Lori Lawson Handley
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Lori Lawson Handley
@lorihandley.bsky.social
#Molecular ecology, #eDNA, #invasive species, #freshwater, #citizen_science, #rewilding, #birdnerd, #nature_journaling, #wildlife_photography …
Second day of #RSPB #BigGardenBirdWatch and an even bigger haul… 50 birds from 17 species this morning.

Highlight - this cracking little treecreeper, a fairly regular visitor to our damson but nice he put in an appearance for the survey!

Lowlight - no tree sparrows or greenfinch this year 🤔
January 26, 2025 at 9:46 AM
We found…
1) #eDNA #metabarcoding is underutilised in terrestrial contexts vs aquatic systems

2) Few studies sample multiple substrates or measure functional diversity metrics

3) sampling design, substrate(s) & assay choice should be carefully considered as they are highly context dependent.
January 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Congratulations to @clarecowgill.bsky.social on publishing your first PhD paper 🎉… a systematic review and recommendations for monitoring terrestrial #rewilding with #eDNA

www.frontiersin.org/journals/con...
January 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Well, today is the end of an era… very emotional to leave my wonderful colleagues in biology at the #UniofHull #EvoHull and #Rewild cluster after over 17 years. Thank you so much for a wonderful send off and all your support. You’re amazing.
December 16, 2024 at 8:56 PM
So proud of this lot… 4 first big conference talks at #BES2024 by @clareycollins.bsky.social @clarecowgill.bsky.social Matthew Morgan and Tom Spencer from #UniofHull #Rewild research cluster + #EvoHull and they all smashed it! 👏👏👏👏
December 13, 2024 at 5:46 PM