Kyle E. Coblentz
@kecoblentz.bsky.social
Lifelong student of ecology and evolution. Assistant Professor in Population Ecology at Colby College. For more: https://kylecoblentz.weebly.com/
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Ecology faces an accumulation of models but not an accumulation of confidence. Our new paper w/ Jonathan Levine www.nature.com/articles/s41... in @natecoevo.nature.com introduces a rigorous test rooted in queueing theory to falsify inadequate models and build confidence in useful ones.
Rigorous validation of ecological models against empirical time series - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Validating theoretical models against empirical data presents challenges. Here the authors present an assumption-light method to validate ecological models against time series data, along with a dedic...
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October 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Ecology faces an accumulation of models but not an accumulation of confidence. Our new paper w/ Jonathan Levine www.nature.com/articles/s41... in @natecoevo.nature.com introduces a rigorous test rooted in queueing theory to falsify inadequate models and build confidence in useful ones.
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That's right, folk! THREE TENURE TRACK JOBS IN BIOLOGY AT UMASS BOSTON! You might even be a good fit for more than one! Check 'em out! We'd love to have you!
October 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
That's right, folk! THREE TENURE TRACK JOBS IN BIOLOGY AT UMASS BOSTON! You might even be a good fit for more than one! Check 'em out! We'd love to have you!
Shaved Buster being a weirdo.
September 29, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Shaved Buster being a weirdo.
Buster got his biennial shave.
September 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Buster got his biennial shave.
Buster is getting high.
September 13, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Buster is getting high.
We are hiring an immunologist in the Biology Department at Colby! apply.interfolio.com/173466
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September 11, 2025 at 11:07 PM
We are hiring an immunologist in the Biology Department at Colby! apply.interfolio.com/173466
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Interested in theory and looking for a postdoc or grad school? Come talk to me at #ESA2025!
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August 11, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Interested in theory and looking for a postdoc or grad school? Come talk to me at #ESA2025!
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Just an upside down Buster apparently dreaming about food.
August 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Just an upside down Buster apparently dreaming about food.
Made it to Maine. Now to get finish preparing for the Fall semester!
August 4, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Made it to Maine. Now to get finish preparing for the Fall semester!
I'm running a seminar in the fall for senior undergrads in Evolutionary Ecology. I'm hoping to curate a reading list mixing classic and new papers that illustrate how combining ecological and evolutionary perspectives can lead to new insights. Do you have a favorite I should consider?
July 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I'm running a seminar in the fall for senior undergrads in Evolutionary Ecology. I'm hoping to curate a reading list mixing classic and new papers that illustrate how combining ecological and evolutionary perspectives can lead to new insights. Do you have a favorite I should consider?
Today was the last day of the Ecology and Evolution class I taught out at UNL's Cedar Point Biological Station. The students were so wonderful. Unfortunately, this will be my last time teaching the class, but hopefully not my last time out at this gem in western Nebraska.
July 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Today was the last day of the Ecology and Evolution class I taught out at UNL's Cedar Point Biological Station. The students were so wonderful. Unfortunately, this will be my last time teaching the class, but hopefully not my last time out at this gem in western Nebraska.
Now that it is very real (I guess I'm on the website), I've got some news. I'm starting as an Assistant Professor this fall at Colby College!
July 3, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Now that it is very real (I guess I'm on the website), I've got some news. I'm starting as an Assistant Professor this fall at Colby College!
I thought I saw a twig hanging on my car today. It was this caterpillar.
May 31, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I thought I saw a twig hanging on my car today. It was this caterpillar.
New preprint "Warming increases the strength of trophic Cascades" led by PhD student Francis Biagioli: www.authorea.com/users/925774...
Warming increases the strength of trophic cascades.
Trophic cascades play a critical role in shaping many ecosystems. As trophic interaction strengths and species' demographics are temperature sensitive in many systems, warming due to global climate ch...
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May 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
New preprint "Warming increases the strength of trophic Cascades" led by PhD student Francis Biagioli: www.authorea.com/users/925774...
Sad to hear that legendary ecologist Jim Estes passed (www.elakhaalliance.org/elakha-allia...). I met Jim when he visited Oregon State while I was a grad student. I remember being impressed by how warm, friendly, and humble he was despite being a world-famous ecologist.
Elakha Alliance Mourns the Loss of Jim Estes - Elakha Alliance
The Elakha Alliance has lost a friend. Renowned ecologist Jim Estes succumbed on the morning of May 20, 2025, to injuries sustained as the result of a horrific hit-and-run event […]
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May 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Sad to hear that legendary ecologist Jim Estes passed (www.elakhaalliance.org/elakha-allia...). I met Jim when he visited Oregon State while I was a grad student. I remember being impressed by how warm, friendly, and humble he was despite being a world-famous ecologist.
Finally caught Buster yawning on camera.
May 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Finally caught Buster yawning on camera.
There is something so satisfying about fitting ODE's to population dynamics data when it works ...
May 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
There is something so satisfying about fitting ODE's to population dynamics data when it works ...
New paper 'Simple, universal rules predict trophic interaction strengths' out in Ecology Letters with Mark Novak and John DeLong: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Simple, Universal Rules Predict Trophic Interaction Strengths
Two simple, universal rules derived from energetic arguments predict the parameters of predator functional responses that underlie the strengths of trophic interactions. Furthermore, theory developed....
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April 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
New paper 'Simple, universal rules predict trophic interaction strengths' out in Ecology Letters with Mark Novak and John DeLong: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Took a little break from everything this weekend to watch some prairie chickens lek.
April 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Took a little break from everything this weekend to watch some prairie chickens lek.
Paper accepted! Not a bad way to end the week.
April 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Paper accepted! Not a bad way to end the week.
Minor revisions on a paper that's been rejected from four journals! Something to feel good about.
March 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Minor revisions on a paper that's been rejected from four journals! Something to feel good about.
Postdoc fellowship opportunity here in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska: employment.unl.edu/postings/95137
The department here is absolutely wonderful. Extremely friendly, collaborative, supportive.
The department here is absolutely wonderful. Extremely friendly, collaborative, supportive.
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship - Population Biology
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) School of Biological Sciences is seeking applications for a two-year postdoctoral position in the Population Biology Program of Excellence.The goal of the Popu...
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February 11, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Postdoc fellowship opportunity here in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska: employment.unl.edu/postings/95137
The department here is absolutely wonderful. Extremely friendly, collaborative, supportive.
The department here is absolutely wonderful. Extremely friendly, collaborative, supportive.
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Very interesting article about a new take on the Type I functional response by Mark Novak, @kecoblentz.bsky.social and John DeLong, with excellent @peercommunityin.bsky.social Ecology editorial work and recommendation by @fredbarraquand.bsky.social
ecology.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec...
ecology.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec...
Revising behavioural assumptions leads to a new appreciation of ...
ecology.peercommunityin.org
February 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Very interesting article about a new take on the Type I functional response by Mark Novak, @kecoblentz.bsky.social and John DeLong, with excellent @peercommunityin.bsky.social Ecology editorial work and recommendation by @fredbarraquand.bsky.social
ecology.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec...
ecology.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec...
A very zen picture of Buster.
January 26, 2025 at 3:59 AM
A very zen picture of Buster.