Geoffrey Mesbahi
@geoffreymesbahi.bsky.social
PhD - Agroecology and animal husbandry.
Grasslands, agroforestry, ruminant nutrition and animal behaviour. FiBL, Switzerland 🇨🇭
He/Him
Grasslands, agroforestry, ruminant nutrition and animal behaviour. FiBL, Switzerland 🇨🇭
He/Him
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🚨 New #agroforestry paper out @inrae-france.bsky.social & FiBL🚨
I am thrilled to share my latest paper "Seasonal dynamics of the nutritive value of temperate forage trees differ among species" 🌳🐄
10 years from field to print!
Free access 👉 doi.org/10.1007/s104...
🧵 1/n
I am thrilled to share my latest paper "Seasonal dynamics of the nutritive value of temperate forage trees differ among species" 🌳🐄
10 years from field to print!
Free access 👉 doi.org/10.1007/s104...
🧵 1/n
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What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
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I am looking for an intern to support my PhD project on multimodal communication in common marmosets! 🐒🌞
Minimum commitment is 3 months full-time. Please note that this is an unpaid position and that remote options are not available. BSc and MSc students are welcome!🥰
@nccrlanguage.bsky.social
Minimum commitment is 3 months full-time. Please note that this is an unpaid position and that remote options are not available. BSc and MSc students are welcome!🥰
@nccrlanguage.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I am looking for an intern to support my PhD project on multimodal communication in common marmosets! 🐒🌞
Minimum commitment is 3 months full-time. Please note that this is an unpaid position and that remote options are not available. BSc and MSc students are welcome!🥰
@nccrlanguage.bsky.social
Minimum commitment is 3 months full-time. Please note that this is an unpaid position and that remote options are not available. BSc and MSc students are welcome!🥰
@nccrlanguage.bsky.social
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⚠️ Postdoc position on the #AgroForageTreeProject
Economic assessment of inovative grassland-based livestock production #economist #agriculture #postdoc #agroforestry
@agroscope.bsky.social
Economic assessment of inovative grassland-based livestock production #economist #agriculture #postdoc #agroforestry
@agroscope.bsky.social
Postdoc Researcher on the economic assessment of innovative grassland-based livestock production - Agroscope
Agroscope is looking for Postdoc Researcher on the economic assessment of innovative grassland-based livestock production
jobs.admin.ch
November 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
⚠️ Postdoc position on the #AgroForageTreeProject
Economic assessment of inovative grassland-based livestock production #economist #agriculture #postdoc #agroforestry
@agroscope.bsky.social
Economic assessment of inovative grassland-based livestock production #economist #agriculture #postdoc #agroforestry
@agroscope.bsky.social
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🐃🐦 Interested in how feral buffalo & cattle affect bird communities in Hong Kong?
Join our research team (@amcell.bsky.social, Prof. Kate Flay & me) at CityU HK through the DAAD RISE Paid Internship for German students.
Apply: shorturl.at/LvDe3 | Ref: HK_BI_0704| |📧: cgthadeus2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
Join our research team (@amcell.bsky.social, Prof. Kate Flay & me) at CityU HK through the DAAD RISE Paid Internship for German students.
Apply: shorturl.at/LvDe3 | Ref: HK_BI_0704| |📧: cgthadeus2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
November 17, 2025 at 3:32 AM
🐃🐦 Interested in how feral buffalo & cattle affect bird communities in Hong Kong?
Join our research team (@amcell.bsky.social, Prof. Kate Flay & me) at CityU HK through the DAAD RISE Paid Internship for German students.
Apply: shorturl.at/LvDe3 | Ref: HK_BI_0704| |📧: cgthadeus2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
Join our research team (@amcell.bsky.social, Prof. Kate Flay & me) at CityU HK through the DAAD RISE Paid Internship for German students.
Apply: shorturl.at/LvDe3 | Ref: HK_BI_0704| |📧: cgthadeus2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
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This was already demonstrated over half a century ago with the banning of DDT.
Why are we on repeat here?
share.google/tX0kljiyYfOn...
Why are we on repeat here?
share.google/tX0kljiyYfOn...
France’s birds start to show signs of recovery after bee-harming pesticide ban
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
share.google
November 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This was already demonstrated over half a century ago with the banning of DDT.
Why are we on repeat here?
share.google/tX0kljiyYfOn...
Why are we on repeat here?
share.google/tX0kljiyYfOn...
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We can map the world's existing forests with incredible accuracy now, but clearly we cannot (or will not) stop them from disappearing at rapid rates almost everywhere. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🌎
Natural forests of the world – a 2020 baseline for deforestation and degradation monitoring - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Natural forests of the world – a 2020 baseline for deforestation and degradation monitoring
www.nature.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
We can map the world's existing forests with incredible accuracy now, but clearly we cannot (or will not) stop them from disappearing at rapid rates almost everywhere. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🌎
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I have a new role with J Zool 🔽, as Reviews Editor, along with Prof. Richelle Tanner. Please get in touch if you have any questions or ideas for a potential Review or "Perspective" article: zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...
