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Vojtech Brlik

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CZ MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow | Ecology of Seasonal Bird Migration | #birdmigration #ecology #conservation | @uofguelph.bsky.social & @sciencecharles.bsky.social & @czechacademy.bsky.social 📩 www.ivb.cz/en/person/vojtech-brlik/ | vojtech.brlik[at]gmail.com

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Vojtech Brlik @ecobrlik.bsky.social · Dec 7

Reposition of #sample #metadata has the potential to boost scientific impact in #biology.

Right now @natureportfolio.bsky.social: nature.com/articles/d41...

Our initiative was first introduced in @ibisjournal.bsky.social along with the @avisamplenet.bsky.social metadata repository.

#ornithology

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Jakub Hrouda @kuba-hrouda.bsky.social · Aug 20

Happy to be at #EOU2025! 🐦🏙️
If you want to know, how does urbanization impact migratory bird seasonal distribution (and you didn't manage to come to my poster yesterday), don't hesitate to find me and ask!
@eounion.bsky.social

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SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · Aug 20

Introducing "The SORTEE Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology"

The first standardised set of data editor guidelines. Led by SORTEE with input from numerous data editors across ecology and evolution.

🔗 doi.org/10.32942/X24...

The SORTEE Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

This is a Preprint and has not been peer reviewed. This is version 1 of this Preprint.

doi.org

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Jonathan Tonkin @jdtonkin.bsky.social · May 29

If you think the seasons are feeling… different, you may be right.
Our new review in Science (@science.org) shows that Earth’s changing rhythms could have major and underestimated consequences for life on Earth. 🌍🧵
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Ecological and evolutionary consequences of changing seasonality

Climate change and other anthropogenic drivers alter seasonal regimes across freshwater, terrestrial, and marine biomes. Seasonal patterns affect ecological and evolutionary processes at different eco...

www.science.org

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · Dec 13

Important piece by Gittleman - “It’s impossible to separate human health from health of the natural world. Ecology is the unifying science that integrates knowledge..[the] One Health approach is unlimited, exciting, & necessary for the health of life on our planet” www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪🌎🌐🌾

Photo of the front page of the paper - showing animals and plants and people encircled across the globe - There needs to be more emphasis on the ecological component of One Health as we consider the problems of biodiversity loss, climate extremes, habitat fragmentation, and emerging disease. Image credit: Shutterstock/BeataGFX.

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Vojtech Brlik @ecobrlik.bsky.social · May 24

Just a few days left to apply! PhD position on migration and demography of Blackpoll Warblers with @ryannorrissci.bsky.social - don’t miss your chance! #ornithology #birds #migration 🌐

Ryan Norris @ryannorrissci.bsky.social · Apr 28

New PhD position available on blackpoll warblers with fieldwork in the boreal forest and tropics. @audubon.org @birdscanada.bsky.social @vtecostudies.bsky.social

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Martin Bulla @martinbulla.bsky.social · May 13

We’re hiring a postdoc (2+ years) in macroecology and macroevolution in my new lab at CZU Prague: www.researchgate.net/job/1021667_...

POSTDOCTORAL DATA SCIENTIST IN MACROECOLOGY AND MACROEVOLUTION (2+ YEARS IN PRAGUE) at Czech University of Life Sciences Prague in Prague, CZECHIA

May 12, 2025 | We invite applications for a full-time, two-year data scientist postdoctoralposition (with potential for an extension) spanning large-scale... | NEW JOB

www.researchgate.net

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Vojtech Brlik @ecobrlik.bsky.social · Mar 29

Another fantastic @bou.org.uk event!

A full day at the museum combined with BSky conference. #BOUasm25

Don't miss the abstract deadline for oral presentations - it's coming up on 15 April! BSky-only abstracts have a bit more time - due late July.

Find out more: bou.org.uk/event/a-day-...

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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · Feb 10

2020. Seasonal dietary changes increase the abundances of savanna herbivore species | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Seasonal dietary changes increase the abundances of savanna herbivore species

African savanna herbivores that migrate or change diets seasonally are more populous than their specialist counterparts.

www.science.org

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Ivan Jaric @ivanjaric.bsky.social · Feb 7

On #Bluesky, #Twitter, #Mastodon, common #altmetrics indices, and their biases and (un)reliability – our new paper now published in @plosbiology.org , with @pavelpipek.bsky.social & @ananovoaperez.bsky.social doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#altmetric #plumx #socialmedia

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Vojtech Brlik @ecobrlik.bsky.social · Jan 31

🚨 Don't miss your chance for early-bird registration for this fantastic conference! 🚨

🗓️ Early-bird registration deadline: 3 Feb
🔗 bou.org.uk/event/fronti...

