Emily McKinnon
birdbiologist.bsky.social
Emily McKinnon
@birdbiologist.bsky.social
#ornithologist (Arctic #songbirds) and science educator at #UManitoba and senior editor at #EcologyandEvolution focussing on papers with #IndigenousScience
From Science to Sovereignty: Indigenizing Western Scientific Approaches for Culturally Appropriate Wildfire Recovery - Oeggerli - 2025 - Ecology and Evolution onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #IndigenousScience #EcoEvo
From Science to Sovereignty: Indigenizing Western Scientific Approaches for Culturally Appropriate Wildfire Recovery
This study reanalyzes post-wildfire vegetation trajectory data with Indigenous plant classification systems co-developed with St'át'imc communities, revealing that conventional “native/non-native” pl....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Nice to see Ecology & Evolution Associate Editor and Indigenous Scholar Dr. Az Klymiuk's work highlighted in the #UManitoba UM Today Magazine! Feeling hungry for some wild rice now...
#IndigenousScience #EcologyandEvolution
news.umanitoba.ca/the-comeback...
The Comeback Crop
Could a humble, ancient grain help address modern-day food insecurity? UM researchers think so. Why wild rice—with a climate-friendly twist—could be Canada’s next staple
news.umanitoba.ca
March 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Reposted by Emily McKinnon
Here's a fascinating read on how Indigenous knowledge has deepened biologists' understand of changes in the bird community on a small island off of British Columbia. #ornithology
Decades of Indigenous observations reveal changing bird community - The Wildlife Society
Scientific surveys and Heiltsuk knowledge came together to unravel the avian ecology of a British Columbia island
wildlife.org
February 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
New paper in #Ecology&Evolution illustrating that there are treasures buried in those dusty university-held avian collections, e.g., new species records that provide insight into historical + future distributions onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

#naturenote #naturalhistory #ornithology
A 19th Century Stormwrecked Black‐Capped Petrel From Vermont Offers Insight Into Historical Vagrancy Processes
Small historical museum collections can provide unexpected data points in telling the story of how climate change has impacted species. We report a (re)discovered Black-capped Petrel (Pterodroma hasi....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Reposted by Emily McKinnon
Call for papers for our special issue on Indigenous Science and Practice in Ecology and Evolution. Edited by @klymiuk.ca & @birdbiologist.bsky.social: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... / onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
Introducing a new special section—Indigenous Science and Practice in Ecology and Evolution
Editorial introducing a new special issue in the journal.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Reposted by Emily McKinnon
Geochemical evidence that #Indigenous #fire management in Australia began at least 11,000 years ago theconversation.com/indigenous-f...
Indigenous fire management began more than 11,000 years ago: new research
Indigenous fire management shaped Australian tropical savannas over millennia, until the arrival of Europeans pushed the landscape back into a dangerous, unmanaged state.
theconversation.com
December 20, 2024 at 3:03 AM
Reposted by Emily McKinnon
CSEE is now on Bluesky! We’ll be posting information about upcoming events, including our AGM, webinars and more, and news about the society. #Ecology #Evolution
December 3, 2024 at 12:15 AM
Reposted by Emily McKinnon
Present your research at #AOS25 in St. Louis! We are seeking proposals for Symposia, Roundtables & Workshops for our annual meeting being held 11-15 August 2025. Details are on our meeting website. Due date: 1/31/25
#ornithology #scientificmeeting
meeting.americanornithology.org/news-announc...
December 4, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Comparing Historical and Contemporary Observations of Avian Fauna on the Yáláƛi (Goose Island) Archipelago, British Columbia, Canada - Obrist - 2024 - Ecology and Evolution - Wiley Online Library #IndigenousScience #EcologyandEvolution onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Comparing Historical and Contemporary Observations of Avian Fauna on the Yáláƛi (Goose Island) Archipelago, British Columbia, Canada
Old hunting cabin near the lagoon on Goose Island, Yáláƛi, British Columbia.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 8, 2024 at 3:25 PM