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Abby Lawson

@AbsLawson

Research ecologist with the federal government. Alaskan, #birds, #alligators, #DecisionScience, and dogs.

 New Mexico
fwce.nmsu.edu/faculty-staff/abigail-lawson.html
Joined March 2015
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Second paper from my PhD has finally dropped on @ESAEcosphere! #OpenAccess Hidden in plain sight: Integrated population models to resolve partially observable latent population structure aka: the #alligator modeling paper 🐊 📈 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wi… 1/n

Hidden in plain sight: Integrated population models to resolve partially observable latent popula...

Population models often require detailed information on sex-, age-, or size-specific abundances, but population monitoring programs cannot always acquire data at the desired resolution. Thus, state...

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Ahem, is this thing on? 🎤 My account was hacked last week, 0/10 would not recommend Sorry to those of you who were spammed about gaming and blockchain… was tough to watch that play out from afar Back now, to tweet about science, but mostly dogs (if I’m being honest)
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Field day for the Lawson Lab! Heather Zimba (MS student) and Erica Christensen (postdoc), and I checked out prospective release sites for Bolson tortoises on @USFWSRefuges! 🐢
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It may be 2 weeks late, but I finally got my #TWS2022 talk recorded and uploaded Managed to only have 1 COVID coughing fit during the recording the required a pause Please clap.
Abby Lawson (@AbsLawson) profile pictureAbby Lawson@AbsLawson10 Nov 2022
Coming up this this afternoon at #TWS2022— check out my talk on expert elicitation for the alligator snapping turtle USFWS Species Status Assessment! (SCC-206B 2:30 PM) 🐢 This is part of a symposium on expert elicitation that is not to be missed
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For those keeping track at home, yes, this is the second year in a row that something weird has happened during my TWS recording... Learned from my mistake last year and kept the video off! nitter.cf/AbsLawson/status/14515…
Abby Lawson (@AbsLawson) profile pictureAbby Lawson@AbsLawson22 Oct 2021
Picked a really great time of day to record my #TWS2021 presentation.... 🤦‍♀️
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Well, guess I’ll add my #TWS2022 COVID superspreader data point Tested every ~12 hours once I got home Friday eve, faint line appeared yesterday AM (3rd from R), darker throughout the day One test is NOT enough!
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I wore a decent mask for the plane + most of #TWS2022 … except for when I went out to eat, but opted for smaller venues. I’m bivalently boosted, will be fine. Decided to #WFH this week to avoid infecting my Lab, and was a good call… though my partner may not fare as well
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Adventures in reviewing proofs: today I learned that "mechanical horsepower" is an imperial measurement, and "watts" is the proper SI unit Gotta say, my 60-hp boat motor sounds way more badass at 44,742 watts!!!
Pretty pumped about my new #WFH standing desk upgrade! Splurged and got a drawer, two power hubs, and a fancy fatigue mat My home “office” is also our gear room; much work + organization to be done. But hey, progress, not perfection!
A new adjustable standing desk with a drawer, a laptop and external monitor rest on top of it.

ALT A new adjustable standing desk with a drawer, a laptop and external monitor rest on top of it.

