Janean Sharkey
@janeansharkey.bsky.social
PhD candidate, ecologist, likes bees 🐝
University of Toronto Scarborough 🇨🇦
ESO rep to ESC 🪲
https://linktr.ee/janeansharkey
University of Toronto Scarborough 🇨🇦
ESO rep to ESC 🪲
https://linktr.ee/janeansharkey
Presenting my poster right now @britishecologicalsociety.org ! 🌼🐝
December 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Presenting my poster right now @britishecologicalsociety.org ! 🌼🐝
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I’m delighted to be featured as one of the student stories in the new Food from Thought Report: Cultivating Biodiversity and Ecosystems 🌱 (see page 19).
Also published today is a piece summarizing part of my MSc and PhD work.
Curious about the work? Learn more below:
Also published today is a piece summarizing part of my MSc and PhD work.
Curious about the work? Learn more below:
December 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I’m delighted to be featured as one of the student stories in the new Food from Thought Report: Cultivating Biodiversity and Ecosystems 🌱 (see page 19).
Also published today is a piece summarizing part of my MSc and PhD work.
Curious about the work? Learn more below:
Also published today is a piece summarizing part of my MSc and PhD work.
Curious about the work? Learn more below:
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New 📰| Wild bee biodiversity in tallgrass prairie and oak savanna habitat in southern Ontario 🐝https://ow.ly/Hcpf50XATTc
Explore how restoration and land management decisions can make a big difference for wild pollinators. Nigel Raine Janean Sharkey University of Guelph
Explore how restoration and land management decisions can make a big difference for wild pollinators. Nigel Raine Janean Sharkey University of Guelph
December 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
New 📰| Wild bee biodiversity in tallgrass prairie and oak savanna habitat in southern Ontario 🐝https://ow.ly/Hcpf50XATTc
Explore how restoration and land management decisions can make a big difference for wild pollinators. Nigel Raine Janean Sharkey University of Guelph
Explore how restoration and land management decisions can make a big difference for wild pollinators. Nigel Raine Janean Sharkey University of Guelph
Check out the latest publication from my MSc research with @nigeleraine.bsky.social where we surveyed bee and plant communities in rare TGP and savanna habitat and looked at what factors may contribute to their success 🔥🌼
New 📰| Wild bee biodiversity in tallgrass prairie and oak savanna habitat in southern Ontario 🐝https://ow.ly/Hcpf50XATTc
Explore how restoration and land management decisions can make a big difference for wild pollinators. Nigel Raine Janean Sharkey University of Guelph
Explore how restoration and land management decisions can make a big difference for wild pollinators. Nigel Raine Janean Sharkey University of Guelph
December 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Check out the latest publication from my MSc research with @nigeleraine.bsky.social where we surveyed bee and plant communities in rare TGP and savanna habitat and looked at what factors may contribute to their success 🔥🌼
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Great PhD opportunity with an excellent supervisor:
Quantify traits of tree species across the western US to determine how tree populations and forest communities will respond to drought and fire.
plant-traits.net/lab-openings/
Quantify traits of tree species across the western US to determine how tree populations and forest communities will respond to drought and fire.
plant-traits.net/lab-openings/
Lab openings | Laughlin Research Lab
plant-traits.net
October 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Great PhD opportunity with an excellent supervisor:
Quantify traits of tree species across the western US to determine how tree populations and forest communities will respond to drought and fire.
plant-traits.net/lab-openings/
Quantify traits of tree species across the western US to determine how tree populations and forest communities will respond to drought and fire.
plant-traits.net/lab-openings/
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[3 Oct 2025] Another round-up of #ConservationJobs, mostly in 🇨🇦.
Please share so others benefit.
I welcome additional environment-related job ads (as long as salary range is included). You can comment or DM me.
www.linkedin.com/posts/aerinj...
Please share so others benefit.
I welcome additional environment-related job ads (as long as salary range is included). You can comment or DM me.
www.linkedin.com/posts/aerinj...
#conservationjobs #hiring #greenjobs #sustainabilityjobs | Aerin Jacob | 16 comments
[3 October 2025] Another roundup of #ConservationJobs, mostly in Canada. All postings include salary. I am not involved in these jobs. Please share to help others and post other job ads in the comment...
www.linkedin.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
[3 Oct 2025] Another round-up of #ConservationJobs, mostly in 🇨🇦.
Please share so others benefit.
I welcome additional environment-related job ads (as long as salary range is included). You can comment or DM me.
www.linkedin.com/posts/aerinj...
