Marta Acácio
@martaacacio.bsky.social
Researcher @ BIOPOLIS-CIBIO
Bird movement and bird migration
Bird movement and bird migration
If you're looking for a #PhD in #ornithology, look no further!
Great project (with an amazing supervisor) on how extreme heat events influence bird behaviour and distribution, and how these responses are linked to the ecological traits and life histories of each species.
🧪🌍 #ecology
Great project (with an amazing supervisor) on how extreme heat events influence bird behaviour and distribution, and how these responses are linked to the ecological traits and life histories of each species.
🧪🌍 #ecology
Desde la UEX ofrecemos un contrato de 1 año (prorrogable a 4) para realizar una tesis doctoral sobre el impacto de las olas de calor en el comportamiento y supervivencia de las aves*
Si estáis interesados contactadme!
📧 [email protected]
Si estáis interesados contactadme!
📧 [email protected]
October 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
If you're looking for a #PhD in #ornithology, look no further!
Great project (with an amazing supervisor) on how extreme heat events influence bird behaviour and distribution, and how these responses are linked to the ecological traits and life histories of each species.
🧪🌍 #ecology
Great project (with an amazing supervisor) on how extreme heat events influence bird behaviour and distribution, and how these responses are linked to the ecological traits and life histories of each species.
🧪🌍 #ecology
In our new paper, we provide a tool (datasets, model and codes) to help identify vulture feeding hotspots, supporting efforts to combat scavenger poisoning.
#ornithology #RaptorResearch 🧪🌍
@jappliedecology.bsky.social
Read it here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#ornithology #RaptorResearch 🧪🌍
@jappliedecology.bsky.social
Read it here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
October 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
In our new paper, we provide a tool (datasets, model and codes) to help identify vulture feeding hotspots, supporting efforts to combat scavenger poisoning.
#ornithology #RaptorResearch 🧪🌍
@jappliedecology.bsky.social
Read it here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#ornithology #RaptorResearch 🧪🌍
@jappliedecology.bsky.social
Read it here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
In our new paper, we show that using ropes as nesting material (particularly baler twine) cause entanglement and mortality #WhiteStork nestlings. It's time to rethink our agricultural practices and materials!
@inescatry.bsky.social @aldinafranco.bsky.social
#ornithology #ecology #conservation 🧪
@inescatry.bsky.social @aldinafranco.bsky.social
#ornithology #ecology #conservation 🧪
In our new paper led by Ursula Heize, we show that >90% of #WhiteStork nests have anthropogenic materials (plastics, paper, etc). Ropes are particularly dangerous: ~12% of the chicks became entangled on ropes, particularly on baler twine!
Check out the paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Check out the paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A death trap in the nest: anthropogenic nest materials cause high mortality in a terrestrial bird
The impact of anthropogenic debris on wildlife, particularly in marine environments, has garnered significant attention in recent years due to the sev…
www.sciencedirect.com
July 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
In our new paper, we show that using ropes as nesting material (particularly baler twine) cause entanglement and mortality #WhiteStork nestlings. It's time to rethink our agricultural practices and materials!
@inescatry.bsky.social @aldinafranco.bsky.social
#ornithology #ecology #conservation 🧪
@inescatry.bsky.social @aldinafranco.bsky.social
#ornithology #ecology #conservation 🧪
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🚨 New paper alert! 🚨
Excited to share our new review in @royalsocietypublishing.org Proceedings B! 🎉
We synthesize research on social factors influencing animal migration and offer guidelines for future research. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
#OpenAccess #Migration #MovementEcology
Excited to share our new review in @royalsocietypublishing.org Proceedings B! 🎉
We synthesize research on social factors influencing animal migration and offer guidelines for future research. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
#OpenAccess #Migration #MovementEcology
The study of social animal migrations: a synthesis of the past and guidelines for future research | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Seasonal migration is a common behaviour seen in many species worldwide. There is
evidence that social factors influence various migration decisions, but compared to
the well-studied field of social f...
doi.org
June 18, 2025 at 5:23 AM
🚨 New paper alert! 🚨
Excited to share our new review in @royalsocietypublishing.org Proceedings B! 🎉
We synthesize research on social factors influencing animal migration and offer guidelines for future research. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
#OpenAccess #Migration #MovementEcology
Excited to share our new review in @royalsocietypublishing.org Proceedings B! 🎉
We synthesize research on social factors influencing animal migration and offer guidelines for future research. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
#OpenAccess #Migration #MovementEcology
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Postdoc alert! 🚨
How do young raptors learn to migrate? 2-year postdoc at Uni. Laussane with @enourani.bsky.social is offered to model evolution of learning strategies for behavioral development.
Application deadline is mid-June for a start in Jan 2026: career5.successfactors.eu/career?compa...
How do young raptors learn to migrate? 2-year postdoc at Uni. Laussane with @enourani.bsky.social is offered to model evolution of learning strategies for behavioral development.
Application deadline is mid-June for a start in Jan 2026: career5.successfactors.eu/career?compa...
