Julien Fattebert, PhD 🇺🇳🇪🇺🇨🇭
@fattebertj.bsky.social
Carnivores-Ungulates-Large landscapes
Movement-Habitat-Connectivity
Research Professor-Vilnius University
Research Associate-Nelson Mandela University (George)
Founder @fatbear-bio.bsky.social
https://fattebert.weebly.com/
Movement-Habitat-Connectivity
Research Professor-Vilnius University
Research Associate-Nelson Mandela University (George)
Founder @fatbear-bio.bsky.social
https://fattebert.weebly.com/
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This is The Academic Way 😎
November 9, 2025 at 9:10 AM
This is The Academic Way 😎
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Researchers in Uganda say the country’s only nesting site of critically endangered Rüppell’s vultures is under threat from hunting, charcoal burning and farming.
Colony of world’s highest-flying bird under threat in Uganda
LUKU CENTRAL FOREST RESERVE, Uganda — Ornithologist Ivan Oruka stops suddenly near the foot of a cliff that’s streaked with the telltale whitewash of bird droppings. He quickly presses his binoculars…
news.mongabay.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Researchers in Uganda say the country’s only nesting site of critically endangered Rüppell’s vultures is under threat from hunting, charcoal burning and farming.
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Reposted by Julien Fattebert, PhD 🇺🇳🇪🇺🇨🇭
Nature Futures Framework scenarios reveal contrasting landscape connectivity for European mammal translocations
Ascensão+
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
analyzing connectivity using circuitscape on Dou+ (doi.org/10.1016/j.gl...)
land-use scenarios
Ascensão+
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
analyzing connectivity using circuitscape on Dou+ (doi.org/10.1016/j.gl...)
land-use scenarios
October 29, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Nature Futures Framework scenarios reveal contrasting landscape connectivity for European mammal translocations
Ascensão+
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
analyzing connectivity using circuitscape on Dou+ (doi.org/10.1016/j.gl...)
land-use scenarios
Ascensão+
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
analyzing connectivity using circuitscape on Dou+ (doi.org/10.1016/j.gl...)
land-use scenarios
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Do you also have a "To Read" folder that’s basically a black hole? 🕳️
My new blog post explores why that’s okay. And how to orbit the black hole instead of getting sucked in.
You’ll Never Keep Up with the Scientific Literature (and That’s Okay)
jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/y...
My new blog post explores why that’s okay. And how to orbit the black hole instead of getting sucked in.
You’ll Never Keep Up with the Scientific Literature (and That’s Okay)
jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/y...
October 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Do you also have a "To Read" folder that’s basically a black hole? 🕳️
My new blog post explores why that’s okay. And how to orbit the black hole instead of getting sucked in.
You’ll Never Keep Up with the Scientific Literature (and That’s Okay)
jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/y...
My new blog post explores why that’s okay. And how to orbit the black hole instead of getting sucked in.
You’ll Never Keep Up with the Scientific Literature (and That’s Okay)
jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/y...
Reposted by Julien Fattebert, PhD 🇺🇳🇪🇺🇨🇭
A lot of pressure on the different grant schemes, and pretty much independent of career stage.
October 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A lot of pressure on the different grant schemes, and pretty much independent of career stage.
Reposted by Julien Fattebert, PhD 🇺🇳🇪🇺🇨🇭
Haven't we known this for a while?
Asking lion ppl
Asking lion ppl
Some people say that "farming" lions in captivity helps wild populations. New research finds the practice is actually harmful to wild lions. Read more: https://therevelator.org/lion-farming-harming/
Study: Commercial Lion Farming in South Africa Could Be Harming, Not Helping, Wild Lions • The Revelator
As we've seen with tigers and other threatened species, captive lion breeding may stimulate consumer demand and put additional pressure on wild populations across African home ranges.
therevelator.org
October 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Haven't we known this for a while?
Asking lion ppl
Asking lion ppl
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Canids seem to be the routine lovers, reusing their travel routes more than felids. This shapes hunting, encounters, and even disease spread. Insights from 1,239 GPS-tracked carnivores, including the Arctic foxes we track on Bylot Island 🧪🌿🌎🌐🦊. Read in the latest PNAS at bitly.cx/TxI2
October 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Canids seem to be the routine lovers, reusing their travel routes more than felids. This shapes hunting, encounters, and even disease spread. Insights from 1,239 GPS-tracked carnivores, including the Arctic foxes we track on Bylot Island 🧪🌿🌎🌐🦊. Read in the latest PNAS at bitly.cx/TxI2
"It is surprising, if not deeply concerning, that despite decades of advances in biodiversity modeling, the GBF overlooks the anticipatory power of these tools and does not mention “model” or “prediction” anywhere in its text."
