Tal Avgar
@talavgar.bsky.social
Wildlife movement and population ecology; Consumer-resource interactions; Ecological modelling and biometry; Scientific epistemology and inference
Wildlife Eco-informatics Research Group (WEiRG) and Wildlife Science Centre, UBC Okanagan
Wildlife Eco-informatics Research Group (WEiRG) and Wildlife Science Centre, UBC Okanagan
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Like to develop spatio-temporal models? Interested in Arctic marine mammals 🦭🐳 and their susceptibility to oil spills? You may be the postdoctoral fellow Dr. Mariane Marcoux and I are looking for! See the details in the job ad: tinyurl.com/spatiostatamm
September 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Like to develop spatio-temporal models? Interested in Arctic marine mammals 🦭🐳 and their susceptibility to oil spills? You may be the postdoctoral fellow Dr. Mariane Marcoux and I are looking for! See the details in the job ad: tinyurl.com/spatiostatamm
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How are human-altered habitats affecting birds' migratory routes? And what is the role of age and wind conditions?
We tested this for an #endangered #Eagle
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
🐾🧪🪶 @yaelbird.bsky.social @talavgar.bsky.social
@currentbiology.bsky.social
#conservation #ornithology
We tested this for an #endangered #Eagle
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
🐾🧪🪶 @yaelbird.bsky.social @talavgar.bsky.social
@currentbiology.bsky.social
#conservation #ornithology
August 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
How are human-altered habitats affecting birds' migratory routes? And what is the role of age and wind conditions?
We tested this for an #endangered #Eagle
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
🐾🧪🪶 @yaelbird.bsky.social @talavgar.bsky.social
@currentbiology.bsky.social
#conservation #ornithology
We tested this for an #endangered #Eagle
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
🐾🧪🪶 @yaelbird.bsky.social @talavgar.bsky.social
@currentbiology.bsky.social
#conservation #ornithology
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🎉 If you've worked with Wildlife Science Centre caribou ecologist @melaniedickie.bsky.social, you won't be surprised she received the Governor General Gold Medal for Academic Excellence for her PhD research! Nor will you be surprised by the Taylor Swift reference.
science.ok.ubc.ca/2025/06/06/d...
science.ok.ubc.ca/2025/06/06/d...
Dr. Melanie Dickie’s doctoral journey earns Governor General Gold Medal for Academic Excellence
science.ok.ubc.ca
June 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
🎉 If you've worked with Wildlife Science Centre caribou ecologist @melaniedickie.bsky.social, you won't be surprised she received the Governor General Gold Medal for Academic Excellence for her PhD research! Nor will you be surprised by the Taylor Swift reference.
science.ok.ubc.ca/2025/06/06/d...
science.ok.ubc.ca/2025/06/06/d...
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Not gonna lie, it’s pretty cool! So grateful for everything in my PhD that led me here.
July 9, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Not gonna lie, it’s pretty cool! So grateful for everything in my PhD that led me here.
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This April, we welcomed the Boreal Avian Modelling Project (now Centre!) to Biodiversity Pathways! We are pleased to announce that @ellycknight.bsky.social has taken on the new role of Operational Director at BAM for this next chapter.
biodiversitypathways.ca/bam-joins-bp/
biodiversitypathways.ca/bam-joins-bp/
BAM is now the Boreal Avian Modelling Centre with Biodiversity Pathways
As of April 1, 2025, BAM has become the fourth initiative under Biodiversity Pathways.
biodiversitypathways.ca
May 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This April, we welcomed the Boreal Avian Modelling Project (now Centre!) to Biodiversity Pathways! We are pleased to announce that @ellycknight.bsky.social has taken on the new role of Operational Director at BAM for this next chapter.
biodiversitypathways.ca/bam-joins-bp/
biodiversitypathways.ca/bam-joins-bp/
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We're #hiring a #wildlife camera coordinator! This highly collaborative position works with the wider monitoring community to develop and process camera projects. Full details available online, apply by June 16:
sensr.ca/opportunity/...
sensr.ca/opportunity/...
May 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We're #hiring a #wildlife camera coordinator! This highly collaborative position works with the wider monitoring community to develop and process camera projects. Full details available online, apply by June 16:
sensr.ca/opportunity/...
sensr.ca/opportunity/...
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In Diversity and Distributions: “Rapid declines in southern Sierra Nevada fisher habitat driven by drought and wildfire”
Led by @ronanhart.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Led by @ronanhart.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Rapid Declines in Southern Sierra Nevada Fisher Habitat Driven by Drought and Wildfire
Aim Forest disturbances are a natural ecological process, but climate and land-use change are altering disturbance regimes at an unprecedented rate, posing significant threats to biological communit...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
In Diversity and Distributions: “Rapid declines in southern Sierra Nevada fisher habitat driven by drought and wildfire”
Led by @ronanhart.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Led by @ronanhart.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Please share. 2 tenure-track T&R math/stat jobs at the University of Queensland, Australia. Amazing weather, gorgeous campus & lifestyle. 17% employer retirement contribution, lots of leave. Strong global reputation. Supports diversity @stevenstrogatz.com uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uqcare...
May 16, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Please share. 2 tenure-track T&R math/stat jobs at the University of Queensland, Australia. Amazing weather, gorgeous campus & lifestyle. 17% employer retirement contribution, lots of leave. Strong global reputation. Supports diversity @stevenstrogatz.com uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uqcare...
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We're #hiring a Statistical Wildlife Ecologist! This position analyzes large, complex datasets to support landscape management throughout Canada.
Learn more and apply through the University of Alberta by May 27, 2025:
wildlifescience.ca/hiring-stati...
#biodiversity #mammals #wildlife
Learn more and apply through the University of Alberta by May 27, 2025:
wildlifescience.ca/hiring-stati...
#biodiversity #mammals #wildlife
May 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
We're #hiring a Statistical Wildlife Ecologist! This position analyzes large, complex datasets to support landscape management throughout Canada.
Learn more and apply through the University of Alberta by May 27, 2025:
wildlifescience.ca/hiring-stati...
#biodiversity #mammals #wildlife
Learn more and apply through the University of Alberta by May 27, 2025:
wildlifescience.ca/hiring-stati...
#biodiversity #mammals #wildlife
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When your statistical model "fits the data well" ...
May 9, 2025 at 6:25 AM
When your statistical model "fits the data well" ...
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I thought exactly the same many, many times. Reviewers entirely ignore the methodological part of the paper and take its results at face value, but they will debate the "framing" of it in every little detail.
It's bonkers that in academic science we spend hours obsessing over the wording of a paper, but often only one person has seen the code that produced the results! 2/N
May 2, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I thought exactly the same many, many times. Reviewers entirely ignore the methodological part of the paper and take its results at face value, but they will debate the "framing" of it in every little detail.
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We tend to think that we understand how urbanization impacts biodiversity, but our knowledge is based almost solely on research from temperate systems. This creates strong biases. Wonderful new work by @elliediamant.bsky.social in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
May 1, 2025 at 4:55 AM
We tend to think that we understand how urbanization impacts biodiversity, but our knowledge is based almost solely on research from temperate systems. This creates strong biases. Wonderful new work by @elliediamant.bsky.social in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
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Great example of #WildlifeRestoration, featuring #WiRELab postdoc @m-mclellan.bsky.social and alumni Mateen Hessami in partnership with @biodivpathways.bsky.social and many more!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_sz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_sz...
Joint Nations Grizzly Bear Initiative: North Cascades Grizzly Bear Reintroduction
YouTube video by Joint Nations Grizzly Bear Initiative
www.youtube.com
April 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Great example of #WildlifeRestoration, featuring #WiRELab postdoc @m-mclellan.bsky.social and alumni Mateen Hessami in partnership with @biodivpathways.bsky.social and many more!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_sz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_sz...
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Kelowna federal riding is now rated as “Toss up” on 338. This is huge! 🤩 You can really feel the energy building - so many volunteers, people excited to vote - it’s within reach Kelowna!! Let’s go!
April 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Kelowna federal riding is now rated as “Toss up” on 338. This is huge! 🤩 You can really feel the energy building - so many volunteers, people excited to vote - it’s within reach Kelowna!! Let’s go!
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I am currently looking for an MSc student to join my research group for September 2025 to investigate moose habitat selection in the context of apparent competition in Ontario's Far North. Please share and contact me for further details!
March 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I am currently looking for an MSc student to join my research group for September 2025 to investigate moose habitat selection in the context of apparent competition in Ontario's Far North. Please share and contact me for further details!
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Hello Bluesky! Good to see you all again!
Job alert: I'm looking to recruit a postdoc interested in working at the interface of AI and wildlife ecology, supported by the AI for Biodiversity Change (ABC) Global Center. Apply by April 15, 2025. gaynorlab.weebly.com/join-us.html
Job alert: I'm looking to recruit a postdoc interested in working at the interface of AI and wildlife ecology, supported by the AI for Biodiversity Change (ABC) Global Center. Apply by April 15, 2025. gaynorlab.weebly.com/join-us.html
March 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Hello Bluesky! Good to see you all again!
Job alert: I'm looking to recruit a postdoc interested in working at the interface of AI and wildlife ecology, supported by the AI for Biodiversity Change (ABC) Global Center. Apply by April 15, 2025. gaynorlab.weebly.com/join-us.html
Job alert: I'm looking to recruit a postdoc interested in working at the interface of AI and wildlife ecology, supported by the AI for Biodiversity Change (ABC) Global Center. Apply by April 15, 2025. gaynorlab.weebly.com/join-us.html
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The Erosion of Threatened Southern Mountain Caribou Migration
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@claytontlamb.bsky.social
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@claytontlamb.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The Erosion of Threatened Southern Mountain Caribou Migration
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@claytontlamb.bsky.social
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@claytontlamb.bsky.social
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Looking for a postdoc in 🇨🇦?
Liber Ero Fellowship
liberero.ca
* Applied conservation science
* Leadership training
* Open to int’l applicants
* Due Nov 1
🌎🧪🦤
Liber Ero Fellowship
liberero.ca
* Applied conservation science
* Leadership training
* Open to int’l applicants
* Due Nov 1
🌎🧪🦤
Liber Ero Fellowship Program
liberero.ca
March 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Looking for a postdoc in 🇨🇦?
Liber Ero Fellowship
liberero.ca
* Applied conservation science
* Leadership training
* Open to int’l applicants
* Due Nov 1
🌎🧪🦤
Liber Ero Fellowship
liberero.ca
* Applied conservation science
* Leadership training
* Open to int’l applicants
* Due Nov 1
🌎🧪🦤
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Read the full article here 👉 buff.ly/W5taIAW
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March 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Read the full article here 👉 buff.ly/W5taIAW
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New Blog post alert 🚨
The photo that got away: Camera traps may monitor less space than we think 📸 🌎 🧪 Read Brendan Carswell's full post here 👇
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The photo that got away: Camera traps may monitor less space than we think 📸 🌎 🧪 Read Brendan Carswell's full post here 👇
buff.ly/R9j5xvi
methodsblog.com
March 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
New Blog post alert 🚨
The photo that got away: Camera traps may monitor less space than we think 📸 🌎 🧪 Read Brendan Carswell's full post here 👇
buff.ly/R9j5xvi
The photo that got away: Camera traps may monitor less space than we think 📸 🌎 🧪 Read Brendan Carswell's full post here 👇
buff.ly/R9j5xvi
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Five years on. Millions dead. COVID effectively endemic. The big story is how we are STILL in denial about airborne transmission of respiratory diseases. Good job, libertarians.
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
America Is Sleeping on a Powerful Defense Against Airborne Disease
Treating clean indoor air as a public good would have protected Americans against more than COVID-19.
www.theatlantic.com
March 13, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Five years on. Millions dead. COVID effectively endemic. The big story is how we are STILL in denial about airborne transmission of respiratory diseases. Good job, libertarians.
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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Second, Dr. Jean Polfus delivered a BRAES / Biodiversity Pathways/ ECCC co-hosted seminar on the intersection of language, reconciliation, and caribou recovery.
So inspiring!
@ubcokanagan.bsky.social
So inspiring!
@ubcokanagan.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Second, Dr. Jean Polfus delivered a BRAES / Biodiversity Pathways/ ECCC co-hosted seminar on the intersection of language, reconciliation, and caribou recovery.
So inspiring!
@ubcokanagan.bsky.social
So inspiring!
@ubcokanagan.bsky.social
I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba... you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba...
Ban X/Twitter in Canada
I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ban-x-twitter-in-canada/?source=f...
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March 12, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba... you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba...
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NEW PAPER: looking into the erosion of southern mountain caribou migrations. Over 35 years, migration distances shrank 15-25%, and elevational migrations are collapsing. Habitat loss, not weather, likely the main culprit. A major conservation challenge ahead.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
March 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
NEW PAPER: looking into the erosion of southern mountain caribou migrations. Over 35 years, migration distances shrank 15-25%, and elevational migrations are collapsing. Habitat loss, not weather, likely the main culprit. A major conservation challenge ahead.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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