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Alvaro Gaytan @agaytan.bsky.social · 15d

📢 Paper out! We show that the oak leaf miner outbreak in Sweden is not caused by Acrocercops brongniardella, but by a cryptic species, A. andreneli — both sharing an entire parasitoid community.

A cryptic moth species drives major outbreak dynamics on oak without escaping its natural enemies

Global forest ecosystems are experiencing increasingly frequent and severe insect outbreaks, driven by complex interactions among climate change, land…

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SAOCousins @saocousins.bsky.social · 28d

Become my colleague
We are recruiting a PhD student in Physical geography with a focus on Glaciological remote sensing
🌍⚒️ #science #glaciology #remotesensing #phd
@stockholm-uni.bsky.social
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PhD student in Physical geography with a focus on Glaciological remote sensing

Department of Physical Geography is one of the major departments within the Faculty of Science. The department has approximately 100 employees and educates approximately 1 000 students annually. Our r

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Alvaro Gaytan @agaytan.bsky.social · Aug 25

Hi Anne, good idea! could I be added?

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Michal Bogdziewicz @micbog.bsky.social · Aug 19

🚨 Postdoc opening 🚨
Join us at Forest Biology Center (Poznań, Poland) to study forest ecology under climate change.

2-year contract (extendable), start Jan 2026 (flexible). Apply by Sept 30, 2025.

🔗 forestbiologycenter.amu.edu.pl/our-team/joi...

Forest Biology Center - Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland

Centrum Biologii Lasu Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu

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Alvaro Gaytan @agaytan.bsky.social · Jul 19

Stigmella sp.! Imposible (o casi) de criar en laboratorio, a diferencia de otros minadores del roble, que son ideales para estudios de especies multivoltinas.

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Alvaro Gaytan @agaytan.bsky.social · Jul 7

Cuando tengáis datos de las cantidades que llegan al suelo se verá hasta dónde puede llegar la cosa. Pinta muy chulo

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Alvaro Gaytan @agaytan.bsky.social · Jul 7

Habrá más abundancia de arañas en árboles donde hay mas bellotas con melazo?

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Alvaro Gaytan @agaytan.bsky.social · Jul 7

Me encantó la idea de la transmisión del microbioma entre la bellota y el insecto. Incluso podría tener una huella en las arañas como depredadoras de los comedores de melazo.

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Alvaro Gaytan @agaytan.bsky.social · Jul 7

I will happily spend the summer at @eawag.bsky.social 🇨🇭. Not really in aquatic research but in multilayer network analyses with my terrestrial ecology stuff.

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Alvaro Gaytan @agaytan.bsky.social · Jul 5

Pues te dejo una teoría rocambolesca a ver si ilumina algo (jajaja): por la noche baja la temperatura y los ungulados se mueven más buscando recursos de encina en encina... si esos escarabajos son del grupo que yo digo, son coprófagos.

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Alvaro Gaytan @agaytan.bsky.social · Jul 5

Fernando, no podrían ser afodinos? (=Subfamilia Aphodiinae) Es complicado

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Rike Stelkens @stelkens.bsky.social · Jun 30

Job alert! We have a postdoc position available in the Stelkens Lab at Stockholm University. Join us and apply experimental evolution and comparative genomics in the model system yeast to test for parallel climate adaptation. Apply through this link: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Deadline 15 August.

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Christopher Wheat @chriswheat.bsky.social · Jun 22

🚨Postdoc opportunity🚨: LepEU postdoc: comparative population genomics of European scale adaptation in butterflies

2 year, full-time PD in my group, Stockholm Univ.

Applications assed on rolling basis, deadline: 23 August 2025. Planned start 1 Oct.

Details:
christopherwheatlab.wordpress.com

The aim of this proposal is to place population genomic insights into a comparative framework to gain fundamental insights into the determinants of evolutionary outcomes. The project will work within LepEU, the European Lepidopteran Population Genomics Consortium (https://lepeu.github.io/). LepEU provides access to field samples from European populations of diverse species. Chromosome-scale reference genomes are provided by Project Psyche (https://www.projectpsyche.org/). Networking during the postdoc will be facilitated by participation in the 10kLepGenomes COST Action (https://10klepgenomes.eu/). Existing datasets await analysis, while additional samples need DNA extraction and submission for sequencing. Functional validation capability (CRISPR/Cas9 gene manipulations) is also available to test emergent hypotheses of allele-to-phenotype impacts. Personal research interests of the postdoc will be important to determine the exact project, as the project has a generous sequencing budget.

