Paolo Becciu
@pbecciu.bsky.social
Postdoc @ Swiss Ornithological Institute • Launching global bird natal dispersal project 🌍 • Movement ecology (barn owls, seabirds & soaring migrants) • he/his
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Paolo Becciu
@pbecciu.bsky.social
· Oct 23
🚨New paper out
Our study reveals how barn owl parents coordinate nightly chick feeding. Females step up when males underperform & pairs that meet more often at the nest share work more equally boosting chick survival🦉
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
@unil.bsky.social @vogelwarte.bsky.social #movementecology
Our study reveals how barn owl parents coordinate nightly chick feeding. Females step up when males underperform & pairs that meet more often at the nest share work more equally boosting chick survival🦉
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
@unil.bsky.social @vogelwarte.bsky.social #movementecology
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An amazing online resource 🙏 I'll be following along!
I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students.
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
January 5, 2026 at 10:12 AM
An amazing online resource 🙏 I'll be following along!
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Winter means.. communal roosts! 🦅🐦🦜
But why do birds form such roosts? In red kites, young single males are the most frequent visitors. Once paired, birds roost more solitarily, often together as a pair.
📢 Now online: tinyurl.tools/98e9279e
@animalecology.bsky.social
@vogelwarte.bsky.social
But why do birds form such roosts? In red kites, young single males are the most frequent visitors. Once paired, birds roost more solitarily, often together as a pair.
📢 Now online: tinyurl.tools/98e9279e
@animalecology.bsky.social
@vogelwarte.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Winter means.. communal roosts! 🦅🐦🦜
But why do birds form such roosts? In red kites, young single males are the most frequent visitors. Once paired, birds roost more solitarily, often together as a pair.
📢 Now online: tinyurl.tools/98e9279e
@animalecology.bsky.social
@vogelwarte.bsky.social
But why do birds form such roosts? In red kites, young single males are the most frequent visitors. Once paired, birds roost more solitarily, often together as a pair.
📢 Now online: tinyurl.tools/98e9279e
@animalecology.bsky.social
@vogelwarte.bsky.social
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#ISBE2026 Call for Abstracts is now open! Submit your abstract by 15 December 2025 on www.isbe2026.com
@behavecol.bsky.social
@behavecol.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
#ISBE2026 Call for Abstracts is now open! Submit your abstract by 15 December 2025 on www.isbe2026.com
@behavecol.bsky.social
@behavecol.bsky.social
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Ancient coffins aren't just for Dracula. They can provide clues to what it felt like to Walk the earth thousands of years ago. Just in time for #Halloween, a spooky story from @science.org
Tree rings from ancient coffins offer clues to Earth’s past
Wood from gravesites can help reconstruct historic temperatures, floods, and droughts
www.science.org
October 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Ancient coffins aren't just for Dracula. They can provide clues to what it felt like to Walk the earth thousands of years ago. Just in time for #Halloween, a spooky story from @science.org
Dispersal is a fascinating and fundamental aspect of life! If you are a student that want to advance the knowledge of natal dispersal in birds, this opportunity is a great start! 🐦🌍
Also have a look at our broader projects: vogelwarte.shinyapps.io/DispersalDat...
- www.vogelwarte.ch/en/projects/...
Also have a look at our broader projects: vogelwarte.shinyapps.io/DispersalDat...
- www.vogelwarte.ch/en/projects/...
🐦Master Thesis Opportunity at Swiss Ornithological Institute @vogelwarte.bsky.social
Explore the drivers of natal dispersal timing in birds through a meta-analysis. Ideal for students skilled in R and interested in avian ecology.
www.vogelwarte.ch/en/about-us/...
Explore the drivers of natal dispersal timing in birds through a meta-analysis. Ideal for students skilled in R and interested in avian ecology.
www.vogelwarte.ch/en/about-us/...
Ecological research - Swiss Ornithological Institute
www.vogelwarte.ch
October 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Dispersal is a fascinating and fundamental aspect of life! If you are a student that want to advance the knowledge of natal dispersal in birds, this opportunity is a great start! 🐦🌍
Also have a look at our broader projects: vogelwarte.shinyapps.io/DispersalDat...
