We are inviting expressions of interest to host the International Statistical Ecology Conference (ISEC) in 2026! ISEC has been a great event to build connections across our community all over the world.  Additional information here: forms.office.com/r/8nrRGESPPL

We have a postdoc position available in plant ecophysiology, to work on the amazing long-term experiment at Drie Kuilen. SEEC UCT Research Adam West Deadline: 30 Sept

Postdoc in ecological condition mapping and monitoring - come join us at House of Reps. SEEC and partners at SA Biodiversity: bit.ly/3PSw4EW

Timothy Kuiper Mandela University Congratulations Tim! Makorokoto!

Four principles for improved statistical ecology. Source: Popovic et al. (2024).

This great piece of work in Methods in Ecology and Evolution was led by Gordana Popovic herding several outstanding cats ;), and arose from discussions had at ISEC (Stat Ecol): Four principles for improved statistical ecology besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/20…

📰 Published📰 Increasing attention has been drawn to the misuse of statistical methods over recent years. Popovic and coauthors show how ecologists can build their research following four guiding principles for impactful statistical research practices buff.ly/3S2gGXQ

📣 Commissioning editor vacancy! We are seeking an active researcher with editorial experience beyond their core research interest and connections in the global #ecology and #evolution biological communities. ⏰ Deadline 16th February buff.ly/4277rdB

📢4 postdoctoral research fellowships available at ACDI's Climate Risk Lab 📢 The fellowships will focus on climate change risk and their relation to biodiversity, education, health and sport. Find more details here and info on how to apply ➡️ acdi.uct.ac.za/opportunities

PLEASE APPLY! Climate Change Jobs We're hiring 4 Postdocs to research climate change impacts, risks, and adaptation options for: ⚽️ SPORT🏄‍♀️ 👩‍🎓 EDUCATION📚 🚑 HEALTH ♥️ 🐘 BIODIVERSITY🌳 Apply: acdi.uct.ac.za/opportunities You'll join our interdisciplinary team in Cape Town

New paper alert! Robustly estimating the demographic contribution of immigration: Simulation, sensitivity analysis and seals. SEEC members Murray and Chris Oosthuizen - massive congrats! Elephants seals - Marion island. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/13…

ABSTRACTS for the 4th ABC conference are OPEN! Submit yours here: africanbioacoustics.org/abstractsubmis… #bioacousitcs #sharingscience #networking #KnowledgeIsPower #africanresearch

🆕Published today, our new Marion Island Seals IPM/t-LTRE elephant seal paper, superbly led by Murray Christian. The paper uses Gaussian Process priors to provide ‘local’ regularisation while estimating the contribution of immigration to population dynamics besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/13…

Want to know the latest details about the best ecological statistics conference in the world? Follow the thread 🧵 below! It's ISEC time soon again 😜😀🔊🎉

Are you an ecologist working with statistical models? this paper might be useful. Now formally published in an Methods in Ecology and Evolution issue, with many outsatnding colleagues including CREEMinal @ali__johnston with Gordana Popovic responsible for herding the cats besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/20…

ISEC 2024 15-19 July in Swansea - do not miss it! More info here: ststisticalecoloy.org

We are super excited about the great line up of plenary speakers at #ISEC2024! More detail at: statisticalecology.org

Here's some exciting news to start the week with... This year's 4th ABC conference will be hosted as a hybrid event, with the option to attend online, as well as in-person!! #bioacoustics #EqualAccessForAll #accesstolearn #hybridevent #AccessibleScience #joinus #africanscience

— ABSTRACT SUBMISSION OPEN — The #ISEC2024 conference will showcase what’s cool and exciting in #statisticalecology. Want to be part of it? 🤓☔️ You can now submit your abstract for talk or poster. Just follow the link on our website: statisticalecology.org

Yay! Abstract submisdion is open for #ISEC2024!