Jim Bouldin
@jimbouldin.bsky.social
Vegetation ecology; forest and woodland dynamics
Distance sampling and point pattern analysis
Land exploration and surveying
Yosemite, Sierra Nevada, and California in general
Distance sampling and point pattern analysis
Land exploration and surveying
Yosemite, Sierra Nevada, and California in general
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#Viewpoint: Improving the representation of plant water stress and #water use in Earth System Models
Dukes et al. 👇
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#LatestIssue #PlantScience @dukesjeff.bsky.social @changliao.bsky.social @richphillipslab.bsky.social @scottmcadam.bsky.social
Dukes et al. 👇
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#LatestIssue #PlantScience @dukesjeff.bsky.social @changliao.bsky.social @richphillipslab.bsky.social @scottmcadam.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
#Viewpoint: Improving the representation of plant water stress and #water use in Earth System Models
Dukes et al. 👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience @dukesjeff.bsky.social @changliao.bsky.social @richphillipslab.bsky.social @scottmcadam.bsky.social
Dukes et al. 👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience @dukesjeff.bsky.social @changliao.bsky.social @richphillipslab.bsky.social @scottmcadam.bsky.social
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The authors of a highly publicized study predicting climate change would cost $38 trillion a year by 2049 have retracted their paper following criticism of the data and methodology, including that the estimate is inflated.
Authors retract Nature paper projecting high costs of climate change
The authors of a highly publicized study predicting climate change would cost $38 trillion a year by 2049 have retracted their paper following criticism of the data and methodology, including that …
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December 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The authors of a highly publicized study predicting climate change would cost $38 trillion a year by 2049 have retracted their paper following criticism of the data and methodology, including that the estimate is inflated.
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You may be able to publish your paper in Functional Ecology and our other open access journals at no cost!
Find out more about resources like funding, waivers and agreements – including our own BES waivers – that cover processing and publishing fees
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Find out more about resources like funding, waivers and agreements – including our own BES waivers – that cover processing and publishing fees
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December 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
You may be able to publish your paper in Functional Ecology and our other open access journals at no cost!
Find out more about resources like funding, waivers and agreements – including our own BES waivers – that cover processing and publishing fees
buff.ly/OsBvjdf
🧪🌍
Find out more about resources like funding, waivers and agreements – including our own BES waivers – that cover processing and publishing fees
buff.ly/OsBvjdf
🧪🌍
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Not only were the chatbots unreliable at correctly identifying retracted papers, they spit out different results when given the same prompts.
AI unreliable in identifying retracted research papers, says study
LLMs don’t reliably identify retracted papers, a new study finds. (Image: DALL-E) Large language models should not be used to weed out retracted literature, a study of 21 chatbots concludes. …
retractionwatch.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Not only were the chatbots unreliable at correctly identifying retracted papers, they spit out different results when given the same prompts.
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How the Avalanche of Academic Papers Threatens Scientific Research, by Vince Bielski
'Editor-in-Chief Anna Stilz at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social led a revolt that culminated in the mass resignation of the journal’s entire editorial staff and board.'
www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/202...
'Editor-in-Chief Anna Stilz at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social led a revolt that culminated in the mass resignation of the journal’s entire editorial staff and board.'
www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/202...
How the Avalanche of Academic Papers Threatens Scientific Research
This is the third part of a series on academic publishing. Read part one here and part two here.
For many years, the prestigious journal Philosophy & Public Affairs published about
www.realclearinvestigations.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
How the Avalanche of Academic Papers Threatens Scientific Research, by Vince Bielski
'Editor-in-Chief Anna Stilz at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social led a revolt that culminated in the mass resignation of the journal’s entire editorial staff and board.'
www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/202...
'Editor-in-Chief Anna Stilz at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social led a revolt that culminated in the mass resignation of the journal’s entire editorial staff and board.'
www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/202...
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Metabolic fluctuations explain allometric scaling diversity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.06.686202v1
November 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Metabolic fluctuations explain allometric scaling diversity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.06.686202v1
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Ecological coherence in abundance dynamics across terrestrial and marine assemblages https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.05.686795v1
November 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Ecological coherence in abundance dynamics across terrestrial and marine assemblages https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.05.686795v1
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Oxygen supersaturation has been reported to protect aquatic animals from heat waves. We tested this in a large collaborative experiment on many species of fish and crustaceans. Our new paper in @plosbiology.org shows that the effect of hyperoxia on thermal tolerance is negligible. Unfortunately.
