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Richard Fox @richardfoxbc.bsky.social · Aug 14

Interesting paper using @ukbms.bsky.social data to examine extreme weather impacts on butterfly populations. Winter heatwaves and periods of high rainfall appear bad for many species. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🌍

Butterfly abundance changes in England are well associated with extreme climate events

Climate change exerts significant impacts on ecosystems through extreme climate events (ECEs), which are linked to various climate variables and can o…

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Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · Aug 15

What moths live on farmland?

Despite covering 67% of England, farmland is a biodiversity “dark zone”. Discover how AI & citizen science are revealing its hidden moth life in our FREE webinar:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1496618569...

@ukceh.bsky.social @abigaillowe.bsky.social @mjopocock.bsky.social

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Matt Grainger @drmattg.bsky.social · Jun 6

🚀 New paper led by Dr Becks Spake!

We make the case for precision ecology—using big data & predictive tools to tailor conservation actions to local contexts.

Can ecology learn from medicine & marketing to boost impact? We think so.

Read it here: rdcu.be/eoaR4
#Conservation #Ecology #BigData

Precision ecology for targeted conservation action

Nature Ecology & Evolution - The fields of medicine and marketing use large data volumes and computational power to target individuals. This Perspective argues that applied ecologists should...

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Rob Cooke @r-cooke.bsky.social · May 28

Our new GLiTRS paper! 🎉🦗🦋🐝

A tricky paper (evidence synthesis is hard!) but one with bags of potential to improve our understanding of insect biodiversity change 📊

GLiTRS @glitrs.bsky.social · May 27

New GLiTRS paper led by @joemillard.bsky.social 🚨📝

"Our database provides a framework for the first global meta-analytic overview of the response of insects to a range of major anthropogenic drivers"

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A Multithreat Meta‐Analytic Database for Understanding Insect Biodiversity Change

Aim Widespread declines in insect biodiversity have been attributed to a diverse set of anthropogenic drivers, but the relative importance of these drivers remains unclear. A key reason for this unc...

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GLiTRS @glitrs.bsky.social · May 27

New GLiTRS paper led by @joemillard.bsky.social 🚨📝

"Our database provides a framework for the first global meta-analytic overview of the response of insects to a range of major anthropogenic drivers"

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A Multithreat Meta‐Analytic Database for Understanding Insect Biodiversity Change

Aim Widespread declines in insect biodiversity have been attributed to a diverse set of anthropogenic drivers, but the relative importance of these drivers remains unclear. A key reason for this unc...

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Rob Cooke @r-cooke.bsky.social · Apr 4

New GLiTRS paper out today!

GLiTRS @glitrs.bsky.social · Apr 4

NEW PAPER from the GLiTRS team! 🎉

We review how best to use different types of evidence to better understand global insect declines 🦗🪳🪲🦋🐛🐜

"Integrating multiple evidence streams to understand insect biodiversity change" published in @science.org

🔗 tinyurl.com/mr35bdaa

A summary 🧵 below (1/7)

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Richard Hassall @richardhassall.bsky.social · Apr 3

Our new paper combines wildlife surveillance data and spatial risk modelling to map suitability for TBEV in GB. We identified key drivers linked to TBEV exposure in deer and produced risk maps, which can guide future surveillance and interventions. www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...

Identifying hotspots and risk factors for tick-borne encephalitis virus emergence at its range margins to guide interventions, Great Britain

Background Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) is expanding its range in Europe, with increasing human cases reported. Since the first detection of TBEV in ticks in the United Kingdom in 2019, one po...

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Toke Thomas Høye @tokehoye.bsky.social · Apr 3

Great to be at the #FutureforButterflies. Tomorrow I will speak about this new paper and our work with #biodiversitymonitoring using #Insect #cameratraps and #AI as part of @mambo-project.eu @onestop-project.eu and @insectai.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...?

Emerging technologies for pollinator monitoring

Efficient tools for monitoring pollinator populations are urgently needed to address their reported declines. Here, we review advanced technologies fo…

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Dr Will Leo Hawkes @willleohawkes.bsky.social · Apr 2

It's published!
The largest research work I've ever undertaken:

Lords of the flies: dipteran migrants are diverse, abundant & ecologically important

Published in Biological Reviews: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Thanks so much to co-authors @koralwotton.bsky.social & Myles Menz
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Screenshot from the cover page of the paper

A map of the world showing fly migration study locations and estimated routes

A close up photo of Eristalinus taeniops the stripey eyed hoverfly on a yellow flower in Cyprus

A close up photo of the locust blowfly Stomorhina lunata on a rock. My favourite fly

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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · Mar 13

Deadline tomorrow to apply for our paid internship on modelling restoration

James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · Feb 20

We’re offering a paid internship!

“Restoring for ecological recovery and resilience: a global approach”

Look for Internship 3 (also peruse the other internships) at:
ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/CEH_Careers/...

