Tanner
@oxyppgyn.bsky.social
UG Biology and Geography @ OhioU (formerly)
Interested in landscape ecology, camera traps, citizen + collaborative science, spatial dynamics of mammals, and computational ecology
Interested in landscape ecology, camera traps, citizen + collaborative science, spatial dynamics of mammals, and computational ecology
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This is incredibly wrong.
Academic gate keeping of science is harmful and plays into tropes around perceived social heirachy.
Anyone and everyone can do science.
Great places to start:
citsci.nz
inaturalist.nz
ebird.org
www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/fiv...
trap.nz
mm2.net.nz/resource/how...
🌏
Academic gate keeping of science is harmful and plays into tropes around perceived social heirachy.
Anyone and everyone can do science.
Great places to start:
citsci.nz
inaturalist.nz
ebird.org
www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/fiv...
trap.nz
mm2.net.nz/resource/how...
🌏
I don’t know who needs to hear this
But “citizen science” does not mean random untrained people guessing what to do and reinventing the wheel poorly
It means trained volunteers under the supervision of a credentialed professional who designs the study and analyzes the data.
But “citizen science” does not mean random untrained people guessing what to do and reinventing the wheel poorly
It means trained volunteers under the supervision of a credentialed professional who designs the study and analyzes the data.
August 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This is incredibly wrong.
Academic gate keeping of science is harmful and plays into tropes around perceived social heirachy.
Anyone and everyone can do science.
Great places to start:
citsci.nz
inaturalist.nz
ebird.org
www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/fiv...
trap.nz
mm2.net.nz/resource/how...
🌏
Academic gate keeping of science is harmful and plays into tropes around perceived social heirachy.
Anyone and everyone can do science.
Great places to start:
citsci.nz
inaturalist.nz
ebird.org
www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/fiv...
trap.nz
mm2.net.nz/resource/how...
🌏
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On this I can agree:
"Ecologists would benefit by instead determining which real distributions fit to which theoretical models and using the shape and scale parameters of those models to understand community structure"
d197for5662m48.cloudfront.net/documents/pu...
🧪 #Paleobio #EvoBio #Macroecology
"Ecologists would benefit by instead determining which real distributions fit to which theoretical models and using the shape and scale parameters of those models to understand community structure"
d197for5662m48.cloudfront.net/documents/pu...
🧪 #Paleobio #EvoBio #Macroecology
April 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
On this I can agree:
"Ecologists would benefit by instead determining which real distributions fit to which theoretical models and using the shape and scale parameters of those models to understand community structure"
d197for5662m48.cloudfront.net/documents/pu...
🧪 #Paleobio #EvoBio #Macroecology
"Ecologists would benefit by instead determining which real distributions fit to which theoretical models and using the shape and scale parameters of those models to understand community structure"
d197for5662m48.cloudfront.net/documents/pu...
🧪 #Paleobio #EvoBio #Macroecology
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A Bayesian approach to include Indigenous Knowledge in habitat selection functions https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.26.645387v1
April 1, 2025 at 8:31 AM
A Bayesian approach to include Indigenous Knowledge in habitat selection functions https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.26.645387v1
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Nabeel et al. present a method to derive models of theoretical ecology from stochastic time series data. This data-driven method may help empirical tests of ecological theories and to discover unknown principles. Read now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Discovering Stochastic Dynamical Equations from Ecological Time Series Data | The American Naturalist
Abstract Theoretical studies have shown that stochasticity can affect the dynamics of ecosystems in counterintuitive ways. However, without knowing the equations governing the dynamics of populations ...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
March 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Nabeel et al. present a method to derive models of theoretical ecology from stochastic time series data. This data-driven method may help empirical tests of ecological theories and to discover unknown principles. Read now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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1/ Important read for anyone using, contributing, or building large databases by aggregating data sources. Discusses issues with data quality, duplication, credit attribution, etc, and includes recommendations for improvement
doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... #ecopubs
doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... #ecopubs
November 29, 2024 at 11:01 AM
1/ Important read for anyone using, contributing, or building large databases by aggregating data sources. Discusses issues with data quality, duplication, credit attribution, etc, and includes recommendations for improvement
doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... #ecopubs
doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... #ecopubs
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I'd like to encourage folks to publish their code. Not only does it make studies more transparent and reproducible, but it also increases citation rates!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Code sharing in ecology and evolution increases citation rates but remains uncommon
Biologists increasingly rely on computer code to collect and analyze their data, reinforcing the importance of published code for transparency, reproducibility, training, and a basis for further work...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 23, 2024 at 3:56 PM
I'd like to encourage folks to publish their code. Not only does it make studies more transparent and reproducible, but it also increases citation rates!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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A presentation I did a while back (2015!) for first-year u/g math students about interesting stuff in math biology (apologies for PPTX & ugly eqns; a few of the figures are messed up in LibreOffice) - mostly showing fun pattern-formation pictures www.math.mcmaster.ca/bolker/misc/...
