Very happy to share that our paper presenting a framework for optimal movement decisions in complex landscapes has just been published in TREE @stephharris.bsky.social @jacobnabe.bsky.social tinyurl.com/d45s36y5

@jacobnabe.bsky.social @paolosegre.bsky.social @marinemammalsau.bsky.social

Marine Ecology Progress Series@meps-ir.bsky.social · last yr.

🦤🌐🧪 Inshore South African Bryde’s whales show within-population foraging plasticity. Individual whales use different modes of lunge-feeding, at different depths and within the same feeding dive, revealing how whales optimize the depth and time of a foraging event bit.ly/meps_761_115

Our Senior Researcher Fredrik Christiansen recently completed the third photogrammetry field season on bowhead whales in Disko Bay, Greenland. See Thread. 🌐🌏🐋🧪 @FChristiansen.bsky.social #marinemammology #ecology #cetaceanresearch #Arctic #MarineEcology #Research #Science

🔊 Breaking news on foraging plasticity: Bryde's whales can decide to interrupt ongoing feeding for different reasons🐋🐟👀... Find out more on one of my PhD chapters we just published on Ethology Ecology & Evolution. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… @marinemammalsau.bsky.social 🧪

Where should we build offshore wind farms for minimimal impacts on marine species? Discussed by Jacob Nabe-Nielsen from @au.dk on #Naturmødet in Hirtshals. He presented results from the Screening project that will facilitate a sustainable green transition in Denmark #dkgreen #Marineecology 🧪 🌐 🐋

Developing and testing the models demands a wealth of diverse data and a very dedicated team! From tagging projects to stranding records, we gather critical information on animal movement, energetics, and population structure to inform and refine these models 🐬 #marinemammalresearch @au.dk

Our researchers use a variety of models, including DEPONS (depons.eu), which simulates the effects of noise disturbance on harbor porpoises. By simulating how noise impacts their movement and foraging success, DEPONS can assess the impacts of offshore wind farm construction and ship traffic. 🛥️🐬

New paper: The composition of Arctic plant communities appears to be more related to fine-scale environmental variation than to large-scale variation in summer temperatures, and microhabitat buffering may thus delay the effects of #ClimateChange at least in W Greenland doi.org/10.1002/ecog... 🌱🧪🌐

My first fieldwork activity in my new position at AU’s marine mammal research section! 🐻‍❄️🐬🦭@marinemammalsau.bsky.social

Marine Mammal Research at Aarhus University, Ecoscience@marinemammalsau.bsky.social · last yr.

The grey seal is back in Denmark after nearly a century!🦭 'To inform management of the budding Danish breeding population, we are telemetry tagging and genetically profiling a sample of the few pups born in 🇩🇰 to get data on their relatedness, movements and habitat use.´- Anders Galatius 📷 Last week

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In our new paper in @science.org, we show that tropical forests are changing over time, but too slowly to track climate change. Our article, led by @jeaggu.bsky.social just out: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @naturerecovery.bsky.social @forestplots.bsky.social

Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change

Understanding the capacity of forests to adapt to climate change is of pivotal importance for conservation science, yet this is still widely unknown. This knowledge gap is particularly acute in high-b...

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New paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social on seabird wind use and foraging decisions! doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... We estimated wind selectivity in Manx shearwaters and explored how birds handle the trade-off between being wind efficient and targeting known foraging areas @sosbangor.bsky.social

Do you work with individual-based models of birth, death and movement? We have a review paper for you, part of a special collection for the journal Interface’s 20th birthday! doi.org/10.1098/rsif...

Exciting news! Our reports on the impact of offshore wind farms on wildlife in Denmark, including marine mammals, are now available: dce.au.dk/fileadmin/dc.... Great initiative by the Danish Energy Agency commissioning this important work 🧪🦭🐋 #dkgreen #AarhusUni

New paper out – will hopefully benefit #conservation of harbour porpoises in Denmark – and demonstrates how we can get reliable distribution maps from other parts of the world 🌐🧪

Floris M van Beest@beestfloris.bsky.social · last yr.

New study out!! 25 years of harbour porpoise tracking data shows a decline in overlap between habitat suitability and the location of MPAs across the North Sea–Baltic Sea transition zone. Relevant info for the design of future MPAs under the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030! shorturl.at/scIGB

Excellent paper using individual-based models to explore management options for invasive trees Modelling alternative management strategies of invasive tree species at the expansion front: Ligustrum lucidum as a case study 🌎🌐 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Modelling alternative management strategies of invasive tree species at the expansion front: Ligustrum lucidum as a case study

The management of invasive non-native species is a global challenge, particularly for long-lived trees. Individual-based models (IBMs) and expert knowledge are valuable tools for evaluating different...

