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Martin Wilkes
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Senior Lecturer in Ecology, University of Essex http://www.martinwilkes.co.uk (views are my own)
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emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social
{prismatic} has a `best_contrast()` function that should do the trick emilhvitfeldt.github.io/prismatic/re...
Find highest contrast color — best_contrast
best_contrast() finds the color in y with the highest contrast to the color x.
emilhvitfeldt.github.io
April 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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ecoevoenviro.bsky.social
PhD AVAILABLE on #Wildlife #harvest and #management policy in the UK - studentship only for Home/UK resident status candidates - Life and social sciences collaboration - deadline 28th May 2025 - get in touch #birds #people #policy
tinyurl.com/3vxkzad9
PhD Studentship: Transitions to Sustainable Wildlife Harvest: Evidence Based Management and The Social Licence to Hunt at University of Essex
jobs.ac.uk are now advertising a PhD Studentship: Transitions to Sustainable Wildlife Harvest: Evidence Based Management and The Social Licence to Hunt. Discover exciting PhD opportunities on jobs.ac....
tinyurl.com
April 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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andrew.heiss.phd
Thing I just learned in #rstats: unz() lets you connect to a .zip and load files from inside it without actually unzipping it (great for a file I'm working with that's 30 MB zipped and 1+ GB unzipped, with multiple CSVs in it)
# unz() lets you connect to a .zip and treat it like a mini file system, # and you can load files from inside it one_zipped_csv_among_others <- readr::read_csv( unz("lotsa_zipped_csvs.zip"), "one_csv.csv" ) # readr::read_csv() can read a .zip with a single CSV in it one_zipped_csv <- readr::read_csv("big_zipped_file.zip")
April 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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aecoppock.bsky.social
New visualization tool alert!

The vayr package version 1.0.0 is now on CRAN.

It contains position adjustments for ggplot2 that help with overplotting in pleasing ways. My favorite is position_sunflower().

- install.packages("vayr")
- alexandercoppock.com/vayr

#rstats #ggplot2 #dataviz
position_jitter() position_jitter_ellipse() position_sunflower() position_circlepack()
April 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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leverhulme.ac.uk
Join @davidolusoga.bsky.social and Philip Leverhulme Prize winner @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social in conversation this June as they explore the themes of Qureshi’s powerful new book, Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction.

Buy your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sadiah-qur...
Sadiah Qureshi in conversation with David Olusoga about extinction
Manchester Histories presents an 'In Conversation' event marking the launch of 'Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction' (Penguin 2025)
www.eventbrite.co.uk
April 17, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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arachnonaut.bsky.social
Had a lot of fun reviewing the #boardgame #Finspan w/
@oschwery.bsky.social for @nature.com!

This fish-themed game harnesses some of my favorite aspects of #Wingspan, blending stunning art & trophic ecology with fast-paced play.

rdcu.be/eg2Dx

#Finspan by @stonemaiergames.com
The cover of a board game review in the "Books and Arts" section of the science journal, Nature. The page is mostly taken up by a large color photo of the game board, which features detailed pictures of fish cards. The title of the review is "This board game lets you dip into marine ecology".
April 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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simongerman600.bsky.social
This is fantastic! This website allows you to watch TV stations from around the world. I just watched 2 minutes of Afghan volleyball. All the small regional TV stations from Germany are here too. Spread the word! Source: tv.garden
March 29, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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andrew.heiss.phd
I’ve long used FiveThirtyEight’s interactive “Hack Your Way To Scientific Glory” to illustrate the idea of p-hacking when I teach statistics. But ABC/Disney killed the site earlier this month :(

