Community ecology & theoretical population biology 🪴🧬 🧮 Ecological, evolutionary, and environmental mechanisms of coexistence 🤝, community assembly ⬆️ , and community disassembly ⬇️ UC Davis Population Biology PhD Candidate 🐄 https://biologyjoe87.github.io/
Hopefully we see an increase in these sorts of article sections across all subfields of ecology!
Kate LaskowskiFor anyone that missed my talk at @isbe2026.bsky.social - never you fear! You can watch my talk and read more about the new Replication Studies section at @behavecol.bsky.social right here! laskowskilab.faculty.ucdavis.edu/2026/07/22/r...
Out now in PLOS Computational Biology!
Eight quick tips for data-model integration in ecologyjournals.plos.orgJoe BrennanExcited to announce a new preprint out now. Myself and Laurie Balstad led a group of predominantly early career theoreticians (along with Marissa Baskett and Mikaela Provost) to compile a set of guiding principles for data-model integration in theoretical ecology.
Now out in Ecology Letters 🥳
Using Modern Coexistence Theory to Understand Community DisassemblyCommunity disassembly examines how extinctions reshape ecological communities. Here, we introduce the community disassembly graph, which uses invasion growth rates (IGRs) to identify extinction-drive....onlinelibrary.wiley.comJoe BrennanExcited to share a new pre-print in collaboration with @sebastianschreiber.bsky.social, "Using Modern Coexistence Theory to understand community disassembly"! We set out to understand how techniques used to study coexistence can be extended to understand community disassembly. (1/X)
Been waiting for someone to write a paper on expectations of how warming impacts Lotka-Volterra-type competition! A great example of how revisiting a classic derivation (consumer resource -> Lotka-Volterra competition) with slight modifications can yield interesting findings. Excited to read it :D .
General Predictions for the Effects of Warming on CompetitionWe combined two major theories in ecology to investigate whether warming may have general effects on competition for shared resources. We found that species' niche and fitness differences both decrea....onlinelibrary.wiley.comNew paper out now in Theoretical Ecology, led by @theogibbs.bsky.social in collaboration with me, @kjmd.bsky.social, @cynthiasilveira.bsky.social, and Lisa McManus 🥳🕺
Coexistence of bacteria with a competition-colonization tradeoff on a dynamic coral host - Theoretical EcologyMany macroscopic organisms enter tightly linked symbioses with microbial communities. Although experimental work has demonstrated the importance of these symbioses, a theoretical understanding of stab...link.springer.comWhy did no one tell me the new Pixar movie “Hoppers” was a love letter to community ecology? I feel so inspired…
a cartoon beaver standing next to a lizard that says hoppersALT: a cartoon beaver standing next to a lizard that says hoppersmedia.tenor.comI never realized my true possibilities as an ecologist…
The Pokémon Company Is Actively Recruiting PhD Holders With Backgrounds in Ecology to Work in Tokyo - IGNThe Pokémon Company is actively recruiting PhD holders with backgrounds in ecology to work in Tokyo. This is perhaps the closest chance Pokémon fans have to channel their inner Professor Oak in real l...www.ign.com