Martin Beal
@amigodeaves.bsky.social
Student of winged and flippered things. Studying animal movement to inform the conservation of nature an@.
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Martin Beal
@amigodeaves.bsky.social
· Jan 9
New paper! @jappliedecology.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3C5gYJp
We mapped out the migrations of over 10K ind ⚫-tailed godwits (!) to characterize connectivity between sites in Europe and Africa.
We compiled tracking data, ring recoveries and resightings: >400K records in total! (1/5)
https://bit.ly/3C5gYJp
We mapped out the migrations of over 10K ind ⚫-tailed godwits (!) to characterize connectivity between sites in Europe and Africa.
We compiled tracking data, ring recoveries and resightings: >400K records in total! (1/5)
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On the importance of incorporating
behavioural-state differentiation when identifying key
spatial areas for seabirds.
#seabirds
animalbiotelemetry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
behavioural-state differentiation when identifying key
spatial areas for seabirds.
#seabirds
animalbiotelemetry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
A behavioural approach to key area identification in seabirds for threat mitigation and spatial management - Animal Biotelemetry
Background Identifying key areas of animal distribution using individual movement data is fundamental for conservation planning, threat mitigation, and spatial management. Methodologies which define t...
animalbiotelemetry.biomedcentral.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
On the importance of incorporating
behavioural-state differentiation when identifying key
spatial areas for seabirds.
#seabirds
animalbiotelemetry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
behavioural-state differentiation when identifying key
spatial areas for seabirds.
#seabirds
animalbiotelemetry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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🎉We have announced a new professorship at the University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪 to celebrate our Crown Princess’s 50th birthday!
🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling
📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines!
🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling
📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines!
🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
The Crown Princess Victoria Professorship in Biodiversity
Professorship in Biodiversity.
The University of Gothenburg hereby announces a unique and prestigious position – the
web103.reachmee.com
October 3, 2025 at 5:29 AM
🎉We have announced a new professorship at the University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪 to celebrate our Crown Princess’s 50th birthday!
🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling
📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines!
🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling
📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines!
🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
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🚨 Master’s project!
Curious how birds find their way? 🧭🐦
Analyze decades of ringing data to study abnormal migratory routes and uncover what these deviations can reveal about the mechanisms guiding birds on their journeys. Drop me an email for details! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
Curious how birds find their way? 🧭🐦
Analyze decades of ringing data to study abnormal migratory routes and uncover what these deviations can reveal about the mechanisms guiding birds on their journeys. Drop me an email for details! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
October 3, 2025 at 7:11 AM
🚨 Master’s project!
Curious how birds find their way? 🧭🐦
Analyze decades of ringing data to study abnormal migratory routes and uncover what these deviations can reveal about the mechanisms guiding birds on their journeys. Drop me an email for details! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
Curious how birds find their way? 🧭🐦
Analyze decades of ringing data to study abnormal migratory routes and uncover what these deviations can reveal about the mechanisms guiding birds on their journeys. Drop me an email for details! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
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One of the benefits of studying wader migration is that you learn how interconnected places are.
The world seems smaller and country borders seem trivial.
Black-tailed Godwit blog:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/h...
#ornithology
The world seems smaller and country borders seem trivial.
Black-tailed Godwit blog:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/h...
#ornithology
October 2, 2025 at 8:38 AM
One of the benefits of studying wader migration is that you learn how interconnected places are.
The world seems smaller and country borders seem trivial.
Black-tailed Godwit blog:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/h...
#ornithology
The world seems smaller and country borders seem trivial.
Black-tailed Godwit blog:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/h...
#ornithology
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Only a few days to go… please share!!!
Fully funded PhD working on insectivorous bird declines with a broad range of stakeholders. Starting ASAP #ornithology #zoology #biodiversity #science #ecology
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
September 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Only a few days to go… please share!!!
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⏰ DEADLINE TODAY!
Nominate now for a BOU #ornithology award 🪶
🥇 Godman Salvin Prize
🥇 Alfred Newton Lecture
🥇 Janet Kear Union Medal
🥇 Early Professional Award
bou.org.uk/about-the...
