ecologist | geographer | pole dancer

Joined June 2014
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Samantha Travers retweeted
Our new blog on how #woody Australian plants respond to changes in #aridity @CES_UNSW @unswbees @jingyiding1 @GeoS4m
Plain language summary to the paper Occurrence of Australian woody species is driven by soil moisture and available phosphorus across a climatic gradient, by Ding et al. in @JVegSci vegsciblog.org/2021/12/18/au… @IAVS5
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When data is based on human judgement, it's prone to noise and bias #ESAus21
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Samantha Travers retweeted
All days combined of @EcolSocAus #ESAus21: With and without labels. Lots of connections after another difficult year. 4041 tweets captured here!
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"How many experts are needed to identify an ecological community?" asks @GeoS4m from @NSWDPIE_Water. To reduce uncertainty to 5%, we need at least 30 experts! Some lovely 'textbook' binomial plots in this talk. #ESAus21
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Samantha Travers retweeted
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Replying to @GeoS4m
@GeoS4m explains how to extract info from experts brains and how many brains to tap into (in case you don't have David Keith on speed dial) and why we should ensure we do it well! #ESAus21
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Fabulous talk by Susie Cramp on traditional lizard traps and elder directed caring for granites #ESAus21 @CrampSusie
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Questions not yet heard at #ESAus21 Barbara Rice Memorial Poster Session : "does that question get me a drinks ticket?" 🍻 🥂
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Very cool animation showing the importance of plant roots and soil microbes for soil function
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Samantha Travers retweeted
Going on a data hunt! Our #AusVegDynamics team is looking for data on long-term vegetation change in Australian ecosystems to inform model development. Any tips, pointers, data gratefully received @EcolSocAus #Koonamore station for example!
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1000s of km of driving for this impressive aridity gradient. So glad to be part of this work @CES_UNSW @unswbees
Do you want to monitor soil microbe dynamics in a quick-dirty way? Soil surface condition might be a go! Our @GeoS4m @DJ_Eldridge new paper in @Geoderma_Jrnl found close relationship between soil microbe and soil surface health in forests and shrublands.👉authors.elsevier.com/a/1dhe0…
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Samantha Travers retweeted
And another one in our team relating to threatened species assessments. It's a jobs bonanza! Please get in touch and apply! iworkfor.nsw.gov.au/job/seni…

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Dear #rstats, {flow} is on CRAN!!! View and Browse Code Using Flow Diagrams It's packed with features to help you understand, debug, documentat, test, draw pseudo code... 7 detailed vignettes. Took a while but hopefully it was worth it! moodymudskipper.github.io/
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Yup finally got that permanent science job #thedream 🥰 Also, I honestly think more of life's achievements should be celebrated with confetti cannons 🎉
So happy that my colleague and dear friend @GeoS4m has been offered a permanent position with DPIE @nswenviromedia, congratulation Sam, a long time coming @UNSWScience @AarontheEcolog @NaturesTextures
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So refreshing to hear this from the NSW environment minister
Political lobbying does not change the science #greatbarrierreef
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Today we're officially launching the {galah} #rstats pkg! {galah} gives easy access to @atlaslivingaust data & resources in R. Version 1.2.0 is on CRAN now cran.r-project.org/package=g… A thread 👇
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Samantha Travers retweeted
Social media is exaggerating #COVID vaccine side effects & is playing a key role in people avoiding #vaccination, & we need a campaign to counter this, says @UNSW Science's @katefaasse from the School of Psychology. #COVID19 #COVIDVaccination newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/sc…
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Samantha Travers retweeted
New research shows that #soil #bacteria and #fungi play important roles in controlling plant #germination from the soil #seedbank! 🌱 @DJ_Eldridge @ManuDelBaq @Prof_Braj_Singh @GeoS4m @wang_juntao Read the full article: doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13…
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Samantha Travers retweeted
Unmanaged #kangaroos present major challengers for #agricultural producers. Our recent work shows benign effects of low kangaroo densities on soil health in a peri-urban environment doi.org/10.1111/emr.12439 @GeoS4m @jingyiding1 @AusRangeSoc
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Such a fun collaboration! Thanks @ftmaestre and @DJ_Eldridge for making this happen!
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