Biodiversity policy needs to look forward, not just backward. 🌍
Our new PNAS piece argues that predictive models - like those used in climate science - are key to guiding effective conservation decisions.
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#Biodiversity #Conservation #PNAS
(1/2)
Our new PNAS piece argues that predictive models - like those used in climate science - are key to guiding effective conservation decisions.
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#Biodiversity #Conservation #PNAS
(1/2)
Predicting the way forward for the Global Biodiversity Framework | PNAS
Predicting the way forward for the Global Biodiversity Framework
doi.org
October 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"It is surprising, if not deeply concerning, that despite decades of advances in biodiversity modeling, the GBF overlooks the anticipatory power of these tools and does not mention “model” or “prediction” anywhere in its text."
Switzerland:
Up to 25,000 cows could be slaughtered due to US tariffs www-rts-ch.translate.goog/info/economi...
But: the wolf!
Up to 25,000 cows could be slaughtered due to US tariffs www-rts-ch.translate.goog/info/economi...
But: the wolf!
Jusqu'à 25'000 vaches pourraient être abattues à cause des droits de douane américains
Jusqu'à 25'000 vaches sont menacées d'abattage en Suisse en raison des droits de douane américains, relate la NZZ am Sonntag, qui se base sur des données de l'Interprofession du lait (IP). En cause: u...
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October 5, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Switzerland:
Up to 25,000 cows could be slaughtered due to US tariffs www-rts-ch.translate.goog/info/economi...
But: the wolf!
Up to 25,000 cows could be slaughtered due to US tariffs www-rts-ch.translate.goog/info/economi...
But: the wolf!
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Sometimes I think about how from 1935-1975ish, Bell Labs produced an insane amount of revolutionary science and technology, including 11 Nobel Prizes, the transistor, UNIX, C, the laser, the solar cell, information theory, etc. The secret? Provide scientists with ample, steady, no-strings funding.
sites.stat.columbia.edu
October 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Sometimes I think about how from 1935-1975ish, Bell Labs produced an insane amount of revolutionary science and technology, including 11 Nobel Prizes, the transistor, UNIX, C, the laser, the solar cell, information theory, etc. The secret? Provide scientists with ample, steady, no-strings funding.
This is becoming real 😅
September 27, 2025 at 6:01 AM
This is becoming real 😅
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Something cool to start your weekend: a Blue Jay x Green Jay hybrid from Texas! #ornithology
Rare blue-and-green hybrid jay spotted in Texas is offspring of birds whose lineages split 7 million years ago
The hybrid bird is the product of two species whose habitat ranges began to overlap a few decades ago, potentially due to climate change, researchers said.
www.livescience.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Something cool to start your weekend: a Blue Jay x Green Jay hybrid from Texas! #ornithology
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Lions across Africa are under threat from habitat loss, poaching, and wildlife trade.
A continent-wide survey of 132 lion subpopulations was conducted in collaboration with landscape managers and lion researchers to determine perceived threat severity.
[1/2] @biology.ox.ac.uk
A continent-wide survey of 132 lion subpopulations was conducted in collaboration with landscape managers and lion researchers to determine perceived threat severity.
[1/2] @biology.ox.ac.uk
September 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Lions across Africa are under threat from habitat loss, poaching, and wildlife trade.
A continent-wide survey of 132 lion subpopulations was conducted in collaboration with landscape managers and lion researchers to determine perceived threat severity.
[1/2] @biology.ox.ac.uk
A continent-wide survey of 132 lion subpopulations was conducted in collaboration with landscape managers and lion researchers to determine perceived threat severity.
[1/2] @biology.ox.ac.uk
I need one!
"The Publish or Perish Game is a humorous party game about academic publishing. Players race to publish manuscripts with useless nonsense while sabotaging each other's research and delivering "very helpful" comments, Reviewer 2 style."
publishorperish.games
"The Publish or Perish Game is a humorous party game about academic publishing. Players race to publish manuscripts with useless nonsense while sabotaging each other's research and delivering "very helpful" comments, Reviewer 2 style."
publishorperish.games
Publish or Perish: A Humorous Party Game about Academic Publish
Welcome to the chaotic life of academic publishing. In this game, you are a clueless researcher trying to do the one and only thing that matters in your academic life: churning out publications, fast....
publishorperish.games
September 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I need one!
