Lesley Lancaster
@lancasterlt.bsky.social
Professor of biology at U Aberdeen. Senior editor of J Animal Ecology. Into macroecology, biogeography, genomics, niche evolution, odonates, plants, global change biology. Here for the science 🦋
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Looking for a PhD opportunity? I'm hoping to recruit someone to my group at Durham University to work on a project combining fieldwork and labwork to study speciation in rubyspot damselflies: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Get in touch if you want to chat!
Get in touch if you want to chat!
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Looking for a PhD opportunity? I'm hoping to recruit someone to my group at Durham University to work on a project combining fieldwork and labwork to study speciation in rubyspot damselflies: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Get in touch if you want to chat!
Get in touch if you want to chat!
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At the BES, we believe cost should not be a barrier to publishing. We have outlined how you can use resources like funding, waivers and agreements – including our own BES waivers – that cover the fees for processing and publishing your research.
Find out more here👇
Find out more here👇
Publish open access with the BES - British Ecological Society
At the BES, we believe cost should not be a barrier to publishing. Find out how you can get your open access fees covered here.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
At the BES, we believe cost should not be a barrier to publishing. We have outlined how you can use resources like funding, waivers and agreements – including our own BES waivers – that cover the fees for processing and publishing your research.
Find out more here👇
Find out more here👇
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We're hiring!
A Post-doctoral fellow in Eco-evolutionary shifts in bumblebee communities. You will be working within @beccsweden.bsky.social w/ Professor Bengt Hansson at The Department of Biology.
👉https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:867222/
Please apply no later than 19 December!
A Post-doctoral fellow in Eco-evolutionary shifts in bumblebee communities. You will be working within @beccsweden.bsky.social w/ Professor Bengt Hansson at The Department of Biology.
👉https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:867222/
Please apply no later than 19 December!
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
We're hiring!
A Post-doctoral fellow in Eco-evolutionary shifts in bumblebee communities. You will be working within @beccsweden.bsky.social w/ Professor Bengt Hansson at The Department of Biology.
👉https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:867222/
Please apply no later than 19 December!
A Post-doctoral fellow in Eco-evolutionary shifts in bumblebee communities. You will be working within @beccsweden.bsky.social w/ Professor Bengt Hansson at The Department of Biology.
👉https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:867222/
Please apply no later than 19 December!
*Guaranteed funding* PhD opportunity in my group. Work with damselflies, UN global biodiversity targets, genetic data, and NatureScot policy groups; the project will advance comparative population genetics and provide evidence feeding directly to policy. www.findaphd.com/phds/project....
QUARTILES DLA CASE: Genetic diversity and adaptation: Developing indicators for national and international policy at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - QUARTILES DLA CASE: Genetic diversity and adaptation: Developing indicators for national and international policy at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
*Guaranteed funding* PhD opportunity in my group. Work with damselflies, UN global biodiversity targets, genetic data, and NatureScot policy groups; the project will advance comparative population genetics and provide evidence feeding directly to policy. www.findaphd.com/phds/project....
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phenotypic selection on flower thermoregulation depends on air temperature. huuuuge effort by many lab members past and present.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Temperature‐dependent pollinator‐mediated selection on floral thermoregulation
The thermal environment is one of the most pervasive agents of selection. Most plants cannot choose their microclimate, so understanding how they cope with thermal variability is of critical concern...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
phenotypic selection on flower thermoregulation depends on air temperature. huuuuge effort by many lab members past and present.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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#job at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU):
Professor in Forest Entomology
Duty station: Uppsala, Sweden
Closing date: extended to 1 December 2025
www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
#ForestScience #ForestResearch #entomology
Professor in Forest Entomology
Duty station: Uppsala, Sweden
Closing date: extended to 1 December 2025
www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
#ForestScience #ForestResearch #entomology
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
#job at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU):
Professor in Forest Entomology
Duty station: Uppsala, Sweden
Closing date: extended to 1 December 2025
www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
#ForestScience #ForestResearch #entomology
Professor in Forest Entomology
Duty station: Uppsala, Sweden
Closing date: extended to 1 December 2025
www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
#ForestScience #ForestResearch #entomology
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Consider joining our session at the World Biodiversity Forum (WBF) 2026 in Davos:
Spatial models for biodiversity: Exploring state-of-the-art applications
Details and abstract submission are here meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/WBF2026/sess...