So I made my own with #rstats and Observable and #QuartoPub ! stats.andrewheiss.com/hack-your-way/
Screenshot of the linked Quarto website, with input checkboxes to change different conditions for a regression model that predicts economic performance based on US political party, with a reported p-value
March 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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globalhydro.bsky.social
Do you work on lakes globally? Check out what is, to my mind, the most complete global database of lakes (~6M) and associated attributes, newly published in WRR. Also the basis for SWOT lake data. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Map of global lake distribution, colored by the number of SWOT overpasses per 21 day cycle. There are many lakes with a high number of SWOT overpasses at high northern latitudes, but there are also tens of thousands to more than a million lakes on every continent. Lakes are graphed by latitude and longitude on the edges of the figure.
March 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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katatrepsis.bsky.social
🔎 🌍 🧪 How reliable are biodiversity trend assessments? A new paper in @ecography.bsky.social led by the amazing @wilkesma.bsky.social, reveals hidden sources of uncertainty in monitoring data and modeling choices that can dramatically alter conservation conclusions… (1/5)
🔗 bit.ly/4ibhAgq
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
wilkesma.bsky.social
📢 Biodiversity scientists 📢 Ever wondered how the decisions we make during biodiversity trend assessment affects reported trends? Our new @ecography.bsky.social paper shows how we can mitigate biases and be more transparent about trend uncertainty nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Revealing hidden sources of uncertainty in biodiversity trend assessments
Idiosyncratic decisions during the biodiversity trend assessment process may limit reproducibility, whilst ‘hidden' uncertainty due to collection bias, taxonomic incompleteness, and variable taxonomi...
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
wilkesma.bsky.social
More opportunities for postgraduateresearch via the @leverhulme.bsky.social #SustainableTransitions programme at University of Essex. Fully funded MSc followed by a PhD. Open to UK students meeting specific eligibility criteria. Closing 18 April. See www.essex.ac.uk/scholarships... for more details
Sustainable Transitions Masters plus PhD | University of Essex
The University of Essex is offering three Masters plus PhD research scholarships on our Sustainable Transitions doctoral training programme for Home / UK applicants from underrepresented groups.
www.essex.ac.uk
February 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
wilkesma.bsky.social
Just two weeks left apply for these opportunities for unique interdisciplinary PhD research on #biodiversity funded by @leverhulme.bsky.social. Apply by 7th February!
wilkesma.bsky.social Martin Wilkes @wilkesma.bsky.social · Nov 25
Two unique opportunities for fully funded interdisciplinary PhD research on #biodiversity #conservation
@Uni_of_Essex, blending #ecology with #sociology and #business as part of the @leverhulme.bsky.social Sustainable Transitions programme

jobs.ac.uk/job/DKT611/p...

jobs.ac.uk/job/DKT503/p...
January 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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emilmalta.bsky.social
Messing around with shinylive. For real, how are people not freaking out?!!

Zero hosting costs, no online requirements, no installation required, nothing not a damn thing.

#rstats #databs
January 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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ecophys.bsky.social
I'm happy to use my first #Bluesky post to announce that there's now a shiny app for the endotherm model of the #NicheMapR package bioforecasts.science.unimelb.edu.au/app_direct/e...
December 14, 2024 at 5:51 AM
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jonlen.bsky.social
Everything you ever wanted to know to get started on #microclimate is compiled there ⬇️ in 🔟 guidelines 🤓 Unpack each 1️⃣ to select the right variable, the most relevant spatiotemporal scale, the best sampling design & to tailor your analyses to your study question

🧪🌐🍁

shorturl.at/VYP8f
December 17, 2024 at 5:50 PM
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ecoinvasions.bsky.social
By predicting the extent of invasion in the absence of timely interventions, the authors found that management measures were effective in limiting the spread of the yellow-legged hornet in Europe. #bioinvasions
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Predicting the spatio‐temporal dynamics of biological invasions: Have rapid responses in Europe limited the spread of the yellow‐legged hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax)?
By predicting the extent of a biological invasion in the absence of timely interventions and comparing this to the current distribution of the yellow-legged hornet, we found that management measures ...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 15, 2024 at 2:40 AM
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jbengler.de
Stunning free #science vector art for your next poster, paper or talk 🤩

The #NIH has compiled over 2,000 illustrations including swatches and pattern brushes

bioart.niaid.nih.gov

#rstats #dataviz #phd #illustration
December 10, 2024 at 7:52 AM
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tomoprater.carbonbrief.org
This ridgeline plot and the unconventional use of shading from white to blue to indicate sea ice loss is great. It also reinforces the impression of a dense ice pack breaking up.

