Andrea Fuller
@andreafuller.bsky.social
Wildlife conservation physiology.
Thermal physiology.
Wits University, South Africa.
Editor-in-chief, Conservation Physiology.
Associate editor, Acta Physiologica.
Thermal physiology.
Wits University, South Africa.
Editor-in-chief, Conservation Physiology.
Associate editor, Acta Physiologica.
Pinned
Revisiting Concepts of Thermal Physiology: Understanding Feedback and Feedforward Control, and Local Temperature Regulation
Most experts agree that the dominant mechanism through which body temperature is regulated, under a thermal challenge, environmental or metabolic, is negative feedback control. However, some consider...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Pleased to have another paper out, for our series on revisiting concepts in thermal physiology: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
And pleased to publish in @actaphysiologica.bsky.social
And pleased to publish in @actaphysiologica.bsky.social
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"Bond’s work leaves behind an inconvenient lesson for an era of climate urgency: that speed is not a substitute for understanding, and that good intentions, applied without care, can erase ancient worlds as efficiently as neglect." A beautiful tribute to William Bond. Forever missed by many.
William Bond, defender of grasslands
In recent years, one of the loudest ideas in environmental policy has been that trees are the planet’s universal remedy. Plant enough of them, in enough places, and carbon will be soaked up, water wil...
www.butlernature.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:31 AM
"Bond’s work leaves behind an inconvenient lesson for an era of climate urgency: that speed is not a substitute for understanding, and that good intentions, applied without care, can erase ancient worlds as efficiently as neglect." A beautiful tribute to William Bond. Forever missed by many.
Thanks to all the writers who contributed to Conservation Physiology in Action this year, and to @acdonaldson.bsky.social for editing the series.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Thanks to all the writers who contributed to Conservation Physiology in Action this year, and to @acdonaldson.bsky.social for editing the series.
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#ICYMI: Our latest paper in @conphysjournal.bsky.social provides "tips & tricks" for how to write constructive peer reviews
The paper provides directed guidance on how to write effective comments and highlights additional attributes of useful reviews
doi.org/10.1093/conp...
@sebiology.bsky.social
The paper provides directed guidance on how to write effective comments and highlights additional attributes of useful reviews
doi.org/10.1093/conp...
@sebiology.bsky.social
Tips and tricks for writing constructive peer reviews
Peer review has been the cornerstone of scientific inquiry for centuries and is considered the backbone of scientific quality and rigour (Spier, 2002). Des
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December 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
#ICYMI: Our latest paper in @conphysjournal.bsky.social provides "tips & tricks" for how to write constructive peer reviews
The paper provides directed guidance on how to write effective comments and highlights additional attributes of useful reviews
doi.org/10.1093/conp...
@sebiology.bsky.social
The paper provides directed guidance on how to write effective comments and highlights additional attributes of useful reviews
doi.org/10.1093/conp...
@sebiology.bsky.social
Reposted by Andrea Fuller
African clawless otters 🦦 face multiple stressors that can impact their health and reproductive success. This study compared stress hormone levels of otters in natural and disturbed environments to better understand the effects of #Anthropogenic stressors.
Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/conp...
Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/conp...
December 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
African clawless otters 🦦 face multiple stressors that can impact their health and reproductive success. This study compared stress hormone levels of otters in natural and disturbed environments to better understand the effects of #Anthropogenic stressors.
Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/conp...
Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/conp...
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🚨 Using data from hundreds of wild pregnant meerkats, Thorley et al. show that gestational growth varies widely, is shaped by nutrition but not social conditions, and improves pup survival without shortening telomeres.
📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/2k2dKwt
📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/2k2dKwt
December 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🚨 Using data from hundreds of wild pregnant meerkats, Thorley et al. show that gestational growth varies widely, is shaped by nutrition but not social conditions, and improves pup survival without shortening telomeres.
📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/2k2dKwt
📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/2k2dKwt
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Freshwater fish face various man-made stressors, but how do the fish respond to combined stresses? Check out this study on the effects of angling 🎣 and temperature 🌡️ in brook trout 🐟 at the transcriptomic level.
Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/conp...
#Angling #Genomics #ThermalStress
Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/conp...
#Angling #Genomics #ThermalStress
December 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Freshwater fish face various man-made stressors, but how do the fish respond to combined stresses? Check out this study on the effects of angling 🎣 and temperature 🌡️ in brook trout 🐟 at the transcriptomic level.
Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/conp...
#Angling #Genomics #ThermalStress
Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/conp...
#Angling #Genomics #ThermalStress
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This is excellent: Tips and Tricks for Writing Constructive Peer Reviews
Perhaps the most excellent part is this subhead: "Remember that peer review is not meant to crush souls". Right? Peer review should improve papers (and OK, gatekeep a little) - not make an author regret their career choices!
