So excited to have @WayneDawsonEco presenting his & team's research at University of Stirling today!

Our horizon scanning paper, led by Eleanor Tew with 42 experts from across the UK, identifying 15 issues on the future of forests in the next 15 years. academic.oup.com/forestry/advan…

I am currently advertising two competition-funded PhD projects. Both are based in St Andrews (CREEM_cake) and are collaborative projects. Details below. Please share. Do get in touch with any questions!

List objects in #rstats are one of my favorite classes because of how general they are. However, that generality can make it hard to subset the list if you need specific elements. Here are 12 ways to do that in base R. The list we will use is this one here. 1/13🧵

Delighted that our 15th annual horizon scan is now published in Trends in Ecology and Evolution. Identifies 15 issues including making food from air, light-free photosynthesis, earthworm declines, benchtop DNA printers and use of ecoacoustics to study soil doi.org/10.1016/j.tree…

For a while now, Laura Dee @lauradee.bsky.social and I have been working on a guide to introduce Ecologists to causal inference tools for observational data that has problematic unobserved confounding variables lurking in the background. And now it's up as a preprint! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Invasive plants can alter “the ways that animals communicate, where they build their nests and lay their eggs, how they hunt for prey or avoid their own predators, and more.” sciencenews.org/article/tortoi…

Just uploaded the final solution set for my course for this year. There are nine (like the circles of hell) problem sets and elaborate solution guides available, ranging from intro probability theory to advanced multilevel modeling. Feast your mind freely: github.com/rmcelreath/sta…

Almost a year since I published my first PhD chapter. We assessed the effect of seasonality on the body mass of 3 bovids species in the African Savanna, and tested a method to remotely monitor weight in wild animals. Hoping publishing a new chapter soon! …lpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

University coverage of Ben Walton’s paper looking at the unexpected behaviours revealed through collar cameras on baboons. PPP

Huge congrats to Emily Hickinbotham! First- first author paper! Proud supervisor here! Drivers of moth phenology in England and Wales University of Stirling Newcastle University link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Post-doctoral Fellowship opportunity (open to international applicants) to come work at the University of Alberta. See here for details: bit.ly/3whsRJw Please DM me if you are interested in applying. See my website for details about our work: sites.psych.ualberta.ca/animal-cogniti…

New study led by Jamie McKaughan shows leopards persist well in mixed use areas of South Africa, with densities ~2.2 (1.1 - 4.2) per 100 sq. km. Lethal control has a big impact though; alternatives are needed. Read it: nature.com/articles/s4159… #ecology #conservation #secr #bigcats

I know we talk about bear feet and claws sometimes for #KnockKnockWhosBear, because claws can be a helpful characteristic to ID a bear species. IBA/ bearbiology posted these on their Facebook today, and I wanted to share. Informative and good photos! 🧵

Forces have conspired to get me to teach a 3 hour introduction to Stan tutorial for the below. If there are things about Stan you always wanted to know, or found confusing, reply to this thread

'Depicting deterministic variables within directed acyclic graphs (DAGs): An aid for identifying & interpreting causal effects involving derived variables and compositional data' Thrilled this has been published in Am J Epidemiology! Pls share! #EpiTwitter 1/10 academic.oup.com/aje/advance-ar…

In 2019, we set 10 camera traps from 65-90m in the crown of the world's tallest tropical tree, with no real idea whether they'd get anything at all They did 🤩 ... 🧵 #Borneo #RainforestGiants

This is always such an enjoyable, dynamic conference of the next generation of global conservationists. Always enjoy the two workshops I run on planning research projects and improving conservation practice. Many other workshops available and lots of talks. See you there?

I am accepting applications for fully-funded PhD & MSc students (Sept 2025 start) International applicants welcome to apply! Application open now, closes 01 Dec 2024. Apply bit.ly/3PBHwWy My team bit.ly/ACRG_UofA Eligibility bit.ly/3XBsq7J