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The Executive Committee of the Jornada LTER program would like to welcome Dr. Stephanie Bestelmeyer as its newest member. Holding a Ph.D. in Biology from Colorado State University as well as a B.S. in Biology and minor in Teaching from the University of California San Diego, Dr. Bestelmeyer has been working with the Asombro Institute […]
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In a new paper published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Jornada LTER scientists, led by Dr. Quiyan Yu, review salient methods in machine learning algorithms and evaluate their effect on successful ecological inference. A number of recommendations emerged, including the removal of spurious (correlated but not functionally important) variables from ML models, and the
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This year’s Jornada LTER Desert Ecology Short-Course took place as a hybrid (virtual and in-person) event from June 28-30, 2021 and was well-attended by graduate students and Jornada researchers. This year’s short-course included many exciting and informative sessions such as student presentations, investigator talks, field visits, data management workshops, and a data jam. Topics included
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Save the date for Mikaela Hoellrich’s MS defense seminar on July 9th at 10:00 AM (Mountain Time). Mikaela is a graduate student in the Pietrasiak Lab at New Mexico State University and a current Jornada Graduate Research Fellow.
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Save the date for Corey Nelson’s PhD defense on July 6th at 1:00 PM (NM)/12:00 PM (AZ). Corey is a graduate student in the Garcia-Pichel Lab at Arizona State University and a current Jornada Graduate Research Fellow.
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