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Mary Burak

@mkburak

Conservationist, Ecologist, Geneticist Fulbright Scholar & Postdoc @Brown_IBES Via @Yale All things wildlife & landscapes Most likely in a thrift store

 Kenya
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Joined August 2014
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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.wi…
Spatiotemporal patterns of lion (Panthera leo) space use in a human–wildlife system

Spatiotemporal patterns of lion (Panthera leo) space use in a human–wildlife system

We used path-selection function analysis to determine that lion movement in Laikipia is impacted at a 50-km spatial scale, which is conducive to the broad scale at which land management is often...

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I'm excited to share this new publication - and it's open access for all to read! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
Context matters when rewilding for climate change

Context matters when rewilding for climate change

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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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.
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It's been a while... New profile, who dis?
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It's been one heck of a 2023, but happy to share that I successfully defended my PhD earlier this year! Endless thanks to surviving, and finishing, a pandemic PhD to @SchmitzLab and @LionLandscapes. I will be forever grateful!
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As someone who is utterly un-creative when it comes to thinking about journals to submit to, is there just… one giant spreadsheet for ecological journals somewhere? 😬
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Somehow pulled myself up and out of the deep dissertation-writing-rock that I've been living under this semester -- looking forward to connecting with those attending!
IUCN SSC Human-Wildlife Conflict & Coexistence SG (@hwctf) profile pictureIUCN SSC Human-Wildlife Conflict & Coexistence SG@hwctf6 Mar 2023
The International Conference on Human-Wildlife Conflict & Coexistence is fast approaching. We have a few last-minute tickets remaining and you can register for them here: tinyurl.com/23nz6yd4 #HWCC2023 hwcconference.org
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Christmas 2022 is gonna be a hard one to beat 🤷🏼‍♀️🖤
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Why have 1 neatly completed application when I can keep downloading more job postings and have 12 half-bulleted documents?! 🤦‍♀️
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Me, whilst finishing the dissertation 🙈
Ben Machta (@machtagroup) profile pictureBen Machta@machtagroup23 Sep 2022
Would tweet more often, but then the people I owe emails to would know I’m not stranded on a desert island without wifi
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I found a picture of little Mary that explains a lot: Even when I was dressing up like a movie star, it was always lions 🤣🦁
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P.S. Why yes, there is a bowl cut under that hat.
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Hey Siri, activate “final year of the PhD blood pressure”. 🚨
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So… did no one tell them what carbon positive means? Or is my milk just bein’ overly honest?
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Woot woot big congratulations to Dr. @hooliamonk!
Schmitz Lab (@SchmitzLab) profile pictureSchmitz Lab@SchmitzLab29 Apr 2022
@hooliamonk defended her dissertation last week! Cheers to Dr. Monk on a fantastic body of work!
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Hey @azandisarietta I’m so happy that you set a defense date! Super bummed to miss in-person celebrations… so I decide to leave this gift at your desk. Hope you love it!!
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A. Z. Andis Arietta, PhD (@azandisarietta) profile pictureA. Z. Andis Arietta, PhD@azandisarietta31 Dec 2021
Yall, I'm (finally) defending my dissertation and it is going to be the event of the year. DM me if you'd like the zoom link.
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It feels pretty darn amazing to finally get back to work. Seeing my pre-pandemic self and remembering what lit the fire under my feet.
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If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? If you see a black leopard, but it happens so fast you don't get any photographs... does it count? 😏 @WarriorAmbrose I had the luckiest sighting the other morning!
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It’s been a while, but it’s time to science. 🧬🦁
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😔 Starting the week (on a holiday!) w/a desk rejection for a project I'm really proud of. Wonder if we were 'easier prey' for a desk reject b/c we're ~grad students/postdocs? 🤔 Journal is increasingly publishing similar topics (MS's authored by all/majority PIs). Onwards.
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Are pipettes OK as carry-on luggage? Or are they too much dAnGeR sTiCk for TSA?
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😍 What an awesome collecting trip recap @azandisarietta!
A. Z. Andis Arietta, PhD (@azandisarietta) profile pictureA. Z. Andis Arietta, PhD@azandisarietta24 Aug 2021
Here's an illustrated thread on our collecting trip to the Alaskan Arctic for the @Yale @yalepeabody this past summer. 1/22
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To anyone that has used an external [molecular] lab, what were your bench fees? What did they include? I can't tell if I'm being under/over-charged, can negotiate, etc.

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