Botanist/Entomologist/Ecologist and bird nerd; Bug Looker

Knoxville, TN
Joined May 2017
Sterol composition in plants is specific to pollen, leaf, pollination & pollinator & differs from wind & animal pollinated species but no evidence that sterols evolved to support insect pollinators. Great job by @SamuelFurse w/@Carlitoscapac & @HaukeKoch sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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I've been struggling with reviving old analyses for four papers (sorry co-authors). To recharge ~procrastinate~ I took a break with something less technical. This post has some details about the finer points of sampling nectar with micro-cap tubes. jacobsfrancis.com/tips-on-sa…
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Kalamazoo College is hiring an assistant professor with a specialty in invertebrate biology! careers.entsoc.org/jobs/1893…
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New #EEID theory paper from our group. Predicting and controlling spillover in multi-species disease transmission networks: Steady-state analysis journals.uchicago.edu/doi/ab…
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New paper: The use of pinned specimens helps uncover patterns of genetic differentiation and signatures of selection in a wild pollinator 🐝🧬🔬sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @faridasamadzada @NSERC_CRSNG
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Going to #ESA2023 next week? Be sure to check out @abby_june24's poster on the effects of leaf litter on herb layer spring phenology! Motivated by the observations pictured esa2023.eventscribe.net/fsPo…
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Here is a rare bee called a Brachynomada melanantha. The likely host, Anthophorula chionura, in the 2nd image had a large population in the area. One very interesting thing about this bee is according to the key, although the host tribe is known, the exact host bee is unknown.
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Chuffed this chapter from my PhD is finally online!! 🙌😃🐜 Our meta-analysis quantifies the effect of non-native ants on local animal community diversity in multiple locations globally. Spoiler alert: non-native ants are PRETTY BAD 🧵 1/6 resjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
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Happy to announce the first pub with my first grad student (@amani__khalil ) as first author, and the first pub on my TN work to come out! rdcu.be/dh1rT Floral identity and availability along with surrounding landscapes affect pollinator communities in eastern Tennessee
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New position posted - Director of Collections & Access @CarnegieMNH us231.dayforcehcm.com/Candid…
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Our new paper on indirect effects and fitness in coevolved networks is out nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Enseñando el manejo de las colmenas tradicionales mayas o jobones, con la abeja Xunáan kaab (Melipona beecheii). Cultura maya viva en Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo, México 🇲🇽🐝🇲🇽 #stinglessbees #meliponicultura #abejasnativas
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Our winner in the Behaviour: Invertebrates category is Frank Deschandol. His image 'A tale of two wasps' is a remarkable framing of a red-banded sand wasp (left) and a cuckoo wasp, about to enter next-door nest holes. #WPY56
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There is still time to apply! We are looking for an assistant prof in #forest #ecology. Come work in the wonderful and super diverse #Appalachian region👇🏼
Come join us! #ETSU Biology is hiring an assistant professor in #forest ecology. Come work in the beautiful and highly diverse Southern #Appalachian region. Please RT jobs.etsu.edu/postings/25730
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Thanks so much to @MendelsLOLs and @DanielKronauer for covering our work in this CB Dispatch article! sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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New review paper out now on bee-fungi associations with @rachelvannette and Makena Weston. We discuss some common fungal associations and their impacts on bees, and highlight how much there is to learn still about these interactions! doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiad0…
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#MetaAnalysis folks in ecology: My colleague Alicia Foxx at Chicago Botanic Gardens is recruiting a post-doc to work on a super interesting research synthesis project on plant restoration. Details here: tinyurl.com/CBG-postdoc
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Pretty green bees (Agapostemon)
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