Nico W. Daudt
@nwdaudt.bsky.social
Marine ecologist (he/him) 🇧🇷 | PhD
Biodiversity | Biogeography | Community Ecology | Spatial Ecology | Plastic Pollution | Marine Megafauna | Seabirds
Biodiversity | Biogeography | Community Ecology | Spatial Ecology | Plastic Pollution | Marine Megafauna | Seabirds
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Hey penguins: what’s with the waddle? 🐧
Sadly, we can’t get an answer straight from the penguin’s beak, so we’ve got the next best thing.
Hear Museum scientist Alex Bond explain why penguins evolved to waddle in this week’s Surprising Science!
Sadly, we can’t get an answer straight from the penguin’s beak, so we’ve got the next best thing.
Hear Museum scientist Alex Bond explain why penguins evolved to waddle in this week’s Surprising Science!
December 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Hey penguins: what’s with the waddle? 🐧
Sadly, we can’t get an answer straight from the penguin’s beak, so we’ve got the next best thing.
Hear Museum scientist Alex Bond explain why penguins evolved to waddle in this week’s Surprising Science!
Sadly, we can’t get an answer straight from the penguin’s beak, so we’ve got the next best thing.
Hear Museum scientist Alex Bond explain why penguins evolved to waddle in this week’s Surprising Science!
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Studying for an MSc this year & looking for a #seabird research project?
We're looking for a student to help investigate the factors that influence #StormPetrel response rates during playback surveys. 🔊🐣
🔗Do get in touch if you have any Qs: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu... #seabirds #ornithology
We're looking for a student to help investigate the factors that influence #StormPetrel response rates during playback surveys. 🔊🐣
🔗Do get in touch if you have any Qs: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu... #seabirds #ornithology
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Studying for an MSc this year & looking for a #seabird research project?
We're looking for a student to help investigate the factors that influence #StormPetrel response rates during playback surveys. 🔊🐣
🔗Do get in touch if you have any Qs: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu... #seabirds #ornithology
We're looking for a student to help investigate the factors that influence #StormPetrel response rates during playback surveys. 🔊🐣
🔗Do get in touch if you have any Qs: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu... #seabirds #ornithology
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New paper out today in Ecology Letters! In this synthesis we dive into the equilibrium assumption in ecology - why it's everywhere in ecological theory, the evidence for it in nature, when meeting the assumption is important, how to achieve it in empirical research, and more! tinyurl.com/yh6kyysm
November 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
New paper out today in Ecology Letters! In this synthesis we dive into the equilibrium assumption in ecology - why it's everywhere in ecological theory, the evidence for it in nature, when meeting the assumption is important, how to achieve it in empirical research, and more! tinyurl.com/yh6kyysm
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Study area shape matters when tracking species range shifts & we may underestimate longitudinal range shifts to the benefit of latitudinal range shifts, potentially undermining drivers other than T°C 🌡
🌐🌏🌎🌍🧪🐠🐍🦋🦉🦇🌳🌲
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🌐🌏🌎🌍🧪🐠🐍🦋🦉🦇🌳🌲
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Global bias towards recording latitudinal range shifts - Nature Climate Change
The authors consider studies reporting species range shifts and demonstrate a geometric bias in sampling along latitudinal, rather than longitudinal, gradients. This bias may favour the corroboration ...
