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Alvaro Gaytan
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Postdoctoral researcher (JdC) at the Spanish National Research Council (IRNAS-CSIC) || Associate editor at Journal of Applied Ecology || Exploring the impact of global change on plant-based species interactions
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Every now and then, I am impressed by books on evolutionary ecology for kids! This piece will be a gift for my 5-year niece 😅
November 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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irnase.bsky.social
Texto de la comunicación oral presentada en el 9º Congreso Forestal Español 16 al 20 de junio Gijón (Asturias) @irnase.bsky.social @mbgcsic.bsky.social y @ebdonana.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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saocousins.bsky.social
#Postdoc in #landscape ecology with me
How does plant species traits influence communities responce to environmental change? An unique re-survey data set from the UK will be used to explore & test hypotheses about dispersal and persistence 🧪🌍
Apply 30th of November
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Postdoctoral Fellow in Landscape Ecology
Department of Physical Geography is one of the major departments within the Faculty of Science. The department has approximately 100 employees and educates approximately 1 000 students annually. Our r
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October 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
agaytan.bsky.social
📢 Paper out! We show that the oak leaf miner outbreak in Sweden is not caused by Acrocercops brongniardella, but by a cryptic species, A. andreneli — both sharing an entire parasitoid community.
A cryptic moth species drives major outbreak dynamics on oak without escaping its natural enemies
Global forest ecosystems are experiencing increasingly frequent and severe insect outbreaks, driven by complex interactions among climate change, land…
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September 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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saocousins.bsky.social
Become my colleague
We are recruiting a PhD student in Physical geography with a focus on Glaciological remote sensing
🌍⚒️ #science #glaciology #remotesensing #phd
@stockholm-uni.bsky.social
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PhD student in Physical geography with a focus on Glaciological remote sensing
Department of Physical Geography is one of the major departments within the Faculty of Science. The department has approximately 100 employees and educates approximately 1 000 students annually. Our r
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September 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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micbog.bsky.social
🚨 Postdoc opening 🚨
Join us at Forest Biology Center (Poznań, Poland) to study forest ecology under climate change.

2-year contract (extendable), start Jan 2026 (flexible). Apply by Sept 30, 2025.

🔗 forestbiologycenter.amu.edu.pl/our-team/joi...
Forest Biology Center - Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland
Centrum Biologii Lasu Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
forestbiologycenter.amu.edu.pl
August 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
agaytan.bsky.social
I will happily spend the summer at @eawag.bsky.social 🇨🇭. Not really in aquatic research but in multilayer network analyses with my terrestrial ecology stuff.
July 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Job alert! We have a postdoc position available in the Stelkens Lab at Stockholm University. Join us and apply experimental evolution and comparative genomics in the model system yeast to test for parallel climate adaptation. Apply through this link: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Deadline 15 August.
June 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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🚨Postdoc opportunity🚨: LepEU postdoc: comparative population genomics of European scale adaptation in butterflies

2 year, full-time PD in my group, Stockholm Univ.

Applications assed on rolling basis, deadline: 23 August 2025. Planned start 1 Oct.

Details:
christopherwheatlab.wordpress.com
The aim of this proposal is to place population genomic insights into a comparative framework to gain fundamental insights into the determinants of evolutionary outcomes. The project will work within LepEU, the European Lepidopteran Population Genomics Consortium (https://lepeu.github.io/). LepEU provides access to field samples from European populations of diverse species. Chromosome-scale reference genomes are provided by Project Psyche (https://www.projectpsyche.org/). Networking during the postdoc will be facilitated by participation in the 10kLepGenomes COST Action (https://10klepgenomes.eu/). Existing datasets await analysis, while additional samples need DNA extraction and submission for sequencing. Functional validation capability (CRISPR/Cas9 gene manipulations) is also available to test emergent hypotheses of allele-to-phenotype impacts. Personal research interests of the postdoc will be important to determine the exact project, as the project has a generous sequencing budget. The successful applicant should have a PhD (obtained within 6 years of the application deadline) in a suitable subject area, such as evolutionary biology or population genomics. A strong interest in population genomics, local adaptation, comparative analyses, and experience working with genomic-scale data is essential. The candidate must have a documented publication record demonstrating relevant skills. Experience working with bioinformatic pipelines (e.g., Snakemake), or working with butterflies is welcome but not essential. The net salary is 28,000 SEK/month (~2,430 Euro, not subject to Swedish income tax) and comes directly from the Carl-Trygger Foundation stipend, which is paid out directly to the postdoc. Only PhD candidates acquired outside of the host department can apply. Currently, the lab of Prof. Wheat consists of 3 postdoctoral researchers, while the Dept. of Zoology provides a vibrant and excellent research environment of active, dynamic researchers. Applications should include: i) a succinct description of research interests and experience, detailing your contribution to any relevant publications (max 1 page), ii) why you are the ideal candidate for this position in the lab (max 1 page); iii) a CV including a list of publications, and iv) the name and contact information of two personal references. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis with a deadline of 23 August 2025. The project is planned to start on 1 October, but flexibility in the starting date can be provided for a suitable candidate. Please contact Prof. Wheat for additional information.
June 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
agaytan.bsky.social
New week, new conference. This time enjoying the Spanish National Forestry Congress in Gijón, Asturias. #9CFE
June 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Really special place where Mediterranean oaks have branches touching the sea!
(Poo, Asturias, Spain)
June 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Many thanks to @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social for a fantastic week in Pontevedra!

#SIBECOLAEET2025
June 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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stevenslbrown.bsky.social
Clouds darkening over NOAA research. We are slated for elimination in next years budget. Astonishing loss to the nation and the world if it happens.
voosen.me Paul Voosen @voosen.me · Apr 11
BREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency.

Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency
White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted
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April 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Paper out!
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jappliedecology.bsky.social Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · Mar 17
Livestock as a biological pest control: Experimental validation for oak savannas 🌲🧪

Suggests a new livestock management would increase the availability of healthy acorns, thus increasing the farm capacity and the economic profit by up to 20% 📈🌎

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
March 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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La sequía y los patógenos exóticos amenazan la regeneración de los bosques mediterráneos - Delegaciones CSIC
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February 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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We're happy to introduce our 5 new Associate Editor mentees! ✨🌎

Throughout the 2-year scheme, each mentee develops their knowledge of the peer review process and handles manuscripts with the help of our Senior Editors, who act as mentors 💭🧪

Read more: bit.ly/4aUnHTD
Welcoming our 2025 Associate Editor Mentees!
Journal of Applied Ecology offers a two-year mentoring opportunity for early career researchers to gain experience of the Associate Editor role. Each mentee works with one of our Sen…
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February 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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irnase.bsky.social
Artículo recientemente publicado @irnase.bsky.social y ya en nuestro repositorio institucional Digital CSIC
Título: Livestock shifts lepidopteran herbivore community due to intraguild elimination in Mediterranean agroforestry systems
Autor: Gaytán, Álvaro et al...
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Livestock shifts lepidopteran herbivore community due to intraguild elimination in Mediterranean agroforestry systems | DIGITAL.CSIC
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January 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM