Mary Burak

Recently published and open access: Spatiotemporal patterns of lion space use. Some strong patterns, despite ~few physical barriers. A follow-up on lion fence ecology is coming soon! @Femke_Broekhuis @AmyDickman4 @LionLandscapes @ChrisWilmers @SchmitzLab besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/26…

We published a short article on The Conversation, connected to our giraffe study which came out earlier this year. The article deals with species concepts, giraffes, and why all of this is a bit of a mess. theconversation.com/how-many-giraf…

📢Applications are still open for these graduate positions on large mammal monitoring in Montana!

@LauraDBertola Woot woot very excited to read!!! 🥳

🎉🦁🎉New paper out! 🎉🦁🎉 Genetic diversity of lion populations in Kenya: Evaluating past management practices and recommendations for future conservation actions onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ev… This was a pretty extensive project, so it deserves a 🧵 (with complementary 🦁 pics)

How can conservationists rewild the carbon cycle? 📣🌳🔄 This paper provides considerations to design and monitor such programs, and to weigh social-ecological trade-offs. @mkburak @kristyferraro @kagglerock @diego_ellissoto @nathaliersommer @SchmitzLab doi.org/10.1002/pan3.1…

@aalayna23 This was my era of re-learning realistic goal setting (b/c 3+ years of just saying "finish dissertation" and other not-immediately-achievable "To Do's" didn't bode well). Break it down by chapter/paper section. Snoop on future conferences and job boards to keep daydreaming!

Anyone have any tips for getting past the post-candidacy rut 👉🥺👈 your girl is STRUGGLING

Ultimately, we call for ecologically accurate, socially responsible, and ethical climate mitigation projects. Want to make your project comprehensive, but overwhelmed at where to start? We wrote this with the intent to provide scientists and practitioners with things to consider!

Excited about the potential of rewilding? We are, too! Bringing animals into ecosystems saves species *and* mitigates climate change by capturing and storing carbon. But it's not a one-size-fits-all solution. We dive into the complex contextual dependencies.

I'm excited to share this new publication - and it's open access for all to read! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pa…

Hey, that's me! Very excited to have my first first-author paper published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution! This paper is based on my MS thesis work on spatial drivers of anticoagulant rodenticide exposure in Northeastern forest carnivores at @sunyesf @JacquiFrair

@RobDavis1104 @TimothyKuiper @FattebertJ Thanks for this info, all! Good to know the global range...

@TimothyKuiper @FattebertJ @mkburak Thanks, agreed! Look forward to seeing you here in a few months!

Postdoc / Phd in South Africa

@ScrapNaturalist @HyaenaSG DMing you a prof at UoN!

Does anyone know a student (undergrad or master’s) who is an African national & is interested in taking on a very achievable project on spotted hyenas for their thesis on behalf of the @HyaenaSG? We would prefer to have someone from spotted hyena range country leading this. 🍪

@AmandaSubalusky Yeah this takes the cake!

What was the coolest class you took as an undergrad? None of mine came close to studying animal gut microbiomes at Disney's Animal Kingdom! 🤯

@SPBombaci @abigailthiemkey @ColoradoStateU This is awesome!

@ColoradoStateU will host a 10 day short course “Bayesian Models for Ecological Data” from June 3 – June 13, 2024. No tuition. Lodging and meal costs covered for all. Up to $500 in transportation costs covered for grad students. Please share! Apply here: nrel.colostate.edu/projects/bayes…

@ScrapNaturalist @Mammal_Society @HyaenaSG Love it!!! Great work all

🤩I am so excited to share our newly published article "Review of the global research on Hyaenidae and implications for conservation and management", out today in @Mammal_Society Mammal Review. The result of TONS of work by some of us in @HyaenaSG. (1/n) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…

@ScrapNaturalist Um no THAT'S A LOT and such a milestone!!!!

just remembering that time i got a $100,000 grant and a white professor said to me “that’s not a lot”. which like i understand in the grand scheme of things it’s not but it sure af is for a kid who grew up w/the heat off in winter & lights going out when bills weren’t paid

The @wildlifeevoeco lab is looking to recruit a cohort of up to four students at either the PhD or MSc level… Come work with us @MemorialU!!! Pls RT! weel.gitlab.io/static/docs/WE…

@kaylafratt Most bike friends always recommend Timbuk2 to me! Sometimes Thule

I need a new school bag. I bike commute most days in a pretty rainy place, have a 16" laptop most days, plus layers/Nalgene/snacks. Does anyone have something they really like?

@FattebertJ @Femke_Broekhuis @AmyDickman4 @LionLandscapes @ChrisWilmers @SchmitzLab Hehe not completely 😜

@mkburak @Femke_Broekhuis @AmyDickman4 @LionLandscapes @ChrisWilmers @SchmitzLab Lemme guess: fences constrain mvt and are bad news for connectivity and demographic/ gene flow?

Recently published and open access: Spatiotemporal patterns of lion space use. Some strong patterns, despite ~few physical barriers. A follow-up on lion fence ecology is coming soon! @Femke_Broekhuis @AmyDickman4 @LionLandscapes @ChrisWilmers @SchmitzLab besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/26…