BMR is a major but often overlooked confound of all traits previously proposed to be related to carnivore extinction during the Pleistocene in the context of the overkill hypothesis. We looked at 22 eco & LH traits in a sample of 120 extant and 14 extinct species from every biogeographic realm.

Extinct Pleistocene carnivores were diurnal and highly active - fresh off the press 🐯 Only BMR and diurnality are robust predictors of extinction and this also stands for extant species 🦨🐅🦝 With @johnalroy.bsky.social we use an exhaustive sample and account for phylogenetic and trait uncertainty.

🦘🦘🦘 If you ever wonder why roos jump in your headlights (or even if you don't) here is a brief overview of why and what is different about marsupial cognitive ability. 🦘🦘🦘

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Fruit trees have been cultivated for nearly 3000 years :D

Randomly coming across a MDPI article where the author cites himself every time he's unsure what to cite (t-test, Fisher). It's also the editor's choice 🤦‍♂️
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50 out of place self-citations! AI or just negligence?
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Our latest rant w/ Simone Blomberg in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social - The fallacy of single imputation. We make a convincing case that single imputation is misleading and should not be (mis)used especially for trait datasets (also confirmed by simulations)

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