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Ecological Dynamics Dept. | IZW Berlin
@ecodynizw.bsky.social
mammals | wildlife | ecology | movement | disease | biodiversity | demography | behaviour | distribution | modelling

News about science, research, and resources: https://ecodynizw.github.io/
‪📢 #Postdoc (75%) 3+2 years on identifying #West-Nile-Virus wildlife hosts and #modelling spatial risk factors.

Be part of a consortium on "Combating #WNV through an integrated #OneHealth approach" w #TUBerlin , #Charite, #FUBerlin, #UniBayreuth and health authorities

▶️ tinyurl.com/yuhfwpdr
October 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Please RT!

📢 #Doctoral / #PhD position available with us at Leibniz-IZW for 4 years working at the interface of #wildlife + #disease #ecology, #veterinary sciences and #modelling.
🐗🐗🐗🐦🐦🐦
Training within #DFG #RTG 3069 led by @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social

▶️Apply here for P7: tinyurl.com/j2ehtz7m
September 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Congrats to Nikki Pearson presenting her master thesis research on the #animalbehaviour of the #NorthernBaldIbis and who won the prize for best poster, section Ecology 🥳🎉 @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social Annual Meeting in Berlin!!! #Waldrappteam

@tuberlin.bsky.social
@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
#OnlyOneEarth #ActNow #Defaunation
"The loss of top predators disrupts food web complexities, triggering cascading effects across all levels of biodiversity. As a result, ecosystem services are reduced in defaunated landscapes." Published 📖 @currentbiology.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Published 📖 🥳 In a new meta-analysis @mariusgrabow.bsky.social studied whether subtle infection, traditionally often considered as relatively benign, affect phenotypic and demographic traits. Using avian blood parasites, causing #avianmalaria as an example, we performed a systematic review 🧵
July 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Meet our junior scientist Sinah at the Long Night of the Sciences, June 28th. And learn something about the amazing red squirrels in #Berlin. Where?@tuberlin.bsky.social
#langenachtderwissenschaften #kluegstenacht #TUBerlin #LNDW25
www.langenachtderwissenschaften.de/programm/det...
June 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Animal movement and habitat selection - tracking at short intervals but running out of battery soon? Or large? ▶️ Intermediate is best, but mind the landscape!
📰 doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
Great finals of RTG @bio_move w @jsigner.bsky.social‬ + 1st cohort doctoral students @cedricscherer.com + Caro
May 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
#Wildtierforschung in #Berlin
Unsere PhD Sinah war zu Gast im Wild!-Podcast. Bei einem Spaziergang über einen Friedhof geht es um Gefahren, Schutzmaßnahmen der #Eichhörnchen #sciurusVulgaris und deren Anpassungen an die #StadtNatur 🐿️📢 Hört rein: linktr.ee/wild_derpodc...
February 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Finally out. #wolf #population viability analysis. In German only:

www.bfn.de/publikationen

Corresponding English publications:

Demographic analysis available:
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Habitat model w telemetry data:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
December 23, 2024 at 10:16 AM
#PhDone by Seth Wong @IZWBerlin @tuberlin.bsky.social on ecological impacts of forestry practices on #mammal communities in Malaysian Borneo, published in 3 articles:
@biotropica.bsky.social doi 10.1111/btp.13320
@Ecol_Evol doi 10.1002/ece3.9337
@ESAecosphere (to come)
December 15, 2024 at 4:19 PM

Paper re-alert by PhD student An Nguyen unveiling Vietnam's Annamites wonders. Rare & endemic species revealed post-game hunting impact. Present-day snaring jeopardizes their existence! Urgent action needed! #Annamites #EndangeredSpecies #StopSnaring
Cons Sci Pract:
🔗 Read doi.org/10.1111/csp2...
December 1, 2024 at 7:58 PM
📄by amazing Sinah Drenske on activity adjustment of #redSquirrels #sciurusVulgaris to urban environments 🔽
doi.org/10.3389/fevo... in FrontiersEcolEvol
#citizenScience #cameraTraps #Berlin #PhDAppreciation
December 1, 2024 at 7:35 PM
New 📰 by @GrabowMarius @naturecomms.bsky.social: High-resolution #movement analysis reveals fascinating insights into the ripple effects of #infection!
#diseaseEcology meets #movementEcology
doi doi.org/10.1038/s420...
December 1, 2024 at 7:30 PM