The nuts and bolts (and emotions!) of responding to reviewers dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2024/04/17/the… via Dynamic Ecology

If you know us well you know that we're batty about all things chiroptera so we're excited to celebrate #BatAppreciationDay 🦇🦇🦇

For one day only use code BATS30 to save 30% on all books in our bat collection ➡️ loom.ly/ZXOaGVE

#bats #chiroptera #sharethelove

Huge congratulations to Lucie Vézina on successfully defending her MSc thesis Integrative Biology, 'Let’s talk about the #wasps & the #bees : a diet & climate perspective.' You did a great job repping the cavity nesting species! Thanks Andrew D Young for examining Dirk Steinke Andrew MacDougall

I talk about how ornithology is an important part of modern biology, but I didn't have any data to back this up

so I categorized the taxonomic focus of 2448 articles from 2022/2023 from 10 general eco/evo journals

among verts, birds come in first

not bragging if its true

From Cannock to Kunming is (only) 8,757 km jeffollerton.co.uk/2024/04/12/fro… via Prof. Jeff Ollerton - @[email protected]

Research into survival of Apis mellifera in wild/feral colonies might show a different story. Worth pointing out that in the UK (for instance) they do well because beekeepers work hard to maintain their colonies in spite of the threats from sprays and declining flora.

It's always interesting to weave a bit of #rockmusic into your popular #science writing. ✌️🎸

This is from chapter 5 of 'Birds & Flowers: An Intimate 50 Million Year Relationship'.

#LedZeppelin #RobertPlant #birds #botany #ornithology #ecology #biodiversity #biodiversity

Although Apis mellifera mellifera is doing very well globally, other mellifera subspecies and Apis species are not so fortunate. It's good to finally have some data on these other honey #bees .

Can #bumblebee queens endure periods of inundation while overwintering underground? New Biology Letters paper from Dr. Sabrina Rondeau, PhD suggests that hibernating queens can survive up to 1 week submerged under water: doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2… #OpenAccess #Pollinators Royal Society Publishing

The Biodiversity Net Gain metric could be improved by taking connectivity into account, and not penalizing habitat features like scrub, thistles and nettles that can be really important for insects. Great talk and amazing dataset presented by Natalie Duffus.

Natalie Duffus: current metrics used for #BNG fail to appropriately account for invertebrates #landusesummit

Does anyone on here carry out, or know someone else who carries out, watercourse/riverine BNG assessment? I know everyone is frantically busy, but we could use some help with a project in the Broads.....

Out to Farmoor against a gale to enjoy the sight of a flock of Arctic Terns that had dropped in mid morning. Cruising around effortlessly despite the 40 kph+ winds. I suppose if you just spent the last 6 months in the southern oceans it is no big deal!

I've been saying this for years!

We are recruiting a Project Coordinator: Tropical Important Plant Areas ( #TIPAs ) Kew Science #AcceleratedTaxonomy - Deadline 5 May (see: careers.kew.org/vacancy/projec…)

New paper! ✨ Chequered Skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon) butterflies are differentiated through photo-identification of wing markings, enabling annual population size & mobility estimates of a reintroduced English population: rdcu.be/dEGct Butterfly Conservation 🦋 [1/6]

Using photographic mark-recapture to estimate population size, movement, and lifespan of a reintroduced butterfly – new study just published
#Butterflies #pollinators #Lepidoptera #ecology #biodiversity
Jamie Wildman Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Duncan
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Proud of my PhD supervisor Prof. Jeff Ollerton - @[email protected] for publishing his second book with Pelagic Publishing, Birds & Flowers! 👏 I'm on a bird kick rn after going down a 2am wiki rabbit hole that led to Kiritimati island and the superbly-named Bokikokiko, so this is an Easter must-read 🐦

Aggressive dominance of acacia floral resources by wild East African lowland honey bees – a new study just published
Dr Kit Prendergast TropicalBiologyAssociation
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#bees #pollinators #Kenya #ecology #biodiversity

New study just published: The effect of elevation, latitude, and plant richness on robustness of pollination networks at a global scale jeffollerton.co.uk/2024/04/12/new… via Prof. Jeff Ollerton - @[email protected]