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Holly Niven @hollyniven.bsky.social · Jun 11

New blog post where @praiseadeyemo.bsky.social and I explore the relationship between ecological modelling and field ecology 🌱 Thanks to everyone at @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk who took part in our survey!

The Naturally Speaking Podcast @naturally-speaking.bsky.social · Jun 11

New Naturally Speaking blog!

"A symbiotic relationship? Ecological modelling and field ecology"

Read here: naturallyspeaking.blog/2025/06/10/a...

A symbiotic relationship? Ecological modelling and field ecology

“I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.” – Mother Teresa Have you ever met siblings with contrasting personalities—one loud…

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British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @bas.ac.uk · Jun 10

Breaking news: it appears Emperor penguin populations in Antarctica are declining faster than predicted.

Latest satellite data shows a massive 22% drop in penguin numbers over the last 15 years in key regions.

This is more than double the rate of loss that experts had expected...

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · May 5

Check out our new blog post by @hollyniven.bsky.social, where they talk about their research predictive home range models for colonial animals 🦢

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · Apr 14

📖Published📖

Check out our recent research article 👉 Towards biologically realistic estimates of home range and spatial exposure for colonial animals 🦢 🌎 🧪

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Holly Niven @hollyniven.bsky.social · Apr 4

Thanks to all our co-authors, data contributors, institutions and our funder, the DESNZ Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment OESEA programme.

Holly Niven @hollyniven.bsky.social · Apr 4

Applied to an exemplar colonial species, the Northern gannet, we show that existing industry standard home range estimation methods are less accurate and also under- and overestimate exposure of gannets to offshore wind farms. www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

Seabird modelling tool could transform offshore wind planning, study shows

Researchers said the technique could also be used for other wildlife, including seals, bats and bees.

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Holly Niven @hollyniven.bsky.social · Apr 4

Out now:
A new predictive method: Towards biologically realistic estimates of home range and spatial exposure for colonial animals. With @jasonmatth.bsky.social, @jwejeglinski.bsky.social and others.
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Jason Matthiopoulos @jasonmatth.bsky.social · Jan 2

Deep-future predictions of the impact of climate on seabirds, based on century-long metapopulation data. Out today. #PopulationDynamics #seabirds #climate #metapopulation #ecology

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Past and future effects of climate on the metapopulation dynamics of a Northeast Atlantic seabird across two centuries

The authors aimed to forecast complex metapopulation responses to climate change of an exemplar seabird species, the Northern gannet (Morus bassanus). By using a Bayesian metapopulation model fit to ....

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Jana WE Jeglinski @jwejeglinski.bsky.social · Jan 6

Delighted to share our newest work: past and future effects of climate on Northern gannet metapopulation dynamics onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... with @jasonmatth.bsky.social @hollyniven.bsky.social and others. Read the highlights below

Past and future effects of climate on the metapopulation dynamics of a Northeast Atlantic seabird across two centuries

The authors aimed to forecast complex metapopulation responses to climate change of an exemplar seabird species, the Northern gannet (Morus bassanus). By using a Bayesian metapopulation model fit to ....

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