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Eugenio Carlon

@ecarlonminoia.bsky.social
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PhD candidate at University of Glasgow Movement and Molecular ecology in the Anthropocene. 🦉🌃 Also interested in remote sensing, food security and One Health.

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Eugenio Carlon @ecarlonminoia.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Land use decisions can be greatly impactful on the environment and communities of the territory. But some communities systematically suffer more for the gain of others. 🏗️🛢️⛱️🌅🌊 Check out this interesting new paper ⬇️ in @commssustain.nature.com
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Glasgow Tawny Owl Project @glasgowtawnyowlprj.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Very delighted to have contributed to this study, led by Gian Luigi Bucciolini (University of Turku) exploring how tawny owls use nestboxes throughout the year and what these shelters mean beyond the breeding season 🦉 Paper here ⬇️ nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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iMARES_group @imares-group.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
🚨 Paper Alert! Penguins are on the move, and conservation must move with them. A new iMARES-led study, first-authored by Dr. @Fran_seabird, explores how climate change could reshape penguin habitats across the Southern Hemisphere 🌍 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.... ICM-CSIC 🧵👇
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Eugenio Carlon @ecarlonminoia.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Had to share this very valuable and insightful paper led by @ioannis-kalaitz.bsky.social, with a wealth of great co-authors. Particularly interesting approach to compile and integrate literature with first-hand knowledge of so many experts of the field. #seabirds
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Jason Matthiopoulos @jasonmatth.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Just out! Spatial epidemiology of Avian flu in seabird populations. #HPAI, #Bayesian, #Conservation, #Panzootic, #Gannets, @jwejeglinski.bsky.social @heyjoode.bsky.social , @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @rspb.bsky.social @au.dk @heriotwattuni.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Between‐species contagion drives HPAI transmission and mass mortality in seabirds
Modelling the unprecedented avian panzootic caused by High-Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) across the Northeast Atlantic gannet breeding metapopulation, we estimated 28% (95% CI: 21%–34%) HPAI-r...
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Science is an international endeavour and for many researchers English is their 2nd or 3rd language, so now JEB encourages you to submit an additional abstract in your own language or that of the region where you performed your research journals.biologists.com/jeb/pages/jo... Spread the word 🔁
A graphic with the word for 'Abstract' in various languages, including Hawaiian, Mandarin, German and French
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Konrad Lorenz Research Center @klf-univienna.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
New paper: The impact of urban-related sensory and risk factors on owls: a systematic review 🦉 link.springer.com/article/10.1... @univie.ac.at @pesumas.bsky.social
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Sarah Worsley @sarahfworsley.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
🚨New paper 🚨“Gut Microbiome Communities Vary Across Translocated Populations of the Seychelles Warbler” 🐥🏝️💩http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.73750
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Gut Microbiome Communities Vary Across Translocated Populations of the Seychelles Warbler
Conservation translocations are an increasingly common tool used to help combat species extinction but their success is dependent on a wide range of abiotic and biotic factors. To date, the potential...
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Federico De Pascalis @fdepa1.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Happy to see our new paper out in @royalsocietypublishing.org Biology Letters! 🌊🐦 A look into how the smallest seabirds deal with the windscape during movements across the open ocean. tinyurl.com/57vvpfsp
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Storm petrels trade movement speed for information gain
Abstract. Animals travelling through air or water can benefit from surrounding flows. This is evident in procellariforms, oceanic birds capable of undertak
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Eugenio Carlon @ecarlonminoia.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Really cool work on PNAS on conservation genomics of Europe's most threatened seabird!
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Eugenio Carlon @ecarlonminoia.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Urban sensory pollutants, roads and risks for urban nocturnal avian predators. 🦉🌃🚦🚧 Very insightful new structured review out by Giuseppe Orlando, @dmdominoni.bsky.social and the @glasgowtawnyowlprj.bsky.social ! #owl #urban #conservation
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Glasgow Tawny Owl Project @glasgowtawnyowlprj.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Tawny Owl breeding season is underway 🦉A pair was recorded today at one of our nestboxes, with chicks present and plenty of prey delivered to the nest. Monitoring during this period allows us to assess breeding success, chick growth and parental investment. @ecarlonminoia.bsky.social #Ecology #Owls
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Chuen @chuenlee.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
New paper! 🐦🦠 Social Structure and Interactions Differentially Shape Aerotolerant and Anaerobic Gut Microbiomes in a Cooperative Breeding Species doi.org/10.1111/mec.... A 🧵
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Social Structure and Interactions Differentially Shape Aerotolerant and Anaerobic Gut Microbiomes in a Cooperative Breeding Species
Social transmission of microbes has profound impacts on disease epidemiology and host health. However, how social factors influence gut microbiome (GM) transmission in wild populations is not well un...
