Scott MacIvor
@jscottmacivor.bsky.social
Associate Professor at the University of Toronto
Biodiversity of Urban Green Spaces ('BUGS') lab
wild bees | urban greening | connecting people to nature 🍃
Biodiversity of Urban Green Spaces ('BUGS') lab
wild bees | urban greening | connecting people to nature 🍃
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Extremely interesting opinion piece by MacIvor & Irwin on "Mail-order solitary bee cocoons as a gateway for biological invasion": doi.org/10.26786/192...
September 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Extremely interesting opinion piece by MacIvor & Irwin on "Mail-order solitary bee cocoons as a gateway for biological invasion": doi.org/10.26786/192...
Reposted by Scott MacIvor
This @inaturalist.bsky.social blog post highlights a big issue typical of Canadian 🇨🇦 biodiversity research.
"Over half of iNaturalist observations are found in 1% of the landmass of Canada."
Check out the map at the 🔗 – maybe you can fill some gaps?
🧪 🌎
www.inaturalist.org/blog/110352-...
"Over half of iNaturalist observations are found in 1% of the landmass of Canada."
Check out the map at the 🔗 – maybe you can fill some gaps?
🧪 🌎
www.inaturalist.org/blog/110352-...
Filling Canada's Geographic Data Gaps
Last month we highlighted the species missing from Canada on iNaturalist. This month we’re highlighting the places in need of data on all species, not just rare or missing ones. Adding observations fr...
www.inaturalist.org
May 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This @inaturalist.bsky.social blog post highlights a big issue typical of Canadian 🇨🇦 biodiversity research.
"Over half of iNaturalist observations are found in 1% of the landmass of Canada."
Check out the map at the 🔗 – maybe you can fill some gaps?
🧪 🌎
www.inaturalist.org/blog/110352-...
"Over half of iNaturalist observations are found in 1% of the landmass of Canada."
Check out the map at the 🔗 – maybe you can fill some gaps?
🧪 🌎
www.inaturalist.org/blog/110352-...
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I'm looking for a post doc to work on the effects of CO2 and diet on lake whitefish growth and physiology in collaboration with Dr David Huyben. Term 12 months, salary 60k CAD. More info here utsc.utoronto.ca/biosci/emplo.... Deadline May 18! @utscbiology.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I'm looking for a post doc to work on the effects of CO2 and diet on lake whitefish growth and physiology in collaboration with Dr David Huyben. Term 12 months, salary 60k CAD. More info here utsc.utoronto.ca/biosci/emplo.... Deadline May 18! @utscbiology.bsky.social
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Calling all meadow and grassland conservation biologists 🌾🌻🌾!!! Do you use mowing as part of habitat management 🚜? Our (@jscottmacivor.bsky.social + @tonuferko.bsky.social) new paper in Insect Conservation and Diversity shows how mowing acts as an environmental filter for stem-dwelling insects 🪰🪲🐝🐛.
March 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Calling all meadow and grassland conservation biologists 🌾🌻🌾!!! Do you use mowing as part of habitat management 🚜? Our (@jscottmacivor.bsky.social + @tonuferko.bsky.social) new paper in Insect Conservation and Diversity shows how mowing acts as an environmental filter for stem-dwelling insects 🪰🪲🐝🐛.
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800+ drawings done! I just completed my four year ‘Commonly Observed Flora, Fauna and Fungi’ project by publishing all 50 state prints! I used iNaturalist to identify frequently spotted species in each state, rendered these species in pencil, and arranged the drawings into prints with species keys.
January 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
800+ drawings done! I just completed my four year ‘Commonly Observed Flora, Fauna and Fungi’ project by publishing all 50 state prints! I used iNaturalist to identify frequently spotted species in each state, rendered these species in pencil, and arranged the drawings into prints with species keys.
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Wisdom the Laysan Albatross is the oldest known wild bird and she recently laid a new egg at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in Hawaii.
The announcement came via the United States Fish & Wildlife Service's social media on 3 December.
#Seabirds
www.forbes.com/sites/amanda...
The announcement came via the United States Fish & Wildlife Service's social media on 3 December.
#Seabirds
www.forbes.com/sites/amanda...
