Wenyuan Zhang
@wenyuanzhang.com
Assistant Professor of integrative ecology @ Nanjing University- Nature, Science & Cooking!
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We are recruiting several PhD students. If you are interested in conservation conflicts, population ecology, quantitative ecology, or biodiversity, check these projects out (links in the thread, feel free to reach out):
December 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
We are recruiting several PhD students. If you are interested in conservation conflicts, population ecology, quantitative ecology, or biodiversity, check these projects out (links in the thread, feel free to reach out):
Got very tricky photos during a bird survey in Jiangsu China. Here is the eagle eye challenge: spot and identify the bird (left to right-easy to difficult)!
November 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Got very tricky photos during a bird survey in Jiangsu China. Here is the eagle eye challenge: spot and identify the bird (left to right-easy to difficult)!
Happy reunion after ten years in the 18th ornithology conference of China - how time swifts! (The second is in 2015:)
October 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Happy reunion after ten years in the 18th ornithology conference of China - how time swifts! (The second is in 2015:)
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Large citizen science datasets are powerful tools for biodiversity science, but they may have biases. Nice new paper from @louisbackstrom.bsky.social et al. showing that for eBird and Birdtrack lists there is a tendency for rare species to be over-represented
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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October 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Large citizen science datasets are powerful tools for biodiversity science, but they may have biases. Nice new paper from @louisbackstrom.bsky.social et al. showing that for eBird and Birdtrack lists there is a tendency for rare species to be over-represented
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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🎉We have announced a new professorship at the University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪 to celebrate our Crown Princess’s 50th birthday!
🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling
📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines!
🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling
📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines!
🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
The Crown Princess Victoria Professorship in Biodiversity
Professorship in Biodiversity.
The University of Gothenburg hereby announces a unique and prestigious position – the
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October 3, 2025 at 5:29 AM
🎉We have announced a new professorship at the University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪 to celebrate our Crown Princess’s 50th birthday!
🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling
📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines!
🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling
📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines!
🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
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Attribution of vegetation change to climate change: here we compared vegetation time series to simulations from a process model forced with observed and counterfactual (detrended) climate data. Trends in climate necessary for the model to emulate vegetation trends www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/3
Shifts in vegetation activity of terrestrial ecosystems attributable to climate trends - Nature Geoscience
An analysis fusing satellite data with a process-based model of plant growth attributes changes in vegetation activity across terrestrial ecosystems to climatic changes.
www.nature.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Attribution of vegetation change to climate change: here we compared vegetation time series to simulations from a process model forced with observed and counterfactual (detrended) climate data. Trends in climate necessary for the model to emulate vegetation trends www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/3
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📢 Post doc! Want to join our team?
We are looking for 3 post docs in biodiversity science, genetic indicator assessment, and ecological statistics for a fixed term of 2 years!
Come unravel the drivers and consequences of global change on biodiversity with us!
DL 24.9.
#universityofhelsinki
We are looking for 3 post docs in biodiversity science, genetic indicator assessment, and ecological statistics for a fixed term of 2 years!
Come unravel the drivers and consequences of global change on biodiversity with us!
DL 24.9.
#universityofhelsinki
3 Post doc positions in biodiversity science, genetic indicator assessment and ecological statistics
3 Post doc positions in biodiversity science, genetic indicator assessment and ecological statistics
jobs.helsinki.fi
September 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
📢 Post doc! Want to join our team?
We are looking for 3 post docs in biodiversity science, genetic indicator assessment, and ecological statistics for a fixed term of 2 years!
Come unravel the drivers and consequences of global change on biodiversity with us!
DL 24.9.
#universityofhelsinki
We are looking for 3 post docs in biodiversity science, genetic indicator assessment, and ecological statistics for a fixed term of 2 years!
Come unravel the drivers and consequences of global change on biodiversity with us!
DL 24.9.
#universityofhelsinki
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Less than a week left to apply for this PhD position.
If interested, email me by 27 July (5 PM, Melbourne time). Please review the application requirements carefully before submitting your application. See more about our research here shawanchowdhurylab.com.
If interested, email me by 27 July (5 PM, Melbourne time). Please review the application requirements carefully before submitting your application. See more about our research here shawanchowdhurylab.com.
Please share.
