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This study explains the consequences for quantitative imaging and introduce the 3P Protocol for distortion-free colour imaging underwater 🪸 🌊 📸
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution
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Publishing analytical, practical and conceptual advances in methods across all areas of ecology and evolutionary biology. A @britishecologicalsociety.org journal.
@methodsinecoevol.bsky.social@methodsinecoevol.bsky.social📖Published📖
Here, authors describe EMITS, a tool that implements EM-based abundance estimation purpose-built for fungal ITS communities from long-read sequencing 🧬 🌍 🧪
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@methodsinecoevol.bsky.socialOur October issue is out now! 🚨
This month's cover image shows a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) beside a mountain road. The image highlights the vulnerability of wildlife moving through landscapes crossed by human infrastructure 🛣️
Find out more and read the whole issue now 👇
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@methodsinecoevol.bsky.socialPlus, you'll find practical checklists for every stage to support best practice.
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@methodsinecoevol.bsky.socialSince the guide was first published in 2014, the culture around data in ecology and evolution has changed significantly. This revised guide helps researchers at all career stages integrate effective data management throughout the entire data lifecycle (2/3)
@methodsinecoevol.bsky.socialThe Data Management Better Science Guide has been updated! 🚨 A big thank you to Natalie Cooper and Robert Barber for editing the guide, and everyone who contributed to the writing! (1/3)
@methodsinecoevol.bsky.social📖Published📖
Here, authors present miFRED (microbial Functional REDundancy), an accessible computational approach to quantify functional redundancy of microbial phenotypes and communities based on phenotypic rather than genetic annotation 🦠🌍 🧪
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@britishecologicalsociety.orgReposted by @methodsinecoevol.bsky.socialCould you help shape the 2027 BES symposium?
We are looking for a BES member to propose a programme for our 2027 symposium on the theme of Novel Futures in Ecology – what do we know and what should we do?
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@joelpick.bsky.socialReposted by @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social🚨Exciting project alert!!🚨
Are you interested in data and code sharing in Ecology and Evolution?
@eivimeycook.bsky.social and I are running a hackathon to quantify data and code availability and sharing quality across 90 society journals, and looking for people who want to be involved.
@methodsinecoevol.bsky.social📖Published📖
This paper introduces bacpipe, a collection of bioacoustic deep learning models and evaluation pipelines accessible through a graphical and programming interface, designed for both ecologists and computer scientists 🌍 🧪
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@bes-evolecol.bsky.socialReposted by @methodsinecoevol.bsky.socialWe are so excited to announce Arvid Ågren as our next webinar speaker on the 21st October at 3:30PM (BST). @arvidagren.bsky.social works on genomic conflict—the selective tensions within every cell and how they are resolved. Register (for free) here: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/evol...
@aer-ese-bes.bsky.socialReposted by @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social💡 Can we count elephants from space?
🐘 Wilks et al. share their experience investigating the potential use of satellite surveys to identify elephants in the heterogeneous terrain of Botswana, Africa.
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@methodsinecoevol.bsky.social📖Published📖
A validated 3D point-cloud analysis workflow for the creation of seagrass canopy height models 🌍 🧪
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@methodsinecoevol.bsky.socialNew blog post!🚨
Read our newest blog post 'The Baby and the Teddy Bear: The Flash of Insight Behind the WAH-i Algorithm' by author Ravi Umadi 🦇 🔊 🎙️
Find the blog post here🧪 🌏️ 👇️
@methodsinecoevol.bsky.social📖Published📖
This study presents a novel method for obtaining population-genetic information of individual vertebrates via eDNA samples by integrating molecular sexing with targeted analysis of mitochondrial variants obtained via long-range PCR and ONT sequencing 🧬🐋
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@methodsinecoevol.bsky.socialMissed our last MEE live? You can now find it on our Youtube! 🌍 🧪
In this this webinar, Antica Culina introduces the concept of Risk of Bias (RoB), and discusses why RoB assessment matters for producing reliable systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
@methodsinecoevol.bsky.social📖Published📖
This article developed a standardized protocol for simultaneously monitoring the leaf phenology of canopy and ground-layer vegetation in tropical dry ecosystems, using pole and tree-mounted trail cameras 🌳 📸
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@methodsinecoevol.bsky.social📖Published📖
This study investigates the practical application and sensitivity of eRNA for detecting fish in the wild🧬🐟️ Find out more here 👇
@methodsinecoevol.bsky.social📖Published📖
Here, authors present the Descriptron-GBIF Annotator, a browser-based tool for the biological community that lets anyone create structured, ontology-linked morphological annotations of GBIF and literature specimen images with AI assistance.
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@methodsinecoevol.bsky.social📖 Published📖
This perspective argues that reframing persistent challenges as interconnected problems of implementation, rather than aspiration, will help in overcoming a century of inertia in quantitative ecology education 📚️ 📈 🎒