Heiko G. Rödel
@heikorodel.bsky.social
Ecology and behavior, mostly mammals. Effects of early life conditions. R stats. Rabbitologist. Prof. at Univ. Sorbonne Paris Nord. Editor of Mammalian Biology. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CYj8VnoAAAAJ&hl=eng @leec-uspn.bsky.social
Should the term 'personality trait' be really used in animal personality studies? With Sasha Dall and @dingemanselab.bsky.social we don't think so. We explain why in this commentary published in Animal Behaviour. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
1/3 📢 Travel Grants for Annual Meeting 2026 The DGS is offering 5 small meeting grants (€500 each) for junior scientists to present their work at the upcoming Annual Meeting in Berlin. 🗓 Deadline: June 15, 2026 #MammalianBiology #EarlyCareerResearchers
1/2 New paper out in Mammalian Biology! 🐇 Stott, P., Taewcharoen, N., Martin, E.M. et al. Mechanisms enabling cursorial hares to make abrupt turns. Mamm Biol (2026). doi.org/10.1007/s429... 🧪 🦊
Mechanisms enabling cursorial hares to make abrupt turns - Mammalian Biology
Mammalian Biology - Cursorial hares of the genus Lepus are renowned for their athletic abilities but there is limited scientific information on how they achieve abrupt turns and how rapidly they...
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2/2 How do hares escape predators? Scientists discovered that hares under pursuit shift their back legs away from the direction of movement, which allows them to optimise speed while changing direction. Hares can turn a remarkable 130° in just 0.2s, causing predators to overshoot. Photo: Mike Rae.
In Nature Communications, our paper led by Viktoriia Radchuk shows that phenological change mediates global vertebrate responses to temperature. The study compiles 213 time series of phenotypes and population sizes, including data from Bylot. Read: urls.fr/w7ZKp9 @natcomms.nature.com 🧪🌿🌎🌐🦉🦑🦊🐻❄️
1/2 New publication in our Journal "Mammalian Biology" 📢 🧪 🦊 🦤 🌍 Granata, M., Di Paolo, F., Luciano, L. et al. How to catch a ghost? Comparing two camera trap-based monitoring methods for elusive small mustelids in the Italian Alps. Mamm Biol (2025). doi.org/10.1007/s429...
How to catch a ghost? Comparing two camera trap-based monitoring methods for elusive small mustelids in the Italian Alps - Mammalian Biology
Mammalian Biology - Small mustelids are increasingly recognized as species requiring conservation attention. In recent years, several camera-based methodologies have been developed to study them,...
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🦇 Save the Date 🦊 We’re excited to announce that the next Annual Meeting of the German Society for Mammalian Biology will take place from 21 - 25 September 2026 in Berlin! 📅 When: 21 - 25 September 2026 📍 Where: IZW & MfN, Berlin 🧪 More information coming soon!
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Save the date! 99th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Mammalian Biology Berlin 21 - 25 September 2026 ______________________________________________________________________
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Join our Student Course in Behavioral Biology in Paris. 5 invited talks on exciting topics in animal behavior, and round table discussion on AI. Free of charge, registration before 31 Oct (in person) and 12 Nov (online participation). Please RT. www-leec.univ-paris13.fr/pages/IFE.20...
Cedric Zimmer @cedriczimmmer.bsky.social · 11mo agoThe 8th International Student Course in Behavioural Biology organized by IFE will be held on November 17th-18th 2025. Join us on Condorcet campus (Aubervilliers) or online it's free!!!! leec.univ-paris13.fr/pages/IFE.20... @leec-uspn.bsky.social
Please RT! 📢 #Doctoral / #PhD position available with us at Leibniz-IZW for 4 years working at the interface of #wildlife + #disease #ecology, #veterinary sciences and #modelling. 🐗🐗🐗🐦🐦🐦 Training within #DFG #RTG 3069 led by @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social ▶️Apply here for P7: tinyurl.com/j2ehtz7m
Looking for enthusiastic candidates with training in behavioural ecology and experience in bird fieldwork. MSc also required!
Behavioral Ecology and Endocrinology Lab@behavecol-lab.bsky.social · 12mo agoPlease share!🙏 🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦
What a great experience the 2025 meeting in Siena was! We had inspiring talks, shared knowledge, sparked discussions, and strengthend the amazing community of mammalogists. A big thanks goes out to the coordination team and the Italian Mammal Society- Associazione Teriologica Italiana!
This is awesome! In a weird coincidence I created something similar a few weeks (github.com/rbcavanaugh/..., mostly with Claude because I’m course prepping 2.5 courses and have enough to do already). I’m glad someone has created something with a bit more intention.