"The Publish or Perish Game is a humorous party game about academic publishing. Players race to publish manuscripts with useless nonsense while sabotaging each other's research and delivering "very helpful" comments, Reviewer 2 style."
publishorperish.games
"The Publish or Perish Game is a humorous party game about academic publishing. Players race to publish manuscripts with useless nonsense while sabotaging each other's research and delivering "very helpful" comments, Reviewer 2 style."
publishorperish.games
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Fat bear week launches tomorrow! 🐻
explore.org/fat-bear-wee...
explore.org/fat-bear-wee...
Fat Bear Week 2025
Fat Bear Week 2025
explore.org
September 24, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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#Wildlife population counts are only population size estimates, always wrong but some more than others - here technology suggests 50% out! www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09...
AI satellite survey challenges long-standing estimates of Serengeti
A pioneering study led by the University of Oxford in collaboration with international partners has applied AI for the first time to count the Great Wildebeest Migration from satellite images.
www.ox.ac.uk
September 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
#Wildlife population counts are only population size estimates, always wrong but some more than others - here technology suggests 50% out! www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09...
TFW your student wins the award for the best MSc talk at the conference!
Go Yasmin!
Cc @robdavis1104.bsky.social
Go Yasmin!
Cc @robdavis1104.bsky.social
a man applauds in front of a sign that says " so proud of you "
ALT: a man applauds in front of a sign that says " so proud of you "
media.tenor.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
TFW your student wins the award for the best MSc talk at the conference!
Go Yasmin!
Cc @robdavis1104.bsky.social
Go Yasmin!
Cc @robdavis1104.bsky.social
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Wildfire and Drought Alter the Ecology of Jaguars and Co‐Occurring Mammals in the World's Largest Wetland
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August 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Wildfire and Drought Alter the Ecology of Jaguars and Co‐Occurring Mammals in the World's Largest Wetland
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Wolves use diverse tactics to track partially migratory prey. Cool paper !!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Wolves use diverse tactics to track partially migratory prey
Some predators move long distances to track migratory prey.1,2,3 This phenomenon, known as migratory coupling,1 has been observed in wolves that track…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 1, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Wolves use diverse tactics to track partially migratory prey. Cool paper !!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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New on European conservation science:
Wolf-dog hybridization can rapidly increase without intervention. Model shows sterilization or removal of hybrids reduces admixture. Success depends on mate choice, immigration & mortality by humans.
Santostasi et al. in Cons. Biology doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
Wolf-dog hybridization can rapidly increase without intervention. Model shows sterilization or removal of hybrids reduces admixture. Success depends on mate choice, immigration & mortality by humans.
Santostasi et al. in Cons. Biology doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
Simulating the efficacy of wolf–dog hybridization management with individual‐based modeling
In the photo, an introgressed adult wolf–dog in the Northern Apennines, Italy, not far from the city of Bologna. Part of a research program, this male has been sterilized and released back in its own....
doi.org
July 9, 2025 at 6:49 AM
New on European conservation science:
Wolf-dog hybridization can rapidly increase without intervention. Model shows sterilization or removal of hybrids reduces admixture. Success depends on mate choice, immigration & mortality by humans.
Santostasi et al. in Cons. Biology doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
Wolf-dog hybridization can rapidly increase without intervention. Model shows sterilization or removal of hybrids reduces admixture. Success depends on mate choice, immigration & mortality by humans.
Santostasi et al. in Cons. Biology doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
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Pro tip for writers:
A very bad first draft is not a failure—it’s a great start, Congratulations!
You can’t revise a blank page, but you can shape a bad one into something really great
🌟Editing is easier than Creating🌟
A very bad first draft is not a failure—it’s a great start, Congratulations!
You can’t revise a blank page, but you can shape a bad one into something really great
🌟Editing is easier than Creating🌟
August 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Pro tip for writers:
A very bad first draft is not a failure—it’s a great start, Congratulations!
You can’t revise a blank page, but you can shape a bad one into something really great
🌟Editing is easier than Creating🌟
A very bad first draft is not a failure—it’s a great start, Congratulations!
You can’t revise a blank page, but you can shape a bad one into something really great
🌟Editing is easier than Creating🌟
You're not alone 😬
Need some tips for dealing with literature overwhelm... every day I see 10 papers I really want to read, but struggle to find the time for. So I feel like I'm constantly falling behind!
July 31, 2025 at 9:21 AM
You're not alone 😬