Alice Trevail
@alicetrevail.bsky.social
Animal movement, seabird ecology, oceanography, & reproducible data science; Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Exeter alicetrevail.github.io
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Alice Trevail
@alicetrevail.bsky.social
· Jun 11
New paper! If you use animal tracking data, this one's for you!
Proud of this collaboration with fellow @exetercec.bsky.social ECRs @liamlangley1.bsky.social, Stephen Lang, & Luke Ozsanlav-Harris to aid reproducible coding in biologging
Open Access @animalecology.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/58k2fa7u
Proud of this collaboration with fellow @exetercec.bsky.social ECRs @liamlangley1.bsky.social, Stephen Lang, & Luke Ozsanlav-Harris to aid reproducible coding in biologging
Open Access @animalecology.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/58k2fa7u
Reposted by Alice Trevail
New paper-size matters! Our team showed even though highly mobile, turtles, mantas & seabirds all protected by very large #MPA around Chagos Archipelago.
Led by @alicetrevail.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social, @ruthedunn.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
Led by @alicetrevail.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social, @ruthedunn.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
Chagos study highlights value of vast Marine Protected Areas
Large ocean animals can be protected throughout much of their lifecycle by huge Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), new research shows. Scientists tracked sea turtles, manta rays and seabirds – all of whic...
news.exeter.ac.uk
August 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
New paper-size matters! Our team showed even though highly mobile, turtles, mantas & seabirds all protected by very large #MPA around Chagos Archipelago.
Led by @alicetrevail.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social, @ruthedunn.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
Led by @alicetrevail.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social, @ruthedunn.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
Reposted by Alice Trevail
New research led by @alicetrevail.bsky.social combines tracking data to show the value of large marine protected areas in encompassing diverse megafauna movements 🐢
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
@jappliedecology.bsky.social @iomarinescience.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
@jappliedecology.bsky.social @iomarinescience.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM
New research led by @alicetrevail.bsky.social combines tracking data to show the value of large marine protected areas in encompassing diverse megafauna movements 🐢
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
@jappliedecology.bsky.social @iomarinescience.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
@jappliedecology.bsky.social @iomarinescience.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social
Reposted by Alice Trevail
Using lightweight bird-borne cameras, scientists have captured unique footage of Indian Ocean seabirds speeding just above the waves to catch flying fish.
Dr Ruth Dunn (@ruthedunn.bsky.social) of @lec-reefs.bsky.social is lead author of the study.
📰: https://tinyurl.com/yezeyxu2
Dr Ruth Dunn (@ruthedunn.bsky.social) of @lec-reefs.bsky.social is lead author of the study.
📰: https://tinyurl.com/yezeyxu2
August 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Using lightweight bird-borne cameras, scientists have captured unique footage of Indian Ocean seabirds speeding just above the waves to catch flying fish.
Dr Ruth Dunn (@ruthedunn.bsky.social) of @lec-reefs.bsky.social is lead author of the study.
📰: https://tinyurl.com/yezeyxu2
Dr Ruth Dunn (@ruthedunn.bsky.social) of @lec-reefs.bsky.social is lead author of the study.
📰: https://tinyurl.com/yezeyxu2
Reposted by Alice Trevail
"Commuting in crosswinds and foraging in fast winds: the foraging ecology of a flying fish specialist" 💨🐦🐟
New @iomarinescience.bsky.social research out now in @royalsocietypublishing.org: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
📸 @robinfreeman.bsky.social
🧪🌍🪶
New @iomarinescience.bsky.social research out now in @royalsocietypublishing.org: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
📸 @robinfreeman.bsky.social
🧪🌍🪶
August 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
"Commuting in crosswinds and foraging in fast winds: the foraging ecology of a flying fish specialist" 💨🐦🐟
New @iomarinescience.bsky.social research out now in @royalsocietypublishing.org: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
📸 @robinfreeman.bsky.social
🧪🌍🪶
New @iomarinescience.bsky.social research out now in @royalsocietypublishing.org: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
📸 @robinfreeman.bsky.social
🧪🌍🪶
New open access paper! Led by Joshua Coste
Results show tropical seabirds meet diurnal constraints by navigating efficiently back to low-lying reef atoll colonies
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
Great work from Joshua's masters internship with @uniexecec.bsky.social and @iomarinescience.bsky.social
Results show tropical seabirds meet diurnal constraints by navigating efficiently back to low-lying reef atoll colonies
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
Great work from Joshua's masters internship with @uniexecec.bsky.social and @iomarinescience.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
New open access paper! Led by Joshua Coste
Results show tropical seabirds meet diurnal constraints by navigating efficiently back to low-lying reef atoll colonies
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
Great work from Joshua's masters internship with @uniexecec.bsky.social and @iomarinescience.bsky.social
Results show tropical seabirds meet diurnal constraints by navigating efficiently back to low-lying reef atoll colonies
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
Great work from Joshua's masters internship with @uniexecec.bsky.social and @iomarinescience.bsky.social
Reposted by Alice Trevail
JOB OPPORTUNITY! I am hiring a postdoc for 18 months to investigate the links between temperature and antibiotic resistance. Ecoevo microbiology, plasmids, and some super fun stats, modelling, and bioinformatics. To starts in Feb 2025. Please share!