GitHub - rbcavanaugh/toddler: Base R Functions to Mess Up Clean Data for Teaching
Base R Functions to Mess Up Clean Data for Teaching - rbcavanaugh/toddler
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@eseb2025.bsky.social Today's talk from our lab! 👇 Come and bring your curiosity and interest with you! #ESEB #ESEB2025
✨3 months until our online conference ! ✨ Discover our amazing plenary speakers in this video! Feel free to share with anyone who might be interested in attending. 🙌 Free registrations here : ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org #animalbehaviour #ethology #onlineconference #ABL2025
We have truly reached a moment in time where this is a perfectly accurate headline:
RFK Jr. defends $500M cut for mRNA vaccines with pseudoscience gobbledygook
He clearly has no idea what antigenic shift means.
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We had the pleasure of awarding the Fyssen International Prize last June to two outstanding laureates — Prof. Jean-Louis Deneubourg and @icouzin.bsky.social Prof. Iain Couzin — in recognition of the excellence of their work on the theme "Collective behavior across species".
The peer review process is a flawless system that has no issues whatsoever /s
When registering in the congress, consider becoming a SPE member and access reduced fees to register in the congress More info here 👇👇👇👇 etologia.pt/members-en/ #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology #EthologicalResearch #BehavioralEcology #BehavioralScience #cognition #societymembership
Bielefeld University seeks a postdoc for a 6-year scientific assistant position in Animal Behaviour, starting March 2026. Apply by Sept 10, 2025. More info: www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/biologie/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/behaviour #job
Animal Behaviour - Bielefeld University
With a team of over 50 people, the different research groups study animal behaviour within the framework of the four questions of Tinbergen, both in the lab and in the field. Current model systems include laboratory studies on zebra finches (
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The Local Organizing Commitee welcomes behavioral ecologists from across the world and of all career stages to enjoy a five-day meeting rich in top-notch science and ample networking opportunities in Turin (Italy), 20-24 July 2026.
We are looking for a Research Assistant to contribute to our ongoing analysis of dolphin acoustic data from West Wales - collaboration between @wtsww.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social 🐬 Deadline is 29th June - please share widely! www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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New PhD position in our group! Join us to study gull foraging ecology at sea using GPS and accelerometry data! You will be working here Amsterdam Movement Ecology group under supervision of @judyshamounb.bsky.social, @rooskentie.bsky.social and me. Apply here werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — PhD Position Gull Foraging Ecology in the North Sea - NO-REGRETS Project
Are you passionate about animal movement ecology? Interested in studying gull foraging ecology at sea? Apply for this unique PhD opportunity at the Department of Theoretical and Computational Ecology ...
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Last week season 10 of Fine finished. You can watch each of the exciting talks we had in this and all previous seasons on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/@seminaronfr...
Seminar on Frontiers in Social Evolution
International Remote Seminar on Frontiers in Social Evolution (FINE) • Meet weekly with people worldwide who are fascinated by social evolution. • Hear talks about sociality of naturally occurring p...
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We’re looking for two Research Ecologists. Apply online ➡️ www.bto.org/jobs #Ornithology These roles in our Terrestrial Ecology team focus on farmland, heathland & woodland bird projects using landscape-scale, local, volunteer & professional surveys. 📅 Closing date: Monday 16th June
1/3 DGS Meeting 2025 - Travel Grants for early career scientists - application open! 🧪 🦊 🌍 🦤 The DGS offers 5 grants of 300 € each to junior scientists who want to present their work at the 2025 meeting. Every pre-PhD DGS-member without own budget can apply.
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Abstract Submission Deadline Approaching! 🧪 DGS Meeting 2025 – Siena, Italy - Don’t miss your chance to present! 🔹 Deadline: 25 May 2025 🔹 Conference dates: 1 – 5 September 2025 Submit your abstract via the official conference website: www.congressi.unisi.it/dgsmeeting
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🚨The second paper from my PhD is out🚨 If you want to know more about infanticide in a small mammal species and whether females would delay pregnancies to avoid it, check out our new Behavioral Ecology paper🐹available at doi.org/10.1093/behe... @heikorodel.bsky.social @jasminfiroz.bsky.social
PhD opportunity on Oxytocin and social interactions across sexual systems in annelids. Research on the evolutionary conserved role of the “love hormone” at Univ. Sorbonne Paris Nord and Vienna University. Please RT! www-leec.univ-paris13.fr/documents/LE...
