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Replication studies: a win-win for early-career training and behavioral ecology Replicating previous research builds confidence that results are real and meaningful. But close replications are rare due to limitations in resources and d

How do we know our research results are REAL? We replicate them! Most folks agree but lament on how hard it is to publish these replications.

My dearest gentle reader, lament no more! Delighted to unveil: Replication Studies, a new section of Behavioral Ecology 1/

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A white beluga surfacing in greenish-brown waters. Overlaid is the title of a new review published in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology: Beluga Societies: the social and cultural lives of an enigmatic odontocete.

Our new review of beluga sociality and culture just dropped at Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology! Some of our key conclusions summarized 🧵
doi.org/10.1007/s002...
@marine-valeria.bsky.social @dmennill.bsky.social @raincoast.org

We are thrilled to host Allegra Love, PhD student in the @qwebber.bsky.social lab, for today's Movement Monday seminar! If you are in London, join us at 3:30 pm in Collip. If not, read about some of her research here:

Chance Encounter Prompts U of G Discovery About Reindeer Part of a research team measuring the health of a woodland caribou herd on Fogo Island in Newfoundland, the University of Guelph PhD student…

#UofG researchers alter course in their study of caribou on Fogo Island, Newfoundland, finding climate change could be having significant impacts on the Arctic mammal.

@uofgcbs.bsky.social

A partially obscured caribou with 3 inch long velvety antler nubs.

The curious incident of the antlers in the springtime 🦌
During 2024 spring fieldwork, I spotted a female caribou, for a split second through binoculars, growing fuzzy antlers when she should have had mature antlers. She ran away before anyone else saw. 🧪(1/6)
#caribou #nature #naturalhistory

🍃📣Upcoming CSEE Event! Join us online on Nov. 26th for a panel discussion Q&A on faculty positions. CSEE members will receive the link in their mailbox. (Event in English) #CSEE #online #paneldiscussion #eeb

Herd of bison grazing on a grassy plain with forested hills and mountains in the background under a cloudy sky.

Why do ungulates move together and how do individual decisions shape the herd? This collection examines these questions through advances in tracking and analysis.

Start here ▶️ https://ow.ly/PIcT50Xo5nI

#Ungulates #AnimalBehaviour

Little brown bat

Researchers Alexandria Cosby and Genevieve Kleefisch in the field.

How do social & environmental factors shape the gut microbiome of bats?🦇

A study led by Dr. Eleonore Lebeuf-Taylor @integrativebiology.bsky.social reveals how microbial diversity differs between little + big brown bats & how roostmates + seasonal shifts play a role.

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The Impact of Bill 5 on Threatened and Endangered Species The Government of Ontario has proposed to replace Ontario’s Endangered Species Act (ESA), which serves to protect species at risk and habitats they require to survive, with Bill 5 entitled ...

Just out: our article on how a few threatened and endangered species in Ontario will be impacted by Bill 5:

ontarionature.org/the-impact-o...

@qwebber.bsky.social

Proposed Bill 5 threatens Ontario wildlife and ecosystems Proposed Bill 5 threatens Ontario wildlife and ecosystems.

Here is an Op-Ed @qwebber.bsky.social and I wrote on the absurd Bill 5 being proposed by the Ontario government. It is amazing we have to say these things but word needs to get out for those in Ontario....and for those in the rest of Canada and the U.S: keep watch!

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Proposed Bill 5 threatens Ontario wildlife and ecosystems Proposed Bill 5 threatens Ontario wildlife and ecosystems.

The Ontario government is proposing destructive changes to species at risk legislation that will harm species at risk and their habitat. Please read our op ed and consider writing to your MPP and providing public comment before May 17: thepointer.com/article/2025...

NEW MSc POSITION! We're starting a new study system on eastern small footed bats in Ontario. Please share widely and/or apply if you're interested in foraging ecology, bats, and conservation! Link to application is here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Join a new and growing lab in wonderful Newfoundland!
(who wouldn't want Gros Morne National Park on their back doorstep?).

#MSc position available in Dr. Sean Boyle's lab: Population and community #ecology of invasive amphibians.

NEW PAPER: The @libererofellows.bsky.social team led by Dr. Schiller looked at what's working for species recovery in 🇨🇦. Species recovery wasn't affected by human or financial capacity provided but was possible when the primary cause of decline was alleviated.
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Me too! 🤦‍♂️

a man in a suit and tie is waving his hands in front of another man in a suit and tie . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is waving his hands in front of another man in a suit and tie .

Finally deleted Twitter... now all my attention is over here!

Wave out the window as you pass through Guelph! (assuming you're on that line!) 👋

Does Motility‐Restricting Fibrosis Influence Dispersal? An Experiment in Nature With Threespine Stickleback Factors that affect dispersal can have important eco-evolutionary implications. Here, we show that an inflammation and tissue repair response—peritoneal fibrosis—does not influence threespine stickle...

How does fibrosis (an inflammation and tissue repair response) affect dispersal? We investigated this question with stickleback in a mark-recapture experiment in Alaska: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3... @danielbolnick.bsky.social @nataliesteinel.bsky.social @ecoevoevoeco.bsky.social

Photo of the front page of the paper - showing animals and plants and people encircled across the globe - There needs to be more emphasis on the ecological component of One Health as we consider the problems of biodiversity loss, climate extremes, habitat fragmentation, and emerging disease. Image credit: Shutterstock/BeataGFX.

Important piece by Gittleman - “It’s impossible to separate human health from health of the natural world. Ecology is the unifying science that integrates knowledge..[the] One Health approach is unlimited, exciting, & necessary for the health of life on our planet” www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪🌎🌐🌾

“One Health” needs ecology | PNAS “One Health” needs ecology

“One Health” needs ecology | PNAS 2024 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Reposting as the deadline approaches - I'm recruiting a Master's student for fall 2025 to join my lab at Northern Michigan University! Please get in touch if you're interested and share this posting. Applications received by Dec. 20 will receive full consideration.

Taking cues from ecological and evolutionary theories to expand the landscape of disgust | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Behavioural avoidance of parasites in the environment generates what is known as the ‘landscape of disgust’ (analogous to the predator-induced ‘landscape of fear’). Despite the potential for improving...

Congrats to @allegralove.bsky.social & @alexisheckley.bsky.social on their co-first authored paper on the eco and evo basis for the landscape of disgust! Excitingly, this is the first first authored paper from my new(ish) lab! Congrats Allegra and Alexis!

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JOB ALERT. Teaching focused tenure track faculty position in the Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph . Please share careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...

could you add me? Assistant prof at U of Guelph. Thanks!

IT IS OUT! 🎉

Here is a Starter Pack for New PIs in Ecology (with a 🇨🇦 focus).

Know someone <10 years into a new position? Let me know so I can add them.

go.bsky.app/UchpBTt

Could you add me please Ryan? Thanks!