Murray et al. show that the fast-slow continuum of life history variation emerges as a contour of highest fitness in the face of catastrophic demographic disturbances, which rivals some classic hypotheses.
Read now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Happy to see our antifragility paper published! With @jonaswickman.bsky.social and @chrisklausmeier.bsky.social.
2-day Scientific Meeting on "Forecasting ecological dynamics" hosted by the Royal Society in London on 2-3 November 2026.
Virtual and in-person attendance available. Advanced registration is essential.
Find details at: royalsociety.org/science-even...
American Naturalist / ASN 🐌
Elena Litchman
"Planning to run a workshop under air raids and blackouts required us to think of many things not covered by The Carpentries Handbook."
olexandr-konovalov.github.io/posts/2026/0...
Ah the early 80’s war between experimental and comparative ecologists!
It led to this gem by Jared Diamond on the four types of experiments in ecology: lab, field, time series, geo-comparisons.
I started every Community Ecology class with it.
Highly relevant…again.
users.wfu.edu/silmanmr/bio...
The Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Department (home of @weecology.bsky.social) is seeking a new Department Chair. Are you interested in leading a plucky and friendly bunch of ecologists? Here's the ad: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
Antifragility: A Cross-Cutting Concept for Understanding Ecological Responses to Variability by Wickman et al.
Available now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
On 20-21 January 2026 the Ukrainian Carpentries Community run the first everCarpentries workshop in Ukraine,making Ukraine the 72nd country in the world hosting The Carpentries workshops.
olexandr-konovalov.github.io
Watch this space & spread the word.
New @idiv-research.bsky.social synthesis working group & fellowship (ie Sabbatical) calls coming these days.
Great funding opportunities to collaborate with researchers in and visit @idiv-research.bsky.social