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November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Study area shape matters when tracking species range shifts & we may underestimate longitudinal range shifts to the benefit of latitudinal range shifts, potentially undermining drivers other than T°C 🌡
🌐🌏🌎🌍🧪🐠🐍🦋🦉🦇🌳🌲
shorturl.at/prp63
🌐🌏🌎🌍🧪🐠🐍🦋🦉🦇🌳🌲
shorturl.at/prp63
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"Looking back, that season taught me lessons I’ll hold forever. I learned to ask for help without shame and lean on my support system of friends and classmates. Most importantly, I learned to keep sight of why I came here in the first place." #AcademicChatter https://bit.ly/49yL72h
November 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"Looking back, that season taught me lessons I’ll hold forever. I learned to ask for help without shame and lean on my support system of friends and classmates. Most importantly, I learned to keep sight of why I came here in the first place." #AcademicChatter https://bit.ly/49yL72h
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Pra você que usa GLM/GLMMs, fique atento a problemas de dispersão!! E leia o preprint pra saber como testá-los! 🤓 /
For you that uses GLM/GLMMs, attention on dispersion problems! Read the preprint to know how to test for ir 🤓
For you that uses GLM/GLMMs, attention on dispersion problems! Read the preprint to know how to test for ir 🤓
Dispersion tests in generalised linear mixed-effects models - a methods comparison and practical guide
doi.org/10.32942/X23...
doi.org/10.32942/X23...
November 15, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Pra você que usa GLM/GLMMs, fique atento a problemas de dispersão!! E leia o preprint pra saber como testá-los! 🤓 /
For you that uses GLM/GLMMs, attention on dispersion problems! Read the preprint to know how to test for ir 🤓
For you that uses GLM/GLMMs, attention on dispersion problems! Read the preprint to know how to test for ir 🤓
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NEW PAPER in #ornithology and #conservation reviews the marine threats to #seabirds and other marine #megafauna and confirms that #fisheries are a severe problem: buff.ly/5SXNdqr
November 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
NEW PAPER in #ornithology and #conservation reviews the marine threats to #seabirds and other marine #megafauna and confirms that #fisheries are a severe problem: buff.ly/5SXNdqr
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Needing to model impacts on seabird populations in Northwest Europe?
Not sure where to find useful values for demographic variables?
Look no further! In this new paper, we provide model-derived values for age-specific survival of 25 species.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Not sure where to find useful values for demographic variables?
Look no further! In this new paper, we provide model-derived values for age-specific survival of 25 species.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Demography of marine birds in the Northeast Atlantic: Informed parameter values for population modelling
We developed matrix population models for 54 regional populations of 25 marine bird species in the north-east Atlantic, based on 30 years of monitoring data. In Step 1, we parameterised the models wi...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Needing to model impacts on seabird populations in Northwest Europe?
Not sure where to find useful values for demographic variables?
Look no further! In this new paper, we provide model-derived values for age-specific survival of 25 species.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Not sure where to find useful values for demographic variables?
Look no further! In this new paper, we provide model-derived values for age-specific survival of 25 species.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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A new species of fossil billfish has been named Zealandorhynchus fordycei, honouring the legacy of the late Emeritus Professor Ewan Fordyce ❤️🩹
The species is one of two rare fossil billfish skulls from about 50 million years ago found in Otago.
Read more here 🔗 www.otago.ac.nz/about/news/n...
The species is one of two rare fossil billfish skulls from about 50 million years ago found in Otago.
Read more here 🔗 www.otago.ac.nz/about/news/n...
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM
A new species of fossil billfish has been named Zealandorhynchus fordycei, honouring the legacy of the late Emeritus Professor Ewan Fordyce ❤️🩹
The species is one of two rare fossil billfish skulls from about 50 million years ago found in Otago.
Read more here 🔗 www.otago.ac.nz/about/news/n...
The species is one of two rare fossil billfish skulls from about 50 million years ago found in Otago.
Read more here 🔗 www.otago.ac.nz/about/news/n...
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Special Issue of #BirdStudy is now published:
The impacts of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza on birds: part 1
10 papers (5 #OpenAccess) plus Editorial on the impacts of #birdflu #HPAI outbreak in Europe, Canada, Antarctica: www.tandfonline.com/toc/tbis20/7...
#ornithology #ukbirding #seabirds
The impacts of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza on birds: part 1
10 papers (5 #OpenAccess) plus Editorial on the impacts of #birdflu #HPAI outbreak in Europe, Canada, Antarctica: www.tandfonline.com/toc/tbis20/7...
