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Posts by Brandon Samuel Whitley

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For the (biodiversity) record, women in GBIF are leading by example, speaking up and shaping the future of biodiversity science every day. 🌏❤️

#IWD2026 #IWD #WomenInSTEM #Biodiversity

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Excited to share the first paper of my PhD project where we looked at how changes in legal protection have influenced the population dynamics of wolves in the US 🐺

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@consletters.bsky.social

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211-0251/25-2N - Tenure Track Assistant Professor and Curator of Bryology

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Great opportunity at the @nhmdk.bsky.social ! Assistant Professor (tenure-track) and Curator of Bryophytes at the Natural History Museum of Denmark! Please share widely!

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This year I have been selected as one of the ten @iasc-arctic.bsky.social International Arctic Science Committee Fellows! I’m really looking forward to being in the Terrestrial WG. As I look for my 1st Post-Doc, I am feeling well positioned to engage with the international Arctic research community!

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Two advertisements for PhD projects in our group at @uni-konstanz.de, including one in my recently funded project on the role of soil biodiversity in plant responses to drought. Deadline on January 12th. Sharing would be appreciated! More info here: www.biologie.uni-konstanz.de/kleunen/news...

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Apps to the MEME Mobility European MSc Prog. in Evolutionary Biology are open! The MEME program was fundamental in training, teaching, and inspiring me in research, exposing me to many projects, skillsets, and academic cultures. Check out our starter pack to meet some alumni!

go.bsky.app/QCDqsWu

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Not a bad way to end my 20s and welcome in the next decade! Sitting on a cozy balcony in Trondheim, Norway surrounded by friends, reflecting on life, and watching the Northern Lights dance over the city.

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It was a pleasure to attend and give a talk at the 39th meeting of the Scandinavian Association for Pollination Ecology, #SCAPE 2025, in Priego de Córdoba, Southern Spain.

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Do you use R and the Barcode of Life Data (BOLD) Systems?

🎉 BOLDconnectR is now on CRAN!

BOLDconnectR makes it easy to retrieve, transform, and analyze BOLD data—all in the Barcode Core Data Model (BCDM) format.

#RStats #OpenSource #DNAbarcoding #ResearchInnovation

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Years ago during my BSc at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social I had the honour of meeting Dr. Jane Goodall, one of my greatest role models in conservation. She has inspired countless people in countless ways to become more engaged with the incredible diversity on our planet. She will be globally missed.

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#ERGAReads | A new statistic (IDrisk) to quantify how long runs of homozygosity (ROHs) and heterozygosity in non-ROH regions can be used to predict the risk of inbreeding depression in a population.
🔗 www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

#conservation #genomics #inbreeding @sandiegozoo.bsky.social

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Illustration of a branch of Betula glandulosa (Resin birch). Illustration by Alberto S. Ballesteros (@asbillustration.bsky.social).

Illustration of a branch of Betula glandulosa (Resin birch). Illustration by Alberto S. Ballesteros (@asbillustration.bsky.social).

🌲 Boreal-tundra species drive Arctic plant borealization 🌲

Our new study in #EcologyLetters quantifies tundra plant borealization, assesses its main drivers and identifies the species & traits contributing to borealization.

doi.org/10.1111/ele....

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IAPT Webinar Series: Sharing taxonomic data with biodiversity and nomenclature databases! Join us on October 22nd to celebrate the International Day of Climate Action and World Sustainability Day! 🪸🍄🌸🎉 @barbarathiers.bsky.social @pjimmej.bsky.social @isabellarridon.bsky.social

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Postdoc: Effects of urbanisation on plant distributions For a KNAW funded project we are looking for a postdoc to execute a pilot project on the use of historical plant distribution data to investigate effects of urbanisation on plant species. Based on ava...

We are looking for a postdoc for to use historical plant distribution data to investigate effects of urbanisation on plant species. Do you have a PhD in plant ecology, strong data handling and analysis skills, and a curious mindset? Respond by 26 September: nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...

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Bio-climatic factors drive spectral vegetation changes in Greenland Abstract. Terrestrial ecosystems (ice-free areas) in Greenland have undergone significant changes over the past decades, affecting biodiversity. Changes in near-surface air temperature and precipitati...

