Elizabeth Crone
@croneliz.bsky.social
Ecologist, entomologist, hiker, gardener and trombonist.
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Nominate your outstanding senior colleagues for the Ecological Society of America's Eminent Ecologist Award! Nominations due Nov. 13.
esa.org/about/awards...
esa.org/about/awards...
esa.org
October 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Nominate your outstanding senior colleagues for the Ecological Society of America's Eminent Ecologist Award! Nominations due Nov. 13.
esa.org/about/awards...
esa.org/about/awards...
Kimmel for president (2028)
September 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Kimmel for president (2028)
Also #AJB has some of the nicest editorial staff around. Working with them was a real pleasure!
Mast years increase wind #pollination & reduce seed predation in sugar #maple (Acer saccharum)
New #AJB research by Elizabeth Crone & Joshua Rapp
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #pollen
New #AJB research by Elizabeth Crone & Joshua Rapp
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #pollen
May 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Also #AJB has some of the nicest editorial staff around. Working with them was a real pleasure!
I really enjoyed reading this article. Thought-provoking about the privileges many of us have (or not).
responses to this have included
-grow all your own food
-buy organic
-check labels
-go to the farmers market
-check for recalls
-make your own food from scratch
etc
WRONG. none of you have read the article
-grow all your own food
-buy organic
-check labels
-go to the farmers market
-check for recalls
-make your own food from scratch
etc
WRONG. none of you have read the article
"You know, as an example, red lead was used to make cheddar... A can of coffee could be coffee, but it could be ground bone, or charred shells, or dirt." Deborah Blum on our bad food past -- and how to avoid it being our future:
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
May 1, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I really enjoyed reading this article. Thought-provoking about the privileges many of us have (or not).
If you see this, post something orange
April 18, 2025 at 1:49 AM
If you see this, post something orange
It’s live online:
cronelab.faculty.ucdavis.edu/how-we-do-re...
Kudos to Erin Treanore and Sylvie Finn for compiling our guide of field methods for bumble bee demography. Developed in collaboration with the BOMBUSS 2023 conference participants
cronelab.faculty.ucdavis.edu/how-we-do-re...
Kudos to Erin Treanore and Sylvie Finn for compiling our guide of field methods for bumble bee demography. Developed in collaboration with the BOMBUSS 2023 conference participants
Bumble Bee Field Methods Guide – Cronies
cronelab.faculty.ucdavis.edu
April 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
It’s live online:
cronelab.faculty.ucdavis.edu/how-we-do-re...
Kudos to Erin Treanore and Sylvie Finn for compiling our guide of field methods for bumble bee demography. Developed in collaboration with the BOMBUSS 2023 conference participants
cronelab.faculty.ucdavis.edu/how-we-do-re...
Kudos to Erin Treanore and Sylvie Finn for compiling our guide of field methods for bumble bee demography. Developed in collaboration with the BOMBUSS 2023 conference participants
Today I am randomly scrolling Bluesky and liking nature posts. “Like” just doesn’t feel right for anything about politics right now.
April 7, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Today I am randomly scrolling Bluesky and liking nature posts. “Like” just doesn’t feel right for anything about politics right now.
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New paper with Erica Henry & @nickhaddad.bsky.social
Q: What happens when butterflies, responding to climate warming, attempt an extra generation as summers get longer?
A: Long-term monitoring shows overwinter population growth increases! 🧪🦋🐛https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ele.70018
Q: What happens when butterflies, responding to climate warming, attempt an extra generation as summers get longer?
A: Long-term monitoring shows overwinter population growth increases! 🧪🦋🐛https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ele.70018
Voltinism Shifts in Response to Climate Warming Generally Benefit Populations of Multivoltine Butterflies
Insects may respond to climate warming by advancing phenology and increasing the number of generations each year (voltinism). However, one concern is that earlier phenology changes cue-response relat...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
New paper with Erica Henry & @nickhaddad.bsky.social
Q: What happens when butterflies, responding to climate warming, attempt an extra generation as summers get longer?
A: Long-term monitoring shows overwinter population growth increases! 🧪🦋🐛https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ele.70018
Q: What happens when butterflies, responding to climate warming, attempt an extra generation as summers get longer?