Nominate now for a BOU #ornithology award 🪶
🥇 Godman Salvin Prize
🥇 Alfred Newton Lecture
🥇 Janet Kear Union Medal
🥇 Early Professional Award
bou.org.uk/about-the...
September 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
⏰ DEADLINE TODAY!
Nominate now for a BOU #ornithology award 🪶
🥇 Godman Salvin Prize
🥇 Alfred Newton Lecture
🥇 Janet Kear Union Medal
🥇 Early Professional Award
bou.org.uk/about-the...
Nominate now for a BOU #ornithology award 🪶
🥇 Godman Salvin Prize
🥇 Alfred Newton Lecture
🥇 Janet Kear Union Medal
🥇 Early Professional Award
bou.org.uk/about-the...
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Finally, do you know someone who deserves recognition in #ornithology 🪶?
Nominations are OPEN ⤵️
bou.org.uk/about-the...
🥇 Godman Salvin Prize
🥇 Alfred Newton Lecture
🥇 Janet Kear Union Medal
🥇 Early Professional Award
⏰ Deadline SOON! 15 September 2025
🧵10/10
Nominations are OPEN ⤵️
bou.org.uk/about-the...
🥇 Godman Salvin Prize
🥇 Alfred Newton Lecture
🥇 Janet Kear Union Medal
🥇 Early Professional Award
⏰ Deadline SOON! 15 September 2025
🧵10/10
Medals and awards
Each year, the BOU presents awards to recognise individuals who have made an outstanding contribution within ornithology. Each award celebrates a specific contribution and nominations are warmly encouraged via the annual call.
Current awards
Nominations are currently open! Find out more and nominate for any award via the respective links below.
Nomination deadline: 15
bou.org.uk
August 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Finally, do you know someone who deserves recognition in #ornithology 🪶?
Nominations are OPEN ⤵️
bou.org.uk/about-the...
🥇 Godman Salvin Prize
🥇 Alfred Newton Lecture
🥇 Janet Kear Union Medal
🥇 Early Professional Award
⏰ Deadline SOON! 15 September 2025
🧵10/10
Nominations are OPEN ⤵️
bou.org.uk/about-the...
🥇 Godman Salvin Prize
🥇 Alfred Newton Lecture
🥇 Janet Kear Union Medal
🥇 Early Professional Award
⏰ Deadline SOON! 15 September 2025
🧵10/10
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EARLY VIEW in IBIS
British Ornithologists' Union – Early Professional Award 2025 - Oliver Padget | doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
#ornithology 🪶
British Ornithologists' Union – Early Professional Award 2025 - Oliver Padget | doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
#ornithology 🪶
August 27, 2025 at 5:00 AM
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
British Ornithologists' Union – Early Professional Award 2025 - Oliver Padget | doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
#ornithology 🪶
British Ornithologists' Union – Early Professional Award 2025 - Oliver Padget | doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
#ornithology 🪶
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🔈 #BOUasm25 KEYNOTE
Claire Spottiswoode
University of Cape Town, South Africa
A Zambian ornithological collection as a window into brood parasite-host coevolution
Keynote abstracts: bou.org.uk/conferenc...
#ornithology 🪶
Claire Spottiswoode
University of Cape Town, South Africa
A Zambian ornithological collection as a window into brood parasite-host coevolution
Keynote abstracts: bou.org.uk/conferenc...
#ornithology 🪶
September 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🔈 #BOUasm25 KEYNOTE
Claire Spottiswoode
University of Cape Town, South Africa
A Zambian ornithological collection as a window into brood parasite-host coevolution
Keynote abstracts: bou.org.uk/conferenc...
#ornithology 🪶
Claire Spottiswoode
University of Cape Town, South Africa
A Zambian ornithological collection as a window into brood parasite-host coevolution
Keynote abstracts: bou.org.uk/conferenc...
#ornithology 🪶
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⏰ EARLY-BIRD RATES TO 30 SEPT
Register now for reduced rates at #BOUasm25
A day at the museum | 18 Nov 2025 | Natural History Museum, London
➡️ BOU member discounts
➡️ In-person & online
➡️ Visit Tring collections
bou.org.uk/event/a-d...
