Tara Bishop
@coleoptara.bsky.social
Dryland ecologist wondering about plants, soil, microbes, and cute fuzzy critters. Love sharing that passion with my students and the world around me. Asst Professor at Utah Valley University
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Attention publishers: Announcing the Guidelines for Indigenous Data Governance in Scholarly Publishing
Join this session to learn more about the recently published Guidelines and how you can help!
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Join this session to learn more about the recently published Guidelines and how you can help!
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September 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Attention publishers: Announcing the Guidelines for Indigenous Data Governance in Scholarly Publishing
Join this session to learn more about the recently published Guidelines and how you can help!
nisoplusglobalonline.cadmore.media/Home
Join this session to learn more about the recently published Guidelines and how you can help!
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Come see my amazing undergrad Christine at 8:30! #esa2025 @esa-sw.bsky.social @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
COS 089-03 - The effects of fire and dryland rodent community interactions on the number and viability of creosote (Larrea tridentata) seed.
Wed, Aug 13
8:30 – 8:45 AM EDT
COS 089-03 - The effects of fire and dryland rodent community interactions on the number and viability of creosote (Larrea tridentata) seed.
Wed, Aug 13
8:30 – 8:45 AM EDT
August 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Come see my amazing undergrad Christine at 8:30! #esa2025 @esa-sw.bsky.social @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
COS 089-03 - The effects of fire and dryland rodent community interactions on the number and viability of creosote (Larrea tridentata) seed.
Wed, Aug 13
8:30 – 8:45 AM EDT
COS 089-03 - The effects of fire and dryland rodent community interactions on the number and viability of creosote (Larrea tridentata) seed.
Wed, Aug 13
8:30 – 8:45 AM EDT
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@esa-sw.bsky.social look how cool our chapter is getting a high-five for being “good students” and getting all of our paperwork in which includes accomplishing expected activities :)
#ESA2025
If you are in Baltimore, come join us at our social event on Wednesday and our OOS - Wed @3:30
#ESA2025
If you are in Baltimore, come join us at our social event on Wednesday and our OOS - Wed @3:30
August 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
@esa-sw.bsky.social look how cool our chapter is getting a high-five for being “good students” and getting all of our paperwork in which includes accomplishing expected activities :)
#ESA2025
If you are in Baltimore, come join us at our social event on Wednesday and our OOS - Wed @3:30
#ESA2025
If you are in Baltimore, come join us at our social event on Wednesday and our OOS - Wed @3:30
Happy to share our recent paper using Ecological Site Groups to better understand plant community changes &their relationship with wildfire & drought on the Colorado Plateau. Part of a fantastic project working with land managers & scientists alike.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
August 8, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Happy to share our recent paper using Ecological Site Groups to better understand plant community changes &their relationship with wildfire & drought on the Colorado Plateau. Part of a fantastic project working with land managers & scientists alike.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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[Inaugural Blue Sky post!]
New paper out on #biocrust- plant interactions led by recent lab alumnus MS student John Bacovcin.
Morphological seed traits structure relationships between biocrusts and plant emergence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
New paper out on #biocrust- plant interactions led by recent lab alumnus MS student John Bacovcin.
Morphological seed traits structure relationships between biocrusts and plant emergence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
June 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
[Inaugural Blue Sky post!]
New paper out on #biocrust- plant interactions led by recent lab alumnus MS student John Bacovcin.
Morphological seed traits structure relationships between biocrusts and plant emergence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
New paper out on #biocrust- plant interactions led by recent lab alumnus MS student John Bacovcin.
Morphological seed traits structure relationships between biocrusts and plant emergence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Way excited for Savannah's defense next week!
If you love biogeochemistry and thinking about potential for soil carbon management, mark your calendar for Monday, July 28th @ 11:00 AM MDT (or stop by campus if you're in Moab 😉)
Public Zoom Link: usu.zoom.us/j/8144285688...
If you love biogeochemistry and thinking about potential for soil carbon management, mark your calendar for Monday, July 28th @ 11:00 AM MDT (or stop by campus if you're in Moab 😉)
Public Zoom Link: usu.zoom.us/j/8144285688...
July 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Way excited for Savannah's defense next week!