A: Long-term monitoring shows overwinter population growth increases! 🧪🦋🐛https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ele.70018
www.opb.org/article/2025...
My awesome collaborator Cheryl Schultz talking about butterfly populations and declines
My awesome collaborator Cheryl Schultz talking about butterfly populations and declines
Washington State University-led study reveals 20-year loss of butterfly populations across US
A new study reveals that butterfly populations in the U.S. declined by more than 20% from 2000 to 2020.
www.opb.org
March 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
www.opb.org/article/2025...
My awesome collaborator Cheryl Schultz talking about butterfly populations and declines
My awesome collaborator Cheryl Schultz talking about butterfly populations and declines
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Next “Exploring Careers in Ecology” webinar series by @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
* April 15, 2-3 PM EST
* Panelists Rese Cloyd (also incoming ESA President!) & me
* Register: esa.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#ConservationJobs
* April 15, 2-3 PM EST
* Panelists Rese Cloyd (also incoming ESA President!) & me
* Register: esa.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#ConservationJobs
March 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Next “Exploring Careers in Ecology” webinar series by @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
* April 15, 2-3 PM EST
* Panelists Rese Cloyd (also incoming ESA President!) & me
* Register: esa.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#ConservationJobs
* April 15, 2-3 PM EST
* Panelists Rese Cloyd (also incoming ESA President!) & me
* Register: esa.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#ConservationJobs
Cat and mouse (poor mouse)
March 5, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Cat and mouse (poor mouse)
Crane Beach, Ipswich Massachusetts
February 13, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Crane Beach, Ipswich Massachusetts
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To me the question is whether Pres. Trump actively _wants_ to flood California or just doesn’t understand fluvial geomorphology?
Clearly, I’m ignoring the possibility that he wants to do something that will make headlines and doesn’t care about the consequences
Clearly, I’m ignoring the possibility that he wants to do something that will make headlines and doesn’t care about the consequences
"Experts told The New York Times that the water released by the Army Corps on Friday has no way of reaching the region affected by the wildfires, which is over 200 miles away, and could have been useful to farmers months from now as irrigation."
www.thedailybeast.com/farmers-plea...
www.thedailybeast.com/farmers-plea...
Farmers Plead ‘Stop Our Fields Flooding’ as Trump Opens Dams
Trump gloated Friday about sending billions of gallons of water to southern California.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 2, 2025 at 4:09 AM
To me the question is whether Pres. Trump actively _wants_ to flood California or just doesn’t understand fluvial geomorphology?
Clearly, I’m ignoring the possibility that he wants to do something that will make headlines and doesn’t care about the consequences
Clearly, I’m ignoring the possibility that he wants to do something that will make headlines and doesn’t care about the consequences
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"Experts told The New York Times that the water released by the Army Corps on Friday has no way of reaching the region affected by the wildfires, which is over 200 miles away, and could have been useful to farmers months from now as irrigation."
www.thedailybeast.com/farmers-plea...
www.thedailybeast.com/farmers-plea...
Farmers Plead ‘Stop Our Fields Flooding’ as Trump Opens Dams
Trump gloated Friday about sending billions of gallons of water to southern California.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"Experts told The New York Times that the water released by the Army Corps on Friday has no way of reaching the region affected by the wildfires, which is over 200 miles away, and could have been useful to farmers months from now as irrigation."
www.thedailybeast.com/farmers-plea...
www.thedailybeast.com/farmers-plea...
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Frustrated/horrified/infuriated by what's going on in the US? Students and ECR botanists and plant scientists, this is your chance to talk to elected officials face to face in April and be trained in how to approach them for maximum efficacy.
Apply by 21 Feb. Must be US citizen.
🧪🌎🌾 #NSF
Apply by 21 Feb. Must be US citizen.
🧪🌎🌾 #NSF
Calling all students & early career members of the @botsocamerica.bsky.social and ASPT! Apply for the public policy award to travel to D.C. to receive science communication & advocate for federal support of scientific research! botany.org/home/awards/...
BSA Public Policy Award
leading scientists and educators since 1893
botany.org
February 2, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Frustrated/horrified/infuriated by what's going on in the US? Students and ECR botanists and plant scientists, this is your chance to talk to elected officials face to face in April and be trained in how to approach them for maximum efficacy.
