Sara Emery

Proximity to Natural Habitat Is Not Consistently Associated With Pollination Services in Tropical Smallholder Farms: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of 35 studies to examine the relationship between distance to natural habitat and pollinator abundance, species richness and crop fruit set in tropi....

New paper out in Ecology Letters! Led by Ennia Bosshard and Chris Kaiser-Bunbury, we show that proximity to natural habitat doesn’t consistently support pollination in tropical smallholder farms. Landscape complexity matters more than distance.

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#Postdoc position in #landscape #ecology with me. Last day to apply
#plants #traits #landscapechange #modelling
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Land-use change undermines the stability of avian functional diversity - Nature Large-scale analyses of bird species traits reveal that land-use change reduces resilience of key ecological functions more than previously thought.

🧪“…destabilizes ecosystem function because relatively few additional extinctions lead to accelerated losses of functional diversity, particularly in trophic groups that deliver important ecological services such as seed dispersal and insect predation.”
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New Brattle Report Finds Beneficial Electrification Delivers Billions in Savings to US Households Along with Significant Emissions Reductions - Brattle Harnessing the benefits of electric technology over the last decade saved US households between $5.6 to $8.8 billion in 2023 alone and prevented more than

"Adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and heat pumps collectively saved US households between $5.6 to $8.8 billion in 2023 alone."

"80% of users are satisfied with their heat pumps, and nearly 95% of EV owners are likely to consider purchasing another EV for their next vehicle."

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Re-upping this position before the December 1st application deadline. I'm looking to hire a post-doc - could be a climate scientist or environmental economist. Ideal start early 2026 but could be later. Please circulate!

There are only 20 DAYS left to apply for an AWIS bridge grant. AWIS is offering microgrants (up to $5,000) to members who have lost federal funding. Applications are due December 15. https://awis.org/awis-bridge-grant-program

Please share this with those who may be interested. #WomenInSTEM

In red states, many academic researchers feel fear–and resolve State-level mandates prompt changes and small acts of resistance at universities

Politics is now changing the demographics of scientists, especially in red states, where reporting shows applicants are skewing more male and less international.
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#science #PhDchat #highered

🐌more mollusk love please!

Global bias towards recording latitudinal range shifts - Nature Climate Change The authors consider studies reporting species range shifts and demonstrate a geometric bias in sampling along latitudinal, rather than longitudinal, gradients. This bias may favour the corroboration ...

Study area shape matters when tracking species range shifts & we may underestimate longitudinal range shifts to the benefit of latitudinal range shifts, potentially undermining drivers other than T°C 🌡

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Diet breadth and microhabitat mediate predator community resilience to agricultural intensification and extreme weather Land-use intensification and climate change have strong filtering effects on arthropod communities. Intensification increases landscape homogeneity an…

Really excited to share this paper on the intersecting stressors of land use and weather extremes on predators. Omnivores have wiggle room! Thanks @sashavasconcelos.bsky.social + the rest fo the team for helping me push this one over the finish line. 🪲🦂🐞🌱🚜🧪👩‍🔬🌐🌍 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Excited to hype up this excellent paper led by Mia Lippey, finishing up her PhD at @ucdavis.bsky.social, and in collaboration with @beckyck.bsky.social, @dskarp.bsky.social + others, finding that once again in (agro)ecology "it depends". 👩‍🔬 🐞🪲🌍🌐🧪 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...

Time to publish responsibly: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biology url:

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Happy to finally share this important article on barriers in ecology led by @canobarbacil.bsky.social in the journal Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment. The idea for this paper originated at the nice #ANdiNA workshop in Spain a couple of years ago.

A green image with a smaller image of a person in the lower right. Talk titled long term trends in apple pest phenology and population variability across the eastern United States. 9-9:12AM in OCC D135, presented by Cat Terry

Come see my student Cat's talk this morning at 9am on shifting insect phenology in agroecosystems #EntSoc25 🧪👩‍🔬🪰🌍🌐

Schedule of Sunday student events for November 9, 2025, including times and locations for activities such as iNaturalist BioBlitz, Entomology Games, a leadership session, and a New Member Social.

For students at #EntSoc25: Welcome to Portland 🦌 Follow along each day as we share the exciting student activities planned for you! 🧵1/3

The President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, PPFP, has been a jewel in the crown for faculty development and recruitment at the University of California for years and the results have been an expanded faculty with almost 100% tenure rates — unprecedented success.

