Text analysis using AI in R
Introduction Analyzing qualitative data is challenging. Such analyses are even more difficult when the topic is controversial and the results will drive important policy decisions. This post explores AI methods […]
ecology
Arctic Genes in Alaska Magazine
An article I wrote about an expedition to collect wood frogs in the Alaska Arctic is now online at Alaska Magazine. I’ve included the teaser below, but check out the […]
Chasing Arctic Frogs
A short recipe for adventurous field science Take me to the photos! Step 1: Come up with a hair-brained scheme. My labmate Yara and I had been dreaming up the […]
Hot competition and tadpole Olympics
Our newest paper (pdf available on my publications page), led by Kaija Gahm is just out in the Journal of Experimental Zoology as part of special issue on herp physiology […]
Smartphone hemispherical photography
Hemispherical photography is one of those tasks often prefaced by the statement, “How hard could it be?” I’m pretty sure I said something like this at the beginning of my […]
Frogs in the Feral Atlas
“Every event in human history has been a more-than-human event.” This is the first line from the introduction of Feral Atlas: the more-than-human Anthropocene, a new book out from Stanford Univ. […]
Phenology in a warming world
I’m thrilled to announce that the first of my dissertation chapters has just been published in Ecography. Update (Nov. 2020): And, I’m especially thrilled that our piece will be the […]
Julian Date vs Day of the Year
Julian day and Day of Year (DOY) are NOT the same thing I recently wrote a paper looking at how frog breeding timing is impacted by climate change. So, I’ve […]
Evolution of Intrinsic Rates at the Evolution Conference 2019
At this year’s Evolution Conference in Providence Road island, the organizers managed to recruit volunteers to film most of the talks. This is such a great opportunity for folks who […]
How to build a better rattrap with population genetics
A team I worked with just published a population genetics study looking at the effectiveness of rat eradication programs in Salvador, Brazil. Rats have traveled around the globe alongside humans. […]