Tess Grainger

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An experimental test of the effects of temperature and resource quality on carrying capacity Abstract. The metabolic theory of ecology links the effects of temperature on metabolic rates at the cellular scale to larger-scale ecological processes, p

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New paper out today in @royalsocietypublishing.org Biology Letters, led by undergrad superstar Laina Weiss! An experimental test of theory on the effects of temperature and resources on carrying capacity. So proud 🥹 tinyurl.com/yvmzmt9a @integrativebiology.bsky.social

A caribou standing on a rocky outcrop in a dense coniferous forest.

#UofG researchers studying caribou on Fogo Island, Newfoundland, found that female antler growth is occurring weeks earlier than expected, suggesting environmental changes may be affecting the Arctic mammal.

Learn more: uoguel.ph/3zyls

@uofgcbs.bsky.social @integrativebiology.bsky.social

Poster announcing the workshop.

Join us for an @smtpb.bsky.social workshop on Modern Coexistence Theory. We'll cover mathematical foundations, the theory of partitioning, and data-based applications. Featuring @swatipatel.bsky.social, Nick Kortessis, & Lauren Shoemaker. Zoom link here: smtpb.org/event-6426026

It is so nice to see that many people are buying my writing and publishing book as a holiday gift for their lab members! 🎁
THANKS!

If you are still looking for a useful gift for your students, grab a copy here: mybook.to/ScienceGuide

#Academia #PhDLife #ScienceWriting 🧪🌐

She hand painted them! Amazing skill

My students crushed it at this year's departmental holiday bake off. So proud 🥹

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it!

Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.

We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."

Catching up on my reading. Thanks @chrisklausmeier.bsky.social for the book!

Putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social
ASN President for announcements, please share widely!!!
2. ASN Early Career Investigator awards are now open for application. Self-nominations okay! Due Jan 5
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Had a great day visiting Michigan State and looking forward to another tomorrow at Kellogg Biological Station! Thanks Morgan Clark for the seminar art! 👌🏻

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Schematic illustrating how species interactions can depend on neighborhood density and identity.

🆕 in "Ecological Monographs": Static models miss the mark—adding nonlinear, density-based facilitation helps predict coexistence, persistence, and realistic community dynamics

📄Neighbor density-dependent facilitation promotes coexistence and internal oscillation
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women

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Experimental Immigration Mediates Ecological Selection and Drift in Monarch Microbiome Assembly The distribution of biodiversity depends on processes operating across scales, yet multiscale paradigms have struggled to permeate host-microbiome research. By integrating multi-scale ecological theo...

New paper showing how immigration alters the ecological processes structuring the assembly and variation in #Monarch caterpillar gut #microbiomes.

w/ @jaapderoode.bsky.social, @gabe-dubose.bsky.social, Joselyne Chavez, Lydia Fuller-Hall

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Yes, some people's legacies are complicated. For example, Watson. After all, though he was racist, don't forget his other traits. For example, he was also sexist. And also anti-semitic. And a data / idea thief. So let's not forget all the different facets.

Excited to share our figure for @tessgrainger.bsky.social’s team at the University of Guelph! Their new study includes a synthesis about the role of equilibrium in ecology that proposes four ways that empiricists can address the equilibrium assumption in their research: zurl.co/JkFdI

GitHub - hadley/genzplyr: dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap. Contribute to hadley/genzplyr development by creating an account on GitHub.

Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....

genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.

Scaling Temperature Effects on Metabolism from Individuals to Ecosystems The effects of temperature on metabolic rates are a core component of ecological change, with surprisingly regular effects across diverse ecological systems. Metabolic scaling theories can provide qua...

Excited to share our fresh-off-the-press Annual Review on the role of temperature in metabolic scaling! We review the state of the field on this topic and unpack confusion about the various ways the term "scaling" is used in metabolic theories. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

This is a thought provoking paper

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The Equilibrium Conundrum Although an assumption of equilibrium dynamics underlies most ecological theory, the evidence for this dynamic in nature and in empirical studies is scarce. This creates an unfortunate disconnect bet...

Most major theories in ecology assume some sort of equilibrium, but only ~half of empirical tests acknowledge it & even fewer observed it in their system. Does this matter? How did the idea become so pervasive in ecology anyway? Find out in our new paper! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

😂 What can I say - they do!

The Equilibrium Conundrum Although an assumption of equilibrium dynamics underlies most ecological theory, the evidence for this dynamic in nature and in empirical studies is scarce. This creates an unfortunate disconnect bet...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... perhaps one of these papers that makes us stop and think how to approach our ecological (and evolutionary) research agenda from a philosophical perspective

Picture of text, highlighted is "What is clear from viewing these studies as a group is that their conclusions vary widely"

Reading a really nice paper on equilibrium (or lack thereof) in ecology and it has one of the most ecology coded passages I've read in a while:

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Very cool, will definitely read this in lab meeting!

With dream team @gerlame.bsky.social, Matt Barbour, @keila-stark.bsky.social and @clsong.com

Drawing of a researcher looking out thoughtfully at mountains, grasslands and intertidal study systems

New paper out today in Ecology Letters! In this synthesis we dive into the equilibrium assumption in ecology - why it's everywhere in ecological theory, the evidence for it in nature, when meeting the assumption is important, how to achieve it in empirical research, and more! tinyurl.com/yh6kyysm