Spatial models for biodiversity: Exploring state-of-the-art applications
Details and abstract submission are here meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/WBF2026/sess...
Session IND11
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Consider joining our session at the World Biodiversity Forum (WBF) 2026 in Davos:
Spatial models for biodiversity: Exploring state-of-the-art applications
Details and abstract submission are here meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/WBF2026/sess...
Spatial models for biodiversity: Exploring state-of-the-art applications
Details and abstract submission are here meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/WBF2026/sess...
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Hot off the press! From the PhD thesis of @lopezreyeska.bsky.social where we explored the connection between biogeographic processes and climatic niche dynamics in spiny lizards 👇
Interested in the biogeography of lizards?🦎
We studied the historical biogeography of Sceloporus lizards and the link between their dispersal and climatic niches 🌎🌦️ @fabrovillalobos.bsky.social @ndimhypervol.bsky.social @biojlinnsoc.bsky.social
Learn more here 👇:
academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...
We studied the historical biogeography of Sceloporus lizards and the link between their dispersal and climatic niches 🌎🌦️ @fabrovillalobos.bsky.social @ndimhypervol.bsky.social @biojlinnsoc.bsky.social
Learn more here 👇:
academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...
Historical biogeography and climatic niche dynamics in spiny lizards of the genus Sceloporus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae)
Abstract. Although we now have extensive biogeographical datasets for tetrapods, unravelling the drivers of species’ distributions remains challenging, esp
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November 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Hot off the press! From the PhD thesis of @lopezreyeska.bsky.social where we explored the connection between biogeographic processes and climatic niche dynamics in spiny lizards 👇
Submit your article proposals now, for our new special feature on Snow Ecology ❄️🏔️🐇
@animalecology.bsky.social
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@animalecology.bsky.social
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Journal of Animal Ecology Call for Proposals Implications of Changing Snowscapes for Animal Ecology
<em>Journal of Animal Ecology</em> publishes animal ecology research that advances ecological theory, generates ecological insights, or addresses broad ecological principles.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Submit your article proposals now, for our new special feature on Snow Ecology ❄️🏔️🐇
@animalecology.bsky.social
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@animalecology.bsky.social
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Congrats to @bposch.bsky.social for leading the writing of the New Phytologist Tansley Review on High‐temperature acclimation of photosystem II in land plants. @newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
High‐temperature acclimation of photosystem II in land plants
The effect of high temperature on plant performance and survival is a topic of great interest given the ongoing rise in global heatwave frequency, duration, and intensity. The temperature at which ph...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Congrats to @bposch.bsky.social for leading the writing of the New Phytologist Tansley Review on High‐temperature acclimation of photosystem II in land plants. @newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Save the date! 47th New Phytologist Symposium on 'Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life'. Explore how extreme heat affects plants that underpin ecosystem productivity.
2-5 June 2026, Cordoba, Spain.
@newphyt.bsky.social
www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
2-5 June 2026, Cordoba, Spain.
@newphyt.bsky.social
www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life
www.newphytologist.org
November 3, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Save the date! 47th New Phytologist Symposium on 'Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life'. Explore how extreme heat affects plants that underpin ecosystem productivity.
2-5 June 2026, Cordoba, Spain.
@newphyt.bsky.social
www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
2-5 June 2026, Cordoba, Spain.
@newphyt.bsky.social
www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
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Submit an abstract to our #EGU2026 session "Microclimate Variation and Heat Impacts on Vegetation: From Molecules to the Biosphere"(meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...) @kalimiddleby.bsky.social @santiagotrueba.bsky.social @sonyageange.bsky.social @egu.eu @egubg.bsky.social @hs.egu.eu
November 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Submit an abstract to our #EGU2026 session "Microclimate Variation and Heat Impacts on Vegetation: From Molecules to the Biosphere"(meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...) @kalimiddleby.bsky.social @santiagotrueba.bsky.social @sonyageange.bsky.social @egu.eu @egubg.bsky.social @hs.egu.eu
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🌷New Research highlight showcases Arrowsmith et al. (2025), which shows that temperature alone can shift pollinators’ floral choices in diverse plant–pollinator communities. Such thermally-driven species interaction rewiring may have important consequences. ➡️ buff.ly/i5QrFjd
@blancaac.bsky.social
@blancaac.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
🌷New Research highlight showcases Arrowsmith et al. (2025), which shows that temperature alone can shift pollinators’ floral choices in diverse plant–pollinator communities. Such thermally-driven species interaction rewiring may have important consequences. ➡️ buff.ly/i5QrFjd
@blancaac.bsky.social
@blancaac.bsky.social
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📢 We have an open position for a postdoc to join my lab. It's a great position @animecol-uu.bsky.social, fully salaried for 2.5 years with all benefits.
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
The project is about transmission patterns of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in aquatic insects. 🧬🦠 (1/3)
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
The project is about transmission patterns of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in aquatic insects. 🧬🦠 (1/3)
Postdoctoral researcher in molecular ecology - Uppsala University
Postdoctoral researcher in molecular ecology, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University
www.uu.se
October 27, 2025 at 7:43 AM
📢 We have an open position for a postdoc to join my lab. It's a great position @animecol-uu.bsky.social, fully salaried for 2.5 years with all benefits.
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
The project is about transmission patterns of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in aquatic insects. 🧬🦠 (1/3)
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
The project is about transmission patterns of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in aquatic insects. 🧬🦠 (1/3)
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🌍 Species on the Move 2026 #SOTM2026 will come to Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan! 🤩This is an amazing conference with themes from ecological mechanisms to social adaptation + great atmosphere + birding, hiking, and hot springs!
👉 www.speciesonthemove.com
✨Abstracts due November 10, 2025 – don’t miss it!
👉 www.speciesonthemove.com
✨Abstracts due November 10, 2025 – don’t miss it!
September 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
🌍 Species on the Move 2026 #SOTM2026 will come to Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan! 🤩This is an amazing conference with themes from ecological mechanisms to social adaptation + great atmosphere + birding, hiking, and hot springs!
👉 www.speciesonthemove.com
✨Abstracts due November 10, 2025 – don’t miss it!
👉 www.speciesonthemove.com
✨Abstracts due November 10, 2025 – don’t miss it!
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📢 Call for proposals - SMBE IDEA 2026
@smbe-idea.bsky.social invites all SMBE members to propose initiatives for 2025/2026 to reduce inequities in our field.
Categories:
💡 IDEA ($25k)
🪂 Non-Parachute Science ($10k)
🗣️ Outreach ($10k)
Deadline: Oct. 10 2025
More info: smbe.org/idea-initiatives
@smbe-idea.bsky.social invites all SMBE members to propose initiatives for 2025/2026 to reduce inequities in our field.
Categories:
💡 IDEA ($25k)
🪂 Non-Parachute Science ($10k)
🗣️ Outreach ($10k)
Deadline: Oct. 10 2025
More info: smbe.org/idea-initiatives
September 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
📢 Call for proposals - SMBE IDEA 2026
@smbe-idea.bsky.social invites all SMBE members to propose initiatives for 2025/2026 to reduce inequities in our field.
Categories:
💡 IDEA ($25k)
🪂 Non-Parachute Science ($10k)
🗣️ Outreach ($10k)
Deadline: Oct. 10 2025
More info: smbe.org/idea-initiatives
@smbe-idea.bsky.social invites all SMBE members to propose initiatives for 2025/2026 to reduce inequities in our field.
