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Julien Fattebert, PhD 🇺🇳🇪🇺🇨🇭 @fattebertj.bsky.social · 12h

"It is surprising, if not deeply concerning, that despite decades of advances in biodiversity modeling, the GBF overlooks the anticipatory power of these tools and does not mention “model” or “prediction” anywhere in its text."

Macroecology lab @unipotsdam @zurelllab.bsky.social · 14h

Biodiversity policy needs to look forward, not just backward. 🌍
Our new PNAS piece argues that predictive models - like those used in climate science - are key to guiding effective conservation decisions.
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#Biodiversity #Conservation #PNAS
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Predicting the way forward for the Global Biodiversity Framework | PNAS

Predicting the way forward for the Global Biodiversity Framework

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Julien Fattebert, PhD 🇺🇳🇪🇺🇨🇭 @fattebertj.bsky.social · 20h

They're always fat and often relaxed, aren't they?

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Julien Fattebert, PhD 🇺🇳🇪🇺🇨🇭 @fattebertj.bsky.social · 3d

Switzerland:
Up to 25,000 cows could be slaughtered due to US tariffs www-rts-ch.translate.goog/info/economi...

But: the wolf!

Jusqu'à 25'000 vaches pourraient être abattues à cause des droits de douane américains

Jusqu'à 25'000 vaches sont menacées d'abattage en Suisse en raison des droits de douane américains, relate la NZZ am Sonntag, qui se base sur des données de l'Interprofession du lait (IP). En cause: u...

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 4d

Sometimes I think about how from 1935-1975ish, Bell Labs produced an insane amount of revolutionary science and technology, including 11 Nobel Prizes, the transistor, UNIX, C, the laser, the solar cell, information theory, etc. The secret? Provide scientists with ample, steady, no-strings funding.

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Julien Fattebert, PhD 🇺🇳🇪🇺🇨🇭 @fattebertj.bsky.social · 12d

This is becoming real 😅

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Wilson Ornithological Society @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social · 12d

Something cool to start your weekend: a Blue Jay x Green Jay hybrid from Texas! #ornithology

Rare blue-and-green hybrid jay spotted in Texas is offspring of birds whose lineages split 7 million years ago

The hybrid bird is the product of two species whose habitat ranges began to overlap a few decades ago, potentially due to climate change, researchers said.

www.livescience.com

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WildCRU, Oxford @wildcru.bsky.social · 13d

Lions across Africa are under threat from habitat loss, poaching, and wildlife trade.

A continent-wide survey of 132 lion subpopulations was conducted in collaboration with landscape managers and lion researchers to determine perceived threat severity.

[1/2] @biology.ox.ac.uk

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Julien Fattebert, PhD 🇺🇳🇪🇺🇨🇭 @fattebertj.bsky.social · 14d

I need one!

"The Publish or Perish Game is a humorous party game about academic publishing. Players race to publish manuscripts with useless nonsense while sabotaging each other's research and delivering "very helpful" comments, Reviewer 2 style."

publishorperish.games

Publish or Perish: A Humorous Party Game about Academic Publish

Welcome to the chaotic life of academic publishing. In this game, you are a clueless researcher trying to do the one and only thing that matters in your academic life: churning out publications, fast....

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FatBear wildlife science solutions @fatbear-bio.bsky.social · 15d

Every week is FatBear week! 😁

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Community-Led Restoration @globalstewards.bsky.social · 15d

Fat bear week launches tomorrow! 🐻
explore.org/fat-bear-wee...

Fat Bear Week 2025

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Tom Cameron @ecoevoenviro.bsky.social · 28d

#Wildlife population counts are only population size estimates, always wrong but some more than others - here technology suggests 50% out! www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09...

AI satellite survey challenges long-standing estimates of Serengeti

A pioneering study led by the University of Oxford in collaboration with international partners has applied AI for the first time to count the Great Wildebeest Migration from satellite images.

www.ox.ac.uk

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Julien Fattebert, PhD 🇺🇳🇪🇺🇨🇭 @fattebertj.bsky.social · 29d

TFW your student wins the award for the best MSc talk at the conference!

Go Yasmin!