Perhaps the most excellent part is this subhead: "Remember that peer review is not meant to crush souls". Right? Peer review should improve papers (and OK, gatekeep a little) - not make an author regret their career choices!
In my first Editorial as Associate Editor for @conphysjournal.bsky.social, we help combat this lack of training by providing some "tips and tricks" for writing constructive peer reviews, based on our collective experiences as editors for multiple scientific journals.
Tips and tricks for writing constructive peer reviews
Peer review has been the cornerstone of scientific inquiry for centuries and is considered the backbone of scientific quality and rigour (Spier, 2002). Des
academic.oup.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This is excellent: Tips and Tricks for Writing Constructive Peer Reviews
Perhaps the most excellent part is this subhead: "Remember that peer review is not meant to crush souls". Right? Peer review should improve papers (and OK, gatekeep a little) - not make an author regret their career choices!
Perhaps the most excellent part is this subhead: "Remember that peer review is not meant to crush souls". Right? Peer review should improve papers (and OK, gatekeep a little) - not make an author regret their career choices!
Reposted by Andrea Fuller
Adaptation to harshness is fundamentally different from the adaptive stress response: Results from a 20 years long case study in African striped mice
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Adaptation to harshness is fundamentally different from the adaptive stress response: Results from a 20‐year‐long case study in African striped mice
Animals in harsh environments rely on specialised adaptations. Two decades of field research on African striped mice (Rhabdomys pumilio) in the Succulent Karoo semi-desert reveal a distinct ‘harshnes...
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Adaptation to harshness is fundamentally different from the adaptive stress response: Results from a 20 years long case study in African striped mice
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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How do we precisely track a bear's diet over time? 🐻 New research tests two #NonInvasive methods (dyeing & #StableIsotope tracing) to quantify hair growth rates in bears (Grizzly, Black, & Polar). This will help us understand bear seasonal diet data! 🧬📈
Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/conp...
Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/conp...
December 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
How do we precisely track a bear's diet over time? 🐻 New research tests two #NonInvasive methods (dyeing & #StableIsotope tracing) to quantify hair growth rates in bears (Grizzly, Black, & Polar). This will help us understand bear seasonal diet data! 🧬📈
Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/conp...
Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/conp...
How to write a constructive peer review - see our new editorial, led by @biolumijeffence.bsky.social
With some of the team from @conphysjournal.bsky.social
With some of the team from @conphysjournal.bsky.social
Tips and tricks for writing constructive peer reviews
Peer review has been the cornerstone of scientific inquiry for centuries and is considered the backbone of scientific quality and rigour (Spier, 2002). Des
academic.oup.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 AM
How to write a constructive peer review - see our new editorial, led by @biolumijeffence.bsky.social
With some of the team from @conphysjournal.bsky.social
With some of the team from @conphysjournal.bsky.social
Reposted by Andrea Fuller
We know a lot about how cold-water fish 🐟 adapt to warming conditions, but what about #FluctuatingConditions? This new paper in #ConPhys explores #Trout growth rates and thermal tolerance in response to fluctuating temperatures 🌡️❄️.
Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/conp...
Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/conp...
December 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
We know a lot about how cold-water fish 🐟 adapt to warming conditions, but what about #FluctuatingConditions? This new paper in #ConPhys explores #Trout growth rates and thermal tolerance in response to fluctuating temperatures 🌡️❄️.
Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/conp...
Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/conp...
Reposted by Andrea Fuller
Calling #EarlyCareerResearchers in the conservation physiology field!
We are seeking applications to join our editorial internship scheme. A great opportunity to gain experience of #PeerReview and the editorial process.
Full details here: academic.oup.com/conphys/page...
#Publishing #ECR
We are seeking applications to join our editorial internship scheme. A great opportunity to gain experience of #PeerReview and the editorial process.
Full details here: academic.oup.com/conphys/page...
#Publishing #ECR
December 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Calling #EarlyCareerResearchers in the conservation physiology field!
We are seeking applications to join our editorial internship scheme. A great opportunity to gain experience of #PeerReview and the editorial process.
Full details here: academic.oup.com/conphys/page...
#Publishing #ECR
We are seeking applications to join our editorial internship scheme. A great opportunity to gain experience of #PeerReview and the editorial process.
Full details here: academic.oup.com/conphys/page...
#Publishing #ECR
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Interested in doing a PhD in biodiversity predictions 📈🐦🌸🪲📈? The Ciaxa Foundation has launched a call for PhD fellowships in 🇪🇸 Excellence Research Centers. @ebdonana.bsky.social is one of them: lacaixafoundation.org/en/doctoral-... 🧪🌎
December 12, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Interested in doing a PhD in biodiversity predictions 📈🐦🌸🪲📈? The Ciaxa Foundation has launched a call for PhD fellowships in 🇪🇸 Excellence Research Centers. @ebdonana.bsky.social is one of them: lacaixafoundation.org/en/doctoral-... 🧪🌎
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New research compares Arctic and Pacific cod metabolic responses to warming oceans. 🌊🔬 The results reveal differing sensitivities to ocean acidification between the species.
Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/conp...
Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/conp...
December 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
New research compares Arctic and Pacific cod metabolic responses to warming oceans. 🌊🔬 The results reveal differing sensitivities to ocean acidification between the species.
Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/conp...
Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/conp...
Reposted by Andrea Fuller
📢COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT📢
Katima, Namibia, February 2026
🐻📊Join FatBear's Applied Movement Data Analysis in R courses for wildlife grad students & practitioners. Beginners & R users welcome 🌍📈
Info and registration: fatbearbio.weebly.com/workshops.html 🐾
Katima, Namibia, February 2026
🐻📊Join FatBear's Applied Movement Data Analysis in R courses for wildlife grad students & practitioners. Beginners & R users welcome 🌍📈
Info and registration: fatbearbio.weebly.com/workshops.html 🐾
WORKSHOPS
Through our applied animal movement data analysis courses, both wildlife practitioners and research students receive immersive hands-on training in the utilization of state-of-the-art tools and...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
📢COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT📢
Katima, Namibia, February 2026
🐻📊Join FatBear's Applied Movement Data Analysis in R courses for wildlife grad students & practitioners. Beginners & R users welcome 🌍📈
Info and registration: fatbearbio.weebly.com/workshops.html 🐾
Katima, Namibia, February 2026
🐻📊Join FatBear's Applied Movement Data Analysis in R courses for wildlife grad students & practitioners. Beginners & R users welcome 🌍📈
Info and registration: fatbearbio.weebly.com/workshops.html 🐾
Reposted by Andrea Fuller
Earth's largest land animals are limited by salt.
Sodium availability constrains the density and distribution of elephants, giraffes and rhinos across Africa, and offers a new explanation for the so-called 'missing megaherbivores'.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Free access: rdcu.be/eTPY2
Sodium availability constrains the density and distribution of elephants, giraffes and rhinos across Africa, and offers a new explanation for the so-called 'missing megaherbivores'.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Free access: rdcu.be/eTPY2
December 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Earth's largest land animals are limited by salt.
Sodium availability constrains the density and distribution of elephants, giraffes and rhinos across Africa, and offers a new explanation for the so-called 'missing megaherbivores'.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Free access: rdcu.be/eTPY2
Sodium availability constrains the density and distribution of elephants, giraffes and rhinos across Africa, and offers a new explanation for the so-called 'missing megaherbivores'.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Free access: rdcu.be/eTPY2
Reposted by Andrea Fuller
One more piece of evidence, on a growing pile, that insects are in decline.
"...the general species turnover and biomass trends emphasize ongoing arthropod community simplification, and that even common species may be increasingly under threat."
🪲🪳🧪🌍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"...the general species turnover and biomass trends emphasize ongoing arthropod community simplification, and that even common species may be increasingly under threat."
🪲🪳🧪🌍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Arthropod species loss underpins biomass declines - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Insects are declining in many regions. Here the authors show that arthropod biomass losses in Jena Experiment and Biodiversity Exploratories time series are driven more by species loss than by species...
www.nature.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
One more piece of evidence, on a growing pile, that insects are in decline.
"...the general species turnover and biomass trends emphasize ongoing arthropod community simplification, and that even common species may be increasingly under threat."
🪲🪳🧪🌍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"...the general species turnover and biomass trends emphasize ongoing arthropod community simplification, and that even common species may be increasingly under threat."
🪲🪳🧪🌍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Andrea Fuller
Nature research paper: A place-based assessment of biodiversity intactness in sub-Saharan Africa
go.nature.com/48i1GOU
go.nature.com/48i1GOU
A place-based assessment of biodiversity intactness in sub-Saharan Africa - Nature
Regional, place-based biodiversity information is used to comprehensively map and quantify biodiversity intactness of sub-Saharan Africa to inform national and global sustainability policies and planning.
go.nature.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Nature research paper: A place-based assessment of biodiversity intactness in sub-Saharan Africa
go.nature.com/48i1GOU
go.nature.com/48i1GOU
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🌟 Call for Applications for Editor-in-Chief of Physiological Reviews🌟
We're looking for an engaging & dynamic Editor to actively commission Reviews from high impact authors across all areas of #physiology. https://ow.ly/2oSy50XC4Nb
American Physiological Society
We're looking for an engaging & dynamic Editor to actively commission Reviews from high impact authors across all areas of #physiology. https://ow.ly/2oSy50XC4Nb
American Physiological Society
December 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
🌟 Call for Applications for Editor-in-Chief of Physiological Reviews🌟
We're looking for an engaging & dynamic Editor to actively commission Reviews from high impact authors across all areas of #physiology. https://ow.ly/2oSy50XC4Nb
American Physiological Society
We're looking for an engaging & dynamic Editor to actively commission Reviews from high impact authors across all areas of #physiology. https://ow.ly/2oSy50XC4Nb
American Physiological Society
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Are you an #EarlyCareerResearcher interested in gaining editorial experience with a peer reviewed journal?
