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Prediction Ecology Conference dynamicecology.wordpress.com…

Prediction Ecology Conference

I have spoken frequently on this blog about the need for ecology to become a more predictive science (e.g. Post #1 Post # 2 Post #3 Post #4 Post #5). For those of you who are interested in this top…

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UCLA has suspended award-winning ecologist Priyanga Amarasekare without pay, apparently for speaking out against discrimination. Here are some ways you can help. dynamicecology.wordpress.com…

UCLA has suspended award-winning ecologist Priyanga Amarasekare without pay, apparently for...

MacArthur Award-winning ecologist Priyanga Amarasekare has been suspended from UCLA for a year without pay, apparently in retaliation for speaking out against discrimination against her in promotio…

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The 2021-22 N. American TT ecology faculty job market was a lot like the pre-pandemic market. Here are the data. dynamicecology.wordpress.com…

The 2021-22 N. American TT ecology faculty job market was a lot like the pre-pandemic market. Here...

I wasn’t planning to keep compiling data on the N. American tenure-track (TT) ecology faculty job market. But I did it one more time, thanks to a combination of procrastination on real work, …

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So meta: Jeremy’s new ecological meta-meta-analysis is now published dynamicecology.wordpress.com…

So meta: Jeremy’s new ecological meta-meta-analysis is now published

Back when this blog was active, I avoided using it to promote my own work. Now that it’s largely dormant, shameless self-promotion is about the only thing I can still be bothered to use it fo…

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University of Calgary ecology faculty searches extended until Oct. 30. Please apply! dynamicecology.wordpress.com…

University of Calgary ecology faculty searches extended until Oct. 30. Please apply!

The Dept. of Biological Sciences is hiring two tenure-track asst. professors (or in exceptional cases, associate professors), one in animal ecophysiology and the other in ecosystem services under c…

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University of Calgary hiring two tenure-track ecology profs dynamicecology.wordpress.com…

University of Calgary hiring two tenure-track ecology profs

The Dept. of Biological Sciences is hiring two tenure-track asst. professors (or in exceptional cases, associate professors), one in animal ecophysiology and the other in ecosystem services under c…

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Tenure-track faculty position in applied data science at UCalgary (with a super-short application deadline; sorry!) dynamicecology.wordpress.com…

Tenure-track faculty position in applied data science at UCalgary (with a super-short application...

The Faculty of Science at the University of Calgary is hiring a tenure-track asst. or assoc. professor in applied data science. The successful candidate will join whichever department within the Fa…

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Jeremy Fox seeking 1-2 graduate students to start in F 2023 or W 2024 dynamicecology.wordpress.com…

Jeremy Fox seeking 1-2 graduate students to start in F 2023 or W 2024

I am seeking 1-2 graduate students (M.Sc. or Ph.D.) to start in F 2023 or W 2024. My lab does fundamental research in population and community ecology. We also have a new line of metascience resear…

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Institutional investigation finds star marine ecologist Danielle Dixson guilty of serial data fabrication dynamicecology.wordpress.com…

Institutional investigation finds star marine ecologist Danielle Dixson guilty of serial data fab...

Science news story here. I’m struck by both the similarities and differences to the Pruitt case. An incomplete list of similarities: -repeated data fabrication across numerous papers over man…

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#pruittdata latest (and last?): Jonathan Pruitt resigns from McMaster University dynamicecology.wordpress.com…

#pruittdata latest (and last?): Jonathan Pruitt resigns from McMaster University (UPDATEDx2)

Science news article here. In the unlikely event that you have no idea what this is about, start here and say goodbye to your day. I may blog about this later, or maybe not. UPDATE: Nature has a ne…

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Shameless self-promotion alert: my lab’s new Ecology paper shows that the truth does not “wear off” in ecological research (at least, not usually) dynamicecology.wordpress.com…

Shameless self-promotion alert: my lab’s new Ecology paper shows that the truth does not “wear off”...

Back in 2010, Jonah Lehrer wrote a big New Yorker feature called “The Truth Wears Off”. In it, he called attention to anecdotal observations that many of the effects and phenomena scien…

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I think we need a “shrink ray” for estimated mean effect sizes in ecological meta-analyses, but I’m not sure how to build one. Can you help? dynamicecology.wordpress.com…

I think we need a “shrink ray” for estimated mean effect sizes in ecological meta-analyses, but I’m...

I’m guessing that most readers of this blog will be familiar with the concept of shrinkage estimation. But if not, here’s an example to give you the idea. Imagine you’re trying to…

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Science issues Expression of Concern for Dixson et al. 2014, a major behavioral ecology paper for which Science’s own reporters uncovered evidence of data fabrication dynamicecology.wordpress.com…

Science issues Expression of Concern for Dixson et al. 2014, a major behavioral ecology paper for...

I continue to keep a close eye on developments in the various ongoing, high profile cases of apparent data fabrication in ecology. Retraction Watch has the news that Science has issued an Expressio…

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Prominent botanist Steven Newmaster seems to have faked and exaggerated his work for many years, according to a major investigation by Science dynamicecology.wordpress.com…

Prominent botanist Steven Newmaster seems to have faked and exaggerated his work for many years,...

Kudos to then-grad student Ken Thompson for speaking up about the anomalies that kicked off this investigation, and kudos to Science for pursuing the investigation so well. I thought #pruittdata wa…

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E. O. Wilson has passed away dynamicecology.wordpress.com…

E. O. Wilson has passed away

E. O. Wilson, one of the greatest biologists of the last hundred years, has passed away. He was 92. New York Times obituary.

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#pruittdata latest: another one bites the dust dynamicecology.wordpress.com…

#pruittdata latest: another one bites the dust

Earlier this winter, former leading behavioral ecologist Jonathan Pruitt was placed on paid administrative leave by McMaster University, with no access to grant funds or students, and was suspended…

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The Dead of Winter dynamicecology.wordpress.com…

The Dead of Winter

I link to this every year. Key quote: A society—a civilization, if you like—is a hard thing to hold together. If you live in an agrarian society, and you have only stone, wood, and bone for tools, …

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Last minute Zoom seminar/discussion announcement: Tim Parker on reliability of ecological knowledge, today at noon Mountain Time! dynamicecology.wordpress.com…

Last minute Zoom seminar/discussion announcement: Tim Parker on reliability of ecological knowled...

Should’ve posted this earlier, but hopefully better late than never: I’m hosting a Zoom seminar at noon today from Tim Parker on the reliability of ecological knowledge and how we can i…

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Two openings for ecology grad students in Jeremy Fox’s lab at the University of Calgary for Sept. 2022 or Jan. 2023 dynamicecology.wordpress.com…

Two openings for ecology grad students in Jeremy Fox’s lab at the University of Calgary for Sept....

I am seeking two graduate students (MSc or PhD) to start in Sept. 2022 or Jan. 2023. For background on my lab, visit my lab website. Briefly, my own work mostly involves modeling and experiments on…

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#pruittdata latest: Did Jonathan Pruitt just quietly lose his Canada 150 Chair? dynamicecology.wordpress.com…

#pruittdata latest: Did Jonathan Pruitt just quietly lose his Canada 150 Chair? (UPDATE: yes he...

McMaster University recently completed its investigation into serious accusations of scientific misconduct against prominent behavioral ecologist Jonathan Pruitt. My understanding is that Canadian …

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