#exetercec
jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
#exetercec
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December 12, 2024 at 11:11 AM
JOB OPPORTUNITY! I am hiring a postdoc for 18 months to investigate the links between temperature and antibiotic resistance. Ecoevo microbiology, plasmids, and some super fun stats, modelling, and bioinformatics. To starts in Feb 2025. Please share!
#exetercec
jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
#exetercec
jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
Postdoc opportunity to study tropical seabird connectivity & population genetics in the Indian Ocean!
With @malcnicoll.bsky.social & collaborators as part of the @iomarinescience.bsky.social seabird project
📍University of La Reunion
Apply by Jan 15th
#jobopportunity #seabird #ornithology
With @malcnicoll.bsky.social & collaborators as part of the @iomarinescience.bsky.social seabird project
📍University of La Reunion
Apply by Jan 15th
#jobopportunity #seabird #ornithology
December 13, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Postdoc opportunity to study tropical seabird connectivity & population genetics in the Indian Ocean!
With @malcnicoll.bsky.social & collaborators as part of the @iomarinescience.bsky.social seabird project
📍University of La Reunion
Apply by Jan 15th
#jobopportunity #seabird #ornithology
With @malcnicoll.bsky.social & collaborators as part of the @iomarinescience.bsky.social seabird project
📍University of La Reunion
Apply by Jan 15th
#jobopportunity #seabird #ornithology
Reposted by Alice Trevail
Check out our latest Exeter Marine starter pack! 🐟🐠🐡
This will get you connected with all of faculty who are currently on BlueSky. 🦑🧪🌍🌐🐢🦤
go.bsky.app/6nvmb3h
marine conservation | marine science | marine academics
This will get you connected with all of faculty who are currently on BlueSky. 🦑🧪🌍🌐🐢🦤
go.bsky.app/6nvmb3h
marine conservation | marine science | marine academics
November 28, 2024 at 10:05 AM
Check out our latest Exeter Marine starter pack! 🐟🐠🐡
This will get you connected with all of faculty who are currently on BlueSky. 🦑🧪🌍🌐🐢🦤
go.bsky.app/6nvmb3h
marine conservation | marine science | marine academics
This will get you connected with all of faculty who are currently on BlueSky. 🦑🧪🌍🌐🐢🦤
go.bsky.app/6nvmb3h
marine conservation | marine science | marine academics
Exciting PhD opportunity to investigate tropical seabird migration strategies with Malcolm Nicoll at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#ornithology #seabird #PhDopportunity
#ornithology #seabird #PhDopportunity
November 28, 2024 at 11:01 AM
Exciting PhD opportunity to investigate tropical seabird migration strategies with Malcolm Nicoll at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#ornithology #seabird #PhDopportunity
#ornithology #seabird #PhDopportunity
Reposted by Alice Trevail
New paper alert!
Really excited to see this work from a postdoc with Steve Votier @heriotwattuni.bsky.social published in Ecology & Evolution!
In it, we use existing bio-logging data to study competition and facilitation in foraging gannets.
Link to paper here:
dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
Really excited to see this work from a postdoc with Steve Votier @heriotwattuni.bsky.social published in Ecology & Evolution!
In it, we use existing bio-logging data to study competition and facilitation in foraging gannets.
