Behaviour, ecology, evolution & conservation. Particularly parental care, life-histories etc. Likes beetles and other whole organisms. Has eclectic enthusiasms.
University of Exeter, Cornwall
Joined February 2022
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This is the first known video of the Amazon weasel, a rare small carnivore. Filmed by a group of coffee producers in Bolivia, where the species hadn't been recorded before.
An example of the importance of citizen science to #biodiversity knowledge.
👉 bit.ly/3LrWmfl
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Mini backpacks track movements of rare beetle bbc.in/3KPKtQe
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Our 2023 #BugsMatter survey results are out today, and the news is alarming. The data indicates a 78% fall in the abundance of flying insects in the UK since 2004. 🧵
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Parenting can be tough...
ALT A Wolf Spider carrying lots of her young offspring on her back. The mothers head is visible showing small, black shiny eyes and covered in hairs containing browns and blacks. The young spiders are huddled together and you can make out the yellow bodies and transparent legs.
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I did this MSc course back in 2019/20 and couldn't recommend it enough! 🦔
Cornwall is a beautiful place to live, and the Penryn Campus is no exception - plus you'll be learning from ground breaking researchers... learn more about it in the Q&A next Weds 🦗
LOVE #EVOLUTION? LOVE #BEHAVIOUR? Join our MSc Evolutionary&Behavioural Ecology @UniExeCEC in Cornwall ex.ac.uk/evolutionary. Online session to meet our fantastic students&staff on Wed Dec 6 1700, Fri Dec 8 1300 GMT. Register: ex.ac.uk/pgtSessions
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LOVE #EVOLUTION? LOVE #BEHAVIOUR? Join our MSc Evolutionary&Behavioural Ecology @UniExeCEC in Cornwall ex.ac.uk/evolutionary. Online session to meet our fantastic students&staff on Wed Dec 6 1700, Fri Dec 8 1300 GMT. Register: ex.ac.uk/pgtSessions
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*New #evolution paper* Sparrow-weaver mothers lay larger eggs when they will have more help feeding chicks. Maternal reaction norms to help are *opposite* for egg size & nestling feeding rate. Cool. But why do this? 1 of 3. Fine work @p_capi. tinyurl.com/2djsp6zd #ExeterCEC
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Culling-induced perturbation of social networks of wild geese reinforces rather than disrupts associations among survivors
Shows importance of generalised social system-based theory to understand how different species respond to management intervention
🔗doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14…
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If anyone is thinking about MSc programs, this new initiative covers our conservation, marine, eco/eco options (and more interdisciplinary things) at UoE penryn
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#invasivespecies have much, much further to spread, Henry Häkkinen, @DaveHodgson00 and I found. #PLOSBiology: Global terrestrial invasions: Where naturalised birds, mammals, and plants might spread next and what affects this process. shorturl.at/kpBZ5. pls RT
ALT Russel Lupins come from North America and are invasive in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Despite being widespread, they could spread even further throughout the coasts of Australia and New Zealand, and much of Europe. "Russell Lupins. ( Lupinus polyphyllus) NZ." by Bernard Spragg is marked with CC0 1.0.
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!!PhD Opportunity!! Seeking ecological statistician to work with us on epidemiology of bovine tuberculosis in wild badgers, please RT exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/a… @UniExeCEC
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Exciting PhD project for competitive funding (start date Sept/Oct '24), exploring how gut microbiota affect pesticide resistance in aphids! The project is based at UExeter's wonderful Cornwall campus @uniexecec in collab w @Rothamsted: tinyurl.com/wuddbhew
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Scientists observed flocks of Canada geese before and after a population-management cull in which about 20% of the birds were killed. Some animal species increased 'social connectivity', mixing with many new individuals. @UniExeCEC @RoyleResearch news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of…
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First proper evening of last PhD fieldwork season, the Devon mizzle is out in full force in this beautiful fragment of Temperate Atlantic Rainforest 😍
#RadioTracking #BlueGroundBeetle
#Dartmoor #Carabusintricatus
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This is nothing less than a stitch-up. Mega-wealthy landowners are commercialising access to nature & wild camping for their own profit, and holding the public hostage - we must continue the campaign for free & open access
@guyshrubsole @Right_2Roam
theguardian.com/environment/…
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Dartmoor landowner who won wild camping ban may be putting rare Blue Ground Beetle at risk by letting his pheasants roam in a National Nature Reserve theguardian.com/environment/…
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1/3: Exciting news - we are hiring an evolutionary biologist at a level equivalent to an assistant professor (technically as a 2 year fellowship, but expectation is to transition to permanent post after 2 years). bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy.aspx…
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Using behavioural ecology to solve applied problems! BBSRC funded PhD opportunity with me + @erik_postma @UniExeCEC and the amazing @C_C_Ioannou from @BristolUni. Contact me for more info, apply via findaphd.com/phds/project/ex… please RTWT
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🚨Job Alert 🚨 Please Retweet 🙂
Fully funded PhD-position on:
"Social competition within- and among-species: drivers of pace-of-life in wild passerine birds?"
Application deadline: 15.11.2022
👇Details below 👇
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