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Rebecca Senior

@rebeccasenior

Associate Prof at Durham University. Born and bred in the #HappyValley. Lover of #microclimate ecology, R and GIS, plus dogs🐢 and fell running πŸŒ„πŸƒβ€β™€οΈ

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20.12.2025 10:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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Early πŸŽ„πŸŽ: TWO interdisciplinary, funded PhDs! One w me as lead - ecosystem & human health outcomes of Biodiversity Net Gain w @northwildlife.bsky.social & Dr Auriba Raza @glasgow.ac.uk. Other led by Dr Katrin Prager @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social looking at nature markets for small-scale organic growers

20.12.2025 10:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely! A great decision. Perhaps we'll meet again at the next BES ceilidh 😊

19.12.2025 19:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was going to ask you at the ceilidh which journal you were editor for! Alas, it was carnage & it wasn't possible to ask haha πŸ˜‚ what an excellent mentor you have!

18.12.2025 20:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨Fun PhD! 🚨 Fieldwork in UK botanical hotspot - Upper Teesdale - cool tech (telemetry, drones, LiDAR) & microclimate modelling to understand land-use*climate interactions. With me & Sean Twiss @durham.ac.uk, Sarah Greenwood @stir.ac.uk & CASE partner @naturalengland.bsky.social
Link: rb.gy/vex2tm

18.11.2025 15:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a truly insane (in a good way!) and much needed piece of work. Well done @krystofchytry.bsky.social et al.!

15.11.2025 09:10 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

10 days left to apply for this postdoc with Andy Suggitt at
@northumbriauni.bsky.social, plus @tnewbold31.bsky.social at UCL & myself @durham.ac.uk! Integrating #microclimate into global #biodiversity models to understand climate*land-use interactions 🌍🌑️🌳
work4.northumbria.ac.uk#en/sites/CX_...

13.10.2025 07:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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everything is terrible but MY FAVORITE CONFERENCE IS BACK

Species on the Move - Sun Moon Lake - Taiwan - April 20-24, 2026

mark your calendars!!!

#speciesonthemove #speciesonthemove2026

14.07.2025 18:24 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

An opportunity not to be missed! The indomitable @thenaturedave.bsky.social advertising a fully funded 5-year PhD and 2-year postdoc (soon) at Rutgers in the US. I loved my time living in NJ & this is a chance to join what will no doubt be a fearsomely amazing lab. Apply or share!

25.08.2025 12:51 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Aye we looked into camping & definitely see the need for that option for hiding from rain!

18.08.2025 13:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Cool, thanks! Do you camp at Knepp? How long are you there for?

16.08.2025 13:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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How to set up your own microclimate network Back in 2021, we had an important thought: maybe we should start treating microclimate the same way we treat macroclimate. Weather and climate are monitored by national governments through organize…

New for all microclimate enthusiasts!

A step-by-step workflow to build your own sensor network - with awesome R code for site selection + tips on engagement, fieldwork & outreach.

Led with @thenaturedave.bsky.social and @rebeccasenior.bsky.social

πŸ”— the3dlab.org/2025/08/16/h...

16.08.2025 11:23 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Folks who run undergraduate ecology field courses in the UK - where do you go? I know the @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social centres are popular. Any others? (Ideally in N England or Scotland).

15.08.2025 15:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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A workflow for microclimate sensor networks: Integrating geographic tools, statistics, and local knowledge Wireless environmental sensors have become integral tools in environmental and conservation research, offering diverse data streams that complement tr…

Thrilled to share this OA paper (with code!) for designing #microclimate sensor networks. Led by @thenaturedave.bsky.social & @jlembrechts.bsky.social, plus Stijn Van de Vondel, Eric Greenlee, and former @durham-university.bsky.social student, Kian Hayles-Cotton
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

11.08.2025 14:47 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
book cover of the book "A Pocket Guide to Scientific Writing and Publishing" by Martin A. Nunez

book cover of the book "A Pocket Guide to Scientific Writing and Publishing" by Martin A. Nunez

Just got the final proofs of my bookπŸ’“

Available on Amazon worldwide next week
Very exciting!

