Juliana Vélez Gómez

Team of researchers collecting hair samples during a tapir capture!

Excited to assume the role of Chair of the IUCN SSC Tapir Specialist Group! 🌱 Threats to all four tapir species demand action. Grateful to Patricia Medici for 25 years of inspiring leadership & excited to collaborate with our global network to scale conservation! #Tapirs #IUCN #Biodiversity

🌿 An honor to present at UC Berkeley's Wildlife Seminar where I talked about the use of AI + species distribution models to study agriculture's impacts on wildlife and One Health.

Thanks @ornithoale.bsky.social for hosting me!

#Wildlife #Tapirs #OneHealth #AIinConservation #UCBerkeley

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Very excited to connect with the Berkeley wildlife community tomorrow and share my work on tapirs, expansion of vector-borne diseases, and One Health!
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#Biodiversity #AI #Nature #OneHealth #Climate #Tapirs #DiseaseEcology #Screwworm #Conservation #CameraTraps

The Lancet One Health Commission: harnessing our interconnectedness for equitable, sustainable, and healthy socioecological systems Industrialisation, urbanisation, and globalisation have substantially improved human life expectancy over the past century. In tandem, an expanding array of interlinked threats to humans, other animal...

An ambitious new report, commissioned by #TheLancet, seeks to reframe #OneHealth to be an even more encompassing framework. I spoke with co-chairs Andrea Winkler and John Amuasi about their process.

The report: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

My interview: www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...

Our paper on New World Screwworm outbreaks in wildlife is out! This flesh-eating parasite isn’t just attacking livestock & humans—it’s now threatening the endangered mountain tapir, a keystone Andean species.
#Screwworm #Wildlife #InfectiousDiseases #Tapirs #OneHealth
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...

Foundations and future directions for causal inference in ecological research, forthcoming w/ @katherinesiegel.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/4mm57zzd.
We wrote it based on our experience teaching causal inference to ecologists w/ some stuff we wish other papers had reviewed to share w/ the students
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I would love to be part of it if possible!

Gracias!

How do ecologists estimate occupancy in practice? Over 20 years ago, ecologists were introduced to the site occupancy model (SOM) for estimating occupancy rates from detection-nondetection data. In the ensuing decades, the SOM and its hierarchical m....

Great paper surveying practices around occupancy modeling in ecology doi.org/10.1111/ecog... from @ben-r-goldstein.bsky.social & co. Not a flattering view -- from data collection to statistical methods to peer review we're falling short, but many actionable suggestions here!

Hola Dylan! Podrías agregarme si aún hay cupos?

Thank you!

Our JSS article is out!

And now I get to focus on {marginaleffects} 1.0.0. Stay tuned.

www.jstatsoft.org/article/view...

I would love to be part of it if possible!

One of my favourite data discoveries this year: Google's mind-blowing ARCO-ERA5 dataset: hourly data for ~300 climate variables, available globally from 1940! 🤯

Loadable with a single line of Python code from a single cloud-friendly Zarr file! Below: a month of wind waves + swell: 🌊

Principles of experimental design for ecology and evolution Here I argue that we do not discuss experimental design, often until it is too late. This editorial seeks to begin a conversation about how and where to replicate appropriately.

I wrote (ranted) on experimental design as I was frustrated as an editor at how little guidance students were getting. I underestimated the interest in the issue: it has been downloaded 10,000+ times! Clearly it’s something we need to be talking about more. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Thank you!

Could you please add @regolithhealth.bsky.social and me if there are still spots available?

Hi Kevin, could you please add me?

The climate and biodiversity crises are entwined, but we risk pitting one against the other In our race to cool the planet, we must not compromise the ecosystems on which we depend.

*Don’t trade off #carbon for #biodiversity*
The scientific consensus is clear: we cannot address climate change by industrialising the biosphere. #Climate solutions must protect ecosystem integrity and support biodiversity, not compromise them for carbon gains.🌎 theconversation.com/the-climate-...

Thank you, Christian!

Thank you!

A foot/mule trail eroded into volcanic ejecta, adorned by moss and ferns

Un tramito de la red de “caminos de bestia” que aprovechan de los parteaguas prolongados de la cuenca del Río Pixquiac en las faldas orientales del Cofre de Perote en Veracruz, México
#TropicalMontaneTuesday
#TephraTuesday

A ‘how‐to’ guide for estimating animal diel activity using hierarchical models We illustrate how hierarchical models can be used to estimate animal diel activity whilst accounting for variability in activity levels and sampling effort. These models also allow researchers to mor....

Interested in quantifying animal diel activity with hierarchical models? Check out this amazing how-to guide from @fa-bio-la.bsky.social , @science-action.bsky.social , and John Fieberg! 🧪

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Could you please add me? Thank you!

I would love to be part of it if there is still room!

Just wanted to let folks know that I am still looking to fill this position. I am hoping to start reviewing applications on Monday. Thanks for passing this along to anyone who might be interested.

Evidence of a European seed dispersal crisis Seed dispersal is crucial for ecosystem persistence, especially in fragmented landscapes, such as those common in Europe. Ongoing defaunation might compromise effective seed dispersal, but the conserv...

🔥 Paper in Science🔥

We found that at least a third of the seed dispersers and interactions face potential extinction, in Europe 🌿🌳🐦‍⬛🦆🌍

#seeddispersal

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Thank you, Lars!

I would love to be part of it if possible!