I had the opportunity to write for
@natrevbiodiv.bsky.social
about a paper I found particularly interesting and its implications for ecological theory.

These journal club articles are a great way for ECR to engage with the broader community.

rdcu.be/eeKM1

🌎🧪 #geosky

finally got around to trying this and it's great, 10/10

Manual Labelling Artificially Inflates Deep Learning-Based Segmentation Performance on Closed Canopy: Validation Using TLS Monitoring forest dynamics at an individual tree scale is essential for accurately assessing ecosystem responses to climate change, yet traditional methods relying on field-based forest inventories ar...

There's a lot of interest in #deeplearning for tree crown segmentation from imagery, but most methods are tested in manual annotations, checked visually.

How well do these perform on rigourously ground-truthed data? Our new preprint, by Matt Allen finds...not so well.🧵

arxiv.org/abs/2503.14273

And if you are interested which packages are most popular among young ecologists and which among professors, just stay tuned. 😅

Two really important papers for anyone interested in causal inference in ecology came out recently in Ecology Letters. 1st up (by @lauradee.bsky.social & @katherinesiegel.bsky.social) is this over-view paper. Really useful for both experts and beginners.
https://buff.ly/4gZgTWa

YouTube video by Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery What is a Unit of Nature? Measurement Challenges in the Emerging Biodiversity Credit Market

If you missed Hannah Wauchope's fascinating talk yesterday (youtu.be/6z581smMqkA), part of the NatureFinance@Oxford seminar series. You can catch it here. @ecioxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk @zslscience.bsky.social @edinburghuni.bsky.social 🧪

Yes, please add me

A clam with a spring attached to the shell. The spring has a magnet placed above a sensor.

Hardly new info, but BSky should know:

Warsaw's water quality is monitored by eight clams with magnets attached to their shells. If contamination in the water causes the clams to close, the magnets trigger an alarm and shut off the city's water supply.
Thank you, little guardian molluscs.

🧪🌏🚰

The first many-analysts study in ecology is finally published! 🥳🙌

300+ coauthors and 5+ years, this was a massive effort by @elliotgould.bsky.social Hannah Fraser Tim Parker and co.

Open access 👉 bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Brimming with green sea urchins, periwinkles and cowries, Jeffreys Bay in South Africa is famous for its huge variety of seashells. What is your favourite shell? 🌊🐚👇

Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology - BMC Biology Although variation in effect sizes and predicted values among studies of similar phenomena is inevitable, such variation far exceeds what might be produced by sampling error alone. One possible explan...

Ecologists given the same dataset diverge in their statistical approach and come up with different answers. New paper by Gould et al. 🌏 bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Global ‘gigantism’ hotspot: Tasmanian tree standing at almost 100m tallest in the country State provides perfect conditions for ‘kings and queens of the forest’ – some of which are up to 500 years old

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🌳Why are buttress roots almost exclusively found in tropical rainforests? Is it mechanical suppport or nutrient competition? Dr. Haozhi Ma is delving into these fascinating questions to uncover patterns and evolutionary advantages tied to buttress roots.🌎✨ shorturl.at/TtakH

Ready to learn how to use LiDAR for research in #forestry and natural resources using #R? This week I am sharing our 7-part series on Bluesky to help you get started! Share with anyone you know who wants to get started. Part 1 covers acquiring, & viewing LiDAR data! bit.ly/lidR-module1

Photo of Cathy presenting her talk to a room of scientists.

Time to hear from Cathy Baldwin about the wildfire impacts on peatland river carbon dioxide and methane. Cathy's research looks at wildfires on the Isle of Lewis ⛰️

With Keir Starmer setting out his plans for AI today, our polling has shown that 71% of Britons have little to no confidence in the ability of UK governments to effectively regulate the development and use of AI

yougov.co.uk/technology/a...

New paper: Forest dynamics where typhoon winds blow.

In Hong Kong, wind exposed forests are shorter and more uniform. Damage from Mangkhut, the strongest typhoon in 40 years, was higher in tall forests and plantations.

by @aland-hyc.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/nph....