Lily Leahy
@lilyleahy.bsky.social
Ecologist and global change biologist. Post-doc in the Insect Ecology Lab at La Trobe University, Naarm, Australia. Interested in ecophysiology and climate change, ecological stoichiometry, and trait-based ecology 🌳🐜🌞
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Check out our new paper in @royalsociety.org testing mechanisms behind elevational range restriction in tropical montane songbirds! ⛰️🦜🌳
Backstory: when i first visited Central America in the early 2010's i was struck with elevational ranges of birds..
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Backstory: when i first visited Central America in the early 2010's i was struck with elevational ranges of birds..
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Testing the thermal physiology, habitat and competition hypotheses for elevational range limits in four tropical songbirds | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Restricted elevational ranges are common across tropical montane species, but the
mechanisms generating and maintaining these patterns remain poorly resolved. A long-standing
hypothesis is that specia...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Check out our new paper in @royalsociety.org testing mechanisms behind elevational range restriction in tropical montane songbirds! ⛰️🦜🌳
Backstory: when i first visited Central America in the early 2010's i was struck with elevational ranges of birds..
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Backstory: when i first visited Central America in the early 2010's i was struck with elevational ranges of birds..
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Only a pre-print for now, but after 4 years of hard work I couldn't resist sharing this!
The Global Canopy Atlas: analysis-ready maps of 3D structure for the world's woody ecosystems
📜: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Huge team effort led by the brilliant Fabian Fischer!
The Global Canopy Atlas: analysis-ready maps of 3D structure for the world's woody ecosystems
📜: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Huge team effort led by the brilliant Fabian Fischer!
September 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Only a pre-print for now, but after 4 years of hard work I couldn't resist sharing this!
The Global Canopy Atlas: analysis-ready maps of 3D structure for the world's woody ecosystems
📜: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Huge team effort led by the brilliant Fabian Fischer!
The Global Canopy Atlas: analysis-ready maps of 3D structure for the world's woody ecosystems
📜: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Huge team effort led by the brilliant Fabian Fischer!
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Awesome to see our paper exploring competing hypotheses in macro/metabolic ecology out in PNAS.
Led by the all star @lilyleahy.bsky.social with a range of amazing folks including @funkyant.bsky.social @natejsanders.bsky.social @ianjwright.bsky.social.
Check it out!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Led by the all star @lilyleahy.bsky.social with a range of amazing folks including @funkyant.bsky.social @natejsanders.bsky.social @ianjwright.bsky.social.
Check it out!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Metabolic traits are shaped by phylogenetic conservatism and environment, not just body size | PNAS
Metabolic rate dictates life’s tempo, yet how ecological and environmental factors
integrate to shape metabolic traits remains contentious. Conside...
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July 18, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Awesome to see our paper exploring competing hypotheses in macro/metabolic ecology out in PNAS.
Led by the all star @lilyleahy.bsky.social with a range of amazing folks including @funkyant.bsky.social @natejsanders.bsky.social @ianjwright.bsky.social.
Check it out!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Led by the all star @lilyleahy.bsky.social with a range of amazing folks including @funkyant.bsky.social @natejsanders.bsky.social @ianjwright.bsky.social.
Check it out!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Hot off the press: Metabolic traits are shaped by phylogenetic conservatism and environment, not just body size
Our article in PNAS explores several controversies in metabolic theory in a macroscale study of 🐜 #aridity #temp #SMR #DGC 📸:François Brassard
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2501541122
Our article in PNAS explores several controversies in metabolic theory in a macroscale study of 🐜 #aridity #temp #SMR #DGC 📸:François Brassard
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2501541122
July 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Hot off the press: Metabolic traits are shaped by phylogenetic conservatism and environment, not just body size
Our article in PNAS explores several controversies in metabolic theory in a macroscale study of 🐜 #aridity #temp #SMR #DGC 📸:François Brassard
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2501541122
Our article in PNAS explores several controversies in metabolic theory in a macroscale study of 🐜 #aridity #temp #SMR #DGC 📸:François Brassard
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2501541122
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The critically endangered possum species, thought to be isolated to Victoria, has been found in Kosciuszko national park, at least 250km away from the nearest sighting.
#ConservationOptimism
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#ConservationOptimism
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
June 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The critically endangered possum species, thought to be isolated to Victoria, has been found in Kosciuszko national park, at least 250km away from the nearest sighting.
#ConservationOptimism
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#ConservationOptimism
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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The top 10 flying insect clades rule the skies—but defy the rules. Weak or inverted latitudinal diversity gradients leave biogeographers puzzled. Entomologists? Mildly amused. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
May 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The top 10 flying insect clades rule the skies—but defy the rules. Weak or inverted latitudinal diversity gradients leave biogeographers puzzled. Entomologists? Mildly amused. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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🚨🐜!!! Check out our new paper where we investigate the impact of a soil level (SoilTemp) dataset on niche shifts of introduced ant species globally — using soil temperatures often lessens the extent of niche shifts between native and introduced ranges! 🐜 🐜 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
April 15, 2025 at 8:14 AM
🚨🐜!!! Check out our new paper where we investigate the impact of a soil level (SoilTemp) dataset on niche shifts of introduced ant species globally — using soil temperatures often lessens the extent of niche shifts between native and introduced ranges! 🐜 🐜 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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My final PhD chapter published in FEE (Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment): re-mapping Köppen-Geiger climate zones, but now using microclimate! Very excited to have this one out:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
January 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
My final PhD chapter published in FEE (Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment): re-mapping Köppen-Geiger climate zones, but now using microclimate! Very excited to have this one out:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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There have been at least 20 mass resignations from scientific journals since 2023.
