Florent Déry
@florentdery.bsky.social
PhD student @universitelaval.bsky.social trying to get somewhere with near-term forecasting of winter ticks + moose dynamics and geometrid moths egg hatching dates. I like bicycles, outdoors, waterfowl hunting.
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Florent Déry
@florentdery.bsky.social
· Dec 9
Our work just got an issue # today! We've been working on an acaricide treatment to control for winter ticks and in #moose, so that we could understand #tick infestations vs other stress factors on calf survival and moose #ecology / pop. dynamics more broadly. 🧪🐜🦌Read more: doi.org/10.1002/wsb....
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Trying to sell pottery this week. littleedenpottery.etsy.com
January 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Trying to sell pottery this week. littleedenpottery.etsy.com
Wanted: #fieldwork technicians for Caw Ridge long term #research project on mountain goats + hoary marmots #ecology! Ad in french but see alt text for ENG translation. A great occasion to experience your version of Fromm's book "Indian Creek Chronicles: A Winter in the Wilderness". plz share! 🧪🐐🐻🌎
January 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Wanted: #fieldwork technicians for Caw Ridge long term #research project on mountain goats + hoary marmots #ecology! Ad in french but see alt text for ENG translation. A great occasion to experience your version of Fromm's book "Indian Creek Chronicles: A Winter in the Wilderness". plz share! 🧪🐐🐻🌎
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When I found out polar bears had been spotted not far from where I live, I couldn’t help but dig deeper. 🐻❄️
Who are these wandering bears? Why do they leave the Arctic? My research uncovers fascinating answers and important challenges. 🤔
Who are these wandering bears? Why do they leave the Arctic? My research uncovers fascinating answers and important challenges. 🤔
January 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
When I found out polar bears had been spotted not far from where I live, I couldn’t help but dig deeper. 🐻❄️
Who are these wandering bears? Why do they leave the Arctic? My research uncovers fascinating answers and important challenges. 🤔
Who are these wandering bears? Why do they leave the Arctic? My research uncovers fascinating answers and important challenges. 🤔
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Check out our latest paper: Status assessment and conservation priorities for a circumpolar raptor: the Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus. Amazing work by lead author Becca McCabe and a fun collaboration! doi.org/10.1017/S095....
January 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Check out our latest paper: Status assessment and conservation priorities for a circumpolar raptor: the Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus. Amazing work by lead author Becca McCabe and a fun collaboration! doi.org/10.1017/S095....
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Where are all the field studies?
This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer.
A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork)
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer.
A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork)
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Extinction of experience among ecologists
Fieldwork-based research and education in ecology are under multiple threats and are progressively declining. We call for greater attention to this ongoing loss of direct field experience within the ecology community, as it could have widespread consequences for science and education, ultimately hindering efforts to address the ongoing biodiversity crisis.
www.cell.com
January 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Where are all the field studies?
This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer.
A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork)
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer.
A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork)
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
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Would you be more likely to review a paper if the journal asked for which of the following timescales?
1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/T60nG6/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">14 days
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/T60nG6/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">21 days
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/T60nG6/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">28 days
4️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/T60nG6/4" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">35 days
📊 Show results
1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/T60nG6/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">14 days
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/T60nG6/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">21 days
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/T60nG6/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">28 days
4️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/T60nG6/4" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">35 days
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January 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Would you be more likely to review a paper if the journal asked for which of the following timescales?
1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/T60nG6/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">14 days
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/T60nG6/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">21 days
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/T60nG6/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">28 days
4️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/T60nG6/4" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">35 days
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1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/T60nG6/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">14 days
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/T60nG6/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">21 days
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/T60nG6/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">28 days
4️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/T60nG6/4" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">35 days
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Super cool conference in beautiful Sherbrooke, organized by people for whom I have great esteem !
📢🎉 Call for Symposium and Workshop Proposals for #CSEE2025!
Submission forms open on November 15, 2024. Highlight inclusion, originality, and amplify diverse voices to enrich our field.
Let your ideas shine and make this an unforgettable meeting!
Deadline: February 1, 2025.
Submission forms open on November 15, 2024. Highlight inclusion, originality, and amplify diverse voices to enrich our field.
Let your ideas shine and make this an unforgettable meeting!
Deadline: February 1, 2025.
January 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Super cool conference in beautiful Sherbrooke, organized by people for whom I have great esteem !
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Field sites and some of their logistics. 4: Wilson Promontory, Victoria, Australia. Eastern grey kangaroo research since 2008.
January 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Field sites and some of their logistics. 4: Wilson Promontory, Victoria, Australia. Eastern grey kangaroo research since 2008.
I remember talking this in my BSc and afterwards in lab meetings + journal clubs. It sparked interesting (heated) discussions. Some grad students gained their 1st fieldwork experience by volunteering... I'm glad that I rarely witness volunteering nowadays, although it still happens :/
Was just thinking about how 10 years ago was 2015, and what I was up to in 2015 (I was a 3rd year PhD student). 2015 was a good year in many ways.
