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Samuele Ramellini

Samuele Ramellini

@sramellini.bsky.social

4K followers 900 following 65 posts

PhD student at ANU (Ecology and Evolution) studying social behaviour of superb fairy-wrens

MSc in Biogeosciences, BSc in Natural Sciences @LaStatale, Milano

#birds #animalbehaviour #sociality

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Samuele Ramellini @sramellini.bsky.social · Nov 12

Hey! Got a bunch of new followers, so time for an intro!

I'm a PhD student studying the multilevel society of the Superb fairy-wren. Passionate about all things birds, ecology and behaviour!

Stay tuned for science content and fieldwork stories!

#ornithology #behaviour #birds #sociality #ecology

Adult male superb fairy-wren

Reposted by Urška Demšar, Samuele Ramellini

Samantha Patrick @samanthacpatrick.bsky.social · 4d

We’re looking for an enthusiastic #PhD candidate to explore the resilience of sea turtle populations in a changing climate, supervised by Leo Clarke and myself. Interested in sea #turtles, #marine #biology, #conservation & #fieldwork in Cape Verde. Funded by ACCE+ NERC DLA tinyurl.com/dm573yrm

Reposted by Ben C. Sheldon, Samuele Ramellini

Jennifer Morinay @jennifer-morinay.bsky.social · 6d

🚨 Come join the fantastic long-tailed tit team 🚨
🐦We are recruiting a field technician to collect behavioural data on a long-term studied population of wild long-tailed tits (passerine birds).
🪶20 months contract in Sheffield, UK.
🌲Deadline: 23/11/2025.
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Technici...

Colour-ringed long-tailed tit

Reposted by Samuele Ramellini

SLEEB Lab Bonn @sleeblab.bsky.social · 7d

It’s experiment time! While doing things in the field always adds an extra layer of difficulty (and also frustration), it is very rewarding once it works! #mosquitos #rain #stillhappy

Two cameras pointed at an experimental setup on the rainforest floor - a female researcher, Nadja Geiger, watching the setup.

Reposted by Samuele Ramellini

Giulia Masoero @giumasoero.bsky.social · 8d

Avocetta journal is now also on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/avoc...

Follow us for news regarding our articles and other ornithological news! 🦜

Reposted by Belinda E. Medlyn, Ian J. Wright, Tommaso Jucker , and 1 more Belinda E. Medlyn, Ian J. Wright, Tommaso Jucker, Samuele Ramellini

Owen Atkin @owenatkin.bsky.social · 8d

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

Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life

www.newphytologist.org

Reposted by Patrick A. Jansen, Moreno Di Marco, Malte Jochum , and 6 more Patrick A. Jansen, Moreno Di Marco, Malte Jochum, Martin Ehbrecht, Tyson Wepprich, Pieter Vantieghem, Samuele Ramellini, Benjamin Wildermuth, Marcus W. Rhodes

Shawan Chowdhury @shawan-chowdhury.bsky.social · 8d

Check out our new insect decline paper. By analysing 36 yrs of German ground beetle distribution data, we show:
- ~80% of species have declined, with significant declines for >50%.
- The decline was similar across species traits and threatened status.
doi.org/10.1111/ddi.... @consbiog.bsky.social

Reposted by Samuele Ramellini, Benjamin Larue

Aimee M. Van Tatenhove @full-o-fulmars.bsky.social · 10d

Please share!

Folks at CSU and USDA-APHIS are looking for a #postdoc to predict avian-aircraft collisions around airports. Preferred skills include #avian movement modeling, Bayesian hierarchical modeling, machine learning, and radar #ecology.

Apply here: jobs.colostate.edu/postings/166...
#boost

Postdoctoral Associate - Predictive Modeler

We are looking for a highly skilled postdoctoral scientist (postdoc) to lead the development of models for predicting wild bird strikes in and around an airport’s airspace in space and time. The objec...

jobs.colostate.edu

Reposted by Samuele Ramellini

Graeme Lyons @graemelyons.bsky.social · 11d

You can always send them to my blog here and my campaign analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2021/08/why-...

Why English names of species should ALWAYS be capitalised

So this has been a pet hate of mine for years. And after a rant on Twitter recently, I thought it was best to put all my thoughts down on th...

analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com

Reposted by Tatsuya Amano, Samuele Ramellini

Elize Ng @elizeyxng.bsky.social · 11d

Why are Procellariiform seabirds most diverse in the Southern Hemisphere?

