Michi Tobler
@toblermichi.bsky.social
Managing editor J Avian Biology | researcher at Lund University | local patch birder | moth-er | comic nerd | gardener | husband | dad. Fuck cancer. Views are my own. He/him.
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Michi Tobler
@toblermichi.bsky.social
· May 13
📣 CALL FOR PAPERS - SPECIAL ISSUE 📣
Avian senescence: patterns, mechanisms and new perspectives
More info: vist.ly/3n45223
Guest editors: Julia Schroeder <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ofxg6jb7ymqf5ewqzk5gcli5" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@jj255.bsky.social #RoxanaTorres href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:p4irrwjzkzec5gan2bzra524" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">es, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:p4irrwjzkzec5gan2bzra524" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@brittheidinger.bsky.soci<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ttc3jfrlsq2pldwpmgup2a25" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">al <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ttc3jfrlsq2pldwpmgup2a25" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@jaime-muriel.bsky.soci<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tbb4mmmefftnsz5ztryr3dlo" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">al <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tbb4mmmefftnsz5ztryr3dlo" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@toblermichi.bsky.social
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Avian senescence: patterns, mechanisms and new perspectives
More info: vist.ly/3n45223
Guest editors: Julia Schroeder <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ofxg6jb7ymqf5ewqzk5gcli5" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@jj255.bsky.social #RoxanaTorres href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:p4irrwjzkzec5gan2bzra524" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">es, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:p4irrwjzkzec5gan2bzra524" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@brittheidinger.bsky.soci<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ttc3jfrlsq2pldwpmgup2a25" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">al <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ttc3jfrlsq2pldwpmgup2a25" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@jaime-muriel.bsky.soci<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tbb4mmmefftnsz5ztryr3dlo" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">al <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tbb4mmmefftnsz5ztryr3dlo" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@toblermichi.bsky.social
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Our special issue in @avianbiology.bsky.social is waiting for your contribution! Submit your work on #senescence #ageing #ornithology #birds
Send us (@jaime-muriel.bsky.social @brittheidinger.bsky.social @jj255.bsky.social @toblermichi.bsky.social #RoxanaTorres) an email to state your interest
Send us (@jaime-muriel.bsky.social @brittheidinger.bsky.social @jj255.bsky.social @toblermichi.bsky.social #RoxanaTorres) an email to state your interest
Not too late to state interest and contribute!
Of particular interest at this point: studies related to immunosenescence, senescence of flight performance and studies looking at links between metabolome/proteome and senescence.
All details in link below. Questions? Just get in touch!
Of particular interest at this point: studies related to immunosenescence, senescence of flight performance and studies looking at links between metabolome/proteome and senescence.
All details in link below. Questions? Just get in touch!
📣CALL FOR PAPERS - NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 30 JUNE 2026📣
Avian senescence: patterns, mechanisms and new perspectives
More info: vist.ly/4fn5i
Guest editors: @jj255.bsky.social #RoxanaTorres, @brittheidinger.bsky.social @jaime-muriel.bsky.social @toblermichi.bsky.social
Please repost 🙏
Avian senescence: patterns, mechanisms and new perspectives
More info: vist.ly/4fn5i
Guest editors: @jj255.bsky.social #RoxanaTorres, @brittheidinger.bsky.social @jaime-muriel.bsky.social @toblermichi.bsky.social
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November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Not too late to state interest and contribute!
Of particular interest at this point: studies related to immunosenescence, senescence of flight performance and studies looking at links between metabolome/proteome and senescence.
All details in link below. Questions? Just get in touch!
Of particular interest at this point: studies related to immunosenescence, senescence of flight performance and studies looking at links between metabolome/proteome and senescence.
All details in link below. Questions? Just get in touch!
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I am looking for a postdoc to work in our long-term system of food-caching mountain chickadees in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The expected start is April 2026. Please see details here: chickadeecognition.com/positions
If interested and qualified, please contact me directly (email on the website).
If interested and qualified, please contact me directly (email on the website).
