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Ollie Spacey @biolliegist.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

cool paper reframing what we mean by a "niche" in ecology... it all comes back to demography 🌱

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Sean Pang @seh-pang.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

📜New Paper📜@ecography.bsky.social Species distributions aren’t just about where species occur, but how survival, reproduction and development vary across environments. We formalise the Demographic Niche Concept to link niche theory and demography. nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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SalGo Team @salgoteam.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Our very own @biolliegist.bsky.social and @erolafenollosa.bsky.social will be will be part of this event next week. It’s always timely and important to discuss gender biases in quantitative ecology 🌈📊 @biology.ox.ac.uk #GenderBiasInScience #QuantitativeEcology

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Ollie Spacey @biolliegist.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Anyone interested in queer ecology, forests or SDMs... roll up! 🌲🌈📈

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Ollie Spacey @biolliegist.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Do you research disease models/epidemiology? Come join the next installation in our free seminar series TOMORROW - an awesome talk on brucellosis dynamics in wild ibex! 🦌

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Ollie Spacey @biolliegist.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

starting in just over half an hour! check it out 🌊

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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

📣 One more day to register! 📣 We kick off tomorrow at 9am BST.

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Ollie Spacey @biolliegist.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Our first Quantifying Ecology webinar! This series of collaborations with different groups across the BES should give something for everyone interested in nature and numbers - check it out: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/quan... 🐠🔢

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Quantifying Ecology - British Ecological Society

The Quantitative Ecology SIG are teaming up with a cohort of BES groups to put on a series of free webinars exploring all facets of quantitative ecology.

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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Quantitative methods underpin all of ecology - whether we like it or not! Join our new webinar series, 🌱📈 Quantifying Ecology 📈🌱, where we team up with other BES SIGs to explore quantitative methods in their research fields. Kicking off on 5th Aug. Keep following for updates and links!

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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Thrilled to announce our webinar series: 🌱📈 Quantifying Ecology 📈🌱 We are collaborating with our SIG friends to bring you quantitative methods in different ecological contexts. Kicking off with Dr @jamesaorr.bsky.social and @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social on 5th August. More details to come!

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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Mistletoe super-host in Cambridge @robsalgo.bsky.social

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Ollie Spacey @biolliegist.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

The lovely weather doesn't just mean spring is coming, it means the #mistletoe season is almost up! Send in your records of mistletoe in the UK to MistleGO! before the trees grow new leaves! treecouncil.org.uk/science-and-...

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Mistletoe research - The Tree Council

More than just a symbol of Christmas Mistletoe has an air of Christmas magic, but it is, in fact, a parasite with a fascinating relationship with trees. European mistletoe (Viscum album) grows in gre...

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Streaming Spires Podcast Network @streamingspires.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Sneak peak number 2 :) Please find a minute to head on over to YouTube and subscribe. THANK YOU! www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Y...

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 07/02/2025

Botany valentine. Another from years past. New one on Monday!

Beautiful red roses on a pink background with flowing script saying "Roses are red," Violets budding and blooming. "Violets are blue," Hydnora plants opening up looking like terrifying red mouths bursting from the hard sandy soil. "Hydnora are leafless, bizarrely fleshy, and incapable of producing chlorophyll," A splash of cute red and pink hearts. "And so are you. Happy Valentine's Day."

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Ollie Spacey @biolliegist.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Just over a month left to record the #mistletoe in your area via the MistleGO survey! Find out more here: treecouncil.org.uk/science-and-...

Mistletoe clumps in poplar trees, taken from below

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James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Mistletoe isn't particularly common in North Lincolnshire, but I'm lucky to have a site not far from home. I don't remember ever seeing it in an Alder before; I'm not sure how unusual this host is. I've submitted it via the MistleGo app - I hope @biolliegist.bsky.social will be pleased!

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Natalie Cooper @nhcooper123.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

We've now got the green light to revamp this booklet and we're looking for volunteers to write/peer review sections. Express your interest here: forms.gle/ZYFLPaC3k2RF.... We want to feature diverse ECR writers from across the world. Women of colour are especially encouraged!

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BES Guide to Reproducible Code Refresh!

In the simpler days of 2015/16 we wrote the BES Guide to Reproducible Code. It’s time for a refresh! Would you like to help? We're looking for early career researchers (PhDs/postdocs) to contribute, e...

