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Oded Berger-Tal @odedberger-tal.bsky.social · 6d

What happens when you bring together image processing experts, social scientists, geospatial wizards, and behavioral ecologists and ask them to find solutions for human-wolves conflict at desert campsites?
This paper to start with: bit.ly/42Xj4oL and hopefully mitigation tools will follow soon.

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Oded Berger-Tal @odedberger-tal.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you! I couldn't have asked for a better host and a better location. Already counting the days for my next visit!

Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 21d

It has been such a joy hosting @odedberger-tal.bsky.social for the past year in our lab here at @monashbiol.bsky.social. Will miss the science discussions, chats about global politics and, of course, eating together.🙏

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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 21d

It has been such a joy hosting @odedberger-tal.bsky.social for the past year in our lab here at @monashbiol.bsky.social. Will miss the science discussions, chats about global politics and, of course, eating together.🙏

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ISBE2026 @isbe2026.bsky.social · Jun 28

The Local Organizing Commitee welcomes behavioral ecologists from across the world and of all career stages to enjoy a five-day meeting rich in top-notch science and ample networking opportunities in Turin (Italy), 20-24 July 2026.

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Oded Berger-Tal @odedberger-tal.bsky.social · May 22

Proud to have been a small part in this collaboration. Thank you Kate Lynch and Dan Blumstein for leading this (and also for organizing a really fun workshop!)

Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · Apr 28

Explicit value trade-offs in conservation: integrating animal welfare. Check out our latest TREE paper, led by Kate Lynch. Click here for free access to the article for the next 50 days:

authors.elsevier.com/a/1kzlecZ3X3...

#BobWongLab

📸 Patrick Tomkins

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Anna N Osiecka 🍉 @aosiecka.bsky.social · May 6

🔊After years of Kevin Darras's et al's hard work, we are very happy to have this one out: Worldwide Soundscapes: A Synthesis of Passive Acoustic Monitoring Across Realms.

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

Worldwide Soundscapes: A Synthesis of Passive Acoustic Monitoring Across Realms

Aim The urgency for remote, reliable and scalable biodiversity monitoring amidst mounting human pressures on ecosystems has sparked worldwide interest in Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM), which can...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Oded Berger-Tal @odedberger-tal.bsky.social · May 1

We tend to think that we understand how urbanization impacts biodiversity, but our knowledge is based almost solely on research from temperate systems. This creates strong biases. Wonderful new work by ‪@elliediamant.bsky.social‬ in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · Apr 28

Explicit value trade-offs in conservation: integrating animal welfare. Check out our latest TREE paper, led by Kate Lynch. Click here for free access to the article for the next 50 days:

authors.elsevier.com/a/1kzlecZ3X3...

#BobWongLab

📸 Patrick Tomkins

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Krista Oswald @naturewithkrista.bsky.social · Apr 23

Our publication is out! We tracked 8 groups of social birds (#babblers) in the #desert, summer to winter. Did their use of man-made habitat shifted with season? It did!. #science #ecology @odedkeynan.bsky.social @uriroll.bsky.social @odedberger-tal.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

The value of human resources changes with season for a social desert passerine bird - npj Biodiversity

npj Biodiversity - The value of human resources changes with season for a social desert passerine bird

www.nature.com

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Frontiers in Social Evolution Seminar FINE @fine-seminar.bsky.social · Feb 19

FINE starts again next week with exciting free online seminars.
In its 10th season we will hear about whales, parental care, neuroethology, aging, group-living lizards and much more!

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