www.math.mcmaster.ca
December 18, 2024 at 7:01 PM
A presentation I did a while back (2015!) for first-year u/g math students about interesting stuff in math biology (apologies for PPTX & ugly eqns; a few of the figures are messed up in LibreOffice) - mostly showing fun pattern-formation pictures www.math.mcmaster.ca/bolker/misc/...
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📍Pinned Post: Welcome to the papers with code feed!
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Papers from PubMed, bioRxiv, Bature, PLoS, etc, with links to GitHub will be included here. Anyone can post to this feed.
See also: blog.stephenturner.us
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Papers from PubMed, bioRxiv, Bature, PLoS, etc, with links to GitHub will be included here. Anyone can post to this feed.
See also: blog.stephenturner.us
December 5, 2024 at 10:05 AM
📍Pinned Post: Welcome to the papers with code feed!
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Papers from PubMed, bioRxiv, Bature, PLoS, etc, with links to GitHub will be included here. Anyone can post to this feed.
See also: blog.stephenturner.us
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Papers from PubMed, bioRxiv, Bature, PLoS, etc, with links to GitHub will be included here. Anyone can post to this feed.
See also: blog.stephenturner.us
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If you're looking for a gentle introduction to fit linear mixed models with R, with lots of examples, data & code available, here's one below. And not just another paper, just realized this one actually cites a Marvel’s comic book: cool-geek level unlocked :) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
December 2, 2024 at 10:41 AM
If you're looking for a gentle introduction to fit linear mixed models with R, with lots of examples, data & code available, here's one below. And not just another paper, just realized this one actually cites a Marvel’s comic book: cool-geek level unlocked :) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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📖Published📖
Our new Application article introduces BATS, a python-based toolkit for landscape-level monitoring of free-tailed bats via weather radar 🦇 🌎 🧪
https://buff.ly/4fNcYeE
Our new Application article introduces BATS, a python-based toolkit for landscape-level monitoring of free-tailed bats via weather radar 🦇 🌎 🧪
https://buff.ly/4fNcYeE
November 23, 2024 at 10:00 AM
📖Published📖
Our new Application article introduces BATS, a python-based toolkit for landscape-level monitoring of free-tailed bats via weather radar 🦇 🌎 🧪
https://buff.ly/4fNcYeE
Our new Application article introduces BATS, a python-based toolkit for landscape-level monitoring of free-tailed bats via weather radar 🦇 🌎 🧪
https://buff.ly/4fNcYeE
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Resharing my attempt at a #mathbio starter pack for those (millions?!) of people who've joined in the last week!
Please let me know if you'd like to be added (I've not kept up with the incoming hordes well)
go.bsky.app/GVkxwBv
Please let me know if you'd like to be added (I've not kept up with the incoming hordes well)
go.bsky.app/GVkxwBv
November 20, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Resharing my attempt at a #mathbio starter pack for those (millions?!) of people who've joined in the last week!