Link to paper here:
dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
Competition and Facilitation Influence Central Place Foraging Ecology in a Colonial Marine Predator
Analysis of combined deployments of GPS loggers with cameras or temperature–depth recorders reveals that despite experiencing intraspecific competition for food, northern gannets engage in dynamic, c...
dx.doi.org
November 25, 2024 at 12:43 PM
New paper alert!
Really excited to see this work from a postdoc with Steve Votier @heriotwattuni.bsky.social published in Ecology & Evolution!
In it, we use existing bio-logging data to study competition and facilitation in foraging gannets.
Link to paper here:
dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
Really excited to see this work from a postdoc with Steve Votier @heriotwattuni.bsky.social published in Ecology & Evolution!
In it, we use existing bio-logging data to study competition and facilitation in foraging gannets.
Link to paper here:
dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
Excellent week at #CoimbraSeabirds! Lots of exciting science and great scientists! Well done to fellow @exetercec.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social on fantastic presentations & thanks to ECOTOP and @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social for organising!
September 6, 2024 at 10:46 AM
Excellent week at #CoimbraSeabirds! Lots of exciting science and great scientists! Well done to fellow @exetercec.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social on fantastic presentations & thanks to ECOTOP and @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social for organising!
Reposted by Alice Trevail
“Prospecting behaviour in a tropical #seabird, the red-footed booby."
@alicetrevail.bsky.social examines the factors driving immature dispersal in Red-footed Boobies in the Chagos Archipelago, highlighting its role in population recovery. 🏝️
#CoimbraSeabirds
@alicetrevail.bsky.social examines the factors driving immature dispersal in Red-footed Boobies in the Chagos Archipelago, highlighting its role in population recovery. 🏝️
#CoimbraSeabirds
September 5, 2024 at 9:21 AM
“Prospecting behaviour in a tropical #seabird, the red-footed booby."
@alicetrevail.bsky.social examines the factors driving immature dispersal in Red-footed Boobies in the Chagos Archipelago, highlighting its role in population recovery. 🏝️
#CoimbraSeabirds
@alicetrevail.bsky.social examines the factors driving immature dispersal in Red-footed Boobies in the Chagos Archipelago, highlighting its role in population recovery. 🏝️
#CoimbraSeabirds
Reposted by Alice Trevail
Atolls are vital for seabirds - and vice versa! 🐦🏝️💞
Check out my Nature Ecology & Evolution News & Views article:
nature.com/articles/s41...
📸 Nathan Hudson-Peacock; sooty terns on an atoll island.
Check out my Nature Ecology & Evolution News & Views article:
nature.com/articles/s41...
📸 Nathan Hudson-Peacock; sooty terns on an atoll island.
Atolls are vital for seabirds and vice versa - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Predictive modelling based on a global dataset reveals that atolls sustain 31.2 million breeding tropical seabirds. This vast assemblage of birds probably acts as a major nutrient pump, which highligh...
nature.com
August 15, 2024 at 9:18 AM
Atolls are vital for seabirds - and vice versa! 🐦🏝️💞
Check out my Nature Ecology & Evolution News & Views article:
nature.com/articles/s41...
📸 Nathan Hudson-Peacock; sooty terns on an atoll island.
Check out my Nature Ecology & Evolution News & Views article:
nature.com/articles/s41...
📸 Nathan Hudson-Peacock; sooty terns on an atoll island.
Reposted by Alice Trevail
Recently out in Conservation Biology:
"Island restoration to rebuild seabird populations and amplify coral reef functioning"
doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
🐀🌳 Eradicating rats & restoring vegetation could help to bring back thousands of seabirds and restore nutrient flows to coral reefs 🪽🪸
"Island restoration to rebuild seabird populations and amplify coral reef functioning"
doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
🐀🌳 Eradicating rats & restoring vegetation could help to bring back thousands of seabirds and restore nutrient flows to coral reefs 🪽🪸
July 23, 2024 at 8:19 AM
Recently out in Conservation Biology:
"Island restoration to rebuild seabird populations and amplify coral reef functioning"
doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
🐀🌳 Eradicating rats & restoring vegetation could help to bring back thousands of seabirds and restore nutrient flows to coral reefs 🪽🪸
"Island restoration to rebuild seabird populations and amplify coral reef functioning"
doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
🐀🌳 Eradicating rats & restoring vegetation could help to bring back thousands of seabirds and restore nutrient flows to coral reefs 🪽🪸
New tropical seabird paper!