Our study found that wind patterns and time since evolutionary origin best explain the extratropical peak in breeding species richness of these remarkable seabirds. 🐦💨

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Reposted by Samuele Ramellini

Justin Merondun @merondun.bsky.social · 12d

Our new @science.org paper is out! Cuckoos and hosts are locked in a coevolutionary arms race over egg mimicry.

But how are these egg types inherited, and could this drive speciation? We sequenced hundreds of genomes to find out!

doi.org/10.1126/scie...

🧵1/6

Genomic architecture of egg mimicry and its consequences for speciation in parasitic cuckoos

Host-parasite arms races facilitate rapid evolution and can fuel speciation. Cuculus cuckoos are deceptive egg mimics that exhibit a broad diversity of counterfeit egg phenotypes, representing host-ad...

Reposted by Samuele Ramellini

Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 12d

Out 🌟TODAY🌟 in the #new volume of @asab.org #AnimalBehaviour, is latest #PhD chapter from the fantastic #Chun-ChiehLiao:
Functionally referential communication about danger in cooperatively breeding white-winged choughs
#fieldwork #experiments
With #RobMagrath #RobHeinsohn
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
1/

Two wild white-winged choughs in Canberra, Australia; the study species in the newly published paper.

Lead author Chun-Chieh Liao presenting the published work at the Behaviour 2025 conference in Kolkata.

Reposted by Samuele Ramellini

Universität Konstanz @uni-konstanz.de · 12d

A special type of fishing takes place in southern Brazil: dolphins drive the prey into the net. The fishermen work so closely together that even their heart rates synchronise. Discovered by a research team led by #UniKonstanz @cbehav.bsky.social biologist @hanjabrrr.bsky.social: t1p.de/d56g3

Reposted by Samuele Ramellini

BOU @bou.org.uk · 13d

EARLY VIEW in IBIS

Breeding in natural nesting sites can improve the resilience of local Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) populations to environmental changes | onlinelibrary.wiley....

Maurizio Sarà, Rosario Mascara | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶

Reposted by Paul Caplat, Samuele Ramellini

Steffen Oppel @steffopp.bsky.social · 13d

NEW PAPER in #ornithology shows that some #raptors switched foraging strategy when #COVID19 lockdowns reduced the availability of #roadkill: buff.ly/jUug7Yj

Reposted by Samuele Ramellini

Matthias Tschumi 🦉 @matthiastschumi.bsky.social · 13d

Very happy to finally have this out! 🎉 A review of the diets of European insectivorous birds. Huge thanks to Klaus Birkhofer, @johanekroos.bsky.social, @henrikgsmith.bsky.social and all co-authors! 🙏 #ornithology @biologylu.bsky.social @vogelwarte.bsky.social @helsinki.fi doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

Reposted by Patrice Pottier, Samuele Ramellini

Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 14d

Want to join a global 🌎 initiative to test the thermal limits of 🐟 using standardised approach? Led by @patricepottier.bsky.social, we are planning a globally distributed experiment to collect data on fish embryonic heat tolerance 🌡️. Make this experiment global!

🔗: www.thermalecologyalliance.org

Reposted by Ben C. Sheldon, Samuele Ramellini

Edward Grey Institute @egioxford.bsky.social · 15d

Now that we're properly moved in & set up in the new Life & Mind Building, we're pleased to restart our tradition of Friday afternoon seminar speakers, kicking off with Alex Thornton of @cornishjackdaws.bsky.social at 3.30pm on 31 Oct. Also live streamed: see below for details. Corvid-themed for 🎃

Reposted by Samuele Ramellini

Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 18d

Putting this here, partly to remind myself to read it (🙄) but also because it looks important and useful

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

A Causal Inference Framework for Climate Change Attribution in Ecology

Accurately attributing ecological shifts to climate change remains a significant challenge. Here, we present an accessible causal inference framework designed for climate change attribution in observ...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Reposted by Pieter Vantieghem, Samuele Ramellini

Co-BreeD (Cooperative Breeding Database) @co-breed.bsky.social · 18d

1/6 The Cooperative-Breeding Database (Co-BreeD) is alive! Co-BreeD covers key biological parameters relevant to cooperative breeding research in birds and mammals. Get your copy of this updateable & open-access database: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@animalecology.bsky.social

An integrative, peer‐reviewed and open‐source cooperative‐breeding database (Co‐BreeD)

Co-BreeD is the first updatable and open-source database dedicated to cooperative breeding. It enables continuous, non-binary measurement of cooperative breeding, transforming how we study breeding s....

