Biotic interactions biogeography: A framework for understanding how species interactions shape biodiversity patterns across scales 🧪🌐https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003813

Biotic interactions biogeography: A framework for understanding how species interactions shape biodiversity patterns across scales

Biogeography and ecology have long developed in parallel. This Essay explores how new data on species interactions across large scales now allow their integration, opening fresh insights into how biod...

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🌿 We are hiring a new 2-yr postdoc in @econovoau.bsky.social at @aarhusuniint.bsky.social, on large-#herbivore ecology, trophic #rewilding & novel ecosystems- asking when alien & feral #ungulates enhance biodiversity & when they contribute to degradation🐪🐎🦓 Deadline: 28 June 2026. Details below 👇

How do we know our research results are REAL? We replicate them! Most folks agree but lament on how hard it is to publish these replications. My dearest gentle reader, lament no more! Delighted to unveil: Replication Studies, a new section of Behavioral Ecology 1/ academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...

Replication studies: a win-win for early-career training and behavioral ecology

Replicating previous research builds confidence that results are real and meaningful. But close replications are rare due to limitations in resources and d

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Great to see this new stable sulfur isotope map (δ34S) and its application for tracing outbreak dispersal events in insects! 🌐 Time to move on with the pan-African sulfur isoscape we work on. #insects #movement #migration #isotopes Paper: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

In our new paper, published yesterday, we use the long-term data set of Wytham Woods to show that great tits have maintained stable temperature at breeding despite the almost 2ºC increase in Spring temperature. w. E. Cole, C. Regan & @sheldonbirds.bsky.social Link -> www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

We're accepting proposals for our Special Feature! We invite scientists and practitioners to share experiences from management projects that didn't go to plan, but still provided important insights into how best to manage ecosystems and species🌱 ⏰Submit by 30th April More here👇 buff.ly/EXXBFsJ

🔊 PUBLISH WITH IBIS There are a multitude of reasons to submit your #ornithology manuscript to IBIS 🐦 1️⃣ IBIS is society-owned: your submissions support the BOU’s charitable activities and develop the ornithological community Read more: bou.org.uk/ibis/auth... 🧵⬇️

Small migratory birds cross deserts and seas as part of their annual migration. But how? Our new study shows how thrush nightingales do it: by flying night after night and stopping during the day, when they remain innactive🐦➡️(1/3) doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... @royalsocietypublishing.org #BirdMigration

🐦 New PhD position! @prfju.bsky.social @ckecz.bsky.social Nest defence in passerine birds Interested in animal behaviour, fieldwork and evolutionary ecology? 📅 Start July 2026 | ⏳ 4 years | 💰 Fully funded Apply by May 10 → veselp03@jcu.cz / krausl07@jcu.cz #PhDjobs #PhDchat #PhD #ornithology

Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.

AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals

Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.

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I wonder how many migratory birds will not make it back to Europe this year. A 1000-km long dust wall combined with strong S winds is very likely lethal for many of them. #ornithology 🌐 #birdmigration #birds

Zoom Earth@zoom.earth · 4mo ago

Very strong Mistral winds coming out of Europe drove this ferocious dust storm

We're hiring an Assistant Professor of Ecology! Come and join me and a great group of colleagues at University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Our job ad: efhc.fa.ca2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... Message me if you have questions. @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social @uwindsor.bsky.social

Looks like a fundamental study and approach ... Limited thermal tolerance in tropical insects and its genomic signature. Insects at high elevations utilize plasticity to cope with rising temperatures, whereas lowland species have limited plastic abilities. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪🌐

Limited thermal tolerance in tropical insects and its genomic signature - Nature

A survey of tropical insect populations and thermal tolerance limits indicates that species from lowland areas have low capacity to survive increased temperatures, and that thermal tolerance is limite...

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NEW #avian #sample #metadata @avisample.net > 3,600 #feather samples from 11 duck species collected between 2007 and 2024 in the US and Canada! Explore AS05357–AS0588 here: avisample.net/samples #reuse #ornithology #birds

North American bird populations are not only declining, but they’re also shrinking faster with each passing year—particularly in regions shaped by intensive agriculture, according to a new study in Science. https://scim.ag/4bkrafP

Acceleration hotspots of North American birds’ decline are associated with agriculture

Human activities might have accelerated declines of population abundance, but this acceleration remains underexplored. Using 1033 North American Breeding Bird Survey routes, we analyze abundance chang...

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The latest European Grassland Butterfly Indicator is out. It shows that grassland butterflies have declined by 47% since 1991, indicating a huge loss of grassland biodiversity. The data come from 16,150 transects & 15,000 volunteers. We are calling for urgent action. www.bc-europe.eu/documents/69...