Please let me know if you'd like to be added (I've not kept up with the incoming hordes well)
go.bsky.app/GVkxwBv
Please let me know if you'd like to be added (I've not kept up with the incoming hordes well)
go.bsky.app/GVkxwBv
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I guess a must read for a macrecologist.
The Equilibrium Theory of Biodiversity Dynamics: A General Framework for Scaling Species Richness and Community Abundance along Environmental Gradients
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
#macroecology
The Equilibrium Theory of Biodiversity Dynamics: A General Framework for Scaling Species Richness and Community Abundance along Environmental Gradients
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
#macroecology
The Equilibrium Theory of Biodiversity Dynamics: A General Framework for Scaling Species Richness and Community Abundance along Environmental Gradients | The American Naturalist
Abstract Large-scale temporal and spatial biodiversity patterns have traditionally been explained by multitudinous particular factors and a few theories. However, these theories lack sufficient genera...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
November 22, 2024 at 4:55 PM
I guess a must read for a macrecologist.
The Equilibrium Theory of Biodiversity Dynamics: A General Framework for Scaling Species Richness and Community Abundance along Environmental Gradients
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
#macroecology
The Equilibrium Theory of Biodiversity Dynamics: A General Framework for Scaling Species Richness and Community Abundance along Environmental Gradients
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
#macroecology
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Movement and migration ecology starter pack! Help me fill it out as more folks join Bluesky 🌎🌍🌏
go.bsky.app/SSiWN2u
go.bsky.app/SSiWN2u
November 18, 2024 at 2:39 AM
Movement and migration ecology starter pack! Help me fill it out as more folks join Bluesky 🌎🌍🌏
go.bsky.app/SSiWN2u
go.bsky.app/SSiWN2u
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🔬 Check out the official #CESAB GitHub repository for data, code, and resources to boost your biodiversity synthesis research ... from functional ecology to world pa, litterarure scraping, bayesian analysis and more! 🛠️
👉 frbcesab.github.io
#OpenScience #Biodiversity #DataSharing #R
🧪🌍🦤🦑
November 21, 2024 at 1:26 PM
🔬 Check out the official #CESAB GitHub repository for data, code, and resources to boost your biodiversity synthesis research ... from functional ecology to world pa, litterarure scraping, bayesian analysis and more! 🛠️
👉 frbcesab.github.io
#OpenScience #Biodiversity #DataSharing #R
🧪🌍🦤🦑
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Just created a starter pack for ecological forecasting community! 🦋🍃 Please let me know if you want to be added!
go.bsky.app/Qk9PfFw
go.bsky.app/Qk9PfFw
November 14, 2024 at 7:12 AM
Just created a starter pack for ecological forecasting community! 🦋🍃 Please let me know if you want to be added!
go.bsky.app/Qk9PfFw
go.bsky.app/Qk9PfFw
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Ready to learn how to use LiDAR for research in #forestry and natural resources using #R? This week I am releasing a 7-part series to help you get started! Share with anyone you know who wants to get started. Part 1 covers acquiring, & viewing LiDAR data! bit.ly/lidR-module1
Module 1: Getting started with LiDAR processing for forestry and natural resources - The Jones Center at Ichauway Research Labs
If you are interested in learning to use LiDAR for forestry and natural resources, this tutorial can help you get started. You will learn to view large datasets, create raster products, map trees, and...
bit.ly
November 21, 2024 at 1:57 AM
Ready to learn how to use LiDAR for research in #forestry and natural resources using #R? This week I am releasing a 7-part series to help you get started! Share with anyone you know who wants to get started. Part 1 covers acquiring, & viewing LiDAR data! bit.ly/lidR-module1
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My new paper is out in Bioacoustics: "Field tests of small autonomous recording units: an evaluation of in-person versus automated point counts and a comparison of recording quality." doi.org/10.1080/0952...
Thanks to NSERC and Bowdoin Scientific Station.
#bioacoustics #ARUs #ornithology
Thanks to NSERC and Bowdoin Scientific Station.
#bioacoustics #ARUs #ornithology
November 11, 2024 at 11:54 AM
My new paper is out in Bioacoustics: "Field tests of small autonomous recording units: an evaluation of in-person versus automated point counts and a comparison of recording quality." doi.org/10.1080/0952...
Thanks to NSERC and Bowdoin Scientific Station.
#bioacoustics #ARUs #ornithology
Thanks to NSERC and Bowdoin Scientific Station.
#bioacoustics #ARUs #ornithology
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Me in my Echo Chamber
November 20, 2024 at 1:57 AM
Me in my Echo Chamber
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We have a starter pack for scientists using camera traps! 📸 If you work with camera trap data in any way, either collecting data, running ecological models, training CV/ML models, let me know I’ll add you to this list 🎉 go.bsky.app/CbJkbVw
November 16, 2024 at 2:41 AM
We have a starter pack for scientists using camera traps! 📸 If you work with camera trap data in any way, either collecting data, running ecological models, training CV/ML models, let me know I’ll add you to this list 🎉 go.bsky.app/CbJkbVw
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If you are interested in #rstats, hierarchical modeling in ecology, and in particular occupancy models, then check out my blog!
The one post that gets the most traffic is this one here on how to combine presence-only and detection/non-detection data. 🧪
masonfidino.com/bayesian_int...
The one post that gets the most traffic is this one here on how to combine presence-only and detection/non-detection data. 🧪
masonfidino.com/bayesian_int...
A gentle introduction to an integrated occupancy model that combines presence-only and detection/non-detection data, and how to fit it in `JAGS`
Species distribution models (SDMs) are useful tools in ecology and conservation biology. As the name implies, SDMs are used to estimate species presence or abundance across geographic space and throug...
masonfidino.com
November 19, 2024 at 9:41 PM
If you are interested in #rstats, hierarchical modeling in ecology, and in particular occupancy models, then check out my blog!
The one post that gets the most traffic is this one here on how to combine presence-only and detection/non-detection data. 🧪
masonfidino.com/bayesian_int...
The one post that gets the most traffic is this one here on how to combine presence-only and detection/non-detection data. 🧪
masonfidino.com/bayesian_int...
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Critical paper for thinking about data use and justice in global #biodiversity #conservation, #macroecology, ecological data synthesis and analyses.
How are people and nature made visible, represented and treated as a result of digital data?
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
How are people and nature made visible, represented and treated as a result of digital data?
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Data justice and biodiversity conservation
Increases in data availability coupled with enhanced computational capacities are revolutionizing conservation. But in the excitement over the opportunities afforded by new data, there has been less ...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 18, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Critical paper for thinking about data use and justice in global #biodiversity #conservation, #macroecology, ecological data synthesis and analyses.
How are people and nature made visible, represented and treated as a result of digital data?
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
How are people and nature made visible, represented and treated as a result of digital data?
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Totally forgot about this game, so re-posting again! Good nerdy guessing-game animal wordle-esque fun :) 🧪
Ok now this is super cool! New daily game where you guess the Mystery Animal of the day, and each wrong answer narrows it down by showing the closest taxonomic classification!
🧪 🦆🐊🐠🦡🪲🪸
metazooa.com
🧪 🦆🐊🐠🦡🪲🪸
metazooa.com
Metazooa
Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!
metazooa.com
November 19, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Totally forgot about this game, so re-posting again! Good nerdy guessing-game animal wordle-esque fun :) 🧪
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In the simpler days of 2015/16 we wrote the BES Guide to Reproducible Code: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/wp-content/u.... It’s time for a refresh! Would you like to help? I’m looking for people to review the existing booklet by 5th December.
www.britishecologicalsociety.org
November 18, 2024 at 12:53 PM
In the simpler days of 2015/16 we wrote the BES Guide to Reproducible Code: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/wp-content/u.... It’s time for a refresh! Would you like to help? I’m looking for people to review the existing booklet by 5th December.