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😀Two 2026 achievements made so far: 1) been comfortable coding using Stan; 2) replaced a dead battery and a cracked screen in an old iphone.

Cycles in arctic wildlife YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts

Why are the cycles in numbers of young Brent geese, long-tailed skua and curlew sandpiper seen in Europe? youtu.be/wMO7d9svQRs?...

Massive update to the Global Wood Density Database out today @newphyt.bsky.social led by the brilliant Fabian Fischer. What an amazing community resource!
🧪🍁🌐

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

Expression of heat shock proteins and thermal sensitivity of male fertility across six Drosophila species Abstract. Understanding the mechanisms that confer resilience to thermal stress is crucial in the context of climate change. Recently there has been increa

📢Out now in @jevbio.bsky.social, we tried to work out whether heat limits of survival or fertility are reflected in heat shock protein expression across Drosophila 🪰 species. The answer is, well, a bit. With the wonderful @chsmithson.bsky.social @ejduncan.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

Interested in host-parasitoid? 🐛🦟Come to see an 18-month multi-generational microcosm experiment at B5.2 in #BES2025

Great work by @christophecoste.bsky.social

Screenshot of a pdf titled "Expert-led priorities for a response diversity research agenda in ecology" by Sam Ross et al, to be published in the journal Oikos.

Latest piece of Sam Ross's global takeover with #ResponseDiversity thinking just accepted @oikosjournal.bsky.social!
Such a cool collaboration with @ceresbarros.bsky.social @lauradee.bsky.social @owpet.bsky.social @hannah-wht-eco.bsky.social Takehiro Sasaki & Anna LoPresti!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...

The Kinship Formula: Inferring the numbers of all kin from any structured population projection model | PNAS Structured population projection models are fundamental to many fields of science. They enable abundance forecasting for populations categorized by...

How to compute the expected number of any kin from a population projection model? —> new paper out ! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

My first morning WFH. Email account is locked and One-drive is unavailable. No prior reminders from uni IT services.

R did not put me down which still can download data from one-drive without entering valid credentials. Julia can't!

This my last week physically in the building and never feel been greatly valued: office pc suddenly broken down last Friday and this morning a large piece of ceilings falling off to the floor. This might be a nice way to say goodbye after staying three years together and much appreciate.

On the train back to Leeds. Lovely weather in Swansea.

🚨Job opportunity🚨

We are hiring a 3yr research technician. If you love fieldwork, are passionate about forests & mountains, and want to up-skill in remote sensing, sensor networks and running field experiments this could be the dream job for you!
🧪🌳⛰️🛰️🌡️🍄

www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

#PhD on the Metapopulation dynamics of pollinating bees under joint pesticide & habitat fragmentation pressure. Starts Sept 2026 based at Swansea and Bristol Unis.

More project details: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo...

BBSRC SWBio Doctoral Training Programme: www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

🚨Looking for a PhD project on 🐝? look no further! ✅

"Metapopulation dynamics of pollinating bees under pesticide pressure"

Hosted @bristolbiosci.bsky.social and University of Swansea, with myself, @harrysiviter.bsky.social, and Miguel Lurgi

Full details:
bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo...

Squirrels are rodents, and there might be some behaviour evidence that rodents are also squirrels. #biologyinthegarden

Chinese national interested in a PhD using fish?

Fully-funded scholarships @bristolbiosci.bsky.social from the China Scholarship Council-University of Bristol

Success rates are high, check out the details here and get in touch:
www.bristol.ac.uk/students/sup...

Please circulate widely!

A new monitor has taken the place where the cat likes to sit on our home office desk. Now he looks unhappy.

Thanks!

Very fortunate there's a cafe downstair the office. Even fortunate I got 'unlimited' vouchers. The barista remember my face and flavour and ultimately fortunate that one cup of coffee keeps warm and concentrated for an entire day.