Please share so others benefit.
I welcome additional environment-related job ads (as long as salary range is included). You can comment or DM me.
www.linkedin.com/posts/aerinj...
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For those not coming to the #ESCJAM in Calgary, if you like the look of these bags (laptop sleeve, pencil/dissection tools cases, etc.), I would be happy to make you a custom one (any size/your favourite bugs) in exchange for a donation to the @canentomologist.bsky.social student scholarsip fund!
October 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
For those not coming to the #ESCJAM in Calgary, if you like the look of these bags (laptop sleeve, pencil/dissection tools cases, etc.), I would be happy to make you a custom one (any size/your favourite bugs) in exchange for a donation to the @canentomologist.bsky.social student scholarsip fund!
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Hot tip for @canentomologist.bsky.social members arriving in Calgary today:
The conference hotel has an airport shuttle (for $5) that runs on the half hour, but you have to call to book a spot.
The conference hotel has an airport shuttle (for $5) that runs on the half hour, but you have to call to book a spot.
October 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Hot tip for @canentomologist.bsky.social members arriving in Calgary today:
The conference hotel has an airport shuttle (for $5) that runs on the half hour, but you have to call to book a spot.
The conference hotel has an airport shuttle (for $5) that runs on the half hour, but you have to call to book a spot.
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Come work with us! My lab is looking for PhD student(s) to study elevational range shifts among dragonflies in Colorado. Reviewing applications now - apply by Nov 1 at the latest
You could spend your summers here!
You could spend your summers here!
October 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Come work with us! My lab is looking for PhD student(s) to study elevational range shifts among dragonflies in Colorado. Reviewing applications now - apply by Nov 1 at the latest
You could spend your summers here!
You could spend your summers here!
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While at The Arboretum, @uofguelph.bsky.social, I came across this beautiful moth caterpillar of _Hyalophora cecropia_ (Saturniidae). Enjoy!
#Entomology
#Saturniidae
#Entomology
#Saturniidae
September 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
While at The Arboretum, @uofguelph.bsky.social, I came across this beautiful moth caterpillar of _Hyalophora cecropia_ (Saturniidae). Enjoy!
#Entomology
#Saturniidae
#Entomology
#Saturniidae
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Previous monarch tags could only be detected by specialized receivers, but this new version uses Bluetooth just like Apple AirTags, giving us a much better picture of the route each monarch takes on its journey! Learn how you can follow along with their migration ⤵️
With Upgraded Transmitters, We Can Now Track Migrating Monarchs Better than Ever
Xerces has been helping to test these new tags for over a year, and we are excited to finally put them into widespread use.
xerces.org
September 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Previous monarch tags could only be detected by specialized receivers, but this new version uses Bluetooth just like Apple AirTags, giving us a much better picture of the route each monarch takes on its journey! Learn how you can follow along with their migration ⤵️
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Why do cats insist on eating grass, when it only seems to make them throw up? Scientists have proposed many theories over the years, but the latest may be the one that sticks—literally. https://scim.ag/4ntn8VB
Gold-covered hairballs may reveal why cats eat grass
Spiky projections on plant matter may act like “drain snakes,” helping felines dislodge wads of fur
scim.ag
September 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Why do cats insist on eating grass, when it only seems to make them throw up? Scientists have proposed many theories over the years, but the latest may be the one that sticks—literally. https://scim.ag/4ntn8VB
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new paper from my lab @cudenverclas.bsky.social in @natclimate.nature.com, led by @sarahnalley.bsky.social!
Dragonflies with dark mating ornaments on their wings are disappearing from parts of the United States that have had more warming and wildfire over the last 40 years 🧪🌍🐙
rdcu.be/eFm7e
Dragonflies with dark mating ornaments on their wings are disappearing from parts of the United States that have had more warming and wildfire over the last 40 years 🧪🌍🐙
rdcu.be/eFm7e
Showy dragonflies are being driven extinct by warming and wildfire
Nature Climate Change - The authors use 1,603 estimates of local extinctions from 1980 to 2021 to show that dragonfly species with wing ornamentation have disproportionately gone extinct and lost...
rdcu.be
September 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
new paper from my lab @cudenverclas.bsky.social in @natclimate.nature.com, led by @sarahnalley.bsky.social!