POSITIONS
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chickadeecognition.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I am looking for a postdoc to work in our long-term system of food-caching mountain chickadees in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The expected start is April 2026. Please see details here: chickadeecognition.com/positions
If interested and qualified, please contact me directly (email on the website).
If interested and qualified, please contact me directly (email on the website).
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The date is set for the next EOU Fledglings Meeting 🐥 in Gdansk, Poland! Share the news with your peers! 🦆
November 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The date is set for the next EOU Fledglings Meeting 🐥 in Gdansk, Poland! Share the news with your peers! 🦆
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@fieldornith.bsky.social new position search!
November 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
@fieldornith.bsky.social new position search!
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📣 🚨 NEW ISSUE ALERT: issue 5 of 2025 is now complete!
All content open access here: vist.ly/4cxmj
Cover depicting a rock partridge pair featuring Bernard-Laurent et al: vist.ly/4cxmn
Cover 📷 Jean Guillet
#ornithology #birds #research #ecology #evolution #behaviour #hypotheses
All content open access here: vist.ly/4cxmj
Cover depicting a rock partridge pair featuring Bernard-Laurent et al: vist.ly/4cxmn
Cover 📷 Jean Guillet
#ornithology #birds #research #ecology #evolution #behaviour #hypotheses
November 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM
📣 🚨 NEW ISSUE ALERT: issue 5 of 2025 is now complete!
All content open access here: vist.ly/4cxmj
Cover depicting a rock partridge pair featuring Bernard-Laurent et al: vist.ly/4cxmn
Cover 📷 Jean Guillet
#ornithology #birds #research #ecology #evolution #behaviour #hypotheses
All content open access here: vist.ly/4cxmj
Cover depicting a rock partridge pair featuring Bernard-Laurent et al: vist.ly/4cxmn
Cover 📷 Jean Guillet
#ornithology #birds #research #ecology #evolution #behaviour #hypotheses
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We’re hiring a doctoral researcher in the area of migration ecology.
The work will focus on the question of how and when migratory songbirds learn where their home is using #Motus.
Part of the Cluster of Excellence NaviSense and linked with @sfb1372.bsky.social
uol.de/job788en
#ornithology
The work will focus on the question of how and when migratory songbirds learn where their home is using #Motus.
Part of the Cluster of Excellence NaviSense and linked with @sfb1372.bsky.social
uol.de/job788en
#ornithology
October 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
We’re hiring a doctoral researcher in the area of migration ecology.
The work will focus on the question of how and when migratory songbirds learn where their home is using #Motus.
Part of the Cluster of Excellence NaviSense and linked with @sfb1372.bsky.social
uol.de/job788en
#ornithology
The work will focus on the question of how and when migratory songbirds learn where their home is using #Motus.
Part of the Cluster of Excellence NaviSense and linked with @sfb1372.bsky.social
uol.de/job788en
#ornithology
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🎤GUEST EDITOR INTERVIEW: read about the key takeaways, guest editor experience and the gaps in our understanding of the effects of human-induced changes on avian reproduction in the interview with Judith, Juan Diego and Elisa
➡️ vist.ly/4a4h5
#ornithology #birds #reproduction #humanchanges
➡️ vist.ly/4a4h5
#ornithology #birds #reproduction #humanchanges
October 11, 2025 at 12:27 PM
🎤GUEST EDITOR INTERVIEW: read about the key takeaways, guest editor experience and the gaps in our understanding of the effects of human-induced changes on avian reproduction in the interview with Judith, Juan Diego and Elisa
➡️ vist.ly/4a4h5
#ornithology #birds #reproduction #humanchanges
➡️ vist.ly/4a4h5
#ornithology #birds #reproduction #humanchanges
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Please welcome our new EiC: Christine Meynard! vist.ly/495uz
New EiC for Ecography: Christine Meynard | Ecography
New EiC for Ecography: Christine Meynard | Ecography
www.ecography.org
October 3, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Please welcome our new EiC: Christine Meynard! vist.ly/495uz
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JOB ALERT: We have an exciting Senior Research Assistant post available for a project tracking predators and prey simultaneously starting early 2026. We need someone with experience tagging adult raptors or wader chicks. This you? app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
October 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
JOB ALERT: We have an exciting Senior Research Assistant post available for a project tracking predators and prey simultaneously starting early 2026. We need someone with experience tagging adult raptors or wader chicks. This you? app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
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🚨 Master’s project!