November 17, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I have a new role with J Zool 🔽, as Reviews Editor, along with Prof. Richelle Tanner. Please get in touch if you have any questions or ideas for a potential Review or "Perspective" article: zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...
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⚠️ New paper out! Impact of Highland cattle #grazing on shrub #encroachment and plant #diversity in alpine grasslands.
@agroscope.bsky.social @snsf.ch #OpenAccess
@agroscope.bsky.social @snsf.ch #OpenAccess
Highland cattle grazing reduces shrubland cover and increases plant diversity in green alder-encroached pastures
Alnus viridis is a shrub species encroaching mountain pastures in Central Europe, with negative economic and ecological consequences. Targeted grazing…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:30 AM
⚠️ New paper out! Impact of Highland cattle #grazing on shrub #encroachment and plant #diversity in alpine grasslands.
@agroscope.bsky.social @snsf.ch #OpenAccess
@agroscope.bsky.social @snsf.ch #OpenAccess
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Ce matin j'ai eu l'honneur d'être l'invitée de l'émission CQFD sur RTS la 1ère ! C'est génial d'avoir eu une longue interview où j'ai eu le temps de développer, nuancer, et raconter des anecdotes ! Merci à Cécile Guerin et l'équipe @armorique.ici.fr !
www.rts.ch/audio-podcas...
www.rts.ch/audio-podcas...
Grande invitée : Mélissa Berthet, éthologue et spécialiste du langage des primates | RTS
Originaire de Savoie, Melissa Berthet a fait de l’écoute des animaux son métier. Après un master à Rennes et une thèse à l’Université de Neuchâtel, elle suit au Brésil des singes titis qu’elle identif...
www.rts.ch
November 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Ce matin j'ai eu l'honneur d'être l'invitée de l'émission CQFD sur RTS la 1ère ! C'est génial d'avoir eu une longue interview où j'ai eu le temps de développer, nuancer, et raconter des anecdotes ! Merci à Cécile Guerin et l'équipe @armorique.ici.fr !
www.rts.ch/audio-podcas...
www.rts.ch/audio-podcas...
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⚠️ 🐬 New scientific critique of the Faroe Island pilot whale hunt: Our new welfare assessment published in Biology Letters highlights the negative impacts on pilot whales hunted in the #FaroeIslands & disproves claims that the hunt is swift and efficient. 1/3
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
⚠️ 🐬 New scientific critique of the Faroe Island pilot whale hunt: Our new welfare assessment published in Biology Letters highlights the negative impacts on pilot whales hunted in the #FaroeIslands & disproves claims that the hunt is swift and efficient. 1/3
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🌳 Ever wondered how culture and nature evolve together? Our latest paper in People and Nature explores Eastern Europe’s ancient wood pastures—their ecology, heritage & resilience. A milestone from the IfaS & Babeș-Bolyai team of the Transylvanian Wood Pasture project 🌿
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🌳 Ever wondered how culture and nature evolve together? Our latest paper in People and Nature explores Eastern Europe’s ancient wood pastures—their ecology, heritage & resilience. A milestone from the IfaS & Babeș-Bolyai team of the Transylvanian Wood Pasture project 🌿
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
🇫🇷 Webinaire - L'agroforesterie en France - 06.11.2025 🇫🇷
Présentation des expériences acquises en France, où de nombreuses installations agroforestières sont déjà bien établies.
Intervenant.e.s : Fabien Liagre (AGROOF), Sterenn le Guernic (FiBL), Martin Trouillard (FiBL)
▶️ shorturl.at/758Xw
Présentation des expériences acquises en France, où de nombreuses installations agroforestières sont déjà bien établies.
Intervenant.e.s : Fabien Liagre (AGROOF), Sterenn le Guernic (FiBL), Martin Trouillard (FiBL)
▶️ shorturl.at/758Xw
L'agroforesterie en France
La plate-forme des agriculteurs bio
www.bioactualites.ch
November 3, 2025 at 10:38 AM
🇫🇷 Webinaire - L'agroforesterie en France - 06.11.2025 🇫🇷
Présentation des expériences acquises en France, où de nombreuses installations agroforestières sont déjà bien établies.
Intervenant.e.s : Fabien Liagre (AGROOF), Sterenn le Guernic (FiBL), Martin Trouillard (FiBL)
▶️ shorturl.at/758Xw
Présentation des expériences acquises en France, où de nombreuses installations agroforestières sont déjà bien établies.
