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Dynamic Energy Budget @debtheory.bsky.social · 20d

🚨 Great news! The DEB special issue in Ecological Modelling is now open for submissions! 📝🌍 Submit your DEB paper now! 🎯
🔗 Check the call:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

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Raphaël Royauté @rroyaute.bsky.social · 26d

Interested in doing a postdoc in behavioral #ecotoxicology? I have a 12-months fully-funded position to work on the effects of pesticide exposure on generalist arthropod predators. More details here: rroyaute.github.io/blog/2025/po...

Work program for the postdoctoral project. The first phase focuses on comparing video tracking metrics obtained with classical background substraction with metrics that use pose tracking. The bottom figure explain a sampling design where individual are compared along a dose gradient to recover ecotoxicological parameters.

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Ned Dochtermann @neddochtermann.bsky.social · Sep 8

New preprint out from the lab, including @rroyaute.bsky.social:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

In this we test what we refer to as the "standard model" of behavioral variation.

This was inspired by recent work identifying intra-genotypic variation as a major contributor to "individuality".
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Genetic and environmental sources of behavioral individuality: a test of the standard model

Behavioral variation is typically assumed to arise from the combination and interaction of genetic and environmental variation. However, recent work with genetically identical individuals has found th...

www.biorxiv.org

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Raphaël Royauté @rroyaute.bsky.social · Sep 8

NEWS ALERT!
Clonally-reproducing species are weird. Sexually reproducing species still rely on combination of genetic + environmental cues to generate individuality like any self-respecting organism would.

Film at 11

See @neddochtermann.bsky.social thread 👇

Ned Dochtermann @neddochtermann.bsky.social · Sep 8

New preprint out from the lab, including @rroyaute.bsky.social:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

In this we test what we refer to as the "standard model" of behavioral variation.

This was inspired by recent work identifying intra-genotypic variation as a major contributor to "individuality".
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Genetic and environmental sources of behavioral individuality: a test of the standard model

Behavioral variation is typically assumed to arise from the combination and interaction of genetic and environmental variation. However, recent work with genetically identical individuals has found th...

www.biorxiv.org

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Dynamic Energy Budget @debtheory.bsky.social · Jun 5

And so it begins! The DEB 2025 symposium kicked off with a presentation entitled "The evolution of how life harnesses energy and elements, from the big bang to biodiversity" by Gonçalo Marques @g-m-marques.bsky.social

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Sarah Primate @langurlover.bsky.social · Apr 28

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Social 'hippie' spiders don't believe in labels

New research led by the University of Portsmouth has revealed that African social spiders—dubbed "hippie spiders" for their cooperative lifestyle—may not have distinct personalities after all.

phys.org

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SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · Mar 14

🔊SAVE THE DATE for our 5th SORTEE conference: 15-16th Oct 2025!

Registration & content submission (unconferences, hackathons, workshops) will open soon

Keep an 👁️on buff.ly/gqnoDNT #SORTEE2025

Join the mailing list & receive conference updates buff.ly/ScVT3zX

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Raphaël Royauté @rroyaute.bsky.social · Feb 15

@kmonceau.bsky.social @qpetitjean.bsky.social

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Raphaël Royauté @rroyaute.bsky.social · Feb 15

Merci, merci !

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Flo Débarre @flodebarre.bsky.social · Nov 26

#HelloESR Voici un kit de démarrage de chercheuses et chercheurs en écologie-évolution en poste en France
go.bsky.app/HM6CfJ5

Aidez-moi à le compléter !
Une contrainte : une auto-nomination de chercheur doit s'accompagner d'une nomination de chercheuse

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Raphaël Royauté @rroyaute.bsky.social · Feb 15

Génial, je veux bien être ajouté stp !