Cc @robdavis1104.bsky.social

a man applauds in front of a sign that says " so proud of you "

ALT: a man applauds in front of a sign that says " so proud of you "

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Global Change Biology @globalchangebio.bsky.social · Aug 3

Wildfire and Drought Alter the Ecology of Jaguars and Co‐Occurring Mammals in the World's Largest Wetland

🔗 buff.ly/tNzo2KM

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Eamonn Wooster @predator-smarts.bsky.social · Aug 1

Wolves use diverse tactics to track partially migratory prey. Cool paper !!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Wolves use diverse tactics to track partially migratory prey

Some predators move long distances to track migratory prey.1,2,3 This phenomenon, known as migratory coupling,1 has been observed in wolves that track…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Society for Conservation Biology - Europe @scbeurope.bsky.social · Jul 9

New on European conservation science:

Wolf-dog hybridization can rapidly increase without intervention. Model shows sterilization or removal of hybrids reduces admixture. Success depends on mate choice, immigration & mortality by humans.

Santostasi et al. in Cons. Biology doi.org/10.1111/cobi...

Simulating the efficacy of wolf–dog hybridization management with individual‐based modeling

In the photo, an introgressed adult wolf–dog in the Northern Apennines, Italy, not far from the city of Bologna. Part of a research program, this male has been sterilized and released back in its own....

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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · Aug 1

Pro tip for writers:

A very bad first draft is not a failure—it’s a great start, Congratulations!

You can’t revise a blank page, but you can shape a bad one into something really great

🌟Editing is easier than Creating🌟

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Julien Fattebert, PhD 🇺🇳🇪🇺🇨🇭 @fattebertj.bsky.social · Jul 31

9 Switzerlands !

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Julien Fattebert, PhD 🇺🇳🇪🇺🇨🇭 @fattebertj.bsky.social · Jul 31

You're not alone 😬

Kirsty MacLeod @kjmacleod.bsky.social · Jul 31

Need some tips for dealing with literature overwhelm... every day I see 10 papers I really want to read, but struggle to find the time for. So I feel like I'm constantly falling behind!

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Remington Moll @remingtonmoll.bsky.social · May 23

📢New paper 📢

MS student Clara Dawson's 1st chapter is out!

Does increased habitat connectivity always increase wildlife-vehicle collision rates?

No!

We found nonlinear effects of connectivity on wildlife-vehicle collisions

Free access: rdcu.be/emUU3

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The Wildlife Society @thewildlifesociety.bsky.social · Jul 30

Despite a lack of threats, utility-scale solar energy still repels pronghorn. Read the full story 👇

Ungulates turn away while humans embrace solar - The Wildlife Society

Despite lack of threats, utility-scale solar energy still repel pronghorn

wildlife.org

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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · Jul 30

Pro tip for writers:
Your abstract cannot be an afterthought

It’s the most important paragraph in your paper—often the only one people read
Make every word count!

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W. P. Mueller @wpmueller.bsky.social · Jul 30

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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social · Jul 30

From bio-logging to conservation 🔽

New paper by an @animaltracking.bsky.social dream team

@diegoellissoto.bsky.social @anflack.bsky.social @arispeshkin.bsky.social Timm Wild, Hannah Williams, @teagueo.bsky.social

@cbehav.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

From biologging to conservation: Tracking individual performance in changing environments | PNAS

Under an accelerating biodiversity crisis, increased urbanization, habitat fragmentation, and climate change require new approaches to assess conse...

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Diego Ellis Soto @diegoellissoto.bsky.social · Jul 30

🛰️🐦 Bio-logging can fundamentally reshape how we measure conservation success—from individuals ➡️ populations ➡️ species.

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Diego Ellis Soto @diegoellissoto.bsky.social · Jul 30

Thrilled to share our new article in @pnas.org highlighting global gaps in where we study animal movement—and outlining the next generation of smart bio-loggers.

👉 Read the full study in PNAS: lnkd.in/exP8NCeZ
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Julien Fattebert, PhD 🇺🇳🇪🇺🇨🇭 @fattebertj.bsky.social · Jul 29

Not even: part-time and remote, so I'll work from home and show up from time to time : )

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