Mike Moore

Time to publish responsibly: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biology Abstract. The current economics of scientific publishing reveal a profound imbalance: academia pays prices far exceeding the actual costs of publication. R

Delighted to publish Forum Article by @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social et al:

"Journals run by learned societies or universities have more ethical policies while being cheaper and similarly cited"

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Thank you for choosing JEB - we encourage the support of #societyjournals

Nonlinear thinking in ecology and evolution: applying the threshold elemental ratio across levels of ecological organization - Oecologia Nonlinear dynamics govern ecological processes; thus, understanding thresholds is important for measuring and forecasting the effects of climate change and management of natural resources. However, id...

Do ecological thresholds driven by nutrient limitation transfer across biological levels of organization?

Our team explores how ecological stoichiometry can help tackle questions like this here!

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How relaxed preferences facilitate the evolution of novel animal signals Abstract. The evolution of novel animal signals is critical to the generation of biodiversity. Here, we explore how new sexual signals become established.

So excited to share our new work out in @evolletters.bsky.social today!
doi.org/10.1093/evle...

Sexual signals and preferences for them often differ across groups, contributing to reproductive isolation. But how do new signals evolve if females already have preferences for existing ones? (1/4)

Power source, data retrieval method, and attachment type affect success of dorsally mounted tracking tag deployments in 37 species of shorebirds Animal-borne trackers are commonly used to study bird movements, including in long-distance migrants such as shorebirds. Selecting a tracker and attachment method can be daunting, and methodological ...

When you deploy a tracking device, how long do you expect it to last? We all hope for the best, but that's often not reality. 😞 For more information, check out Emily Weiser's new paper with help from many (many) folks in the shorebird community. nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Earth history and trait innovation drive the global radiation of modern toads Abstract. The distributions of species radiations reflect environmental changes driven by both Earth history (geological processes) and the evolution of bi

True toads (Bufonidae) originated in South America and invaded Africa via the Antarctic in the Cenozoic! (which was temperate/sub-tropical at the time). Super cool.

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Are you an evolutionary biologist? Would you like to support your society journal? We are looking for new editorial board members across the field of evolutionary biology:

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Learn more and find out how to apply: jevbio.net/call-for-edi...

DEADLINE 19th January 2026 📣

Employment - Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

EEB Postdoctoral Fellowship @ U.Toronto app deadline Jan 15 2026. Opportunity for independent research, encourages collab across labs/disciplines. Lots of great folks to interact with, Come join us!
eeb.utoronto.ca/employment-2/

What your Introduction section isn’t Today, the fourth and final instalment in a short series inspired by bad papers I’ve read (some of them, I’ll admit once again, my own). I’ve let myself rant about what a Methods sections shouldn’t…

Writing an Introduction is hard. There are a few ways Introductions often go astray - avoid these. "What your Introduction section isn't" -

Apply to be a BES Associate Editor - British Ecological Society Help advance outstanding ecological research by joining our Editorial Boards! Applications are now open across all seven BES journals.

📣 Ecologists and evolutionary biologists! Have you ever wanted to be a journal editor? BES journals are having an open call for editors. Details: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl... Happy to answer any Qs! Open to all nationalities. Applications from postdocs welcome :)

QUARTILES DLA CASE: Genetic diversity and adaptation: Developing indicators for national and international policy at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - QUARTILES DLA CASE: Genetic diversity and adaptation: Developing indicators for national and international policy at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com

*Guaranteed funding* PhD opportunity in my group. Work with damselflies, UN global biodiversity targets, genetic data, and NatureScot policy groups; the project will advance comparative population genetics and provide evidence feeding directly to policy. www.findaphd.com/phds/project....

🦋 We're currently looking for new Associate Editors to join our Editorial Board!

🌿 If you're interested in contributing to our journals, check the link below for more information 👇
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I'm hiring a full time fixed-term 1yr lab tech to assist with field and greenhouse projects related to floral evolution and plant reproductive ecology. Please share! Ideal start date early 2026.

jobs.clemson.edu/psc/ps/JOBS/...

A new #PhD opportunity supervised by @drmambobob.bsky.social and me at the @uniofreading.bsky.social on dragonfly and damselfly evolution!

It is competition funded through the CROCUS partnership, and involves a mix of palaeontology and comparative biology.