Chart by @janatausch.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/63fb... #dataviz
December 9, 2024 at 11:48 AM
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jonlen.bsky.social
Exotic plants are better at hitchhiking upslope 🏔 than natives ⬇️ A very important result which supports former findings on exotic plants shifting and expanding their elevation ranges upslope at a rapid pace #RangeX #BioShifts 🧪🌐🌏🍁

shorturl.at/h846l
December 3, 2024 at 5:53 PM
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jamyersecology.bsky.social
Happy to share a new paper—led by Justin Baldwin—exploring how avian dispersal ability shapes species-area relationships on islands worldwide 🐦‍⬛ 🏝️ 🌐 (1/2)

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Avian Dispersal Ability Shapes Species–Area Relationships on Islands Worldwide
We show how variation in dispersal ability in island birds worldwide explains variation in a canonical biodiversity pattern—the island species–area relationship (ISAR). Dispersal had scale-dependent ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:54 AM
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julianschrader.bsky.social
Celebrating @altmetric.com with this repost!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Islands harbor 1/3 of the world’s #plant species, including 63,280 endemics—making them #biodiversity hotspots. Yet, only 6% meet global #conservation goals.
@natureportfolio.bsky.social
#nature #science #research
Islands are key for protecting the world’s plant endemism - Nature
A standardized checklist of all known vascular plants shows the distribution of island native and endemic species, identifies their conservation status and highlights the need for actions to conserve ...
www.nature.com
December 4, 2024 at 9:28 PM
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jonlen.bsky.social
The new #Grime #Review is out ⬇️ See our paper on embracing plant-plant interactions to improve predictions of plant species redistribution 🌲🌳🌴🌱🍀🌾🌼🌸

🧪🌐🌏🍁

@journalofecology.bsky.social

shorturl.at/i763n
Embracing plant–plant interactions—Rethinking predictions of species range shifts
Concept summary and flowchart of data to calculate a Plant–plant Interaction Index (PII) map Here, the PII is mapped for the forest herb Geum urbanum based on the realized impact of the competitive g...
shorturl.at
December 5, 2024 at 7:06 PM
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nmouquet.bsky.social
The socioeconomic and environmental niches of world terrestrial and marine #ProtectedAreas

see our last study in Nat. Commun.

👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🔑 We highlight ‘potential’ versus ‘unrealistic’ conservation gains on land and sea to meet global conservation targets.

🧪🌐🌍🦤🦑
Potential and unrealistic conservation gains for terrestrial and marine vertebrates. We define as low vs. high conservation gains (x-axis) the bottom vs. top-ranked (10%) unprotected areas for the conservation of vertebrates according to themaximisation of species range size coverage on land (a birds and mammals) and sea (b fish).We define aspotential vs. unrealistic conservation gains (y-axis), the unprotected areas being the most likely (‘low-hanging fruits’) vs. unlikely (‘highhanging fruits’) to be protected according to their social-environmental context. On global maps, established protected areas are in green, while we only represent the potential vs. unrealistic high conservation gains on land (c) and sea (d). The gradient of colours corresponds to the relative likelihood that these unprotected areas are turned into protected areas according to the 14 social-environmental factors (Tables 1 and 2) and Random Forest models (see ‘Methods’). So, potential high conservation gains are in dark blue,while unrealistic high gains are in dark red. See Fig. 5 for the average relative likelihood of PA establishment per country on land and sea. These patterns could be biased by missing PAs in theWord Database on Protected Areas. Source data and codes are provided at https://doi.org/10.5281/ zenodo.11183846.
December 4, 2024 at 11:42 AM
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fernhames.bsky.social
The power of sharing authentic stories, from trusted messengers, and including the framing of future generations 🌿: theconversation.com/how-sharing-...
How sharing stories about river restoration can inspire others to take care of waterways
Reversing damage to waterways requires sustained effort over time. Storytelling that emphasises inter-generational goals cultivates patience and resilience within communities.
theconversation.com
December 5, 2024 at 3:55 AM