Brown boobies use similar habitats and foraging strategies across colonies, seasons and breeding stages
Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@iomarinescience.bsky.social @exetercec.bsky.social
Brown boobies use similar habitats and foraging strategies across colonies, seasons and breeding stages
Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@iomarinescience.bsky.social @exetercec.bsky.social
Comparable foraging effort and habitat use between two geographically proximate tropical seabird colonies - Marine Biology
Effective seabird conservation requires understanding their marine spatial ecology. Tracking can reveal details of their foraging ecology and habitat use, as well as the suitability of marine protecte...
link.springer.com
July 15, 2024 at 1:49 PM
New tropical seabird paper!
Brown boobies use similar habitats and foraging strategies across colonies, seasons and breeding stages
Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@iomarinescience.bsky.social @exetercec.bsky.social
Brown boobies use similar habitats and foraging strategies across colonies, seasons and breeding stages
Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@iomarinescience.bsky.social @exetercec.bsky.social
Reposted by Alice Trevail
Really proud of our new guide to processing and exploring animal tracking data in R which has just been published in @animalecology.bsky.social!
If you work with animal tracking data or have a student that does then please read and share! Lots of useful code and a shiny app for data vis!
If you work with animal tracking data or have a student that does then please read and share! Lots of useful code and a shiny app for data vis!
New paper! If you use animal tracking data, this one's for you!
Proud of this collaboration with fellow @exetercec.bsky.social ECRs @liamlangley1.bsky.social, Stephen Lang, & Luke Ozsanlav-Harris to aid reproducible coding in biologging
Open Access @animalecology.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/58k2fa7u
Proud of this collaboration with fellow @exetercec.bsky.social ECRs @liamlangley1.bsky.social, Stephen Lang, & Luke Ozsanlav-Harris to aid reproducible coding in biologging
Open Access @animalecology.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/58k2fa7u
June 14, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Really proud of our new guide to processing and exploring animal tracking data in R which has just been published in @animalecology.bsky.social!
If you work with animal tracking data or have a student that does then please read and share! Lots of useful code and a shiny app for data vis!
If you work with animal tracking data or have a student that does then please read and share! Lots of useful code and a shiny app for data vis!
New paper! If you use animal tracking data, this one's for you!
Proud of this collaboration with fellow @exetercec.bsky.social ECRs @liamlangley1.bsky.social, Stephen Lang, & Luke Ozsanlav-Harris to aid reproducible coding in biologging
Open Access @animalecology.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/58k2fa7u
Proud of this collaboration with fellow @exetercec.bsky.social ECRs @liamlangley1.bsky.social, Stephen Lang, & Luke Ozsanlav-Harris to aid reproducible coding in biologging
Open Access @animalecology.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/58k2fa7u
June 11, 2024 at 5:00 PM
New paper! If you use animal tracking data, this one's for you!
Proud of this collaboration with fellow @exetercec.bsky.social ECRs @liamlangley1.bsky.social, Stephen Lang, & Luke Ozsanlav-Harris to aid reproducible coding in biologging
Open Access @animalecology.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/58k2fa7u
Proud of this collaboration with fellow @exetercec.bsky.social ECRs @liamlangley1.bsky.social, Stephen Lang, & Luke Ozsanlav-Harris to aid reproducible coding in biologging
Open Access @animalecology.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/58k2fa7u
New insight into tropical seabird foraging ecology led by @ruthedunn.bsky.social
Red-footed boobies select foraging habitat at different scales, responding to environments available at sea & encountered on route
Out now & open access: doi.org/10.1007/s002...
Red-footed boobies select foraging habitat at different scales, responding to environments available at sea & encountered on route
Out now & open access: doi.org/10.1007/s002...
May 7, 2024 at 7:22 AM
New insight into tropical seabird foraging ecology led by @ruthedunn.bsky.social
Red-footed boobies select foraging habitat at different scales, responding to environments available at sea & encountered on route
Out now & open access: doi.org/10.1007/s002...
Red-footed boobies select foraging habitat at different scales, responding to environments available at sea & encountered on route
Out now & open access: doi.org/10.1007/s002...
Reposted by Alice Trevail
Out now in Marine Biology: "From route to dive: multi-scale habitat selection in a foraging tropical seabird" 🐦🐟
doi.org/10.1007/s002...
