Truths cannot walk on their own legs. They
must be carried by people to other people.
They must be explained, defended, and spread
through language, argument and appeal.

– Karlyn Campbell

It is incredible how overused and extraneous words can literally impact the reading experience. How dull and dense. Moving forward, authors should adopt a more holistic approach within the #writing process.

Logging #boreal forests makes carbon more likely to be released back into the atmosphere. Hence global estimates of carbon storage from timber products may be exaggerated.
New study @TrentUniversity
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Post-doctoral opportunity in caribou conservation at Trent University.

Annual salary of $80,000. Apply to psiambi@trentu.ca by September 5, 2025.

Do you want to be a better writer?

My advice: Strive to implement effective prose simplification
and clarification approaches to the writing process.

the current rate of extinction, as estimated by ourselves and others, whom we cited, and across diverse major taxa, we may well be headed in the direction of a new mass extinction event
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo... 🌐🧪

The Message Box: A superb tool to help translate scientific knowledge into digestible, key messages and why they matter.

www.compassscicomm.org/leadership-d...

Delighted to present at the #CSEE2025. Indeed, our paper was published just this week. When selecting habitat, animals could lessen the environmental variance they experience relative to their surroundings — a feature largely overlooked in studies of #ecology.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

For years, in my #university #teaching, I've allowed students a cue card to write their exams.
And I think the cards make a fine mosaic, perhaps the makings of a textbook in #biology.

Some advice for writers:
Strive to implement effective prose simplification and clarification approaches to the writing process.

Looking to make a difference? Consider these words of encouragement:

"If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito."
— Anita Roddick

We are learning more & more about large language models, like ChatGPT — including their biases.

Indeed, when asked to summarize the scientific literature, many AI models are biased; they tend to extrapolate the results beyond the claims supported by the material.

arxiv.org/abs/2504.00025

Summer employment opportunities in ecology at Trent University

PhD opportunity in moose ecology at Trent University

Students routinely ask for lecture slides, but does access to slides actually enhance learning?

Using a within-subject design — evaluating each student, with & without slides — researchers report "access to slides ... had a negative impact on student performance."

t.co/fYYkEKSLQ5