November 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Oxygen supersaturation has been reported to protect aquatic animals from heat waves. We tested this in a large collaborative experiment on many species of fish and crustaceans. Our new paper in @plosbiology.org shows that the effect of hyperoxia on thermal tolerance is negligible. Unfortunately.
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Improving the representation of plant water stress and water use in Earth System Models
Dukes et al. @dukesjeff.bsky.social @changliao.bsky.social @richphillipslab.bsky.social @scottmcadam.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Dukes et al. @dukesjeff.bsky.social @changliao.bsky.social @richphillipslab.bsky.social @scottmcadam.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Improving the representation of plant water stress and water use in Earth System Models
Dukes et al. @dukesjeff.bsky.social @changliao.bsky.social @richphillipslab.bsky.social @scottmcadam.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Dukes et al. @dukesjeff.bsky.social @changliao.bsky.social @richphillipslab.bsky.social @scottmcadam.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Our newest Special Feature, "Implications of Changing Snowscapes for Animal Ecology", is now accepting proposals. It aims to highlight the importance of changing snow conditions in animal ecology. 🌨️
Read more and submit your proposal here:
Read more and submit your proposal here:
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November 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Our newest Special Feature, "Implications of Changing Snowscapes for Animal Ecology", is now accepting proposals. It aims to highlight the importance of changing snow conditions in animal ecology. 🌨️
Read more and submit your proposal here:
Read more and submit your proposal here:
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Congrats to @bposch.bsky.social for leading the writing of the New Phytologist Tansley Review on High‐temperature acclimation of photosystem II in land plants. @newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
High‐temperature acclimation of photosystem II in land plants
The effect of high temperature on plant performance and survival is a topic of great interest given the ongoing rise in global heatwave frequency, duration, and intensity. The temperature at which ph...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Congrats to @bposch.bsky.social for leading the writing of the New Phytologist Tansley Review on High‐temperature acclimation of photosystem II in land plants. @newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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‼️ Call for papers!
We're looking forward to your submissions to our Special Feature on “Scaling laws in (vegetation) ecology”
🌿First deadline for abstract submission: 30 November 2025
🌿Second deadline: Spring 2026
🌿Last deadline: Summer 2026
We're looking forward to your submissions to our Special Feature on “Scaling laws in (vegetation) ecology”
🌿First deadline for abstract submission: 30 November 2025
🌿Second deadline: Spring 2026
🌿Last deadline: Summer 2026
Invitation to contribute to a Special Feature on “Scaling laws in (vegetation) ecology” in the Journal of Vegetation Science - vegsciblog.org
Posted by Jürgen Dengler (Chair of the Guest Editors) Outline: Scaling laws are ubiquitous in ecology. Ignoring them can lead
vegsciblog.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
‼️ Call for papers!
We're looking forward to your submissions to our Special Feature on “Scaling laws in (vegetation) ecology”
🌿First deadline for abstract submission: 30 November 2025
🌿Second deadline: Spring 2026
🌿Last deadline: Summer 2026
We're looking forward to your submissions to our Special Feature on “Scaling laws in (vegetation) ecology”
🌿First deadline for abstract submission: 30 November 2025
🌿Second deadline: Spring 2026
🌿Last deadline: Summer 2026
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Interested in thermal biology? Please join our new and growing grass roots initiative, the Thermal Ecology Alliance, initiated by @patricepottier.bsky.social. 🧪🐟🦑🌡️
Sign up here: www.thermalecologyalliance.org#participation
Check who already signed up:
www.thermalecologyalliance.org#community
Sign up here: www.thermalecologyalliance.org#participation
Check who already signed up:
www.thermalecologyalliance.org#community
November 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Interested in thermal biology? Please join our new and growing grass roots initiative, the Thermal Ecology Alliance, initiated by @patricepottier.bsky.social. 🧪🐟🦑🌡️
Sign up here: www.thermalecologyalliance.org#participation
Check who already signed up:
www.thermalecologyalliance.org#community
Sign up here: www.thermalecologyalliance.org#participation
Check who already signed up:
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A People's History of Wilderness. Matt Jenkins, 2004.
High Country News Books
High Country News Books
August 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A People's History of Wilderness. Matt Jenkins, 2004.