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Reposted by Simon Roux, Samuele Ramellini

Journal of Evolutionary Biology @jevbio.bsky.social · 19d

Have you recently read about a particular field in depth? Perhaps you have just finished your PhD thesis?

@jevbio.bsky.social is seeking Review Articles!

Find out more about Reviews and Target Reviews at JEB here:

academic.oup.com/jeb/pages/re...

Reposted by Samuele Ramellini

Paolo Becciu @pbecciu.bsky.social · 19d

🚨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

Reposted by Samuele Ramellini

Becca Ralston @rebeccaralston.bsky.social · 20d

New paper out now at @consbiog.bsky.social !

eBird data reveals that nonbreeding conditions can affect prothonotary warbler spring arrival timing at broad scales, and spatial patterns suggest that eastern populations are more vulnerable to climate change

doi.org/10.1111/ddi....

A bright yellow bird with steel blue wings in a person's hand

Reposted by Samuele Ramellini

BOU @bou.org.uk · 21d

The Breeding Distribution of a Migratory Bird Fluctuates With Nonbreeding Season Rainfall Over the Last Century | doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... | Global Change Biology | #ornithology 🪶

Reposted by Samuele Ramellini

ANU Research School of Biology @biologyanu.bsky.social · 21d

Join us on campus & online on Thursday, 30 October 2025 at 1pm for a seminar by Josef Garen, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University. Details: rb.gy/2pdjbo

Reposted by Tim M. Blackburn, Marcel E. Visser, Patrick A. Jansen , and 6 more Tim M. Blackburn, Marcel E. Visser, Patrick A. Jansen, Márk E. Hauber, Glenn H. Shepard, Allan D. McDevitt, Tommaso Jucker, Andrew Hacket‐Pain, Samuele Ramellini

Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 21d

Interested in a PhD in ornithology? Funding available for projects at the interface of ecology, behaviour & evolution from Oct '26 working on long-term population studies of tits at Wytham, based in @biology.ox.ac.uk in the new Life & Mind Building in Oxford
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

The annual Wytham Field Team Photo!

Celebrating a successful field season with great food & good company - May 2025

Front view of the Life & Mind Building, which opened in Oct 2025: The new home of Biology at Oxford

Reposted by Julia Koricheva, Samuele Ramellini

Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 22d

New research from #RSOS: Harnessing meta-analyses' insights in ecology and evolution research buff.ly/KgahjlP | #Ecology #Evolution #ImpactFactor

Reposted by Samuele Ramellini

Kyle Horton @kyle-horton.bsky.social · 26d

Interested in how animals use the sky? 🌌

I’m recruiting a PhD student (Fall 2026, Purdue University) to study Purple Martin flight behavior and airspace use using barometric transmitters.

Details ➡️ jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id...
#Aeroecology #AvianEcology

Reposted by Samuele Ramellini

The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 26d

Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow and astronomer Emma Beasor talks to Research Professional about her fellowship and the application process: #RSGrants https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-careers-2025-10-my-winning-proposal-finding-flexibility-as-a-hodgkin-fellow/

My winning proposal: Finding flexibility as a Hodgkin fellow - Research Professional News

Royal Society scheme is more straightforward than its prestigious reputation might suggest

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

Reposted by Samuele Ramellini

Pablo Garcia-Diaz @pablo-ecology.bsky.social · 27d

The effects of climate change on Australia’s only endemic Pokémon: Measuring bias in species distribution models 🌎🌐🧪 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

The effects of climate change on Australia’s only endemic Pokémon: Measuring bias in species distribution models

Species distribution models (SDMs) are frequently used to predict the effects of climate change on species of conservation concern. Biases inherent in the process of constructing SDMs and transfer...

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Reposted by Samuele Ramellini

Ricki Coughlan @rickicoughlan.bsky.social · 28d

Final votes friends. Let's go Team Southern Emu-wren and highlight the plight of one of its subspecies which is under threat from a ridiculous planned rocket range on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. #birds #birding #birdoftheyear #southernemuwren
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Australian bird of the year 2025: vote for your favourite #birdoftheyear in the Guardian / BirdLife Australia poll

From little penguins to (very big) cassowaries, every bird has its fans. Vote for your favourite in the 2025 Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll

www.theguardian.com