Dragonflies with dark mating ornaments on their wings are disappearing from parts of the United States that have had more warming and wildfire over the last 40 years 🧪🌍🐙
rdcu.be/eFm7e
Dragonflies with dark mating ornaments on their wings are disappearing from parts of the United States that have had more warming and wildfire over the last 40 years 🧪🌍🐙
rdcu.be/eFm7e
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Job: Research coordinator at the Bamfield Marine Science Centre - Canada's premier marine research & education lab. RT
bamfieldmsc.com/about/bmsc-o...
bamfieldmsc.com/about/bmsc-o...
September 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Job: Research coordinator at the Bamfield Marine Science Centre - Canada's premier marine research & education lab. RT
bamfieldmsc.com/about/bmsc-o...
bamfieldmsc.com/about/bmsc-o...
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Invasive ants that first colonise indoor environments are likely to be primed for rapid range expansion with climate change. Very interesting insight from Tsang et al. 🌐🧪🌏
Climate Change Can Exacerbate Ant Invasion Impacts by Unleashing Indoor Populations Into Outdoor Environments
Aim Thousands of non-native species have established populations and spread in outdoor environments (i.e., Naturalised), yet some populations or species only occur indoors, potentially due to unsuit...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Invasive ants that first colonise indoor environments are likely to be primed for rapid range expansion with climate change. Very interesting insight from Tsang et al. 🌐🧪🌏
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Thrilled to see my Tansley insight review published in @newphyt.bsky.social!
I provide an overview of recent advances in integrating plant traits into island ecology and highlight key opportunities for future research in island systems.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
I provide an overview of recent advances in integrating plant traits into island ecology and highlight key opportunities for future research in island systems.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Trait‐based island biogeography as a tool for studying future ecological communities
Understanding the future of ecological communities under global change is among the most pressing challenges in plant ecology. Islands, with their reduced species diversity and clear boundaries, have...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Thrilled to see my Tansley insight review published in @newphyt.bsky.social!
I provide an overview of recent advances in integrating plant traits into island ecology and highlight key opportunities for future research in island systems.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
I provide an overview of recent advances in integrating plant traits into island ecology and highlight key opportunities for future research in island systems.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Reproduction in ants 🐜 just keeps blowing my mind 🤯
But this here is the crown for sure... for now.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(go also check out obligate chimerism, social chromosomes, clonal production of females and males, and much more...)
But this here is the crown for sure... for now.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(go also check out obligate chimerism, social chromosomes, clonal production of females and males, and much more...)
One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants - Nature
In a case of obligate cross-species cloning, female ants of Messor ibericus need to clone males of Messor structor to obtain sperm for producing the worker caste, resulting in males from the same moth...
www.nature.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Reproduction in ants 🐜 just keeps blowing my mind 🤯
But this here is the crown for sure... for now.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(go also check out obligate chimerism, social chromosomes, clonal production of females and males, and much more...)
But this here is the crown for sure... for now.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(go also check out obligate chimerism, social chromosomes, clonal production of females and males, and much more...)
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This is quite extraordinary!
September 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
This is quite extraordinary!
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*Postdoc in Evolutionary genomics at Stockholm University*
We are recruiting a postdoc for a large interdisciplinary project to investigate evolutionary drivers and genomic consequences of pollen evolution in response to pollination mode shifts in flowering plants. 1/5
su.varbi.com/what:job/job...
We are recruiting a postdoc for a large interdisciplinary project to investigate evolutionary drivers and genomic consequences of pollen evolution in response to pollination mode shifts in flowering plants. 1/5
su.varbi.com/what:job/job...
September 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
*Postdoc in Evolutionary genomics at Stockholm University*
We are recruiting a postdoc for a large interdisciplinary project to investigate evolutionary drivers and genomic consequences of pollen evolution in response to pollination mode shifts in flowering plants. 1/5
su.varbi.com/what:job/job...
We are recruiting a postdoc for a large interdisciplinary project to investigate evolutionary drivers and genomic consequences of pollen evolution in response to pollination mode shifts in flowering plants. 1/5
su.varbi.com/what:job/job...
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A newly discovered genus of flea beetle is found only in mossy areas of parks in Shenzhen, China, a metropolis of 20 million people. Researchers say such urban species are a conservation paradox, dependent on conditions in an environment that also makes them vulnerable.
Urban Wilderness: New Genus of Flea Beetle Discovered in Bustling City Parks
A newly discovered genus of flea beetle is found only in mossy areas of parks in Shenzen, China, a metropolis of 20 million people.
entomologytoday.org
August 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A newly discovered genus of flea beetle is found only in mossy areas of parks in Shenzhen, China, a metropolis of 20 million people. Researchers say such urban species are a conservation paradox, dependent on conditions in an environment that also makes them vulnerable.