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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

'Quantitative Ecology' means different things to different people, but one thing's for sure: we can't avoid using numbers in ecological research. Complete our survey today to let us know what it means to you, and help us tailor our resources and events to our members' needs. 📋 shorturl.at/n6jRd

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Microsoft Forms

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Leonardo A. Saravia @larysar.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

One Health Needs Ecology!! “There needs to be more emphasis on the ecological component of One Health as we consider the problems of biodiversity loss, climate extremes, habitat fragmentation, and emerging disease” www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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Ollie Spacey @biolliegist.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Such a fun meeting! If you’re an ecologist that uses stats/other quantitative methods, let us know how we can support you! 🔢💯

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SalGo Team @salgoteam.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Day 2 of #BES2024 - more great talks and posters to check out today! 🦭🎄🧪

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SalGo Team @salgoteam.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Day 1 of #BES2024 is underway 🎉 Check out today’s talks and posters by #SalGoTeam members 🧪

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Ollie Spacey @biolliegist.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Spent the morning at OUMNH trying to convince Year 9s that #mistletoe is not just for Christmas - thank you for the opportunity @morethanadodo.bsky.social ! 🎄🌱🧪

Lecture hall at OUMNH from back, showing year 9s watching me present a slide “Mistletoe is just another Christmas plant…” with a Christmas tree, poinsettia, holly and mistletoe. Photo: Sarah Lloyd

Me stood at a lectern at the front of the lecture theatre presenting title slide “Mistletoe: Not just for Christmas!”

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Young Jun Lee @yjmosslee.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Very excited to be presenting preliminary results of my master's research with @salgoteam.bsky.social at #BES2024! Find me at the poster session on Weds (A17.10) to chat about life stage-dependent plant competition and quantitative modelling of its impact on community dynamics and coexistence 🌿📈

An illustration depicting the key idea of the research project. The text in the top left reads "PICK ON SOMEONE YOUR OWN SIZE?" in all caps. Below are two characters representing large reproductive individuals of different species of Asteraceae, and two characters representing small individuals of these species. The large individuals are drawn engaging in a fight in an argument, as well as the small individuals. However, the fight is only happening between individuals of the same life stage.

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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Meet us for our joint social with the BES Teaching & Learning Group at next week's BES Annual Meeting for food, fun and new faces! We'll be at the Pump House at 7.15pm on Wed, just 10 mins from the conference venue. Make sure to bring along your quizzing brains! 🧠 maps.app.goo.gl/22sq5M286w3e...

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Ollie Spacey @biolliegist.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Ecologists at #BES2024 ! 🌿 Come along to the social ran by Teaching and Learning and Quantitative Groups :) There’ll be food, drinks, games and wonderful company ✨

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Ollie Spacey @biolliegist.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

It's 1st December... which means it's time for my merry #mistletoe advent calendar! One mistletoe fact a day up to Christmas (without repeating myself from last year...) 🎄🌱🧪 (1/26)

European mistletoe with green slender leaves and white berries in golden sunlight

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Oxford Biology @biology.ox.ac.uk · 27/11/2024

Taking a berry from a mistletoe this Xmas? For our inaugural 🎄Christmas lecture 🎄on the 17th Dec at 6pm we have @biolliegist.bsky.social telling us all about his mistletoe research. We caught up with Ollie for a sneak peak📽️ youtu.be/1MiUNRGHbnE

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Christmas Lecture 24 - promo

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Rob Salguero-Gómez @robsalgo.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

When it comes to mistletoes, "'Tis the season" all year round! Check out this interview with SkyNews by @salgoteam.bsky.social PhD student @biolliegist.bsky.social at time mark 2:52:30 www.youtube.com/live/O8it38z... @oxfordbiology.bsky.social

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a bunch of mistletoe hanging from a red string

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Ollie Spacey @biolliegist.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Let’s keep the #mistletoe tradition alive! (but no, “wokery” is not to blame for it declining…) www.youtube.com/live/O8it38z... (2:52:30)

Split screen of Kay Burley on Sky News on the left and me on the right with a sprig of mistletoe behind me. The base text reads “Mistletoe traditions: is the mistletoe tradition dying?”

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Ollie Spacey @biolliegist.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Loved presenting our MistleGO! citizen science at the @bsbibotany.bsky.social conference today! Get involved and record your local mistletoe this winter: treecouncil.org.uk/science-and-...

Me stood in front of my poster, entitled “MistleGO”

Me stood in front of the black sign to the Natural History Museum

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