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Journal of Avian Biology @avianbiology.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Capilla-Lasheras and Risely review the current knowledge on the gut microbiome during migration, highlighting how microbial composition and function could influence energy balance and immune function ➡️ nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
Fig. 1 from the article: Conceptual summary outlining potential mechanistic links between migration, gut the microbiome (‘MB'), and migration performance, including variables likely to drive individual variation of gut microbiomes and its impact on (some of) host physiological parameters relevant to migration (metabolism [i.e. energetics] and immunity).
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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
🆕Scientists have uncovered a hidden link between gut health and the immune system – all thanks to a tiny island bird 🐦️ @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social @bioinf.bsky.social buff.ly/gUZdSJ9
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Island birds reveal surprising link between immunity and gut bacteria - Quadram Institute
Scientists have uncovered a hidden link between gut health and the immune system – thanks to the Seychelles warbler, a small songbird found on Cousin Island in the Seychelles
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Chuen @chuenlee.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
🧵 New paper! How does the immune system shape the gut microbiome in wild animals? We studied the Seychelles warbler using shotgun metagenomics to test how variation in MHC genes (key immune genes) influences both the taxonomy and function of gut microbes. rdcu.be/e7Wxv Here’s what we found 👇
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Host immunogenetic variation and gut microbiome functionality in a wild vertebrate population
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Artificial light at night, urban noise, psychoactive pollutants, agriculture, introduced species & a warming world are making it difficult to sleep. John Lesku & Anne Aulesebrook review how species are affected & suggest ways to minimise the impact #SensoryPerceptionInAChangingWorld bit.ly/469cNrT
Sensory Perception in a Changing World graphic. The graphic has a black background. 
The text in the top right says: Special Issue.
Next line: Sensory Perception in a Changing World
Next line: Guest Editors: Almut Kelber, Kathleen M. Gilmour and Sanjay Sane
Next line: the Journal of Experimental Biology logo
Left of graphic: image showing a moth drinking nectar from  cluster of white flowers against two circular green leaves
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Juan Carlos Illera @andalgalornis.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Even more striking: during the 2024 population crash, unprotected areas became critical refuges, while static reserve borders failed to track the species’ shifting distribution.
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Juan Carlos Illera @andalgalornis.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Conservation on oceanic islands cannot rely on fixed lines on a map. If we want to safeguard endemic species, we need dynamic protection strategies that work not only in good times, but especially during population declines. Read more: doi.org/10.1111/csp2...
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Effectiveness of territorial protection categories in conserving an endemic island bird during population fluctuation
Static boundaries of protected areas failed to capture the Canary Islands stonechat's shifting distribution patterns.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 14/02/2026
A study uncovers the mechanisms by which a parasitic wasp uses a virus that it produces from its own DNA to disrupt the development of the testes of its moth host, diverting host resources that would have gone to reproduction. In PNAS: ow.ly/uCMe50Yf4l6
Parasitic braconid wasp larva spinning a cocoon after emerging from its diamondback moth host. 
CREDIT: Zhejiang University
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 30/01/2026
Baculoviruses cause infected insects to climb, which helps the virus spread on the wind. A study finds that the virus activates tachykinin receptors, stimulating visual signaling pathways, which increases locomotion and phototaxis. In PNAS: ow.ly/37cV50Y6zaE
Infected cotton bollworm.
CREDIT: Lin Zhu
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Shaun Killen @shaunkillen.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Our new paper in @globalchangebio.bsky.social: artificial light at night creates an ecological trap for wild reef fish. Settlement ↑ under artificial light (up to 8× higher), but survival ~50% lower due to predation, disrupted settlement timing, and altered metabolic rhythms: doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
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Davide Dominoni @dmdominoni.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottis...