We have a fully-funded PhD position on animal migration. If interested, please apply by 27 July. More about us: shawanchowdhury.com. @idiv-research.bsky.social @monashbiol.bsky.social @uq-cbcs.bsky.social
#PhDposition #Ecology #Conservation #Migration #Rstats #AcademicTwitter
We have a fully-funded PhD position on animal migration. If interested, please apply by 27 July. More about us: shawanchowdhury.com. @idiv-research.bsky.social @monashbiol.bsky.social @uq-cbcs.bsky.social
#PhDposition #Ecology #Conservation #Migration #Rstats #AcademicTwitter
July 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Less than a week left to apply for this PhD position.
If interested, email me by 27 July (5 PM, Melbourne time). Please review the application requirements carefully before submitting your application. See more about our research here shawanchowdhurylab.com.
If interested, email me by 27 July (5 PM, Melbourne time). Please review the application requirements carefully before submitting your application. See more about our research here shawanchowdhurylab.com.
Just signed off all the necessary documents today and I'm happy to announce that I officially join the School of Life Science at Nanjing University as an assistant professor!
July 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Just signed off all the necessary documents today and I'm happy to announce that I officially join the School of Life Science at Nanjing University as an assistant professor!
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Postdoc position with Erin Saupe at Oxford on whales past and present my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Erin’s great! And who doesn’t like whales? 🐋🐳
Erin’s great! And who doesn’t like whales? 🐋🐳
Job Details
my.corehr.com
May 30, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Postdoc position with Erin Saupe at Oxford on whales past and present my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Erin’s great! And who doesn’t like whales? 🐋🐳
Erin’s great! And who doesn’t like whales? 🐋🐳
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One week until Blitz the Gap (www.blitzthegap.org) starts - a Canada-wide event to fill biodiversity data gaps with iNaturalist! @laura-pollock.bsky.social
Blitz the Gap 2025
www.blitzthegap.org
May 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
One week until Blitz the Gap (www.blitzthegap.org) starts - a Canada-wide event to fill biodiversity data gaps with iNaturalist! @laura-pollock.bsky.social
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Deadline tomorrow 12th of May
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We are hiring 2 PhD candidates working on resilience of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning across landscapes. Daily supervision by myself, @dominic-martin.bsky.social @iris-hordijk.bsky.social @lucianachr.bsky.social and Merel Hofmeijer. Details & application here: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
PhD position - Resilience of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning across landscapes
www.wur.nl
May 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Deadline tomorrow 12th of May
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Submit your abstract for presentations, lightning talks or posters at #LivingData2025 ⭐
Deadline: 20 May 2025
Submit now: 🔗 livingdata2025.com/sessions.html
Join @tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org and #InstitutoHumboldt in Bogota (Oct 21–24)
Deadline: 20 May 2025
Submit now: 🔗 livingdata2025.com/sessions.html
Join @tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org and #InstitutoHumboldt in Bogota (Oct 21–24)
May 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Submit your abstract for presentations, lightning talks or posters at #LivingData2025 ⭐
Deadline: 20 May 2025
Submit now: 🔗 livingdata2025.com/sessions.html
Join @tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org and #InstitutoHumboldt in Bogota (Oct 21–24)
Deadline: 20 May 2025
Submit now: 🔗 livingdata2025.com/sessions.html
Join @tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org and #InstitutoHumboldt in Bogota (Oct 21–24)
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Please check out our new review in BioScience!
We describe how spatial climate analogs can be used in climate change research, impact assessment, decision-making, and communication.
#MacroEcology
#ClimateChange
#GlobalChange
1/4
We describe how spatial climate analogs can be used in climate change research, impact assessment, decision-making, and communication.
#MacroEcology
#ClimateChange
#GlobalChange
1/4
Spatial climate analogs in climate change research, impact assessment, and decision-making
Abstract. Climate adaptation requires actionable scientific information about potential climate impacts. Spatial climate analogs answer the question, ‘wher
doi.org
May 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Please check out our new review in BioScience!
We describe how spatial climate analogs can be used in climate change research, impact assessment, decision-making, and communication.
#MacroEcology
#ClimateChange
#GlobalChange
1/4
We describe how spatial climate analogs can be used in climate change research, impact assessment, decision-making, and communication.
#MacroEcology
#ClimateChange
#GlobalChange
1/4
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Our PhD level course Ecology of Animal Migration at @biologylu.bsky.social is now open for applications! The course will run this November (3-14th) and cover various theoretical and practical aspects of migration ecology.
