Baptiste Wijas
@bapswijas.bsky.social
PostDoc @caryinstitute.bsky.social. Ecologist, Birder, Termite enthusiast: trying to understand how animals influence carbon cycling from regional to global scales.
Great PhD Opportunity based at UNSW Sydney to do work in Australia's beautiful aridlands. Studying all things from bugs to mammals that live out there. Opportunity to learn transferable skills such as remote sensing and DNA metabarcoding.
Contact Mike Letnic: m.letnic@unsw.edu.au if interested.
Contact Mike Letnic: m.letnic@unsw.edu.au if interested.
August 16, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Great PhD Opportunity based at UNSW Sydney to do work in Australia's beautiful aridlands. Studying all things from bugs to mammals that live out there. Opportunity to learn transferable skills such as remote sensing and DNA metabarcoding.
Contact Mike Letnic: m.letnic@unsw.edu.au if interested.
Contact Mike Letnic: m.letnic@unsw.edu.au if interested.
Check out our new study looking at the recovery of termites' and fungis' role as deadwood decomposers! We found that termites did not recover their full decomposer roles after 12 years of rainforest recovery. Should we transplant termite mounds into regenerating rainforests?? doi.org/10.1111/1365...
May 6, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Check out our new study looking at the recovery of termites' and fungis' role as deadwood decomposers! We found that termites did not recover their full decomposer roles after 12 years of rainforest recovery. Should we transplant termite mounds into regenerating rainforests?? doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Back in Australia's arid zone, setting up a wood decay experiment in Calperum TERN SuperSite! Seeing all these kangaroos hopping around reminded me the value of my PhD research on understanding trickle-down effects of kangaroo overgrazing on ecosystem functions! #arid
rb.gy/q29wj0 and rb.gy/d2momx
rb.gy/q29wj0 and rb.gy/d2momx
February 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Back in Australia's arid zone, setting up a wood decay experiment in Calperum TERN SuperSite! Seeing all these kangaroos hopping around reminded me the value of my PhD research on understanding trickle-down effects of kangaroo overgrazing on ecosystem functions! #arid
rb.gy/q29wj0 and rb.gy/d2momx
rb.gy/q29wj0 and rb.gy/d2momx
Check out our new study led by Abbey Yatsko, we made the most of a fire break clearing to look at the inside of trees on Cape York! We show that termites love to munch on the inside of trees and their largest influence on hollowing is in the bottom of trees! #carbon #termites
January 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Great work thinking about applying trait economic spectrum to the world’s little social insects by @lilyleahy.bsky.social #ESAus24
December 11, 2024 at 5:41 AM
Great work thinking about applying trait economic spectrum to the world’s little social insects by @lilyleahy.bsky.social #ESAus24
Great talk by @joshleecology.bsky.social on integrating functional traits of plants when thinking about diversity metrics within policy frameworks! #ESAus24
December 10, 2024 at 3:43 AM
Great talk by @joshleecology.bsky.social on integrating functional traits of plants when thinking about diversity metrics within policy frameworks! #ESAus24
Want to know more about the current state of the science on Role of Deadwood in the Carbon Cycle: check out our Annual Reviews! doi.org/10.1146/annu...
November 17, 2024 at 10:32 AM
Want to know more about the current state of the science on Role of Deadwood in the Carbon Cycle: check out our Annual Reviews! doi.org/10.1146/annu...
Fieldwork at OzFlux TERN SuperSite in Tumbarumba as part of project funded by ILTER to understand the role of deadwood decay in ecosystem carbon dynamics, interesting to see the consequences of mass mortality events on landscape carbon and deadwood decay! #wildoz #deadwood #ozflux
November 17, 2024 at 4:04 AM