Andrew Abraham
@andrewabraham.bsky.social
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at @ECONOVO - Aarhus University
biodiversity | ecology | global change | rewilding | wildlife management
biodiversity | ecology | global change | rewilding | wildlife management
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🦁Predators have a strong sex-bias when it comes to their favourite prey 🌏
In their new paper @andrewabraham.bsky.social quantify large carnivore sex-biases in Africa and examine how wildlife managers can replicate such effects when natural predators are missing 👇
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In their new paper @andrewabraham.bsky.social quantify large carnivore sex-biases in Africa and examine how wildlife managers can replicate such effects when natural predators are missing 👇
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October 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🦁Predators have a strong sex-bias when it comes to their favourite prey 🌏
In their new paper @andrewabraham.bsky.social quantify large carnivore sex-biases in Africa and examine how wildlife managers can replicate such effects when natural predators are missing 👇
buff.ly/Q8cB4Qq
In their new paper @andrewabraham.bsky.social quantify large carnivore sex-biases in Africa and examine how wildlife managers can replicate such effects when natural predators are missing 👇
buff.ly/Q8cB4Qq
Super important work by Tim Kuiper and co!
Still can't believe we got onto the cover of Science! Across 11 reserves and 7 years, we found that dehorning achieved large reductions in poaching, but it's not a magic bullet
Full article: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Popular version: www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Full article: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Popular version: www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
June 7, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Super important work by Tim Kuiper and co!
Great opportunity to lead discussions in biodiversity conservation for ECRs
Are you an early career researcher (ECR) passionate about #Conservation? See below for an amazing opportunity to work with fellow motivated ECRs to explore and develop important themes around Biodiversity conservation! Deadline is 12 June 2025. www.linkedin.com/posts/celest...
#conservation | Celesté Maré
Are you an early career researcher (ECR) passionate about #Conservation? See below for an amazing opportunity to work with fellow motivated ECRs to explore and develop important themes around Conserva...
www.linkedin.com
May 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Great opportunity to lead discussions in biodiversity conservation for ECRs
Great project, with a great team!
Closing tomorrow! Last chance to apply for postdoc to explore the role of animals in savanna ecosystem productivity & nutrient cycling! Link to job: tinyurl.com/53dy4584 #savanna #termites #largemammals
May 20, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Great project, with a great team!
Reposted by Andrew Abraham
Closing tomorrow! Last chance to apply for postdoc to explore the role of animals in savanna ecosystem productivity & nutrient cycling! Link to job: tinyurl.com/53dy4584 #savanna #termites #largemammals
May 20, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Closing tomorrow! Last chance to apply for postdoc to explore the role of animals in savanna ecosystem productivity & nutrient cycling! Link to job: tinyurl.com/53dy4584 #savanna #termites #largemammals
Pretty simple instructions to follow
If you want to reduce the carbon footprint of your diet, less meat is nearly always better than sustainable meat.
May 14, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Pretty simple instructions to follow
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The "great whale conveyer belt" that transports nitrogen, carbon, and biomass from high latitude feeding grounds to concentrated low latitude breeding grounds in gray, humpback, and right whales.
Lovely figure by A. Boersma
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Lovely figure by A. Boersma
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
April 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The "great whale conveyer belt" that transports nitrogen, carbon, and biomass from high latitude feeding grounds to concentrated low latitude breeding grounds in gray, humpback, and right whales.
Lovely figure by A. Boersma
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Lovely figure by A. Boersma
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Sure to be an interesting talk by @andrebellve.bsky.social.. also, be prepared for some excellent graphics! #scicomm
Lecture at 12 PM EST today - sign up if you are interested in a long-term perspective of seabird declines and what it means for nutrient transport!
bsky.app/profile/biog...
bsky.app/profile/biog...
This month's Funk lecture is just one week away! Dr. André Bellvé will be presenting on reconstructing paleo-nutrient fluxes, using seabirds in New Zealand as a fascinating case study. We hope to see you there!
For more information and to register, please visit our website: www.biogeography.org
For more information and to register, please visit our website: www.biogeography.org
March 27, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Sure to be an interesting talk by @andrebellve.bsky.social.. also, be prepared for some excellent graphics! #scicomm
Beautiful sighting of a martial eagle eating a mongoose at iSimangaliso park today
March 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Beautiful sighting of a martial eagle eating a mongoose at iSimangaliso park today
Half of British households feed birds.. but should we? Ft our recent study on potential issues of nutrient pollution.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Full paper: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Full paper: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Should we stop feeding birds, what happens if we do and does it spread disease?
Half of British households put food out for birds but there is increasing concern it can spread disease
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Half of British households feed birds.. but should we? Ft our recent study on potential issues of nutrient pollution.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Full paper: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Full paper: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Nice coverage by Nat Geo of our new paper quantifying the longest nutrient transport system in the world: whale pee
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
For the full paper, see here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
For the full paper, see here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The stunning power of whale pee
A single whale can produce more than 250 gallons of urine in a day. It helps sustain life across the ocean.
www.nationalgeographic.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Nice coverage by Nat Geo of our new paper quantifying the longest nutrient transport system in the world: whale pee
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
For the full paper, see here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
For the full paper, see here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Andrew Abraham
We recap the whole study here: whalescientists.com/the-great-wh...
