Thomas Hossie
@hossiet.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Biology at Trent University. Primarily topics: amphibian conservation, population ecology & predator-prey interactions. Research mostly with insects & amphibians.
https://www.thomashossie.ca/
https://www.thomashossie.ca/
Reposted by Thomas Hossie
Note that in around 20% of the analyzed datasets from the FoRAGE database, Holling's type III was the best-performing model. Not that rare after all, @gkalinkat.bsky.social !
Frontiers | Empirical evidence of type III functional responses and why it remains rare
More than 70 years after its introduction, the framework of resource density-dependent consumption rates, also known as predator-prey functional responses, r...
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February 14, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Note that in around 20% of the analyzed datasets from the FoRAGE database, Holling's type III was the best-performing model. Not that rare after all, @gkalinkat.bsky.social !
Link to the publication:
"Role of low-impact-factor journals in conservation implementation" conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
"Role of low-impact-factor journals in conservation implementation" conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Role of low‐impact‐factor journals in conservation implementation
Academic review, promotion, and tenure processes place a premium on frequent publication in high-impact factor (IF) journals. However, conservation often relies on species-specific information that i...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Link to the publication:
"Role of low-impact-factor journals in conservation implementation" conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
"Role of low-impact-factor journals in conservation implementation" conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Thomas Hossie
Everything has changed very dramatically in 35 years. Here's a top 5: 1. More severe and frequent floods and droughts; 2. More dramatic tree blow-downs; 3. More road noise and more people; 4. Loss of diversity; 5. And this very sad paper says it all, really: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Loss of dominant caterpillar genera in a protected tropical forest - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Loss of dominant caterpillar genera in a protected tropical forest
www.nature.com
January 1, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Everything has changed very dramatically in 35 years. Here's a top 5: 1. More severe and frequent floods and droughts; 2. More dramatic tree blow-downs; 3. More road noise and more people; 4. Loss of diversity; 5. And this very sad paper says it all, really: www.nature.com/articles/s41...