See: www.biology.lu.se/phd-studies/...
See: www.biology.lu.se/phd-studies/...
Ecology of Animal Migration
Lund University.
www.biology.lu.se
May 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Our PhD level course Ecology of Animal Migration at @biologylu.bsky.social is now open for applications! The course will run this November (3-14th) and cover various theoretical and practical aspects of migration ecology.
See: www.biology.lu.se/phd-studies/...
See: www.biology.lu.se/phd-studies/...
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I wrote a journal club for Nature Reviews Biodiversity to reflect on the ways one of my favourite papers shaped (and keeps shaping) my research!
Spoiler alert: We need to summarise biodiversity change as a multi-species process, rather than a collection of separate trends
doi.org/10.1038/s443...
Spoiler alert: We need to summarise biodiversity change as a multi-species process, rather than a collection of separate trends
doi.org/10.1038/s443...
Biodiversity change is more than the sum of its parts - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Nature Reviews Biodiversity - Biodiversity change is more than the sum of its parts
doi.org
May 5, 2025 at 8:35 AM
I wrote a journal club for Nature Reviews Biodiversity to reflect on the ways one of my favourite papers shaped (and keeps shaping) my research!
Spoiler alert: We need to summarise biodiversity change as a multi-species process, rather than a collection of separate trends
doi.org/10.1038/s443...
Spoiler alert: We need to summarise biodiversity change as a multi-species process, rather than a collection of separate trends
doi.org/10.1038/s443...
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Are we communicating biodiversity change effectively? Andy Gonzalez (@bio-diverse.bsky.social) argues that focusing solely on loss risks disengagement — scientists must highlight solutions too. 🌱Tune in to #InsideBiodiversity tomorrow and subscribe today: insidebiodiversity.podigee.io
April 30, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Are we communicating biodiversity change effectively? Andy Gonzalez (@bio-diverse.bsky.social) argues that focusing solely on loss risks disengagement — scientists must highlight solutions too. 🌱Tune in to #InsideBiodiversity tomorrow and subscribe today: insidebiodiversity.podigee.io
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*** Academic BFD alert ***
We just published a new global bird phylogeny. It synthesizes the work of thousands of researchers before us, and it will grow and improve over time. @snacktavish.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We just published a new global bird phylogeny. It synthesizes the work of thousands of researchers before us, and it will grow and improve over time. @snacktavish.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
April 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
*** Academic BFD alert ***
We just published a new global bird phylogeny. It synthesizes the work of thousands of researchers before us, and it will grow and improve over time. @snacktavish.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We just published a new global bird phylogeny. It synthesizes the work of thousands of researchers before us, and it will grow and improve over time. @snacktavish.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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So happy to share our Review paper
A well-connected Earth: The science and conservation of organismal movement
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A well-connected Earth: The science and conservation of organismal movement
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A well-connected Earth: The science and conservation of organismal movement
Global biodiversity targets focus on landscape and seascape connectivity as a foundational component of biodiversity conservation, including networks of connected protected areas. Recent advances allo...
www.science.org
April 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
So happy to share our Review paper
A well-connected Earth: The science and conservation of organismal movement
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A well-connected Earth: The science and conservation of organismal movement
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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🐦Post-doctoral position in Avian Behaviour.🐦
Examining the evolution of escape behaviour in threatened bird species as part of an ARC-funded project
Deakin Careers: careers.pageuppeople.com/949/cw/en/jo...
Seek: www.seek.com.au/job/83533248
Examining the evolution of escape behaviour in threatened bird species as part of an ARC-funded project
Deakin Careers: careers.pageuppeople.com/949/cw/en/jo...
Seek: www.seek.com.au/job/83533248
Careers
careers.pageuppeople.com
April 22, 2025 at 3:17 AM
🐦Post-doctoral position in Avian Behaviour.🐦
Examining the evolution of escape behaviour in threatened bird species as part of an ARC-funded project
Deakin Careers: careers.pageuppeople.com/949/cw/en/jo...
Seek: www.seek.com.au/job/83533248
Examining the evolution of escape behaviour in threatened bird species as part of an ARC-funded project
Deakin Careers: careers.pageuppeople.com/949/cw/en/jo...
Seek: www.seek.com.au/job/83533248
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We are looking for two PhD researchers to work on the resilience of #biodiversity and ecosystem functions across a landscape gradient in the #Netherlands!
