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@keithmeure thanks Keith!

@mccarthymg @adamhsparks Hi both, thanks for this! When we finished the package (waaaay back now) I submitted to CRAN but it was rejected as "we don't need another palette package".
I think this could be a really great solution now - will have a read and think about it I will have time myself (in the new year) or see if one of the other creators wants to take it on.

Melbourne-based folks!
The #SuperbCityWrens team are partnering with 14 LGAs and community groups across Greater Melbourne to conduct the first-ever city-wide 'Wren-Watch'!🐦
https://superbcitywrens.com/2024/11/07/melbourne-wide-bird-bioblitz-coming-up/
The #urbanBird bioblitz is from 24th – 30th November, check link for info!

📢Our OA research shows informal green spaces (IGS) are an integral part of the #urbanNature landscape, contributing as much as formal green spaces to species richness!🌿
Using crowdsourced data we assessed how different #greenspace supports birds & plants
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11252-024-01623-0?utm_source=rct_congratemailt&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=oa_20241105&utm_content=10.1007%2Fs11252-024-01623-0

Dot and line graph showing the modelled number of species per survey across all taxa for each land sub-type when controlling for covariates. Points are coloured by land type with the median species per survey shown as a grey dashed line. Bars represent standard error for each point. The number of surveys per land sub-type are included as whole numbers. Utility easements (IGS) have the greatest number of species per survey, closely followed by recreational public green spaces (formal green space)

TLDR?
Here's a nice summary:

https://theconversation.com/stepping-stones-for-wildlife-how-linking-up-isolated-habitats-can-help-nature-thrive-in-our-cities-234923

📢 Our new OA research shows spatially targeting new green spaces to connect bigger patches of habitat can maximise investment for #urbanBiodiversity

This handy video explains it nicely!
https://vimeo.com/941090209
🌱🗺️🐝🐦🦗🧪🌏

Paper here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204624001683
#urbanNature #urbanPlanning #naturebasedsolutions

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We use the viridis colourscale a lot in #rstats now - it's a lovely default that makes me happy to see out in the wild.

But it is actually from #python, and as far as I can tell, there isn't a main source of truth for the design of the colourscale. The people who created it, https://mastodon.social/@njs and https://emacs.ch/@stefanv , as I understand it, made the colourscale, then made it CC0 - public domain.

If you haven't seen their talk on it from PyCon 2015, it's worth your time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAoljeRJ3lU&t=2s

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Judith, Buliga, Elichilia, Ray & Ester are #OneHealth grad students in #Tanzania researching tick-borne diseases. They lost their tuition and research funds when the US abruptly cancelled their grant.

A real and enraging consequence of U.S. anti-science campaigns is the loss of programs and people as our government pulls back from vital global health investment.

🚨You can help! #Donate so these promising scientists can finish their last year and graduate. https://gofund.me/c6cb018c 🚨

#GoFundMe

Physician and Ph.D. student Elichilia Shao working outside with a laptop on his lap. He is smiling and wearing a white sweatshirt and jeans, sitting in a plastic chair on a scruffy lawn.

Master's student Judith Njau testing samples in the lab, wearing blue scrubs and a protective face mask, standing in front of a lab hood.

Ph.D. student Ray Kayaga, wearing a black cap backwards, and a blue shirt, sets a wooden stake with a red flag in the ground and takes a GPS coordinate while collecting samples in the field.

Master's student Ester Lepere, in a green ranger's shirt and pans, sits on the ground in the Tanzanian plain, sparse trees and a sunset behind her.

Check out this summary of our recent work on the value of informal green space for human-nature interaction!
🌱🕵️‍♀️🍃🚶‍♀️💚
https://theconversation.com/our-cities-secret-gardens-we-connect-with-nature-in-neglected-green-spaces-just-as-much-as-in-parks-233351

Big day for colleagues here at Curtin Uni as they launch WA's proposed Toad Control Zone - ambitious plans to hold back the cane toad wave by controlling water across the Pilbara!

#conservation #invasiveSpecies

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-07-17/cane-toads-pilbara-invasive-species-waterless-barrier/103861310

Holly Kirk boosted:

Short notice opportunity for a fully-funded 3 year geospatial PhD at Lancaster! Details https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/geospatial-phd-opportunity-barry-rowlingson-67qxe/?trackingId=CGsFD04fRzqkaZ2AXmJiEA%3D%3D Please boost!

Today in:
✅Cool science
✅Smart design
✅Good news

https://theconversation.com/our-frog-saunas-could-help-save-endangered-species-from-the-devastating-chytrid-fungus-231605

New OA paper!
We use #citsci data to find where people connect with nature on informal green spaces (IGS).
🧪🪶🌏
Access to #urbanNature is vital for human health, but people don’t only rely on parks to get a daily dose. Our research shows IGS are just as important for human-nature interaction:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128414

A bike path runs alongside a railway line to the left of the photo, with a mature eucalyptus tree growing beside in an informal green space. The eucalyptus tree is tucked behind some industrial buildings and stands out in the centre of the image against a clear blue sky.

The number of observations per hectare modelled by the generalised linear mixed effects model for each land sub-type when controlling for covariates. Points are coloured by land type. Recreational public green spaces (RPGS) have the greatest number of observations by a large margin, with railway and utility IGS also hosting substantially more than the median number of observations (grey dotted line).

Check out this great new paper from Bronte Van Helden at UWA, using data collected by 131 citizen scientist gardeners to understand the impact of different wildlife-friendly structures in urban back yards!
🦘🦇🦜🐀🐸
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11252-024-01530-4

#urbanNature #urbanEcology

You don't need to tell the ecologists this, but it's great that other disciplines are advocating for our arboreal elders!
These grand beauties are valuable for so many species, including humans - we need to protect them at all costs.

#BSUD #urbanNature

https://theconversation.com/large-old-trees-are-vital-for-australian-birds-their-long-branches-and-hollows-cant-be-replaced-by-saplings-225276

Holly Kirk boosted:

You have been visited by margaret hamilton. Fast code and moon landings will come to you but only if you boost this toot

margaret hamilton standing next to stack of computer code, 1960s

📢 New paper out!
Ever wondered what's going on with the random patch of grass behind your house?

Wanted to know how much vegetation is hiding beside railways?

Our method identifies & maps these informal green spaces!
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264837724000668

🌿🗺️ 🌏🧪
#urban #urbanNature #urbanPlanning

Figure from the paper showing a map of the City of Darebin, Victoria, Aus with different types of informal green space identified. Examples of the different types of informal green space are shown in thumbnail images around the map: brownfield sites, utility easements, street verges, railway sidings and vacant lots.

@robinhouston Oh very good!! 👏 👏 👏

Pretty convinced that there's some kind of convergent evolution going between owls and cats.

☑️Surprisingly quiet for size
☑️Hide in holes and peep out
☑️Sticky-up ears
☑️Cute face eyes
☑️Fluffy
☑️Just a baby

Holly Kirk boosted:

Looking to connect with ecologists/natural historians in Japan - if anyone is based there, has worked there or has collaborators who work there I'd love to chat.

Got an exciting project on the horizon

#ecology #Japan #botany #Ornithology.

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