 🧠🐟
doi.org/10.1111/mec....
Rapid Neural DNA Methylation Responses to Predation Stress in Trinidadian Guppies
DNA methylation (DNAm) is a well-studied epigenetic mechanism implicated in environmentally induced phenotypes and phenotypic plasticity. However, few studies investigate the timescale of DNAm shifts...
doi.org
April 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
How fast can brains epigenetically respond to predation stress?
We found that brain DNA methylation in guppies can shift within 30 minutes of predator exposure — with different time courses between males and females.
New paper from my PhD now out! 🧠🐟
doi.org/10.1111/mec....
We found that brain DNA methylation in guppies can shift within 30 minutes of predator exposure — with different time courses between males and females.
New paper from my PhD now out! 🧠🐟
doi.org/10.1111/mec....
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“With respect to the retention rate of students from outside Quebec & their ability to integrate into QC society — whether international or out-of-province students — the evidence shows that the minister had no data on the matter, beyond tenuous information.”
www.montrealgazette.com/news/provinc...
www.montrealgazette.com/news/provinc...
Judge rules Quebec’s 33% tuition hike for out-of-province students is ‘unreasonable’
Quebec Superior Court judge also invalidated, effective immediately, the French proficiency rules that the CAQ government had imposed.
www.montrealgazette.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
“With respect to the retention rate of students from outside Quebec & their ability to integrate into QC society — whether international or out-of-province students — the evidence shows that the minister had no data on the matter, beyond tenuous information.”
www.montrealgazette.com/news/provinc...
www.montrealgazette.com/news/provinc...
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🎉 Congratulations @janayf.bsky.social on winning our 2025 Bruce Cattanach Prize!
Janay's talk is on the epigenetic plasticity in response to environmental stress: insights from an evolutionary fish model #Epigenetics2025
Janay's talk is on the epigenetic plasticity in response to environmental stress: insights from an evolutionary fish model #Epigenetics2025
April 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
🎉 Congratulations @janayf.bsky.social on winning our 2025 Bruce Cattanach Prize!
Janay's talk is on the epigenetic plasticity in response to environmental stress: insights from an evolutionary fish model #Epigenetics2025
Janay's talk is on the epigenetic plasticity in response to environmental stress: insights from an evolutionary fish model #Epigenetics2025
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Big news: I've signed the contract for a 3rd edition of 'The Scientist's Guide to Writing', adding coverage of so-called "AI" writing tools. But it's also a chance to update and revise throughout - so I invite your input! See here to leave suggestions: scientistseessquirre...
What would you like to see in a 3rd edition of ‘The Scientist’s Guide to Writing’?
The second edition of The Scientist’s Guide to Writing isn’t quite three years old, but I’ve been talking with the publisher about a third edition. And I want your help with it. I have to admit tha…
scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com
March 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Big news: I've signed the contract for a 3rd edition of 'The Scientist's Guide to Writing', adding coverage of so-called "AI" writing tools. But it's also a chance to update and revise throughout - so I invite your input! See here to leave suggestions: scientistseessquirre...
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🚨New paper out!
By migrating between productive high latitude and oligotrophic regions (Great Baleen Conveyor Belt) large whales 🐋 transport incredible amounts of nutrients to low latitudes @jjkiszka.bsky.social @andrewabraham.bsky.social @dancosta2025.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
By migrating between productive high latitude and oligotrophic regions (Great Baleen Conveyor Belt) large whales 🐋 transport incredible amounts of nutrients to low latitudes @jjkiszka.bsky.social @andrewabraham.bsky.social @dancosta2025.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Migrating baleen whales transport high-latitude nutrients to tropical and subtropical ecosystems - Nature Communications
Baleen whales migrate from high latitude feeding grounds to subtropical reproductive winter grounds, translocating limiting nutrients across ecosystems. This study estimates the latitudinal movement o...
www.nature.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
🚨New paper out!
By migrating between productive high latitude and oligotrophic regions (Great Baleen Conveyor Belt) large whales 🐋 transport incredible amounts of nutrients to low latitudes @jjkiszka.bsky.social @andrewabraham.bsky.social @dancosta2025.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
By migrating between productive high latitude and oligotrophic regions (Great Baleen Conveyor Belt) large whales 🐋 transport incredible amounts of nutrients to low latitudes @jjkiszka.bsky.social @andrewabraham.bsky.social @dancosta2025.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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You can’t overstate the historic importance of today’s speech to both American and Canadian citizens by Canada’s Prime Minister.
Please watch it and share it wherever you live, but especially if you’re in the United States. You need to know what Trump is doing, and why. youtu.be/wz_42pckM7w
Please watch it and share it wherever you live, but especially if you’re in the United States. You need to know what Trump is doing, and why. youtu.be/wz_42pckM7w
Watch Trudeau speak directly to Trump during blistering speech
YouTube video by CNN
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March 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
You can’t overstate the historic importance of today’s speech to both American and Canadian citizens by Canada’s Prime Minister.
Please watch it and share it wherever you live, but especially if you’re in the United States. You need to know what Trump is doing, and why. youtu.be/wz_42pckM7w
Please watch it and share it wherever you live, but especially if you’re in the United States. You need to know what Trump is doing, and why. youtu.be/wz_42pckM7w
Personally I think tangerineland is a better choice
Rep Earl Carter (R-GA) introduces legislation “authorizing President Trump to acquire Greenland and renaming it Red, White, and Blueland”
February 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Personally I think tangerineland is a better choice
Check out this awesome work that just came out!
Check out our new review, 'Pathogens and Planetary Change', in @natrevbiodiv.bsky.social! The paper is nicely summarized in this thread by @ctrlalttim.bsky.social (and another thread I've also re-posted by @colincarlson.bsky.social). Very excited to have been part of this fantastic collaboration!
Pandemics, global change, and biodiversity loss? In a new paper published in the first issue of @natrevbiodiv.bsky.social, we argue that these are three facets of an ongoing polycrisis, with common roots, and hopefully common solution.
A short thread.
🧪😷
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
A short thread.
🧪😷
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
January 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Check out this awesome work that just came out!
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🦠🦟Please check out our review on the landscape of disgust (with @qwebber.bsky.social @allegralove.bsky.social ): ow.ly/ZRKm50UlsiO. There is a formatting issue on the website version that we are trying to fix - so, please download the PDF version if you want to give it a read! @royalsociety.org
Taking cues from ecological and evolutionary theories to expand the landscape of disgust | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Behavioural avoidance of parasites in the environment generates what is known as the
‘landscape of disgust’ (analogous to the predator-induced ‘landscape of fear’). Despite
the potential for improving...
ow.ly
December 5, 2024 at 2:30 PM
🦠🦟Please check out our review on the landscape of disgust (with @qwebber.bsky.social @allegralove.bsky.social ): ow.ly/ZRKm50UlsiO. There is a formatting issue on the website version that we are trying to fix - so, please download the PDF version if you want to give it a read! @royalsociety.org
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"Moreover, non-White scientists endure longer waiting times between the submission and acceptance of their manuscripts, and upon publication, their papers receive fewer citations than would be expected based on textual similarity."
Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations | PNAS
Disparities continue to pose major challenges in various aspects of science. One such
aspect is editorial board composition, which has been shown t...
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November 26, 2024 at 10:16 AM
"Moreover, non-White scientists endure longer waiting times between the submission and acceptance of their manuscripts, and upon publication, their papers receive fewer citations than would be expected based on textual similarity."