If you love biogeochemistry and thinking about potential for soil carbon management, mark your calendar for Monday, July 28th @ 11:00 AM MDT (or stop by campus if you're in Moab 😉)
Public Zoom Link: usu.zoom.us/j/8144285688...
If you love biogeochemistry and thinking about potential for soil carbon management, mark your calendar for Monday, July 28th @ 11:00 AM MDT (or stop by campus if you're in Moab 😉)
Public Zoom Link: usu.zoom.us/j/8144285688...
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Excellent piece by @kristinayoung.bsky.social on the critical threat facing the USGS's Southwest Biological Science Center. We must rally and fight this senseless attack on science!!
Voices: Research on dust in Utah has never been more important. Trump’s proposed cuts put our economy and public health at risk.
“The loss of this science doesn’t just mean fewer data points,” writes Kristina Young. “It means fewer tools to protect water supplies, fewer insights to guide wildfire mitigation and fewer answers wh...
www.sltrib.com
April 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Excellent piece by @kristinayoung.bsky.social on the critical threat facing the USGS's Southwest Biological Science Center. We must rally and fight this senseless attack on science!!
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Our new review is out led by @michalaphillips.bsky.social examining #biocrust recovery amidst climate change 👇
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Navigating the possibilities and pitfalls of biocrust recovery in a changing climate
Biological soil crusts are complex communities composed of lichens, mosses, bacteria, and cyanobacteria that create a living skin on the soil surface across drylands worldwide. Although small in size...
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Our new review is out led by @michalaphillips.bsky.social examining #biocrust recovery amidst climate change 👇
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Science is still happening! Hopeful that our new paper can serve as a resource for those seeking or making digital seed-based restoration tools: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Send me a message if you need access @coleoptara.bsky.social @restorecal.bsky.social @magdagarbowski.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Science is still happening! Hopeful that our new paper can serve as a resource for those seeking or making digital seed-based restoration tools: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Send me a message if you need access @coleoptara.bsky.social @restorecal.bsky.social @magdagarbowski.bsky.social
Incredible weekend in the field with some of my stellar undergrad researchers doing work with PJ woodlands in Grand Staircase Escalante NM. They even came out the starting weekend of Spring Break!
March 18, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Incredible weekend in the field with some of my stellar undergrad researchers doing work with PJ woodlands in Grand Staircase Escalante NM. They even came out the starting weekend of Spring Break!
🎉🎉
Truly a privilege to learn & work w/ these incredible people & datasets available from our public agencies.
“The workflow presented here can serve as a template for describing ecological dynamics…, and support prioritization of land for conservation and climate adaptation activities”
Truly a privilege to learn & work w/ these incredible people & datasets available from our public agencies.
“The workflow presented here can serve as a template for describing ecological dynamics…, and support prioritization of land for conservation and climate adaptation activities”
NEW PAPER! Builds on >10 yrs work on #ColoradoPlateau developing land potential units & landscape-scale ecological dynamics using #ESDs , #STMs, and data available from #NRCS, #BLM, & #NPS from the #LandscapeDataCommons.
👀 doi.org/10.1016/j.ra.... w/ @coleoptara.bsky.social
👀 doi.org/10.1016/j.ra.... w/ @coleoptara.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 5:18 AM
🎉🎉
Truly a privilege to learn & work w/ these incredible people & datasets available from our public agencies.
“The workflow presented here can serve as a template for describing ecological dynamics…, and support prioritization of land for conservation and climate adaptation activities”
Truly a privilege to learn & work w/ these incredible people & datasets available from our public agencies.
“The workflow presented here can serve as a template for describing ecological dynamics…, and support prioritization of land for conservation and climate adaptation activities”
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Our opinion piece in our local newspaper - Cutting funding for science in Arizona hurts our economy and our future 🌐🧪🧮🌾
tucson.com/opinion/colu...
tucson.com/opinion/colu...
Local opinion: Cutting funding for science in Arizona hurts our economy and our future
The cuts are leading us down a path that will cede the United States' world leadership in science, medicine and health.
tucson.com
February 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Our opinion piece in our local newspaper - Cutting funding for science in Arizona hurts our economy and our future 🌐🧪🧮🌾
tucson.com/opinion/colu...
tucson.com/opinion/colu...
