marie martin
LightNews LightNews
mellenmartin.bsky.social
marie martin
@mellenmartin.bsky.social
110 followers 110 following 7 posts
ecologist at OSU, fan of weasels, birds, handicrafts
Posts Replies Media Videos
Reposted by marie martin
afredston.bsky.social
POSTDOC JOB AD: I'm hiring a Bayesian ecologist to build a (IMO, extremely fun) model of humpback whale spatiotemporal dynamics in California

2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.

ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
Fredston Lab: Postdoctoral Scholar
University of California, Santa Cruz is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucsc.edu
October 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Reposted by marie martin
sadbumblebee.buzz
In June, the @washingtonpost.com sent me and @byaliceli.bsky.social to witness cultural burns in California. We learned how they encourage beneficial vegetation, reduce wildfire risk, and provide traditional food and craft sources for tribes in the Klamath region.

🎁: wapo.st/3J7BQTL
How indigenous practices can help protect forests
The Post followed cultural burning practices, an Indigenous tradition now permitted under California law and used to help protect forests from wildfires.
wapo.st
October 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
mellenmartin.bsky.social
new pub out — Yosemite is a perfect (and picturesque) place to show how heterogeneity can shape species distributions and foraging patterns. Grateful to Yosemite NP, Levi & Sacks labs & @roguedogs.bsky.social for their collaboration 💗
A two row figure displaying the occupancy patterns of bobcats, cougars, coyotes, gray foxes, and martens (top row) in Yosemite and how canopy cover, heterogeneity in canopy cover, and topography/snowpack (bottom row) shaped these patterns of occurrence. A two panel figure diet patterns of bobcats, cougars, coyotes, gray foxes, and martens via composition of major prey groups detected through high-throughout sequencing (left figure) and how inter specific diets overlapped in niche space (right panel)
October 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Reposted by marie martin
oikosjournal.bsky.social
🌄🥩Landscape heterogeneity shapes the spatial and diet partitioning of a montane carnivore guild

📷 © Jennifer Hart

vist.ly/47zke

#Competition #DetectionDogTeam #HierarchicalModeling #HighThroughputSequencing #IntegratedOccupancyModel #NichePartitioning #NonInvasiveSampling

September 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Reposted by marie martin
ecologyofgavin.bsky.social
We have a new paper developing methods for looking at bird-fire macroecology. What’s most fascinating to me is that the magnitude *and* direction of fire effects can vary enormously across a species range. Stationarity is dead!! Long live non-stationarity!!

doi.org/10.1002/fee....
Evaluating macroecological fire impacts on bird populations
Fire regimes are context-dependent, as are the ways that animals respond. However, most information on animal responses to fire comes from short-term local field studies, which are hard to extrapolat....
doi.org
September 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Reposted by marie martin
pmanlick.bsky.social
🚨 New Paper in Eco Apps 🚨 - Our research team at USFS PNW Research Station used a long-term adaptive management experiment to test the effects of forest thinning on wildlife habitat in the Tongass National Forest 🧵 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Reposted by marie martin
colincarlson.bsky.social
Unfortunately for Americans who want to not experience things like "bubonic plague," we also can't write NIH or NSF grants about this kind of thing anymore. I dunno, seems important
colincarlson.bsky.social Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · Jul 11
Now is the time that I remind you that, while plague has been endemic in the western United States for 70+ years and this is a normal occurrence, our work does seem to strongly suggest climate change is increasing spillover risk onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
July 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Reposted by marie martin
pmanlick.bsky.social
Spent last week in the field measuring veg and tagging seedlings in our small mammal exclosures at HJ Andrews experimental forest. Bit of a surreal landscape following the 2023 Lookout Fire.
June 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Reposted by marie martin
resistancerangers.altgov.info
“Things are not OK,” Heatley told OPB on Monday. “This is not a normal situation. This is a paradigm shift that is having repercussions that will last for at least a generation.”
Crater Lake superintendent resigns, citing staff shortages
Since he started at Crater Lake in January, Kevin Heatley has seen Crater Lake’s permanent workforce cut in half, and onboarding seasonal staff was delayed by a month. "Things are not OK," he said.
www.opb.org
June 3, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Reposted by marie martin
zacksteel.bsky.social
www.hcn.org/issues/57-6/...
As Trump comes after research, Forest Service scientists keep working - High Country News
Scientists describe how they’re preparing for the upcoming field season despite the challenges.
www.hcn.org
May 29, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Reposted by marie martin
gilbert-lab.bsky.social
I'm looking for a postdoc in quantitative ecology / macroecology to start in summer/fall 2025 in my lab at Oklahoma State University. Please spread the word