Curious how birds find their way? 🧭🐦
Analyze decades of ringing data to study abnormal migratory routes and uncover what these deviations can reveal about the mechanisms guiding birds on their journeys. Drop me an email for details! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
Curious how birds find their way? 🧭🐦
Analyze decades of ringing data to study abnormal migratory routes and uncover what these deviations can reveal about the mechanisms guiding birds on their journeys. Drop me an email for details! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
October 3, 2025 at 7:11 AM
🚨 Master’s project!
Curious how birds find their way? 🧭🐦
Analyze decades of ringing data to study abnormal migratory routes and uncover what these deviations can reveal about the mechanisms guiding birds on their journeys. Drop me an email for details! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
Curious how birds find their way? 🧭🐦
Analyze decades of ringing data to study abnormal migratory routes and uncover what these deviations can reveal about the mechanisms guiding birds on their journeys. Drop me an email for details! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
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We are seeking an ornithologist/modeller for a 2-year POST-DOC in Turin. Using archaeological remains, we will reconstruct past avian communities to understand the impacts of climate change and human pressure on birds through time. For details see cutt.ly/irN76QDZ PLEASE RT. #ornithology #AviArch
September 29, 2025 at 7:20 AM
We are seeking an ornithologist/modeller for a 2-year POST-DOC in Turin. Using archaeological remains, we will reconstruct past avian communities to understand the impacts of climate change and human pressure on birds through time. For details see cutt.ly/irN76QDZ PLEASE RT. #ornithology #AviArch
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📣 CALL FOR PAPERS 📣
Special issue:
FROM CHIRPS TO INSIGHTS: PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING FOR APPLIED ORNITHOLOGY
More info: vist.ly/46pfg
Guest editors: Jan O. Engler, Jenn Foote, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:g27o3ttbhwno6sjns7wwl3yg" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@silvereyedom.bsky.social , Simon Thorn
#ornithology #birds 🪶🧪
Special issue:
FROM CHIRPS TO INSIGHTS: PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING FOR APPLIED ORNITHOLOGY
More info: vist.ly/46pfg
Guest editors: Jan O. Engler, Jenn Foote, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:g27o3ttbhwno6sjns7wwl3yg" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@silvereyedom.bsky.social , Simon Thorn
#ornithology #birds 🪶🧪
September 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
📣 CALL FOR PAPERS 📣
Special issue:
FROM CHIRPS TO INSIGHTS: PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING FOR APPLIED ORNITHOLOGY
More info: vist.ly/46pfg
Guest editors: Jan O. Engler, Jenn Foote, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:g27o3ttbhwno6sjns7wwl3yg" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@silvereyedom.bsky.social , Simon Thorn
#ornithology #birds 🪶🧪
Special issue:
FROM CHIRPS TO INSIGHTS: PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING FOR APPLIED ORNITHOLOGY
More info: vist.ly/46pfg
Guest editors: Jan O. Engler, Jenn Foote, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:g27o3ttbhwno6sjns7wwl3yg" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@silvereyedom.bsky.social , Simon Thorn
#ornithology #birds 🪶🧪
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🚨SPECIAL ISSUE OUT! 🚨
"Avian reproductive behaviours in the context of human-induced environmental change"
Editors: Judith Morales, Elisa P. Badás, Juan Diego Ibáñez-Álamo
Editorial: vist.ly/44r7r
Full issue: vist.ly/44r7n
#ornithology #birds #reproduction #environmentalchange 🪶
"Avian reproductive behaviours in the context of human-induced environmental change"
Editors: Judith Morales, Elisa P. Badás, Juan Diego Ibáñez-Álamo
Editorial: vist.ly/44r7r
Full issue: vist.ly/44r7n
#ornithology #birds #reproduction #environmentalchange 🪶
August 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
🚨SPECIAL ISSUE OUT! 🚨
"Avian reproductive behaviours in the context of human-induced environmental change"
Editors: Judith Morales, Elisa P. Badás, Juan Diego Ibáñez-Álamo
Editorial: vist.ly/44r7r
Full issue: vist.ly/44r7n
#ornithology #birds #reproduction #environmentalchange 🪶
"Avian reproductive behaviours in the context of human-induced environmental change"
Editors: Judith Morales, Elisa P. Badás, Juan Diego Ibáñez-Álamo
Editorial: vist.ly/44r7r
Full issue: vist.ly/44r7n
#ornithology #birds #reproduction #environmentalchange 🪶
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🚨 We're hiring!