4-years, fully funded, great place @w-u-r.bsky.social, apply by 12.5.24.
Feel free to get in touch with questions!
www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
4-years, fully funded, great place @w-u-r.bsky.social, apply by 12.5.24.
Feel free to get in touch with questions!
www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
PhD position - Resilience of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning across landscapes
www.wur.nl
April 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
We are looking for two PhD researchers to work on the resilience of #biodiversity and ecosystem functions across a landscape gradient in the #Netherlands!
4-years, fully funded, great place @w-u-r.bsky.social, apply by 12.5.24.
Feel free to get in touch with questions!
www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
4-years, fully funded, great place @w-u-r.bsky.social, apply by 12.5.24.
Feel free to get in touch with questions!
www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
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“It’s like claiming to have brought Napoleon back from the dead by asking a short French man to wear his hat.”
A short piece in The Conversation by me on why “de-extinction” is nothing of the sort, and bad, bad conservation.
theconversation.com/why-de-extin...
A short piece in The Conversation by me on why “de-extinction” is nothing of the sort, and bad, bad conservation.
theconversation.com/why-de-extin...
Why ‘de-extinct’ dire wolves are a Trojan horse to hide humanity’s destruction of nature
Extinction is, for the time being, forever – and a symptom of our global economic system.
theconversation.com
April 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
“It’s like claiming to have brought Napoleon back from the dead by asking a short French man to wear his hat.”
A short piece in The Conversation by me on why “de-extinction” is nothing of the sort, and bad, bad conservation.
theconversation.com/why-de-extin...
A short piece in The Conversation by me on why “de-extinction” is nothing of the sort, and bad, bad conservation.
theconversation.com/why-de-extin...
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This is brilliant from Rich Grenyer on the Dire Wolf hype: "It’s like claiming to have brought Napoleon back from the dead by asking a short French man to wear his hat"
'What’s the problem? Well, pretty much everything. These aren’t species returned from extinction.'
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social's Dr Richard Grenyer argues that extinction is, for the time being, a symptom of our global economic system ⬇️
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social's Dr Richard Grenyer argues that extinction is, for the time being, a symptom of our global economic system ⬇️
Why ‘de-extinct’ dire wolves are a Trojan horse to hide humanity’s destruction of nature
Extinction is, for the time being, forever – and a symptom of our global economic system.
theconversation.com
April 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This is brilliant from Rich Grenyer on the Dire Wolf hype: "It’s like claiming to have brought Napoleon back from the dead by asking a short French man to wear his hat"
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🚨 Macro-scale analyses linking bird traits and genomics reveal that the ancestors of modern birds underwent major pulses of evolutionary change related to ecological niche expansion immediately after the Cretaceous–Palaeogene transition. 🧪🌐🪶 www.nature.com/articles/s41... @jyang19.bsky.social
Drivers of avian genomic change revealed by evolutionary rate decomposition - Nature
Genomic evolutionary rates are decomposed to identify the dominant lineages and genes driving rate variation across the phylogeny of birds.
www.nature.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
🚨 Macro-scale analyses linking bird traits and genomics reveal that the ancestors of modern birds underwent major pulses of evolutionary change related to ecological niche expansion immediately after the Cretaceous–Palaeogene transition. 🧪🌐🪶 www.nature.com/articles/s41... @jyang19.bsky.social
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A call to arms for eBirders and iNaturalists. 🚨
We want your bird photos! If you photograph feeding birds with flowers, fruit, seeds or prey, upload the image with locality details. We are data-harvesting species, size and type of food/prey to study foodwebs and species interactions. Thanks! 🧪🌐🪶
We want your bird photos! If you photograph feeding birds with flowers, fruit, seeds or prey, upload the image with locality details. We are data-harvesting species, size and type of food/prey to study foodwebs and species interactions. Thanks! 🧪🌐🪶
March 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
A call to arms for eBirders and iNaturalists. 🚨
We want your bird photos! If you photograph feeding birds with flowers, fruit, seeds or prey, upload the image with locality details. We are data-harvesting species, size and type of food/prey to study foodwebs and species interactions. Thanks! 🧪🌐🪶
We want your bird photos! If you photograph feeding birds with flowers, fruit, seeds or prey, upload the image with locality details. We are data-harvesting species, size and type of food/prey to study foodwebs and species interactions. Thanks! 🧪🌐🪶