World’s Oldest Known Wild Bird Lays Egg At Age 74
Wisdom the albatross returned to Midway Atoll with a new mate and her first egg in years. The long-lived seabird is still alive and is estimated to be 74 years old.
www.forbes.com
December 3, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Wisdom the Laysan Albatross is the oldest known wild bird and she recently laid a new egg at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in Hawaii.
The announcement came via the United States Fish & Wildlife Service's social media on 3 December.
#Seabirds
www.forbes.com/sites/amanda...
The announcement came via the United States Fish & Wildlife Service's social media on 3 December.
#Seabirds
www.forbes.com/sites/amanda...
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We’re hiring — this is a great job!
JOB: Director of Conservation (Ontario), @ncccnc.bsky.social
⭐️ Flexible location in Ontario
⭐️ Senior role
⭐️ Apply by 5 Jan 2025
⭐️ www.natureconservancy.ca/en/who-we-ar...
#ConservationJobs
JOB: Director of Conservation (Ontario), @ncccnc.bsky.social
⭐️ Flexible location in Ontario
⭐️ Senior role
⭐️ Apply by 5 Jan 2025
⭐️ www.natureconservancy.ca/en/who-we-ar...
#ConservationJobs
November 30, 2024 at 12:23 AM
We’re hiring — this is a great job!
JOB: Director of Conservation (Ontario), @ncccnc.bsky.social
⭐️ Flexible location in Ontario
⭐️ Senior role
⭐️ Apply by 5 Jan 2025
⭐️ www.natureconservancy.ca/en/who-we-ar...
#ConservationJobs
JOB: Director of Conservation (Ontario), @ncccnc.bsky.social
⭐️ Flexible location in Ontario
⭐️ Senior role
⭐️ Apply by 5 Jan 2025
⭐️ www.natureconservancy.ca/en/who-we-ar...
#ConservationJobs
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In Toronto, numbers on urban forestry: The city has removed - i.e. cut down - 26,991 trees in under three years.
That's a huge loss of mature trees. Also tens of millions spent, if not $100-million. Why exactly?
secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
That's a huge loss of mature trees. Also tens of millions spent, if not $100-million. Why exactly?
secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
November 26, 2024 at 11:37 PM
In Toronto, numbers on urban forestry: The city has removed - i.e. cut down - 26,991 trees in under three years.
That's a huge loss of mature trees. Also tens of millions spent, if not $100-million. Why exactly?
secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
That's a huge loss of mature trees. Also tens of millions spent, if not $100-million. Why exactly?
secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
The 161st (!) Entomological Society of Ontario meeting is happening Oct 4-6 2024 at the University of Toronto Scarborough! 🐞🪲🐝👩🔬🔬
The theme is Entomology in a Multidisciplinary World.
Registration and info (incl. Keynotes) here: tinyurl.com/bdd27j96
Any qs: EntSocOnt2024@gmail.com
Please share!
The theme is Entomology in a Multidisciplinary World.
Registration and info (incl. Keynotes) here: tinyurl.com/bdd27j96
Any qs: EntSocOnt2024@gmail.com
Please share!
August 2, 2024 at 1:50 PM
The 161st (!) Entomological Society of Ontario meeting is happening Oct 4-6 2024 at the University of Toronto Scarborough! 🐞🪲🐝👩🔬🔬
The theme is Entomology in a Multidisciplinary World.
Registration and info (incl. Keynotes) here: tinyurl.com/bdd27j96
Any qs: EntSocOnt2024@gmail.com
Please share!
The theme is Entomology in a Multidisciplinary World.
Registration and info (incl. Keynotes) here: tinyurl.com/bdd27j96
Any qs: EntSocOnt2024@gmail.com
Please share!
Lab members in front of and behind me on a lab-meeting-turned-hike in the Rouge National Urban Park this afternoon. We’re lucky it’s just 10 minutes from the University of Toronto Scarborough campus!
November 3, 2023 at 9:08 PM
Lab members in front of and behind me on a lab-meeting-turned-hike in the Rouge National Urban Park this afternoon. We’re lucky it’s just 10 minutes from the University of Toronto Scarborough campus!
vibrant fall colours through the window this morning
October 27, 2023 at 8:49 PM
vibrant fall colours through the window this morning