@animalecol-nioo.bsky.social
We study causes and consequences of variation in life-history traits, their underlying genomic mechanisms, and the variation in time and space. @ NIOO-KNAW
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Excellent project led by @disnatalie.bsky.social Come and work with us at @niooknaw.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social!
📢4-year fully funded #PhD on seasonal timing of egg overwintering insects 🦋🦗🪳
🔬Identify universal mechanisms underlying #insect egg developmental time under #ClimateChange
📌@niooknaw.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social
ℹ️ vacatures.knaw.nl/job-invite/2...
❗Application deadline: 7 December 2025
🔬Identify universal mechanisms underlying #insect egg developmental time under #ClimateChange
📌@niooknaw.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social
ℹ️ vacatures.knaw.nl/job-invite/2...
❗Application deadline: 7 December 2025
PhD Seasonal Timing of Egg Overwintering Insects under Climate Change - NIOO-KNAW - Wageningen
PhD Seasonal Timing of Egg Overwintering Insects under Climate Change - NIOO-KNAW - Wageningen
vacatures.knaw.nl
October 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Excellent project led by @disnatalie.bsky.social Come and work with us at @niooknaw.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social!
🚨 new PhD position available!!
📢4-year fully funded #PhD on seasonal timing of egg overwintering insects 🦋🦗🪳
🔬Identify universal mechanisms underlying #insect egg developmental time under #ClimateChange
📌@niooknaw.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social
ℹ️ vacatures.knaw.nl/job-invite/2...
❗Application deadline: 7 December 2025
🔬Identify universal mechanisms underlying #insect egg developmental time under #ClimateChange
📌@niooknaw.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social
ℹ️ vacatures.knaw.nl/job-invite/2...
❗Application deadline: 7 December 2025
PhD Seasonal Timing of Egg Overwintering Insects under Climate Change - NIOO-KNAW - Wageningen
PhD Seasonal Timing of Egg Overwintering Insects under Climate Change - NIOO-KNAW - Wageningen
vacatures.knaw.nl
October 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
🚨 new PhD position available!!
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📢4-year fully funded #PhD on seasonal timing of egg overwintering insects 🦋🦗🪳
🔬Identify universal mechanisms underlying #insect egg developmental time under #ClimateChange
📌@niooknaw.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social
ℹ️ vacatures.knaw.nl/job-invite/2...
❗Application deadline: 7 December 2025
🔬Identify universal mechanisms underlying #insect egg developmental time under #ClimateChange
📌@niooknaw.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social
ℹ️ vacatures.knaw.nl/job-invite/2...
❗Application deadline: 7 December 2025
PhD Seasonal Timing of Egg Overwintering Insects under Climate Change - NIOO-KNAW - Wageningen
PhD Seasonal Timing of Egg Overwintering Insects under Climate Change - NIOO-KNAW - Wageningen
vacatures.knaw.nl
October 24, 2025 at 8:54 AM
📢4-year fully funded #PhD on seasonal timing of egg overwintering insects 🦋🦗🪳
🔬Identify universal mechanisms underlying #insect egg developmental time under #ClimateChange
📌@niooknaw.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social
ℹ️ vacatures.knaw.nl/job-invite/2...
❗Application deadline: 7 December 2025
🔬Identify universal mechanisms underlying #insect egg developmental time under #ClimateChange
📌@niooknaw.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social
ℹ️ vacatures.knaw.nl/job-invite/2...
❗Application deadline: 7 December 2025
Last week we did our annual beechnut sampling. A special year because it was the 50th year in which we did this! Enough reason for Dutch radio show Vroege vogels to join us and learn all about the role of the beechnut in the ecosystem of the Hoge Veluwe.
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Vijftig jaar beukennootjes tellen op de Hoge Veluwe - Vroege Vogels - BNNVARA
Op de Hoge Veluwe volgen wetenschappers van het NIOO al 50 jaar de beukennootjes van 35 specifieke beukenbomen. Deze zogenaamde beukennotenindex bevat belangrijke informatie want beukennootjes zijn ee...
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October 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Last week we did our annual beechnut sampling. A special year because it was the 50th year in which we did this! Enough reason for Dutch radio show Vroege vogels to join us and learn all about the role of the beechnut in the ecosystem of the Hoge Veluwe.
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Zaterdag een zeer leuke #NESTKAST lezingendag gehad op het @niooknaw.bsky.social
Met 65 deelnemers uit heel NL
Thema: 100 jaar nestkastenonderzoek!
