Ian Vaughan
@ian-vaughan.bsky.social
Reader in ecology, Cardiff University. Course director MSc Global Ecology & Conservation. Community ecology, rivers, networks... Views my own.
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Ian Vaughan
@ian-vaughan.bsky.social
· Sep 25
Climate change is reshaping fish communities in the United States | Nature
Rising temperatures and the introduction of non-native fishes have been linked to rapid changes in fish communities across the United States. Rising temperatures and the introduction of non-native fishes have been linked to rapid changes in fish communities across the United States.
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Climate change is reshaping the fish communities of rivers across the US - my commentary in @nature.com to accompany the new study led by @rumschsl.bsky.social rdcu.be/eHY6B 🌍🧪
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#Freshwater #Ecologists - check out this new #RPackage called fwtraits which integrates parameters from FWE www.freshwaterecology.info
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#FreshwaterEcology #RStat #Statistics #BigData 🌍
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#FreshwaterEcology #RStat #Statistics #BigData 🌍
Introducing fwtraits – an R package for obtaining freshwater biodiversity trait information
Species ecological parameters are crucial for understanding the functional responses to environmental perturbations, aiding in informing conservation …
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November 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
#Freshwater #Ecologists - check out this new #RPackage called fwtraits which integrates parameters from FWE www.freshwaterecology.info
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#FreshwaterEcology #RStat #Statistics #BigData 🌍
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#FreshwaterEcology #RStat #Statistics #BigData 🌍
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Creating woodland through natural processes: Current understanding and knowledge gaps in Great Britain
Great to contribute to this #OpenAccess paper published in Ecological Solutions & Evidence: doi.org/10.1002/2688... #rewilding #forests #trees #nature @ukceh.bsky.social
Great to contribute to this #OpenAccess paper published in Ecological Solutions & Evidence: doi.org/10.1002/2688... #rewilding #forests #trees #nature @ukceh.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Creating woodland through natural processes: Current understanding and knowledge gaps in Great Britain
Great to contribute to this #OpenAccess paper published in Ecological Solutions & Evidence: doi.org/10.1002/2688... #rewilding #forests #trees #nature @ukceh.bsky.social
Great to contribute to this #OpenAccess paper published in Ecological Solutions & Evidence: doi.org/10.1002/2688... #rewilding #forests #trees #nature @ukceh.bsky.social
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How #climatechange is reshaping fish communities in the United States as temperatures rise and non-native fishes proliferate: @ian-vaughan.bsky.social overviews recent extensive work by @rumschsl.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41... www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Climate change is reshaping fish communities in the United States
Rising temperatures and the introduction of non-native fishes have been linked to rapid changes in fish communities across the United States.
www.nature.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
How #climatechange is reshaping fish communities in the United States as temperatures rise and non-native fishes proliferate: @ian-vaughan.bsky.social overviews recent extensive work by @rumschsl.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41... www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Rivers are heating up faster than the air − that’s a problem for aquatic life and people
doi.org/10.64628/AAI...
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doi.org/10.64628/AAI...
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Rivers are heating up faster than the air − that’s a problem for aquatic life and people
River heat waves are rising faster than the pace of air heat waves. That’s a problem for fish, drinking water quality, and food and energy production.
doi.org
September 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Rivers are heating up faster than the air − that’s a problem for aquatic life and people
doi.org/10.64628/AAI...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
doi.org/10.64628/AAI...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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The IPBES #NexusAssessment Report finds that using a ‘nexus’ approach to address intertwined environmental, social and economic crises is more effective than a siloed approach.
Read more: https://www.ipbes.net/nexus/media-release
Read more: https://www.ipbes.net/nexus/media-release
September 26, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The IPBES #NexusAssessment Report finds that using a ‘nexus’ approach to address intertwined environmental, social and economic crises is more effective than a siloed approach.