- www.vogelwarte.ch/en/projects/...
Also have a look at our broader projects: vogelwarte.shinyapps.io/DispersalDat...
- www.vogelwarte.ch/en/projects/...
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🚨 2nd master’s project!
Interested in bird migration & genomics? 🧬🐦
Use whole-genome data to trace the recent colonization of Ouessant Island by Blue Tits and explore how irruptive migratory events can shape colonization dynamics. Please share! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
Interested in bird migration & genomics? 🧬🐦
Use whole-genome data to trace the recent colonization of Ouessant Island by Blue Tits and explore how irruptive migratory events can shape colonization dynamics. Please share! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
October 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🚨 2nd master’s project!
Interested in bird migration & genomics? 🧬🐦
Use whole-genome data to trace the recent colonization of Ouessant Island by Blue Tits and explore how irruptive migratory events can shape colonization dynamics. Please share! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
Interested in bird migration & genomics? 🧬🐦
Use whole-genome data to trace the recent colonization of Ouessant Island by Blue Tits and explore how irruptive migratory events can shape colonization dynamics. Please share! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
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Post-doc position at CEBC to work on quantitative genetics of albatross populations using pedigree and genomic data.
Info and application at
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Contact Timothée Bonnet for more details
#postdoc #seabirds #Genomics
Info and application at
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Contact Timothée Bonnet for more details
#postdoc #seabirds #Genomics
October 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Post-doc position at CEBC to work on quantitative genetics of albatross populations using pedigree and genomic data.
Info and application at
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Contact Timothée Bonnet for more details
#postdoc #seabirds #Genomics
Info and application at
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Contact Timothée Bonnet for more details
#postdoc #seabirds #Genomics
🚨New paper out
Our study reveals how barn owl parents coordinate nightly chick feeding. Females step up when males underperform & pairs that meet more often at the nest share work more equally boosting chick survival🦉
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
@unil.bsky.social @vogelwarte.bsky.social #movementecology
Our study reveals how barn owl parents coordinate nightly chick feeding. Females step up when males underperform & pairs that meet more often at the nest share work more equally boosting chick survival🦉
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
@unil.bsky.social @vogelwarte.bsky.social #movementecology
October 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🚨New paper out
Our study reveals how barn owl parents coordinate nightly chick feeding. Females step up when males underperform & pairs that meet more often at the nest share work more equally boosting chick survival🦉
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
@unil.bsky.social @vogelwarte.bsky.social #movementecology
Our study reveals how barn owl parents coordinate nightly chick feeding. Females step up when males underperform & pairs that meet more often at the nest share work more equally boosting chick survival🦉
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
@unil.bsky.social @vogelwarte.bsky.social #movementecology
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This is how you connect people to nature through science. Well done @theguardian.com !
🧪🪶🌎🐾 #ornithology #conservation #movementecology
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
🧪🪶🌎🐾 #ornithology #conservation #movementecology
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bird migration is changing. What does this reveal about our planet? – visualised
Bird migrations rank as one of nature’s greatest spectacles. Thanks to GPS tracking, scientists are uncovering extraordinary insights into ancient and mysterious journeys – and new threats that are re...
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
This is how you connect people to nature through science. Well done @theguardian.com !
🧪🪶🌎🐾 #ornithology #conservation #movementecology
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
🧪🪶🌎🐾 #ornithology #conservation #movementecology
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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🚨 Master’s project!
Curious how birds find their way? 🧭🐦
Analyze decades of ringing data to study abnormal migratory routes and uncover what these deviations can reveal about the mechanisms guiding birds on their journeys. Drop me an email for details! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
Curious how birds find their way? 🧭🐦
Analyze decades of ringing data to study abnormal migratory routes and uncover what these deviations can reveal about the mechanisms guiding birds on their journeys. Drop me an email for details! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
October 3, 2025 at 7:11 AM
🚨 Master’s project!
