Pedro Peres-Neto
@comecology.bsky.social
Concordia University & Canada Research Chair in Spatial Ecology & Biodiversity. Editor-in-Chief of Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social; Fellow of ESA; quantitative & community ecology (empirical and theoretical), drummer, cook & multilingual 🇧🇷🇨🇦
Snowy Montreal is here!
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Snowy Montreal is here!
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We have TWO post-doctoral fellowships in the Biodiversity Centre at UBC next year! Am happy to chat if you might want to be hosted in my lab. biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and... Deadline January 15th!
November 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
We have TWO post-doctoral fellowships in the Biodiversity Centre at UBC next year! Am happy to chat if you might want to be hosted in my lab. biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and... Deadline January 15th!
I got "sentimental" and was almost tempted 😬
October 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I got "sentimental" and was almost tempted 😬
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I'll spare you my own comments, just two excerpts to entice you to read it
"typical sample size of an ecological correlation coefficient has decreased slowly since WW II"
"median sample size of ... 16 000+ correlation coefficients is just 30 observations"
doi.org/10.1002/oik....
"typical sample size of an ecological correlation coefficient has decreased slowly since WW II"
"median sample size of ... 16 000+ correlation coefficients is just 30 observations"
doi.org/10.1002/oik....
The sample size of the typical ecological correlation coefficient is small and slowly declining
Larger sample sizes are desirable because they minimize sampling error. However, they are not the only desideratum, and it is unknown if sample sizes in ecology trade off with other desiderata. Here ...
doi.org
October 23, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I'll spare you my own comments, just two excerpts to entice you to read it
"typical sample size of an ecological correlation coefficient has decreased slowly since WW II"
"median sample size of ... 16 000+ correlation coefficients is just 30 observations"
doi.org/10.1002/oik....
"typical sample size of an ecological correlation coefficient has decreased slowly since WW II"
"median sample size of ... 16 000+ correlation coefficients is just 30 observations"
doi.org/10.1002/oik....
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Exiting career-boosting opportunity for a a skilled and highly motivated postdoctoral researcher: We're hiring a Post-doctoral fellow in Evolutionary Biology!
Please apply no later than 31 October!
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Please apply no later than 31 October!
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
October 22, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Exiting career-boosting opportunity for a a skilled and highly motivated postdoctoral researcher: We're hiring a Post-doctoral fellow in Evolutionary Biology!
Please apply no later than 31 October!
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Please apply no later than 31 October!
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Annual meeting of the French thematic network on Biodiversity Theory and Modelling (TheoMoDive, theomodive.cnrs.fr) in Bordeaux, 1-3 December 2025. Preliminary programme and submission / registration
indico.math.cnrs.fr/event/15159/ Open to contributions until the end of October.
indico.math.cnrs.fr/event/15159/ Open to contributions until the end of October.
Réunion annuelle du RT Théorie et modélisation de la biodiversité
To be announced
indico.math.cnrs.fr
October 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Annual meeting of the French thematic network on Biodiversity Theory and Modelling (TheoMoDive, theomodive.cnrs.fr) in Bordeaux, 1-3 December 2025. Preliminary programme and submission / registration
indico.math.cnrs.fr/event/15159/ Open to contributions until the end of October.
indico.math.cnrs.fr/event/15159/ Open to contributions until the end of October.
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Please pass along, I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study phys ecology, macroecology, biodiversity - spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested🧪🌐🌾
October 21, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Please pass along, I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study phys ecology, macroecology, biodiversity - spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested🧪🌐🌾
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🚨PhD offer 👩🎓:
Fascinated by island biodiversity, palaeoecology & human impacts on ecosystems? 🌴🦜🌍 Join @creaf.cat to explore how island life changed over the last 11,700 years.
Deadline: 27 Oct 2025
Selection: ~November
Starting: ~January 2026
Supervision: @sandranogue.bsky.social & me
More info👇
Fascinated by island biodiversity, palaeoecology & human impacts on ecosystems? 🌴🦜🌍 Join @creaf.cat to explore how island life changed over the last 11,700 years.
Deadline: 27 Oct 2025
Selection: ~November
Starting: ~January 2026
Supervision: @sandranogue.bsky.social & me
More info👇
September 25, 2025 at 10:36 AM
🚨PhD offer 👩🎓:
Fascinated by island biodiversity, palaeoecology & human impacts on ecosystems? 🌴🦜🌍 Join @creaf.cat to explore how island life changed over the last 11,700 years.
Deadline: 27 Oct 2025
Selection: ~November
Starting: ~January 2026
Supervision: @sandranogue.bsky.social & me
More info👇
Fascinated by island biodiversity, palaeoecology & human impacts on ecosystems? 🌴🦜🌍 Join @creaf.cat to explore how island life changed over the last 11,700 years.