The Great Whale Conveyor Belt: Earth's Largest Mammals Keep Oceans Thriving
Large whales operate what scientists have called “the Great Whale Conveyor Belt,” the largest long-distance nutrient transport on Earth.
whalescientists.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
We recap the whole study here: whalescientists.com/the-great-wh...
The Great Whale Conveyor Belt - Earth's largest mammals keep the oceans thriving!
Our new study quantifies the world's longest nutrient-transport system as whales migrate across vast ocean basins.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our new study quantifies the world's longest nutrient-transport system as whales migrate across vast ocean basins.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The Great Whale Conveyor Belt - Earth's largest mammals keep the oceans thriving!
Our new study quantifies the world's longest nutrient-transport system as whales migrate across vast ocean basins.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our new study quantifies the world's longest nutrient-transport system as whales migrate across vast ocean basins.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Andrew Abraham
So what actually happened when the dinosaurs died?🦕
Using simple ecological rules*, we explore how the interplay between ecosystem engineering, seed size and light environment can explain temporal patterns of animal and seed sizes from the fossil record🌳🐘🐀🌱
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Using simple ecological rules*, we explore how the interplay between ecosystem engineering, seed size and light environment can explain temporal patterns of animal and seed sizes from the fossil record🌳🐘🐀🌱
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Ecosystem engineers alter the evolution of seed size by impacting fertility and the understory light environment
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
So what actually happened when the dinosaurs died?🦕
Using simple ecological rules*, we explore how the interplay between ecosystem engineering, seed size and light environment can explain temporal patterns of animal and seed sizes from the fossil record🌳🐘🐀🌱
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Using simple ecological rules*, we explore how the interplay between ecosystem engineering, seed size and light environment can explain temporal patterns of animal and seed sizes from the fossil record🌳🐘🐀🌱
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A great thread by @alexanderlees.bsky.social on the positive and negative impacts of bird feeding, including our recent paper highlighting issues of nutrient pollution and changes to local biogeochemical cycles:
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...).
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...).
Quick thread on some new papers on the science of impacts of bird feeding since the publication of our papers here www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... and here britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti... #Ornithoogy #UKBirding🧵 1/
January 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
A great thread by @alexanderlees.bsky.social on the positive and negative impacts of bird feeding, including our recent paper highlighting issues of nutrient pollution and changes to local biogeochemical cycles:
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...).
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...).
Nice coverage of our recent paper on using animal death as a rational approach to improve zoo population management: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
January 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Nice coverage of our recent paper on using animal death as a rational approach to improve zoo population management: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
It's been 10 yrs since Marius the giraffe was controversially culled by Copenhagen Zoo. So, what's happened since?
Many zoos limit reproduction to avoid surplus animals and public backlash. We argue this approach fails the conservation & education mandate of zoos 🧵: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Many zoos limit reproduction to avoid surplus animals and public backlash. We argue this approach fails the conservation & education mandate of zoos 🧵: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
January 7, 2025 at 8:44 AM
It's been 10 yrs since Marius the giraffe was controversially culled by Copenhagen Zoo. So, what's happened since?
Many zoos limit reproduction to avoid surplus animals and public backlash. We argue this approach fails the conservation & education mandate of zoos 🧵: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Many zoos limit reproduction to avoid surplus animals and public backlash. We argue this approach fails the conservation & education mandate of zoos 🧵: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We need to reevaluate how we live with nature.
Embarrassing :( Sweden begins wolf hunt as it aims to halve endangered animal’s population 🐺 www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🐺 #wolf #unsustainablehunting #carnivore
Sweden begins wolf hunt as it aims to halve endangered animal’s population
Five entire families can be killed, totalling 30 wolves, in move campaigners say is illegal under EU law
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM
We need to reevaluate how we live with nature.
Great PhD opportunity with @jcsvenning.bsky.social - some photos from around the field site to tempt ya in!
December 12, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Great PhD opportunity with @jcsvenning.bsky.social - some photos from around the field site to tempt ya in!
The time it takes for food to travel through an animal's body is important for nutrient assimilation and functions like seed dispersal.
Here, we show that intestine length better predicts retention time than body mass; a simple, but important concept:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Here, we show that intestine length better predicts retention time than body mass; a simple, but important concept:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 10, 2024 at 8:31 AM
The time it takes for food to travel through an animal's body is important for nutrient assimilation and functions like seed dispersal.
Here, we show that intestine length better predicts retention time than body mass; a simple, but important concept:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Here, we show that intestine length better predicts retention time than body mass; a simple, but important concept:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Weekend recuperation… Scotland style
November 24, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Weekend recuperation… Scotland style
