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Xavier Lambin

@lambin-ecology.bsky.social

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Academic population and conservation ecologist, working with mammals, birds, people and mentoring students and more experienced researchers. Chasing water and field voles, owls and other raptors, pine martens, capercaillie, wild living cats, mink and more .. more

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Xavier Lambin @lambin-ecology.bsky.social · 5d

This work is the fruit of a collaboration involving Xavier Lambin, Madan Oli, Mike Begon, and the heroic, superhuman, field sampling efforts of Sandra Telfer, James MacKinnon, Isla Graham, and Sarah Burthe (Universities of Aberdeen, Florida and Liverpool).

Xavier Lambin @lambin-ecology.bsky.social · 5d

Oddly, debates on the demographic phenomenon that underpin multi-annual cycles have largely taken place in the absence of demographic data. The prediction that variation in predation rate should cause variation in survival rate over population cycles had remained untested. We refuted it strongly.

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Xavier Lambin @lambin-ecology.bsky.social · 5d

We analysed 10 years of capture recapture data collected monthly, spanning all seasons and phases of 3 population cycles. We estimated survival and recruitments rate and their contributions to changes in population growth rate between cycles phases in early, mid, late breeding seasons and winter.

a figure showing population growth rates in different seasons and phases of cycles and the contributions of variation in survival and recruitment rates to variation in population growth rate between cycle phases

Reposted by Robin J. Pakeman, Keith C. Hamer

Xavier Lambin @lambin-ecology.bsky.social · 5d

For 101 years, ecologists have sought to explain the 3-4 years multi-annual cycles of voles and lemmings. In our paper, doi.org/10.1073/pnas..., we find that Density-dependent recruitment, but not survival drives cyclic dynamics in a field vole population, overturning accepted wisdom.

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Xavier Lambin @lambin-ecology.bsky.social · 5d

Hello Could you please add me to the science feed as contributor. My googdcholar page is scholar.google.co.uk/citations?us...

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Reposted by Xavier Lambin, Julie L. Lockwood

Jack Bamber @jackantbam.bsky.social · Jul 31

New perspective out today in @jappliedecology.bsky.social.
We reflect on co-producing evidence in an effort to bridge the implementation gap, for evidence based, impact focused predator control.
What worked, what didn't and where barriers to implimentation still remain.

You can't win them all... 🧪

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Jack Bamber @jackantbam.bsky.social · Jun 25

🚨 New publication 📝

Out today in the royal society proceedings B. We find that diversionary feeding boosts productivity of cappercaille from 0.82 to 1.90. Indicating that this impact based method can effectively reduce the influence of predation.

Read all about it here: shorturl.at/QRb76

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Reposted by Xavier Lambin, Bernd Lenzner

Paul Caplat 🌲🌳🐦🦋 @paulcaplat.bsky.social · Jan 24

Great study led by Jaime Moyano, on how to slow down tree invasion from plantations in Patagonia. With @pablo-ecology.bsky.social, @barabara-langdon.bsky.social @anibalpauchard.bsky.social @martin-nunez.bsky.social @lambin-ecology.bsky.social
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Remove saplings early: Cost‐effective strategies to contain tree invasions and prevent their impacts

Our highest-ranking strategies represent management actions to start implementing in the field as part of an adaptive management plan that iteratively evaluates the validity of our simulation model a...

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NETGAIN @netgain.bsky.social · Dec 31

Here are the titles and links to the 10 fully #netgain PhD projects. Follow along for more exciting opportunities in 2025. 1/12

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Paul Caplat 🌲🌳🐦🦋 @paulcaplat.bsky.social · Dec 20

Funded PhD on using sighting data to identify breeding sites for predators and pollinators with a cool approach (geoprofiling) soon available with me and @deonroos.bsky.social, Lorraine Scott and @lambin-ecology.bsky.social, spread the word!

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