It’s the end of #EcoNet2025 and what better way to celebrate than an exploration of Bamburgh Castle and walk on the beach

Our latest nutcracker paper is out!

In a collaborative effort between @sgn.one and @vogelwarte.bsky.social we show how bird age can affect seed dispersal 🐥🌱

#ProcB @royalsocietypublishing.org Avian seed dispersal function is age dependent
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

@matthiastschumi.bsky.social

Ha muerto el gran Sebastião Salgado.

Happy to share that the first paper of my PhD is out!

We developed a trait-based framework 🌱🦜 to quantify how plant-frugivore interactions and animal movement shape plant functional connectivity—the dispersal of seeds between habitat patches.

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

In a sentence never before uttered by humans, I am delighted to share that an alligator stole my conservation instructor’s hat by jauntily walking into the water while wearing it 🐊

Raise a glass to Dr Rabeau, celebrating his viva today in Silwood bar. 🥂 Thanks to Rich Gill and Ilya Maclean for examining. 4 amazing Drs recently graduating from the lab in this pic, and 2 pre-Drs 🥰 @jyang19.bsky.social @ra-barber.bsky.social

Posters, pints, and presentations 📊🍺🗣️

Thank you @britishecolsoc.bsky.social for hosting a great conference in Liverpool! It is wonderful to be part of such an engaging community.

📣Our May issue is out now!📣

📗On the cover: a spotted nutcracker carrying a cone of Swiss stone pine, courtesy of Valentin Graf🐦

Read it here👇
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👀Behind the Paper!👀

🌲Valentin Graf, a PhD student at the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, discusses the importance of moving from species to individual scale in ecology, overcoming research setbacks, and the benefits of aerial fieldwork🐦

Read it here👇
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Can we use tree-related microhabitats (TreMs)🌳 as indicators of #tropical #biodiversity? Our new study led by Giovanni Bianco shows that TreM diversity actually increases with temperature and decreases with human impact on Kilimanjaro 🇹🇿 Now published in Ecological Indicators: doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...