The successful applicant should have a PhD (obtained within 6 years of the application deadline) in a suitable subject area, such as evolutionary biology or population genomics. A strong interest in population genomics, local adaptation, comparative analyses, and experience working with genomic-scale data is essential. The candidate must have a documented publication record demonstrating relevant skills. Experience working with bioinformatic pipelines (e.g., Snakemake), or working with butterflies is welcome but not essential. The net salary is 28,000 SEK/month (~2,430 Euro, not subject to Swedish income tax) and comes directly from the Carl-Trygger Foundation stipend, which is paid out directly to the postdoc. Only PhD candidates acquired outside of the host department can apply. Currently, the lab of Prof. Wheat consists of 3 postdoctoral researchers, while the Dept. of Zoology provides a vibrant and excellent research environment of active, dynamic researchers.

Applications should include: i) a succinct description of research interests and experience, detailing your contribution to any relevant publications (max 1 page), ii) why you are the ideal candidate for this position in the lab (max 1 page); iii) a CV including a list of publications, and iv) the name and contact information of two personal references.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis with a deadline of 23 August 2025. The project is planned to start on 1 October, but flexibility in the starting date can be provided for a suitable candidate. Please contact Prof. Wheat for additional information.

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Alvaro Gaytan @agaytan.bsky.social · Jun 18

Sí, genial! Más aún este año, que estoy escapando del calor con un par de congresos en el norte y una estancia en Lucerna. Un abrazo, Fernando!

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Alvaro Gaytan @agaytan.bsky.social · Jun 18

Dependerá mucho de la producción de fruto del año, como cuando compiten con las Cydias.

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Alvaro Gaytan @agaytan.bsky.social · Jun 17

New week, new conference. This time enjoying the Spanish National Forestry Congress in Gijón, Asturias. #9CFE

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Alvaro Gaytan @agaytan.bsky.social · Jun 16

Loving natural history as we do makes it difficult for us to feel lost, but keeps us in constant learning. But I'm agree... is not possible to attend many histories simultaneously.

Alvaro Gaytan @agaytan.bsky.social · Jun 16

You are not alone, my friend 😅

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Alvaro Gaytan @agaytan.bsky.social · Jun 9

Really special place where Mediterranean oaks have branches touching the sea!
(Poo, Asturias, Spain)

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Alvaro Gaytan @agaytan.bsky.social · Jun 7

Many thanks to @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social for a fantastic week in Pontevedra!

#SIBECOLAEET2025

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Steve Brown @stevenslbrown.bsky.social · Apr 11

Clouds darkening over NOAA research. We are slated for elimination in next years budget. Astonishing loss to the nation and the world if it happens.

Paul Voosen @voosen.me · Apr 11

BREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency.

Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.

Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency

White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted

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Alvaro Gaytan @agaytan.bsky.social · Mar 17

Paper out!
@canelotara.bsky.social @micbog.bsky.social
@irnase.bsky.social

Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · Mar 17

Livestock as a biological pest control: Experimental validation for oak savannas 🌲🧪

Suggests a new livestock management would increase the availability of healthy acorns, thus increasing the farm capacity and the economic profit by up to 20% 📈🌎

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

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Alvaro Gaytan @agaytan.bsky.social · Feb 17

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La sequía y los patógenos exóticos amenazan la regeneración de los bosques mediterráneos - Delegaciones CSIC

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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · Feb 13

We're happy to introduce our 5 new Associate Editor mentees! ✨🌎

Throughout the 2-year scheme, each mentee develops their knowledge of the peer review process and handles manuscripts with the help of our Senior Editors, who act as mentors 💭🧪

Read more: bit.ly/4aUnHTD

Welcoming our 2025 Associate Editor Mentees!

Journal of Applied Ecology offers a two-year mentoring opportunity for early career researchers to gain experience of the Associate Editor role. Each mentee works with one of our Sen…

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Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología @irnase.bsky.social · Jan 13

Artículo recientemente publicado @irnase.bsky.social y ya en nuestro repositorio institucional Digital CSIC
Título: Livestock shifts lepidopteran herbivore community due to intraguild elimination in Mediterranean agroforestry systems
Autor: Gaytán, Álvaro et al...
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Livestock shifts lepidopteran herbivore community due to intraguild elimination in Mediterranean agroforestry systems | DIGITAL.CSIC

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