📢🦋Paper: butterfly trends over the past 166 years

Rather than systematic declines, @tiff-ki.bsky.social & others found evidence of reshuffling in butterfly community composition; some species becoming more common, others staying stable & some declining.

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

📢Publication alert!

Research led by Dr Tiffany Ki integrates museum and citizen science records to reveal a 166 year story of tropical butterflies.

Published this week by @royalsocietypublishing.org

Find out more: bit.ly/3JgJJq3

@yorkuniversity.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social

Really glad to see this exciting and fun work from my PhD out - huge thanks to @janehillyork.bsky.social @cmbeale.bsky.social and Dr Blanca Huertas! Next summer, going to go to Sulawesi to link two of these regions with present day surveys! 🦋

Thank you Both - was really awesome to work together on this and see it out now!

Thanks Richard - it's really great to see this work out now!!

🎓🎉Huge congratulations to all our graduates!

A fantastic achievement and a lovely day celebrating all your hard work with family and friends.

Huge congrats Mahtab!!! That's fantastic news! 🎉

Check out this exciting full-funded 4 year PhD opportunity for UK applicants with @inesismartins.bsky.social and @cmbeale.bsky.social at York!

Wooohoooo!!! Congratulations Shuyu! Let's celebrate in Liverpool!

Thanks Mahtab!!!

Awesome - thanks, that's really helpful! Yes, hope to be at one of them soon! Many thanks again!

Thanks Alex! :)

Hi Alex, I work on insects, particularly looking at examining long-term change using museum collections. Could I please be added to this starter pack? Many thanks!

Thanks Colin for the shout-out, and very glad to hear you also found it fun too!

Thanks Chris!!

Thanks Jenny! Hope all things are well with you! :)

The successful defence of a thesis is always great: Congrats @tiff-ki.bsky.social! She's now here on bluesky so follow her for more insect science in museums!

[Have to admit I first read this as listing me as a coconspirator. This probably isn't far wrong: supervising Tiff was fun!]

Tiffany Ki with her examiners & cosupervisors

Congratulations Tiff on your successful viva. 🥳 Fabulous study of Sulawesi butterflies 🦋

Many thanks to examiners @owentlewis.bsky.social & Kanchon Dasmahapatra.

Proud cosupervisors @cmbeale.bsky.social and Blanca Huertas (not in picture)

Hello, this is super helpful!Could I please be added? Currently working on the Insect Collections at the Cambridge Museum of Zoology to examine long-term change in UK moths.

A huge thank you to you all for making it possible! ❤️🎉🦋 It has been really exciting and fun!