If I were looking for a PhD topic right now, I wouldn’t hesitate for a second... Apply!!!! 🌐🦜🌍

Paul Dufour@pauldufour80.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🚨 PhD offer (please share) Fascinated by bird migration and movement ecology? 🦜🌍 Join us at @vogelwarte.bsky.social to study annual cycle energetics with multi-sensor loggers in multiple species Deadline: 20 Feb 2026 Starting: June 2026 Supervision: Martins Briedis & me Info: tinyurl.com/2dbv9nzh

Trump has been in office for one year. We at @nature.com did a deep dive looking at the administration's disruption of science in numbers. Take a look—the numbers are staggering. By me, @dangaristo.bsky.social, Jeff Tollefson, @kimay.bsky.social, & help from @noamross.net @scott-delaney.bsky.social

US science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remains

A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.

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A data collection mission that began in 2012 is finally released as AVONICHE. Designed as a companion to AVONET bird trait database and updated to Avilist taxonomy, it’s an Open Access dataset providing updated diets and a detailed breakdown of foraging behaviours used by all bird species. 🪶🌐

Ferran Sayol@ferransayol.bsky.social · 7mo ago

New paper out! 🐦📊 We realease AVONICHE, a global dataset with detailed information on the proportional use of 32 foraging niches, combining dietary categories with the behaviours and substrates used to access resources. Openly access the paper and data in GEB: doi.org/10.1111/geb....

Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!

We are happy to announce that the next EOU Conference will be in Brno, Czech Republic in 2027! Check our website eounion.org and follow us on social media for regular updates! #ornithology #EOU2027

Thank you very much for your talk and contribution! The systematic mapping was kicked off successfully with >2,000 papers screened so far!

Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar@asanchez-tojar.bsky.social · 9mo ago

At 10:00 🇵🇹, I’ll be speaking at the #EUFLYNET workshop about: “Rethinking standards in #evidencesynthesis for reliable ecology & evolution” 🐦 Many thanks to @ecobrlik.bsky.social for the kind invitation & for leading what'll surely be a fantastic systematic map (protocol 👉 doi.org/10.57808/pro...)

Happy to be at #EOU2025! 🐦🏙️ If you want to know, how does urbanization impact migratory bird seasonal distribution (and you didn't manage to come to my poster yesterday), don't hesitate to find me and ask! @eounion.bsky.social

Introducing "The SORTEE Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology" The first standardised set of data editor guidelines. Led by SORTEE with input from numerous data editors across ecology and evolution. 🔗 doi.org/10.32942/X24...

The SORTEE Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

This is a Preprint and has not been peer reviewed. This is version 1 of this Preprint.

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If you think the seasons are feeling… different, you may be right. Our new review in Science (@science.org) shows that Earth’s changing rhythms could have major and underestimated consequences for life on Earth. 🌍🧵 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Ecological and evolutionary consequences of changing seasonality

Climate change and other anthropogenic drivers alter seasonal regimes across freshwater, terrestrial, and marine biomes. Seasonal patterns affect ecological and evolutionary processes at different eco...

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Important piece by Gittleman - “It’s impossible to separate human health from health of the natural world. Ecology is the unifying science that integrates knowledge..[the] One Health approach is unlimited, exciting, & necessary for the health of life on our planet” www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪🌎🌐🌾

Just a few days left to apply! PhD position on migration and demography of Blackpoll Warblers with @ryannorrissci.bsky.social - don’t miss your chance! #ornithology #birds #migration 🌐

Ryan Norris@ryannorrissci.bsky.social · last yr.

New PhD position available on blackpoll warblers with fieldwork in the boreal forest and tropics. @audubon.org @birdscanada.bsky.social @vtecostudies.bsky.social

We’re hiring a postdoc (2+ years) in macroecology and macroevolution in my new lab at CZU Prague: www.researchgate.net/job/1021667_...

POSTDOCTORAL DATA SCIENTIST IN MACROECOLOGY AND MACROEVOLUTION (2+ YEARS IN PRAGUE) at Czech University of Life Sciences Prague in Prague, CZECHIA

May 12, 2025 | We invite applications for a full-time, two-year data scientist postdoctoralposition (with potential for an extension) spanning large-scale... | NEW JOB

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Another fantastic @bou.org.uk event! A full day at the museum combined with BSky conference. #BOUasm25 Don't miss the abstract deadline for oral presentations - it's coming up on 15 April! BSky-only abstracts have a bit more time - due late July. Find out more: bou.org.uk/event/a-day-...

A day at the museum | #BOUasm25 - British Ornithologists' Union

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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU)@bou.org.uk · last yr.

🔈 SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT NOW! #BOUasm25 | A day at the museum: collections-based ornithological research in a changing world | 18 Nov 2025 | Natural History Museum, London bou.org.uk/event/a-d... Deadline: 15 April #ornithology 🪶

2020. Seasonal dietary changes increase the abundances of savanna herbivore species | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Seasonal dietary changes increase the abundances of savanna herbivore species

African savanna herbivores that migrate or change diets seasonally are more populous than their specialist counterparts.

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