Keynote 🧵 ⬇️
#ornithology 🪶
Register now for reduced rates at #BOUasm25
A day at the museum | 18 Nov 2025 | Natural History Museum, London
➡️ BOU member discounts
➡️ In-person & online
➡️ Visit Tring collections
bou.org.uk/event/a-d...
Keynote 🧵 ⬇️
#ornithology 🪶
September 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
⏰ EARLY-BIRD RATES TO 30 SEPT
Register now for reduced rates at #BOUasm25
A day at the museum | 18 Nov 2025 | Natural History Museum, London
➡️ BOU member discounts
➡️ In-person & online
➡️ Visit Tring collections
bou.org.uk/event/a-d...
Keynote 🧵 ⬇️
#ornithology 🪶
Register now for reduced rates at #BOUasm25
A day at the museum | 18 Nov 2025 | Natural History Museum, London
➡️ BOU member discounts
➡️ In-person & online
➡️ Visit Tring collections
bou.org.uk/event/a-d...
Keynote 🧵 ⬇️
#ornithology 🪶
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🌱 Early Professional Award
Awarded by BOU Council for an outstanding initial contribution to the field of #ornithology (<10 years of last degree)
bou.org.uk/about-the-bo...
5/5
Awarded by BOU Council for an outstanding initial contribution to the field of #ornithology (<10 years of last degree)
bou.org.uk/about-the-bo...
5/5
Early Professional Award - British Ornithologists' Union
The Early Professional Award is awarded by BOU Council for an outstanding initial contribution to the field of ornithology.
Nominate here
Nomination deadline: 15 September 2025
Criteria
Nominees sh...
bou.org.uk
August 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
🌱 Early Professional Award
Awarded by BOU Council for an outstanding initial contribution to the field of #ornithology (<10 years of last degree)
bou.org.uk/about-the-bo...
5/5
Awarded by BOU Council for an outstanding initial contribution to the field of #ornithology (<10 years of last degree)
bou.org.uk/about-the-bo...
5/5
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🎖️ Janet Kear Union Medal
Awarded by BOU Council to members of the BOU in recognition of distinguished service to the Union
bou.org.uk/about-the-bo...
4/5
Awarded by BOU Council to members of the BOU in recognition of distinguished service to the Union
bou.org.uk/about-the-bo...
4/5
Janet Kear Union Medal - British Ornithologists' Union
The Janet Kear Union Medal is awarded by BOU Council to members of the BOU in recognition of distinguished service to the Union.
Nominate here
Nomination deadline: 15 September 2025
The name behind ...
bou.org.uk
August 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
🎖️ Janet Kear Union Medal
Awarded by BOU Council to members of the BOU in recognition of distinguished service to the Union
bou.org.uk/about-the-bo...
4/5
Awarded by BOU Council to members of the BOU in recognition of distinguished service to the Union
bou.org.uk/about-the-bo...
4/5
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📣 Nominations for this year's round of @bou.org.uk awards are currently OPEN!
Your chance to recognise those key people in #ornithology 👏
Find out more and make your nominations here: bou.org.uk/about-the-bo...
📆 Deadline 15th Sept 2025
1/5
Your chance to recognise those key people in #ornithology 👏
Find out more and make your nominations here: bou.org.uk/about-the-bo...
📆 Deadline 15th Sept 2025
1/5
Medals and awards - British Ornithologists' Union
Each year, the BOU presents awards to recognise individuals who have made an outstanding contribution within ornithology. Each award celebrates a specific contribution and nominations are warmly encou...
bou.org.uk
August 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
📣 Nominations for this year's round of @bou.org.uk awards are currently OPEN!
Your chance to recognise those key people in #ornithology 👏
Find out more and make your nominations here: bou.org.uk/about-the-bo...
📆 Deadline 15th Sept 2025
1/5
Your chance to recognise those key people in #ornithology 👏
Find out more and make your nominations here: bou.org.uk/about-the-bo...
