Michael Belitz

Ever wonder what all the range maps of all the #butterfly species of North America look like when overlaid on each other? I did, and in finding out, made some glam (semi-)@accidental__aRt ! #sciencetwitter

📣Michigan State is hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor & Curator of Vertebrate Collections! Neat opportunity for anyone who does collection-based research on vertebrates. careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/5210…

@masonfidino @ShenRaphael right! reminds me of a paper that came out recently in a very high profile journal from a environmental economist that made "causal" claims that I found to be nothing more than correlational salad from an ecology perspective!

@ShenRaphael Interesting! In this case it feels more like “this is the only way you can do this” when in fact, it’s not? Like yes, we are going to control for some confounders they brought up, but I still am not buying that this makes the relationships we identified causal.

Doing research out of your field can be fun, but this is the first time I've really encountered a review from someone with an econometrics background and wow there is so much focus on how you we should be doing causal inference with observational data to make valid inference.

@vmshirey @UF @BatsOnTheMove Happy Halloween and belated birthday!

CALLING ALL BIRD NERDS we are hiring Asst Prof Avian Ecology at UW Seattle! Please apply, or spread the word: ap.washington.edu/ahr/position-d…

Hmm, interesting results. But I am uneasy when such large-scale correlational analyses that gesture at causation are based entirely on aggregate data, without having a single corroborative conversation with anyone in the communities involved. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Congrats, Daijiang! I've learned a lot working with you over the years!

Here we go again: ecoevojobs 2024-25 is now open! #gid=76501376" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Check out this amazing online course @ithinkbiology .. Very lucky to be a part of it and learn as well from Dr. Abha Rao..please RT and promote the course

Cities have a heat problem which can have disastrous consequences for those trapped inside. A new study looks at moths, taking into account their complex life cycle, and how they fare in human-developed environments. Study doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17… Story floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/moths-… 📉

Paper on mega-genus Astragalus is officially out! We focused on biogeographic problems in the arid North Hemisphere. A broader point of interest is the large-scale study of plant edaphic ecology, something I hope there is more of in the future. doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1…

Anatomy of a mega-radiation: Biogeography & niche evolution in #Astragalus New #AJB research by @ry_folk, Joseph Charboneau, @MikesMothModels, Tajinder Singh, @HeatherKates1, @soltislab, Robert Guralnick, Carolina Siniscalchi doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1… #botany @wileyplantsci

@Jessica_Oswald Super sleuths!

Mothing IS the next birding! Pass it on

I heard that mothing is the next birding. Pass it on.

@vmshirey 👋interested!

🎧Podcast out now🎧 🦋We chat with @MikesMothModels about best practice for using natural history collections to better understand how seasonal biological events are responding to global change🔎 @FloridaMuseum Listen here⬇️ 🟢buff.ly/46cWLei 🔶buff.ly/3LpuRng

🎧Podcast coming soon🎧 🦋We chat with @MikesMothModels about best practice for using natural history collections to better understand how seasonal biological events are responding to global change🔎 @FloridaMuseum ⏰Episode out 13.09.23 📙buff.ly/45Qd0O1

Amazing win by @geo3550! Congrats to @umich EEB department for paying their Ph.D. students a living wage! And thanks to @PhyloForFun for updating the Biology Ph.D. Stipend database with this win! rhettrautsaw.app/shiny/BiologyP…

@trinaeroberts @KayceCBell @NHMLA 👀🤠

Have you appreciated your local moths (and caterpillars) lately? Great piece by ⁦@Dr_Akito⁩ ! washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…