Then I realized something wild.
2015 is the year I wrote this blog post
aurielfournier.github.io/unpaid-intern/
Then I realized something wild.
2015 is the year I wrote this blog post
aurielfournier.github.io/unpaid-intern/
At least they don't seal the fire exits Or why unpaid internships are BS
FYI This post lead to the publication of a paper in 2015 with Alex Bond.
Fournier, A.M.V., Bond, A.L. Volunteer field staff are bad for wildlife ecology The Wildlife Society Bulletin 39: 819-821 doi:...
aurielfournier.github.io
January 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I remember talking this in my BSc and afterwards in lab meetings + journal clubs. It sparked interesting (heated) discussions. Some grad students gained their 1st fieldwork experience by volunteering... I'm glad that I rarely witness volunteering nowadays, although it still happens :/
Definitely a set up that would make a lot of people jealous!
Field sites and some of their logistics. 3: Levionaz, Parco Nazionale Gran Paradiso, Italy. Alpine ibex research since about 1992. I was involved from 2000 to about 2007. Now continued by Alice Brambilla and the PNGP.
January 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Definitely a set up that would make a lot of people jealous!
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New paper alert
Extreme longevity may be the rule not the exception in Balaenid whales
by @alaskaraven.bsky.social , Els Vermeulen, and me.
2 messages:
♀Southern rights could live much longer than we thought (10% >130);
♀North Atlantic rights' lives are truncated (10%>47)
🐳🌍🦑
Extreme longevity may be the rule not the exception in Balaenid whales
by @alaskaraven.bsky.social , Els Vermeulen, and me.
2 messages:
♀Southern rights could live much longer than we thought (10% >130);
♀North Atlantic rights' lives are truncated (10%>47)
🐳🌍🦑
Extreme longevity may be the rule not the exception in Balaenid whales
Whale life spans have likely been greatly underestimated.
www.science.org
December 20, 2024 at 7:39 PM
New paper alert
Extreme longevity may be the rule not the exception in Balaenid whales
by @alaskaraven.bsky.social , Els Vermeulen, and me.
2 messages:
♀Southern rights could live much longer than we thought (10% >130);
♀North Atlantic rights' lives are truncated (10%>47)
🐳🌍🦑
Extreme longevity may be the rule not the exception in Balaenid whales
by @alaskaraven.bsky.social , Els Vermeulen, and me.
2 messages:
♀Southern rights could live much longer than we thought (10% >130);
♀North Atlantic rights' lives are truncated (10%>47)
🐳🌍🦑
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In other words: no, you can't "easily tell when someone has used an LLM"; and if you think you can enforce a ban with detectors, you're doing damage.
Can AI detection tools intended to uphold academic integrity do more harm than good? This paper aims to show how false positives unfairly target non-native English speakers and unique writing styles (e.g., researchers with autism), sparking anxiety and distrust.
doi.org/10.1080/0361...
doi.org/10.1080/0361...
December 18, 2024 at 1:11 AM
In other words: no, you can't "easily tell when someone has used an LLM"; and if you think you can enforce a ban with detectors, you're doing damage.
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One of the impacts of human-driven climate change is an increase in marine heatwaves. Recent marine heatwaves have had pervasive effects on marine ecosystems, from declines in primary production to die-offs of top predators. Today in “One day, one paper” 🌎 👇🏻
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Catastrophic and persistent loss of common murres after a marine heatwave
Recent marine heatwaves have had pervasive effects on marine ecosystems, from declines in primary production to die-offs of top predators. Seabird mortalities are often observed in association with he...
www.science.org
December 14, 2024 at 7:52 PM
One of the impacts of human-driven climate change is an increase in marine heatwaves. Recent marine heatwaves have had pervasive effects on marine ecosystems, from declines in primary production to die-offs of top predators. Today in “One day, one paper” 🌎 👇🏻
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
This repo should be mandatory reading for undergraduates and graduate students Biology!
Friends don't let friends make bad graphs repo has been updated!
Friends don't let friends use boxplot for binomial (bimodal) data. Is your box plot hiding something from you?
#DataVisualization
github.com/cxli233/Frie...
Friends don't let friends use boxplot for binomial (bimodal) data. Is your box plot hiding something from you?
#DataVisualization
github.com/cxli233/Frie...
December 12, 2024 at 1:39 AM
This repo should be mandatory reading for undergraduates and graduate students Biology!
Our work just got an issue # today! We've been working on an acaricide treatment to control for winter ticks and in #moose, so that we could understand #tick infestations vs other stress factors on calf survival and moose #ecology / pop. dynamics more broadly. 🧪🐜🦌Read more: doi.org/10.1002/wsb....