Intervenant.e.s : Fabien Liagre (AGROOF), Sterenn le Guernic (FiBL), Martin Trouillard (FiBL)
▶️ shorturl.at/758Xw
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In our new article led by Gabriele Midolo, published in Ecology Letters, we show that plant species richness in European plant communities generally decreased between the 1960s and 1980s. However, since the 1990s, this trend seems to have stopped or even reversed.
dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele....
dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele....
November 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
In our new article led by Gabriele Midolo, published in Ecology Letters, we show that plant species richness in European plant communities generally decreased between the 1960s and 1980s. However, since the 1990s, this trend seems to have stopped or even reversed.
dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele....
dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele....
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‼️ Call for papers!
We're looking forward to your submissions to our Special Feature on “Scaling laws in (vegetation) ecology”
🌿First deadline for abstract submission: 30 November 2025
🌿Second deadline: Spring 2026
🌿Last deadline: Summer 2026
We're looking forward to your submissions to our Special Feature on “Scaling laws in (vegetation) ecology”
🌿First deadline for abstract submission: 30 November 2025
🌿Second deadline: Spring 2026
🌿Last deadline: Summer 2026
Invitation to contribute to a Special Feature on “Scaling laws in (vegetation) ecology” in the Journal of Vegetation Science - vegsciblog.org
Posted by Jürgen Dengler (Chair of the Guest Editors) Outline: Scaling laws are ubiquitous in ecology. Ignoring them can lead
vegsciblog.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
‼️ Call for papers!
We're looking forward to your submissions to our Special Feature on “Scaling laws in (vegetation) ecology”
🌿First deadline for abstract submission: 30 November 2025
🌿Second deadline: Spring 2026
🌿Last deadline: Summer 2026
We're looking forward to your submissions to our Special Feature on “Scaling laws in (vegetation) ecology”
🌿First deadline for abstract submission: 30 November 2025
🌿Second deadline: Spring 2026
🌿Last deadline: Summer 2026
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Annual #Agroecology Public Lecture Series is back! 🌾
Join experts in science, policy & food system transformation.
📅 Tuesdays, 16:15 CET 🗓️ Nov 4, 11, 18 💻 Zoom
Learn how #Agroecology is key to a resilient future.
🔗 bit.ly/4hqQH8J
#FoodSystems #Sustainability
Join experts in science, policy & food system transformation.
📅 Tuesdays, 16:15 CET 🗓️ Nov 4, 11, 18 💻 Zoom
Learn how #Agroecology is key to a resilient future.
🔗 bit.ly/4hqQH8J
#FoodSystems #Sustainability
October 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Annual #Agroecology Public Lecture Series is back! 🌾
Join experts in science, policy & food system transformation.
📅 Tuesdays, 16:15 CET 🗓️ Nov 4, 11, 18 💻 Zoom
Learn how #Agroecology is key to a resilient future.
🔗 bit.ly/4hqQH8J
#FoodSystems #Sustainability
Join experts in science, policy & food system transformation.
📅 Tuesdays, 16:15 CET 🗓️ Nov 4, 11, 18 💻 Zoom
Learn how #Agroecology is key to a resilient future.
🔗 bit.ly/4hqQH8J
#FoodSystems #Sustainability
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Exciting ASAB news: increased grant money 💰💰 😍😍
📣 @asab.org grants BOOSTED! 📣
We've increased most of our research-related grants by 50%, effective from the next deadline of 1st Feb 2026.
Check out what we offer here:
www.asab.org/grant-overview
We've increased most of our research-related grants by 50%, effective from the next deadline of 1st Feb 2026.
Check out what we offer here:
www.asab.org/grant-overview
October 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Exciting ASAB news: increased grant money 💰💰 😍😍
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I have learned to always question "veg data" taken by wildlife folks. Sorry, not sorry.
Researchers challenge claim of a strong Yellowstone trophic cascade after wolf reintroduction
🌎
phys.org/news/2025-10...
🌎
phys.org/news/2025-10...
Researchers challenge claim of a strong Yellowstone trophic cascade after wolf reintroduction
A new analysis challenges one of the most publicized claims about Yellowstone's wolves. In a detailed comment published in Global Ecology and Conservation, researchers from Utah State University and C...
phys.org
October 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I have learned to always question "veg data" taken by wildlife folks. Sorry, not sorry.
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🌿 Meet the Partner: FiBL
🔬Led by Veronika Maurer, FiBL drives the science behind SCALE-it testing sustainable alternatives to copper, fertilizers, antibiotics, and more.
A global leader in organic farming, FiBL turns research into solutions for resilient agriculture. 💚
#SCALE_it #HorizonEurope
🔬Led by Veronika Maurer, FiBL drives the science behind SCALE-it testing sustainable alternatives to copper, fertilizers, antibiotics, and more.