I’ve packed into it everything I’ve learned about writing and publishing over the past 20 years

I really hope it helps many jump over the writing and publishing barriersπŸ’ͺ

05.08.2025 14:33 πŸ‘ 77 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 4
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That's a wrap! Thank you to the wonderful attendees of our inaugural @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social field event with @northwildlife.bsky.social and with support from @britishecologicalsociety.org . I have learnt loads & met many excellent people working on #rewilding in the region! πŸ‘πŸŒ±

11.07.2025 17:00 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Last talk of the #ExploringTheScienceOfRewilding @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social event by Rosie McCallum @newcastleuni.bsky.social & @northwildlife.bsky.social talking about #BNG in the North East

@britishecologicalsociety.org

11.07.2025 10:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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After great intro on drones by @camgoodhead.bsky.social @durham-university.bsky.social & Graham Holyoak from @northwildlife.bsky.social, now onto Duncan Hutt to talk about the Rothbury Estate at our #ExploringTheScienceOfRewilding @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social event @britishecologicalsociety.org

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Now moving onto the @northwildlife.bsky.social #rewilding project at West Chevington, former open cast coal mine

@bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social
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10.07.2025 13:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Next up on #ExploringTheScienceOfRewilding -@sahranhiggins.bsky.social @rewildingbritain.org.uk . Great talk about the RB monitoring framework and early work from pilot studies.

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10.07.2025 13:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tom Jameson from @forestresearchuk.bsky.social kicks off our #ExploringTheScienceOfRewilding @britishecologicalsociety.org event, organised by @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social & @northwildlife.bsky.social. Exciting couple of days coming up!

10.07.2025 09:43 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you for writing it! It sums it up perfectly πŸ˜„ (and reading this paper again, I'm reminded of how much it inspired me during my PhD - so thanks for that too!)

11.05.2025 14:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I FOUND IT. I once read a great line about how weather station data are only useful for things living on the weather station. I wanted to cite it but could never remember the damn paper! By sheer luck, it found me. From @mikekaspari.bsky.social in @globalchangebio.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2jyd4z72

11.05.2025 14:21 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Reimagining species on the move across space and time Climate change is already leaving a broad footprint of impacts on biodiversity, from an individual caterpillar emerging earlier in spring to dominant plant communities migrating poleward. Despite the ...

Absolute pleasure to contribute to this @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social paper out yesterday, cooked up at the Species on the Move (SOTM) Conference in 2023.

Takeaway: species on the move under climate change can move along many gradients and dimensions, at multiple scales!

doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

09.05.2025 08:01 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Update!! We have extended the deadline to 4th May and we're now inviting applications from anyone working on rewilding in North England or South Scotland. If that sounds like you, please apply to join us in July!

24.04.2025 17:41 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Doctoral Researcher, Biodiversity Change Doctoral Researcher, Biodiversity Change

I am recruiting a doctoral researcher to conduct research on tundra plants and microclimates πŸŒ±πŸŒ‘οΈπŸ’§β„οΈ Call ends April 25! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

16.04.2025 09:51 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Less than 1 week left to the deadline. Get those applications in!

15.04.2025 15:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We are very happy to announce that the next Microclimate Ecology & Biogeography (MEB) conference will happen in Montpellier (FRANCE), 1 - 5 June 2026 β˜€οΈ
meb-network.com/meb-2026/
Microclimate scientists: save the date in your agenda!!

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Group of people sitting outside eating lunch, and the text Summer Internship Programme 2025 Apply Now!

Group of people sitting outside eating lunch, and the text Summer Internship Programme 2025 Apply Now!

Reminder! ✨ Paid 6-week summer internships with UKCEH!

➑️ Are you a student looking for hands-on research experience?
➑️ Work on topics relevant to global environmental challenges
πŸ“… 30 June – 8 August 2025
πŸ“Bangor, Edinburgh, Lancaster, Wallingford

Deadline 2 April: www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/...

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