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

STOTEN is now dead. It has been completely removed from Web of Science mjl.clarivate.com/search-results

Okay, But Birds… is a weekly science-meets-storytelling podcast hosted by evolutionary biologist Dr. Scott Taylor. Each episode dives into one weird-but-true bird question through smart, funny… Podcast Trailer — Okay, But Birds…

"Okay, But… Birds" 🐦🦆🐣 🦉🦜🦩
Listen/watch this science-meets-storytelling podcast about the weird, brilliant, & surprisingly dramatic lives of birds. Hosted by evolutionary biologist Scott Taylor. Premiers Dec 4th www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiUV...

A view of CU Denver's Auraria campus directly next to downtown Denver

Come work with me!

The Dept of Integrative Biology at CU Denver @cudenverclas.bsky.social is hiring an asst professor in cellular and molecular biology 🧪

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We're a friendly and collegial dept in downtown Denver. Bonus, our labs have an unobstructed view of the Rockies

Join us at CU Denver Biology! We have an open search for an assistant professor in cell and molecular biology to support our research and teaching mission. cu.taleo.net/careersectio...

Graphic from the paper showing four areas where our understanding of thermal biology can be improved by combining surface (Ts) and/or body (Tb) temperatures with other types of data, such as BMR (“basal metabolic rate”) and ambient temperatures (TA).

Infrared thermography is a useful tool in research on thermoregulation and evolution of heat tolerance
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Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Erik I Svensson et al.

Temperature‐dependent pollinator‐mediated selection on floral thermoregulation The thermal environment is one of the most pervasive agents of selection. Most plants cannot choose their microclimate, so understanding how they cope with thermal variability is of critical concern...

phenotypic selection on flower thermoregulation depends on air temperature. huuuuge effort by many lab members past and present.

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Join us! 🧬🪰🎉🔬

We are currently advertising two #PhD projects to study the #evolution, #development and #genomics of sexual traits in stalk-eyed flies.

Deadline for applying is Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Get in touch for more info!

Carryover Effects on Reproduction Can Buffer Against Mortality‐Driven Population Declines at Elevated Developmental Temperatures We show that hotter juvenile temperatures can increase adult fertility in an emerging model insect system. These reproductive benefits may be crucial for insect populations to avoid extinction during....

Great new paper by the amazing @noahleith.bsky.social and his colleagues! 🌎🧪🦑

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Available now in @asn-amnat.bsky.social ! Taking on some big-scale natural history: processed >40k @inaturalist.bsky.social images of Monarda fistulosa using computer vision to query for flower presence and phenotype flower color: doi.org/10.1086/739413

A reminder, to myself and others, as our federal colleagues return to work, the backlog will be huge, and they didn't just come back from vacation, they are coming back from something that has impacted each of them in their own way

I know I am eager to talk to many of them, but lets all be patient

NSF is open again!

A few comments:

*Please be patient.
During a shutdown NSF employees cannot open computers or respond to emails.

*Merit review will continue. However panels won’t resume until after Dec 8th.

*POs remain excited and committed to advancing science and the scientific workforce.

📣 CALL FOR PAPERS!!

New Special Issue on "Foundations of Internal Conflicts":

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#internalconflict #selfishelements #meioticdrive #imprintedgenes #reproductiveparasitism

A graphic abstract for the paper linked in the post which includes a drawing of a fly at three life stages, a broken walnut husk which is the fly's host, and four petri dishes representing the four substrate treatments tested in the experiment.

Thrilled to share this paper that started as a summer research project and ended as a co-first author pub with amazing undergrad mentee Naomi 🪰

#evosky 🧪

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Every year #ESEB distinguishes a young evolutionary biologist with the John Maynard Smith Prize! Nominations for the 2026 prize are due by January 15th!

Find out more here: eseb.org/prizes-fundi...

Parental age effects on offspring fitness in a wild population of a short-lived reptile Abstract. As organisms age, the fitness of the offspring they produce can decline, which is often attributed to parental senescence. However, few studies h

By combining mark-recapture and genetic parentage data from wild #lizards, we show that the offspring of older parents do not have lower survival or reproductive success than the offspring of younger parents:

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Crain et al. 2025

The Durham cathedral

A male smoky rubyspot damselfly

Looking for a PhD opportunity? I'm hoping to recruit someone to my group at Durham University to work on a project combining fieldwork and labwork to study speciation in rubyspot damselflies: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

Get in touch if you want to chat!

Spatial and temporal exposure to climatic extremes shape butterfly thermal physiology and vulnerability to recent climate change vist.ly/4dme7 #RangeLimit #ThermalTolerance