@macroevoeco
@macroevoeco.bsky.social
Macroevolution & Macroecology, Australian National University
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Reconstructing substitution histories on phylogenies, with accuracy, precision, and coverage https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.21.695861v1
December 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Reconstructing substitution histories on phylogenies, with accuracy, precision, and coverage https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.21.695861v1
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Reconstructing substitution histories on phylogenies, with accuracy, precision, and coverage https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.21.695861v1
December 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Reconstructing substitution histories on phylogenies, with accuracy, precision, and coverage https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.21.695861v1
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Online now: Forecasting extinction risk for future-proof conservation decisions
Forecasting extinction risk for future-proof conservation decisions
Conservation prioritisation emphasises currently threatened species, but there are strong arguments for complementary, more proactive approaches based on forecasting future extinction risk for unthreatened species. Forecasting methods vary in the timescale of extinction risk estimation and include established methods such as Population Viability Analysis (PVA) and Early Warning Systems, and emerging ‘Over-the-Horizon’ (OTH) methods. We develop a framework that integrates extinction risk assessment across timescales and outlines tradeoffs between shorter- and longer-term extinction prevention goals. This framework facilitates use of extinction risk forecasting in decision-theoretic conservation prioritisation that explicitly considers alternative time horizons for extinction prevention. Considering extinction risk on extended timescales offers a future-proof approach to conservation planning that may prevent more extinctions than focusing exclusively on currently threatened species.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Online now: Forecasting extinction risk for future-proof conservation decisions
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Online now: Forecasting extinction risk for future-proof conservation decisions.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Should conservation focus on threatened species? Or should we be proactive and protect species before they become threatened? This paper explores how to get the balance right.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Should conservation focus on threatened species? Or should we be proactive and protect species before they become threatened? This paper explores how to get the balance right.
November 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Online now: Forecasting extinction risk for future-proof conservation decisions.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Should conservation focus on threatened species? Or should we be proactive and protect species before they become threatened? This paper explores how to get the balance right.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Should conservation focus on threatened species? Or should we be proactive and protect species before they become threatened? This paper explores how to get the balance right.
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Annual salary for a Professor at the ANU in 2025 is $227,921 services.anu.edu.au/human-resour...
, yet Genevieve Bell will be getting over *double* that, plus a $400k golden handshake for VC, PLUS $200k in research funds.
Yet apparently ANU is in a budget crisis?
Absolute rot in uni governance
, yet Genevieve Bell will be getting over *double* that, plus a $400k golden handshake for VC, PLUS $200k in research funds.
Yet apparently ANU is in a budget crisis?
Absolute rot in uni governance
Former #ANU Vice-Chancellor, Genevieve Bell, will receive remuneration of more than half a million a year for the next five years - despite taking 12 months off.
For context, that's more than ANU hoped to 'save' annually by disestablishing the School of Music. 🫠 @nteunion.bsky.social
For context, that's more than ANU hoped to 'save' annually by disestablishing the School of Music. 🫠 @nteunion.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Annual salary for a Professor at the ANU in 2025 is $227,921 services.anu.edu.au/human-resour...
, yet Genevieve Bell will be getting over *double* that, plus a $400k golden handshake for VC, PLUS $200k in research funds.
Yet apparently ANU is in a budget crisis?
Absolute rot in uni governance
, yet Genevieve Bell will be getting over *double* that, plus a $400k golden handshake for VC, PLUS $200k in research funds.
Yet apparently ANU is in a budget crisis?
Absolute rot in uni governance
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What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
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Are you a university staff member? Tired? Stressed? Overworked? It will only take 5-6 mins to help independent researchers shine a light on the state of wellbeing in our universities. Results will be published and responses anonymous. Please help by adding your voice: nteu.info/census
October 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Are you a university staff member? Tired? Stressed? Overworked? It will only take 5-6 mins to help independent researchers shine a light on the state of wellbeing in our universities. Results will be published and responses anonymous. Please help by adding your voice: nteu.info/census
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Language complexity is more likely to evolve in small, isolated populations, a recent study shows.
www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
September 6, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Language complexity is more likely to evolve in small, isolated populations, a recent study shows.
www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
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AES 2025 ECR Awards – Apply Now!
Submit your best paper (preprints welcome!) for a chance to give a 30-min plenary at AES 2025 in Brisbane.
Two categories:
PhD and Postdoc
Winners get $500 travel support + free rego
🔗 ausevo.com/2025_researc...
Submit your best paper (preprints welcome!) for a chance to give a 30-min plenary at AES 2025 in Brisbane.
Two categories:
PhD and Postdoc
Winners get $500 travel support + free rego
🔗 ausevo.com/2025_researc...
August 5, 2025 at 5:04 AM
AES 2025 ECR Awards – Apply Now!
Submit your best paper (preprints welcome!) for a chance to give a 30-min plenary at AES 2025 in Brisbane.
Two categories:
PhD and Postdoc
Winners get $500 travel support + free rego
🔗 ausevo.com/2025_researc...
Submit your best paper (preprints welcome!) for a chance to give a 30-min plenary at AES 2025 in Brisbane.