🚨New paper! Lead author Tiago Silva from @uni-graz.at worked with an interdisciplinary team to explore how bio-climatic indicators can be used to understand drivers of ecosystem change in Kalaallit Nunaat Greenland 🇬🇱. Check out our paper - link below! #Greenland

bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...

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Postdoctoral position in Population Genomics - Uppsala University Postdoctoral position in Population Genomics, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University

I totally recommend this position on @trstngnthr.bsky.social lab. Great place to do science, and amazing people to do it with! #aDNA 🧪 www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

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The 8th European Congress for Conservation Biology will take place in Leiden, NL! They will explore how #biodiversity can be safeguarded effectively in the long term. First call is open now! Check out: eccb26leiden.eu/calls/ for more info, we are looking forward to your contributions!

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PhD fellowship in collection-based Natural History Research

A wonderful opportunity for a fully funded #PhD position in collections-based research at Natural History Musuem Denmark @nhmdk.bsky.social

Reach out if interested in a PhD project in #peatland #sedges, #aquatic plants, or #ferns! 🌿🍂🌾

#globalchange #eco-evo

employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...

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PhD fellowship in collection-based Natural History Research Natural History Museum Denmark Faculty of SCIENCE University of Copenhagen   Natural History Museum Denmark invites applicants for a PhD fellowship in coll

Please share widely! The Natural History Museum Denmark @nhmdk.bsky.social is offering a PhD fellowship in collection-based Natural History Research, focused on dark taxa & unknown species, pref. including representatives of Danish flora, fauna or geology.

candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

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Polar Early Career World Summit Synthesis Report This report presents the synthesized priorities of polar early career community members, gathered from the Polar Early Career World Summit (PECWS) and multiple modes of online engagement before and af...

Check out the Polar Early Career World Summit Synthesis Report, a summary of the input from 238 early career researchers. We were invited to co-create shared priorities relating to polar research planning, generating ideas leading up to the Fifth International Polar Year.

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Your talk was exceptional!

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It was a pleasure to attend the EcoNet2025: VII Symposium on Ecological Networks, hosted by the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences at Newcastle University, United Kingdom. My talk was titled ‘Tundra in Bloom: Pollination Network Properties Across (Southwestern) Kalaallit Nunaat Greenland’.

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Publication alert 🚨 doi.org/10.1111/mec.... Our new study in Molecular Ecology shows dwarf birch genetic diversity has been shaped by shifting ice sheets and climate transitions over the last 2.6 million years. This history may hold clues to how tundra shrubs face today’s rapid climate change ❄️🌱🧬🌡️

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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Biodiversity Research Using Genetics - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet Ledig stilling ved Center for Kvantitativ Genetik og Genomforskning, Aarhus, Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus University seeks a tenure-track assistant professor in population genetics, comparative genomics, or bioinformatics for biodiversity research. More info: www.au.dk/om/stillinger/job/tenure... #job

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PhD Research Fellow in global change ecology (285493) | University of Bergen Job title: PhD Research Fellow in global change ecology (285493), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Come work with us!

Fully funded #PhD position in global change ecology - working in a cross-disciplinary cohort of 8 PhD students studying mountains in transition. 🧪🌐🏔️ @btwnthefjords-uib.bsky.social @cesam-uib.bsky.social

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

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In the dead of night, the podocarp forest of Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne is full of the piercing calls of Kiwi Pukupuku little spotted kiwis (Apteryx owenii) emerging from their burrows. We were very lucky to get to see 3! While only 2100 individuals remain, protected populations are slowly growing.

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Their population growth at sites like these is a major success story in the often stark realities of the conservation world, and offers hopeful and evidence based results to the value of conservation work.

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Today there are an estimated 10,000 Kākā, most of which thrive on offshore islands around the mainland where no predators have reached (or where they have been eradicated), and some now on the mainland in and around key predator exclusion sites like the Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne Eco-Sanctuary.

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While predation by invasive mammal (especially stoat) and land use change significantly reduced their population size, the species has shown remarkable recoverability when mammals are excluded from their habitat.

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The Kākā (Nestor meridionalis) is one of mainland Aotearoa New Zealand’s three endemic parrots.They are critical pollinators of endemic plant species such as Kōwhai and Rātā. With their beaks, they also strip bark off trees to access grubs, or to tap into rich sap resources in some tree species.

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