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Glasgow University study finds birds thrive in native trees
Blue tits rear more chicks in oak-rich UK woodlands, says University of Glasgow study, highlighting the importance of native trees for urban…
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Davide Dominoni @dmdominoni.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
In our new paper, we show that native trees, particularly oaks, are crucial to support blue tits reproduction, likely via increasing preferred insect prey. Very relevant for urban planning. Leveraging 9 years of data from our Glasgow Urban Gradient study system. Led by @clairebranston.bsky.social!
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Davide Dominoni @dmdominoni.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Fantastic PhD opportunity available! “Leveraging citizen science data to reveal latent mechanisms regulating bird population dynamics in urbanised landscapes”. Part of the Leverhulme Doctoral Training Program in Ecological Data Science: ecological-data-science.github.io/projects.html. More below.
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Ecological Data Science - Projects
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Nathalie Pettorelli @pettorelli.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Home student looking for a PhD & interested in AI, quantitative ecology & bridging the species to ecosystem divide? This ZSL project, entitled "AI-enabled construction of an ecosystem management framework that supports UK seabirds conservation", may be for you! See lnkd.in/edhp3_zy (deadline:12/1)
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Glasgow Tawny Owl Project @glasgowtawnyowlprj.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Great experience attending #BES2025 this week and presenting my poster. Very grateful to see my latest findings featured by @britishecologicalsociety.org. More updates on this work and on our owl project coming in 2026 🦉💡🚗 #owls #ecology #RaptorResearch
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Steffen Oppel @steffopp.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
NEW JOB in #ornithology with @RSPBScience to tag and track #seabirds on Rathlin Island: buff.ly/YXOCMiU
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Eugenio Carlon @ecarlonminoia.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Very interesting new research presented at BES by Giuseppe Orlando and the GTOP @glasgowtawnyowlprj.bsky.social ! 🦉🌃💡❓ -- @britishecologicalsociety.org @dmdominoni.bsky.social
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Eugenio Carlon @ecarlonminoia.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
New systematic review from @johankjensen.bsky.social and collegues* on the growing trend of "neophobia". Sounds like a great read! -- *Anna S. Persson, Masashi Soga
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Journal of Avian Biology @avianbiology.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
🎉 Congratulations to @pcapi.bsky.social and @alice-risely.bsky.social, the winners of the 2025 JAB review award for the best mini-review by early career researchers! 🏆 Winning article: vist.ly/4iq5m #ornithology #birds #award #review #microbiome #migration
The winners of the 2025 JAB Review award: Pablo Capilla-Lasheras and Alice Risely. Their mini review on 'migratory microbiomes' got the best scores of all accepted mini reviews.
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Glasgow Tawny Owl Project @glasgowtawnyowlprj.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
If you're at #BES2025 and interested in owls and how noise & light pollution affect their foraging behaviour, come to check out my owl poster 🦉💡🚗 #owls #ecology #ornithology #RaptorResearch
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Glasgow Tawny Owl Project @glasgowtawnyowlprj.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Assembling a new batch of #tawnyowl nestboxes for our project! Looking forward to putting them up and welcoming more owls this coming season 🦉 @e-carlon-m3.bsky.social #owls #RaptorResearch #ecology
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EcoEvoRxiv @ecoevorxiv.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Leveraging publicly available data to facilitate urban ecology and evolution DOI: doi.org/10.32942/X2C...
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Carina Nebel @carinanebel.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Interested in #RaptorResearch and #MovementEcology? 🧪 The #AnimalEcology Lab at @utu.fi has an open #PhDposition! We’ll be tagging WTEs with cutting-edge #GPS devices to study their early-life journeys. Curious to learn more? See the advert: shorturl.at/HMZ84 #PhDOpening #PhDChat #BioLogging
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Journal of Avian Biology @avianbiology.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
NEW PAPER: how bird diets and gut microbiomes shape each other: synthesizing how diet drives microbiome shifts, how microbes may steer diet choices, and outlining key questions and methods for studying diet–microbiome links. ➡️ vist.ly/4gjuw #ornithology #birds 🪶
Fig. 1 from the article: Hypothesized bidirectional pathways connecting the gut microbiome and diet in wild birds.Fig. 2 from the article: Proposed methodology of DNA extraction, PCR, and amplicon sequencing to characterize aspects of avian diet and gut microbiome from the same fecal sample. Researchers can also use the same DNA extract for microbial metagenomics, and they can perform an RNA extraction on the same fecal sample for transcriptomics analysis.
