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Dr. Elina Takola🦎🦌🪲🐦‍⬛🌿

@elinatakola.bsky.social
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Group leader of BIOECOS (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig)□Postdoc□Meta-analyst□Ecologist□SORTEE advocacy committee member□Greek expat in Germany□ "I study the interactions of animals with their environment across scales."

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Individual-based Ecology @ibe.pensoft.net · 31/08/2026
🐦📊New R workflow quantifies individual niche specialisation from tracking #data. It uses Northern #lapwings & soil/land-use variables as a case study. The workflow is transferable across taxa. Full methods article: doi.org/10.3897/ibe.... Cc: @elinatakola.bsky.social
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Individual-based Ecology @ibe.pensoft.net · 25/08/2026
👉 For more insights from Dr. @elinatakola.bsky.social , check out @pensoft.net's blog: blog.pensoft.net/2026/08/25/n... If you're curious about Dr. Takola's work, check out her ResearchGate profile: h1.nu/1Bfm1 #Rstats #biodiversity #MoveEcol
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New Workflow Helps Ecologists Measure How Individual Animals Use Their Habitat | Blog
A new, reproducible R workflow that enables ecologists to standardise the measurement of individual differences in habitat use based on GPS data, demonstrated using data on 13 lapwings, has been publi...
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Dr. Elina Takola🦎🦌🪲🐦‍⬛🌿 @elinatakola.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
New review out:“From LSA to LLM: Evolution and limitations of topic modelling methods for biodiversity conservation.” This paper reviews the development of topic modelling methods in biodiversity conservation, from earlier statistical approaches to more recent LLM-based methods. tinyurl.com/vpydzt9h
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From LSA to LLM: Evolution and limitations of topic modelling methods for biodiversity conservation
Biodiversity conservation faces mounting challenges due to accelerating species loss driven by habitat degradation, agricultural expansion, and climat…
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Dr. Elina Takola🦎🦌🪲🐦‍⬛🌿 @elinatakola.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Are generalist species just specialists we haven't measured properly? I don't know. Anyway, here is a paper I wrote about niche individual specialisation:
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Dr. Elina Takola🦎🦌🪲🐦‍⬛🌿 @elinatakola.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
So proud to be part of this paper! Although Greece is not considered part of the Global South, all these struggles are real for Greek scientists too. A massive thanks to the whole team and of course to the project leaders. 😊
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Matti Vuorre @matti.vuorre.com · 28/10/2025
🎉 @rpsychologist.com 's PowerLMM.js is the online statistics application of the year 2025 🎉 powerlmmjs.rpsychologist.com - Calculate power (etc) for multilevel models - Examine effects of dropout and other important parameters - Fast! (Instant results)
Screenshot of https://powerlmmjs.rpsychologist.com/
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Dr. Elina Takola🦎🦌🪲🐦‍⬛🌿 @elinatakola.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
This year's #SORTEE2025 conference was very inspiring and full of fresh ideas! For those who haven’t heard of it yet, SORTEE is a community that supports open methods, reproducible results, and real collaboration across borders and fields. I strongly recommend everyone to join! @sortee.bsky.social
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Edward R. Ivimey-Cook @eivimeycook.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Our latest #SORTEE-led paper is out now in #ProcB! We reviewed data/code-sharing policy clarity, strictness & timing across 275 EcoEvo journals We also worked with #ProcB & #EcologyLetters to assess initial compliance with sharing mandates. Huge team effort! 👉 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
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From policy to practice: progress towards data- and code-sharing in ecology and evolution | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Data and code are essential for ensuring the credibility of scientific results and facilitating reproducibility, areas in which journal sharing policies play a crucial role. However, in ecology and evolution, we still do not know how widespread data- and ...
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Dr. Elina Takola🦎🦌🪲🐦‍⬛🌿 @elinatakola.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Just came back from a city trip to Bologna; a really unique place with very old buildings and very young people. Also, the oldest (and still operating) university in Europe and the Western World! Great food too. 🥰 #universityofbologna
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Dr. Elina Takola🦎🦌🪲🐦‍⬛🌿 @elinatakola.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Recently I presented my work and other ongoing projects of BIOECOS (tinyurl.com/5n793y8p) at the seminar of @idiv-research.bsky.social! We discussed the relationships of biodiversity and agricultural yield across scales. It was great to engage with the iDiv community, thank you! 🙌 #postdoclife
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Dr. Elina Takola🦎🦌🪲🐦‍⬛🌿 @elinatakola.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
🌟 An amazing study led by Rachel Turba and César Marín is now online! 🗺️ Non-native English speakers from the Global South spend much more time dealing with language issues, have limited access to funding sources and their publications have less visibility. More here: zenodo.org/records/1490...
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Global North-South science inequalities due to language and funding barriers
Delving into the persistent impacts of colonialism within the sphere of modern science, here we explore some of the deep-seated disparities between the Global North and South with regards to the scien...
