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Celestine Adelmant @celestineadelmant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Cue the rest of my PhD - excuse the pun!

Celestine Adelmant @celestineadelmant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

6/6 This study suggests that the effect of temperature on bird breeding is both direct and indirect. To predict future responses 🔮, we must understand how each trophic level responds to biotic 🍃 and abiotic 🌡️ cues. This requires a multi-trophic, mechanistic approach at more local scales 🏠️

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Celestine Adelmant @celestineadelmant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

5/6 We find that both species respond strongly to tree phenology 🌳 and temperature🌡️. In great tits🟡, the temperature effect seems to be mostly indirect, mediated by the annual change in tree phenology🌳 . In pied flycatchers, we see both an indirect effect, and a strong direct effect of temperature

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Celestine Adelmant @celestineadelmant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

4/6 We used 35 populations of great tits 🟡 and pied flycatchers⚫️ across Europe, satellite-derived NDVI tree green-up data🌳, and large scale temperature datasets 🌡️ to explore the relationships between temperature, producer phenology, and bird breeding timing 🗓️ using a hierarchical bayesian SEM 🔁

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Celestine Adelmant @celestineadelmant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

3/6 But the effects of temperature on breeding timing are complex⁉️: birds may respond directly to temperature cues🌡️, or may respond indirectly to temperature-related changes in other trophic levels 🌳 🐛

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Celestine Adelmant @celestineadelmant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

2/6 Breeding timing has advanced across European passerine populations 📈 with many studies linking advancements to changes in temperature 🌡️

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Celestine Adelmant @celestineadelmant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

1/6 Today I am presenting at #BOUasm26 some work that inspired my PhD 🎓️ focused on disentangling the direct and indirect effects of temperature on bird breeding phenology 🌡️ 🌳 🐛 🐤

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Celestine Adelmant @celestineadelmant.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

That's a wrap on the 2026 Wytham breeding season - the earliest on record! Here are some summary stats from my fieldwork this year 📈🪺🐛🐣 @egioxford.bsky.social

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Celestine Adelmant @celestineadelmant.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Yesterday, I organised my first workshop with @egioxford.bsky.social ! ✍🏻🖥️ Huge thank you to Dr Alexandra Cones (LMU Munich) for a fantastic introduction to multivariate models in STAN. A really useful, fun session and a great jumping off point for exploring STAN's uses in ecological research!

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Edward Grey Institute @egioxford.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

First sight of a new generation... The first Great Tit eggs have hatched in Wytham Woods this morning.

A quick photo of a Great Tit nest in Wytham Woods, taken during standard nest-monitoring protocol. A female Great Tit lying to one side on the nest, with three eggs and two just hatched nestlings visible in a nest constructed of moss and animal hair

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Celestine Adelmant @celestineadelmant.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Looks like my first field season at Wytham woods will be an early one! 🪺🐦

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Edward Grey Institute @egioxford.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

This week's EGI seminar will be given by Prof Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social from Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz @unimainz.bsky.social on the role of time in avian trade-offs. All welcome in person in LT1 in LaMB @biology.ox.ac.uk 3.30pm on 6 March. Also live-streamed: details available ⬇️

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Edward Grey Institute @egioxford.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

This week's seminar will be given by Dr Paul Acker from NTNU, Norway on "Processes of life-history adaptation to spatio-seasonal environmental changes" - seminar at 3.30 on Friday in Life & Mind Building @biology.ox.ac.uk All welcome & will also be streamed - see details below

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Edward Grey Institute @egioxford.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

This week's EGI seminar in @biology.ox.ac.uk will be given by Dr Kirsty MacPhie from @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social on the contrasting insights to be drawn from studies of phenology in @phenoweb.bsky.social and @rumdeerresearch.bsky.social. Usual time and place - details below with streaming info ⬇️

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Edward Grey Institute @egioxford.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Delighted to begin this term's seminars with Malcolm Burgess @piedflynet.bsky.social from @rspb.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social on Migration behaviour, demography & phenology of declining migratory birds. Seminar at 3.30 on 16 Jan in LT1 in the LaMB @biology.ox.ac.uk: all welcome - see details ⬇️

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Edward Grey Institute @egioxford.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

This week's seminar - last of this term - is our annual Christmas Seminar. We're welcoming Prof Tim Birkhead back to where he studied as a DPhil student ~50 years ago (can you can spot him in this 1978 photo?) Tim will be talking about "Sperm to Egg: Making a Biologist" - 3pm LT1 in the LaMB

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Celestine Adelmant @celestineadelmant.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Kicking off my PhD training with the Open, Reproducible, and Transparent Science course in Norway! *Strong evidence suggests that regular dog cuddles between sessions make students more likely to pay attention in stats lectures (Adelmant et al. 2025 - under review!)

Students shivering at the top of a snow capped mountain after a hard day learning reproducible science!

Students walk (slip) down an icy path down a mountain

Celestine cuddles the course mascot between sessions

Student having hand shaken by course mascot (border collie dog) after a hard day's work!

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Celestine Adelmant @celestineadelmant.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

A wonderful first conference to kick off the start of my PhD!

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Rum Deer Research @rumdeerresearch.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Calving Team 2025 1st instalment @celestineadelmant.bsky.social Eve Morris @seanofrum.bsky.social @sarah-dobson.bsky.social Prof Josephine Pemberton and Ali Morris @isleofrum.bsky.social

Photo of the calf catching team in 2025 at Kilmory, Isle of Rum

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Celestine Adelmant @celestineadelmant.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Ringed this beautiful partially leucistic great tit last month in Warwickshire - talk about #embracethegrey!

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Celestine Adelmant @celestineadelmant.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

This frosty English weather is really making me miss my summer of #ecology #fieldwork 🌱 There's nothing quite like the community you build during fieldwork season -likeminded young #ecologists coming together to work on fun research projects and discuss varied topics from science to policy!

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Celestine Adelmant @celestineadelmant.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

So pleased to share our new paper on object transport decisions in @natureportfolio.bsky.social Scientific reports! We found that Goffins' cockatoos choose to carry light objects over heavy objects over short distances, but ignore weight balance cues. Check it out!

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