I've gotten into arguments with ecologists here and elsewhere about the contribution of human land management to biodiversity and ecosystem function. Many people believe that people=bad news, I think the story is much more complicated, and this new paper provides strong support for my view

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- do I _have_ to? - why? - instead of what?

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I have started to consider budgeting a personal assistant type of role into grants for this very reason. Has anyone done so? It feels...... weird, as it's not a cultural norm, & yet, I feel like it would make me a better professor. There are remote part-time personeal assistant business out there...

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Some years ago, I tweeted in the other place how (geekily) happy I was to publish a theoretical paper in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social with the abstract entirely in Greek (also thanks to a then PhD student). Having worked around Europe through my career, I'm always happy to see this diversity.

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Things one loves to see :) @britishecologicalsociety.org journals allow authors to contribute abstracts in non-English languages. There are 8 (+ English) languages here – what's the current record? Will ya bunch ae bampots accept Scots?

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