Erik Versluijs
@erikversluijs.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in Applied Ecology at the University of Inland Norway, studying carnivore-livestock, wolf-human interactions, and animal welfare. #openscience #wildlifeconflicts #movement #spatial #behaviours #ecology #coexistence #PhD
This week the evaluation committee has decided that my PhD dissertation with the title: “Free-Ranging Cattle in the Boreal Forest: Predicting behaviours and exploring behavioural drivers with virtual fencing technology” is approved. The defence will be held on January 30.
November 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This week the evaluation committee has decided that my PhD dissertation with the title: “Free-Ranging Cattle in the Boreal Forest: Predicting behaviours and exploring behavioural drivers with virtual fencing technology” is approved. The defence will be held on January 30.
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Check out our most recent blog post by Marianna Chimienti! 🚨
In the blog, @marikimient.bsky.social explains the idea behind their new review paper on advance Image-Based bio-logging in marine ecosystems 🌊
Read the blog post here 👉 buff.ly/Bdf3oxu
Read the full article here 👉 buff.ly/Uac74yI
In the blog, @marikimient.bsky.social explains the idea behind their new review paper on advance Image-Based bio-logging in marine ecosystems 🌊
Read the blog post here 👉 buff.ly/Bdf3oxu
Read the full article here 👉 buff.ly/Uac74yI
June 26, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Check out our most recent blog post by Marianna Chimienti! 🚨
In the blog, @marikimient.bsky.social explains the idea behind their new review paper on advance Image-Based bio-logging in marine ecosystems 🌊
Read the blog post here 👉 buff.ly/Bdf3oxu
Read the full article here 👉 buff.ly/Uac74yI
In the blog, @marikimient.bsky.social explains the idea behind their new review paper on advance Image-Based bio-logging in marine ecosystems 🌊
Read the blog post here 👉 buff.ly/Bdf3oxu
Read the full article here 👉 buff.ly/Uac74yI
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Yes, as of last week, we "officially" left X - but we've been winding down our presence for a long time now.
Interestingly, comparing our final conference on X (Winter 2024) post-for-post, on Bsky we had nearly triple the likes, six times the reposts and twelves times the comments/quotes.
Interestingly, comparing our final conference on X (Winter 2024) post-for-post, on Bsky we had nearly triple the likes, six times the reposts and twelves times the comments/quotes.
Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (a UK-based learned society promoting the scientific study of animal behaviour since 1936; supports rigorous and ethical animal‑behaviour science through conferences, grants, publishing, and education) leaves X (8.629 followers)
Bluesky: @asab.org
Bluesky: @asab.org
June 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Yes, as of last week, we "officially" left X - but we've been winding down our presence for a long time now.
Interestingly, comparing our final conference on X (Winter 2024) post-for-post, on Bsky we had nearly triple the likes, six times the reposts and twelves times the comments/quotes.
Interestingly, comparing our final conference on X (Winter 2024) post-for-post, on Bsky we had nearly triple the likes, six times the reposts and twelves times the comments/quotes.
Looking forward to September! My abstract with the title "How advances in livestock technology can aid wildlife coexistence: a case study on free-ranging cattle in the boreal forest", got accepted for a speed talk
Abstract notification emails for IWC 2025 have been sent 🦊📢
Don’t forget: Early bird registration ends 15 May! Book now and consider sharing a room to save costs and connect
If you submitted an abstract and haven’t received an email, please check your spam folder or contact us at iwc2025@inn.no 📬
Don’t forget: Early bird registration ends 15 May! Book now and consider sharing a room to save costs and connect
If you submitted an abstract and haven’t received an email, please check your spam folder or contact us at iwc2025@inn.no 📬
May 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Looking forward to September! My abstract with the title "How advances in livestock technology can aid wildlife coexistence: a case study on free-ranging cattle in the boreal forest", got accepted for a speed talk
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POD CAST: Yellowstone National Park wildlife biologist Doug Smith and Professor Barbara Zimmerman (Univ. of Inland Norway) discuss the past, present and future of wolf ecology, distribution and management. https://soundcloud.com/user-340086209-186066255/wolves-across-borders #Wolves #Management
March 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
POD CAST: Yellowstone National Park wildlife biologist Doug Smith and Professor Barbara Zimmerman (Univ. of Inland Norway) discuss the past, present and future of wolf ecology, distribution and management. https://soundcloud.com/user-340086209-186066255/wolves-across-borders #Wolves #Management
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Finally out our paper 'Continuing recovery of wolves in Europe' published yesterday in PLOS Sustainability & Transformation.
Very grateful to have been active part of this article and worked with LCIE-IUCN members. I hope it gets red & shared widely!
journals.plos.org/sustainabili...