Categories:
💡 IDEA ($25k)
🪂 Non-Parachute Science ($10k)
🗣️ Outreach ($10k)
Deadline: Oct. 10 2025
More info: smbe.org/idea-initiatives
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🐝 Our latest Special Feature, "Network Ecology in the Anthropocene", is now accepting proposals.
📝 The Special Feature will be accepting submissions to all 7 of our British Ecological Society journals.
📝 The Special Feature will be accepting submissions to all 7 of our British Ecological Society journals.
August 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
🐝 Our latest Special Feature, "Network Ecology in the Anthropocene", is now accepting proposals.
📝 The Special Feature will be accepting submissions to all 7 of our British Ecological Society journals.
📝 The Special Feature will be accepting submissions to all 7 of our British Ecological Society journals.
Guild diversity impacts demographic outcomes of novel species interactions following range shifts
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Guild diversity impacts demographic outcomes of novel species interactions following range shifts
This study applies the theory of biotic resistance, a common concept in invasion ecology, to the world of climate driven range shifts, and finds support that biotic resistance may create a life-stage...
doi.org
July 25, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Guild diversity impacts demographic outcomes of novel species interactions following range shifts
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
What an amazing culmination of knowledge on Andean pollination biology, and a great team effort, led by the incredible @cristinaruedau.bsky.social
Happy to be part of this effort led by CrisRuedas and the caminos network, which has just been published today. In it we review what has been done on pollination research in the tropical Andes and propose new lines of research. Pollination onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
What an amazing culmination of knowledge on Andean pollination biology, and a great team effort, led by the incredible @cristinaruedau.bsky.social
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It's time for @animalecology.bsky.social 's Sidnie Manton Award for Early Career Researchers! Send in those ideas!
The Journal of Animal Ecology's 5th Sidnie Manton award is now open to proposals!🚨
Read more about the award here: buff.ly/BV6OT1P
...and submit your proposal here: buff.ly/YsnYe29
The deadline for proposals will be 1 September 2025.
Read more about the award here: buff.ly/BV6OT1P
...and submit your proposal here: buff.ly/YsnYe29
The deadline for proposals will be 1 September 2025.
June 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
It's time for @animalecology.bsky.social 's Sidnie Manton Award for Early Career Researchers! Send in those ideas!
Read our editorial here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
July 5, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Read our editorial here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
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Our Special Feature with @aer-ese-bes.bsky.social is now available to read! 🌎🧪
This collection aims to combine the latest insights and provide an integrated road map for ecologically optimal decisions on the energy transition 🛰️
Check it out 👇
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/global-e...
This collection aims to combine the latest insights and provide an integrated road map for ecologically optimal decisions on the energy transition 🛰️
Check it out 👇
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/global-e...
July 2, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Our Special Feature with @aer-ese-bes.bsky.social is now available to read! 🌎🧪
This collection aims to combine the latest insights and provide an integrated road map for ecologically optimal decisions on the energy transition 🛰️
Check it out 👇
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/global-e...
This collection aims to combine the latest insights and provide an integrated road map for ecologically optimal decisions on the energy transition 🛰️
Check it out 👇
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/global-e...
Super proud of this Special Feature on the Global Energy Transition 🌏💡- read our editorial and exciting contributions here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/global-e...
The Global Energy Transition: Ecological Impact, Mitigation and Restoration
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 2, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Super proud of this Special Feature on the Global Energy Transition 🌏💡- read our editorial and exciting contributions here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/global-e...
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🔉Happy to share our new publication and global data compilation #GenDivRange covering population genetic diversity of 19,173 geo-referenced populations and 1,109 species. A big thank to Katalin Csilléry, who initiated and led this project, and to all colleagues. (1/2)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
GenDivRange: A global dataset of geo-referenced population genetic diversity across species ranges - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - GenDivRange: A global dataset of geo-referenced population genetic diversity across species ranges
www.nature.com
June 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
🔉Happy to share our new publication and global data compilation #GenDivRange covering population genetic diversity of 19,173 geo-referenced populations and 1,109 species. A big thank to Katalin Csilléry, who initiated and led this project, and to all colleagues. (1/2)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...