Curious how birds find their way? 🧭🐦
Analyze decades of ringing data to study abnormal migratory routes and uncover what these deviations can reveal about the mechanisms guiding birds on their journeys. Drop me an email for details! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
Curious how birds find their way? 🧭🐦
Analyze decades of ringing data to study abnormal migratory routes and uncover what these deviations can reveal about the mechanisms guiding birds on their journeys. Drop me an email for details! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
Happy to be included in the ‘Understanding Migration’ virtual issue at Functional Ecology — alongside many influential papers 🐦🎉 #birdmigration #movementecology #ornithology
@funecology.bsky.social @besmovesig.bsky.social
👉 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
@funecology.bsky.social @besmovesig.bsky.social
👉 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
Understanding migration: Functional Ecology
<em>Functional Ecology</em> journal publishes high-impact research providing a mechanistic understanding of ecological pattern and process from the organismic to ecosystem scale.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Happy to be included in the ‘Understanding Migration’ virtual issue at Functional Ecology — alongside many influential papers 🐦🎉 #birdmigration #movementecology #ornithology
@funecology.bsky.social @besmovesig.bsky.social
👉 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
@funecology.bsky.social @besmovesig.bsky.social
👉 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
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A behind the scene story that exemplifies what can happen if brilliant and motivated people work together to turn cheap ideas into precious outcome. methodsblog.com/2025/08/28/c...
Citizen scientist coders for wildlife conservation – a MoveApps story
Post provided by Andrea Kölzsch. I am a movement ecologist and have until recently worked as a PostDoc at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Radolfzell, Germany. My research focusses, o…
methodsblog.com
August 29, 2025 at 7:33 AM
A behind the scene story that exemplifies what can happen if brilliant and motivated people work together to turn cheap ideas into precious outcome. methodsblog.com/2025/08/28/c...
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A new study, based on an analysis of thousands of publications and their authors and editors, shows paper mills are just part of a complex, interconnected system that includes publishers, journals, and brokers. scim.ag/3H9kwwQ
Scientific fraud has become an ‘industry,’ alarming analysis finds
Sophisticated global networks are infiltrating journals to publish fake papers
scim.ag
August 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
A new study, based on an analysis of thousands of publications and their authors and editors, shows paper mills are just part of a complex, interconnected system that includes publishers, journals, and brokers. scim.ag/3H9kwwQ
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Bielefeld University seeks a postdoc for a 6-year scientific assistant position in Animal Behaviour, starting March 2026. Apply by Sept 10, 2025. More info: www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/biologie/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/behaviour #job
Animal Behaviour - Bielefeld University
With a team of over 50 people, the different research groups study animal behaviour within the framework of the four questions of Tinbergen, both in the lab and in the field. Current model systems include laboratory studies on zebra finches (
www.uni-bielefeld.de
July 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Bielefeld University seeks a postdoc for a 6-year scientific assistant position in Animal Behaviour, starting March 2026. Apply by Sept 10, 2025. More info: www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/biologie/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/behaviour #job
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📢 Abstract submissions for Animal Behaviour Live Annual Conference are now OPEN!
🗓 Deadline: 7 Sept 2025
🎤 Choose from:
🔹 15-min live or recorded talk
🔹 5-min pre-recorded video poster (our classic format!)
📄 Submit here: ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
#ABL2025
🗓 Deadline: 7 Sept 2025
🎤 Choose from:
🔹 15-min live or recorded talk
🔹 5-min pre-recorded video poster (our classic format!)
📄 Submit here: ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
#ABL2025
June 19, 2025 at 8:04 AM
📢 Abstract submissions for Animal Behaviour Live Annual Conference are now OPEN!
🗓 Deadline: 7 Sept 2025
🎤 Choose from:
🔹 15-min live or recorded talk
🔹 5-min pre-recorded video poster (our classic format!)
📄 Submit here: ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
#ABL2025
🗓 Deadline: 7 Sept 2025
🎤 Choose from:
🔹 15-min live or recorded talk
🔹 5-min pre-recorded video poster (our classic format!)