©Miha Krofel
Very grateful to have been active part of this article and worked with LCIE-IUCN members. I hope it gets red & shared widely!
journals.plos.org/sustainabili...
©Miha Krofel
February 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Finally out our paper 'Continuing recovery of wolves in Europe' published yesterday in PLOS Sustainability & Transformation.
Very grateful to have been active part of this article and worked with LCIE-IUCN members. I hope it gets red & shared widely!
journals.plos.org/sustainabili...
©Miha Krofel
Very grateful to have been active part of this article and worked with LCIE-IUCN members. I hope it gets red & shared widely!
journals.plos.org/sustainabili...
©Miha Krofel
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Second paper out this week 😱😱
We present YOLO-Behaviour, a flexible, easy to implement, robust framework for automated behavioural annotation from videos, published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social!!
[paper] doi.org/10.1111/2041...
[documentation] alexhang212.github.io/YOLO_Behavio...
We present YOLO-Behaviour, a flexible, easy to implement, robust framework for automated behavioural annotation from videos, published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social!!
[paper] doi.org/10.1111/2041...
[documentation] alexhang212.github.io/YOLO_Behavio...
February 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Second paper out this week 😱😱
We present YOLO-Behaviour, a flexible, easy to implement, robust framework for automated behavioural annotation from videos, published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social!!
[paper] doi.org/10.1111/2041...
[documentation] alexhang212.github.io/YOLO_Behavio...
We present YOLO-Behaviour, a flexible, easy to implement, robust framework for automated behavioural annotation from videos, published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social!!
[paper] doi.org/10.1111/2041...
[documentation] alexhang212.github.io/YOLO_Behavio...
My backyard is full of surprises...
January 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
My backyard is full of surprises...
We got like half a meter of snow the last few days. The fluffs are enjoying it. I just keep shoveling snow, as it also keeps snowing 😅🌨️❄️
January 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
We got like half a meter of snow the last few days. The fluffs are enjoying it. I just keep shoveling snow, as it also keeps snowing 😅🌨️❄️
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Already getting excited for #ASABSpring2025 ! Our Spring conference is aimed at postgrads and postdocs (though all are welcome to join!) It also always includes a great workshop for developing practical skills. Highly recommended!
Come join us in Liverpool in April! Registration is now open ⬇️
Come join us in Liverpool in April! Registration is now open ⬇️
Don't forget, our ASAB 2025 conference is open for registration! Sign up now to make sure you don't miss a spot 📝
🔗https://tinyurl.com/884wzzsy
🔗https://tinyurl.com/884wzzsy
January 9, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Already getting excited for #ASABSpring2025 ! Our Spring conference is aimed at postgrads and postdocs (though all are welcome to join!) It also always includes a great workshop for developing practical skills. Highly recommended!
Come join us in Liverpool in April! Registration is now open ⬇️
Come join us in Liverpool in April! Registration is now open ⬇️
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Check out our 2025 ethical guidelines! #AnimalEthics #AnimalBehaviourJournal
Very Important! Published by @asab.org at the start of each year. 2025. "Guidelines for the ethical treatment of nonhuman animals in behavioural research and teaching." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Guidelines for the ethical treatment of nonhuman animals in behavioural research and teaching
www.sciencedirect.com
January 7, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Check out our 2025 ethical guidelines! #AnimalEthics #AnimalBehaviourJournal
After being in the Netherlands for three weeks Henry is happy to be back in the cold and snowy Norway. I measured -23 degrees Celsius this morning at my house
January 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
After being in the Netherlands for three weeks Henry is happy to be back in the cold and snowy Norway. I measured -23 degrees Celsius this morning at my house
The program for the upcoming 'wolves across borders' conference in the Netherlands is online. Looking forward to presenting my PhD work. www.wolvesacrossborders.com/preliminary-...
January 4, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The program for the upcoming 'wolves across borders' conference in the Netherlands is online. Looking forward to presenting my PhD work. www.wolvesacrossborders.com/preliminary-...
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Opinie: De grutto help je niet door de vos af te schieten maar wel met een hoger waterpeil @caringfarmers.bsky.social
www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
Opinie: De grutto help je niet door de vos af te schieten
De staatssecretaris Natuur van de BBB wil grutto’s gaan fokken in stallen en meer vossen afschieten om de grutto te behouden. Tot veler verbazing was dit in de Volkskrant te lezen, niet bij De Speld.
www.volkskrant.nl
December 12, 2024 at 6:40 AM
Opinie: De grutto help je niet door de vos af te schieten maar wel met een hoger waterpeil @caringfarmers.bsky.social
www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
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🇺🇳 The Standing Committee of the #Bern Convention just voted down the protection status of the #wolf 👉 This will not solve the challenges for livestock. This is not based on science but was political. #Wolves play a crucial role in ecosystems. And: we cannot allow risking the EU Habitats Directive! 🐺
A @coe.int committee will discuss tomorrow whether to lower the protection status of the wolf, after a request from the European Union.