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Global decline in net primary production underestimated by climate models. www.nature.com/articles/s43... 🌐

Global decline in net primary production underestimated by climate models - Communications Earth & Environment

Earth system models underestimate the decline in net primary productivity associated with ocean warming, meaning future net primary productivity decline is more likely than currently estimated, accord...

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Paper suggesting the term Regenerative Good Growth www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17...

How the Concept of “Regenerative Good Growth” Could Help Increase Public and Policy Engagement and Speed Transitions to Net Zero and Nature Recovery

Just and fair transitions to low-carbon and nature-positive ways of living need to occur fast enough to limit and reverse the climate and nature crises, but not so fast that the public is left behind....

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Marine #heatwaves in the #Mediterranean are set to intensify and persist across depths, posing a major threat to marine ecosystems, even within protected areas. This 3D study reveals long-lasting and intense MHWs under #ClimateChange, challenging #conservation🧪🌍🌐 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Looking for a good place to get news about issues related to global ecology, biodiversity, and conservation? Then you add the Global Ecology feed to your feed list 🌐. And connect to other people with the same interests w starter pack: bsky.app/starter-pack.... DM @global-ecology.bsky.social to join.

Exciting study - will help us getting a more holistic understanding of the impacts of offshore wind.

Exeter Marine@exetermarine.bsky.social · 2y ago

🌟NEW PAPER! 🌟 @tonybicknell.bsky.social et al discuss the role of acoustic telemetry and the effects of offshore wind infrastructure on fish behaviour, populations and predation. Congrats to all involved! Paper linked in original post. ⬇️ 🧪🦑🐟🦤🌊🌐🌍

Very excited this paper is now out in Ecology Letters onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... #causalsky

Laura Dee@lauradee.bsky.social · 2y ago

Foundations and future directions for causal inference in ecological research, forthcoming w/ @katherinesiegel.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/4mm57zzd. We wrote it based on our experience teaching causal inference to ecologists w/ some stuff we wish other papers had reviewed to share w/ the students 1/n

Fantastic listening to Xiuqing Hao when she presented four years of research on effects of small boars on har our porpoises during her PhD defence today at Dept. Of Ecoscience @aarhusuni.bsky.social 😊 🧪

Excellent new review from @weatherwest.bsky.social @climate-guy.bsky.social @manuelaibrunner.bsky.social @climatechirper.bsky.social on one of the most useful organizing concepts I've run across for understanding climate impacts on extreme events - the "expanding atmospheric sponge" 1/🧵

Hydroclimate volatility on a warming Earth - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

Rapid transitions between extreme wet and extreme dry conditions — ‘hydroclimate whiplash’ — have marked environmental and societal impacts. This Review outlines observed and projected changes in hydr...

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Too early to conclude, but we are well on our way to another all-time record for January temperatures pulse.climate.copernicus.eu

🚨Postdoc Opportunity in Human Macroecology🌍Join @econovoau.bsky.social at @aarhusuni.bsky.social to study human #macroecology from a functional #trait perspective, in #archaeology + #ecology team led by @felixthehauskat.bsky.social👣 🗓️Deadline: Jan 31, 2025 👉Apply: international.au.dk/about/profil...

2-yr postdoc on human macroecology in a functional trait perspective Aarhus University - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - Department of Heritage Studies, Aarhus University

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The decreasing speed of the green transition is truly worrying. Governments must stop subsidising oil and gas and instead help speeding up the #greentransition to slow down #climatechange

Reuters@reuters.com · 2y ago

Major European energy companies doubled down on oil and gas in 2024 to focus on near-term profits, slowing down — and at times reversing — climate commitments in a shift that they are likely to stick with in 2025 reut.rs/4iRkzLL

Now THIS is quite concerning, to say the least. #environment 40 per cent of the world's soil is already degraded, but the problem could get much worse. Soil degradation threatens food supply and scientists are calling for action

Planet could 'cease to function' without action to address soil decay

The world's growing population is putting pressure on its arable land, and scientists warn 90 per cent of all soil could be degraded by 2050 unless urgent action is taken.

abc.net.au

Exciting that high-resolution movement datasets start becoming available for marine mammals.

Rachel Holser@rachelholser.bsky.social · 2y ago

Over 5 years of writing code, collating metadata, processing, QCing, reprocessing, QCing, reprocessing…… not to mention the weeks, months, & years of field work by a small army of researchers. I am SO excited that we’re sharing this incredible dataset. 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Want to lead a world-leading #biology department - see open position to head our dept international.au.dk/about/profil... @aarhusuni.bsky.social 🐋🌴🦇🦠 #ecology #evolution #physiology of #animals & #plants #aquaticbiology #microbiology #botany #conservation #rewilding #restoration, #ecosystems🐎🌐🌸🪰💩🌦️🐻‍❄️

Aarhus University is seeking a head of the Department of Biology at the Faculty of Natural Sciences (NAT) - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at Department of Biology, Aarhus University

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