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1/6 In a new preprint we ask a question:
Why do males and females so often age and die at different rates?
We argue that sex-specific mutation accumulation may be the most parsimonious evolutionary explanation for sex-biased ageing:
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Why do males and females so often age and die at different rates?
We argue that sex-specific mutation accumulation may be the most parsimonious evolutionary explanation for sex-biased ageing:
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Sex-specific mutation accumulation: A parsimonious explanation for sex differences in lifespan and ageing
ecoevorxiv.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
1/6 In a new preprint we ask a question:
Why do males and females so often age and die at different rates?
We argue that sex-specific mutation accumulation may be the most parsimonious evolutionary explanation for sex-biased ageing:
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Why do males and females so often age and die at different rates?
We argue that sex-specific mutation accumulation may be the most parsimonious evolutionary explanation for sex-biased ageing:
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
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Daniel Jolly, a postgraduate from @ueaenv.bsky.social has been featured by the BBC for his research into how biodegradable wet wipes break down.
Watch the interview (from 2:16:37 onwards) 👉 https://bit.ly/44ir4RY
Read the article here 👉 https://bit.ly/3LKDegk
#ResearchMatters #Academia #WetWipes
Watch the interview (from 2:16:37 onwards) 👉 https://bit.ly/44ir4RY
Read the article here 👉 https://bit.ly/3LKDegk
#ResearchMatters #Academia #WetWipes
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Daniel Jolly, a postgraduate from @ueaenv.bsky.social has been featured by the BBC for his research into how biodegradable wet wipes break down.
Watch the interview (from 2:16:37 onwards) 👉 https://bit.ly/44ir4RY
Read the article here 👉 https://bit.ly/3LKDegk
#ResearchMatters #Academia #WetWipes
Watch the interview (from 2:16:37 onwards) 👉 https://bit.ly/44ir4RY
Read the article here 👉 https://bit.ly/3LKDegk
#ResearchMatters #Academia #WetWipes
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New funded PhD projects with @marius-somveille.bsky.social, myself and collaborators. Examining migratory connectivity for seabirds www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d... and and the dynamics of seasonal migration www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK742/p...
#ornithology
@ueaceec.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social
#ornithology
@ueaceec.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social
Vorläufige Ergebnisse des 8. Internationalen Weißstorchzensus 2024
Der 8. Internationale Weißstorchzensus fand 2024 wieder als ein gemeinsames Projekt von NABU (BirdLife Germany) und BirdLife International statt. Der NABU koordiniert die länderübergreifenden Zählunge...
bergenhusen.nabu.de
November 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
New funded PhD projects with @marius-somveille.bsky.social, myself and collaborators. Examining migratory connectivity for seabirds www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d... and and the dynamics of seasonal migration www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK742/p...
#ornithology
@ueaceec.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social
#ornithology
@ueaceec.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social
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Rebound From Restoration: Assessing the Diversity of Bird Assemblages in Revegetated and Remnant Patches of Critically Endangered Lowland Subtropical Rainforest | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
Rebound From Restoration: Assessing the Diversity of Bird Assemblages in Revegetated and Remnant Patches of Critically Endangered Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
We investigated the diversity and composition of bird assemblages in critically endangered lowland subtropical rainforest (LSR) in northern New South Wales, Australia. We used traditional bird survey...