May 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Postdoc alert! 🚨
How do young raptors learn to migrate? 2-year postdoc at Uni. Laussane with @enourani.bsky.social is offered to model evolution of learning strategies for behavioral development.
Application deadline is mid-June for a start in Jan 2026: career5.successfactors.eu/career?compa...
How do young raptors learn to migrate? 2-year postdoc at Uni. Laussane with @enourani.bsky.social is offered to model evolution of learning strategies for behavioral development.
Application deadline is mid-June for a start in Jan 2026: career5.successfactors.eu/career?compa...
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One bird. 399 pieces of plastic. 55 g.
This is not our record.
This is not our record.
May 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
One bird. 399 pieces of plastic. 55 g.
This is not our record.
This is not our record.
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Delighted to promote this year's African Raptor Leadership Grant - an amazing opportunity for an African National to undertake an MSc on #RaptorResearch. Including on the FitzPatrick Institute's Conservation Biology MSc course.
#Ornithology 🪶
raptorresearchfoundation.org/grants-award...
#Ornithology 🪶
raptorresearchfoundation.org/grants-award...
April 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Delighted to promote this year's African Raptor Leadership Grant - an amazing opportunity for an African National to undertake an MSc on #RaptorResearch. Including on the FitzPatrick Institute's Conservation Biology MSc course.
#Ornithology 🪶
raptorresearchfoundation.org/grants-award...
#Ornithology 🪶
raptorresearchfoundation.org/grants-award...
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📢 BOU at #EOU2025
Join us for a woodland birds symposium on EOU registration day 18 August | Bangor University | #BOUatEOU
Submit your abstract now!
Deadline: 30 May
bou.org.uk/event/woo...
SPC: Stuart Sharp @piedflynet.bsky.social Daria Dadam & @parusradious.bsky.social
#ornithology
Join us for a woodland birds symposium on EOU registration day 18 August | Bangor University | #BOUatEOU
Submit your abstract now!
Deadline: 30 May
bou.org.uk/event/woo...
SPC: Stuart Sharp @piedflynet.bsky.social Daria Dadam & @parusradious.bsky.social
#ornithology
April 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
📢 BOU at #EOU2025
Join us for a woodland birds symposium on EOU registration day 18 August | Bangor University | #BOUatEOU
Submit your abstract now!
Deadline: 30 May
bou.org.uk/event/woo...
SPC: Stuart Sharp @piedflynet.bsky.social Daria Dadam & @parusradious.bsky.social
#ornithology
Join us for a woodland birds symposium on EOU registration day 18 August | Bangor University | #BOUatEOU
Submit your abstract now!
Deadline: 30 May
bou.org.uk/event/woo...
SPC: Stuart Sharp @piedflynet.bsky.social Daria Dadam & @parusradious.bsky.social
#ornithology
The #WhiteStork was once an iconic symbol of bird migration, but now most Iberian storks stopped migrating.
How did we go from a fully migratory population to a nearly fully resident one in ~40 years?
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#ornithology #ecology🌍🧪
How did we go from a fully migratory population to a nearly fully resident one in ~40 years?
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#ornithology #ecology🌍🧪
What drives the loss of migration in large long-lived birds? Andrade et al. combine genomics, census and tracking data of white storks, highlighting the role of developmental plasticity in driving fast responses to environmental conditions🪽 buff.ly/zIkvqRU
@evopaa.bsky.social
@evopaa.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The #WhiteStork was once an iconic symbol of bird migration, but now most Iberian storks stopped migrating.
How did we go from a fully migratory population to a nearly fully resident one in ~40 years?
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#ornithology #ecology🌍🧪
How did we go from a fully migratory population to a nearly fully resident one in ~40 years?
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#ornithology #ecology🌍🧪
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In the 1990s, >80% of Portuguese white storks were winter migrants. Thirty years on, a drastic shift in behavior means most individuals are now residents.
Our new paper @animalecology.bsky.social combines census data, GPS tracking, and genomics to understand the loss of migratory behavior in birds:
Our new paper @animalecology.bsky.social combines census data, GPS tracking, and genomics to understand the loss of migratory behavior in birds:
Mechanisms underlying the loss of migratory behaviour in a long‐lived bird
White stork populations in Iberia are undergoing a profound change in their migratory patterns, becoming mostly resident. By combining census data, GPS-tracking and genomic analyses, Andrade et al. l....
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 3, 2025 at 9:21 AM
In the 1990s, >80% of Portuguese white storks were winter migrants. Thirty years on, a drastic shift in behavior means most individuals are now residents.
Our new paper @animalecology.bsky.social combines census data, GPS tracking, and genomics to understand the loss of migratory behavior in birds:
Our new paper @animalecology.bsky.social combines census data, GPS tracking, and genomics to understand the loss of migratory behavior in birds:
In Portugal, it's been raining almost continously for the past few weeks - very unusual for this time of the year! And as our poor #WhiteStorks are battling the storms, we are struggling to reach their nests without snorkels and flippers! :)
It's pouring rain - we can't recall ever seeing this much water around our #WhiteStork nests! But they remain strong, and many clutches are now complete. Let's hope they can protect their eggs as more storms sweep across Portugal 🤞!
