The R package mpmaggregate (v0.2.5) is now available on CRAN.
The package aggregates matrix population models into lower-dimensional models.
Thanks to my coauthors, Roberto Salguero-Gómez and Hiroyuki Yokomizo.
@robsalgo.bsky.social
#rstats #ecology #demography
Delighted to announce that I have received an @erc.europa.eu ERC Consolidator Grant to examine the drivers of and forecast outcomes from ecological resilience against interacting disturbances. Stay tuned in this space for postdoc posts coming live soon @biology.ox.ac.uk @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social
New article out in Ecology Letters!
Developing a general math model, we show how cross-stage interactions modify the stability predicted by classic unstructured models.
📄 Population Structure Plays a Key Role in Community Stability. @ox.ac.uk @ifisc.uib-csic.es @ceabcsic.bsky.social @csic.es
Biological Theory
🗃 A new study brings together evolution, complexity, and life history theory, proposing that teleonomic complexity—measured through life history strategies—offers a way to understand how organisms evolve and adapt over time. bit.ly/4nIPV8F #EvoSky #AcademicSky @robsalgo.bsky.social
Our very own @biolliegist.bsky.social and @erolafenollosa.bsky.social will be will be part of this event next week. It’s always timely and important to discuss gender biases in quantitative ecology 🌈📊 @biology.ox.ac.uk #GenderBiasInScience #QuantitativeEcology
"Males and females rarely live the same length of time. In humans, women nearly always outlive men, with an average advantage of about five years worldwide today. This pattern holds across history"
@robsalgo.bsky.social for @uk.theconversation.com 👇
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We are offering a 2-year postdoctoral position to join the @valor-project.eu Horizon EU project: Values and dependence of society on pollinators bartomeuslab.com/joining-the-...
HSI survey in progress at a potential great crested newt habitat. The image shows a pond with a person standing nearby. Credit Emily Seccombe
Britain remains a vital stronghold for the protected great crested newt—but habitat assessments need updating.
Research by @emilyseccombe.bsky.social and @robsalgo.bsky.social introduces refined methods to evaluate pond suitability and safeguard these amphibians.
Read more ⬇️
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New publication by @cassiespeakman.bsky.social and colleagues incl. @oaggimenez.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @ofbiodiversite.bsky.social @robsalgo.bsky.social on approaches to investigate wildlife response to human activities #ecology 🌍🧪
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I’ve been promoted to Full Professor of Ecology. This milestone reflects the vast support, excellent mentorship, many collaborations, and inspiration I’ve received from so many people over the years: family, mentors, students, colleagues, and friends. Looking forward to the next chapter. Thx all
The Journal of Animal Ecology's 5th Sidnie Manton award is now open to proposals!🚨
Read more about the award here: buff.ly/BV6OT1P
...and submit your proposal here: buff.ly/YsnYe29
The deadline for proposals will be 1 September 2025.
🎙️ new podcast episode!
👨🔬 as part of our editor expertise series, we spoke with Dr Roberto Salguero-Gómez (@robsalgo.bsky.social), Commissioning Editor for our journal.
👂listen to the full episode here: buff.ly/krNWt8z
Deadline to register & submit abstracts to the Evolutionary Demography Soc conference TODAY @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social evodemo2025.weebly.com Pls share @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk @britishecologicalsociety.org @evoldir.bsky.social @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
Human-induced pressures threaten many species – & the combination of multiple can be even worse 🐢🐊
Invasive species & global trade can cause even worse impact when combined with other threats like habitat disturbance & climate change 👇
bit.ly/4e8Lpgd
@robsalgo.bsky.social @mcem-oxford.bsky.social
Exciting work done by @erolafenollosa.bsky.social as part of her #MSCA with @robsalgo.bsky.social @salgoteam.bsky.social, also with Natalie Briscoe and Antoine Guisan @ecospat-ch.bsky.social! It was a pleasure to have worked on this piece with everyone!
Deadline for the EvoDemoS conference 2 wks away! Join us at @PembrokeOxford @UniofOxford to discuss the breath and depth of demographic theory and applications in Sept evodemo2025.weebly.com Please retweet @biology.ox.ac.uk @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org
Also @klvoje.bsky.social @jjemerson.bsky.social @efronhofer.bsky.social @bobohara.bsky.social @jgsaulsbury.bsky.social @robsalgo.bsky.social @eesaupe.bsky.social @devapriya-chat.bsky.social @masahitotsuboi.bsky.social and others not here. And thank you reviewers, whoever you might be!
Assessing limits of sustainable seed harvest in wild plant populations. How many seeds can we harvest in a wild population without causing damage? A massive modeling effort, with @robsalgo.bsky.social @bossdorf.bsky.social @plantevoeco.bsky.social
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Still a few days left to apply for this position in phenology/climate change ecology. Spread the word! The deadline is 31 May.
1/7 🔥🦎 Why now? Due to social media restrictions in Brazil last year (BSKY > X 👀), we couldn’t share this earlier. Thrilled to finally present our findings: Severe fire regimes DECREASE resilience in ectothermic populations. Resistance ≠ recovery. #FireEcology #Conservation
👉 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
REPOST #jobs @oxforddemsci.bsky.social
👨💻Senior Research Fellow Associate/Professor
👩💻Senior Researcher Geospatial Health
📲Postdoc Digital Pandemic Preparedness
👶Postdoc Reproductive Demography
🤖 Programmer AI
See: www.demography.ox.ac.uk/jobs
#Demography #Epidemiology #Health #Population
Only 11 days left to the early-bird registration deadline for the 10th annual Evolutionary Demography Society @PembrokeOxford
22-24 Sept 2025. evodemo2025.weebly.com. @biology.ox.ac.uk @mpidr.bsky.social @naturerecovery.bsky.social @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org
"Increases in Arctic Extreme Climatic Events Are Linked to Negative Fitness Effects on the Local Biota", now out at @globalchangebio.bsky.social, last @salgoteam.bsky.social publication, led by our @biology.ox.ac.uk MBiol student Maya Lemaire
Event sponsored by @journalofecology.bsky.social @animalecology.bsky.social and Ecology Letters
Registration to the 10th annual Evolutionary Demography Society is now open. See you all at @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social 22-24 Sept 2025. Early-bird ends April 15th: evodemo2025.weebly.com Please share @biology.ox.ac.uk @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org @evoldir.bsky.social
Check out our framework to assess demographic buffering, out now in Ecology Letters, led by @salgoteam.bsky.social recent graduate, Sam Gascoigne - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Applications are open for our Independent Research Fellowship Mentorship Programme!
The programme supports promising early career researchers to submit fellowship applications and move towards research independence. If you’re looking to make the move, full details are on our website👇
bit.ly/BioIRF
This image is a promotional and motivational message for the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, which is celebrated on February 11th. The phrase in Spanish, "Las mujeres ya no lloran, las mujeres calculan, investigan y descubren" (translated as "Women no longer cry; women calculate, investigate, and discover"), is a strong statement emphasizing the role of women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) based on a liric from a Shakira's song.
International Day of Women and Girls in Science 🧪