Read more: https://www.ipbes.net/nexus/media-release
Read more: https://www.ipbes.net/nexus/media-release
Climate change is reshaping the fish communities of rivers across the US - my commentary in @nature.com to accompany the new study led by @rumschsl.bsky.social rdcu.be/eHY6B 🌍🧪
Climate change is reshaping fish communities in the United States | Nature
Rising temperatures and the introduction of non-native fishes have been linked to rapid changes in fish communities across the United States. Rising temperatures and the introduction of non-native fishes have been linked to rapid changes in fish communities across the United States.
rdcu.be
September 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Climate change is reshaping the fish communities of rivers across the US - my commentary in @nature.com to accompany the new study led by @rumschsl.bsky.social rdcu.be/eHY6B 🌍🧪
Fish communities in US rivers have changed a lot since the 1990s, linked to climate change and species introductions - new research in @nature.com led by @rumschsl.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Diverging fish biodiversity trends in cold and warm rivers and streams - Nature
In the past three decades, fish abundance, richness and uniqueness have diverged across cold and warm streams, and the effects on native fish communities of stream warming and increases in introduced fishes have magnified each other.
www.nature.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Fish communities in US rivers have changed a lot since the 1990s, linked to climate change and species introductions - new research in @nature.com led by @rumschsl.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Our new paper shows how a small Iberian stream, dry for 50 years, bounced back to good ecological status in <2 years after environmental flows were restored. 🌊🪱
👉 doi.org/10.1111/rec.70198
#RiverRestoration #EnvironmentalFlows #FreshwaterEcology
👉 doi.org/10.1111/rec.70198
#RiverRestoration #EnvironmentalFlows #FreshwaterEcology
Back to life after 50 years: effects of environmental flow restoration on macroinvertebrate biodiversity and river ecological status. A case study of the Valseco stream, Spain
The construction of dams and reservoirs to meet increasing water and electricity demands has significantly altered many natural river flows, posing threats to the ecological integrity of freshwater e...
doi.org
September 17, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Our new paper shows how a small Iberian stream, dry for 50 years, bounced back to good ecological status in <2 years after environmental flows were restored. 🌊🪱
👉 doi.org/10.1111/rec.70198
#RiverRestoration #EnvironmentalFlows #FreshwaterEcology
👉 doi.org/10.1111/rec.70198
#RiverRestoration #EnvironmentalFlows #FreshwaterEcology
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Space-for-time substitution is most problematic when forecasting near-term ecological responses that lag behind climate change. It assumes equilibrium (rapid ecological responses) and strong climate causality (ignoring confounders). www.nature.com/articles/s41... @mekevans.bsky.social
Reconsidering space-for-time substitution in climate change ecology - Nature Climate Change
Ecologists often leverage patterns observed across spatial climate gradients to predict the impacts of climate change (space-for-time substitution). We highlight evidence that this can be misleading n...
www.nature.com
July 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Space-for-time substitution is most problematic when forecasting near-term ecological responses that lag behind climate change. It assumes equilibrium (rapid ecological responses) and strong climate causality (ignoring confounders). www.nature.com/articles/s41... @mekevans.bsky.social
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Great to see research briefing from our @uktreescapes.bsky.social TreEPlaNat project on using natural processes for woodland creation published by @forestresearchuk.bsky.social
Research briefing: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/publications...
News: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/new-res...
Research briefing: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/publications...
News: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/new-res...
June 17, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Great to see research briefing from our @uktreescapes.bsky.social TreEPlaNat project on using natural processes for woodland creation published by @forestresearchuk.bsky.social
Research briefing: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/publications...
News: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/new-res...
Research briefing: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/publications...
News: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/new-res...
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Climate warming is not a recent phenomenon; it has had detectable impacts on plants for at least 134 years!
The onset of phenological plant response to climate warming @newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🧪🌎🌿🌐🌳 🍁 #PlantBiology @cideinvestiga.bsky.social @csic.es
The onset of phenological plant response to climate warming @newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🧪🌎🌿🌐🌳 🍁 #PlantBiology @cideinvestiga.bsky.social @csic.es
June 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Climate warming is not a recent phenomenon; it has had detectable impacts on plants for at least 134 years!
