Associate Prof at University of Colorado. I study the effects of climate change on ecosystems and people. Interested in how to effectively design and evaluate nature based solutions, evidence, and strategies for climate adaptation and conservation. She/her
Laura Dee
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The Department of Biology at the University of Iowa is hiring an evolutionary ecologist at the assistant professor level for fall 2027. Come and be my colleague!
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Causal inference should quantify the sensitivity of results to hidden confounders (variables affecting both the location of projects and outcomes). The importance of this is illustrated using analysis of over-crediting in REDD+ projects 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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17) Dismantling USAID also led to ending of a program to monitor flesh-eating screwworms in Central America, which are now back on U.S. soil for the first time since 1966.
(The screwworms are typically found in warmer climates, but may now be moving further north due to climate change.)
Journal Club articles at Nature Reviews Biodiversity are pitched by early career researchers. We are grateful to everyone who has contributed these articles so far, but current submissions are heavily skewed towards men.
Excellent thread here!
The @ipbes.net spatial Planning and Connectivity assessment is now open for public (upon registration) review.
If you are working on conservation planning or connectivity modelling, have a look and let us know if there is something we missed.
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How can Indigenous Peoples and local communities have a greater say in biodiversity assessments?
This Biodiversity Day, we've published a study that presents guidance for stronger inclusion of Indigenous Peoples' and local communities' knowledge within IPBES.
Ecologists! Check out this AWESOME paper using the newer (to us, anyway) Synthetic Control technique in combo w/ @inaturalist.bsky.social to show hurricane impacts on bees. From Asia Kaiser,
@julianresasco.bsky.social, and @lauradee.bsky.social 🌍🧪 #causalinference
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