Met eerste resultaten al uit 1908-1912!
Uniek in de wereld!
@mevisser.bsky.social
We zoeken nog oude data, liefst per legsel, tussen 1950 en 2010!
Met 65 deelnemers uit heel NL
Thema: 100 jaar nestkastenonderzoek!
Met eerste resultaten al uit 1908-1912!
Uniek in de wereld!
@mevisser.bsky.social
We zoeken nog oude data, liefst per legsel, tussen 1950 en 2010!
October 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Zaterdag een zeer leuke #NESTKAST lezingendag gehad op het @niooknaw.bsky.social
Met 65 deelnemers uit heel NL
Thema: 100 jaar nestkastenonderzoek!
Met eerste resultaten al uit 1908-1912!
Uniek in de wereld!
@mevisser.bsky.social
We zoeken nog oude data, liefst per legsel, tussen 1950 en 2010!
Met 65 deelnemers uit heel NL
Thema: 100 jaar nestkastenonderzoek!
Met eerste resultaten al uit 1908-1912!
Uniek in de wereld!
@mevisser.bsky.social
We zoeken nog oude data, liefst per legsel, tussen 1950 en 2010!
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New publication: Long-distance dispersal is asymmetrical with respect to age, sex and breeding latitude in a long-lived monogamous bird. #barnaclegoose #avianmigration #flywaypopulation #longdistancedispersal
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
September 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
New publication: Long-distance dispersal is asymmetrical with respect to age, sex and breeding latitude in a long-lived monogamous bird. #barnaclegoose #avianmigration #flywaypopulation #longdistancedispersal
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
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𝗩𝗔𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗬
As FAIRification steward you'll scout the nature data landscape and help researchers making their data FAIR. Do you bring quantitative/technical as well as interpersonal skills? Then this vacancy of the LTER-Life digital twin project is for you!
nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
As FAIRification steward you'll scout the nature data landscape and help researchers making their data FAIR. Do you bring quantitative/technical as well as interpersonal skills? Then this vacancy of the LTER-Life digital twin project is for you!
nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
August 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
𝗩𝗔𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗬
As FAIRification steward you'll scout the nature data landscape and help researchers making their data FAIR. Do you bring quantitative/technical as well as interpersonal skills? Then this vacancy of the LTER-Life digital twin project is for you!
nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
As FAIRification steward you'll scout the nature data landscape and help researchers making their data FAIR. Do you bring quantitative/technical as well as interpersonal skills? Then this vacancy of the LTER-Life digital twin project is for you!
nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
Final day of #eou2025 one more AnE speaker. Watch lisenka de Vries give her talk on difference in dispersal between populations of barnacle geese. She will speak in session population ecology 2
August 22, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Final day of #eou2025 one more AnE speaker. Watch lisenka de Vries give her talk on difference in dispersal between populations of barnacle geese. She will speak in session population ecology 2
@hanslinssen.bsky.social will present his poster on fueling and migration choices in waterfowl birds under a changing climate. You can find his poster at spot 58. Jan Geisler will show his poster on long term study on pre migration fatting up in Brent geese. You can find him at spot 116 #EOU2025 2/2
August 20, 2025 at 5:32 AM
@hanslinssen.bsky.social will present his poster on fueling and migration choices in waterfowl birds under a changing climate. You can find his poster at spot 58. Jan Geisler will show his poster on long term study on pre migration fatting up in Brent geese. You can find him at spot 116 #EOU2025 2/2
Another day at #EOU2025 another AnE line up!
Today we have @tjommem.bsky.social presenting his work on modeling virus outbreaks in the Netherlands through a common avian host. He will present in the symposium 6 session. In the second poster session (even numbers of the day we have two posters.( 1/2)
Today we have @tjommem.bsky.social presenting his work on modeling virus outbreaks in the Netherlands through a common avian host. He will present in the symposium 6 session. In the second poster session (even numbers of the day we have two posters.( 1/2)
August 20, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Another day at #EOU2025 another AnE line up!
