Thrilled to share our new paper out in @science.org, led by François Leroy and Petr Keil! Using the Breeding Bird Survey, we document not only a continent-wide decline in bird abundance since the 1980s — but, crucially, the acceleration of these declines over time. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We are seeking to appoint four full-time field assistants to work on the Wytham Tit Project for 4-8 weeks in spring 2026. Two 8-week field assistants will join the nest monitoring team; duties for these posts will include (i) collecting standardised data from nest-box breeding populations of blue and great tits, (ii) catching and ringing parent birds, (iii) ringing nestlings, and (iv) inputting data collected in the field. These positions with run from approximately Tuesday 7th April to Monday 1st June. Successful candidates for these positions must have (or be qualified to obtain) a BTO permit to ring adult great tits and blue tits. A further two field assistants will be hired to support a project collecting behavioural (foraging) data for great tits breeding in the Wytham population. These roles will involve a significant amount of nightwork. Duties will include (i) setting up and calibrating electronic tracking equipment and nest box cameras in the field, (ii) mapping tracking equipment locations using GPS, (iii) helping with catching and ringing parent birds and fitting tracking devices, (iv) assisting with mistnetting to re-trap tagged parents, and (v) inputting data collected in the field. These positions with be approximately 7 and 4 weeks in duration, starting from 13th April and 4th May, respectively. Possession of a BTO ringing permit with misnet endorsement and driving license are highly desirable for these roles. All fieldwork will take place in Wytham Woods, near Oxford. All Successful candidates must be able to demonstrate skill and enthusiasm for biological research as well as experience of fieldwork under arduous conditions, and both lone work and working as part of a team. Due to the short-term nature of these posts, successsful applicants must already have the right to work in the UK. Salary & Accommodation: Field assistants will be paid at grade 5.2 (£17.37/hour). Contact eleanor.cole@Biology.ox.ac.uk
We are hiring at the Wytham Woods for the upcoming field season. 4 roles available. Please share with anyone who might be interested. #UKbirds #birdringing
Lecture B02 of Statistical Rethinking 2026. Multilevel model expansion: workflow, cluster and feature engineering, non-centered parameterization, dank memes. Continues next week with models of population covariance and (if there is time) group-level confounding and "Mundlak machines".
We are recruiting several PhD students. If you are interested in conservation conflicts, population ecology, quantitative ecology, or biodiversity, check these projects out (links in the thread, feel free to reach out):
Got very tricky photos during a bird survey in Jiangsu China. Here is the eagle eye challenge: spot and identify the bird (left to right-easy to difficult)!
Happy reunion after ten years in the 18th ornithology conference of China - how time swifts! (The second is in 2015:)
Large citizen science datasets are powerful tools for biodiversity science, but they may have biases. Nice new paper from @louisbackstrom.bsky.social et al. showing that for eBird and Birdtrack lists there is a tendency for rare species to be over-represented
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
🎉We have announced a new professorship at the University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪 to celebrate our Crown Princess’s 50th birthday!
🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling
📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines!
🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
Attribution of vegetation change to climate change: here we compared vegetation time series to simulations from a process model forced with observed and counterfactual (detrended) climate data. Trends in climate necessary for the model to emulate vegetation trends www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/3
📢 Post doc! Want to join our team?
We are looking for 3 post docs in biodiversity science, genetic indicator assessment, and ecological statistics for a fixed term of 2 years!
Come unravel the drivers and consequences of global change on biodiversity with us!
DL 24.9.
#universityofhelsinki
Less than a week left to apply for this PhD position.
If interested, email me by 27 July (5 PM, Melbourne time). Please review the application requirements carefully before submitting your application. See more about our research here shawanchowdhurylab.com.
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Thank you!❤️
Thank you Ben!!😄
Just signed off all the necessary documents today and I'm happy to announce that I officially join the School of Life Science at Nanjing University as an assistant professor!
Postdoc position with Erin Saupe at Oxford on whales past and present my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Erin’s great! And who doesn’t like whales? 🐋🐳
One week until Blitz the Gap (www.blitzthegap.org) starts - a Canada-wide event to fill biodiversity data gaps with iNaturalist! @laura-pollock.bsky.social
Deadline tomorrow 12th of May
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Submit your abstract for presentations, lightning talks or posters at #LivingData2025 ⭐
Deadline: 20 May 2025
Submit now: 🔗 livingdata2025.com/sessions.html
Join @tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org and #InstitutoHumboldt in Bogota (Oct 21–24)
Please check out our new review in BioScience!
We describe how spatial climate analogs can be used in climate change research, impact assessment, decision-making, and communication.
#MacroEcology
#ClimateChange
#GlobalChange
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Our PhD level course Ecology of Animal Migration at @biologylu.bsky.social is now open for applications! The course will run this November (3-14th) and cover various theoretical and practical aspects of migration ecology.
See: www.biology.lu.se/phd-studies/...
I wrote a journal club for Nature Reviews Biodiversity to reflect on the ways one of my favourite papers shaped (and keeps shaping) my research!
Spoiler alert: We need to summarise biodiversity change as a multi-species process, rather than a collection of separate trends
doi.org/10.1038/s443...
Are we communicating biodiversity change effectively? Andy Gonzalez (@bio-diverse.bsky.social) argues that focusing solely on loss risks disengagement — scientists must highlight solutions too. 🌱Tune in to #InsideBiodiversity tomorrow and subscribe today: insidebiodiversity.podigee.io
*** Academic BFD alert ***
We just published a new global bird phylogeny. It synthesizes the work of thousands of researchers before us, and it will grow and improve over time. @snacktavish.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
So happy to share our Review paper
A well-connected Earth: The science and conservation of organismal movement
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🐦Post-doctoral position in Avian Behaviour.🐦
Examining the evolution of escape behaviour in threatened bird species as part of an ARC-funded project
Deakin Careers: careers.pageuppeople.com/949/cw/en/jo...
Seek: www.seek.com.au/job/83533248
We are looking for two PhD researchers to work on the resilience of #biodiversity and ecosystem functions across a landscape gradient in the #Netherlands!
4-years, fully funded, great place @w-u-r.bsky.social, apply by 12.5.24.
Feel free to get in touch with questions!
www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
“It’s like claiming to have brought Napoleon back from the dead by asking a short French man to wear his hat.”
A short piece in The Conversation by me on why “de-extinction” is nothing of the sort, and bad, bad conservation.
theconversation.com/why-de-extin...
This is brilliant from Rich Grenyer on the Dire Wolf hype: "It’s like claiming to have brought Napoleon back from the dead by asking a short French man to wear his hat"
