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In September, Keith Somerville died suddenly after a short illness. In this piece, via IUCN SULi, I share a few memories of Keith, who is greatly missed by those who knew him. iucnsuli.org/news/in-memori…

✨CAMARADES are hiring! ✨ We are looking for a research assistant to work across a diverse range of exciting #metaresearch projects. Learn more and apply at: shorturl.at/PAo80

Nigel Farage on the Jeremy Vine show backed Trump's plan to "make peace" in Ukraine. I started my reply in Russian to go with the Kremlin mood music... then in plain English I set out why our people lost so much blood in WW1 and WW2 for a principle, that countries should not

Are you interested in conserving biodiversity outside protected areas? We’re hiring a postdoc to work on Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs) for 2 years. Please share with anyone interested. More information here: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/job/…

I’m struggling to find reviewers for a paper looking at large language models to classify research designs. Anyone fancy reviewing it?

Average models may not be suitable when there is systematic variation among experts, but nuanced models can inform #conservation policies.📚🌿 Read more from Dorrough et al's recently published article at doi.org/10.1111/cobi.1…

Our Wolves Across Borders Special Issue is now live! 23 papers on #Wolf #Ecology. #OpenAccess! vist.ly/3mm8wcp Nordic Society Oikos Wiley Ecology & Evolution Wolves Across Borders @wolvesborders.bsky.social Ecography J. of Avian Biology Nordic Journal of Botany Oikos

1/6 'Applications of @ProjectGodwit early-life effects analysis results to future translocation work for black-tailed godwit'. Headstarting is increasingly used for wader conservation; re translocation, fledglings are released at a different site to their source #BOUsci24 #SESH4

Wolves Across Borders Special Issue is now live! 23 papers on #Wolf #Ecology. #OpenAccess! nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1903220x/c…? ⁦Wildlife Biology⁩ ⁦Wolves Across Borders @wolvesborders.bsky.social⁩

Stop searching and you will find it: Search-Resistant Concepts in systematic review searches Education by Farhad Shokraneh Systematic Review Consultants LTD Link: bit.ly/3ZIPmTW

📢 Fully funded PhD project supervised by me & Phil Stevenson within NERC TREES Doctoral Landscape Award on effects of forest diversity on floral reward production for pollinators. Nice mix of fieldwork in Finland & pollen and nectar chemistry 🐝🌼🌳🌲 Apply by 20 January trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/effec…

Four hours left for you to predict code- and data-sharing in ecological journals WITHOUT a code-sharing policy before our results are out. Find the polls here. Thank you. #OpenScience #OpenCode #OpenData

Ny rapport: Videreutvikling av indikatorer for å vurdere tilstand for økosystemer på land. En oppfølging av Nybø mfl. 2023. #naturregnskap #vegetasjon #myr hdl.handle.net/11250/3167537

SORTEE members have joined forces to create a: 'Code Standard for the fields of Ecology and Evolution' More about a real-life example of a common eco/evo analysis that makes it accessible & easy for you to implement #OpenCode practices to your own code: sortee.org/blog/2024/12/0…

Do you have pictures of gulls eating stuff? We've just launched a brand new citizen science project that aims to collate photos of what gulls are eating - for science! If you think you can help, register at CitSci citsci.org/projects/gulls…. BTO eBird RSPB 1/2

Ved hjelp av et nettverk av viltkamera har forskere i NINA siden 2021 evaluert hvor presis gaupeovervåkingen er i deler av Nordmøre og Trøndelag. nina.no/Om-NINA/Aktuel…

Please do not eat farmed salmon this Christmas (or any day). Apart from destroying local ecosystems, it also destroys the livelihoods of people in West Africa, forcing many into dangerous migrations and modern slavery in Europe. #foodImperialism #food medium.com/the-new-climat…

New #OA paper in Plant Cell & Environment led by Juri Felix in collaboration with Phil Stevenson. We explored the mechanisms of assisted migration effects on oak–herbivore interactions in the Climate Match tree diversity experiment #TreeDivNet 🌳🐛☀️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pc…

With just over a week to go before #ESMARConf2025. We have some great content planned. Look out for details on presentations, workshops and panels over the next week. You can check out the draft schedule now at: esmarconf.org/2025/ by clicking on the programme.