Apply by 21 Feb. Must be US citizen.
🧪🌎🌾 #NSF
Apply by 21 Feb. Must be US citizen.
🧪🌎🌾 #NSF
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I started gathering a list for REUs/Summer research opportunities for undergraduate students in Ecology/Conservation/Evolutionary Biology. Feel share to share with any undergraduate students who may be interested in participating in *PAID* research.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
REUs/Summer Research 2024 List (Ecology and Evolution)
docs.google.com
October 23, 2024 at 7:36 PM
I started gathering a list for REUs/Summer research opportunities for undergraduate students in Ecology/Conservation/Evolutionary Biology. Feel share to share with any undergraduate students who may be interested in participating in *PAID* research.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Applications due Friday Jan. 31 for the SSE Presidents’ Award for Outstanding Dissertation Paper! If you published part of your PhD work in a 2024 issue of Evolution or Evolution Letters, apply here: https://buff.ly/4fD5OtQ @journal-evo.bsky.social @evolletters.bsky.social @eseb.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Applications due Friday Jan. 31 for the SSE Presidents’ Award for Outstanding Dissertation Paper! If you published part of your PhD work in a 2024 issue of Evolution or Evolution Letters, apply here: https://buff.ly/4fD5OtQ @journal-evo.bsky.social @evolletters.bsky.social @eseb.bsky.social
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Delighted to see the final version of my paper for @asn-amnat.bsky.social appear online.
In it, I analyze stochastic matrix models to partition the effects of spatial and temporal variation in demography and dispersal on metapopulation growth rates
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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In it, I analyze stochastic matrix models to partition the effects of spatial and temporal variation in demography and dispersal on metapopulation growth rates
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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January 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Delighted to see the final version of my paper for @asn-amnat.bsky.social appear online.
In it, I analyze stochastic matrix models to partition the effects of spatial and temporal variation in demography and dispersal on metapopulation growth rates
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
1/n
In it, I analyze stochastic matrix models to partition the effects of spatial and temporal variation in demography and dispersal on metapopulation growth rates
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
1/n
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Feb 15 Deadline to apply for this MSc project! 🌏🧪
Advertising for an MSc student to work on a feral cat management project - stipend + domestic fees for research year. @aucklanduni.bsky.social Working with different iwi & community partners. More details here: stanleylab.blogs.auckland.ac.nz/opportunities/
January 30, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Feb 15 Deadline to apply for this MSc project! 🌏🧪
Hey ecologists! I’m looking for papers for my into ecology students to read and discuss. Suggestions would be much appreciated!
January 13, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Hey ecologists! I’m looking for papers for my into ecology students to read and discuss. Suggestions would be much appreciated!
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Funding opportunity for Natural History research in western North America! $2500 (x5) offered by the Western North American Naturalist:
scholarsarchive.byu.edu/wnan/grant_i...
scholarsarchive.byu.edu/wnan/grant_i...
Grants for Individual Researchers | Western North American Naturalist | Western North American Naturalist Publications | Brigham Young University
scholarsarchive.byu.edu
January 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Funding opportunity for Natural History research in western North America! $2500 (x5) offered by the Western North American Naturalist:
scholarsarchive.byu.edu/wnan/grant_i...
scholarsarchive.byu.edu/wnan/grant_i...
First day of classes. A student sends me a messsge starting with, “Hell professor…”. Should I assume it’s a typo?
January 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
First day of classes. A student sends me a messsge starting with, “Hell professor…”. Should I assume it’s a typo?
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Last week, Finland's Publication Forum announced that it is downgrading its classification of 271 journals to the lowest level, zero. This includes 187 MDPI and 82 Frontiers journals.
Read more by @deevybee.bsky.social here:
Read more by @deevybee.bsky.social here:
Finland vs. Germany: the case of MDPI
It's been an odd week for the academic publisher MDPI. On 16th December, Finland's Publication Forum (known as JUFO) announced that from J...
deevybee.blogspot.com
December 23, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Last week, Finland's Publication Forum announced that it is downgrading its classification of 271 journals to the lowest level, zero. This includes 187 MDPI and 82 Frontiers journals.
Read more by @deevybee.bsky.social here:
Read more by @deevybee.bsky.social here: