Hi all!

I've been inactive here for a while (all that's going on in the world kind of saturated my bandwidth), so maybe the algorithm won't favor me.

But! I'm curious if anyone of you have been using/thinking about using explainable AI method (xAI) for identifying complex ecological patterns.

Environmental cues indicating abundant resources reduce the difference between inbred and non-inbred beetle lines in finding those resources, and thus the fitness gap. We argue that environmental predictability could be masking the effects of otherwise deleterious alleles via behavioral plasticity.

I was corresponding with a scientist last week who was skeptical that a biased estimate could be better than an unbiased one. I cited the usual reasons. And here is Numberphile right on time with a new episode about Stein's paradox: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUQw...

Finally out: Predicting adaptation to climate warming www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We find that there are many genomic routes to heat-adaptation, but this can also make genomic data of limited value for prediction. A tour de force by @denovorego.bsky.social , with @stelkens.bsky.social.

How do fish evolve to tolerate higher temperatures, and are there trade-offs? We explore these questions in our new paper
@natclimate.nature.com led by Anna Andreassen
@annahandreassen.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Models of pest impact predict that climate warming will alter growth rates and distributions of insect pests.
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How do trait-specific evolutionary responses affect predictions?

Have a look at our new paper rdcu.be/d6G2u in @naturecomms.bsky.social to find out. Short summary below.

Quantifying temperature’s effect on #diapause #termination requires fitting #TPCs to binary biological data. In our new paper, out now in #PNAS, we show how to do this, revealing the sequential nature of diapause termination and post-diapause development.

doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

The Global Ecology starter pack is now curated! ✨ and some slots are open 😊

Studying global biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, or conservation across terrestrial and marine realms ?

📚 Published in these fields? 👉 You are welcome to join ! just reply to be added.

go.bsky.app/V6tN4cv
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Combining some mechanistic knowledge and Occam's razor appears to me to be a very powerful tool for getting closer to the truth! Let me show an example that I believe is related to this, which I found while writing my last published paper. It's on the underlying temperature-dependence of diapause 🤓❄️

Here is a starter pack for scientists and others interested in trait-based ecology and evolution. Still trying to find everyone here. Please let me know if you would like to be added to the list! go.bsky.app/PThMXeX 🧪🌎🌾

Changing the solid Earth's temperature is *really* hard.

Day-to-night temperature variations, what we're used to, stop being relevant at about half a meter depth--this is why animals burrow.

(Link for figs: geothermal-energy-journal.springeropen.com/articles/10.... )

A starter pack of people working on thermal biology or metabolic theory. Presently a very short list, but I know y'all are out there - please tell me if you'd like to be added!

(Or if you'd like to be taken off)

go.bsky.app/nHLZbD

Feels good to commit fully to migrating here. Anyone got any tips for how to best manage your account to find relevant stuff? For example, does anyone know of any good "feeds" for evolutionary ecology/macro ecology/thermal biology/etc.?

Quantifying temperature’s effect on #diapause #termination requires fitting #TPCs to binary biological data. In our new paper, out now in #PNAS, we show how to do this, revealing the sequential nature of diapause termination and post-diapause development.

doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

In our latest paper, led by Isabelle Siemers and me, we demonstrate that four butterfly populations along a 750 km latitudinal cline display distinct local adaptation in their photoperiodic reaction norms, but /not/ in their thermal performance curves!

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doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...

Glad to see this comprehensive microclimate perspective paper out! This is a great team effort spearheaded by
Julia Kemppinen and others! I'd recommend this paper to anyone looking for an overview of the current state of microclimate research in ecology.

doi.org/10.1111/geb....

New preprint on a wild Y chromosome introgression between 6 my divergent primate species!
Guenons are a diverse group of African primates that hybridized a lot in the past. In this study, we looked at patterns of Y introgression…

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Figured I can use my first post here to plug my (yet to be cited 🥲) short paper in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social, showing how a decades-old interpolation technique can be used to almost magically interpolate temperature regimes (and other stuff that fluctuates)!

doi.org/10.1111/2041...