Today we have @tjommem.bsky.social presenting his work on modeling virus outbreaks in the Netherlands through a common avian host. He will present in the symposium 6 session. In the second poster session (even numbers of the day we have two posters.( 1/2)
Today we have @tjommem.bsky.social presenting his work on modeling virus outbreaks in the Netherlands through a common avian host. He will present in the symposium 6 session. In the second poster session (even numbers of the day we have two posters.( 1/2)
Finally we have @dd10mz.bsky.social presenting his work on the colonization of the gut microbiome in offspring during development. He will show the influence of the nest microbial environment on this process. #EOU2025 (3/3)
August 19, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Finally we have @dd10mz.bsky.social presenting his work on the colonization of the gut microbiome in offspring during development. He will show the influence of the nest microbial environment on this process. #EOU2025 (3/3)
In oral session 2 we will have Joey Burant presenting on the adjustment of incubation behaviour in female hole nesting birds in response to local micro climate changes #EOU2025 (2/3)
August 19, 2025 at 6:47 AM
In oral session 2 we will have Joey Burant presenting on the adjustment of incubation behaviour in female hole nesting birds in response to local micro climate changes #EOU2025 (2/3)
Today's contribution of AnE to #EOU2025 Find Morrison Pot in oral session 1. He will update you into his PhD on starling migration. He will show some results from his displacement study on juvenile starlings in their first autumn migration.( 1/3)
August 19, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Today's contribution of AnE to #EOU2025 Find Morrison Pot in oral session 1. He will update you into his PhD on starling migration. He will show some results from his displacement study on juvenile starlings in their first autumn migration.( 1/3)
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Interested in host-associated microbiomes? Attending @eseb2025.bsky.social? Then come check out Symposium S07 on Monday August 18th and hear all about how microbiomes contribute to adaptation. Gut microbiomes, climate change, thermal physiology, behaviour, invasion biology, blood-feeding, and more!
August 16, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Interested in host-associated microbiomes? Attending @eseb2025.bsky.social? Then come check out Symposium S07 on Monday August 18th and hear all about how microbiomes contribute to adaptation. Gut microbiomes, climate change, thermal physiology, behaviour, invasion biology, blood-feeding, and more!
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Excited to share my recent paper on the evolution of atypical sperm morphology in a passerine bird (the red-browed finch) in @jevbio.bsky.social with @danielmhooper.bsky.social and others. Check out their weird #sperm!
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August 15, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Excited to share my recent paper on the evolution of atypical sperm morphology in a passerine bird (the red-browed finch) in @jevbio.bsky.social with @danielmhooper.bsky.social and others. Check out their weird #sperm!
academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-...
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Reminder! There are just two weeks left to apply for this postdoc position. Send in your applications before the end of August.
New postdoc position available 🚨
We are looking for a new post doc to work on adaptive management in geese. Are you experienced in working with animal movement patterns? And are you used to working with large files of transmitter date? Then apply before the 1st op september!
We are looking for a new post doc to work on adaptive management in geese. Are you experienced in working with animal movement patterns? And are you used to working with large files of transmitter date? Then apply before the 1st op september!
Postdoc Goose Impact
We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher for research in the context of international adaptive management of geese. Did you analyse animal movement patterns during your PhD? Do you want to work wi...
nioo.knaw.nl
August 14, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Reminder! There are just two weeks left to apply for this postdoc position. Send in your applications before the end of August.
3.5-year #Postdoc position on avian microbiomes and reproduction @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @niooknaw.bsky.social on a fully-funded ERC project focused on understanding the significance of reproductive microbiomes for host biology and fitness. Reach out for more info!
nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
Postdoctoral researcher: avian microbiomes and reproduction
We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our team working on avian reproductive microbiomes at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) in the group of Dr. Melissah Rowe. The postd...
nioo.knaw.nl
August 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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3.5-year #Postdoc position on avian microbiomes and reproduction @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @niooknaw.bsky.social on a fully-funded ERC project focused on understanding the significance of reproductive microbiomes for host biology and fitness. Reach out for more info!
nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
Postdoctoral researcher: avian microbiomes and reproduction
We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our team working on avian reproductive microbiomes at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) in the group of Dr. Melissah Rowe. The postd...
nioo.knaw.nl
August 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
3.5-year #Postdoc position on avian microbiomes and reproduction @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @niooknaw.bsky.social on a fully-funded ERC project focused on understanding the significance of reproductive microbiomes for host biology and fitness. Reach out for more info!
nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
New postdoc position available 🚨
We are looking for a new post doc to work on adaptive management in geese. Are you experienced in working with animal movement patterns? And are you used to working with large files of transmitter date? Then apply before the 1st op september!
We are looking for a new post doc to work on adaptive management in geese. Are you experienced in working with animal movement patterns? And are you used to working with large files of transmitter date? Then apply before the 1st op september!