📆 Deadline 15th Sept 2025
1/5
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Check out this Senior Research Ecologist- Bioacoustics vacancy @btobirds.bsky.social
britishtrustforornithology.postingpanda.uk/job/734089
#ornithology 🪶
britishtrustforornithology.postingpanda.uk/job/734089
#ornithology 🪶
July 28, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Check out this Senior Research Ecologist- Bioacoustics vacancy @btobirds.bsky.social
britishtrustforornithology.postingpanda.uk/job/734089
#ornithology 🪶
britishtrustforornithology.postingpanda.uk/job/734089
#ornithology 🪶
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🔈 NOMINATIONS OPEN
Know someone in #ornithology deserving of recognition? Nominate them for a BOU award now! 🪶
🥇 Godman Salvin Prize
🥇 Alfred Newton Lecture
🥇 Janet Kear Union Medal
🥇 Early Professional Award
Deadline: 15 September 2025
Nominate: bou.org.uk/about-the...
Know someone in #ornithology deserving of recognition? Nominate them for a BOU award now! 🪶
🥇 Godman Salvin Prize
🥇 Alfred Newton Lecture
🥇 Janet Kear Union Medal
🥇 Early Professional Award
Deadline: 15 September 2025
Nominate: bou.org.uk/about-the...
June 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🔈 NOMINATIONS OPEN
Know someone in #ornithology deserving of recognition? Nominate them for a BOU award now! 🪶
🥇 Godman Salvin Prize
🥇 Alfred Newton Lecture
🥇 Janet Kear Union Medal
🥇 Early Professional Award
Deadline: 15 September 2025
Nominate: bou.org.uk/about-the...
Know someone in #ornithology deserving of recognition? Nominate them for a BOU award now! 🪶
🥇 Godman Salvin Prize
🥇 Alfred Newton Lecture
🥇 Janet Kear Union Medal
🥇 Early Professional Award
Deadline: 15 September 2025
Nominate: bou.org.uk/about-the...
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WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.
Stop using WeTransfer.
Stop using WeTransfer.
July 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.
Stop using WeTransfer.
Stop using WeTransfer.
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If there is an optimal behavior, why is there so much variation in the world? We found that, for white storks, context is everything. @anflack.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
New paper! @cellpress.bsky.social doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.06.044
🧵1/5
New paper! @cellpress.bsky.social doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.06.044
🧵1/5
July 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
If there is an optimal behavior, why is there so much variation in the world? We found that, for white storks, context is everything. @anflack.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
New paper! @cellpress.bsky.social doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.06.044
🧵1/5
New paper! @cellpress.bsky.social doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.06.044
🧵1/5
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A paper describing the history of AviList and how the new unified global bird checklist was created has now been published - free to download until 1 September: rdcu.be/euZjH
AviList: a unified global bird checklist
rdcu.be
July 8, 2025 at 7:36 AM
A paper describing the history of AviList and how the new unified global bird checklist was created has now been published - free to download until 1 September: rdcu.be/euZjH
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New paper out! 🌊🐢 OA 🙌🏻
We reviewed studies tracking male sea turtles, revealing key behaviors—some unique to males! We highlight knowledge gaps and set priorities to guide future research on this overlooked half of the population. #spatial ecology #biologging #seaturtles
doi.org/10.3354/esr0...
We reviewed studies tracking male sea turtles, revealing key behaviors—some unique to males! We highlight knowledge gaps and set priorities to guide future research on this overlooked half of the population. #spatial ecology #biologging #seaturtles
doi.org/10.3354/esr0...
doi.org
July 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
New paper out! 🌊🐢 OA 🙌🏻
We reviewed studies tracking male sea turtles, revealing key behaviors—some unique to males! We highlight knowledge gaps and set priorities to guide future research on this overlooked half of the population. #spatial ecology #biologging #seaturtles
doi.org/10.3354/esr0...
We reviewed studies tracking male sea turtles, revealing key behaviors—some unique to males! We highlight knowledge gaps and set priorities to guide future research on this overlooked half of the population. #spatial ecology #biologging #seaturtles
doi.org/10.3354/esr0...