A global leader in organic farming, FiBL turns research into solutions for resilient agriculture. 💚
#SCALE_it #HorizonEurope
October 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
🌿 Meet the Partner: FiBL
🔬Led by Veronika Maurer, FiBL drives the science behind SCALE-it testing sustainable alternatives to copper, fertilizers, antibiotics, and more.
A global leader in organic farming, FiBL turns research into solutions for resilient agriculture. 💚
#SCALE_it #HorizonEurope
🔬Led by Veronika Maurer, FiBL drives the science behind SCALE-it testing sustainable alternatives to copper, fertilizers, antibiotics, and more.
A global leader in organic farming, FiBL turns research into solutions for resilient agriculture. 💚
#SCALE_it #HorizonEurope
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October 21, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Open Letter by scientists to the Council:
"Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”.
Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025,
2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets.
zenodo.org/records/1739...
"Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”.
Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025,
2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets.
zenodo.org/records/1739...
October 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Open Letter by scientists to the Council:
"Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”.
Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025,
2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets.
zenodo.org/records/1739...
"Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”.
Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025,
2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets.
zenodo.org/records/1739...
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Professorship for Co-development of livestock-based mixed cropping systems 🐄🌾
ZALF + Universität Kassel
Lead a research group at ZALF 🌍 | Teach in Witzenhausen 🎓
🌱 Want to co-design circular #organic #farming systems?
#Agroecology #Sustainability #JobAlert #Agriculture
stellen.uni-kassel.d...
ZALF + Universität Kassel
Lead a research group at ZALF 🌍 | Teach in Witzenhausen 🎓
🌱 Want to co-design circular #organic #farming systems?
#Agroecology #Sustainability #JobAlert #Agriculture
stellen.uni-kassel.d...
October 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Professorship for Co-development of livestock-based mixed cropping systems 🐄🌾
ZALF + Universität Kassel
Lead a research group at ZALF 🌍 | Teach in Witzenhausen 🎓
🌱 Want to co-design circular #organic #farming systems?
#Agroecology #Sustainability #JobAlert #Agriculture
stellen.uni-kassel.d...
ZALF + Universität Kassel
Lead a research group at ZALF 🌍 | Teach in Witzenhausen 🎓
🌱 Want to co-design circular #organic #farming systems?
#Agroecology #Sustainability #JobAlert #Agriculture
stellen.uni-kassel.d...
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Snow leopards have the lowest genetic diversity of all big cats due to persistently small population sizes throughout their evolutionary history, which may make recovery from human hunting and habitat loss challenging. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/HM3350XeeBY
October 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Snow leopards have the lowest genetic diversity of all big cats due to persistently small population sizes throughout their evolutionary history, which may make recovery from human hunting and habitat loss challenging. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/HM3350XeeBY
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#Postdoc in #landscape ecology with me
How does plant species traits influence communities responce to environmental change? An unique re-survey data set from the UK will be used to explore & test hypotheses about dispersal and persistence 🧪🌍
Apply 30th of November
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
How does plant species traits influence communities responce to environmental change? An unique re-survey data set from the UK will be used to explore & test hypotheses about dispersal and persistence 🧪🌍
Apply 30th of November
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Postdoctoral Fellow in Landscape Ecology
Department of Physical Geography is one of the major departments within the Faculty of Science. The department has approximately 100 employees and educates approximately 1 000 students annually. Our r
su.varbi.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
#Postdoc in #landscape ecology with me
How does plant species traits influence communities responce to environmental change? An unique re-survey data set from the UK will be used to explore & test hypotheses about dispersal and persistence 🧪🌍
Apply 30th of November
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
How does plant species traits influence communities responce to environmental change? An unique re-survey data set from the UK will be used to explore & test hypotheses about dispersal and persistence 🧪🌍
Apply 30th of November
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Our department at UBC is hiring for a professor of forest ecophysiology, including "tree ecophysiology; plant abiotic or biotic stress physiology; forest mortality and climate change responses; forest carbon balance; tree water relations; or nutrient use." Learn more at: tinyurl.com/5da56f5c
October 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Our department at UBC is hiring for a professor of forest ecophysiology, including "tree ecophysiology; plant abiotic or biotic stress physiology; forest mortality and climate change responses; forest carbon balance; tree water relations; or nutrient use." Learn more at: tinyurl.com/5da56f5c
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Interested in community-scale trait environment relationships? Check out commecometrics R package by Maria Aleja Materon Hurtado and A. Michelle Lawing! @tamueccb.bsky.social
Also at bdj.pensoft.net/article/1682...
Also at bdj.pensoft.net/article/1682...
October 17, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Interested in community-scale trait environment relationships? Check out commecometrics R package by Maria Aleja Materon Hurtado and A. Michelle Lawing! @tamueccb.bsky.social
Also at bdj.pensoft.net/article/1682...
Also at bdj.pensoft.net/article/1682...