Abhishek Kumar
@abkumar.bsky.social
• 🎓PhD from Panjab University, Chandigarh 🇮🇳
• 🙋Member @sortee.bsky.social; @iavs5.bsky.social
• 🌱Ecology ⛰️Macroecology 🌳Distribution
• 🍂Decomposition 📚Synthesis 📊RStats
• 🔍More at akumar.netlify.app
• 🙋Member @sortee.bsky.social; @iavs5.bsky.social
• 🌱Ecology ⛰️Macroecology 🌳Distribution
• 🍂Decomposition 📚Synthesis 📊RStats
• 🔍More at akumar.netlify.app
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🌿 Where are greatest number of #PlantSpecies in #Mountains? 🏔️
Our recent study in @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social explored elevational patterns of plant #SpeciesRichness. A quick thread 👇
#Biodiversity #Biogeography #Ecology #ElevationalGradients #Himalayas #ProtectedAreas
Our recent study in @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social explored elevational patterns of plant #SpeciesRichness. A quick thread 👇
#Biodiversity #Biogeography #Ecology #ElevationalGradients #Himalayas #ProtectedAreas
Reposted by Abhishek Kumar
Are there any Hindi speakers who could help proofread some LLM-generated translations for pkgdown? github.com/r-lib/pkgdow...
Add Hindi translations by jayhesselberth · Pull Request #2931 · r-lib/pkgdown
After potools::po_create("hi")
Prompt:
You are an experienced translator. Create new a new translation for Hindi in po/R-hi.po. These are GNU gettext translations for pkgdown, a tool used...
github.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Are there any Hindi speakers who could help proofread some LLM-generated translations for pkgdown? github.com/r-lib/pkgdow...
🌿 Where are greatest number of #PlantSpecies in #Mountains? 🏔️
Our recent study in @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social explored elevational patterns of plant #SpeciesRichness. A quick thread 👇
#Biodiversity #Biogeography #Ecology #ElevationalGradients #Himalayas #ProtectedAreas
Our recent study in @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social explored elevational patterns of plant #SpeciesRichness. A quick thread 👇
#Biodiversity #Biogeography #Ecology #ElevationalGradients #Himalayas #ProtectedAreas
October 25, 2025 at 5:42 AM
🌿 Where are greatest number of #PlantSpecies in #Mountains? 🏔️
Our recent study in @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social explored elevational patterns of plant #SpeciesRichness. A quick thread 👇
#Biodiversity #Biogeography #Ecology #ElevationalGradients #Himalayas #ProtectedAreas
Our recent study in @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social explored elevational patterns of plant #SpeciesRichness. A quick thread 👇
#Biodiversity #Biogeography #Ecology #ElevationalGradients #Himalayas #ProtectedAreas
Reposted by Abhishek Kumar
🌍 Join SORTEE – A worldwide Open Science community for ecology and evolution! 🌱🧬
🌐 Join trainings, code clubs & our annual online conference
🚀 Help shape the future of Open Science
Membership is inclusive and flexible.
👉 Learn more: www.sortee.org/join/
#OpenScience #Ecology #Evolution
🌐 Join trainings, code clubs & our annual online conference
🚀 Help shape the future of Open Science
Membership is inclusive and flexible.
👉 Learn more: www.sortee.org/join/
#OpenScience #Ecology #Evolution
Join
Join Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary biology (SORTEE)
www.sortee.org
October 15, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🌍 Join SORTEE – A worldwide Open Science community for ecology and evolution! 🌱🧬
🌐 Join trainings, code clubs & our annual online conference
🚀 Help shape the future of Open Science
Membership is inclusive and flexible.
👉 Learn more: www.sortee.org/join/
#OpenScience #Ecology #Evolution
🌐 Join trainings, code clubs & our annual online conference
🚀 Help shape the future of Open Science
Membership is inclusive and flexible.
👉 Learn more: www.sortee.org/join/
#OpenScience #Ecology #Evolution
🌍 Join SORTEE – A worldwide Open Science community for ecology and evolution! 🌱🧬
🌐 Join trainings, code clubs & our annual online conference
🚀 Help shape the future of Open Science
Membership is inclusive and flexible.