The onset of phenological plant response to climate warming @newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🧪🌎🌿🌐🌳 🍁 #PlantBiology @cideinvestiga.bsky.social @csic.es
The onset of phenological plant response to climate warming @newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🧪🌎🌿🌐🌳 🍁 #PlantBiology @cideinvestiga.bsky.social @csic.es
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Cereghetti et al: #Seasonal #dynamics of detritus flows and #decomposition across #ecosystem boundaries.
🌿🍂🦐 🌐🌍
We studied seasonal dynamics/phenology ⏱️ of 🟩terrestrial-🟦aquatic linkages across a year: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Out in #CurrentBiology @currentbiology.bsky.social
1/4
🌿🍂🦐 🌐🌍
We studied seasonal dynamics/phenology ⏱️ of 🟩terrestrial-🟦aquatic linkages across a year: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Out in #CurrentBiology @currentbiology.bsky.social
1/4
April 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Cereghetti et al: #Seasonal #dynamics of detritus flows and #decomposition across #ecosystem boundaries.
🌿🍂🦐 🌐🌍
We studied seasonal dynamics/phenology ⏱️ of 🟩terrestrial-🟦aquatic linkages across a year: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Out in #CurrentBiology @currentbiology.bsky.social
1/4
🌿🍂🦐 🌐🌍
We studied seasonal dynamics/phenology ⏱️ of 🟩terrestrial-🟦aquatic linkages across a year: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Out in #CurrentBiology @currentbiology.bsky.social
1/4
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Super excited to share our new paper out today in Nature Water led by Christina McCabe. @naturewaterjnl.bsky.social
“The ecological benefits of more room for rivers”
Find the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Free to read version: rdcu.be/eeuBx
#rivers #floods #biodiversity #resilience
“The ecological benefits of more room for rivers”
Find the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Free to read version: rdcu.be/eeuBx
#rivers #floods #biodiversity #resilience
The ecological benefits of more room for rivers - Nature Water
This Review synthesizes the ecological features and processes that arise when rivers are given room to move. Understanding these interactions will support more sustainable decisions that weigh river e...
www.nature.com
March 22, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Super excited to share our new paper out today in Nature Water led by Christina McCabe. @naturewaterjnl.bsky.social
“The ecological benefits of more room for rivers”
Find the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Free to read version: rdcu.be/eeuBx
#rivers #floods #biodiversity #resilience
“The ecological benefits of more room for rivers”
Find the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Free to read version: rdcu.be/eeuBx
#rivers #floods #biodiversity #resilience
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Using remote sensing, this study establishes the nitrogen budget for 5,768 lakes. Results show that reducing watershed #nitrogen input improves water quality nonlinearly, emphasizing targeted watershed management to meet the #SDG of global clean #water.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Coupling nitrogen removal and watershed management to improve global lake water quality - Nature Communications
Using remote sensing, this study establishes the nitrogen budget for 5,768 lakes. Results show that reducing watershed nitrogen input improves water quality nonlinearly, emphasizing targeted watershed...
www.nature.com
March 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Using remote sensing, this study establishes the nitrogen budget for 5,768 lakes. Results show that reducing watershed #nitrogen input improves water quality nonlinearly, emphasizing targeted watershed management to meet the #SDG of global clean #water.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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1/6 Paper Alert📢📢📢
New publication from #ECONOVO on the widespread ecological novelty across the terrestrial biosphere🌱
Read the article here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Key take homes below👇
New publication from #ECONOVO on the widespread ecological novelty across the terrestrial biosphere🌱
Read the article here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Key take homes below👇
Widespread ecological novelty across the terrestrial biosphere - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Even outside urban and agricultural areas, ecosystems are vastly transformed as a result of human activities. Here the authors map patterns in climate change, defaunation and floristic disruption to q...
