Our manuscript “Multiple global-change drivers and cascading effects in Mediterranean ecosystems: Lessons from an iconic national park” has been accepted for publication in @conservationsp.bsky.social. The preprint is available here: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v... @ebdonana.bsky.social #Doñana
Reminder, next Monday, April 13, at noon ET is the next webinar in our Statistical Methods series co-hosted with the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social.
Abby Keller will present on “The {eDNAjoint} R package to analyze environmental DNA data”
Register: bit.ly/40TyxVy
Details: bit.ly/efi-esa-stat...
Ya disponible nuestro artículo en el último número de @revistaquercus.bsky.social, donde presentamos la actualización del catálogo de especies de vertebrados de #Doñana: www.revistaquercus.es/noticia/9340... #Biodiversidad @ebdonana.bsky.social @laenavarro.bsky.social
I mean, we are evaluated on producing results (more ‘high impact‘ papers, more projects, and definitely at least one ERC…), not understanding, so no wonder everyone uses AI to get to the top of the rat race!
All of these very valid points are in strong contrast to what is actually happening though. More & more academics succumbing to AI regardless of dangers. The academic system is simply broken. AI is not the problem. it could be a great tool if used right, but in a broken system…
Breakdown of costs for JCS in 2025. Pie chart: Editorial salaries and stipends - 19%; In-house production salaries - 23%; Manuscript processing and publication costs - 7%; Travel and expenses - 3%; Marketing - 6%; Sales - 8%; Community engagement - 5%; General expenses/overheads - 29%.
Why is publishing so expensive?
In this Editorial, we (@katherine-brown.bsky.social @drmichaelway.bsky.social & @seemagrewal.bsky.social) provide details and context on JCS's finances, and hope to dispel some of the myths around the economics of publishing.
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and then, if you don't make it open access via their system, you're paper won't appear on new fancy AI based research summary engines (like the one presented here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...) 🤷♀️
I‘ve always shared my code & am religious about it in my lab. It doesn’t have to look great, it has to work! me sharing code has resulted in many collabs! when contacted by someone, it is much easier to point them to a GitHub repo than having to parse x-year old code from your local drive
Reminder: a little over one week left to submit abstracts for the individual‑based conservation topical collection. Happy to chat if you’re considering contributing!
Yes! I see increasingly more editors who don’t seem to look at, never mind summarise, reviewers comments & instead just send an ms out for re-review. This is also a strain on authors, who sometimes feel pressured to do minor revisions that are basically just style opinions by reviewers!
The "publish or perish" culture must perish. Scientists need time to think.
We just published our Slow Science Manifesto, where we argue that huge changes are needed in the way we fund, publish, and evaluate science.
Read more and sign here: www.slow-science.com
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Figure showing how the correlation between mass and recruitment in Wytham Great Tits depends on environmental conditions - in particular note switch from almost none to very strong with increasing population density
New research just out in J Evol Biol: led by @lbliard.bsky.social with @jsmartin.bsky.social @dzchilds.bsky.social @paniw.bsky.social & Arpat Ozgul using the very cool Covariance Reaction Norm approach to test environmental dependence of trade-offs in great tits
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🌧️☀️ Are reproductive tradeoffs fixed, or do they shift with the environment?
🐦 Using 58 years of great tit data, @lbliard.bsky.social
applies a new covariance reaction norm to test whether ecological harshness reshapes the classic quantity–quality tradeoff.
Old questions. New stats. Fresh insights
Sorry, but I partially disagree. Using AI to help improve flow or to translate (not to generate completely new text of course) is a game changer for ESL academics
Our new paper presents a framework for analysing the processes that generate novel ecosystems, discussing different conceptual and practical approaches across ecological disciplines. You can read it, open access, in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social
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I'm feeling this... original article here: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Todavía no hay equidad entre hombres y mujeres ni en la ciencia. Un análisis de 36 millones de trabajos muestra que los encabezados por ellas pasan más tiempo en revisión 👇
elpais.com/ciencia/2026...
This is just fantastic!
📣Call for Abstracts: Individual-Based #Conservation
🦁Explore how individual #heterogeneity drives conservation success in this new topical #collection from our💎Diamond #OA journal.
📅Deadline: 15 March 2026
More information can be found here⤵️
🚨 GAMs have moved on—so it’s time for an update.
On March 3, 2026 (17:00–19:00 CET) I’ll be livestreaming an updated introduction to Generalized Additive Models in R
📺 YouTube livestream link: youtube.com/live/A9U8e1K...
#RStats #mgcv #GAMs #gratia #statistics 🧪
The European EFI Chapter's February seminar is next Wednesday, Feb 11 at 1pm CET.
Find the abstract and details for joining the call at: euro-ecoforecast.wordpress.com/seminar-seri...
Worth remembering that something did happen: the journalist who revealed this died from a car bomb.
Ah, pues no, pero ahora las pongo online y te paso el link
Fue un placer enorme participar en esta reunión ❤️ muchas gracias a los organizadores 😘
join us now for an exciting seminar!
Did all of science peak in 2021 and is yet to recover from the pandemic? Jeremy Fox has a new post about this. I know my own productivity didn’t go up (altho citations did!) even in the 1st year of covid (existential fights for tenure can do that) & I’ve continued to struggle with motivation since.
Interesante artículo en @jappliedecology.bsky.social de expertos #incendios y eco. terrestres en el que se resalta papel plantaciones forestales pinos en: (1) exacerbación severidad incendios y mayor facilidad extensión a masas contiguas... (1/9) besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Great study on temperature effects 🌡️ on #dwarfmongooses
