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Robin Pakeman
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I'm a plant ecologist interested in how to manage vegetation for biodiversity. Also, biodiversity data and functional traits. Live in Aberdeenshire. Committed thermopot.

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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · 8d
I suspect this is the largest auditorium I've spoken in. Edinburgh International Conference Centre main theatre. Picture taken before the audience appeared!

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Ecological Continuity Trust (ECT) @ect-uk.bsky.social · 15d
There are #PhD opportunities at 2 #LongTermExperiments #LTE:

Glen Finglas: bit.ly/4iEgYRB Based at: @newcastleuni.bsky.social ‬| Deadline: 5 January 2026

Tulloch: bit.ly/4avAi18 | Based at: @srucnews.bsky.social | Deadline: 7 January 2025 🌏
Landscape view of a valley. Landscape view of a field showing fencing and a hedge going across the photo.

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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · 15d
Phew. Vol 931.

Maybe they will clear out the editors and relaunch?

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Nick Littlewood @blackdogbirder.bsky.social · 17d
One week remaining. Applications need to include two references, so don't leave it too late to apply for this @srucnews.bsky.social CASE partnership with @ptes-org.bsky.social.

Details: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Two weeks left to apply for #PhD on declines in rural #Hedgehogs.
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This is a @srucnews.bsky.social EastBio CASE project in partnership with (and co-supervised by) @ptes-org.bsky.social.
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Details: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Applications close 15 December
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📷 Silviu Petrovan
A Hedgehog on a stoney/mossy ground against a stone wall.

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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 18d
What are the perils vs possibilities in working with business & finance to achieve nature recovery?

Come to our workshop next week (Tuesday, 13:15) at #BES2025 to explore these issues & share your thoughts
@britishecologicalsociety.org
@bes-cascade.bsky.social

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Nick Littlewood @blackdogbirder.bsky.social · 24d
Two weeks left to apply for #PhD on declines in rural #Hedgehogs.
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This is a @srucnews.bsky.social EastBio CASE project in partnership with (and co-supervised by) @ptes-org.bsky.social.
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Details: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Applications close 15 December
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📷 Silviu Petrovan
A Hedgehog on a stoney/mossy ground against a stone wall.

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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · 28d
The other pleasure of fieldwork in Scotland is getting soaked and not seeing anything all day. A view of Glen Finglas where we were out testing a new herbivore impact assessment method in our long-term grazing experiment.

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Nick Littlewood @blackdogbirder.bsky.social · Nov 21
New #mammal conservation #PhD: "Understanding and Addressing Rural Hedgehog Population Declines".

@srucnews.bsky.social EastBio CASE project in partnership with (and co-supervised by) @ptes-org.bsky.social.

Details: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Act fast - applications close 15 December.
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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · Nov 21
PhD available!

To address the intersection of restoration ecology and biodiversity policy

by developing spatially explicit, realistic restoration strategies using scenario-based modelling

to generate tools & support effective biodiversity planning

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
CR2026_09: Biodiversity restoration strategies to benefit multiple species at University of Reading on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - CR2026_09: Biodiversity restoration strategies to benefit multiple species at University of Reading, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com

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Tom Finch @tfinch.bsky.social · Nov 20
📣Job vacancy!📣

Research Fellow in Global Conservation at Leeds, working with Dave Williams (and me, a bit) to assess the impact of conservation initiatives on biodiversity, carbon, and people: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

#ConservationScience 🌍
Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Global Conservation
Salary: Grade 7 (£41,064 – £48,822 p.a. depending on experience) This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing...
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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · Nov 14
One of the pleasures of fieldwork in Scotland is the views. Here is Ben Challum today from Glen Lochay. Bit cold as the sun didn't reach us until 10.40.

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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · Nov 13
🐘🌳 Elephants disperse seeds that drive forest diversity & carbon storage—but effects vary across sites. Context matters for linking wildlife recovery to climate & biodiversity goals

📷 © Liam Jasperse-Sjolander

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Marcus Collier @marcuscollier.bsky.social · Oct 30
The deadline is fast approaching!
We are looking for an Assistant Professor in Plant #Biodiversity and #Conservation
universityvacancies.com/trinity-coll...
Deadline: November 14th.

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IPBES @ipbes.net · Oct 18
A nexus approach is essential to tackle the interlinked crises of biodiversity, climate change, food, water, and health. 🌍

The ‘Just Don't Waste!' event hosted by The Royal Society Edinburgh will explore tangible solutions for #TransformativeChange🏡

🧪 https://rse.org.uk/event/just-dont-waste/
Pile of rubble and debris under a clear sky promoting the 'Just Don’t Waste!' event on October 24 from 14:00 to 15:30 in person.

