Wildlife Ecologist | Conservationist | Interested in Animal Behavior, Movement, Nutrition and Demography | Newfound member of the Hokie Nation
Blacksburg, VA
Joined January 2014
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Brett Jesmer retweeted
Agreed. I almost never work on weekends and average ~40 hrs/week. Balance IS possible in academia!
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Would be nice if people stopped exaggerating the academic work schedule. The job can vary from tons of free time way under 40 hrs/wk to workaholic tendencies depending on personal choices around how many projects to balance. Some colleagues barely work. Some always work.
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During my postdoc I went to a faculty training seminar. There we were told working weekends should be expected as faculty. I asked, but what if you have kids? The speaker responded, “I chose to be childless to dedicate my life to my research” . 🙄
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Climate change & melting Arctic sea ice threaten the future of polar bears. @ODU @BIOLOGYatODU Assistant Professor John Whiteman is the new Chief Research Scientist @PolarBears & plans to bring more awareness to the polar bears fight for survival.
odu.edu/news/2022/10/polar_b…
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Are ‘bold’ raccoons to blame for your overturned trash? Recent research by ESPM postdoc @Lauren_Stanton_ suggests docile animals are the best learners—and likely the true garbage raiding criminal masterminds. Read more in the @nytimes: nytimes.com/2022/09/22/scien…
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My amazing lab mate & friend, Dr. @Lauren_Stanton_, had her research on urban raccoons featured in the @nytimes today!!!!
nytimes.com/2022/09/22/scien…
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My super cool "postdoc paw patrol partner in crime" @Lauren_Stanton_ just published a really fascinating study on raccoon boldness/shyness and problem solving abilities! 🦝🤓
Check out the @nytimes writeup here: nytimes.com/2022/09/22/scien…
#ScienceTwitter
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Special thanks to @betsymason for covering this work in the @nytimes & @YorkPsyc @bharedogguy & @BenGeffroy for their great commentary !
nytimes.com/2022/09/22/scien…
Brett Jesmer retweeted
📣New 🦝 #cognition paper out!📣
tinyurl.com/4acvfdsk
We used #RFID-enabled Skinner boxes to assess learning & cognitive flexibility in wild #raccoons
Huge thanks to my coauthors @AnimalSmarts @Joost_Huizinga & Eli Bridge!
Publishing our 1st WILD raccoon paper = a big win🏆
Brett Jesmer retweeted
@cschell_canids motto:
Teamwork makes the dream work 🌈
#AcademicTwitter #sciencetwitter #urbanecology #Coyotes #raccoon
How amazing is the Schell Lab?
This week
-@Lauren_Stanton_ published in @J_Exp_Biol (picked up by the @nytimes)
-@EstienCesar published in @FrontEducation abt reimagining broader impacts
-I found out @flamingmuffinz is in a @calacademy exhibit showing off the superhero they are!
Brett Jesmer retweeted
My first day of "school" was today! Now a tenure-track Asst Professor at Arizona State University, starting my group in mammal ecology, phylogenetics, & biodiversity-- shiny new labs in @ASUGlobalFuture ready to get populated. Hiring soon, so reach out! n8u.org/
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Every week, the @AnimBehSociety highlights an article in #ConservationBehavior
Is ungulate migration culturally transmitted? Evidence of social learning from translocated animals
Article in Science by @BrettJesmer et al: tinyurl.com/54fthk7w
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*grateful* for the forward looking commentaries on our #SpatialEcology #animalpersonality #MetaAnalysis @BehavEcol doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arab1… by @OrrSpiegel @webber_quinn @DingemanseLab et al & chance to respond doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arac0… w/@BrettJesmer et al. exciting work to come!
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Cooler temperatures and expanding #grasslands drove the #evolution of #ungulate #migration. In PNAS Journal Club: ow.ly/INSk50Jrq9s #WildebeestMigration #ClimateChange
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Ungulates on the move rdcu.be/cMZNk @MarleeTucker
Examining the evolutionary history of ungulate migration shows that this behaviour has evolved multiple times in response to grassland expansion and increased seasonality of resources.
Brett Jesmer retweeted
Being Black in Mammalogy is about so much more than race. Hear the experiences of real life Mammalogists in the #Diaspora in today's panel at 12pm PT/3 pm ET. Audience questions accepted!
LINK HERE: tinyurl.com/DiverseMammalogy
#BlackMammalogists @EBTSOYP @InsideNatGeo @smrtgrls
ALT A flyer depicting 5 panelists and 1 moderator for the African Diaspora and Intersectionality panel. All of the people on the flyer are smiling. The pictures and descriptive text are on a blue-teal background.
Brett Jesmer retweeted
indeed, origins of migration are coincident with the mid-Miocene cooling🥶and the subsequent rise of grasslands🌾. also, many now-extinct ungulates were probably migratory!
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why did migratory behavior👣 evolve in ungulates🦓🦌🦬? phylogenetic evidence suggests that the evolution of migration was driven by living at high latitudes🌏and consuming grass🌾, and evolving migration caused ungulates to evolve larger bodies📈 (1/2) nature.com/articles/s41559-0…
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New paper on large carnivore responses to humans in #MovementEcology. We built a behavioral-state dependent, step-selection function movement model to test loss of movement corridors & high-quality habitat for wolves & grizzlies in the Canadian Rockies. doi.org/10.1186/s40462-022-0…
ALT Photo of a black wolf running on snow, Paul Paquet credit.
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'we envision a future where individual movements and their ecological and environmental signatures will bring resolution to many enduring issues in #CommunityEcology'
Read our latest Concept article here: doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13…