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Joachim Mergeay @jmergeay.bsky.social · Jan 29

Our global meta-analysis of changes in genetic diversity across the entire tree of life indicates pervasive loss of intraspecific diversity, but there is a glimmer of hope: conservation actions and management interventions can indeed make a difference. 👇

Catherine Grueber @cegrueber.bsky.social · Jan 29

Out now in @nature.com! Our comprehensive meta-analysis of global terrestrial and marine genetic diversity demonstrates rapid loss of genetic diversity and identifies conservation interventions that could mitigate this process
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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#consgen #PopGen

Global meta-analysis shows action is needed to halt genetic diversity loss - Nature

A comprehensive meta-analysis of global terrestrial and marine genetic diversity covering more than three decades of research demonstrates rapid loss of genetic diversity and identifies conservation i...

www.nature.com

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Javier Lazaro - illustration @lazaroillustration.bsky.social · Jan 25

And this is the paper figure of my Lonchura illustrations. Paper by Knief et al 2024 #Sciart

Paper figure with a philogenetic tree of different birds of the genus Lonchura and their geographical distribution. Paper by Knief et al 2024 published in Molecular Biology and Evolution.

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Michelle Wille @duckswabber.bsky.social · Jan 27

Between 2019 and 2023, researchers paid $8.968 billion to make papers open access. Imagine what else could be done with this money if it wasnt paid to for profit publishing companies...
👉 arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551

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Vojtech Brlik @ecobrlik.bsky.social · Jan 24

Please add me. scholar.google.com/citations?vi...

Vojtech Brlik

‪postdoc, University of Guelph & Charles University‬ - ‪‪Cited by 504‬‬ - ‪ecology‬ - ‪bird migration‬ - ‪tracking‬ - ‪stable isotopes‬ - ‪remote sensing‬

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Daniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · Jan 4

"A study of federally funded research projects in the United States estimated that principal investigators spend on average about 45% of their time on administrative activities related to applying for and managing projects rather than conducting active research"

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Vojtech Brlik @ecobrlik.bsky.social · Dec 13

Hi! Would you mind adding me to the list? Thanks!

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Vojtech Brlik @ecobrlik.bsky.social · Dec 12

Would you mind adding me too? @ibisjournal.bsky.social Thanks!

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Santiago Claramunt @sclaramunt.bsky.social · Nov 16

I'm recruiting a PhD student to join my lab at the University of New Orleans starting in Fall 2025. Research topics will focus on building and using phylogenies to study the diversification of birds, with an emphasis on Neotropical bird radiations. Contact me if interested.

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Paul Dufour @pauldufour80.bsky.social · Dec 11

For my first post here, I’m happy to share our new paper just published in @ibisjournal.bsky.social Thanks to a great team effort, we made a small step forward in the study of Siberian vagrants in Europe and clarified the status of two (pseudo) vagrants: the YBW & the Sib Chiffchaff. Some results 🧵

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Vojtech Brlik @ecobrlik.bsky.social · Dec 11

🚨 Internship Alert 🚨

Join us for research weaving of #birdmigration #ecology in Aug & Sep 2025. #ornithology

📍 Location: Brno, hosted by @czechacademy.bsky.social
💼 Funded: #EUFLYNET (www.euflynet.eu/stsms)
🔑 Required: R
🎯 Acquired: Systematic mapping

If interested, 📩 CV & 300-word motivation📝

Research weaving integrates systematic and bibliometric mapping tools such as citation networks and the mapping of the geographic distributions of research activities. This figure was adopted from Nakagawa et al. 2018 TREE.

Geographic distribution of affiliations reported in studies on topics associated with sexual selection. This is an example of the product the intern will work on using the data from screening of studies in avian migration ecology. Figure adopted from Pollo et al. 2014 Biological Reviews.

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Ondrej Mottl 🌿💻📈🌍⏳ @ondrejmottl.bsky.social · Nov 16

Exciting opportunity! 🌱Join our Lab of Quantitative Ecology at Charles University, Prague! 🇨🇿
Fully funded PhD in Functional Vegetation Paleoecology.

📅Start October 2025 - Apply by January 15

Details: bit.ly/PhD_Function...

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Vojtech Brlik @ecobrlik.bsky.social · Dec 10

Hi, may I join the pack? Thank you.

Vojtech Brlik @ecobrlik.bsky.social · Dec 10

Great job by Raphaël Nussbaumer on the Kenya Bird Trends between 1970 and 2023! #ornithology #birds

Check out the interactive website for more details: kenyabirdtrends.co.ke?mode=Species...

Eliot Miller @eliotmiller.bsky.social · Dec 5

Out today in Diversity and Distribution!

Historical Bird Atlas and Contemporary Citizen Science Data Reveal Long-Term Changes in Geographic Range of Kenyan Birds

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Vojtech Brlik @ecobrlik.bsky.social · Dec 9

Hi there! Would you mind adding me to the list? Thank you!

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Vojtech Brlik @ecobrlik.bsky.social · Dec 9

Hi Travis, would you mind adding me into this pack of ecologists?