Two categories:
PhD and Postdoc
Winners get $500 travel support + free rego
🔗 ausevo.com/2025_researc...
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Join us on campus & online on Thursday, 7 Aug 2025 at 1pm for a seminar by Dr Emily Stringer & Dr Jarrod Sopniewski, Postdoctoral Research Fellows from the Centre for Conservation Ecology and Genomics at the University of Canberra. Details: rb.gy/x3t1fm
E&E Seminar Series: Boom-bust population dynamics drive rapid genetic & Conserving species with an ecological niche perspective
This seminar is presented by Dr Emily Stringer and Dr Jarrod Sopniewski, Postdoctoral Research Fellows from the Centre for Conservation Ecology and Genomics at the University of Canberra.
rb.gy
July 25, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Join us on campus & online on Thursday, 7 Aug 2025 at 1pm for a seminar by Dr Emily Stringer & Dr Jarrod Sopniewski, Postdoctoral Research Fellows from the Centre for Conservation Ecology and Genomics at the University of Canberra. Details: rb.gy/x3t1fm
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New paper out today in @pnas.org presenting near-complete phylogeny of the Grevilleoideae subfamily of Proteaceae plants, representing years of work and huge collaboration from an amazing team - ft. @marcelcardillo.bsky.social @hsauquet.bsky.social @austinmast.bsky.social and many others not on bsky
July 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM
New paper out today in @pnas.org presenting near-complete phylogeny of the Grevilleoideae subfamily of Proteaceae plants, representing years of work and huge collaboration from an amazing team - ft. @marcelcardillo.bsky.social @hsauquet.bsky.social @austinmast.bsky.social and many others not on bsky
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Why is there such variation in species diversity among regions? Work led by @alexskeels.bsky.social shows that the history of climate change driving expansion & contraction of biomes is at least as important as current environments. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2502129122
New paper out today in @pnas.org presenting near-complete phylogeny of the Grevilleoideae subfamily of Proteaceae plants, representing years of work and huge collaboration from an amazing team - ft. @marcelcardillo.bsky.social @hsauquet.bsky.social @austinmast.bsky.social and many others not on bsky
July 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Why is there such variation in species diversity among regions? Work led by @alexskeels.bsky.social shows that the history of climate change driving expansion & contraction of biomes is at least as important as current environments. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2502129122
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Please share: PhD scholarship opportunity in mathematical ecology on the value of information for improving ecological management, open to international students, with a great team @hugepossum.bsky.social, Katriona Shea, Kate Helmstedt, & me at UQ, Australia 🌍 🧮, study.uq.edu.au/study-option...
The value of information for ecological management
study.uq.edu.au
July 4, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Please share: PhD scholarship opportunity in mathematical ecology on the value of information for improving ecological management, open to international students, with a great team @hugepossum.bsky.social, Katriona Shea, Kate Helmstedt, & me at UQ, Australia 🌍 🧮, study.uq.edu.au/study-option...
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New preprint: we advertise DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly eco-evo-archaeo journals. 1/6
#AcademicPublishing #ecoevo #archaeology #EthicalPublishing #SocietyJournals #DiamondOpenAccess
doi.org/10.32942/X24...
#AcademicPublishing #ecoevo #archaeology #EthicalPublishing #SocietyJournals #DiamondOpenAccess
doi.org/10.32942/X24...
Time to publish ethically: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biology.
doi.org
June 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
New preprint: we advertise DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly eco-evo-archaeo journals. 1/6
#AcademicPublishing #ecoevo #archaeology #EthicalPublishing #SocietyJournals #DiamondOpenAccess
doi.org/10.32942/X24...
#AcademicPublishing #ecoevo #archaeology #EthicalPublishing #SocietyJournals #DiamondOpenAccess
doi.org/10.32942/X24...
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Great to get this paper out on macroevolutionary trends of the hyperdiverse southwest Australian and eastern Australian floras! @alexskeels.bsky.social
Article is open access and can be downloaded here:
lnkd.in/gaxzYppQ
Article is open access and can be downloaded here:
lnkd.in/gaxzYppQ
July 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Great to get this paper out on macroevolutionary trends of the hyperdiverse southwest Australian and eastern Australian floras! @alexskeels.bsky.social
Article is open access and can be downloaded here:
lnkd.in/gaxzYppQ
Article is open access and can be downloaded here:
lnkd.in/gaxzYppQ
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Macroevolutionary analysis of polysynthesis shows that language complexity is more likely to evolve in small, isolated populations
Bromham et al., PNAS
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Bromham et al., PNAS
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Macroevolutionary analysis of polysynthesis shows that language complexity is more likely to evolve in small, isolated populations | PNAS
Evolution of complexity in human languages has been vigorously debated, including
the proposal that complexity can build in small, isolated populat...
www.pnas.org
June 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Macroevolutionary analysis of polysynthesis shows that language complexity is more likely to evolve in small, isolated populations
Bromham et al., PNAS
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Bromham et al., PNAS
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Is language complexity more likely to evolve in small, isolated populations? We test this idea using global occurrence of one particular form of morphological complexity - polysynthesis (complex word forms that embody whole phrases) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Macroevolutionary analysis of polysynthesis shows that language complexity is more likely to evolve in small, isolated populations | PNAS
Evolution of complexity in human languages has been vigorously debated, including
the proposal that complexity can build in small, isolated populat...
www.pnas.org
June 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Is language complexity more likely to evolve in small, isolated populations? We test this idea using global occurrence of one particular form of morphological complexity - polysynthesis (complex word forms that embody whole phrases) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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#ICCB2025 I'll be presenting our work on "Over the Horizon" extinction risk forecasting for proactive conservation planning at 10:30am on Monday, in M2.