Deadline: 27 Oct 2025
Selection: ~November
Starting: ~January 2026
Supervision: @sandranogue.bsky.social & me
More info👇
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What does the future of Canadian research look like? We invite papers on funding, collaboration, Indigenous knowledge, open science, and more for our 10-year anniversary collection. Submit by Dec 31, 2025. Details ▶️ buff.ly/KckQq4b
#AcademicSky #SciPol
#AcademicSky #SciPol
October 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
What does the future of Canadian research look like? We invite papers on funding, collaboration, Indigenous knowledge, open science, and more for our 10-year anniversary collection. Submit by Dec 31, 2025. Details ▶️ buff.ly/KckQq4b
#AcademicSky #SciPol
#AcademicSky #SciPol
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#microsky #mevosky @spp2389.bsky.social
A PhD position is available in my lab to work on:
Emergence and self-organisation of bacterial metabolism in consortia of cross-feeding bacteria.
Please RT
Deadline: 12.11.25
More infos 👇
shorturl.at/rAKAT
A PhD position is available in my lab to work on:
Emergence and self-organisation of bacterial metabolism in consortia of cross-feeding bacteria.
Please RT
Deadline: 12.11.25
More infos 👇
shorturl.at/rAKAT
October 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
#microsky #mevosky @spp2389.bsky.social
A PhD position is available in my lab to work on:
Emergence and self-organisation of bacterial metabolism in consortia of cross-feeding bacteria.
Please RT
Deadline: 12.11.25
More infos 👇
shorturl.at/rAKAT
A PhD position is available in my lab to work on:
Emergence and self-organisation of bacterial metabolism in consortia of cross-feeding bacteria.
Please RT
Deadline: 12.11.25
More infos 👇
shorturl.at/rAKAT
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Postdoc Opportunity - Interested in plant scaling, quantitative botany, or theoretical plant biology? join our group to explore how plant form, function & scaling principles connect across levels of organization
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons-postdoctoral-fellowships-in-plant-biology🧪🌾🌐
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons-postdoctoral-fellowships-in-plant-biology🧪🌾🌐
Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology
Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology on Simons Foundation
www.simonsfoundation.org
October 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Postdoc Opportunity - Interested in plant scaling, quantitative botany, or theoretical plant biology? join our group to explore how plant form, function & scaling principles connect across levels of organization
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons-postdoctoral-fellowships-in-plant-biology🧪🌾🌐
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons-postdoctoral-fellowships-in-plant-biology🧪🌾🌐
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📜Forum: A trait-based framework for adaptive phenotypic plasticity under global change
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#BehavioralPlasticity #ClimateChange #ExtremeEvents #GeneByEnvironmentInteractions #IntraspecificVariation #MorphologicalPlasticity #PhysiologicalPlasticity #Stochasticity #Variability
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#BehavioralPlasticity #ClimateChange #ExtremeEvents #GeneByEnvironmentInteractions #IntraspecificVariation #MorphologicalPlasticity #PhysiologicalPlasticity #Stochasticity #Variability
September 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
📜Forum: A trait-based framework for adaptive phenotypic plasticity under global change
vist.ly/48kss
#BehavioralPlasticity #ClimateChange #ExtremeEvents #GeneByEnvironmentInteractions #IntraspecificVariation #MorphologicalPlasticity #PhysiologicalPlasticity #Stochasticity #Variability
vist.ly/48kss
#BehavioralPlasticity #ClimateChange #ExtremeEvents #GeneByEnvironmentInteractions #IntraspecificVariation #MorphologicalPlasticity #PhysiologicalPlasticity #Stochasticity #Variability
Excited for our 1st Canadian Conference on Open Science and Open Scholarship tomorrow at @concordia.ca 🇨🇦
oscanada.github.io/en/
oscanada.github.io/en/
1st Canadian Conference on Open Science and Open Scholarship
On this page About the conference News & updates Host & supporting institutions Montreal, October 9–10, 2025 "Mapping the Present, Charting our Future" The 1st Canadian Conference on Open Science and ...
oscanada.github.io
October 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Excited for our 1st Canadian Conference on Open Science and Open Scholarship tomorrow at @concordia.ca 🇨🇦
oscanada.github.io/en/
oscanada.github.io/en/
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Without forward-looking models, biodiversity policy risks missing the road to recovery.
Our new PNAS article calls for predictive tools and a World Biodiversity Research Programme to guide global action.
👉 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#Biodiversity #Conservation #PredictiveModels #PNAS
Our new PNAS article calls for predictive tools and a World Biodiversity Research Programme to guide global action.
👉 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#Biodiversity #Conservation #PredictiveModels #PNAS
October 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Without forward-looking models, biodiversity policy risks missing the road to recovery.
Our new PNAS article calls for predictive tools and a World Biodiversity Research Programme to guide global action.
👉 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#Biodiversity #Conservation #PredictiveModels #PNAS
Our new PNAS article calls for predictive tools and a World Biodiversity Research Programme to guide global action.
👉 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#Biodiversity #Conservation #PredictiveModels #PNAS
Reposted by Pedro Peres-Neto
An incredible resource:
Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
September 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
An incredible resource:
"It is said that Freddie (Mercury) once said "do what you want with my music, just don't make it boring".
👇
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfUE...
The most INSANE Bohemian Rhapsody Flashmob you will ever see!!
YouTube video by Julien Cohen
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September 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
"It is said that Freddie (Mercury) once said "do what you want with my music, just don't make it boring".
👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfUE...
👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfUE...
I often realize that my quantitative work is supported by analytics from very diverse fields. The paper below about political advertisement helped some of the analytics of onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Read broadly has been important to me and I highly recommend it.
Read broadly has been important to me and I highly recommend it.
September 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I often realize that my quantitative work is supported by analytics from very diverse fields. The paper below about political advertisement helped some of the analytics of onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Read broadly has been important to me and I highly recommend it.
Read broadly has been important to me and I highly recommend it.
From the editor's desk:
"The manuscript has improved substantially during its review at Oikos, and I am glad we chose to submit this work here."
@oikosjournal.bsky.social
"The manuscript has improved substantially during its review at Oikos, and I am glad we chose to submit this work here."
@oikosjournal.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
From the editor's desk:
"The manuscript has improved substantially during its review at Oikos, and I am glad we chose to submit this work here."
@oikosjournal.bsky.social
"The manuscript has improved substantially during its review at Oikos, and I am glad we chose to submit this work here."
@oikosjournal.bsky.social
From the editor's desk:
"We identified Oikos as the most meaningful venue for this work, not only due to its central role in the field of ecology and its high scientific standards, but also because of its long-standing tradition of editorial integrity and its commitment to equity in science"
"We identified Oikos as the most meaningful venue for this work, not only due to its central role in the field of ecology and its high scientific standards, but also because of its long-standing tradition of editorial integrity and its commitment to equity in science"
September 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
From the editor's desk:
"We identified Oikos as the most meaningful venue for this work, not only due to its central role in the field of ecology and its high scientific standards, but also because of its long-standing tradition of editorial integrity and its commitment to equity in science"
"We identified Oikos as the most meaningful venue for this work, not only due to its central role in the field of ecology and its high scientific standards, but also because of its long-standing tradition of editorial integrity and its commitment to equity in science"
An impressive simulation illustrating a leading hypothesis on how our moon was formed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRlh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRlh...
New Supercomputer Simulation Sheds Light on Moon’s Origin
YouTube video by NASA's Ames Research Center
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August 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
An impressive simulation illustrating a leading hypothesis on how our moon was formed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRlh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRlh...
From the editorial desk:
August 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
From the editorial desk:
Reposted by Pedro Peres-Neto
Assistant Professor, Freshwater Ecologist, Faculty of Science, University of Calgary in Canada #academicjob careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1652277...
Assistant Professor, Freshwater Ecologist, Faculty of Science, University of Calgary in
Calgary,
...
Assistant Professor, Freshwater Ecologist, Faculty of Science, University of Calgary in
Calgary,
...
careers.ucalgary.ca
August 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Assistant Professor, Freshwater Ecologist, Faculty of Science, University of Calgary in Canada #academicjob careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1652277...
From the Editor’s Desk:
When submitting your manuscript, please remember to include 6–10 potential reviewers. Suggesting a list of experts helps ensure a faster and more efficient review process. Thank you authors.
Back to the desk!
When submitting your manuscript, please remember to include 6–10 potential reviewers. Suggesting a list of experts helps ensure a faster and more efficient review process. Thank you authors.
Back to the desk!
August 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
From the Editor’s Desk:
When submitting your manuscript, please remember to include 6–10 potential reviewers. Suggesting a list of experts helps ensure a faster and more efficient review process. Thank you authors.
Back to the desk!
When submitting your manuscript, please remember to include 6–10 potential reviewers. Suggesting a list of experts helps ensure a faster and more efficient review process. Thank you authors.
Back to the desk!
There are many rewards to being an editor; among them, receiving messages like:
“We are very excited to publish in Oikos, and thank you wholeheartedly for supporting us throughout the revision process.”
“We are very excited to publish in Oikos, and thank you wholeheartedly for supporting us throughout the revision process.”
July 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There are many rewards to being an editor; among them, receiving messages like:
“We are very excited to publish in Oikos, and thank you wholeheartedly for supporting us throughout the revision process.”
“We are very excited to publish in Oikos, and thank you wholeheartedly for supporting us throughout the revision process.”
🌿 PhD Opportunity in Biodiversity Sciences 🌿
Join our lab to explore the processes shaping biodiversity across space and time. Competitive stipend, flexible project design, and membership in the vibrant @qcbs.ca network.
Montreal | Concordia | MSc/PhD
Details: bit.ly/3UCmDMB
Join our lab to explore the processes shaping biodiversity across space and time. Competitive stipend, flexible project design, and membership in the vibrant @qcbs.ca network.
Montreal | Concordia | MSc/PhD
Details: bit.ly/3UCmDMB
July 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
🌿 PhD Opportunity in Biodiversity Sciences 🌿
Join our lab to explore the processes shaping biodiversity across space and time. Competitive stipend, flexible project design, and membership in the vibrant @qcbs.ca network.
Montreal | Concordia | MSc/PhD
Details: bit.ly/3UCmDMB
Join our lab to explore the processes shaping biodiversity across space and time. Competitive stipend, flexible project design, and membership in the vibrant @qcbs.ca network.
Montreal | Concordia | MSc/PhD
Details: bit.ly/3UCmDMB