A leucistic Coot was probably the most interesting bird at an otherwise empty Schinias national park during midwinter counts the previous week. Warm weather this winter means that numbers of waterbirds in Greece are much lower than the average of previous years.

Cool commentary in Global Change Biology by Nigel Yoccoz who emphasizes Jeliazkov et al 2022 paper doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16… which provides a "timely roadmap to the decisions (...) to better understand the distribution of rare species". doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16… 🗞️#250-2022

📢👋 Together with sarah cubaynes & aurelienbesnard we will give a 2-day introductory workshop June 1-2 on quantitative methods for population dynamics in R #rstats Join us 🥳 It's online and free of charge 😉 You just need to register via forms.gle/FJmhhi9aSDpKWY… Please RT 😇

🐺🐶PhD alert! 🐶🐺Fully-funded PhD position at the Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology, Vienna! "Do human attitudes towards wolves and dogs actually reflect the human related temperament traits of the two species?"

‼️⚠️ Ο Μεσαίωνας στη χώρα καλά κρατεί: Νέα σκανδαλώδης και παράνομη αδειοδότηση Αιολικού Σταθμού στην #Ήπειρο, ΕΝΤΟΣ της προστατευόμενης περιοχής #Natura2000 "Όρη Τσαμαντά"! ❌Τρανό παράδειγμα πλήρους ευτελισμού της περιβαλλοντικής αδειοδότησης: bit.ly/3mlRpLM

📢 The Wolves Across Borders Conference program booklet is now available online! 🐺 Download the conference proceedings here: wolvesacrossborders.com/conference-pro… #Wolves

Με τέτοια exit polls αρχίζω να πιστεύω ότι ακόμα και οι κοντινοί μου φίλοι είπαν ψέματα για το τι ψήφισαν. #εκλογες2023 #ekloges2023 #exitpoll

Want to learn R? Can't believe I missed this gem by Jake Lawlor et al in PLOS Comp Biol "Ten simple rules for teaching yourself R". doi.org/10.1371/journa… 🧵▶️ x.com/Jake_Lawlor1/s… #RStats

Guidelines on writing statistical methods for ecologists. Source: doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4…

Herpetofauna monitoring at Andros Island. The endless stone walls (kserolithies) of the Aegean islands not only are a cultural heritage but also great wildlife refugia!

Just finished giving a 2-day introductory workshop on quantitative methods for population dynamics in R with sarah cubaynes and @abesnardEPHE Website w/ lecture slides, live demos, codes and data ▶️ oliviergimenez.github.io/popdyn-worksho… Video recordings ▶️ youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Super excited to announce my new book "Spatial Statistics for Data Science: Theory and Practice with R" Completed chapters 👉 paulamoraga.com/book-spatial/ Feedback welcome! 💻#rstats 🗺️#rspatial ✨#gischat 📊#RINLA 📈#datascience 🌍#dataviz 🌈#epitwitter 🌿#ecology 📕#statistics

There is a pack of +5 grey wolves in the area, an area full of wild canid scat & a killed stag and yet my 20-kilo spoiled dog that sleeps with a teddy bear and gets scared of her own farts got the nerve to piss ON a wolf scat.

#CamtrapDP: An open standard for the FAIR exchange and archiving of camera trap data CamtrapDP is a new data exchange format for #cameratrap data. It is designed to allow users to easily exchange, harmonize and archive CT data at local to global scales ecoevorxiv.org/repository/vie…

Is anyone else holidaying in #corfu and been sent emergency alerts for wildfire evacuation? We’re about 45 mins away from the nearest town being evacuated but can’t find anything on the news or Twitter etc?x

fieldwork has been sabotaged by wildfire at almiros & velestino with highway to thessaloniki closed. People stuck on the highway next to the fire, some of us exited the highway despite police reassuring us that “the fire will be controlled soon” we know we cant trust such words.

Να περιμένουμε από το BBC ενημέρωση για τις φωτιές στη Λαμία και στο Βελεστίνο.

Στέλνουν μηνύματα 112 για εκκένωση σε πρωτεύουσες στη Λαμία και στον Βόλο. Τα κανάλια κλασσικά 0 ενημέρωση. Κλειστή η Εθνική οδός και έξω απτον Βόλο και έξω απτην Λαμία. Κόσμος ακινητοποιημενος για πάνω από 1ωρα. ΔΕΝ ΕΧΟΥΝ ΚΑΜΙΑ ΕΝΗΜΕΡΩΣΗ ΓΙΑ ΤΙΠΟΤΑ #Φωτιες

People risking their lives to save farm animals in Greece from wildfires

📅27 de Junio | Día del Biólogo y la Bióloga Aprovechando este día queremos dar a conocer parte de los comienzos de Kini Roesler y lali fasola dentro del Programa Patagonia. 📷Belén Dri, Juana Sava, Sergio Moya Aves Argentinas Departamento Científico · Aves Argentinas