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Like to hear some cool stories about how #nature responded to #COVID19 lockdown? This Friday Nov 12, 9EST @cbcdocs
Canadian doc ‘Nature’s Big Year’ shows how wildlife has adapted during the pandemic thestar.com/entertainment/te… via @torontostar
Folks, I can no longer support the crazy dingdong running this show. I have to say "so long' to my 1000s of followers and followees, and start all over at bluesky. Find me @random-blackbear.bsky.social.
Keeping this accountso noone starts posting in my name. It has happened.
Jason T Fisher retweeted
If you’re interested in the latest update of #wolverines in #Alberta, go check out @JasonTFisherLab ‘s update on wolverine population data and @kentomologie ‘s thread 🌲
@ABForestryParks Minister stated that lifting trapping limits on species like #wolverines was necessary to update population data. However, recently published research provides estimates w/o trapping, & was notably "supported by the Government of Alberta" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
So apply a different normalization to the deer data: different model outcome. (If all normalizations are equal this wouldn't have happened!)
Again, this is a common outcome in stats models, nothing to be surprised by.
dx.doi.org/10.21449/ijate.47…
doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2019.…
Jason T Fisher retweeted
Great job @alice_bernard14 🤩
Combining local ecological knowledge with camera traps to assess the link between African mammal life-history traits & their occurrence in anthropogenic landscapes 📸
Advocates for wisely combining methods to guide land-use planning 📊
🔗doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14…
Jason T Fisher retweeted
When I talk about abrupt permafrost thaw, this is what I mean. This collapsed and flooded area was not here earlier this summer. Loss of permafrost means losing the backbone of northern ecosystems. #ClimateCrisis #ClimatActionNow
ALT Image of subsidence and flooding in a permafrost forest in Alaska.
***New paper alert***
White-tailed #deer are expanding through the #boreal forest with substantial negative consequences. Why?
A recent paper stressed this is primarily #climate driven, but our re-analysis suggests it's 50/50 habitat/climate.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
The original paper is here, FYI. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Their response is here. NB we do *not* discount climate. Our paper clearly shows the models advocate for 50/50 blame - as ecological theory predicts.
Stats can be debated all day, but the fact is, transformation DOES matter in model selection.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Jason T Fisher retweeted
Culling wolves alters the survivors’ behaviour, which could be bad for caribou. New research from @JasonTFisherLab featured in our Heads Up newsletter for journalists. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
***New paper alert***: WOLF CULLS
The 1st series of pre/post cull analysis of #wolfculls in the #boreal. Survivors avoid linear features prev. used to hunt #caribou, switch to #cutblocks where #deer are prevalent. Ramifications for the future!
doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.202…
Led by @kcbailliedavid, with @cole_burton , John Volpe, and many others at @uvic 's #ACMELAB @UVicENVI
Jason T Fisher retweeted
canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/.… New paper shares min. # species killed in AB’s wolf strychnine program 2005–2020. Fewer wolves were killed compared with non-target animals, including 10 mammal & 4 bird species. I suspect there are even > non-target deaths & suffering caused by 1080.
ALT An overview of known species killed during Alberta’s Gray Wolf strychnine program, 2005–2020.
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Link in your post seems to be broken? Posting it here for those who want to read: canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/i…
Incredible #wolverine footage, showing male-provisioning behaviours I hadn't heard of. This is why they're my favourites.
youtube.com/watch?v=mYK2L8MQ…
Jason T Fisher retweeted
Great in-depth story about the perils of social media in National Parks…. Wildlife paparazzi' putting pressure on Banff's grizzly bears: experts - Bow Valley News rmoutlook.com/lake-louise/wi…
Nobody in the lab
Nobody at their seats
Can feel it in the air
Semester's out of reach
Empty desks, empty chairs
Jake works on alone
I swing by your office
Though I know, you're not ho-ome