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SAOCousins @saocousins.bsky.social · Oct 17
#Postdoc in #landscape ecology with me
How does plant species traits influence communities responce to environmental change? An unique re-survey data set from the UK will be used to explore & test hypotheses about dispersal and persistence 🧪🌍
Apply 30th of November
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Postdoctoral Fellow in Landscape Ecology
Department of Physical Geography is one of the major departments within the Faculty of Science. The department has approximately 100 employees and educates approximately 1 000 students annually. Our r
su.varbi.com

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · Oct 14
Postdoc Opportunity - Interested in plant scaling, quantitative botany, or theoretical plant biology? join our group to explore how plant form, function & scaling principles connect across levels of organization
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons-postdoctoral-fellowships-in-plant-biology🧪🌾🌐
Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology
Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology on Simons Foundation
www.simonsfoundation.org

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Milan Chytrý @milanchytry.bsky.social · Oct 12
Postdoc position in coastal ecology at the University of Oldenburg, suitable for vegetation ecologists, application deadline 28 October
uol.de/en/job/postd...
Postdoctoral researcher in coastal ecology (DFG Research Unit DynaCom) // University of Oldenburg
uol.de

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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · Oct 6
And the subject of a classic song by The Men They Couldn't Hang

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Xavier Lambin @lambin-ecology.bsky.social · Oct 5
For 101 years, ecologists have sought to explain the 3-4 years multi-annual cycles of voles and lemmings. In our paper, doi.org/10.1073/pnas..., we find that Density-dependent recruitment, but not survival drives cyclic dynamics in a field vole population, overturning accepted wisdom.
a field vole Microtus agrestis

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Nordic Journal of Botany @nordicjbotany.bsky.social · Oct 1
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: We are now inviting abstract submissions for the special issue Tundra Transitions -
Understanding Vegetation Change Across Scales and Systems.
Submit by 30th Nov via vist.ly/48ts3 or to njb@oikosoffice.lu.se. Invited manuscripts should be submitted by 31st May 2026.

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Nate Swenson @nateswenson.bsky.social · Sep 25
provost.nd.edu/news/notre-d...

An exciting opportunity for postdocs here at Notre Dame. I would excited to mentor anyone outstanding candidate in temperate or tropical forest ecology. Pass along to folks looking for a position in 2026!
Notre Dame opens applications for 2026 Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship program
The University of Notre Dame is accepting applications for the next cohort of…
provost.nd.edu

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Sally Aitken 🇨🇦 @sallyaitken.bsky.social · Sep 25
We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs

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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · Sep 25
Well done Zeke for bringing this all together. Plenty of data from @hutton.ac.uk has gone into this brilliant resource.

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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · Sep 24
Just 1 week left to apply to a 3yr Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in Landscape Multifunctionality here in beautiful Bergen (deadline Oct 1st) www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... The postion is part of the Agroecology Partnership project SAFER www.agroecologypartnership.eu/safer Please repost!

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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · Sep 20
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Save COUL LINKS protected nature from destructive Déjà Vu Groundhog golf course
I've just signed the petition opposing plans to build a destructive luxury golf course at beautiful rugged Coul Links in the Scottish Highlands. Will you sign too?
you.38degrees.org.uk

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Judy Webb @judywebb.bsky.social · Sep 18
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Save COUL LINKS protected nature from destructive Déjà Vu Groundhog golf course
I've just signed the petition opposing plans to build a destructive luxury golf course at beautiful rugged Coul Links in the Scottish Highlands. Will you sign too?
you.38degrees.org.uk

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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · Sep 16
Lots of fruit on the trees in East and North Yorkshire - hips, haws, sloes, crab apples and even pears. Anything with a deep root seems to have had a good summer. Shallower rooted blackberry has lots of fruit but often withered or tiny.
Fruiting pear tree

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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · Sep 16
Found #bracken sporing today near Robin Hood's Bay. Only the third time I've seen it in 35 years of working with the plant and obsessively turning over fronds at this time of year. We know high temperatures increase sporing. Is this a response to the warm summer. Anyone else seen it sporing?

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Prof. Vigdis Vandvik @vvandvik.bsky.social · Sep 16
Come work with us!

In two week's time, application deadlines close for eight fully funded #PhD positions who will be working together on understanding and mitigating global change impacts and feedbacks from mountains:

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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · Sep 14
Finished back in Scarborough just before the rain arrived. A few hills to start with and then the cinder track (old railway) between Whitby (pictured) and Scarborough. 41 miles today and 253 over the last six.