www.gilbertecology.com/opportunities
May 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Reposted by marie martin
colincarlson.bsky.social
“Should AI be allowed to review papers or grant proposals” always reveals a thing I think people don’t understand about algorithmic bias 🧵
May 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Reposted by marie martin
jacquelyngill.bsky.social
This is why the media’s credulous boosterism for Colossal is so dangerous. “Innovation, not regulation” is tech-bro propaganda. It’s the false promise that any problem can be solved with some future breakthrough that will enable the same people who got us into this to profit from the solutions.
A tweet by Sec. Doug Burgum: The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is to work with others to “conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.” The Department of the Interior is excited about the potential of “de-extinction” technology and how it may serve broader purposes beyond the recovery of lost species, including strengthening biodiversity protection efforts and helping endangered or at-risk species. The Endangered Species List has become like the Hotel California: once a species enters, they never leave. In fact, 97 percent of species that are added to the endangered list remain there. This is because the status quo is focused on regulation more than innovation. It’s time to fundamentally change how we think about species conservation. Going forward, we must celebrate removals from the endangered list - not additions. The only thing we’d like to see go extinct is the need for an endangered species list to exist. We need to continue improving recovery efforts to make that a reality, and the marvel of “de-extinction” technology can help forge a future where populations are never at risk. Since the dawn of our nation, it has been innovation – not regulation – that has spawned American greatness. The revival of the Dire Wolf heralds the advent of a thrilling new era of scientific wonder, showcasing how the concept of “de-extinction” can serve as a bedrock for modern species conservation. The Dire Wolf revival carries profound cultural significance as it embodies strength and courage that is deeply encoded within the DNA of American identity and tribal heritage. Breakthroughs of this nature will inspire leading minds and future generations of innovators to chase the impossible, capture it, and unleash its potential! The Department of the Interior looks forward to a vibrant future full of innovation that advances core missions such as wildlife conservation.
April 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Reposted by marie martin
culturalfire.bsky.social
Looking for someone that can lead the Indigenous Stewardship Network and help progress a new era if indigenous stewardship throughout California. jobs.gusto.com/postings/ind...
Network Director (Remote - California Based) at Indigenous Stewardship Network
jobs.gusto.com
March 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Reposted by marie martin
ecologistgreen.bsky.social
#PeerReview is too important to let it get destroyed by AI.

We need to be making it easier for scientists to evaluate each other's work, while also making the process fun and engaging.

This is possible with collaborative peer review like what we've built @stacksjournal.bsky.social.

#SciPub
AI is transforming peer review — and many scientists are worried
Artificial intelligence software is increasingly involved in reviewing papers, provoking interest and unease.
www.nature.com
March 27, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Reposted by marie martin
sauerscientist.bsky.social
Excited to share the news that I have accepted a TT assistant professor position at @rutgersuniversity.bsky.social in the Dept of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources! I will be recruiting a postdoc and grad students soon for my wildlife disease ecology lab, so check back in here!
March 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Reposted by marie martin
ecologyofgavin.bsky.social
Best way to find a typo in a paper is to read the draft carefully 100 times, print it, mark it up, submit it, get it accepted, have copy editors review it, read it again, finalize it, get it published, and then proudly share it will all of your close colleagues
March 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Reposted by marie martin
ecologyofgavin.bsky.social
“Within protected areas, there is an urgent need to rethink what we are protecting: the current landscape conditions or the landscape dynamics that generate those conditions.”

New paper in BioScience “Conserving landscape dynamics, not just landscapes”

Link: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
Conserving landscape dynamics, not just landscapes
Abstract. Protected areas form the backbone of modern conservation. However, the current policies and practices in protected areas reinforce a static view
academic.oup.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Reposted by marie martin
evornithology.bsky.social
Hey #RaptorResearch folks- I'm handling a cool natural history note about raptors being attacked and killed by snakes. Anyone interested in reviewing? @arjundevamar.bsky.social @jonathanslaght.com @fletcherecology.bsky.social @janetngbio.bsky.social @shannonskalos.bsky.social etc...
March 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Reposted by marie martin
jennifermolidor.bsky.social
One of the first endangered California condors released by the Yurok Tribe, Pey-noh-pey-o-wok, has died from lead poisoning in a remote part of Redwood National Park. Stop using lead shot!

Get the Lead Out: www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/ge...

Article: www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...
‘Huge blow’: Youngest California condor in flock killed by lead poisoning
The Yurok Tribe said the condor, from a flock in Redwood National Park in Humboldt County, had a lead air gun pellet in its gizzard.
www.sfchronicle.com
March 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Reposted by marie martin
ecologyofgavin.bsky.social
“Bioregional‐scale acoustic monitoring can support fire‐prone forest restoration planning” out now in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

doi.org/10.1002/fee....
March 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Reposted by marie martin
ecologyofgavin.bsky.social
Ok so this is some good news??

www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Populations of large-diameter trees are increasing across the United States | PNAS
Large-diameter trees provide vital ecological functions in forested ecosystems. Old, large-diameter trees may also be vulnerable to climate-driven ...
www.pnas.org
March 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM