Robert M. Pringle
@rob_pringle
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Biologist @Princeton University | Ecology | Evolution | Environment
Princeton, NJ, USA
Joined August 2012
Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica, is hosting a World Heritage Volunteer Action Camp in November. An opportunity to get engaged in conservation in one of the world's most precious places. Learn more here: https://t.co/17tZ6n9t1I Apply here: https://t.co/aLBXF6dFwU
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Using high-resolution LiDAR and long-term herbivore exclosure data from @mpala_rc, we show that large herbivores directly and indirectly affect vegetation structure in an African savanna.
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New paper by @SMichelMata et al. in @Nature about how you got your dirty reputation and why nobody will cooperate with you. Collab bw Corina Tarnita & @jplotkin groups. https://t.co/GEXtvFhnOY I'm stoked it's out so that we get to talk about something else at the dinner table
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Nature - In an information-abundant landscape, people can accurately judge the reputations of others by researching only a fraction of the available information while forgiving some instances of...
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Some theory on community assembly https://t.co/QGxeN5RcO0 A link for downloading PDF: https://t.co/qdIoFZ2X9L
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Very stoked to share that I am joining @Princeton EEB as an Assistant Professor in Jan 2025. If studying evolution using genomes AND popgen data from 100s of species sounds interesting, do reach out! I’ll be recruiting at all levels for work spanning field to wet lab to comp bio.
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I'm proud to take on this role @ESAMonographs and to continue supporting long-format science and the journals of not-for-profit professional societies like @ESA_org
Welcome aboard, @rob_pringle!🙌
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Check out all these great contributions in the new issue of @ESAMonographs! Predicting extinction in networks Theory linking social interactions to demography Drivers of mosquito-borne parasite transmission Ecosystem impact of restoring apex predators to food webs And more!
Our May issue is out! With cover-tortoise "Samuel," one of the few survivors in a long-running study by Blake et al. tracking Galapagos tortoise hatchlings Find the study - and others in the issue - here: https://t.co/c7vfzEtM1n
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What determines microbiome composition? Using a free-living population of hybrid zebras 🦓, we test four hypotheses: diet, environment, morphophysiology, and maternal effects.
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The composition of mammalian gut microbiomes is highly conserved within species, yet the mechanisms by which microbiome composition is transmitted and maintained within lineages of wild animals...
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Absolutely thrilled to have been selected and awed by the company I am joining. Thank you, @GuggFellows and the larger ecosystem that supports all creative work in the arts and sciences. #guggfellows2024
Applause for the 2024 Fellows in the Natural Sciences! In their research, these scientists are tackling topics like sea level change, new approaches in cancer treatment, and what we can learn from megafauna. https://t.co/ggSDhNg61K
#guggenheimfellows2024
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I am so grateful to Mpala Research Centre and all of its staff for the incredible opportunities and support I've had over these last 20 years. Asante sana🐘
Congratulations to two Mpala researchers, Dr. @rob_pringle and Dr. Corina Tarnita from @Princeton, who received the 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship.
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Seven #PrincetonU faculty members have been named 2024 @GuggFellows, the largest faculty cohort since 2017. This year’s recipients are Angela Creager, Rebecca Lazier, Jan-Werner Müller, @rob_pringle, @KimLaneLaw, Anna Shields and Corina Tarnita.
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This year’s recipients are Angela Creager, Rebecca Lazier, Jan-Werner Müller, Robert Pringle, Kim Lane Scheppele, Anna M. Shields and Corina Tarnita. Three graduate alumni and one undergraduate alum...
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@rob_pringle Presentation by Bebo Tenente: Multi-modal food partitioning by savanna ungulates: niche differentiation along plant-taxonomy and foraging-height axes in spiral-horned antelopes (Tragelaphus spp.) #SSNM2024
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Serengeti’s ‘breathtaking’ mammal migration shaped by grazers’ diets | Science | AAAS
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Camera traps, dung, and GPS capture new details of annual trek by zebras, wildebeests, and gazelles
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In his annual State of the University letter, President Eisgruber calls Princeton “stronger than ever” and urges all Princetonians to serve as ambassadors for the University and for the value of higher education in America. Read the letter: https://t.co/niPLgha3Ql
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A new study from #PrincetonU researchers shows, in real-time, what helps wildlife endure a cyclone.
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Research on a massive storm at Gorongosa National Park offers strategies for wildlife managers around the world.
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Super excited to announce that I am looking to fill a 2-year position for a Postdoc fellowship on African wildlife ecology, evolution, and conservation genetics. Please see the full advertisement link here:
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Happy Thanksgiving! I’m grateful for an amazing job that lets me celebrate incredible and impactful science. I love covering @rob_pringle’s team and their incredible work with the ecosystem recovery of Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park.
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