High Country News Books
High Country News Books
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As someone who has worked on uncertainty in observational climate datasets, I don't know how to feel when a 269 page book called "Uncertainty in Climate Change Research: An Integrated Approach" mentions observational uncertainty only in passing.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Uncertainty in Climate Change Research
This open access book discusses uncertainty in climate change research, and applies it to assess impact mitigation, adaptation, and vulnerability.
link.springer.com
July 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
As someone who has worked on uncertainty in observational climate datasets, I don't know how to feel when a 269 page book called "Uncertainty in Climate Change Research: An Integrated Approach" mentions observational uncertainty only in passing.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Understanding data uncertainty philosophically
Some notes on a preprint about measurement, data, and uncertainty but, like, philosophical
diagrammonkey.wordpress.com/2025/06/17/u...
Some notes on a preprint about measurement, data, and uncertainty but, like, philosophical
diagrammonkey.wordpress.com/2025/06/17/u...
Understanding data uncertainty philosophically
A fascinating preprint came across my timeline this morning1. It caught my eye because it came with an aphorism: “Data without uncertainty estimates are empty, uncertainty estimates without d…
diagrammonkey.wordpress.com
June 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Understanding data uncertainty philosophically
Some notes on a preprint about measurement, data, and uncertainty but, like, philosophical
diagrammonkey.wordpress.com/2025/06/17/u...
Some notes on a preprint about measurement, data, and uncertainty but, like, philosophical
diagrammonkey.wordpress.com/2025/06/17/u...
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Handbook of protocols for standardized measurements of floral traits for pollinators in temperate communities 🌼
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Handbook of protocols for standardized measurements of floral traits for pollinators in temperate communities 🌼
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There are entries in this thing that I haven't even *heard of*, much less know anything about.
May 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
There are entries in this thing that I haven't even *heard of*, much less know anything about.
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I feel like the true laws of physics will be discovered by an indie game developer whose just trying to get something silly to work. Three days later, the glitch that allows intergalactic travel will be discovered by a 13 year old speedrunner, but no one will know about it for twenty seven years.
April 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I feel like the true laws of physics will be discovered by an indie game developer whose just trying to get something silly to work. Three days later, the glitch that allows intergalactic travel will be discovered by a 13 year old speedrunner, but no one will know about it for twenty seven years.
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Anatomy of a Nature AI article
Edgy first paragraph in bold text saying something gently provocative but essentially brainless.
diagrammonkey.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/a...
Edgy first paragraph in bold text saying something gently provocative but essentially brainless.
diagrammonkey.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/a...
Anatomy of a Nature AI article
Edgy first paragraph in bold text saying something gently provocative but essentially brainless.
diagrammonkey.wordpress.com
April 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Anatomy of a Nature AI article
Edgy first paragraph in bold text saying something gently provocative but essentially brainless.
diagrammonkey.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/a...
Edgy first paragraph in bold text saying something gently provocative but essentially brainless.
diagrammonkey.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/a...
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Predicting the next most probable word using some sophisticated linear algebra is not "thinking". None of these models are architecturally capable of abductive reasoning.
thebullshitmachines.com
thebullshitmachines.com
Having access to the reasoning chains of models like DeepSeek-R1 allows us to systematically study the reasoning behavior of LLMs, an endeavour which we term Thoughtology. Check out our paper below for what we have found 👇
Models like DeepSeek-R1 🐋 mark a fundamental shift in how LLMs approach complex problems. In our preprint on R1 Thoughtology, we study R1’s reasoning chains across a variety of tasks; investigating its capabilities, limitations, and behaviour.
🔗: mcgill-nlp.github.io/thoughtology/
🔗: mcgill-nlp.github.io/thoughtology/
April 2, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Predicting the next most probable word using some sophisticated linear algebra is not "thinking". None of these models are architecturally capable of abductive reasoning.
thebullshitmachines.com
thebullshitmachines.com
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I agree that it is more sane than ChatGPT (plus it indexes some paywalled stuff). And it does provide sourcing. However, it cannot tell reasonable from obviously fake, it sounds 100% confident like all LLMs, and is designed to appeal to inexperienced users. Bad news. I will provide an example below
April 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I agree that it is more sane than ChatGPT (plus it indexes some paywalled stuff). And it does provide sourcing. However, it cannot tell reasonable from obviously fake, it sounds 100% confident like all LLMs, and is designed to appeal to inexperienced users. Bad news. I will provide an example below
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Linking differences in personality to demography in the wandering albatross https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.27.639933v1
March 1, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Linking differences in personality to demography in the wandering albatross https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.27.639933v1
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Rainwash eDNA to monitor tropical rainforest biodiversity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.26.640397v1
February 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Rainwash eDNA to monitor tropical rainforest biodiversity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.26.640397v1