An experienced academic ecologist emailed me last week, reporting that a former student of his just had a paper rejected from Plos One at least in part due to a shoddy negative review that appeared to have been written entirely by AI. Yes, it's of course difficult to tell for sure if any given piece…

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21.06.2025

This is an award-winning Friday linkfest | Dynamic Ecology

This week: ASN award winners, affirming and also questioning the sixth mass extinction (?), prediction markets vs. futures markets vs. gambling, defensive forecasting, if Jonathan Swift was a university prof today, the long slow death of literary fiction, one two hit wonders, and more. Congratulations to the 2025 ASN award winners! A complicated week in…

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25.06.2025

Demystifying ecological theory: interview with Rachel Germain | Dynamic Ecology

Welcome to our latest author interview post! (click that last link for the previous post in the series) Today, we'll hear from UBC prof Rachel Germain on her work with many others on demystifying ecological theory and making it more accessible to empiricists (Germain and Schreiber 2024, Ou et al. 2022, Grainger et al. 2022).…

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28.06.2025

Most Friday linkfests aren’t real | Dynamic Ecology

This week: Meltdown, highbrow climate misinformation, meaningless means, EcoEvoApps, unpacking yourself, and more. Writing in Science, Anna Henderson reviews former ULethbridge hydrologist Sarah Boon's memoir Meltdown. Going on my reading list. This link is from my interview with Rachel Germain earlier this week, but I don't want folks to miss it so here it is…

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Have you received a peer review that appeared to have been written by AI? | Dynamic Ecology

This is an award-winning Friday linkfest | Dynamic Ecology

Demystifying ecological theory: interview with Rachel Germain | Dynamic Ecology

Most Friday linkfests aren’t real | Dynamic Ecology

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