Check out this brilliant opportunity with our journal over at @conphysjournal.bsky.social!
@sebiology.bsky.social
Check out this brilliant opportunity with our journal over at @conphysjournal.bsky.social!
@sebiology.bsky.social
✳️ We are delighted to announce a new editorial internship scheme for #EarlyCareerResearchers! ✳️
Interns will gain experience of:
✅ manuscript handling
✅ peer review
✅ editorial decision making
Full details and how to apply here: academic.oup.com/conphys/page...
#Publishing #ECR #PeerReview
Interns will gain experience of:
✅ manuscript handling
✅ peer review
✅ editorial decision making
Full details and how to apply here: academic.oup.com/conphys/page...
#Publishing #ECR #PeerReview
December 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Are you an #EarlyCareerResearcher interested in gaining editorial experience with a peer reviewed journal?
Check out this brilliant opportunity with our journal over at @conphysjournal.bsky.social!
@sebiology.bsky.social
Check out this brilliant opportunity with our journal over at @conphysjournal.bsky.social!
@sebiology.bsky.social
Tracking lions in the Kruger National Park, with help from Suzuki SA. blog.suzukiauto.co.za/blog/from-be...
December 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Tracking lions in the Kruger National Park, with help from Suzuki SA. blog.suzukiauto.co.za/blog/from-be...
Reposted by Andrea Fuller
✳️ We are delighted to announce a new editorial internship scheme for #EarlyCareerResearchers! ✳️
Interns will gain experience of:
✅ manuscript handling
✅ peer review
✅ editorial decision making
Full details and how to apply here: academic.oup.com/conphys/page...
#Publishing #ECR #PeerReview
Interns will gain experience of:
✅ manuscript handling
✅ peer review
✅ editorial decision making
Full details and how to apply here: academic.oup.com/conphys/page...
#Publishing #ECR #PeerReview
December 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
✳️ We are delighted to announce a new editorial internship scheme for #EarlyCareerResearchers! ✳️
Interns will gain experience of:
✅ manuscript handling
✅ peer review
✅ editorial decision making
Full details and how to apply here: academic.oup.com/conphys/page...
#Publishing #ECR #PeerReview
Interns will gain experience of:
✅ manuscript handling
✅ peer review
✅ editorial decision making
Full details and how to apply here: academic.oup.com/conphys/page...
#Publishing #ECR #PeerReview
Reposted by Andrea Fuller
The Thermal Ecology Alliance is growing rapidly and we are now at 51 countries! Join here: www.thermalecologyalliance.org/participation
November 26, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The Thermal Ecology Alliance is growing rapidly and we are now at 51 countries! Join here: www.thermalecologyalliance.org/participation
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Applications are now open for ECRs to apply for a funded place at our Workshop 'Solving the Mysteries of Energy Expenditure Compensation' organised by Vincent Careau & Lewis Halsey.
@jexpbiol.bsky.social @biologyopen.bsky.social
www.biologists.com/workshops/ju...
#BiologistsWorkshops
@jexpbiol.bsky.social @biologyopen.bsky.social
www.biologists.com/workshops/ju...
#BiologistsWorkshops
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Applications are now open for ECRs to apply for a funded place at our Workshop 'Solving the Mysteries of Energy Expenditure Compensation' organised by Vincent Careau & Lewis Halsey.
@jexpbiol.bsky.social @biologyopen.bsky.social
www.biologists.com/workshops/ju...
#BiologistsWorkshops
@jexpbiol.bsky.social @biologyopen.bsky.social
www.biologists.com/workshops/ju...
#BiologistsWorkshops
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🚨 Job alert 🚨 Postdoc position in ecological forecasting 📈 as part of the Horizon Europe OSCARS call. The postdoc will be based in lovely Sevilla (fantastic place to live) and will include working closely with several European forecasting projects. Apply by Dec 11! 🌎🧪 globalchangeeco.com/jobs
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
🚨 Job alert 🚨 Postdoc position in ecological forecasting 📈 as part of the Horizon Europe OSCARS call. The postdoc will be based in lovely Sevilla (fantastic place to live) and will include working closely with several European forecasting projects. Apply by Dec 11! 🌎🧪 globalchangeeco.com/jobs