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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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Samantha Patrick @samanthacpatrick.bsky.social · Feb 8

Looking for #PhD in behavioural and applied ecology? Our project will determine the importance individual level variation in #seabird #foraging for assessing the impact of wind farms @jon-seabirds.bsky.social @jaycee161.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Gina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · Feb 7

Letter from the SSE/SSB/ASN councils on the scientific understanding of sex and gender, pls RT

Letter to the US President and Congress on the Scientific Understanding of Sex and Gender

President Donald J Trump Washington, DC Members of the US Congress Washington, DC February 5, 2025 RE: Scientific Understanding of Sex and Gender Dear President Trump and Members of the US Congr...

www.evolutionsociety.org

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · Feb 6

I usually reserve this account for my personal views; but today I want to represent my position as President of @asn-amnat.bsky.social to post a message that will shortly go out to the membership of the American Society of Naturalists from the ASN Executive Council

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Michael Bertram @michaelgbertram.bsky.social · Feb 5

Excited to share our new paper, led by @danielwanoble.bsky.social, in @royalsocietypublishing.org!

‘We believe that the future of preprints is bright, and community-driven initiatives, such as EcoEvoRxiv, will play a crucial role in the future of scientific publishing.’

tinyurl.com/4tpbj859

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Phil Delacote @phildelacote.bsky.social · Feb 4

A few starter packs of:

@inrae-france.bsky.social colleagues on agriculture, food, environment, forests: go.bsky.app/CuM8ekE

BETA Economics colleagues: go.bsky.app/FU6FAs6

Climate Economics Chair researchers: go.bsky.app/9cWunpz

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Ned Dochtermann @neddochtermann.bsky.social · Jan 31

Check out the new preprint from @sekharma.bsky.social!

Also with @batsrkul.bsky.social (new to Bluesky!).

Sekhar did a deep dive into which parts of an agonistic interaction are influenced by direct and indirect effects, from the physical to acoustic components.

bioRxiv Animal Behavior and Cognition @biorxiv-behav.bsky.social · Jan 29

A saga of agonistic interactions in house crickets (Acheta domesticus): A direct and indirect effects perspective https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.28.635358v1

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Raphaël Royauté @rroyaute.bsky.social · Jan 3

Go work with Ned! He’s a wonderful scientist and mentor (plus, the subject looks really cool 😁)

Ned Dochtermann @neddochtermann.bsky.social · Jan 2

I have a PhD position open to start fall semester 2025!

The position will include investigations of the structure of both phenotypic (behavioral) plasticity and genetic variation in behavior as well as lots of opportunity to develop your own project.
#Evolution #evobio #evolsky #Ecology 🧪

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Ned Dochtermann @neddochtermann.bsky.social · Jan 2

I have a PhD position open to start fall semester 2025!

The position will include investigations of the structure of both phenotypic (behavioral) plasticity and genetic variation in behavior as well as lots of opportunity to develop your own project.
#Evolution #evobio #evolsky #Ecology 🧪

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Alastair J Wilson @ali--wilson.bsky.social · Nov 26

How does pollution impact behavioural evolution? We're looking for an awesome PhD student to find out. Project spans behaviour, genetics + ecotox, working with cherry shrimp @exetercec.bsky.social. Cosupervised with @lauraakelley.bsky.social and Dave Spurgeon at CEH. App + info tinyurl.com/yvthn7xn

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Ned Dochtermann @neddochtermann.bsky.social · Nov 19

I'm teaching a graduate course on meta-analyses this coming semester. Question for the bluesky ecology and evolution community: What are some of your favorite meta-analyses that changed your understanding of a topic? Or, just cool questions?

Please repost!

🧪 #Evolution #Ecology #Biology

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Raphaël Royauté @rroyaute.bsky.social · Nov 18

Nice! Would love to be added to please!

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Raphaël Royauté @rroyaute.bsky.social · Aug 5

Interested in doing a postdoc with me in behavioral #ecotoxicology? The AgroEcoSystem dept. @inrae funds 12 months fellowships. Expected start in fall 2025 & call submission deadline by end of September 2024. Reach out if interested!
rroyaute.github.io/blog/2024/po...

https://rroyaute.github.io/blog/2024/post…

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