Postdoc Goose Impact
We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher for research in the context of international adaptive management of geese. Did you analyse animal movement patterns during your PhD? Do you want to work wi...
nioo.knaw.nl
July 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
New postdoc position available 🚨
We are looking for a new post doc to work on adaptive management in geese. Are you experienced in working with animal movement patterns? And are you used to working with large files of transmitter date? Then apply before the 1st op september!
We are looking for a new post doc to work on adaptive management in geese. Are you experienced in working with animal movement patterns? And are you used to working with large files of transmitter date? Then apply before the 1st op september!
New post doc position alert 🚨
Interested in avian reproductive microbiome? We have an exciting new post doc position available with @melissahrowe.bsky.social . Send in your applications now, deadline is the 12th of September.
Interested in avian reproductive microbiome? We have an exciting new post doc position available with @melissahrowe.bsky.social . Send in your applications now, deadline is the 12th of September.
We are looking for a postdoc to join our group to work on an ERC funded project on avian reproductive microbiomes. nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
Please RT! #microbes #microbiomes #sparrows #postdoc
Please RT! #microbes #microbiomes #sparrows #postdoc
Postdoctoral researcher: avian microbiomes and reproduction
We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our team working on avian reproductive microbiomes at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) in the group of Dr. Melissah Rowe. The postd...
nioo.knaw.nl
July 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
New post doc position alert 🚨
Interested in avian reproductive microbiome? We have an exciting new post doc position available with @melissahrowe.bsky.social . Send in your applications now, deadline is the 12th of September.
Interested in avian reproductive microbiome? We have an exciting new post doc position available with @melissahrowe.bsky.social . Send in your applications now, deadline is the 12th of September.
We are happy to announce our very own @disnatalie.bsky.social got a Veni grant awarded for her research on winter moths!🎉🎉 We are looking forward to welcoming her back to our department. Congratulations Nathalie!!
Goed nieuws voor ecoloog Natalie van Dis (@niooknaw.bsky.social) en taalkundige Kristel Doreleijers (@meertens-knaw.bsky.social)! Zij zijn twee van de 200 gelukkigen die vandaag voor hun onderzoek een #Veni-beurs kregen van NWO. Zo kunnen zij zich verder ontwikkelen tot zelfstandig onderzoeker.
July 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
We are happy to announce our very own @disnatalie.bsky.social got a Veni grant awarded for her research on winter moths!🎉🎉 We are looking forward to welcoming her back to our department. Congratulations Nathalie!!
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New publication: Intensity and colour of artificial light at night affect insect attraction in a taxon-dependent manner, by @mevisser.bsky.social and others. #biodiversity #lightpollution #ALAN #artificiallightatnight
doi.org/10.1111/icad...
doi.org/10.1111/icad...
July 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
New publication: Intensity and colour of artificial light at night affect insect attraction in a taxon-dependent manner, by @mevisser.bsky.social and others. #biodiversity #lightpollution #ALAN #artificiallightatnight
doi.org/10.1111/icad...
doi.org/10.1111/icad...
With most nests fledged and out in the world we are concluding our 71st breeding season as a department. Despite a low occupancy in some areas and a higher mortality in chicks in others we look back on an average breeding season. #breedingseason2025
June 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
With most nests fledged and out in the world we are concluding our 71st breeding season as a department. Despite a low occupancy in some areas and a higher mortality in chicks in others we look back on an average breeding season. #breedingseason2025
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Waarom is kunstlicht zo slecht voor nachtdieren? NIOO-onderzoeker Kamiel Spoelstra legt dit uit tijdens een Klokhuis-aflevering over lichtvervuiling. Meer weten? Kijk hier de klokhuisaflevering terug (tussen 5:20 en 8:02): npo.nl/start/serie/...
June 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Waarom is kunstlicht zo slecht voor nachtdieren? NIOO-onderzoeker Kamiel Spoelstra legt dit uit tijdens een Klokhuis-aflevering over lichtvervuiling. Meer weten? Kijk hier de klokhuisaflevering terug (tussen 5:20 en 8:02): npo.nl/start/serie/...
Its peak caterpillar time! Which is good news for the nest box breeding birds who need the caterpillars to feed their chicks. Caterpillars are monitored in the spring using frassnets you see in the picture. Twice a week the frass (caterpillar poop) is collected and weighted. @mevisser.bsky.social
May 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Its peak caterpillar time! Which is good news for the nest box breeding birds who need the caterpillars to feed their chicks. Caterpillars are monitored in the spring using frassnets you see in the picture. Twice a week the frass (caterpillar poop) is collected and weighted. @mevisser.bsky.social