📄 Submit here: ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
#ABL2025
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Our latest nutcracker paper is out!
In a collaborative effort between @sgn.one and @vogelwarte.bsky.social we show how bird age can affect seed dispersal 🐥🌱
#ProcB @royalsocietypublishing.org Avian seed dispersal function is age dependent
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
@matthiastschumi.bsky.social
In a collaborative effort between @sgn.one and @vogelwarte.bsky.social we show how bird age can affect seed dispersal 🐥🌱
#ProcB @royalsocietypublishing.org Avian seed dispersal function is age dependent
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
@matthiastschumi.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Our latest nutcracker paper is out!
In a collaborative effort between @sgn.one and @vogelwarte.bsky.social we show how bird age can affect seed dispersal 🐥🌱
#ProcB @royalsocietypublishing.org Avian seed dispersal function is age dependent
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
@matthiastschumi.bsky.social
In a collaborative effort between @sgn.one and @vogelwarte.bsky.social we show how bird age can affect seed dispersal 🐥🌱
#ProcB @royalsocietypublishing.org Avian seed dispersal function is age dependent
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
@matthiastschumi.bsky.social
Un grazie speciale a @salvonferre.bsky.social per essersi appassionato alla storia e alle ricerche che Letizia @campioni-leti.bsky.social ed io(in minima parte)stiamo portando avanti sul Petrello delle Bermuda. Non fatevi sfuggire questo racconto avvicente www.fanpage.it/kodami/il-ri... @fanpage.it
www.fanpage.it
July 11, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Un grazie speciale a @salvonferre.bsky.social per essersi appassionato alla storia e alle ricerche che Letizia @campioni-leti.bsky.social ed io(in minima parte)stiamo portando avanti sul Petrello delle Bermuda. Non fatevi sfuggire questo racconto avvicente www.fanpage.it/kodami/il-ri... @fanpage.it
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New paper out in the lab on collective gaze following in pigeons in iScience!
Coolest experimental design ever🤭
Coolest experimental design ever🤭
July 9, 2025 at 6:10 AM
New paper out in the lab on collective gaze following in pigeons in iScience!
Coolest experimental design ever🤭
Coolest experimental design ever🤭
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After three years of hard work, @myrene_ventures has published her first scientific paper! 🎉 It suggests Tawaki might handle our changing world better than many other penguins.
It’s Open Access - go have a read! doi.org/10.7717/peer...
It’s Open Access - go have a read! doi.org/10.7717/peer...
July 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
After three years of hard work, @myrene_ventures has published her first scientific paper! 🎉 It suggests Tawaki might handle our changing world better than many other penguins.
It’s Open Access - go have a read! doi.org/10.7717/peer...
It’s Open Access - go have a read! doi.org/10.7717/peer...
🚨New paper out🚨
We used fine-scale GPS, depth & accelerometry data to reveal foraging activity of the endangered Bermuda petrel.
Thanks: @campioni-leti.bsky.social & collab. effort of Bermuda Conserv. Dept, Canad. Wildlife Service & ISPA Portugal
A thread 🧵
#seabirds #biologging #movementecology
We used fine-scale GPS, depth & accelerometry data to reveal foraging activity of the endangered Bermuda petrel.
Thanks: @campioni-leti.bsky.social & collab. effort of Bermuda Conserv. Dept, Canad. Wildlife Service & ISPA Portugal
A thread 🧵
#seabirds #biologging #movementecology
July 7, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🚨New paper out🚨
We used fine-scale GPS, depth & accelerometry data to reveal foraging activity of the endangered Bermuda petrel.
Thanks: @campioni-leti.bsky.social & collab. effort of Bermuda Conserv. Dept, Canad. Wildlife Service & ISPA Portugal
A thread 🧵
#seabirds #biologging #movementecology
We used fine-scale GPS, depth & accelerometry data to reveal foraging activity of the endangered Bermuda petrel.