March 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM
In Portugal, it's been raining almost continously for the past few weeks - very unusual for this time of the year! And as our poor #WhiteStorks are battling the storms, we are struggling to reach their nests without snorkels and flippers! :)
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📣PhD opportunity!
We are looking for a candidate to develop a project on the spatial ecology of #waterbirds using rice fields. Check for the complete details below, and get in touch until the 21st of March!
drive.google.com/file/d/1R8MI...
#ornithology #movement #tracking #connectivity
We are looking for a candidate to develop a project on the spatial ecology of #waterbirds using rice fields. Check for the complete details below, and get in touch until the 21st of March!
drive.google.com/file/d/1R8MI...
#ornithology #movement #tracking #connectivity
March 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
📣PhD opportunity!
We are looking for a candidate to develop a project on the spatial ecology of #waterbirds using rice fields. Check for the complete details below, and get in touch until the 21st of March!
drive.google.com/file/d/1R8MI...
#ornithology #movement #tracking #connectivity
We are looking for a candidate to develop a project on the spatial ecology of #waterbirds using rice fields. Check for the complete details below, and get in touch until the 21st of March!
drive.google.com/file/d/1R8MI...
#ornithology #movement #tracking #connectivity
The breeding season of #WhiteStorks has already begun, so it's time for the seasonal migration of our team to Southern Portugal to study these amazing birds!
The white-stork 2025 field season just started! Some nests already with eggs despite the heavy rains and cold weather across Portugal. Looking forward to another breeding season!
March 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The breeding season of #WhiteStorks has already begun, so it's time for the seasonal migration of our team to Southern Portugal to study these amazing birds!
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In collaboration with my friend
@juanma-pg.bsky.social
we have just published this article about some worrying trends we have observed in the marking of animals with GPS .... 1/n link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@juanma-pg.bsky.social
we have just published this article about some worrying trends we have observed in the marking of animals with GPS .... 1/n link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Call for a critical review of widespread use of animal tracking devices - European Journal of Wildlife Research
Animal tracking has undergone a technological revolution, providing insight into biological details that were previously impossible to address. However, the increasing ease of access to tracking devic...
link.springer.com
March 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
In collaboration with my friend
@juanma-pg.bsky.social
we have just published this article about some worrying trends we have observed in the marking of animals with GPS .... 1/n link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@juanma-pg.bsky.social
we have just published this article about some worrying trends we have observed in the marking of animals with GPS .... 1/n link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Are you checking you're GPS data for spoofing?
Did you know that human conflicts result in GPS jamming around the world?
New paper in @naturecomms.bsky.social : rdcu.be/d781b
@aksulehikoinen.bsky.social, @annechrismonnet.bsky.social, @rytikerttunen.bsky.social Frédéric Jiguet and many more
Did you know that human conflicts result in GPS jamming around the world?
New paper in @naturecomms.bsky.social : rdcu.be/d781b
@aksulehikoinen.bsky.social, @annechrismonnet.bsky.social, @rytikerttunen.bsky.social Frédéric Jiguet and many more
GNSS spoofing in conflict zones disrupts wildlife tracking and hampers research and conservation efforts
Nature Communications - In war and conflict zones, the jamming of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNNS) signals by military forces disrupts the tracking of tagged animals, and has increased in...
rdcu.be
January 31, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Are you checking you're GPS data for spoofing?
Did you know that human conflicts result in GPS jamming around the world?
New paper in @naturecomms.bsky.social : rdcu.be/d781b
@aksulehikoinen.bsky.social, @annechrismonnet.bsky.social, @rytikerttunen.bsky.social Frédéric Jiguet and many more
Did you know that human conflicts result in GPS jamming around the world?
New paper in @naturecomms.bsky.social : rdcu.be/d781b
@aksulehikoinen.bsky.social, @annechrismonnet.bsky.social, @rytikerttunen.bsky.social Frédéric Jiguet and many more
One week left to apply for EUFLYNET's #Funding opportunities! Advance your career in #BirdConservation and join our mission! 🦜
📅 Deadline: Jan 15, 2025
Details: euflynet.eu/activities
📅 Deadline: Jan 15, 2025
Details: euflynet.eu/activities
January 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
One week left to apply for EUFLYNET's #Funding opportunities! Advance your career in #BirdConservation and join our mission! 🦜
📅 Deadline: Jan 15, 2025
Details: euflynet.eu/activities
📅 Deadline: Jan 15, 2025
Details: euflynet.eu/activities
Are you looking for a #PhD in #ornithology and #MovementEcology? Look no further!
You can still apply until the 8th of January!
You can still apply until the 8th of January!
8th Jan -deadline for fully funded PhD project examining individual variability in movement strategies of birds using tracking data. Please retweet.
New PhD project @ueaceec @ueaenv examining individual variability in movement strategies of birds using tracking data. With me and @MariusSomveille @InesCatry @timmackrill @MartaAcacio aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships/f… #ornithology www.aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships...
January 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Are you looking for a #PhD in #ornithology and #MovementEcology? Look no further!
You can still apply until the 8th of January!
You can still apply until the 8th of January!