doi.org
October 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Rebound From Restoration: Assessing the Diversity of Bird Assemblages in Revegetated and Remnant Patches of Critically Endangered Lowland Subtropical Rainforest | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
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Spectacular migration for the UK white storks this year! This stork, born at Knepp this year, is offspring of flightless parents and migrated around the Alps following a Southeastern migration route @ueaceec.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social
September 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Spectacular migration for the UK white storks this year! This stork, born at Knepp this year, is offspring of flightless parents and migrated around the Alps following a Southeastern migration route @ueaceec.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social
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📢🚨Please share! We’re hiring! 📢🚨Have a strong interests in wildlife ecology and gut microbiome bioinformatics? 3 year Senior Research Associate for NERC Pushing the Frontiers grant. Apply here: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/18.... Informal enquiries welcome! drgldavidson.github.io/ACMEresearch
September 30, 2025 at 10:20 AM
📢🚨Please share! We’re hiring! 📢🚨Have a strong interests in wildlife ecology and gut microbiome bioinformatics? 3 year Senior Research Associate for NERC Pushing the Frontiers grant. Apply here: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/18.... Informal enquiries welcome! drgldavidson.github.io/ACMEresearch
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🚨Fully-funded PhD opportunity in my group🚨
🧬How does parental ageing shape the next generation?🐾
Find out by studying meerkats!
🧪Epigenetic clocks
✨Bioinformatics
📊Long-term data
🌍Kalahari fieldwork
💡Big evolutionary questions
Get in touch or APPLY NOW
Please share!
www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...
🧬How does parental ageing shape the next generation?🐾
Find out by studying meerkats!
🧪Epigenetic clocks
✨Bioinformatics
📊Long-term data
🌍Kalahari fieldwork
💡Big evolutionary questions
Get in touch or APPLY NOW
Please share!
www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...
October 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
🚨Fully-funded PhD opportunity in my group🚨
🧬How does parental ageing shape the next generation?🐾
Find out by studying meerkats!
🧪Epigenetic clocks
✨Bioinformatics
📊Long-term data
🌍Kalahari fieldwork
💡Big evolutionary questions
Get in touch or APPLY NOW
Please share!
www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...
🧬How does parental ageing shape the next generation?🐾
Find out by studying meerkats!
🧪Epigenetic clocks
✨Bioinformatics
📊Long-term data
🌍Kalahari fieldwork
💡Big evolutionary questions
Get in touch or APPLY NOW
Please share!
www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...
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PhD opportunity with me (RSPB) at Sheffield Hallam combining ecology (building-nesting birds esp. Swift) + building design & planning (Net Zero goals & retrofit). We need a strong student interested in both! Is that you? url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/cNyjCR636C... Please repost.
March 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
PhD opportunity with me (RSPB) at Sheffield Hallam combining ecology (building-nesting birds esp. Swift) + building design & planning (Net Zero goals & retrofit). We need a strong student interested in both! Is that you? url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/cNyjCR636C... Please repost.
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New lectureship in conservation biology (fixed term), come and join our group of ecologists and conservation biologists at UEA @ueaenv.bsky.social and @ueaceec.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMJ517/l...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMJ517/l...
Lecturer in Conservation Ecology at University of East Anglia
Discover Lecturer in Conservation Ecology jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.
www.jobs.ac.uk
March 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
New lectureship in conservation biology (fixed term), come and join our group of ecologists and conservation biologists at UEA @ueaenv.bsky.social and @ueaceec.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMJ517/l...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMJ517/l...
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Had a great time at CEEC Rebellion 2025 😊 @ueaceec.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social
Thank you so much to the organisers for an exceptional conference.
Photo credit: @drgdavidson.bsky.social
Thank you so much to the organisers for an exceptional conference.
Photo credit: @drgdavidson.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Had a great time at CEEC Rebellion 2025 😊 @ueaceec.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social
Thank you so much to the organisers for an exceptional conference.
Photo credit: @drgdavidson.bsky.social
Thank you so much to the organisers for an exceptional conference.
Photo credit: @drgdavidson.bsky.social
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CEEC Rebellion has kicked off!!
1.5 days of exciting talks and plenary sessions!!
@ueaceec.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @aldinafranco.bsky.social
1.5 days of exciting talks and plenary sessions!!
@ueaceec.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @aldinafranco.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 9:58 AM
CEEC Rebellion has kicked off!!
1.5 days of exciting talks and plenary sessions!!
@ueaceec.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @aldinafranco.bsky.social
1.5 days of exciting talks and plenary sessions!!