Thanks: @campioni-leti.bsky.social & collab. effort of Bermuda Conserv. Dept, Canad. Wildlife Service & ISPA Portugal
A thread 🧵
#seabirds #biologging #movementecology
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Fine-Scale Movement Data Reveal Primarily Surface Foraging and Nocturnal Flight Activity in the Endangered Bermuda Petrel | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
July 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Fine-Scale Movement Data Reveal Primarily Surface Foraging and Nocturnal Flight Activity in the Endangered Bermuda Petrel | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
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💡 We are writing a systematic review article about physical properties of light and attractiveness to seabirds in the Norwegian Arctic and are in need for some benchmark literature to evaluate our systematic search! Can anyone help? Please share 💡
June 14, 2025 at 8:22 AM
💡 We are writing a systematic review article about physical properties of light and attractiveness to seabirds in the Norwegian Arctic and are in need for some benchmark literature to evaluate our systematic search! Can anyone help? Please share 💡
🐦Master Thesis Opportunity at Swiss Ornithological Institute @vogelwarte.bsky.social
Explore the drivers of natal dispersal timing in birds through a meta-analysis. Ideal for students skilled in R and interested in avian ecology.
www.vogelwarte.ch/en/about-us/...
Explore the drivers of natal dispersal timing in birds through a meta-analysis. Ideal for students skilled in R and interested in avian ecology.
www.vogelwarte.ch/en/about-us/...
Ecological research - Swiss Ornithological Institute
www.vogelwarte.ch
May 16, 2025 at 9:07 AM
🐦Master Thesis Opportunity at Swiss Ornithological Institute @vogelwarte.bsky.social
Explore the drivers of natal dispersal timing in birds through a meta-analysis. Ideal for students skilled in R and interested in avian ecology.
www.vogelwarte.ch/en/about-us/...
Explore the drivers of natal dispersal timing in birds through a meta-analysis. Ideal for students skilled in R and interested in avian ecology.
www.vogelwarte.ch/en/about-us/...
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A milestone: #kakapo mating calls have been heard on the North Island of NZ for the first time in over a century. At least 2 of the 3 #kakapo males at the fenced sanctuary of Maungatautari have "boomed" this summer. #conservation www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-r... Video: www.scienceagency.co.nz
May 1, 2025 at 2:52 AM
A milestone: #kakapo mating calls have been heard on the North Island of NZ for the first time in over a century. At least 2 of the 3 #kakapo males at the fenced sanctuary of Maungatautari have "boomed" this summer. #conservation www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-r... Video: www.scienceagency.co.nz
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🚨Postdoc opportunity @econovoau.bsky.social 🌍
Help forecast how rising ecological novelty reshapes #biodiversity & #vegetation 🌿 Work at the interface of species distribution models & dynamic global vegetation models 🌐🍃♨️- based in Aarhus, Denmark shorturl.at/t45JT #ecology #ecologyjob #macroecology
Help forecast how rising ecological novelty reshapes #biodiversity & #vegetation 🌿 Work at the interface of species distribution models & dynamic global vegetation models 🌐🍃♨️- based in Aarhus, Denmark shorturl.at/t45JT #ecology #ecologyjob #macroecology
2-yr postdoc on Forecasting Biosphere-Scale Effects of Ecological Novelty Using Species Distribution and Vegetation Models - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Biology - Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, Aarhus University
shorturl.at
April 24, 2025 at 6:16 AM
🚨Postdoc opportunity @econovoau.bsky.social 🌍
Help forecast how rising ecological novelty reshapes #biodiversity & #vegetation 🌿 Work at the interface of species distribution models & dynamic global vegetation models 🌐🍃♨️- based in Aarhus, Denmark shorturl.at/t45JT #ecology #ecologyjob #macroecology
Help forecast how rising ecological novelty reshapes #biodiversity & #vegetation 🌿 Work at the interface of species distribution models & dynamic global vegetation models 🌐🍃♨️- based in Aarhus, Denmark shorturl.at/t45JT #ecology #ecologyjob #macroecology