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2026
A great conference to go to this summer – who could oppose unifying ecology on multiple scales?original ↗
21 Jan 2026
14 Jan 2026
A statistical summary of the teaching experience of ecologists hired into TT faculty positions in N. America during the 2024-25 job seasonoriginal ↗
7 Jan 2026
Spread the word about The Ecology of Ecologists and get a free signed bookplate! (UPDATED)original ↗
5 Jan 2026
2025
23 Dec 2025
In case you didn’t know: tenure-track faculty positions in North America ordinarily start with an initial fixed-term contractoriginal ↗
22 Dec 2025
Is it true that you can’t get hired as a TT prof at a purely teaching-focused undergraduate college if you’ve published too much research? (UPDATED)original ↗
18 Dec 2025
Data on the career paths of newly hired TT ecologists who took more than six years post-PhD before landing a TT job in N. Americaoriginal ↗
17 Dec 2025
It’s hard for tenured profs to move to a different TT job. But if you want to try, here’s some advice.original ↗
15 Dec 2025
10 Dec 2025
28 Nov 2025
Are R^2 values declining in every scholarly field? And if so, what could or should be done about that? (UPDATE: link fixed)original ↗
18 Nov 2025
12 Nov 2025
Don’t try to follow up a faculty interview by providing a better answer to a question you flubbedoriginal ↗
5 Nov 2025
Did I just make one of the most impressive forecasts in ecological history, only to bury that fact in a paper that’s not even about forecasting? (includes poll)original ↗
3 Nov 2025
Your carefully crafted Friday linkfest? The primary reviewer read it thoroughly. The other two panelists skimmed it. Everyone else glanced at the summary.original ↗
24 Oct 2025
Interview: Robin Snyder on modern coexistence theory, how to write a gripping introduction section, R as a quilting aid, and moreoriginal ↗
21 Oct 2025
This Friday linkfest has achieved the goals of both political tribes simultaneously, without any of the ideological warfare (UPDATED to fix incorrect link)original ↗
10 Oct 2025
You heard it here first: sample sizes of ecological correlation coefficients are decliningoriginal ↗
9 Oct 2025
Poll results: geographically restricted job searches by people on the North American ecology faculty job marketoriginal ↗
6 Oct 2025
I updated my crude analysis asking whether the pandemic reduced the number of EEB faculty job seekers and/or the number of jobs they’re applying fororiginal ↗
2 Oct 2025
Poll on geographically restricted job searches by people previously or currently on the North American ecology faculty job marketoriginal ↗
30 Sept 2025
What would you like to know about the North American ecology faculty job market, that my previous data doesn’t address?original ↗
29 Sept 2025
27 Sept 2025
24 Sept 2025
17 Sept 2025
Are recent TT ecology hires at “elite” R1 universities different in any measurable way from recent hires at “non-elite” R1s?original ↗
15 Sept 2025
Who are the top science influencers on YouTube, TikTok, and podcasts? And are any of them scientists?original ↗
10 Sept 2025
5 Sept 2025
2 Sept 2025
Bleg: how do you tell a funding agency about your most significant research contributions over the last six years, when the biggest one is a book that hasn’t come out yet?original ↗
25 Aug 2025
15 Aug 2025
11 Aug 2025
10 Aug 2025
Tenure-track Asst. Professor of freshwater ecology at the University of Calgary – please apply!original ↗
8 Aug 2025
Can you schedule individual presentations in the ESA 2025 meeting app? And do you really need to get a new login link via email every time you log in?original ↗
31 Jul 2025
Pre-order The Ecology of Ecologists from University of Chicago Press at the ESA meeting and get a 30% discount and free US shipping! You can do this even if you won’t be at the meeting! Plus, check out the great blurbs from Mark Vellend and Stephen Heard! (UPDATED)original ↗
29 Jul 2025
Science finally retracted that controversial arsenic-based life paper from 15 years ago. Does that really “draw a line” under the controversy?original ↗
28 Jul 2025
27 Jul 2025
Most Friday linkfests become Friday linkfests because they want to be Friday linkfests, not because they want to share linksoriginal ↗
25 Jul 2025
Different ecological studies of the “same” thing typically give very different results. What would it look like for ecologists to get serious about explaining that variation? (UPDATED)original ↗
22 Jul 2025
18 Jul 2025
17 Jul 2025
10 Jul 2025
8 Jul 2025
27 Jun 2025
Bleg: Sources of long transect data, and/or big grid data, for any ecological variables? Looking for some illustrative examples for an upcoming talk.original ↗
17 Jun 2025
16 Jun 2025
You’re probably why it takes so long for your paper to get reviewed and your excuses are badoriginal ↗
10 Jun 2025
Peer review protip: even if you’re SURE the author made an elementary mistake, hedge your revieworiginal ↗
9 Jun 2025