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Coming up this this afternoon at #TWS2022— check out my talk on expert elicitation for the alligator snapping turtle USFWS Species Status Assessment! (SCC-206B 2:30 PM) 🐢 This is part of a symposium on expert elicitation that is not to be missed
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Need to build a model, but don't have enough data? Ask the experts! Check out our #TWS2022 symposium on expert elicitation in wildlife management on Thursday 9/10, sponsored by @BiometricsTWS We have an excellent lineup of speakers!
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Make "Live, Laugh, Burnham & Anderson" a thing
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Cast my ballot on the first day of early voting in New Mexico this past weekend #GoVoteNM ... now I just need to make my #TWS2022 presentation
Conor McGowan (@cpmcbirds) profile pictureConor McGowan@cpmcbirds12 Oct 2022
BREAKING: The @wildlifesociety annual meeting in Spokane Nov. 6-11 is scheduled during election week in the US. So if you're traveling to the meeting, make a plan to vote early or vote by mail before you travel.
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🚨🚨 Just over one week left to apply for this awesome postdoc position! 🚨🚨 *Flexible start date and location *Hands-on experience working w/ agencies + decision makers *Funding for training + conferences Apps due Oct 24th, please apply/spread the word!
Abby Lawson (@AbsLawson) profile pictureAbby Lawson@AbsLawson8 Oct 2022
Hiring for a postdoc in the Lawson Lab focused on raptor take decision support for wind energy 🦅📈 Work w/ a stellar team including @howell_pe @Robinoj. Funding via @sc_casc @nmsu Salary: $58-63K DOE x 2 yrs; Due 10/24 Please RT! Full announcement: bit.ly/3DyjCWi
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Hiring for a postdoc in the Lawson Lab focused on raptor take decision support for wind energy 🦅📈 Work w/ a stellar team including @howell_pe @Robinoj. Funding via @sc_casc @nmsu Salary: $58-63K DOE x 2 yrs; Due 10/24 Please RT! Full announcement: bit.ly/3DyjCWi
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Are you looking for a job? The Lawson Lab in @nmsu_fwce and the New Mexico @USGSCoopUnits currently has THREE open positions! I am a #newPI with a growing and dynamic lab focused on population ecology + #DecisionScience Learn about the current MS, PhD, postdoc openings 🧵👇
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Hiring a #postdoc to work on decision support modeling for raptor take from wind energy Funding: $58-63K DOE + benefits; 2 years Location: Las Cruces, NM ; remote may be considered Start date: as soon as possible-early 2023 Apply here: airtable.com/shrBLubzTdwHteL… Due October 24th
Description for a postdoc position, learn more through this link: https://bit.ly/3DyjCWi

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It's worse than that. I'm on an email thread where a grad student set up an availability survey to identify a meeting time... Yet half the people in the email thread are just replying with their availability and refuse to fill out the form Neat-o.
Natalie Claire (@and_cities) profile pictureNatalie Claire@and_cities23 Sep 2022
Is it true; people in academia don’t sync their calendars? Like, when you need to arrange a meeting with a colleague it’s a back and forth email conversation until you find an available date/time. Coming from the tech world, I’m in shock. #phdvoice #AcademicTwitter @PhDVoice
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Two more weeks to apply for very exciting graduate assistantships in my lab in the New Mexico @USGSCoopUnits and @nmsu_fwce 🦆🐦 Rosy Finch isotopes + population ecology PhD: bit.ly/3euIX9q Waterfowl movement MS: bit.ly/3wXLEXc Applications due September 30th
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One time I was hiking in the mountains of southeast Alaska and an early fall snowstorm blew through When I took cover I could hear… bagpipes? Playing “Greensleeves” Thought I was dying 1/n 🧵
Hiking With Shawn (@hikingwithshawn) profile pictureHiking With Shawn
@hikingwithshawn9 Sep 2022
Do you think it’s rude for people to play music while hiking on public lands?
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Turns out, it was just a local guy practicing his bagpipe He goes to the mountains, to avoid annoying his neighbors, because turns out, bagpipes are VERY LOUD Once I knew I wasn’t at death’s door, I actually kind of loved it I approve of occasional bagpipes on public lands 2/2
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TFW your dog steals your sun hat and looks regal AF
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MS Assistantship in the Lawson & Wright Labs; field work in Spring 2023: #waterfowl use of stock tanks in AZ, derived from transmitter data. Please RT! 🦆🛰️ Includes 2 yrs of salary (TA/RA), partial tuition & health insurance support, +$ for conferences bit.ly/3wXLEXc
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Here is the link to the application portal: airtable.com/shr8wl1HgsJTmB3…
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PhD Assistantship in Ecology of Rosy Finches available in the Lawson Lab for Spring 2023! Includes 3.5 yrs of funding: RA-ship, tuition, health insurance, +$ conferences + training Focus is on popl'n ecology, stable isotopes, RFID feeders. Please RT! bit.ly/3euIX9q
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Why is New Mexico an amazing place to study Rosy Finches, you ask? Sandia Crest, NM is the southernmost point in which all three species co-occur! The student will have access to amazing long-term mark-recapture and feather sample datasets dating back to 2004 📸Laramie Audubon
Photo of Black, Gray-Crowned, and Brown-Capped Rosy Finches. Photo by Laramie Audubon

ALT Photo of Black, Gray-Crowned, and Brown-Capped Rosy Finches. Photo by Laramie Audubon

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