Brian Weeks
@BriWeeks_MI
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assistant prof @UMSEAS - I think about bird morphology, global change, and where in Ypsi I'm most likely to run into Iggy Pop
Ypsilanti, MI
Joined June 2013
Excited to share that we have released skeletal trait data for >2,000 species of birds and >14k individuals. Taxonomy is unified to AVONET/birdtree, so hopefully this will be easy to use! Paper can be found here: @UMSEAS.
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Skelevision in the news - thx for the shout out, @NVIDIAAIDev! Hopefully we'll be making it into 3D soon. @UMSEAS.
AI is reshaping our understanding of the natural world 🌎. Using an AI vision system, researchers are gaining new insights into evolutionary pathways and the variables that shaped them. Read more about their recent discovery into the evolution of birds’ wings ➡️
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RT @ignacioqevo: Happy to share my new article on how morphological diversification proceeds during evolutionary radiations: "The diffused….
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Rates of evolution are fundamental to understand the processes that shaped the history of life. The predominant view holds that high rates of pheno...
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RT @jacanamama: Happy to share our recent publication in Nature Ecology & Evolution, with @rosvall_lab, @reject_resubmit, and many more! h….
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Nature Ecology & Evolution - The authors performed phylogenetically controlled behavioural assays and analysed brain transcriptomes across five avian families, identifying convergent patterns...
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How do birds fly without getting overheated? They slough off lots of heat from their wings - bird wings are longer in warmer climates for >1500 species. Allen's Rule, likely driven by heat dissipation demand. With @ja_tobias @sheardcat and others @UMSEAS.
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RT @KaiZhuPhD: University of Michigan: Call for Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Global Change Biology Please share!.
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Amazing paper - provides a model that can explain our finding that diversity is negatively associated with extinction risk in birds. Very cool.
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Modeling population growth as sublinear instead of logistic predicts that ecological stability increases with diversity.
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RT @CBC_AMNH: We are hiring! The Sterling Conservation Fellow will be expected to lead conservation research that is interdisciplinary and….
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RT @apaigefischer: The School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) at the University of Michigan seeks outstanding applicants for a fu….
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RT @sheardcat: Hoping to start a PhD next year? Like macroevolution / mammals / morphology? Want to live next to the beach and just outside….
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PhD Project - EASTBIO: Evolvability in mammal morphology at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com
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RT @BenGFreeman1: Are you into mountain birds and climate change? . I'm recruiting graduate students and postdocs to join my lab @GTBiology….
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RT @JamesErickson11: Smallest shifting fastest: Bird species body size predicts rate of change in a warming world C….
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Birds across the Americas are getting smaller and longer-winged as the world warms, and the smallest-bodied species are changing the fastest. That's the main finding of a new University of Michigan...
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Smaller species are changing faster as temperatures warm! New paper out led by Marketa Zimova, from her time as a postdoc @UMSEAS - cool to integrate Chicago and Amazonian data with help from @VitekJirinec and co. As always, fun to work with @winger_ben
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Variation in evolutionary rates among species is a defining characteristic of the tree of life and may be an important predictor of species’ capaci...
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Just read a fantastic review paper on biophysical models and their promise for predicting species responses to climate change. A must read:
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Predictions of how species respond to climate and other global changes should ideally be based explicitly on known processes. Here we review the field of biophysical ecology, which addresses the...
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Eleanor gave me my first con bio job, helped me figure out whether to go to grad school, helped me get into grad school, helped me get through grad school, and was a cherished mentor in my current position. She changed my life. She was the best. @ejscbc
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RT @alanapiz: So excited and grateful to share my first-ever publication in @Ecol_Evol with @LAevolving and @Dev_Der! We used museum specim….
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RT @CardinaleLab: Last push for apps for a postdoc in my group at Penn State (biodiversity & ecoservices). Remote work an option!. https://t….
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