@Bio_blake

Postdoc at @michiganstateu working on insect pest management, pollination and carrion ecology | Entomologist

 Lansing, Michigan, USA
Joined July 2019
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What better way to finish the week then submitting my PhD thesis and having a few drinks to celebrate 🥳
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Can non-floral resources on farms enhance pollinator diversity and abundance, and does this lead to increased yield? In our new paper, we experimentally test this idea with a focus on fly biodiversity sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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It's easy to assume that any insect visiting a flower is a pollinator. But not all visitors are effective pollinators, even if you successfully attract large numbers into fields. @Bio_blake does a great job showing this in his new paper below: 🪰 sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Happy to announce that today I have started a new position as a postdoctoral research associate at Michigan State University. Looking forward to working on insect IPM and climate change, though it might take me a while to get use to this cold ❄️
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New paper out! Does the culling of large herbivores have any indirect impacts on other species? Yes, we found ground-dwelling beetle populations were negatively impacted after the culling of sika deer on Nakajima Island in Japan. academic.oup.com/ee/advance-…

Drastic changes in ground-dwelling beetle communities following high-intensity deer culling:...

Abstract. The overabundance of large herbivores can have detrimental effects on the local environment due to overgrazing. Culling is a common management pr

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John Fieberg@FiebergJohn7 Feb 2024
I'm excited to share that I published a first version of my Statistics 4 Ecologists book with University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing. You can now download a (FREE) pdf version of the book here: conservancy.umn.edu/handle/1…
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New paper out! We discuss the need for a multidisciplinary approach to postmortem interval research, and introduce a new conceptual framework that highlights the multiple interdependencies affecting decomposition. link.springer.com/article/10…

Bridging the gap between decomposition theory and forensic research on postmortem interval

International Journal of Legal Medicine - Knowledge of the decomposition of vertebrate animals has advanced considerably in recent years and revealed complex interactions among biological and...

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Our new paper on crop-pollinating flies has been published! We reviewed 431 fly species found globally & compiled their diets and habitat needs into a freely-accessible database. @ESAApplications zenodo.org/record/7827128 doi.org/10.1002/eap.2859 @rominatwi @ManuSaunders – at Newcastle, New South Wales
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New paper! Invertebrates are the backbone of rainforest ecosystems. But how genetically diverse are their populations? link.springer.com/article/10…
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What is an ephemeral resource patch? How do their dynamics drive evolution and shape ecosystems? We discuss these questions in our new review! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

The ephemeral resource patch concept

Ephemeral resource patches (ERPs) – short lived resources including dung, carrion, temporary pools, rotting vegetation, decaying wood, and fungi – are found throughout every ecosystem. Their short-...

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Captured some nat geo level footage of Green Tree Ants (Oecophylla smaragdina) creating an ant bridge at Wooroonooran National Park, very cool behavior!
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Final PhD chapter has just been published! We compared different decomposition metrics on pig and human cadavers. We also devised a unique method to measure mass loss by using a converted scaffold unit. bit.ly/3l3GgeJ
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New research out! We explored how coexistence is achieved between two blowfly species, Chrysomya rufifacies and Calliphora stygia. We found coexistence was dependent on priority effects and larval densities @Butterworthbugs bit.ly/3MP8oOv
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Ch. rufifacies are hairy maggots that often act as facultative predators. Watch as a small mass of Ch. rufifacies maggots feed upon a smooth C. stygia maggot.
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Isabella CK@ck_isabella29 Apr 2022
New paper out! I’m very excited about this publication, it’s been a long time coming. We investigated the sublethal impact of two commonly used #pesticides on #CentralBeardedDragons.(1/2) @UOW_CSES @uowresearch @frenchkris007 #newresearch #ecotoxicology #lizards #ecology #phdchat
ConservationPhysiology@conphysjournal28 Apr 2022
New in #ConPhys! Sublethal pesticide exposure influences behaviour, but not condition in a widespread Australian lizard Read more here: academic.oup.com/conphys/art… #pesticide #lizard #ecotox
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New paper out! We investigated the relationship between insect abundance patterns and carrion resource quality. Our findings show how resource quality may drive competition and variation in carrion insect community succession. link.springer.com/article/10…
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Calliphora pryori - a stunning new species of "golden blowfly" from Australia described by @nature_nik and James Wallman! This carrion-breeding fly is found only in South Australia and Victoria. bit.ly/3nSjXLf #EntoTwitter #FlyFriday
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New paper out! These three Australian #flies have taken sexual selection to the extreme! Females fight males, males fight each other, and they perform totally unique courtship dances: bit.ly/3auRVOE
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1/3 Excited to announce a Monograph I have been working on for the last 4 years is now published. This paper revises the entire Aussie Protomiltogramma, describes eight species new to science and provides a detailed key for their identification.
Zootaxa updates@Zootaxa24 Sep 2021
Monograph Integrative taxonomy reveals remarkable diversity in Australian Protomiltogramma (#Diptera: Sarcophagidae) was published today. mapress.com/zt/issue/view/zo… #Taxonomy
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