👉 Learn more: www.sortee.org/join/
#OpenScience #Ecology #Evolution
🌐 Join trainings, code clubs & our annual online conference
🚀 Help shape the future of Open Science
Membership is inclusive and flexible.
👉 Learn more: www.sortee.org/join/
#OpenScience #Ecology #Evolution
Join
Join Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary biology (SORTEE)
www.sortee.org
October 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
🌍 Join SORTEE – A worldwide Open Science community for ecology and evolution! 🌱🧬
🌐 Join trainings, code clubs & our annual online conference
🚀 Help shape the future of Open Science
Membership is inclusive and flexible.
👉 Learn more: www.sortee.org/join/
#OpenScience #Ecology #Evolution
🌐 Join trainings, code clubs & our annual online conference
🚀 Help shape the future of Open Science
Membership is inclusive and flexible.
👉 Learn more: www.sortee.org/join/
#OpenScience #Ecology #Evolution
Reposted by Abhishek Kumar
🚨Introducing the @sortee.bsky.social Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology🚨 doi.org/10.32942/X24...
Increasingly E&E journals are recruiting data editors. We provide standardised guidelines for journals with data editors and those wanting to recruit them 🧵
Increasingly E&E journals are recruiting data editors. We provide standardised guidelines for journals with data editors and those wanting to recruit them 🧵
The SORTEE Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
doi.org
August 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🚨Introducing the @sortee.bsky.social Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology🚨 doi.org/10.32942/X24...
Increasingly E&E journals are recruiting data editors. We provide standardised guidelines for journals with data editors and those wanting to recruit them 🧵
Increasingly E&E journals are recruiting data editors. We provide standardised guidelines for journals with data editors and those wanting to recruit them 🧵
Reposted by Abhishek Kumar
Was just sent this, author unknown. There's plenty to debate but they're right about evolutionary ecology. 🌏
July 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Was just sent this, author unknown. There's plenty to debate but they're right about evolutionary ecology. 🌏
Reposted by Abhishek Kumar
Would you like to promote & support Open Science in Ecology & Evolution?
Become SORTEE's In-person Socials Manager to promote & support local open science meet-ups at conferences
Examples here: buff.ly/7ipduY5
Interested? Email sortecoevo@gmail.com for more info
Become SORTEE's In-person Socials Manager to promote & support local open science meet-ups at conferences
Examples here: buff.ly/7ipduY5
Interested? Email sortecoevo@gmail.com for more info
SORTEE meet-ups at other conferences
Other events by Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary biology (SORTEE)
buff.ly
March 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Would you like to promote & support Open Science in Ecology & Evolution?
Become SORTEE's In-person Socials Manager to promote & support local open science meet-ups at conferences
Examples here: buff.ly/7ipduY5
Interested? Email sortecoevo@gmail.com for more info
Become SORTEE's In-person Socials Manager to promote & support local open science meet-ups at conferences
Examples here: buff.ly/7ipduY5
Interested? Email sortecoevo@gmail.com for more info
Reposted by Abhishek Kumar
February 4, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Reposted by Abhishek Kumar
Still some time to apply for this #trait-based #ecology #postdoc
✔️in supportive group within a lively faculty
✔️in beautiful Helsinki with forests🌲, shoreline and islands 🏕️
✔️in supportive group within a lively faculty
✔️in beautiful Helsinki with forests🌲, shoreline and islands 🏕️
📢#WeAreHiring! I am looking for a #postdoc (2yr position) either in ecological modelling or experimental trait-based ecology to join us in Northern Biodiversity and Ecosystem functioning group at @helsinkiuni.bsky.social
Thanks for reposting!
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
Thanks for reposting!
