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Marcel E. Visser @mevisser.bsky.social · 11d

There are two LTER platforms in the Netherlands: Veluwe and Wadden Sea. See www.lter-nl.nl and www.lter-life.nl

eLTER @elter-ri.eu · 11d

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eLTER @elter-ri.eu · 11d

🌿 Looking for long-term ecosystem data? The eLTER Market Place links researchers with coordinators of 100+ Sites & Platforms across Europe. Request specific data, explore collaborations & join EU research efforts 👉 elter-ri.eu/elter-market...

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 13d

PhD candidate #vacancy alert:

Insect species that overwinter as eggs are particularly vulnerable to climate change. We are looking for a PhD candidate to collect more data to predict whether these insects can adapt to climate change.

Read the vacancy on our website: nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...

PhD Seasonal Timing of Egg Overwintering Insects under Climate Change

Climate change is exerting strong selection on wild populations, with many species showing shifts in the seasonal timing of development. One particularly vulnerable group are insect species that overw...

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Marcel E. Visser @mevisser.bsky.social · 17d

Excellent project led by @disnatalie.bsky.social Come and work with us at @niooknaw.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social!

Natalie E. van Dis @disnatalie.bsky.social · 18d

📢4-year fully funded #PhD on seasonal timing of egg overwintering insects 🦋🦗🪳
🔬Identify universal mechanisms underlying #insect egg developmental time under #ClimateChange
📌@niooknaw.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social

ℹ️ vacatures.knaw.nl/job-invite/2...
❗Application deadline: 7 December 2025

PhD Seasonal Timing of Egg Overwintering Insects under Climate Change - NIOO-KNAW - Wageningen

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Natalie E. van Dis @disnatalie.bsky.social · 18d

📢4-year fully funded #PhD on seasonal timing of egg overwintering insects 🦋🦗🪳
🔬Identify universal mechanisms underlying #insect egg developmental time under #ClimateChange
📌@niooknaw.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social

ℹ️ vacatures.knaw.nl/job-invite/2...
❗Application deadline: 7 December 2025

PhD Seasonal Timing of Egg Overwintering Insects under Climate Change - NIOO-KNAW - Wageningen

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Marcel E. Visser @mevisser.bsky.social · 19d

Well done Cherine, Youri, Maartje and all the way from Lyon: Marlene!

animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 19d

Last week we did our annual beechnut sampling. A special year because it was the 50th year in which we did this! Enough reason for Dutch radio show Vroege vogels to join us and learn all about the role of the beechnut in the ecosystem of the Hoge Veluwe.
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Vijftig jaar beukennootjes tellen op de Hoge Veluwe - Vroege Vogels - BNNVARA

Op de Hoge Veluwe volgen wetenschappers van het NIOO al 50 jaar de beukennootjes van 35 specifieke beukenbomen. Deze zogenaamde beukennotenindex bevat belangrijke informatie want beukennootjes zijn ee...

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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 19d

Last week we did our annual beechnut sampling. A special year because it was the 50th year in which we did this! Enough reason for Dutch radio show Vroege vogels to join us and learn all about the role of the beechnut in the ecosystem of the Hoge Veluwe.
share.google/64chnRK0oVV7...

Vijftig jaar beukennootjes tellen op de Hoge Veluwe - Vroege Vogels - BNNVARA

Op de Hoge Veluwe volgen wetenschappers van het NIOO al 50 jaar de beukennootjes van 35 specifieke beukenbomen. Deze zogenaamde beukennotenindex bevat belangrijke informatie want beukennootjes zijn ee...

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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 21d

Interested in a PhD in ornithology? Funding available for projects at the interface of ecology, behaviour & evolution from Oct '26 working on long-term population studies of tits at Wytham, based in @biology.ox.ac.uk in the new Life & Mind Building in Oxford
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Celebrating a successful field season with great food & good company - May 2025

Front view of the Life & Mind Building, which opened in Oct 2025: The new home of Biology at Oxford

Migration Ecology Group @migecol.bsky.social · 21d

We’re hiring a doctoral researcher in the area of migration ecology.
The work will focus on the question of how and when migratory songbirds learn where their home is using #Motus.
Part of the Cluster of Excellence NaviSense and linked with @sfb1372.bsky.social

uol.de/job788en

#ornithology

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · Sep 26

New publication: Scope for #waterfowl to speed up migration to a warming Arctic. #climatechange #avianmigration
doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Figure 1 in Linssen et al. (2025): "Spring migrations and tracking data of five Arctic-breeding waterfowl species."