@ueaceec.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @aldinafranco.bsky.social
The CEEC Rebellion Conference is coming soon!
Join us on the 19th & 20th March at ZICER 2.03 for an excellent opportunity to learn about and discuss the latest research in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation at UEA.
Join us on the 19th & 20th March at ZICER 2.03 for an excellent opportunity to learn about and discuss the latest research in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation at UEA.
January 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The CEEC Rebellion Conference is coming soon!
Join us on the 19th & 20th March at ZICER 2.03 for an excellent opportunity to learn about and discuss the latest research in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation at UEA.
Join us on the 19th & 20th March at ZICER 2.03 for an excellent opportunity to learn about and discuss the latest research in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation at UEA.
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PhD alert! Come work with me, @deonroos.bsky.social and Lorraine Scott to develop & apply geoprofiling to identify breeding sites for mobile species of conservation importance, using citizen-science data & field surveys in a #trait based approach. Deadline 19 Feb!
🌍
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🌍
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
January 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
PhD alert! Come work with me, @deonroos.bsky.social and Lorraine Scott to develop & apply geoprofiling to identify breeding sites for mobile species of conservation importance, using citizen-science data & field surveys in a #trait based approach. Deadline 19 Feb!
🌍
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🌍
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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New paper published today in Movement Ecology! We show North American birds that migrate in flocks have greater long-term non-breeding range shifts, particularly if flocks are mixed-age.
We link this to social learning in novel migration route development.
rdcu.be/d57Mw
1/10
#ornithology
We link this to social learning in novel migration route development.
rdcu.be/d57Mw
1/10
#ornithology
North American avian species that migrate in flocks show greater long-term non-breeding range shift rates
rdcu.be
January 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM
New paper published today in Movement Ecology! We show North American birds that migrate in flocks have greater long-term non-breeding range shifts, particularly if flocks are mixed-age.
We link this to social learning in novel migration route development.
rdcu.be/d57Mw
1/10
#ornithology
We link this to social learning in novel migration route development.
rdcu.be/d57Mw
1/10
#ornithology
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New paper looking at avian migration in flocks and how it influences their non-breeding range shifts. See thread. @ueaceec.bsky.social
New paper published today in Movement Ecology! We show North American birds that migrate in flocks have greater long-term non-breeding range shifts, particularly if flocks are mixed-age.
We link this to social learning in novel migration route development.
rdcu.be/d57Mw
1/10
#ornithology
We link this to social learning in novel migration route development.
rdcu.be/d57Mw
1/10
#ornithology
North American avian species that migrate in flocks show greater long-term non-breeding range shift rates
rdcu.be
January 17, 2025 at 12:56 AM
New paper looking at avian migration in flocks and how it influences their non-breeding range shifts. See thread. @ueaceec.bsky.social
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📢PhD opportunity: Establishing past biodiversity baselines to guide UK wetland & freshwater nature recovery.
The research will reconstruct past wetland biodiversity baselines for the Somerset Levels to understand change through time for conservation planning.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
The research will reconstruct past wetland biodiversity baselines for the Somerset Levels to understand change through time for conservation planning.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
January 9, 2025 at 9:35 AM
📢PhD opportunity: Establishing past biodiversity baselines to guide UK wetland & freshwater nature recovery.
The research will reconstruct past wetland biodiversity baselines for the Somerset Levels to understand change through time for conservation planning.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
The research will reconstruct past wetland biodiversity baselines for the Somerset Levels to understand change through time for conservation planning.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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In case you missed it: www.bbc.com/news/article... #SmartBirds #AnimalIntelligence #UniversityofCambridge @leverhulme.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @ueaceec.bsky.social
Wild birds 'remember' where and when they find food - BBC News
Blue and great tits are "opportunistic foragers" and exhibit "episodic-like memory", a study shows.
www.bbc.com
January 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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We're offering a PhD place on Rewilding!
