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Vojtech Brlik
@ecobrlik.bsky.social
CZ MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow | Ecology of Seasonal Bird Migration | #birdmigration #ecology #conservation | @uofguelph.bsky.social & @sciencecharles.bsky.social & @czechacademy.bsky.social

📩 www.ivb.cz/en/person/vojtech-brlik/ | vojtech.brlik[at]gmail.com
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Reposition of #sample #metadata has the potential to boost scientific impact in #biology.

Right now @natureportfolio.bsky.social: nature.com/articles/d41...

Our initiative was first introduced in @ibisjournal.bsky.social along with the @avisamplenet.bsky.social metadata repository.

#ornithology
Thank you very much for your talk and contribution! The systematic mapping was kicked off successfully with >2,000 papers screened so far!
October 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Happy to be at #EOU2025! 🐦🏙️
If you want to know, how does urbanization impact migratory bird seasonal distribution (and you didn't manage to come to my poster yesterday), don't hesitate to find me and ask!
@eounion.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Introducing "The SORTEE Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology"

The first standardised set of data editor guidelines. Led by SORTEE with input from numerous data editors across ecology and evolution.

🔗 doi.org/10.32942/X24...
The SORTEE Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
This is a Preprint and has not been peer reviewed. This is version 1 of this Preprint.
doi.org
August 20, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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If you think the seasons are feeling… different, you may be right.
Our new review in Science (@science.org) shows that Earth’s changing rhythms could have major and underestimated consequences for life on Earth. 🌍🧵
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Ecological and evolutionary consequences of changing seasonality
Climate change and other anthropogenic drivers alter seasonal regimes across freshwater, terrestrial, and marine biomes. Seasonal patterns affect ecological and evolutionary processes at different eco...
www.science.org
May 29, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Important piece by Gittleman - “It’s impossible to separate human health from health of the natural world. Ecology is the unifying science that integrates knowledge..[the] One Health approach is unlimited, exciting, & necessary for the health of life on our planet” www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪🌎🌐🌾
December 13, 2024 at 10:49 AM
Just a few days left to apply! PhD position on migration and demography of Blackpoll Warblers with @ryannorrissci.bsky.social - don’t miss your chance! #ornithology #birds #migration 🌐
New PhD position available on blackpoll warblers with fieldwork in the boreal forest and tropics. @audubon.org @birdscanada.bsky.social @vtecostudies.bsky.social
May 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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We’re hiring a postdoc (2+ years) in macroecology and macroevolution in my new lab at CZU Prague: www.researchgate.net/job/1021667_...
POSTDOCTORAL DATA SCIENTIST IN MACROECOLOGY AND MACROEVOLUTION (2+ YEARS IN PRAGUE) at Czech University of Life Sciences Prague in Prague, CZECHIA
May 12, 2025 | We invite applications for a full-time, two-year data scientist postdoctoralposition (with potential for an extension) spanning large-scale... | NEW JOB
www.researchgate.net
May 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Another fantastic @bou.org.uk event!

A full day at the museum combined with BSky conference. #BOUasm25

Don't miss the abstract deadline for oral presentations - it's coming up on 15 April! BSky-only abstracts have a bit more time - due late July.

Find out more: bou.org.uk/event/a-day-...
March 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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2020. Seasonal dietary changes increase the abundances of savanna herbivore species | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Seasonal dietary changes increase the abundances of savanna herbivore species
African savanna herbivores that migrate or change diets seasonally are more populous than their specialist counterparts.
www.science.org
February 10, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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On #Bluesky, #Twitter, #Mastodon, common #altmetrics indices, and their biases and (un)reliability – our new paper now published in @plosbiology.org , with @pavelpipek.bsky.social & @ananovoaperez.bsky.social doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#altmetric #plumx #socialmedia
February 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
🚨 Don't miss your chance for early-bird registration for this fantastic conference! 🚨