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David S Richardson @david-s-richardson.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
a wonderful, fully funded PhD opportunity Deadline approaching (ok not that quickly but you may forget over Christmas!) 7th January www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...
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Shaun Killen @shaunkillen.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
🧵1/9 There are 35,000+ fish species, but we have formal social-behaviour classifications for a tiny fraction. Most knowledge lives in the experience of researchers, fishers, divers, aquarists, naturalists, and Indigenous communities, but almost none of it is centralised. So we built ShoalBase.org.
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ShoalBase | Join, Explore, Contribute Now
ShoalBase offers a global database on fish social behaviour, supporting research, conservation, and ecology through community contributions and visual data mapping.
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
An incredible opportunity to work with the @rspb.bsky.social and Storm petrels as part of your Master's degree! 🕊️ #research #seabirds
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Juliet Turner @juliet-turner.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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Nature Reviews Biodiversity @natrevbiodiv.nature.com · 17/11/2025
New online! Mangrove biodiversity and ecosystem services
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Mangrove biodiversity and ecosystem services
Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Published online: 17 November 2025; doi:10.1038/s44358-025-00103-3Mangroves are valued for their diverse range of ecosystem services, but the role of biodiversity in supporting these services is not thoroughly understood. This Review examines the relationships between biodiversity, ecosystem processes and ecosystems services, and examines how future research could address knowledge gaps to guide effective, equitable mangrove conservation.
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Steffen Oppel @steffopp.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
NEW PAPER in #ornithology and #conservation reviews the marine threats to #seabirds and other marine #megafauna and confirms that #fisheries are a severe problem: buff.ly/5SXNdqr
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Chuen @chuenlee.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Amazing work by @gwest16.bsky.social and colleagues 🥳
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David S Richardson @david-s-richardson.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Genetic load, fitness and conservation in the Seychelles warbler. A wonderful PhD opportunity - spanning important evolutionary and conservation-relevant concepts. Come work with us lnkd.in/dtGaEJV2
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EcoEvoRxiv @ecoevorxiv.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
"Penguin diet from space: Links between sea ice, Antarctic food webs, and population change" doi.org/10.32942/X2K...
Integrating approaches from multiple fields, we developed a novel analytical pipeline for quantifying the diet of Adélie penguins, the most numerous seabird in Antarctica, from satellites.
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EcoEvoRxiv @ecoevorxiv.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
"Asynchrony of ageing among traits in a wild bird population" doi.org/10.32942/X27...
The age-specific trajectories of 13 phenotypic traits in individuals the Seychelles warbler population of Cousin Island (dates differ per dataset, minimum date 1981, maximum date 2022) identified through Generalized Additive Models. The x-axis is age in years, and the y-axis is the trait value; all traits, except for annual reproductive success, survival and malaria, are z-transformed. The solid black line depicts the model-predicted curve and the grey shaded areas depict the standard error. Blue points are raw data points. RTL = relative telomere length. ARS = Annual Reproductive Success. For buffy coat (Fig 1h & i), F indicates female, M indicates male.
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World Seabird Union @worldseabirdunion.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
A study in Nature Reviews Biodiversity, led by NIU biologist Holly Jones with contributions from NIU students and global experts, shows that restoring seabird populations can significantly protect biodiversity and enhance climate resilience. bit.ly/43M2SHt
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NIU-led global study reveals hidden power of seabirds | NIU Newsroom
Restoring seabird populations could help safeguard biodiversity and climate resilience across vast scales, a new study shows. Published this week in Nature Reviews Biodiversity, the...
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Ruedi Nager @ruedinager.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
How are movement patterns affected by energy expenditure & gain, and what does it mean for fitness? This @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD opportunity will use data on movement & demography of kittiwakes & spatio-temporal food abundance across their range iapetus.ac.uk/studentships... #ornithology
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Dr. Holly P Jones @dochpjones.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
I am very excited to share that we have a new paper out today in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com In it, we summarize the state of knowledge on the Circular Seabird Economy! 1/n 🧪 Link to paper here: rdcu.be/eMOUd
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Eugenio Carlon @ecarlonminoia.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Fantastic new review out highlighting the importance of #seabirds and the Circular Seabird Economy, for healthy marine- terrestrial ecosystems globally, and for local communities reliant on marine resources. 📚🏝️🐟 @dochpjones.bsky.social @lec-reefs.bsky.social @nickajgraham.bsky.social @nature.com
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