Owen Jones

Open, Reproducible and Transparent Science in Ecology Course on reproducible workflows to manage, produce, use, and reuse FAIR data

Do you want to gain new skills in data management, making your data FAIR, and your workflows reproducible? Do you want training in open-source tools such as GitHub and R that can be used to achieve this? Join us for hands-on-training in the mountains! Please share widely!

www.uib.no/en/rg/EECRG/...

02.06.2025 07:53 — 👍 17    🔁 21    💬 0    📌 0

Question for journal editors: At what point do you stop waiting for a late reviewer and either uninvite them or invite someone new? Yes, I'm frustrated!

16.05.2025 13:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Still a few days left to apply for this position in phenology/climate change ecology. Spread the word! The deadline is 31 May.

16.05.2025 13:29 — 👍 2    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

An aerial view of a Danish woodland

🚨We’re hiring a postdoc in Woodland Phenology & Climate Change at Uni Southern Denmark!🚨

Combines fieldwork (Sweden & Denmark), remote sensing (drone/camera) & genetics to study phenological response to climate.

Link: fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com.mcas.ms/hcmUI/Candid...

Pls share!

26.04.2025 08:24 — 👍 15    🔁 13    💬 0    📌 1

Noors Slott (Castle) near Stockholm in Sweden

Back from a productive NSO @nordicoikos.bsky.social retreat at Noors Slott. Great discussions on our excellent journals and building community in the Nordic Oikos Societies. Good ideas, good company, and even some sauna-based discussions. Looking forward to the next steps!

07.05.2025 18:22 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Teaching Fellow in Marine Biology The Department of Biosciences is recruiting a permanent teaching fellow in Marine Biology

Come and work with us at Swansea Biosciences!
Teaching Fellow in Marine Biology.
Starting 1st of September 2025.
🧪🌍
www.swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swan...

02.05.2025 13:27 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Gymnosporangium clavariiforme (tongues of fire) a beautiful bright orange fungus

Gymnosporangium clavariiforme (tongues of fire) a beautiful bright orange fungus

Gymnosporangium clavariiforme (tongues of fire) in Thy National Park, Denmark. Beautiful!

01.05.2025 18:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Simulation of Matrix Population Models with Defined Life History Characteristics Allows users to simulate matrix population models with particular characteristics based on aspects of life history such as mortality trajectories and fertility trajectories. Also allows the exploratio...

Check out the associated website too: jonesor.github.io/mpmsim/

Click on "Articles" for the vignettes

26.04.2025 08:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

mpmsim: An R package for simulating matrix population models Matrix population models (MPMs) are widely used in ecology and evolution to explore population dynamics, including assessing management impacts and extinction risk. In comparative studies, MPMs ca...

New paper! I introduce mpmsim, an R package for simulating matrix population models (MPMs). Great for exploring life history, sampling error, and teaching population dynamics. Full docs + vignettes to get you started! doi.org/10.1111/2041...

26.04.2025 08:37 — 👍 29    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 0

An aerial view of a Danish woodland

🚨We’re hiring a postdoc in Woodland Phenology & Climate Change at Uni Southern Denmark!🚨

Combines fieldwork (Sweden & Denmark), remote sensing (drone/camera) & genetics to study phenological response to climate.

Link: fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com.mcas.ms/hcmUI/Candid...

Pls share!

26.04.2025 08:24 — 👍 15    🔁 13    💬 0    📌 1