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March 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
1/6 Paper Alert📢📢📢
New publication from #ECONOVO on the widespread ecological novelty across the terrestrial biosphere🌱
Read the article here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Key take homes below👇
New publication from #ECONOVO on the widespread ecological novelty across the terrestrial biosphere🌱
Read the article here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Key take homes below👇
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An improvement in freshwater biodiversity in England's rivers in the 1990s and early 2000s was linked to reduced zinc and copper pollution as coal use and heavy industry declined, say researchers.
Read more about a new UKCEH-led study: www.ceh.ac.uk/press/biodiv...
#rivers #WaterQuality 🧪 1/
Read more about a new UKCEH-led study: www.ceh.ac.uk/press/biodiv...
#rivers #WaterQuality 🧪 1/
Biodiversity in England’s rivers improved as metal pollution reduced
An improvement in freshwater biodiversity in England’s rivers was linked to reductions in pollution of zinc and copper, largely due to the decline of coal burning and heavy industry, according to a st...
www.ceh.ac.uk
February 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
An improvement in freshwater biodiversity in England's rivers in the 1990s and early 2000s was linked to reduced zinc and copper pollution as coal use and heavy industry declined, say researchers.
Read more about a new UKCEH-led study: www.ceh.ac.uk/press/biodiv...
#rivers #WaterQuality 🧪 1/
Read more about a new UKCEH-led study: www.ceh.ac.uk/press/biodiv...
#rivers #WaterQuality 🧪 1/
Do spiders select prey based on its nutrient content? This is challenging to study outside the lab - but evidence from the field in our new @oikosjournal.bsky.social paper led by @jordancuff.bsky.social supports the idea 🧪🌍 nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Prey nutrient content is associated with the trophic interactions of spiders and their prey selection under field conditions
Consumers are thought to select food resources based on their nutritional content. While laboratory experiments have explored this, the nutritional dynamics of invertebrate predators have been scarce...
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Do spiders select prey based on its nutrient content? This is challenging to study outside the lab - but evidence from the field in our new @oikosjournal.bsky.social paper led by @jordancuff.bsky.social supports the idea 🧪🌍 nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Global Ecology 🌐 starter pack vol 1 & 2 are full and curated !! ✨💚
Please share so they will fly into the blue sky 🦋🌈
Vol1 👉 bsky.app/starter-pack...
Vol2 👉 bsky.app/starter-pack...
Will start a Vol. 3 soon, please reply if you want to be in !
🌐🧪🌍🦤🍁🦑🪴🦉🐍🌾
Please share so they will fly into the blue sky 🦋🌈
Vol1 👉 bsky.app/starter-pack...
Vol2 👉 bsky.app/starter-pack...
Will start a Vol. 3 soon, please reply if you want to be in !
🌐🧪🌍🦤🍁🦑🪴🦉🐍🌾
February 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Global Ecology 🌐 starter pack vol 1 & 2 are full and curated !! ✨💚
Please share so they will fly into the blue sky 🦋🌈
Vol1 👉 bsky.app/starter-pack...
Vol2 👉 bsky.app/starter-pack...
Will start a Vol. 3 soon, please reply if you want to be in !
🌐🧪🌍🦤🍁🦑🪴🦉🐍🌾
Please share so they will fly into the blue sky 🦋🌈
Vol1 👉 bsky.app/starter-pack...
Vol2 👉 bsky.app/starter-pack...
Will start a Vol. 3 soon, please reply if you want to be in !
🌐🧪🌍🦤🍁🦑🪴🦉🐍🌾
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📢✨ Join us for this year #BESAG2025 annual meeting! We are going to host the conference at #ZSL, in London (UK) @londonzoo.bsky.social , on the 15th-16th of September. Save the date and link to registration coming soon! 💧🧪🌍🌊🕸🐟🦈🦭🪼🦑
February 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
📢✨ Join us for this year #BESAG2025 annual meeting! We are going to host the conference at #ZSL, in London (UK) @londonzoo.bsky.social , on the 15th-16th of September. Save the date and link to registration coming soon! 💧🧪🌍🌊🕸🐟🦈🦭🪼🦑
Lots of excellent ecology and biodiversity folks in Global Ecol 2 - and still a few spaces left go.bsky.app/L37W5uH
February 5, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Lots of excellent ecology and biodiversity folks in Global Ecol 2 - and still a few spaces left go.bsky.app/L37W5uH
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[new paper] EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant-Pollinator Networks
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Another wonderful paper of @joseblanuza.bsky.social making open more than >1500 networks and looking at their properties. Come for the data, stay for the cool figures!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Another wonderful paper of @joseblanuza.bsky.social making open more than >1500 networks and looking at their properties. Come for the data, stay for the cool figures!
EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant‐Pollinator Networks
Motivation Pollinators play a crucial role in maintaining Earth's terrestrial biodiversity. However, rapid human-induced environmental changes are compromising the long-term persistence of plant-pol...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
[new paper] EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant-Pollinator Networks
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Another wonderful paper of @joseblanuza.bsky.social making open more than >1500 networks and looking at their properties. Come for the data, stay for the cool figures!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Another wonderful paper of @joseblanuza.bsky.social making open more than >1500 networks and looking at their properties. Come for the data, stay for the cool figures!
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📢 Excited to share our new paper on differences in structuring tropical and temperate biodiversity in riparian forests. Brilliantly led by Liam Nash, with @gqromero.bsky.social @tim36chambers.bsky.social, Victor & Fatima - just published in Proceedings B:
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Aquatic–terrestrial linkages drive contrasting biodiversity patterns in tropical and temperate forests | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Riparian ecosystems harbour unique biodiversity because of their close interconnections
with adjacent aquatic ecosystems. Yet, how aquatic ecosystems influence terrestrial
biodiversity over different ...
royalsocietypublishing.org
January 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
📢 Excited to share our new paper on differences in structuring tropical and temperate biodiversity in riparian forests. Brilliantly led by Liam Nash, with @gqromero.bsky.social @tim36chambers.bsky.social, Victor & Fatima - just published in Proceedings B:
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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🚨NEW PAPER ALERT🚨
In this @globalchangebio.bsky.social study we used 1327 time series of freshwater macroinvertebrate communities across Europe to investigate whether dispersal capacity changes with the ecological quality of rivers. @sgn.one
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
In this @globalchangebio.bsky.social study we used 1327 time series of freshwater macroinvertebrate communities across Europe to investigate whether dispersal capacity changes with the ecological quality of rivers. @sgn.one
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Recovery and Degradation Drive Changes in the Dispersal Capacity of Stream Macroinvertebrate Communities
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January 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🚨NEW PAPER ALERT🚨
In this @globalchangebio.bsky.social study we used 1327 time series of freshwater macroinvertebrate communities across Europe to investigate whether dispersal capacity changes with the ecological quality of rivers. @sgn.one
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
In this @globalchangebio.bsky.social study we used 1327 time series of freshwater macroinvertebrate communities across Europe to investigate whether dispersal capacity changes with the ecological quality of rivers. @sgn.one
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Nature research paper: Warming and cooling catalyse widespread temporal turnover in biodiversity
https://go.nature.com/3WD7cWa
https://go.nature.com/3WD7cWa
Warming and cooling catalyse widespread temporal turnover in biodiversity - Nature
Global-scale analyses of marine, terrestrial and freshwater assemblages found that temporal rates of species replacement were faster in locations with faster temperature change, including warming and cooling, and vulnerable assemblages were especially responsive.
go.nature.com
January 30, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Nature research paper: Warming and cooling catalyse widespread temporal turnover in biodiversity
https://go.nature.com/3WD7cWa
https://go.nature.com/3WD7cWa
This looks like a really interesting paper, tackling the knotty problem of bias in biodiversity monitoring data. In the past we've used post-stratification to try to tackle some of these issues e.g. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
This looks like a really interesting paper, tackling the knotty problem of bias in biodiversity monitoring data. In the past we've used post-stratification to try to tackle some of these issues e.g. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...