Dr. Andrea Taylor and Ivan Oransky join us to discuss what is behind these resignations and what they mean for scientific publishing.
Dr. Andrea Taylor and Ivan Oransky join us to discuss what is behind these resignations and what they mean for scientific publishing.
Why Editors At Scientific Journals Are Resigning En Masse
Publishers want to put out more papers with less editorial staff, all while charging scientists more to publish. Editors have had enough.
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January 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
There have been at least 20 mass resignations from scientific journals since 2023.
Dr. Andrea Taylor and Ivan Oransky join us to discuss what is behind these resignations and what they mean for scientific publishing.
Dr. Andrea Taylor and Ivan Oransky join us to discuss what is behind these resignations and what they mean for scientific publishing.
@kristoffer-wild.bsky.social @mikekearney.bsky.social and team used meticulously collected historical datasets and biophysical models to predict climate warming impacts on Aust. and African desert lizards, congrats on a great piece of work! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Climate change and the cost-of-living squeeze in desert lizards
Climate warming can induce a cost-of-living “squeeze” in ectotherms by increasing energetic expenditures while reducing foraging gains. We used biophysical models (validated by 2685 field observations...
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January 17, 2025 at 3:13 AM
@kristoffer-wild.bsky.social @mikekearney.bsky.social and team used meticulously collected historical datasets and biophysical models to predict climate warming impacts on Aust. and African desert lizards, congrats on a great piece of work! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Please circulate: Postdoc position on responses of Australian mammal pests to climate change. Part of my ARC Laureate Fellowship research. Lots of hands-on fieldwork. Learn about biophysical models. Remote locations. Collaboration with #EcologicalHorizons and #AWC jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91880...
Details : Research Fellow in Mammalian Movement Ecology and Energetics : The University of Melbourne
Careers at The University of Melbourne
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January 15, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Please circulate: Postdoc position on responses of Australian mammal pests to climate change. Part of my ARC Laureate Fellowship research. Lots of hands-on fieldwork. Learn about biophysical models. Remote locations. Collaboration with #EcologicalHorizons and #AWC jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91880...
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New research! Authors examine camera trapping trends in Australia, finding strong taxonomic, geographic, and analytical biases, but also new ways to meet big conservation objectives. Great stuff! Glad to play a very small part. Congrats Tom and WildObs! ⚡️
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Large-scale and long-term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis
PDF | Camera traps are widely used in wildlife research and monitoring, so it is imperative to understand their strengths, limitations, and potential... | Find, read and cite all the research you need...
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January 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
New research! Authors examine camera trapping trends in Australia, finding strong taxonomic, geographic, and analytical biases, but also new ways to meet big conservation objectives. Great stuff! Glad to play a very small part. Congrats Tom and WildObs! ⚡️
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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Little Christmas surprise: check out our new paper out in @newphyt.bsky.social, we investigated nutrient release dynamics in wood. Takeaways: what is known from leaf litter does not apply to wood! Time to consider wood and their decomposers different to those of leaf litter. doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Faster than expected: release of nitrogen and phosphorus from decomposing woody litter
Deadwood represents globally important carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) pools. Current wood nutrient dynamics models are extensions of those developed for leaf litter decomposition. Howe.....
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December 26, 2024 at 8:24 AM
Little Christmas surprise: check out our new paper out in @newphyt.bsky.social, we investigated nutrient release dynamics in wood. Takeaways: what is known from leaf litter does not apply to wood! Time to consider wood and their decomposers different to those of leaf litter. doi.org/10.1111/nph....
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Researchers challenged longhorn crazy ants and humans with the same task: maneuvering a T-shaped object through two consecutive open doorways. Single humans always outperformed single ants, but ant groups could beat human groups. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
December 27, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Researchers challenged longhorn crazy ants and humans with the same task: maneuvering a T-shaped object through two consecutive open doorways. Single humans always outperformed single ants, but ant groups could beat human groups. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Ok people. I’m drawing silhouettes this afternoon. If you have a paper coming up and you are in need of a #silhouette please let me know and I will have it ready today. As always I upload all my silhouettes to phylopic.org
I also have tutorials on how to put a silhouette in a plot in R.
I also have tutorials on how to put a silhouette in a plot in R.
PhyloPic
PhyloPic is an open database of free silhouette images of animals, plants, and other life forms, available for reuse under Creative Commons licenses. Download silhouettes for use in educational materi...
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December 26, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Ok people. I’m drawing silhouettes this afternoon. If you have a paper coming up and you are in need of a #silhouette please let me know and I will have it ready today. As always I upload all my silhouettes to phylopic.org
I also have tutorials on how to put a silhouette in a plot in R.
I also have tutorials on how to put a silhouette in a plot in R.
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Great work thinking about applying trait economic spectrum to the world’s little social insects by @lilyleahy.bsky.social #ESAus24
December 11, 2024 at 5:41 AM
Great work thinking about applying trait economic spectrum to the world’s little social insects by @lilyleahy.bsky.social #ESAus24