Eamonn Wooster
@predator-smarts.bsky.social
ARC DECRA Fellow, Charles Sturt University
Behavioural Ecology + predator-prey interactions
https://www.eifwooster.org
Behavioural Ecology + predator-prey interactions
https://www.eifwooster.org
Pinned
Does human disturbance disrupt predator-prey temporal niche partitioning? Today in @natcomms.nature.com
we show that while there is no overall effect, the larger species of the dyad "loses" the temporal response race to humans.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
we show that while there is no overall effect, the larger species of the dyad "loses" the temporal response race to humans.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Humans alter the daily timing of animal activity, potentially reshaping predator–prey interactions. This meta-analysis reveals that large predators overlap less with their prey, and large prey overlap more with their predators.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Predator-prey temporal niche partitioning under human disturbance: a meta-analysis - Nature Communications
Humans alter the daily timing of animal activity, potentially reshaping predator–prey interactions. This meta-analysis reveals that larger species tend to “lose” under human disturbance, with large pr...
www.nature.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Humans alter the daily timing of animal activity, potentially reshaping predator–prey interactions. This meta-analysis reveals that large predators overlap less with their prey, and large prey overlap more with their predators.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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How do we know our research results are REAL? We replicate them! Most folks agree but lament on how hard it is to publish these replications.
My dearest gentle reader, lament no more! Delighted to unveil: Replication Studies, a new section of Behavioral Ecology 1/
academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...
My dearest gentle reader, lament no more! Delighted to unveil: Replication Studies, a new section of Behavioral Ecology 1/
academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...
Replication studies: a win-win for early-career training and behavioral ecology
Replicating previous research builds confidence that results are real and meaningful. But close replications are rare due to limitations in resources and d
academic.oup.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:42 PM
How do we know our research results are REAL? We replicate them! Most folks agree but lament on how hard it is to publish these replications.
My dearest gentle reader, lament no more! Delighted to unveil: Replication Studies, a new section of Behavioral Ecology 1/
academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...
My dearest gentle reader, lament no more! Delighted to unveil: Replication Studies, a new section of Behavioral Ecology 1/
academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...
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Birds That Don't Exist: Niche Pre‐Emption as a Constraint on Morphological Evolution in the Passeroidea - Chia - 2026 - Ecology Letters - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Birds That Don't Exist: Niche Pre‐Emption as a Constraint on Morphological Evolution in the Passeroidea
We use topological data analysis to reveal a persistent morphological gap in a major group of songbirds (superfamily Passeroidea). The gap remained unoccupied for millions of years, even though nearb...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Birds That Don't Exist: Niche Pre‐Emption as a Constraint on Morphological Evolution in the Passeroidea - Chia - 2026 - Ecology Letters - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
That being, that in areas of high human disturbance, large predators overlap LESS with their prey and large prey overlap MORE with their predators.
The "in press" version of the manuscript is currently live. Email or DM me for a version with figures in line.
The "in press" version of the manuscript is currently live. Email or DM me for a version with figures in line.
February 4, 2026 at 10:41 PM
That being, that in areas of high human disturbance, large predators overlap LESS with their prey and large prey overlap MORE with their predators.
The "in press" version of the manuscript is currently live. Email or DM me for a version with figures in line.
The "in press" version of the manuscript is currently live. Email or DM me for a version with figures in line.
Does human disturbance disrupt predator-prey temporal niche partitioning? Today in @natcomms.nature.com
we show that while there is no overall effect, the larger species of the dyad "loses" the temporal response race to humans.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
we show that while there is no overall effect, the larger species of the dyad "loses" the temporal response race to humans.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 4, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Does human disturbance disrupt predator-prey temporal niche partitioning? Today in @natcomms.nature.com
we show that while there is no overall effect, the larger species of the dyad "loses" the temporal response race to humans.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
we show that while there is no overall effect, the larger species of the dyad "loses" the temporal response race to humans.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Work is a pretty liberal term for typing prompts into the slop engine
January 24, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Work is a pretty liberal term for typing prompts into the slop engine
Go work with Shinichi and his wonderful team : )
Please contact me if you want to be nominated for a postdoc via this scheme - you need to live outside of Canada and I need to do so by 9 Feb (and need to start by March 2027) - www.ualberta.ca/en/graduate-... (I think you do need to have a competitive CV etc)
Please email me if you are interested
Please email me if you are interested
Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards for Postdoctoral Scholars
www.ualberta.ca
January 14, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Go work with Shinichi and his wonderful team : )
Inspiring to see people standing up for the integrity of our work. Resist GenAI !
Last week, during the lab meeting, we adopted a position statement (and lab rules) on the use of generative AI.
epic-biodiversity.org/generative-ai/
In a nutshell: "The use of GenAI is disallowed-by-default", but we also go to great length to justify why.
epic-biodiversity.org/generative-ai/
In a nutshell: "The use of GenAI is disallowed-by-default", but we also go to great length to justify why.
