PhD candidate @usuaggies. Connecting space use to demography in Yellowstone elk. Interested in spatial ecology, movement, and biostats.
Logan, UT
Joined September 2009
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Brian J. Smith retweeted
I'm a master now! 🦌♥️ And I couldn't have done it without @wild_move_eco and @simopicardi, truly the best advisors I could have had 🥰
Very fitting that I got my master's studying ungulates, since my last name, Hart, means 'deer'!
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Brian J. Smith retweeted
My first PhD chapter in #BiologicalConservation - Wolves in Europe - do humans drive their habitat selection? 🐺
Yes, and wolves can use protected areas to escape disturbance! Wolf adaptability is key to perseverance in Europe's shared landscapes.
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Brian J. Smith retweeted
Movement is a key mechanism of space use patterns and distributions, but how do movement mechanisms give rise to these emergent spatial patterns? Can we predict? In @AnimalEcology we provide new guide how to do this, starting from step selection analysis.
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Brian J. Smith retweeted
Join EFI and @esa_statistics on December 5 at noon US ET to learn from @jslefche about Structural Equation Models (SEM) and the piecewiseSEM R package.
Register at: bit.ly/3hub5L7
Brian J. Smith retweeted
⁉️Want to learn how to analyse animal movement data in R⁉️
➡️Join us in March for the 2nd edition with @signer_j & @bsmity13 in March
🔗 physalia-courses.org/courses…
#Rstats #MovementEcology #telemetry #HabitatSelection @bio_move
Brian J. Smith retweeted
People at #TWS2022, I'm presenting tomorrow at 8:45am in the Spatial Ecology and Modeling: Habitat Selection I session! I'll be talking about the first chapter of my thesis on road and fence effects on pronghorn and mule deer space use!
Brian J. Smith retweeted
It's November! Is your ballot still sitting on the kitchen table? Make sure to get it to your nearest ballot box, mail it in, or bring it in person to the Cache County Clerk's office!
If you didn't receive a ballot by mail, go to the County Clerk's office to cast your vote early.
Brian J. Smith retweeted
Do people consider applying for short-term remote postdoc positions? e.g., a 6-7 month remote position? #ScienceTwitter #PhDjobs #Academia #ecology #postdocjobs
Brian J. Smith retweeted
Are you interested in #Africa or its #wildlife, particularly its #mammals? Do you want to know where Africa's wildlife came from? Why species are distributed where they are? Why communities contain the species that they do? Answers in my latest book 'African Ark'. Enjoy & share!
Brian J. Smith retweeted
Important new article from @LauraCGig et al. explains why the future of migratory elk populations in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem depends on the conservation of private lands outside of Yellowstone National Park and other protected areas.
doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.202…
Brian J. Smith retweeted
Don't you think it's time we have a scientist studying water, climate and agriculture in Utah Legislature?
This op-ed explains why I'm running.
Please support my campaign: belmont4utah.org
hjnews.com/opinion/columns/c… via @HJnews
Brian J. Smith retweeted
Learn about Spatial Occupancy Models & the ‘spOccupancy’ R package with @jeffdoser18 and Andrew Finley on Oct 3 at noon US ET!
This session starts the 2nd round of the Statistical Methods Webinar series hosted by EFI & @esa_statistics.
Register at: bit.ly/3QWQZW2
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Brian J. Smith retweeted
Mark your calendars! We are delighted to host ISEC 2024 at @SwanseaUni, organized by our Centre for Biomathematics and the Departments of Biosciences and Mathematics. It will be in person, with likely also a good hybrid component. And yes, we will be that close to the sea!
Brian J. Smith retweeted
I made a video reflecting on how we reflect on complicated world leaders when they die. Queen Elizabeth II is the subject today. I posted this on IG, but wanted to share it here. Let me know your thoughts! I'll be posting 2 to 3 foreign policy explainer videos per week.
Brian J. Smith retweeted
Graduate position available! Come join the @SheriffLab. PhD (or Masters) position available examining road noise effects on prey responses to predation risk. Contact me for more information. Please retweet.
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Excited to share our new review out now in @Trends_Ecol_Evo! We explore how landscapes of fear and rhythms of risk interact to form a ‘dynamic landscapes of fear', where spatial hotspots of predation risk vary across temporal cycles sciencedirect.com/science/ar… 1/
Brian J. Smith retweeted
Relatedly: I so often feel behind schedule/too slow on my research progress; do other folks often feel that way as well?
Brian J. Smith retweeted
Utah is no stranger to the droughts and we've felt particular pain the past two years!
For this week's #TidyTuesday (and my first ever submission), I looked at the distribution of drought scores (DSCI) each year since 2020!
Repo: github.com/adambushman/tidyt…
#rstats #dataviz
ALT Chart type: density plot of DSCI score grouped by year Type of data: drought score data for the state of Utah
Brian J. Smith retweeted
🚨Advertising a Ph.D. position studying carnivore communities in Utah @USU_WILD: docs.google.com/document/d/1…🚨
