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@squirrelbert

Macroecologist who does not really use Twitter because it seems like it could be incredibly distracting.

 University of North Carolina
Joined March 2010
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Excited to share this brand-new #phenology pub with the wonderful Rob Guralnick, Lindsay Campbell, and Erin Grady! The framework offers utility for predicting phenological sensitivity and responsiveness in temperate regions and across plant species. nature.com/articles/s43247-0…
Phenological response to climatic change depends on spring warming velocity

Phenological response to climatic change depends on spring warming velocity

Communications Earth & Environment - Spring temperature velocity impacts cycles of plant flowering and leaf-out, and realized change is greatest in areas where warming is most rapid, according...

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New in @ESAMonographs: Habitat area (rather than fragmentation) is the primary driver of faunal density in seagrass ecosystems — though different species & life stages benefit from varying landscape configurations doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1629 W/ #OpenData in @BCODMO #NSFFunded @NSF
25 unique 18-m × 13-m (234 m2 footprint area) landscapes generated along orthogonal axes of habitat percent cover treatment (area) and fragmentation per se treatment (percolation probability). Each landscape is marked with 2-3 symbols indicating faunal sampling locations: the rough center of the largest patch ("largest patch"), 1 m away from the largest patch within the matrix ("near-patch"), and bisecting the largest interpatch distance within the matrix ("interpatch"). Landscapes of 0.59 percolation probability did not receive interpatch samples because they consist of a single patch.

ALT 25 unique 18-m × 13-m (234 m2 footprint area) landscapes generated along orthogonal axes of habitat percent cover treatment (area) and fragmentation per se treatment (percolation probability). Each landscape is marked with 2-3 symbols indicating faunal sampling locations: the rough center of the largest patch ("largest patch"), 1 m away from the largest patch within the matrix ("near-patch"), and bisecting the largest interpatch distance within the matrix ("interpatch"). Landscapes of 0.59 percolation probability did not receive interpatch samples because they consist of a single patch.

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iNaturalist has been awarded the prestigious 29th Heinz Award for the Environment! You can read more about it on our blog: inaturalist.org/blog/98844-i… Thank you, @heinzawards!
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Front porch #Cicadapocalypse continues! #cicadas #insect #phenology
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Join us to establish more long-term 🐛🕷️🐞🦋🦗monitoring sites! Learn more at 1 of 3 free webinars this month (Apr 11, 17, 23) Register here: caterpillarscount.unc.edu/ge… #CitSciMonth #CitSciTC #phenology 3/3
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Explore all project data on the Maps and Graphs page to see - continental patterns of abundance -🐛🕷️🐞🦋🦗 composition at individual sites - local phenology - how abundance varies by plant spp - long term trends caterpillarscount.unc.edu/ma… #CitSciMonth #CitSciTC #phenology 2/3
Image from Caterpillars Count! (@CaterpillarsCt)
Image from Caterpillars Count! (@CaterpillarsCt)
Image from Caterpillars Count! (@CaterpillarsCt)
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Are 🐛🕷️🐞🦋🦗 declining? Are they becoming active earlier in the year? How are they impacted by -climate change? -urbanization? -non-native plants? Help answer these and more with caterpillarscount.unc.edu #CitSciMonth #CitSciTC #phenology 1/3
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FloraQuest: Carolinas & Georgia is available now on iOS and Android devices! This plant identification and discovery app from the UNC Herbarium (NCU) and the North Carolina Botanical Garden covers every wild-growing plant species in NC, SC, & GA. ncbg.unc.edu/2024/03/04/flor…
Available Now: FloraQuest: Carolinas & Georgia App

Available Now: FloraQuest: Carolinas & Georgia App

Brought to you by the UNC Herbarium and the North Carolina Botanical Garden, this plant ID app covers North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

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JOB:In september I will open a call for a 2.5 year contract for a technician in our team @MapasLab, Vigo (Spain). I need a R programmer to run a large set of experiments with GEN3SIS @hagen_oskar model, in @CESGA_ supercomputer, to explore reasons behind observed biodiversity🌍💫
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Happy #mothweek! The most wonderful time of year! Last night I got a Scarlet Lichen Moth, a rarely observed species in VT that specializes on lichens on Pine trees. Let the biodiversity come to you at your porch light tonight! (And turn your lights off when you’re done!)
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New paper in @AIBSbiology BioScience! Identifications are keeping pace with millions of observations added to @iNaturalist, and a small subset of highly active, taxonomically specialized users provide most of the identifications on the site. academic.oup.com/bioscience/…
Area plots show that users on iNaturalist are 50/50 taxonomic specialists and generalists, with 65% being geographic specialists and 35% being geographic generalists. However, the vast majority of identifications (96%) come from taxonomic specialists, with about half of those being geographic generalist and half geographic specialist.

ALT Area plots show that users on iNaturalist are 50/50 taxonomic specialists and generalists, with 65% being geographic specialists and 35% being geographic generalists. However, the vast majority of identifications (96%) come from taxonomic specialists, with about half of those being geographic generalist and half geographic specialist.

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One focus of my research at @vtecostudies is investigating effects of global change on species interactions, & variation over space & time. We're investing how @inaturalist can be used to fill data gaps! If you 💚#caterpillars, contribute to our project! inaturalist.org/projects/cat…
Image from Desiree L. Narango, PhD (@DLNarango)
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Does 2 make a "cluster"? We are hiring 2 TT faculty at @UNC_Biology in * Global Change Biology * Ecoinformatics Come join an awesome department! Please RT Full ad: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings…
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If you've had troubles reading the full @Team_eBird dataset into R like I have (fread and readr weren't cutting it for 163GB), the auk R package from @CornellBirds is an awesome and super easy solution! After a couple of lines of code and an acceptable wait time, I'm there.
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#birdfood #bugs #backyard #phenology #caterpillars
Caterpillars Count! (@CaterpillarsCt) profile pictureCaterpillars Count!@CaterpillarsCt27 May 2020
Check out the latest Caterpillars Count! May 2020 e-News - mailchi.mp/73e7f6eefc83/cate…
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Some squirrels stole my bird seed, so I’ve basically been spending the whole quarantine engineering my revenge :)
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Powerful gardening tool in your pocket | gThe Elkin Tribune elkintribune.com/features/ga…
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Excited that our #CitizenScience project has been featured on @DiscoverMag! (Thanks @SciStarter) #birdfood #bugs #phenology discovermagazine.com/environ…
How Counting Caterpillars Can Help Scientists Understand Climate Change

How Counting Caterpillars Can Help Scientists Understand Climate Change

Insects are a vital food source for migratory birds. Scientists need help tracking how these insect populations are responding to climate change.

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Pretty typical commit messages in my world. #GitALife #programming #whatsgoingon?
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