#ornithology #ukbirding #seabirds
March 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Special Issue of #BirdStudy is now published:
The impacts of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza on birds: part 1
10 papers (5 #OpenAccess) plus Editorial on the impacts of #birdflu #HPAI outbreak in Europe, Canada, Antarctica: www.tandfonline.com/toc/tbis20/7...
#ornithology #ukbirding #seabirds
The impacts of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza on birds: part 1
10 papers (5 #OpenAccess) plus Editorial on the impacts of #birdflu #HPAI outbreak in Europe, Canada, Antarctica: www.tandfonline.com/toc/tbis20/7...
#ornithology #ukbirding #seabirds
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New online! The circular seabird economy is critical for oceans, islands and people
The circular seabird economy is critical for oceans, islands and people
Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Published online: 27 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s44358-025-00099-wSeabirds are top predators and nutrient cyclers in marine island ecosystems, but are threatened by risk of extinction. This Review explores the circular seabird economy around islands and discusses how healthy seabird populations can support more resilient island ecosystems.
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October 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
New online! The circular seabird economy is critical for oceans, islands and people
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Want to see what {galaxias} can do? 🤔
Check out slides from a talk we presented on galaxias this week at the Living Data conference:
martinwestgate.com/presentation...
Or, check out this intro video about galaxias:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO4-...
#rstats 🌏🧪🐟
Check out slides from a talk we presented on galaxias this week at the Living Data conference:
martinwestgate.com/presentation...
Or, check out this intro video about galaxias:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO4-...
#rstats 🌏🧪🐟
October 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Want to see what {galaxias} can do? 🤔
Check out slides from a talk we presented on galaxias this week at the Living Data conference:
martinwestgate.com/presentation...
Or, check out this intro video about galaxias:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO4-...
#rstats 🌏🧪🐟
Check out slides from a talk we presented on galaxias this week at the Living Data conference:
martinwestgate.com/presentation...
Or, check out this intro video about galaxias:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO4-...
#rstats 🌏🧪🐟
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🌍 In the 1850s, humans and their livestock weighed about as much as all wild mammals 🐋🐘 combined.
Today, they outweigh them nearly 20 to 1.
A quiet biomass revolution. Life reshaped to serve one species.
#Anthropocene #Biomass #WildlifeLoss #Beef
Today, they outweigh them nearly 20 to 1.
A quiet biomass revolution. Life reshaped to serve one species.
#Anthropocene #Biomass #WildlifeLoss #Beef
The global biomass of mammals since 1850 - Nature Communications
Here, the authors estimate mammalian biomass from the 1850’s to today, tracking an increase of over five-fold in human and domesticated mammal biomass and a two-fold decrease in wild mammal biomass. R...
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October 28, 2025 at 9:14 AM
🌍 In the 1850s, humans and their livestock weighed about as much as all wild mammals 🐋🐘 combined.
Today, they outweigh them nearly 20 to 1.
A quiet biomass revolution. Life reshaped to serve one species.
#Anthropocene #Biomass #WildlifeLoss #Beef
Today, they outweigh them nearly 20 to 1.
A quiet biomass revolution. Life reshaped to serve one species.
#Anthropocene #Biomass #WildlifeLoss #Beef
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Hey seabird folks - have you ever thought "*ANOTHER* talk about ?!" So did we.
So we reviewed 3000 conference abstracts to see which species get the spotlight. Huge work from @ingridpollet.bsky.social with me and @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
So we reviewed 3000 conference abstracts to see which species get the spotlight. Huge work from @ingridpollet.bsky.social with me and @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Hey seabird folks - have you ever thought "*ANOTHER* talk about ?!" So did we.
So we reviewed 3000 conference abstracts to see which species get the spotlight. Huge work from @ingridpollet.bsky.social with me and @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
So we reviewed 3000 conference abstracts to see which species get the spotlight. Huge work from @ingridpollet.bsky.social with me and @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...