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecological Modelling or Trait-based Ecology
Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecological Modelling or Trait-based Ecology
jobs.helsinki.fi
December 20, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Still some time to apply for this #trait-based #ecology #postdoc
✔️in supportive group within a lively faculty
✔️in beautiful Helsinki with forests🌲, shoreline and islands 🏕️
✔️in supportive group within a lively faculty
✔️in beautiful Helsinki with forests🌲, shoreline and islands 🏕️
Reposted by Abhishek Kumar
Postdoc opportunity: Drivers of biodiversity change across time 🌿 🦅 🌍
Come work with fabulous Naia Morueta-Holme (and a bit with me)
2-year position starting March 1, 2025
Naia's lab page: lnkd.in/drHQBGdU
Apply here (deadline 5 Jan 2025) candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Come work with fabulous Naia Morueta-Holme (and a bit with me)
2-year position starting March 1, 2025
Naia's lab page: lnkd.in/drHQBGdU
Apply here (deadline 5 Jan 2025) candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Postdoctoral Researcher on Drivers of Biodiversity Change Across Time at the Section for Biodiversity, Globe Institute
Postdoctoral Researcher on Drivers of Biodiversity Change Across Time at the Section for Biodiversity, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen We are seeking
candidate.hr-manager.net
December 9, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Postdoc opportunity: Drivers of biodiversity change across time 🌿 🦅 🌍
Come work with fabulous Naia Morueta-Holme (and a bit with me)
2-year position starting March 1, 2025
Naia's lab page: lnkd.in/drHQBGdU
Apply here (deadline 5 Jan 2025) candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Come work with fabulous Naia Morueta-Holme (and a bit with me)
2-year position starting March 1, 2025
Naia's lab page: lnkd.in/drHQBGdU
Apply here (deadline 5 Jan 2025) candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Reposted by Abhishek Kumar
There is still space left in the #biodiversity #redistribution starter pack ⬇️ If you are working on or interested in biodiversity responses, aka #species #range #shifts & #community #composition #changes, to global change drivers, I'd be happy to add you in the list 😀
go.bsky.app/6KqEpb9
go.bsky.app/6KqEpb9
December 7, 2024 at 8:41 AM
There is still space left in the #biodiversity #redistribution starter pack ⬇️ If you are working on or interested in biodiversity responses, aka #species #range #shifts & #community #composition #changes, to global change drivers, I'd be happy to add you in the list 😀
go.bsky.app/6KqEpb9
go.bsky.app/6KqEpb9
Reposted by Abhishek Kumar
📢#WeAreHiring! I am looking for a #postdoc (2yr position) either in ecological modelling or experimental trait-based ecology to join us in Northern Biodiversity and Ecosystem functioning group at @helsinkiuni.bsky.social
Thanks for reposting!
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
Thanks for reposting!
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecological Modelling or Trait-based Ecology
Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecological Modelling or Trait-based Ecology
jobs.helsinki.fi
December 5, 2024 at 6:26 AM
📢#WeAreHiring! I am looking for a #postdoc (2yr position) either in ecological modelling or experimental trait-based ecology to join us in Northern Biodiversity and Ecosystem functioning group at @helsinkiuni.bsky.social
Thanks for reposting!
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
Thanks for reposting!
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
What determines the plant species richness along elevational gradients?
In this latest study, we explored the direct, indirect and interaction effects of environmental variables.🧵
#Biodiversity #ElevationalGradients #Himalayas #Macroecology #PlantEcology #SpeciesRichness
doi.org/10.1186/s137...
In this latest study, we explored the direct, indirect and interaction effects of environmental variables.🧵
#Biodiversity #ElevationalGradients #Himalayas #Macroecology #PlantEcology #SpeciesRichness
doi.org/10.1186/s137...
Determinants of plant species richness along elevational gradients: insights with climate, energy and water–energy dynamics - Ecological Processes
Background Understanding the patterns and processes of species distributions has long remained a central focus of biogeographical and ecological research. While the evidence for elevational patterns i...
doi.org
December 3, 2024 at 4:44 PM
What determines the plant species richness along elevational gradients?
In this latest study, we explored the direct, indirect and interaction effects of environmental variables.🧵
#Biodiversity #ElevationalGradients #Himalayas #Macroecology #PlantEcology #SpeciesRichness
doi.org/10.1186/s137...
In this latest study, we explored the direct, indirect and interaction effects of environmental variables.🧵
#Biodiversity #ElevationalGradients #Himalayas #Macroecology #PlantEcology #SpeciesRichness
doi.org/10.1186/s137...