Use of generative artificial intelligence | ÉPICBiodiversity
epic-biodiversity.org
January 12, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Inspiring to see people standing up for the integrity of our work. Resist GenAI !
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We are pleased to announce the inaugural Gordon Research Conference on Urban Evolution and Ecology which will be held from Jan. 31 - Feb. 5, 2027. Please save the dates, and we look forward to welcoming you to beautiful Ventura Beach, California!
January 7, 2026 at 6:55 PM
We are pleased to announce the inaugural Gordon Research Conference on Urban Evolution and Ecology which will be held from Jan. 31 - Feb. 5, 2027. Please save the dates, and we look forward to welcoming you to beautiful Ventura Beach, California!
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New paper out! 🐦📊
We realease AVONICHE, a global dataset with detailed information on the proportional use of 32 foraging niches, combining dietary categories with the behaviours and substrates used to access resources.
Openly access the paper and data in GEB: doi.org/10.1111/geb....
We realease AVONICHE, a global dataset with detailed information on the proportional use of 32 foraging niches, combining dietary categories with the behaviours and substrates used to access resources.
Openly access the paper and data in GEB: doi.org/10.1111/geb....
January 8, 2026 at 11:09 AM
New paper out! 🐦📊
We realease AVONICHE, a global dataset with detailed information on the proportional use of 32 foraging niches, combining dietary categories with the behaviours and substrates used to access resources.
Openly access the paper and data in GEB: doi.org/10.1111/geb....
We realease AVONICHE, a global dataset with detailed information on the proportional use of 32 foraging niches, combining dietary categories with the behaviours and substrates used to access resources.
Openly access the paper and data in GEB: doi.org/10.1111/geb....
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✨ PhD opportunity studying drought and heatwave effects on threatened plants ✨🔥
Funded by an ARC DECRA awarded to the amazing Dr Ilaíne Matos and co-supervised by Dr Sami Rifai and me!
Limited by the character limit here, so please see the attached flyer for all the details - please share widely!
Funded by an ARC DECRA awarded to the amazing Dr Ilaíne Matos and co-supervised by Dr Sami Rifai and me!
Limited by the character limit here, so please see the attached flyer for all the details - please share widely!
January 6, 2026 at 12:14 AM
✨ PhD opportunity studying drought and heatwave effects on threatened plants ✨🔥
Funded by an ARC DECRA awarded to the amazing Dr Ilaíne Matos and co-supervised by Dr Sami Rifai and me!
Limited by the character limit here, so please see the attached flyer for all the details - please share widely!
Funded by an ARC DECRA awarded to the amazing Dr Ilaíne Matos and co-supervised by Dr Sami Rifai and me!
Limited by the character limit here, so please see the attached flyer for all the details - please share widely!
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Our New Paper is out in Nature Human Behaviour: 🚨 Culture is critical in driving orangutan diet development past individual potentials! 🦧 www.nature.com/articles/s41.... See 🧵
Culture is critical in driving orangutan diet development past individual potentials - Nature Human Behaviour
Howard-Spink et al. develop an empirically based model of orangutan diet development, which suggests that social learning is vital for orangutans to acquire varied diets.
www.nature.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Our New Paper is out in Nature Human Behaviour: 🚨 Culture is critical in driving orangutan diet development past individual potentials! 🦧 www.nature.com/articles/s41.... See 🧵
i appreciate niche soulsborne takes on academic bluesky
December 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
i appreciate niche soulsborne takes on academic bluesky
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Just decline the peer review invitation.
What are you people even doing?
What are you people even doing?
More than half of researchers now use AI for peer review — often against guidance
A survey of 1,600 academics found that more than 50% have used artificial-intelligence tools while peer reviewing manuscripts.
www.nature.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Just decline the peer review invitation.
What are you people even doing?
What are you people even doing?
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Come work with us! #PhD position on #ecosystem and #biodiversity effects of large #herbivores on the Eurasian steppes now announced: www.euraxess.de/jobs/395512
Nice combination of fieldwork and meta-analysis, co-supervised by @jonastrepel.bsky.social and ejlundgren.github.io
Nice combination of fieldwork and meta-analysis, co-supervised by @jonastrepel.bsky.social and ejlundgren.github.io
December 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Come work with us! #PhD position on #ecosystem and #biodiversity effects of large #herbivores on the Eurasian steppes now announced: www.euraxess.de/jobs/395512
Nice combination of fieldwork and meta-analysis, co-supervised by @jonastrepel.bsky.social and ejlundgren.github.io
Nice combination of fieldwork and meta-analysis, co-supervised by @jonastrepel.bsky.social and ejlundgren.github.io
we wrote about this in less inuititve but nerdier terms here: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Predator-prey interactions as drivers of cognitive evolution
ecoevorxiv.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
we wrote about this in less inuititve but nerdier terms here: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
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JOB ALERT! Collection Manager job going in Palaeontology at the Australian Museum in Sydney, Australia iworkfor.nsw.gov.au/job/collecti...