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New paper in @jappliedecology.bsky.social
Species and trait abundance distributions as tools for understanding disturbance effects and community assembly in applied ecology
Great collaboration led by Werner Ulrich and other
Check it out here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Species and trait abundance distributions as tools for understanding disturbance effects and community assembly in applied ecology
Great collaboration led by Werner Ulrich and other
Check it out here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Species and trait abundance distributions as tools for understanding disturbance effects and community assembly in applied ecology
Further insight into the links between disturbance and species abundance may come from the recognition that the species abundance distribution (SAD) is a special case of a broader concept, the trait ...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:46 AM
New paper in @jappliedecology.bsky.social
Species and trait abundance distributions as tools for understanding disturbance effects and community assembly in applied ecology
Great collaboration led by Werner Ulrich and other
Check it out here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Species and trait abundance distributions as tools for understanding disturbance effects and community assembly in applied ecology
Great collaboration led by Werner Ulrich and other
Check it out here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The abundance of male Bombus bimaculatus is providing a lot of opportunities for crab spiders in our garden. It is only in the last decade we have found this #bumblebee species in SK and it is spreading quickly, now as far north as Nipawin, and now maybe our most common in the south. #beesofcanada
August 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The abundance of male Bombus bimaculatus is providing a lot of opportunities for crab spiders in our garden. It is only in the last decade we have found this #bumblebee species in SK and it is spreading quickly, now as far north as Nipawin, and now maybe our most common in the south. #beesofcanada
Furthest in Canada:
N: Fort Chipewyan, AB
W: Sointula, Malcolm Island, BC
E: Bathurst, NB
S: Fish Point, Pelee Island, ON
N: Fort Chipewyan, AB
W: Sointula, Malcolm Island, BC
E: Bathurst, NB
S: Fish Point, Pelee Island, ON
Furthest in Canada:
N: Behchokǫ̀, NWT
W: Whitehorse, YT
E: Glace Bay, NS
S: Point Pelee, ON.
N: Behchokǫ̀, NWT
W: Whitehorse, YT
E: Glace Bay, NS
S: Point Pelee, ON.
The furthest in Canada:
N: Edmonton
W: Tofino, BC
E: St-Anne-de-Beaupre, QC
S: South shore of Pelee Island, ON
N: Edmonton
W: Tofino, BC
E: St-Anne-de-Beaupre, QC
S: South shore of Pelee Island, ON
August 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Furthest in Canada:
N: Fort Chipewyan, AB
W: Sointula, Malcolm Island, BC
E: Bathurst, NB
S: Fish Point, Pelee Island, ON
N: Fort Chipewyan, AB
W: Sointula, Malcolm Island, BC
E: Bathurst, NB
S: Fish Point, Pelee Island, ON
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In 2025 no-one should be publishing lists of ecologists whose work is essential reading but that contains only male names. I'm not sharing the article because it doesn't need the attention but please can we stop doing this.
August 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
In 2025 no-one should be publishing lists of ecologists whose work is essential reading but that contains only male names. I'm not sharing the article because it doesn't need the attention but please can we stop doing this.
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Live in Ontario? Love bugs and forests?
I’m a U of T Scarborough researcher studying microbiomes of wood-feeding wasps & moths—differences in natives vs invasives & roles in forest disease.
Catch & freeze suspects. DM with questions!
#Entomology #Microbiome #Ontario #InvasiveSpecies #ForestHealth
I’m a U of T Scarborough researcher studying microbiomes of wood-feeding wasps & moths—differences in natives vs invasives & roles in forest disease.
Catch & freeze suspects. DM with questions!
#Entomology #Microbiome #Ontario #InvasiveSpecies #ForestHealth
August 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Live in Ontario? Love bugs and forests?
I’m a U of T Scarborough researcher studying microbiomes of wood-feeding wasps & moths—differences in natives vs invasives & roles in forest disease.
Catch & freeze suspects. DM with questions!
#Entomology #Microbiome #Ontario #InvasiveSpecies #ForestHealth
I’m a U of T Scarborough researcher studying microbiomes of wood-feeding wasps & moths—differences in natives vs invasives & roles in forest disease.
Catch & freeze suspects. DM with questions!
#Entomology #Microbiome #Ontario #InvasiveSpecies #ForestHealth