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David Blount
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Quantitative spatial ecologist studying changes in bat abundances across the northeast with the Fuller lab at Cornell
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Kars Sarıkamış ormanlarında 2010'dan beri fotokapanlarla yaban hayatını araştırıyoruz. 151 ayrı noktada 25,471 fotokapan gününde çekilen 500,000'den fazla fotoğrafın analizini sonunda bitirdik ve makalesini yayınladık. dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Combining N-mixture and occupancy analysis offers a more complete picture of carnivore habitat use in Northeastern Türkiye
Occupancy and N-mixture analyses have been successfully used to understand habitat use in various species. However, since these methods fundamentally answer different questions about wildlife distribu...
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May 15, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I understand why it’s called nimble, but I think they should change it to humble, because I’m always humbled and never nimble. #jagsforlife
December 12, 2024 at 7:44 PM
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Are you interested in species interactions and how we model them?

Then this thread is for you!

Our new paper in Ecology on the role of abundance in species interactions provides new statistical tools for modelling species interactions.

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Abundance‐mediated species interactions
Species interactions shape biodiversity patterns, community assemblage, and the dynamics of wildlife populations. Ecological theory posits that the strength of interspecific interactions is fundament...
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December 5, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Utah: #1 in skiing #40 in air quality. #Souplakecity #Saltlakecity
December 6, 2024 at 6:04 PM
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As expected, the downlisting of the #wolf Canis lupus at the Bern Convention Standing Committee was approved. A thread on some ins and outs. 1/

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EU proposal to adapt protection status of the wolf adopted by Bern Convention, paving the way to more flexibility in managing wolf populations
Today, the Standing Committee of the Bern Convention voted in favour of the EU proposal to adapt the protection status of the wolf from ‘strictly protected' to ‘protected'.
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December 3, 2024 at 2:27 PM
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Thank you so much to whoever put this very comprehensive list of #science Bsky starter packs together. This is just amazing: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Starter packs
BIOLOGY General Science community https://go.bsky.app/HVYAMEA Research Institutions in Life Sciences https://go.bsky.app/LxXpcvJ LGBTQIA+ in STEM https://go.bsky.app/BFc4wgf LGBTQIA+ in STEM 2 h...
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November 26, 2024 at 2:47 AM