This PhD will study the wilder grazing at Purbeck Heaths ‘Super National Nature Reserve’, which is shifting towards the restoration of natural processes to create a more dynamic, complex landscape
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
This PhD will study the wilder grazing at Purbeck Heaths ‘Super National Nature Reserve’, which is shifting towards the restoration of natural processes to create a more dynamic, complex landscape
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
November 28, 2024 at 11:48 AM
We're offering a PhD place on Rewilding!
This PhD will study the wilder grazing at Purbeck Heaths ‘Super National Nature Reserve’, which is shifting towards the restoration of natural processes to create a more dynamic, complex landscape
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
This PhD will study the wilder grazing at Purbeck Heaths ‘Super National Nature Reserve’, which is shifting towards the restoration of natural processes to create a more dynamic, complex landscape
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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A crisp morning & our final field data collection before Xmas break. We fit 330 great tits & blue tits with RFID tags + sighted 66 resident birds from last year. Ready to test the birds’ gut microbiomes and learning skills in the wild in Jan. Well done team! @biouea.bsky.social @ueaceec.bsky.social
December 21, 2024 at 8:05 AM
A crisp morning & our final field data collection before Xmas break. We fit 330 great tits & blue tits with RFID tags + sighted 66 resident birds from last year. Ready to test the birds’ gut microbiomes and learning skills in the wild in Jan. Well done team! @biouea.bsky.social @ueaceec.bsky.social
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Our latest paper, where we showed how a lactobacillus gut microbe can benefit wild birds, was featured in @forbes.com. Thanks for the article @grrlscientist.bsky.social.
@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social @ucc.bsky.social @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social @ucc.bsky.social @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
December 21, 2024 at 8:14 AM
Our latest paper, where we showed how a lactobacillus gut microbe can benefit wild birds, was featured in @forbes.com. Thanks for the article @grrlscientist.bsky.social.
@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social @ucc.bsky.social @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social @ucc.bsky.social @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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Call out to UK upland entomologists - please do get in contact
Do you have knowledge or expertise in taxonomic groups found in the UK’s uplands? I’m looking for naturalists to contribute to autecological analysis as part of a #biodiversity audit assessing impacts of land-use change across eight of northern England’s protected landscapes 1/4
December 11, 2024 at 11:23 AM
Call out to UK upland entomologists - please do get in contact
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Amazing migration of one of the UK white storks. It migrated in December!! and crossed from Plymouth to France, taking app 1h40min. @ueaceec.bsky.social
December 13, 2024 at 11:18 PM
Amazing migration of one of the UK white storks. It migrated in December!! and crossed from Plymouth to France, taking app 1h40min. @ueaceec.bsky.social
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Do you have knowledge or expertise in taxonomic groups found in the UK’s uplands? I’m looking for naturalists to contribute to autecological analysis as part of a #biodiversity audit assessing impacts of land-use change across eight of northern England’s protected landscapes 1/4
December 10, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Do you have knowledge or expertise in taxonomic groups found in the UK’s uplands? I’m looking for naturalists to contribute to autecological analysis as part of a #biodiversity audit assessing impacts of land-use change across eight of northern England’s protected landscapes 1/4
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One month and one week left to apply to this exciting fully funded PhD project based at UEA, @ueaceec.bsky.social please share
www.aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships...
www.aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships...
December 2, 2024 at 10:00 PM
One month and one week left to apply to this exciting fully funded PhD project based at UEA, @ueaceec.bsky.social please share
www.aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships...
www.aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships...
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!PhD opportunity! We are recruiting a student to use biotelemetry and modelling to understand bycatch in Europe's most endangered seabird, the Balearic shearwater. If you are interested come to our online Q&A session on 12th Dec. See advert below!
December 4, 2024 at 9:59 AM
!PhD opportunity! We are recruiting a student to use biotelemetry and modelling to understand bycatch in Europe's most endangered seabird, the Balearic shearwater. If you are interested come to our online Q&A session on 12th Dec. See advert below!