December 9, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Our work just got an issue # today! We've been working on an acaricide treatment to control for winter ticks and in #moose, so that we could understand #tick infestations vs other stress factors on calf survival and moose #ecology / pop. dynamics more broadly. 🧪🐜🦌Read more: doi.org/10.1002/wsb....
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Recently out in Science Advances, we compiled and reviewed the evidence surrounding pathogens from salmon aquaculture and their risk to wild Pacific salmon in British Columbia. We highlight pathogen impacts in relation to climate change, evolution & management
🧪🐡🌎🐠
science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
🧪🐡🌎🐠
science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
December 4, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Recently out in Science Advances, we compiled and reviewed the evidence surrounding pathogens from salmon aquaculture and their risk to wild Pacific salmon in British Columbia. We highlight pathogen impacts in relation to climate change, evolution & management
🧪🐡🌎🐠
science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
🧪🐡🌎🐠
science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
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🧨 Systematic reviews are in peril !
AI will be soon (if not already) massively be used to generate tons of fake and/or replicated papers; this wave will becomes a tsunami 🌊 ...
There really is a need for falsification/copy control in science now!
🧪🌐🌍🦤
www.science.org/content/arti...
AI will be soon (if not already) massively be used to generate tons of fake and/or replicated papers; this wave will becomes a tsunami 🌊 ...
There really is a need for falsification/copy control in science now!
🧪🌐🌍🦤
www.science.org/content/arti...
‘Systematic reviews’ that aim to extract broad conclusions from many studies are in peril
Fake papers are “poisoning the well” for these gold-standard syntheses, researchers say
www.science.org
December 3, 2024 at 10:09 AM
🧨 Systematic reviews are in peril !
AI will be soon (if not already) massively be used to generate tons of fake and/or replicated papers; this wave will becomes a tsunami 🌊 ...
There really is a need for falsification/copy control in science now!
🧪🌐🌍🦤
www.science.org/content/arti...
AI will be soon (if not already) massively be used to generate tons of fake and/or replicated papers; this wave will becomes a tsunami 🌊 ...
There really is a need for falsification/copy control in science now!
🧪🌐🌍🦤
www.science.org/content/arti...
Looking for science starter packs ??
Thank you so much to whoever put this very comprehensive list of #science Bsky starter packs together. This is just amazing: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Starter packs
BIOLOGY General Science community https://go.bsky.app/HVYAMEA Research Institutions in Life Sciences https://go.bsky.app/LxXpcvJ LGBTQIA+ in STEM https://go.bsky.app/BFc4wgf LGBTQIA+ in STEM 2 h...
docs.google.com
November 29, 2024 at 2:32 AM
Looking for science starter packs ??
Call for papers on pop cycles in small mammals in Canadian Journal of #Zoology
#Ecology #PopulationEcology
#Ecology #PopulationEcology
Très fier d'annoncer l'appel d'articles pour notre collection spéciale à la Canadian Science Publishing! N'hésitez-pas à partager!
Proud to announce this call for papers for our special collection at the Canadian Science Publishing! Don't hesitate to share!
cdnsciencepub.com/topic/as-cjz...
Proud to announce this call for papers for our special collection at the Canadian Science Publishing! Don't hesitate to share!
cdnsciencepub.com/topic/as-cjz...
November 29, 2024 at 2:25 AM
Call for papers on pop cycles in small mammals in Canadian Journal of #Zoology
#Ecology #PopulationEcology
#Ecology #PopulationEcology
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This season's numbers have been crunched. After two seasons of #avianinfluenza, the Banter See common tern population has been reduced to 215 breeding pairs: -69% compared to the number at the start of the outbreak in 2022.
November 27, 2024 at 12:25 PM
This season's numbers have been crunched. After two seasons of #avianinfluenza, the Banter See common tern population has been reduced to 215 breeding pairs: -69% compared to the number at the start of the outbreak in 2022.
It took a while after I completed my MSc, but all those hours spent looking in a scope and ruining my right eye are finally immortalized in this paper, of which quite I'm proud of #Behavior #Ecology #MountainGoat #Vigilance #Fitness
@oikosjournal.bsky.social
@oikosjournal.bsky.social
November 23, 2024 at 5:23 PM
It took a while after I completed my MSc, but all those hours spent looking in a scope and ruining my right eye are finally immortalized in this paper, of which quite I'm proud of #Behavior #Ecology #MountainGoat #Vigilance #Fitness
@oikosjournal.bsky.social
@oikosjournal.bsky.social
Long live long term studies!
Turgeon: dynamics of small pops of mountain ungulates. One of the most satisfying papers I've ever contributed to. > 100 pop-years of data in 3 pops, > 2K marked bighorn sheep, mountain goats. Cougar predation, pneumonia override density-dependence 🧪 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
November 21, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Long live long term studies!