🗓️ Early-bird registration deadline: 3 Feb
🔗 bou.org.uk/event/fronti...
January 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Our global meta-analysis of changes in genetic diversity across the entire tree of life indicates pervasive loss of intraspecific diversity, but there is a glimmer of hope: conservation actions and management interventions can indeed make a difference. 👇
January 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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And this is the paper figure of my Lonchura illustrations. Paper by Knief et al 2024 #Sciart
January 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Between 2019 and 2023, researchers paid $8.968 billion to make papers open access. Imagine what else could be done with this money if it wasnt paid to for profit publishing companies...
👉 arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551
January 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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"A study of federally funded research projects in the United States estimated that principal investigators spend on average about 45% of their time on administrative activities related to applying for and managing projects rather than conducting active research"

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
January 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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I'm recruiting a PhD student to join my lab at the University of New Orleans starting in Fall 2025. Research topics will focus on building and using phylogenies to study the diversification of birds, with an emphasis on Neotropical bird radiations. Contact me if interested.
November 16, 2024 at 2:38 AM
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For my first post here, I’m happy to share our new paper just published in @ibisjournal.bsky.social Thanks to a great team effort, we made a small step forward in the study of Siberian vagrants in Europe and clarified the status of two (pseudo) vagrants: the YBW & the Sib Chiffchaff. Some results 🧵
December 11, 2024 at 1:42 PM
🚨 Internship Alert 🚨

Join us for research weaving of #birdmigration #ecology in Aug & Sep 2025. #ornithology

📍 Location: Brno, hosted by @czechacademy.bsky.social
💼 Funded: #EUFLYNET (www.euflynet.eu/stsms)
🔑 Required: R
🎯 Acquired: Systematic mapping

If interested, 📩 CV & 300-word motivation📝
December 11, 2024 at 2:45 PM
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Exciting opportunity! 🌱Join our Lab of Quantitative Ecology at Charles University, Prague! 🇨🇿
Fully funded PhD in Functional Vegetation Paleoecology.

📅Start October 2025 - Apply by January 15

Details: bit.ly/PhD_Function...
November 16, 2024 at 7:44 AM
Great job by Raphaël Nussbaumer on the Kenya Bird Trends between 1970 and 2023! #ornithology #birds

Check out the interactive website for more details: kenyabirdtrends.co.ke?mode=Species...
Out today in Diversity and Distribution!

Historical Bird Atlas and Contemporary Citizen Science Data Reveal Long-Term Changes in Geographic Range of Kenyan Birds

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
December 10, 2024 at 3:02 PM
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Super stoked to share our latest research on the migratory patterns of painted lady butterflies across the Sahara! 🦋🏜️

www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Trans-Saharan migratory patterns in Vanessa cardui and evidence for a southward leapfrog migration
Chemistry; Nature conservation; Ecology; Entomology
www.cell.com
December 3, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Reposition of #sample #metadata has the potential to boost scientific impact in #biology.

Right now @natureportfolio.bsky.social: nature.com/articles/d41...

Our initiative was first introduced in @ibisjournal.bsky.social along with the @avisamplenet.bsky.social metadata repository.

#ornithology
December 7, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Join @avisamplenet.bsky.social to share #metadata about your avian samples and grow your datasets collaboratively!🌍

It's free to use and connects you with fellow researchers, facilitating data exchange and collaboration in #ornithology. 🐦

#metadata #reuse
WELCOME to @avisamplenet.bsky.social – catalogue of #bird samples owned by researchers across the world and the first #metadata #repository facilitating access to these samples!

We post about #metadata & sample #reuse.
December 7, 2024 at 10:07 PM
15 000 fieldworkers | 28 countries | decades of effort | 170 #bird species🐦

Data paper on European long-term population changes in #birds: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Data: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

#ornithology
Long-term and large-scale multispecies dataset tracking population changes of common European breeding birds - Scientific Data
Measurement(s) population Technology Type(s) Count Factor Type(s) time scale • geographic location Sample Characteristic - Organism Aves Sample Characteristic - Location Europe Machine-accessible meta...
doi.org
December 7, 2024 at 9:58 PM