Find your next role in the public sector I Work for NSW
iworkfor.nsw.gov.au
December 15, 2025 at 4:54 AM
JOB ALERT! Collection Manager job going in Palaeontology at the Australian Museum in Sydney, Australia iworkfor.nsw.gov.au/job/collecti...
I'm recruiting a PhD student to study how predation shapes animal cognition and the conservation opportunities of animal cognition. Lots of fun field work in beautiful places : )
Please share !!
www.eifwooster.org/opportunities
Please share !!
www.eifwooster.org/opportunities
Opportunities — Eamonn I.F Wooster
www.eifwooster.org
December 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I'm recruiting a PhD student to study how predation shapes animal cognition and the conservation opportunities of animal cognition. Lots of fun field work in beautiful places : )
Please share !!
www.eifwooster.org/opportunities
Please share !!
www.eifwooster.org/opportunities
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I’m really concerned about early career scientists using generative AI in writing, because writing is how we think and reflect. There’s almost nothing *more* human than that, and to give that gift away to a machine is almost unconscionable to me
December 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I’m really concerned about early career scientists using generative AI in writing, because writing is how we think and reflect. There’s almost nothing *more* human than that, and to give that gift away to a machine is almost unconscionable to me
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Our newest research in @currentbiology.bsky.social:
www.cell.com/current-biol...
We find dominant baboons have more interrupted and less rest at night.
Author list and story in comments below :-)
www.cell.com/current-biol...
We find dominant baboons have more interrupted and less rest at night.
Author list and story in comments below :-)
December 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Our newest research in @currentbiology.bsky.social:
www.cell.com/current-biol...
We find dominant baboons have more interrupted and less rest at night.
Author list and story in comments below :-)
www.cell.com/current-biol...
We find dominant baboons have more interrupted and less rest at night.
Author list and story in comments below :-)
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Thrilled to announce a Postdoc opportunity in our group on the evolutionary genetics and ecology of colour. Wonderful system, great collaborators, and room to shape your own ideas.
Apply by 7 Jan: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/13477181...
Apply by 7 Jan: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/13477181...
December 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Thrilled to announce a Postdoc opportunity in our group on the evolutionary genetics and ecology of colour. Wonderful system, great collaborators, and room to shape your own ideas.
Apply by 7 Jan: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/13477181...
Apply by 7 Jan: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/13477181...
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It’s reached that time of year again where I gently suggest you hang on to your manuscripts and submit them early in 2026. Otherwise they’re likely to just sit on a virtual to do list for the next 3 weeks sending auto-reminders to editors/reviewers. 🎄
December 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
It’s reached that time of year again where I gently suggest you hang on to your manuscripts and submit them early in 2026. Otherwise they’re likely to just sit on a virtual to do list for the next 3 weeks sending auto-reminders to editors/reviewers. 🎄
Super cool Bob!!
December 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Super cool Bob!!
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Game over for Science of the Total Environment?
The journal “was placed ‘On Hold’ in Oct 2024 and more recently had its coverage in the Web of Science Core Collection discontinued
Any content published after Volume 954 (2024) is not currently indexed”
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/scie...
The journal “was placed ‘On Hold’ in Oct 2024 and more recently had its coverage in the Web of Science Core Collection discontinued
Any content published after Volume 954 (2024) is not currently indexed”
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/scie...
News - Science of The Total Environment | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
Read the latest articles of Science of The Total Environment at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
www.sciencedirect.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Game over for Science of the Total Environment?
The journal “was placed ‘On Hold’ in Oct 2024 and more recently had its coverage in the Web of Science Core Collection discontinued
Any content published after Volume 954 (2024) is not currently indexed”
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/scie...
The journal “was placed ‘On Hold’ in Oct 2024 and more recently had its coverage in the Web of Science Core Collection discontinued
Any content published after Volume 954 (2024) is not currently indexed”
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/scie...
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There is STILL TIME to register for the 2026 Predator-Prey Gordon Conference. It's happening in late January in Tuscany. The meeting has a single session attended by everyone, poster sessions, and encourages finding new collaborations. See the program and register below.
www.grc.org/predator-pre...
www.grc.org/predator-pre...
2026 Predator-Prey Interactions Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Predator-Prey Interactions will be held in Lucca (Barga), Lucca Italy. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
There is STILL TIME to register for the 2026 Predator-Prey Gordon Conference. It's happening in late January in Tuscany. The meeting has a single session attended by everyone, poster sessions, and encourages finding new collaborations. See the program and register below.
www.grc.org/predator-pre...
www.grc.org/predator-pre...