Excited to share this new review in #LandscapeEcology on applications of UAVs. Expertly led by @villarreal-miguel.bsky.social & a wonderful team of coauthors.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
This is part of a special issue on UAVs & has other great papers that I invite you to check out!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
This is part of a special issue on UAVs & has other great papers that I invite you to check out!
Applications of unoccupied aerial systems (UAS) in landscape ecology: a review of recent research, challenges and emerging opportunities - Landscape Ecology
Context Unoccupied aerial systems/vehicles (UAS/UAV, a.k.a. drones) have become an increasingly popular tool for ecological research. But much of the recent research is concerned with developing mappi...
link.springer.com
February 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Excited to share this new review in #LandscapeEcology on applications of UAVs. Expertly led by @villarreal-miguel.bsky.social & a wonderful team of coauthors.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
This is part of a special issue on UAVs & has other great papers that I invite you to check out!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
This is part of a special issue on UAVs & has other great papers that I invite you to check out!
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New paper out, led by @villarreal-miguel.bsky.social. There's a disconnect between remote sensing advances and application to ecology (including only 11 UAS papers in Landscape Ecology!). We provide a guide for using drones to answer ecological ?s: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #uas #drones
February 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
New paper out, led by @villarreal-miguel.bsky.social. There's a disconnect between remote sensing advances and application to ecology (including only 11 UAS papers in Landscape Ecology!). We provide a guide for using drones to answer ecological ?s: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #uas #drones
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For those who still think that planting trees is a solution to mitigate CO2 emissions, please take note! Forest offset programs can also burn!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... | @globalchangebio.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🧪🌍🔥🌳🍁 wildfire
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... | @globalchangebio.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🧪🌍🔥🌳🍁 wildfire
In 2024, wildfires burned a record number of forests participating in California's forest offset program, exposing the danger of relying on forests to slow climate change. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Increasingly Active Wildfire Seasons Threaten the Sustainability of Forest‐Backed Carbon Offset Programs
In 2024, wildfires burned a record number of forests participating in California's forest offset program, exposing the danger of relying on forests to slow climate change. While California maintains ....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 15, 2024 at 9:55 PM
For those who still think that planting trees is a solution to mitigate CO2 emissions, please take note! Forest offset programs can also burn!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... | @globalchangebio.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🧪🌍🔥🌳🍁 wildfire
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... | @globalchangebio.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🧪🌍🔥🌳🍁 wildfire
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For folks attending #AGU24, our lab has its 1st conference poster presentation led by PhD student Rebecca Senft! @RebeccaSenft
Stop by her poster on the morning of Tues Dec10 to learn about the ecohydrology of contrasting riparian tree species (invasive vs native) in SE Utah. #ecophys #invasion
Stop by her poster on the morning of Tues Dec10 to learn about the ecohydrology of contrasting riparian tree species (invasive vs native) in SE Utah. #ecophys #invasion
December 3, 2024 at 11:30 PM
*in a joyful whisper*
I got spirit, yes I do! 📣
I got spirit, yes I do! 📣
December 4, 2024 at 3:33 AM
*in a joyful whisper*
I got spirit, yes I do! 📣
I got spirit, yes I do! 📣
Feeling pretty excited about new projects in pinyon-juniper woodlands w/ a great combo of collaborators. It was a difficult but magical semester bringing my natural resource students and mentored research students to help collect data in some of the most beautiful places in the world.
December 3, 2024 at 4:10 AM
Feeling pretty excited about new projects in pinyon-juniper woodlands w/ a great combo of collaborators. It was a difficult but magical semester bringing my natural resource students and mentored research students to help collect data in some of the most beautiful places in the world.
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Look at this wonderful line up! Can't wait!!
📣GSBI Speaks is back this December. Join us in the second of the series to learn about the role of biological soil crusts (biocrusts) in soil 🎉
Dec. 12, 2024, 7:00 MST, 9:00 EST, 14:00 GMT, 15:00 CET
Register 👇
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Dec. 12, 2024, 7:00 MST, 9:00 EST, 14:00 GMT, 15:00 CET
Register 👇
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 2, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Look at this wonderful line up! Can't wait!!