It’s one thing to have different environmental/health priorities for your foundation, it’s quite another to have been bankrolling one of the primary sources of bullshit on the topic.

Droughts cause a wide range of impacts - this image shows a dry riverbed in France.

Looking for a #PhD in #ClimateExtremes?
We are advertising a project attributing causes of recent #droughts using counter-factual storylines.
Based in #Edinburgh, working with Andrew Schurer, me, @gabihegerl.bsky.social, & @edhawkins.org
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100% Native Plant Nursery List A list of passion-driven, local businesses across the United States that sell 100% native species. All nurseries have been verified to follow best practices.

We now have input a list for the Northeast and Mid Atlantic Native plant nurseries. Here is an update: beechhollowfarms.com...

Semi-natural habitats are key for farmland biodiversity but their quality is often low due to high exposure to fertilizers 🌾🧪

A new study shows that more frequent cutting can create diverse vegetation even in highly productive habitats ✂️🌏

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Phage diversity mirrors bacterial strain diversity in the honey bee gut microbiota - Nature Communications Authors analyse paired viral and bacterial shotgun metagenomics data from individual honeybee guts, revealing modular, nested phage–bacteria networks, with viral diversity mirroring bacterial strain c...

🐝🦠 New paper: rdcu.be/eOf7A
Phages may drive microbial diversity, yet we often don’t even know how phages & bacteria correlate in nature. Our new study tackles this in the honeybee gut, thanks to the great work of PhD student @malickndiaye.bsky.social at @dmf-unil.bsky.social @fbm-unil.bsky.social

Wildlife recovery means more than just survival of a species Current laws that deem species safe from extinction ignore their ecological role, geographic range and genetic diversity, as well as their relationships with people.

No species is an island, they exist within ecosystems. We urgently need more research that builds knowledge of the ecological networks that underpin a species' persistence: pollination, seed dispersal, predation, parasitism, herbivory, response to disturbance 🌏🧪 theconversation.com/wildlife-rec...

A graphic illustration of dung beetle size and nesting behaviour in dung.

Dung, dung, dungggg!

Aphodiini (dung beetles) are important decomposers & comprise ~2,200 species, yet are still a bit of a mystery. Here, their molecular phylogeny is reconstructed to explore the evolutionary history of their nesting behaviour & body size! 🧪 🌍 💩
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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

A study by I. R. Onley, P. Cassey, & M. A. McGeoch shows that biodiversity data sharing platforms are key to managing biological invasions. Closing the "knowing-doing" gap can create better conservation outcomes. 🌍

Read the full article: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-025-03058-1

How to spot fake scientists and stop them from publishing papers Journals are considering doing identity checks to expose fake authors — but there are downsides.

A feature in Nature examines what journals are doing to confirm that the authors of a research paper are legitimate, and the downsides of more intense identity checks. #Academicsky 🧪

Flyer for The First International Symposium of Nonbinary Scientists PUBLIC SESSIONS Hear nonbinary scientists from around the world explain their research to the general public! November 1 16:00-17:00* Math, Modeling, and Networks of All Kinds November 1. 17:00-18:30* Biology, Microbiology, and Bioinformatics November 2 18:30-20:00* Earth, Environmental, and Atmospheric Sciences *All times in GMT. Use worldtimebuddy.com to find your time zone. Each speaker will explain their topic for five minutes, followed by a Q&A session ZOOM LINK FOR ALL 3 EVENTS: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/88191862443?pwd=A2GEC8q8uLvupLxy5xotE1K4aMcmJs.1 Meeting ID: 881 9186 2443 Passcode: ISNBS2

Please join us this weekend on Zoom for the First International Symposium of Nonbinary Scientists! I'm excited to host a session for Earth, Environmental, and Atmospheric Sciences ⚒️🧪Zoom link in alt text!

ZenDIS, openDesk, and openCode: How Germany is transforming their public sector with open source | We Love Open Source • All Things Open Open source software for German public services When you’re working in Germany’s public administration, it’s not every day that you get an invitation to give a speech at the United... Read More

I like this development very much. Also, if Germany, with its fractured public administration, can do it, your country can do it, too. 🧪🤖

They literally ruin everything they touch