PhD position in Evolutionary Systems Biology at Stockholm University & SciLifeLab
🎓 Focus: evolution, development, computational & mathematical modeling, prediction
📍 Stockholm, Sweden
🕒 4 years, fully-funded
🔍 Details: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Please share!
PhD position in Evolutionary Systems Biology at Stockholm University & SciLifeLab
🎓 Focus: evolution, development, computational & mathematical modeling, prediction
📍 Stockholm, Sweden
🕒 4 years, fully-funded
🔍 Details: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Please share!
August 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🚨 We're hiring!
PhD position in Evolutionary Systems Biology at Stockholm University & SciLifeLab
🎓 Focus: evolution, development, computational & mathematical modeling, prediction
📍 Stockholm, Sweden
🕒 4 years, fully-funded
🔍 Details: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Please share!
PhD position in Evolutionary Systems Biology at Stockholm University & SciLifeLab
🎓 Focus: evolution, development, computational & mathematical modeling, prediction
📍 Stockholm, Sweden
🕒 4 years, fully-funded
🔍 Details: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Please share!
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Lund University is seeking a postdoc/researcher for an ERC project on gene expression in hybrid Italian sparrows. One-year position with potential extension. Apply here: https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:833332/ #postdoc
Researcher in hybridization induced changes to gene expression
Researcher in hybridization induced changes to gene expression
lu.varbi.com
August 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Lund University is seeking a postdoc/researcher for an ERC project on gene expression in hybrid Italian sparrows. One-year position with potential extension. Apply here: https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:833332/ #postdoc
Thanks for a great #EOU2025 . If you are already thinking about where to go next, why not consider the #NSO2026 to present your avian research?
Keep an eye on the webpage for important dates and news about the event: nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/event/nordic...
@nordicoikos.bsky.social
Keep an eye on the webpage for important dates and news about the event: nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/event/nordic...
@nordicoikos.bsky.social
August 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Thanks for a great #EOU2025 . If you are already thinking about where to go next, why not consider the #NSO2026 to present your avian research?
Keep an eye on the webpage for important dates and news about the event: nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/event/nordic...
@nordicoikos.bsky.social
Keep an eye on the webpage for important dates and news about the event: nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/event/nordic...
@nordicoikos.bsky.social
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Join us as Assistant #Curator of Vertebrates @ 🏴NMS! Large collections of #birds & #mammals + very active specimen prep = cool place! The ad doesn't say, but I say there's a good chance of prolongation beyond 1y. Hurry up and apply/spread the word: careers.nms.ac.uk/job/748553!
🪶🧪 #museumjobs #job
🪶🧪 #museumjobs #job
August 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Join us as Assistant #Curator of Vertebrates @ 🏴NMS! Large collections of #birds & #mammals + very active specimen prep = cool place! The ad doesn't say, but I say there's a good chance of prolongation beyond 1y. Hurry up and apply/spread the word: careers.nms.ac.uk/job/748553!