Details here 👇
🔗 www.coe.int/en/web/bern-...
Details here 👇
🔗 www.coe.int/en/web/bern-...
December 3, 2024 at 10:09 AM
🇺🇳 The Standing Committee of the #Bern Convention just voted down the protection status of the #wolf 👉 This will not solve the challenges for livestock. This is not based on science but was political. #Wolves play a crucial role in ecosystems. And: we cannot allow risking the EU Habitats Directive! 🐺
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"If we want to allow the full range of wolf behaviours—or, in other words, to allow them to choose when to be active—we must decrease our disturbance in time as well as space.”
www.endangeredlandscapes.org/news/whos-aw...
www.endangeredlandscapes.org/news/whos-aw...
December 3, 2024 at 3:25 PM
"If we want to allow the full range of wolf behaviours—or, in other words, to allow them to choose when to be active—we must decrease our disturbance in time as well as space.”
www.endangeredlandscapes.org/news/whos-aw...
www.endangeredlandscapes.org/news/whos-aw...
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Three year postdoc on bird migration www.ab.mpg.de/639728/job_f...
Postdoc position (m/f/d) | Understanding the eco-evolutionary dynamics of seasonal migration in songbirds
Postdoc position (m/f/d) 100% - Understanding the eco-evolutionary dynamics of seasonal migration in songbirds
www.ab.mpg.de
November 28, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Three year postdoc on bird migration www.ab.mpg.de/639728/job_f...
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No one likes a poorly attended inauguration... so please join me in London or online on 3 Dec for my inaugural lecture, "The Edge of Sentience". www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2024/...
The edge of sentience: risk and precaution in humans, other animals, and AI
6.30pm Tue 3 Dec | Jonathan Birch | Free public event at LSE
www.lse.ac.uk
November 19, 2024 at 9:06 AM
No one likes a poorly attended inauguration... so please join me in London or online on 3 Dec for my inaugural lecture, "The Edge of Sentience". www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2024/...
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In our latest #SORTEEjournalclub blog post, authors Graziella DiRenzo , Ephraim M. Hanks and David Miller present a step-by-step guide to understanding complex models using data simulations, including how to use simulations effectively.
🔗https://buff.ly/4i6Z5tP
🔗https://buff.ly/4i6Z5tP
November 29, 2024 at 12:47 PM
In our latest #SORTEEjournalclub blog post, authors Graziella DiRenzo , Ephraim M. Hanks and David Miller present a step-by-step guide to understanding complex models using data simulations, including how to use simulations effectively.
🔗https://buff.ly/4i6Z5tP
🔗https://buff.ly/4i6Z5tP
My second PhD paper got published today 😊😀 animalbiotelemetry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Virtual fencing in remote boreal forests: performance of commercially available GPS collars for free-ranging cattle - Animal Biotelemetry
Background The use of virtual fencing in cattle farming is beneficial due to its flexibility, not fragmenting the landscape or restricting access like physical fences. Using GPS (Global Positioning Sy...
animalbiotelemetry.biomedcentral.com
November 21, 2024 at 3:43 PM
My second PhD paper got published today 😊😀 animalbiotelemetry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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So-called 'negative results' still often go unpublished - leading to systematic bias in the literature.
But tools to reduce bias (like Registered Reports) are spreading.
Read more on:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
But tools to reduce bias (like Registered Reports) are spreading.
Read more on:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
So you got a null result. Will anyone publish it?
Researchers have tried a bunch of strategies to get more negative results into the literature. Nature asks whether they are working. Researchers have tried a bunch of strategies to get more negative r...
www.nature.com
August 18, 2024 at 9:51 AM
So-called 'negative results' still often go unpublished - leading to systematic bias in the literature.
But tools to reduce bias (like Registered Reports) are spreading.
Read more on:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
But tools to reduce bias (like Registered Reports) are spreading.
Read more on:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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An ErrantScience PhD working hours cartoon from 2018 that we were inspired to reshare this week
August 8, 2024 at 5:24 PM
An ErrantScience PhD working hours cartoon from 2018 that we were inspired to reshare this week
Looking forward to the winter meeting. I am planning to join in person
Observer bias, expectation bias, taxonomic bias & geographic bias are examples of regularly occurring biases in animal behaviour research. At #ASABWinter2024 we’ll be discussing best practices & solutions for these issues. Abstracts due July 31!
asabwinter2024.github.io
asabwinter2024.github.io
July 29, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Looking forward to the winter meeting. I am planning to join in person