A fun review we did on the spatial ecology of male sea turtles. Male sea turtles don't come ashore to lay eggs, making them harder to track and therefore more 'elusive'. Check it out!
🐢🦤🌐🧪 New paper!
We reviewed all male sea turtle tracking studies to date, revealing key behaviors—some unique to males! We highlight major knowledge gaps and set priorities to guide future research on this overlooked half of the population. #spatialecology #biologging #seaturtles. bit.ly/esr_57_273
We reviewed all male sea turtle tracking studies to date, revealing key behaviors—some unique to males! We highlight major knowledge gaps and set priorities to guide future research on this overlooked half of the population. #spatialecology #biologging #seaturtles. bit.ly/esr_57_273
July 4, 2025 at 9:25 AM
A fun review we did on the spatial ecology of male sea turtles. Male sea turtles don't come ashore to lay eggs, making them harder to track and therefore more 'elusive'. Check it out!
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Something to send to your uncle who insists there's just no space for #renewables:
Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than wind or solar energy doi.org/10.1088/2515...
Lovely bit of land-use perspective by @jannweinand.bsky.social et al
Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than wind or solar energy doi.org/10.1088/2515...
Lovely bit of land-use perspective by @jannweinand.bsky.social et al
Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than wind or solar energy - IOPscience
Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than wind or solar energy, Weinand, Jann Michael, Pelser, Tristan, Kleinebrahm, Max, Stolten, Detlef
doi.org
June 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Something to send to your uncle who insists there's just no space for #renewables:
Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than wind or solar energy doi.org/10.1088/2515...
Lovely bit of land-use perspective by @jannweinand.bsky.social et al
Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than wind or solar energy doi.org/10.1088/2515...
Lovely bit of land-use perspective by @jannweinand.bsky.social et al
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The first paper of my PhD (and my first first-author paper!) is out now in Marine Biology 🌊 🎆 We tracked snow petrels in a season of extreme weather and little sea ice in east Antarctica❄️ read more on our #ANTSIE webpage here:
www.antsie.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/06/06/snow-petrel-tracking/
www.antsie.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/06/06/snow-petrel-tracking/
June 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The first paper of my PhD (and my first first-author paper!) is out now in Marine Biology 🌊 🎆 We tracked snow petrels in a season of extreme weather and little sea ice in east Antarctica❄️ read more on our #ANTSIE webpage here:
www.antsie.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/06/06/snow-petrel-tracking/
www.antsie.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/06/06/snow-petrel-tracking/
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NEW PAPER collates #telemetry data of >100 marine vertebrate species including #seabirds and finds that protecting only 30% of the global ocean is not enough - because marine animals live everywhere: buff.ly/mYrtoAN
June 6, 2025 at 6:37 AM
NEW PAPER collates #telemetry data of >100 marine vertebrate species including #seabirds and finds that protecting only 30% of the global ocean is not enough - because marine animals live everywhere: buff.ly/mYrtoAN
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A female Western Gull was recorded riding 150km in a garbage truck from San Francisco to a compost facility in Central CA, probably to forage. TWICE. An innovator, an icon, a genius.
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
June 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
A female Western Gull was recorded riding 150km in a garbage truck from San Francisco to a compost facility in Central CA, probably to forage. TWICE. An innovator, an icon, a genius.
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
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I am looking for a postdoc wanting to use functional genomics to understand why birds 🐦 struggle with climate warming in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Ideal candidate is a molecular evolutionarybiologist. Join us at @biologylu.bsky.social. Details 👇
shorturl.at/wijEq
Would appreciate a re-post!
shorturl.at/wijEq
Would appreciate a re-post!
Post-doctoral fellow in functional genomics and ecophysiology
Subject description The goal of the project is to uncover the mechanisms explaining why global warming and heatwaves reduce reproductive success and cause excess mortality in wild and domesticated war
lu.varbi.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I am looking for a postdoc wanting to use functional genomics to understand why birds 🐦 struggle with climate warming in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Ideal candidate is a molecular evolutionarybiologist. Join us at @biologylu.bsky.social. Details 👇
shorturl.at/wijEq
Would appreciate a re-post!
shorturl.at/wijEq
Would appreciate a re-post!