🪶🧪 #museumjobs #job
🪶🧪 #museumjobs #job
Congrats to @ericacalabretta.bsky.social for a nice presentation at #EOU2025 about the effects of weather variability on CORT levels of migratory birds.
Read the full paper here: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@avianbiology.bsky.social
#ornithology #birds 🪶
Read the full paper here: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@avianbiology.bsky.social
#ornithology #birds 🪶
Passerine stopover physiology: weather variability does not alter corticosterone dynamics after sea crossing
Migration is an energy-intensive phase of birds' life cycle, often including the crossing of large ecological barriers during non-stop flights. Corticosterone (CORT), an adrenocortical hormone also k...
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Congrats to @ericacalabretta.bsky.social for a nice presentation at #EOU2025 about the effects of weather variability on CORT levels of migratory birds.
Read the full paper here: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@avianbiology.bsky.social
#ornithology #birds 🪶
Read the full paper here: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@avianbiology.bsky.social
#ornithology #birds 🪶
Interesting talk by #ArneHegemann to take MOTUS one step further linking tracking data to physiology at #EOU2025
August 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Interesting talk by #ArneHegemann to take MOTUS one step further linking tracking data to physiology at #EOU2025
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#EOU2025 Come and join us for the symposium on the importance of vagrancy in ecology and evolution. Lots of great results in the talks from the different speakers!
LR4 - Friday 22 - 10:30
@alexanderlees.bsky.social @joewynnbirds.bsky.social #ornithology @vogelwarte.bsky.social
LR4 - Friday 22 - 10:30
@alexanderlees.bsky.social @joewynnbirds.bsky.social #ornithology @vogelwarte.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 9:46 AM
#EOU2025 Come and join us for the symposium on the importance of vagrancy in ecology and evolution. Lots of great results in the talks from the different speakers!
LR4 - Friday 22 - 10:30
@alexanderlees.bsky.social @joewynnbirds.bsky.social #ornithology @vogelwarte.bsky.social
LR4 - Friday 22 - 10:30
@alexanderlees.bsky.social @joewynnbirds.bsky.social #ornithology @vogelwarte.bsky.social
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#EOU2025
You are very welcome to join me during my talk to think about #urbanisation, #migration and #evolution.
PS - If the science isn't of your interest, I promise cute pictures of owls...
PPS - If you can't attend the talk but are interested in the project, follow us on Insta @migralight
You are very welcome to join me during my talk to think about #urbanisation, #migration and #evolution.
PS - If the science isn't of your interest, I promise cute pictures of owls...
PPS - If you can't attend the talk but are interested in the project, follow us on Insta @migralight
August 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
#EOU2025
You are very welcome to join me during my talk to think about #urbanisation, #migration and #evolution.
PS - If the science isn't of your interest, I promise cute pictures of owls...
PPS - If you can't attend the talk but are interested in the project, follow us on Insta @migralight
You are very welcome to join me during my talk to think about #urbanisation, #migration and #evolution.
PS - If the science isn't of your interest, I promise cute pictures of owls...
PPS - If you can't attend the talk but are interested in the project, follow us on Insta @migralight
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Our collaborative project #BDBORS exploring the link between nesting phenology and substrate property, is still ongoing, with collected data in Asia and America. You monitor ground-nesting birds in tropics? Then consider joining us! Contact me :) #ornithology #birds #tropicalecology
Our collaborative project #BDBORS exploring the link between nesting phenology and substrate property, is still ongoing, with collected data in Asia and America. You monitor ground-nesting birds in tropics? Then consider joining us! Contact me :) #ornithology #birds #tropicalecology
August 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Our collaborative project #BDBORS exploring the link between nesting phenology and substrate property, is still ongoing, with collected data in Asia and America. You monitor ground-nesting birds in tropics? Then consider joining us! Contact me :) #ornithology #birds #tropicalecology
Our collaborative project #BDBORS exploring the link between nesting phenology and substrate property, is still ongoing, with collected data in Asia and America. You monitor ground-nesting birds in tropics? Then consider joining us! Contact me :) #ornithology #birds #tropicalecology