NC-International Internship

These internships are offered at our Bangor, Edinburgh, Lancaster and Wallingford sites, as specified below. The internships take place during a fixed period from Monday 30th June to Friday 8th August...

ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com

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Dave Goulson @davegoulson.bsky.social · Feb 13

Our new paper, based on data from 1,705 studies, shows that pesticides are toxic to organisms they are not intended to harm, including fungi, microbes, plants, insects, & vertebrates such as ourselves. Questions the wisdom of applying over 3 million tonnes of them every year...

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Andy Purvis @andypurvisnhm.bsky.social · Feb 13

Come and join us in @nhm-london.bsky.social's Biodiversity Futures Lab! We're looking for a geospatial analyst to join the #PredictsProject team for 12 months (with possibility to extend) to help us further develop the Biodiversity Intactness Index. #job deadline 3 Mar jobs.nhm.ac.uk/internal/Job...

Geospatial Analyst:South Kensington

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Corey Bradshaw @conservbytes.bsky.social · Jan 21

As the clowns in charge of the American circus pull out of the #ParisClimateAgreement, the @who.int, and probably a host of other international agencies, I'm reminded of this paragraph we wrote in 2021 (from doi.org/10.3389/fcos...):

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · Jan 9

🚨 Interested in using #AI to help develop real-time early warnings of human-wildlife conflict?

Apply for a fully-funded #PhD supervised by Vicky Boult (University of Reading) and our own @robboyd.bsky.social

Part of the AI-INTERVENE programme. Deadline 27 Jan: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Real-Time Early-Warnings of Human-Wildlife Conflict at University of Reading on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Real-Time Early-Warnings of Human-Wildlife Conflict at University of Reading, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Alexander Lees @alexanderlees.bsky.social · Jan 9

Quick thread on some new papers on the science of impacts of bird feeding since the publication of our papers here www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... and here britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti... #Ornithoogy #UKBirding🧵 1/

Fig. 1. Schematic illustrating novel interactions facilitated by garden bird provisioning. All arrows indicate predation with the exception of the one between C and G which indicates competition. Red arrows indicate a negative effect while blue arrows indicate a positive effect. Arrow size is not indicative of effect size and illustrations are not to scale. A) provisioned nestbox B) provisioned food C) intended provision recipient D) non-native invasive recipient E) natural omnivorous mesopredator F) natural carnivorous predator G) non-provisioned competitor of recipient H) natural prey I) non-native invasive omnivorous mesopredator J) domestic pet predator. Individual illustrations purchased from istockphoto.com and adapted. (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.)

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Andy Purvis @andypurvisnhm.bsky.social · Jan 9

My own #OA contribution is "Bending the curve of #biodiversity loss requires a ‘satnav’ for nature". I argue we'll only reach the #KMGBF goals by combining model predictions of expected future outcomes of today's choices with rapid feedback from monitoring royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

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Andy Purvis @andypurvisnhm.bsky.social · Jan 9

‘Bending the curve towards nature recovery: building on Georgina Mace's legacy for a biodiverse future’ - a special issue of Phil Trans R Soc B in honour of a very special biodiversity scientist - is published today by @royalsociety.org. royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1917

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Camille Magneville @cmlmagneville.bsky.social · Dec 19

🎄🎁 Need help navigating the mFD R package for your analyses of #functionaldiversity? The team has a Christmas present for you: an FAQ based on your most common questions since 2021!
➡️ cmlmagneville.github.io/mFD/articles...

+ New functions to work with functional entities (in the dev vers)📦

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IPBES @ipbes.net · Dec 17

We are thrilled to announce that it has been agreed that #IPBES12 will take place in the United Kingdom, thanks to the UK’s kind offer to host the Plenary.

Thank you to UK Government, we look forward to launching the #BizBiodiversity Report in the UK.

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · Dec 17

1/ Great news! 🎉BTO, JNCC and RSPB are making decades of Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data freely available for everyone in the conservation and research community. This includes over 7 million records! 📝 Find out more ⬇️ or read the paper➡️ bit.ly/_BBSData #Ornithology #UKBirding

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Simon Rolph @simon-rolph.com · Dec 12

Digital twins AND adaptive sampling! A @ukceh.bsky.social double bill at the poster session tonight B17.10/11 #bes2024

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · Dec 11

Are you at #BES2024? Come and find us on stand 10 to learn more about the long-term environmental data we have available through our #NC-UK programme, as well as our latest #AgZero+ sustainable agriculture research

@britishecolsoc.bsky.social @ukladybirds.bsky.social

Helen Roy and Claire Wood at the UKCEH stand at the British Ecological Society conference

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Paul Dufour @pauldufour80.bsky.social · Dec 11

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 🧵

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Charlie Outhwaite @charlieouthwaite.bsky.social · Dec 11

It's great to be back at the @britishecolsoc.bsky.social annual meeting! Looking forward to all the brilliant talks, workshops, and socials to come. #BES2024

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