Reposted by Abhishek Kumar
The two @iavs5.bsky.social journals @applvegsci.bsky.social and @jvegsci.bsky.social have arrived here.
November 29, 2024 at 7:07 AM
The two @iavs5.bsky.social journals @applvegsci.bsky.social and @jvegsci.bsky.social have arrived here.
Reposted by Abhishek Kumar
The biodiversity data deluge is here - the equivalent of #MooresLaw but for biodiversity data? "we estimated that the total number of plant distribution records doubles every 17 years and the number of spatially unique records doubles every 21 years." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... 🌎🧪🦋🦫
November 27, 2024 at 3:26 PM
The biodiversity data deluge is here - the equivalent of #MooresLaw but for biodiversity data? "we estimated that the total number of plant distribution records doubles every 17 years and the number of spatially unique records doubles every 21 years." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... 🌎🧪🦋🦫
This year's contribution to Citizen Science 🌱👇
November 27, 2024 at 4:06 PM
This year's contribution to Citizen Science 🌱👇
Reposted by Abhishek Kumar
I'd like to encourage folks to publish their code. Not only does it make studies more transparent and reproducible, but it also increases citation rates!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Code sharing in ecology and evolution increases citation rates but remains uncommon
Biologists increasingly rely on computer code to collect and analyze their data, reinforcing the importance of published code for transparency, reproducibility, training, and a basis for further work...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 23, 2024 at 3:56 PM
I'd like to encourage folks to publish their code. Not only does it make studies more transparent and reproducible, but it also increases citation rates!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Abhishek Kumar
Here is a starter pack for scientists and others interested in trait-based ecology and evolution. Still trying to find everyone here. Please let me know if you would like to be added to the list! go.bsky.app/PThMXeX 🧪🌎🌾
November 10, 2024 at 9:32 AM
Here is a starter pack for scientists and others interested in trait-based ecology and evolution. Still trying to find everyone here. Please let me know if you would like to be added to the list! go.bsky.app/PThMXeX 🧪🌎🌾
Reposted by Abhishek Kumar
Recent study estimates large global potential for natural regeneration in deforested tropical regions & substantial associated #climatechange #mitigation effects www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🌳🌿🌴🍃 #reforestation #naturalprocesses #trees #tropics #forests
Global potential for natural regeneration in deforested tropical regions - Nature
An estimated area of 215 million hectares has the potential for natural forest regeneration across tropical forested countries and biomes, representing an above-ground carbon sequestration potential o...
www.nature.com
November 22, 2024 at 6:09 AM
Recent study estimates large global potential for natural regeneration in deforested tropical regions & substantial associated #climatechange #mitigation effects www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🌳🌿🌴🍃 #reforestation #naturalprocesses #trees #tropics #forests
Reposted by Abhishek Kumar
Critical paper for thinking about data use and justice in global #biodiversity #conservation, #macroecology, ecological data synthesis and analyses.
How are people and nature made visible, represented and treated as a result of digital data?
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
How are people and nature made visible, represented and treated as a result of digital data?
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Data justice and biodiversity conservation
Increases in data availability coupled with enhanced computational capacities are revolutionizing conservation. But in the excitement over the opportunities afforded by new data, there has been less ...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 18, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Critical paper for thinking about data use and justice in global #biodiversity #conservation, #macroecology, ecological data synthesis and analyses.
How are people and nature made visible, represented and treated as a result of digital data?
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
How are people and nature made visible, represented and treated as a result of digital data?
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Abhishek Kumar
The Equilibrium Theory of Biodiversity Dynamics: A General Framework for Scaling Species Richness and Community Abundance along Environmental Gradients #macroecology www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
The Equilibrium Theory of Biodiversity Dynamics: A General Framework for Scaling Species Richness and Community Abundance along Environmental Gradients | The American Naturalist
Abstract Large-scale temporal and spatial biodiversity patterns have traditionally been explained by multitudinous particular factors and a few theories. However, these theories lack sufficient genera...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
November 18, 2024 at 10:19 PM
The Equilibrium Theory of Biodiversity Dynamics: A General Framework for Scaling Species Richness and Community Abundance along Environmental Gradients #macroecology www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...