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Hey tweeps, any recommendations for open-eligibility travel awards or funding databases in general? #conference #ecology

I just tried OpenAI's chatGPT beta test - wow, this thing is great for getting a quick and dirty refresher on big topics like the MVT in #ecology... but it could also be SkyNet v.1.0 so theres that😬

The plop at the end 😂. Amazing to watch this scientist speak albatross for some stress free handling

🚨ALERT!🚨 One of my technicians quit to be closer to family. I am in ASAP need of a great person who can excel at and enjoy working in the alpine, studying pikas and mountain goats. $18/hr, 40 hrs a week through mid-Sept. Send CV to [email protected]. Plz rt!

How hard is it to do science in a language that’s not your first language? We quantified the severity of #languagebarriers for non-native English speakers when reading/publishing papers and attending/presenting at international conferences. doi.org/10.1371/journa… 1/9

I’m recruiting! Looking for 1-2 MS students to join my lab in the Department of Ecology at Montana State University and work on questions related to conservation and population genomics in birds. Thanks for spreading the word—details here: evol.mcmaster.ca/~brian/evoldir…

Calling all #ESA2023 Portland: Stop by the Fence Ecology Inspire Session, Monday 13:30 (loc. 251) for an awesome dialogue about barriers and animal movement. I'm honored to be able to present some work, and am so excited to hear others' Ecological Society Wyoming Migration Initiative

It’s that time of year when many picnickers will trap wasps under a glass. I saw it today. Here is why you really shouldn’t. A small thread 🧵

Daily reminder to normalize USING QGIS already! Turns out Life as a spatial analyst doesn’t have to suck so much… no offense E5RI

A 20-year old University of South Carolina student was shot to death for mistaking a neighbor's house as his own this weekend. When a boy is killed for going out and losing his way, you know something is broken. My heart goes out to the parents and loved ones.

New preprint: "Understanding step selection analysis through numerical integration" arxiv.org/abs/2308.15678 Our attempt at clarifying the role of "random/control/available" points when fitting step selection functions. With Natasha Klappstein, Jonathan Potts, and John Fieberg.

Just accepted (Royal Society Publishing #procB). We hope this is a useful paper for folks using AIC and grappling with interpretation: "Practical advice on variable selection and reporting using AIC" ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:3…

“Before I built a wall I’d ask to know What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I was like to give offense. Something there is that doesn't love a wall, That wants it down.’ I could say ‘Elves’ to him, But it’s not elves exactly, and I’d rather He said it for himself.”

Hi research community, I’ll be sharing my PhD proposal with tomorrow at 1:00 MST over zoom. Message me for the link! Wyoming Migration Initiative UWyo Zoology & Physiology UW Program in Ecology @wyokauffman

It will be our pleasure to host the Movement Ecology Course at UFMS The course will be 100% in person (in Campo Grande, Brazil). It will be taught 100% in english, and will be 100% for free. Interested? Subscribe! Please spread the news 🎉