It will be minus 3 degrees in Canberra tonight so looking forward to escaping to Brizzie for a few days...
It will be minus 3 degrees in Canberra tonight so looking forward to escaping to Brizzie for a few days...
June 13, 2025 at 2:45 AM
#ICCB2025 I'll be presenting our work on "Over the Horizon" extinction risk forecasting for proactive conservation planning at 10:30am on Monday, in M2.
It will be minus 3 degrees in Canberra tonight so looking forward to escaping to Brizzie for a few days...
It will be minus 3 degrees in Canberra tonight so looking forward to escaping to Brizzie for a few days...
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WE DID IT, FOLKS
A song for the entomologists of the USDA m.youtube.com/watch?v=yYSI...
A song for the entomologists of the USDA m.youtube.com/watch?v=yYSI...
June 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
WE DID IT, FOLKS
A song for the entomologists of the USDA m.youtube.com/watch?v=yYSI...
A song for the entomologists of the USDA m.youtube.com/watch?v=yYSI...
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Open letter: The ANU executive is planning a new round of unnecessary and damaging cuts and forced redundancies. We are asking staff to sign this open letter calling on the executive to cancel planned CMPs and to be transparent about ANU’s finances.
ANU colleagues please sign and share widely.
ANU colleagues please sign and share widely.
Open letter: Staff call on the ANU executive to stop these unnecessary cuts
Fact sheet on 'Renew ANU so far': https://shorturl.at/iYVjc
Open Letter PDF for print with QR codes to sign: https://shorturl.at/5KYs3
__________________________________________________
Letter to AN...
forms.gle
May 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Open letter: The ANU executive is planning a new round of unnecessary and damaging cuts and forced redundancies. We are asking staff to sign this open letter calling on the executive to cancel planned CMPs and to be transparent about ANU’s finances.
ANU colleagues please sign and share widely.
ANU colleagues please sign and share widely.
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ANU colleagues, stand up and protect your workplace and each other. Let's stop the reputational and psycho-social damage being done by the disproportionately heavy-handed response of the executive. Please sign and share widely in your networks. #ourANU
If you're part of #ourANU, please read this open letter to the ANU executive, and consider signing it.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open letter: Staff call on the ANU executive to stop these unnecessary cuts
Fact sheet on 'Renew ANU so far': https://shorturl.at/iYVjc
Open Letter PDF for print with QR codes to sign: https://shorturl.at/5KYs3
__________________________________________________
Letter to AN...
docs.google.com
May 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
ANU colleagues, stand up and protect your workplace and each other. Let's stop the reputational and psycho-social damage being done by the disproportionately heavy-handed response of the executive. Please sign and share widely in your networks. #ourANU
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More great PhD opportunities, this time with @felicitymeakins.bsky.social
study.uq.edu.au/study-option...
study.uq.edu.au/study-option...
Dingo Lingo: Australia's past through the lens of biology, language & music
study.uq.edu.au
March 28, 2025 at 7:11 AM
More great PhD opportunities, this time with @felicitymeakins.bsky.social
study.uq.edu.au/study-option...
study.uq.edu.au/study-option...
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We love it when art and science meet to create something spectacular! ✨
These amazing projections at Mt Stromlo Observatory were produced by ANU art and design students for Enlighten Festival.
science.anu.edu.au/news-events/...
These amazing projections at Mt Stromlo Observatory were produced by ANU art and design students for Enlighten Festival.
science.anu.edu.au/news-events/...
Illuminating the cosmos: ANU students light up Mount Stromlo
Students from the ANU School of Art and Design are showcasing astronomically inspired work as part of the Enlighten festival.
science.anu.edu.au
March 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
We love it when art and science meet to create something spectacular! ✨
These amazing projections at Mt Stromlo Observatory were produced by ANU art and design students for Enlighten Festival.
science.anu.edu.au/news-events/...
These amazing projections at Mt Stromlo Observatory were produced by ANU art and design students for Enlighten Festival.
science.anu.edu.au/news-events/...
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Really sad to report that our friend and colleague Richard Fortey passed away this morning after a short battle with cancer. We’ll all miss his wit and wisdom. Here he is checking out a dino footprint we found while filming together on the Isle of Wight
March 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Really sad to report that our friend and colleague Richard Fortey passed away this morning after a short battle with cancer. We’ll all miss his wit and wisdom. Here he is checking out a dino footprint we found while filming together on the Isle of Wight