We found that red-footed booby habitat selection varied between their foraging routes in comparison to their dive locations 🌊🌞
doi.org/10.1007/s002...
We found that red-footed booby habitat selection varied between their foraging routes in comparison to their dive locations 🌊🌞
May 2, 2024 at 9:55 AM
Out now in Marine Biology: "From route to dive: multi-scale habitat selection in a foraging tropical seabird" 🐦🐟
doi.org/10.1007/s002...
We found that red-footed booby habitat selection varied between their foraging routes in comparison to their dive locations 🌊🌞
doi.org/10.1007/s002...
We found that red-footed booby habitat selection varied between their foraging routes in comparison to their dive locations 🌊🌞
Reposted by Alice Trevail
⚠️Just a week remaining to nominate⚠️
🚨 Deadline: 30 April
We're seeking nominations for keynotes for #BOU2025 Frontiers in ornithology
📅 1-3 April 2025 Nottingham and on X / Twitter
Anyone can nominate here: bou.org.uk/event/fro...
#ornithology | please reshare! 🐦
🚨 Deadline: 30 April
We're seeking nominations for keynotes for #BOU2025 Frontiers in ornithology
📅 1-3 April 2025 Nottingham and on X / Twitter
Anyone can nominate here: bou.org.uk/event/fro...
#ornithology | please reshare! 🐦
April 23, 2024 at 7:00 AM
⚠️Just a week remaining to nominate⚠️
🚨 Deadline: 30 April
We're seeking nominations for keynotes for #BOU2025 Frontiers in ornithology
📅 1-3 April 2025 Nottingham and on X / Twitter
Anyone can nominate here: bou.org.uk/event/fro...
#ornithology | please reshare! 🐦
🚨 Deadline: 30 April
We're seeking nominations for keynotes for #BOU2025 Frontiers in ornithology
📅 1-3 April 2025 Nottingham and on X / Twitter
Anyone can nominate here: bou.org.uk/event/fro...
#ornithology | please reshare! 🐦
Struggling seabirds thrown a lifeline by new commercial fishing ban in the North Sea – but it may not be enough
theconversation.com/struggling-s...
Excellent article by @ruthedunn.bsky.social in The Conversation
theconversation.com/struggling-s...
Excellent article by @ruthedunn.bsky.social in The Conversation
Struggling seabirds thrown a lifeline by new commercial fishing ban in the North Sea – but it may not be enough
Many seabird colonies around UK coastlines struggle to breed because the sandeels they feed on have been overfished. The upcoming closure of sandeel fisheries will be good news for marine wildlife.
theconversation.com
February 13, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Struggling seabirds thrown a lifeline by new commercial fishing ban in the North Sea – but it may not be enough
theconversation.com/struggling-s...
Excellent article by @ruthedunn.bsky.social in The Conversation
theconversation.com/struggling-s...
Excellent article by @ruthedunn.bsky.social in The Conversation
New-ish paper! Published last month (I was on holiday!) alongside Hannah Wood, @ruthedunn.bsky.social, @robinfreeman.bsky.social, and others 🪶🦑
Red-footed boobies showed colony segregation in foraging range, space use, and timing
DOI: doi.org/10.3354/meps... / let us know if you want the pdf!
Red-footed boobies showed colony segregation in foraging range, space use, and timing
DOI: doi.org/10.3354/meps... / let us know if you want the pdf!
January 12, 2024 at 11:05 AM
New-ish paper! Published last month (I was on holiday!) alongside Hannah Wood, @ruthedunn.bsky.social, @robinfreeman.bsky.social, and others 🪶🦑
Red-footed boobies showed colony segregation in foraging range, space use, and timing
DOI: doi.org/10.3354/meps... / let us know if you want the pdf!
Red-footed boobies showed colony segregation in foraging range, space use, and timing
DOI: doi.org/10.3354/meps... / let us know if you want the pdf!
New paper: Tracking seabird migration in the tropical Indian Ocean reveals basin-scale conservation need
Available open access in @currentbiology.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
Available open access in @currentbiology.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
November 15, 2023 at 4:14 PM
New paper: Tracking seabird migration in the tropical Indian Ocean reveals basin-scale conservation need
Available open access in @currentbiology.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
Available open access in @currentbiology.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...