Dr Danni Hinchcliffe @dannihinchy.bsky.social · Sep 22

Should I stay or should I go?🐦 Fancy a #PhD studying Pied flycatchers in the Peak District to help better understand what drives individual & population performance? Think #habitat #movement #ecology #genetics 🌍 Make use of this nestbox PIT tag study system and join us! Email me #LJMU #NationalTrust

Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · Sep 18

Fully funded PhD working on insectivorous bird declines with a broad range of stakeholders. Starting ASAP #ornithology #zoology #biodiversity #science #ecology
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

Marcel E. Visser @mevisser.bsky.social · Sep 18

Thanks Milos & Peter for organising this wonderful meeting!

10th Hole-nesting Birds Conference @hnbirds2025.bsky.social · Sep 17

The 10th HNB Conference has finished! The atmosphere was fantastic, and we hope everyone enjoyed both the conference and the city of Olomouc. Congrats to the winners of the student competition: Beau Strijker (Best Poster) and Daisy Abraham (Best Talk)! We’re already looking forward to the next HNB!

Marcel E. Visser @mevisser.bsky.social · Sep 18

Thanks Milos & Peter for organising this wonderful meeting!

10th Hole-nesting Birds Conference @hnbirds2025.bsky.social · Sep 17

The 10th HNB Conference has finished! The atmosphere was fantastic, and we hope everyone enjoyed both the conference and the city of Olomouc. Congrats to the winners of the student competition: Beau Strijker (Best Poster) and Daisy Abraham (Best Talk)! We’re already looking forward to the next HNB!

Ryan Norris @ryannorrissci.bsky.social · Sep 17

PhD position available to study the migration ecology and year-round demography of blackpoll warblers.

Marcel E. Visser @mevisser.bsky.social · Aug 27

Come and join the LTER-LIFE infrastructure

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · Aug 26

𝗩𝗔𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗬
As FAIRification steward you'll scout the nature data landscape and help researchers making their data FAIR. Do you bring quantitative/technical as well as interpersonal skills? Then this vacancy of the LTER-Life digital twin project is for you!

nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · Aug 26

𝗩𝗔𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗬
As FAIRification steward you'll scout the nature data landscape and help researchers making their data FAIR. Do you bring quantitative/technical as well as interpersonal skills? Then this vacancy of the LTER-Life digital twin project is for you!

nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...

Joey Bernhardt @joeybernhardt.bsky.social · Aug 14

Please help us spread the word! Please amplify!

We are searching for an associate or full professor (Canada Excellence Research Chair) in Biodiversity Genomics at the University of Guelph! 🐟🌿🦠🐜🐸🐝

Applications are due October 6 2025.

careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-C...

#AcademicJobs #EvoBio

Canada Excellence Research Chair in Biodiversity Genomics

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Melissah Rowe @melissahrowe.bsky.social · Aug 12

3.5-year #Postdoc position on avian microbiomes and reproduction @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @niooknaw.bsky.social on a fully-funded ERC project focused on understanding the significance of reproductive microbiomes for host biology and fitness. Reach out for more info!

nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...

Postdoctoral researcher: avian microbiomes and reproduction

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our team working on avian reproductive microbiomes at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) in the group of Dr. Melissah Rowe. The postd...

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · Jul 28

NIOO is looking for a #postdoctoral researcher for #research in the context of international adaptive management of geese. Did you analyse animal movement patterns during your PhD? Do you want to work with goose transmitter data? Apply by 1 September: nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies... #vacancy #vacature

Postdoc Goose Impact

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher for research in the context of international adaptive management of geese. Did you analyse animal movement patterns during your PhD? Do you want to work wi...

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SPI-Birds @spibirds.bsky.social · Feb 18

✨ New study ✨

📍 Southern Québec, Canada
👷 Carolyne Houle, Dany Garant, Fanie Pelletier, Marc Bélisle
🏦 Centre de Recherche en Écologie de l'Université de Sherbrooke
🐦 Tree swallow
🔗 nioo.knaw.nl/en/projects/...
📑 metadata only – data will follow

Southern Québec

Metadata of the field study (SQB-1) at Southern Québec (SQB), Canada

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Joe Woodman @joewoodman.bsky.social · Feb 19

New paper out! Read Ben’s great post on how/why we used a combined 702 yrs of data from >130k great tits spanning 3200km to assess spatial synchrony in age structure⬇️
Thanks to all the amazing co-authors and @spibirds.bsky.social for promoting broad-scale analyses like this! doi.org/10.1111/ele....

Judith Mank @judithmank.bsky.social · Jun 19

Check out our cover article in @evolletters.bsky.social, Size in the city: morphological differences between city and forest great tits have a genetic basis. By @babimt.bsky.social @keesvanoers.bsky.social @mevisser.bsky.social. academic.oup.com/evlett/artic...

Melissah Rowe @melissahrowe.bsky.social · Jul 24

We are looking for a postdoc to join our group to work on an ERC funded project on avian reproductive microbiomes. nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
Please RT! #microbes #microbiomes #sparrows #postdoc

Postdoctoral researcher: avian microbiomes and reproduction

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our team working on avian reproductive microbiomes at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) in the group of Dr. Melissah Rowe. The postd...

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10th Hole-nesting Birds Conference @hnbirds2025.bsky.social · Apr 1

Registration is now open for the Hole-nesting Birds Conference 2025! Researchers of all career stages are warmly invited to join us in the historic city of Olomouc, Czechia. #ornithology

[Link to register: registrace.rapl.upol.cz/Form/HoleNes...

Cole Burton @coleburton.bsky.social · Jul 8

The WildCo Lab @wildco.bsky.social is recruiting 2 postdocs in quantitative ecology to work on mammal population estimation and monitoring from camera trap data. 🐺🐻🦌📷📈
Please share the word or apply to join us at UBC in lovely Vancouver, Canada!
wildlife.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2025/0...

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · Jul 1

New publication: Intensity and colour of artificial light at night affect insect attraction in a taxon-dependent manner, by @mevisser.bsky.social and others. #biodiversity #lightpollution #ALAN #artificiallightatnight
doi.org/10.1111/icad...

Figure 1 in Charvalakis et al. (2025): "Experimental design; 2 × 12 light traps (fitted with four differently coloured LEDs with three intensities) were placed at each side of a forest road. The order of light colour and intensity was randomized within each roadside. Insect trapping was done during 11 non-consecutive nights (minimally one night in between) during July and September."

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · Jun 20

New publication: Limited immediate effect of #artificiallight of realistic intensity on flight behaviour of commuting #pondbat, by @mevisser.bsky.social and others. #Myotisdasycneme #ALAN #behaviouralecology #lightpollution
doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...

Figure 2 in Hermans et al. (2025): "The setup at one of the sites (Makkum) with the four light spectra (A-B: Red Clearfield, C-D: Amber, E-F: White 2200 K and G-H: White 3000 K) at two light intensity levels (A,C,E,G: 5 lx and B,D,F,H: 20 lx). The experimental lamp post was placed at the centre of the bridge against the railing, projecting light on the water surface of the waterway on the side where bats were approaching when flying from their roost site to foraging areas in the evening. The microphone array was placed next to the lamp post facing towards the approaching bats. Photos by Laura Kijm."

Marcel E. Visser @mevisser.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thanks @babimt.bsky.social for leading this paper!

Judith Mank @judithmank.bsky.social · Jun 19

Check out our cover article in @evolletters.bsky.social, Size in the city: morphological differences between city and forest great tits have a genetic basis. By @babimt.bsky.social @keesvanoers.bsky.social @mevisser.bsky.social. academic.oup.com/evlett/artic...

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