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Dr. Elina Takola🦎🦌🪲🐦‍⬛🌿 @elinatakola.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Last week I gave lectures at the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research and the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens about meta-analyses and open science in Ecology. It was a lot of fun and I met many interesting colleagues. I'm very grateful for this opportunity!
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Dr. Elina Takola🦎🦌🪲🐦‍⬛🌿 @elinatakola.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Asking for a friend!
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Edward R. Ivimey-Cook @eivimeycook.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Insane amount of work! Congrats to everyone involved. Nicely highlights the importance of being open and transparent about your analytical decisions (and also providing data and code!).
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Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
New paper in @royalsocietypublishing.org led by @danielwanoble.bsky.social. We highlight community-driven preprints like #EcoEvoRxiv support rapid sharing of different types of articles and languages, increase accessibility, and promote open science | doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
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Dr. Elina Takola🦎🦌🪲🐦‍⬛🌿 @elinatakola.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
✨️Can sustainable agriculture promote biodiversity and yield? 🚨Spoiler alert: Yes! In our latest manuscript we synthesized thousands of studies and found that sustainable agriculture increases biodiversity without compromising agricultural production.
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Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Our new pre-registered study on data- and code-sharing in 275 eco&evo journals: doi.org/10.32942/X24... Thanks to all participants of the @sortee.bsky.social hackathon. Special thanks to @eivimeycook.bsky.social & @nickmoran-sci.bsky.social for their invaluable contributions & leadership. You rock.
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From Policy to Practice: Progress towards Data- and Code-Sharing in Ecology and Evolution
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Edward R. Ivimey-Cook @eivimeycook.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
🎉🎉New Preprint!!🎉🎉 "From Policy to Practice: Progress towards Data- and Code-Sharing in Ecology and Evolution" doi.org/10.32942/X24... Myself and a whole bunch of awesome coauthors reviewed data- and code-sharing policies across 275 journals that publish ecology and evolution studies.
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From Policy to Practice: Progress towards Data- and Code-Sharing in Ecology and Evolution
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Anne Kempel @annekempel.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
We are looking for more collaborators who want to run a BugNet site in their region. If you are interested, join our online info event. Please re-skeet, and help us to reach community ecologists, and those interested in plant- herbivore and plant-pathogen interactions around the world! 👇
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Dr. Elina Takola🦎🦌🪲🐦‍⬛🌿 @elinatakola.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
💥 Network meta-analysis is a statistical method that allows us to quantitatively combine results from experiments and compare the effectiveness of different interventions.
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Matt Grainger @drmattg.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
This was a great collaboration with Maximus, Gav and @elinatakola.bsky.social. We show how network meta-analysis, a method common in medicine, could be applied in ecology. Preprint (prior to peer-review) is here: doi.org/10.32942/X2J... #evidenceSynthesis #metaanalysis
A hypothetical scenario where NMA combines all available evidence including those that have not previously been compared to each other
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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Scientists: Please join on an open letter to EU policymakers calling them to reinstate the Green Deal. Link to the letter here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Link to sign can be found therein. Please spread the word among scientists, to obtain enough signatories asap. Thanks!
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EU post elections should revive the Green Deal 27.9.2024
Scientists urge EU policymakers to reinstate the Green Deal Laura Bosco1, E.R. Jasper Wubs2, Guy Pe’er3,4, Kris Decleer5, Marie Vandewalle3, Stephen Venn6, Volker Mauerhofer7, Róbert Gallé8, Vasilik...
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Iain Johnston @mitomaths.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Have had some good chats recently about pivoting to non-profit and society journals. A point to share/underline is that such options exist across the "prestige" spectrum. Some examples in the image. All heavily subjective of course; would love to hear thoughts from others!
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Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Four years ago we showed that only 27% of articles published in ecological journals WITH a code-sharing policy made their code available, leading to a 21% reproducibility potential. 📰 doi.org/10.1371/jour... We've looked into journals WITHOUT a code-sharing policy. Results coming soon...
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Dr. Elina Takola🦎🦌🪲🐦‍⬛🌿 @elinatakola.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Evidence that we are in the right place at the right time!
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Dr. Elina Takola🦎🦌🪲🐦‍⬛🌿 @elinatakola.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Two years ago I graduated from Friedrich Schiller University Jena with a Dr.rer.nat. (German academic term for PhD in natural sciences) degree. Here are some hindsight notes about my experience:
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Dr. Elina Takola🦎🦌🪲🐦‍⬛🌿 @elinatakola.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Let's connect!
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Dr. Elina Takola🦎🦌🪲🐦‍⬛🌿 @elinatakola.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I am an ecologist and meta-analyst, leader of BIOECOS at Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ(Leipzig, Germany). Let's connect! ResearchGate: tinyurl.com/y34szj67 LinkedIn: tinyurl.com/2p9jycxj GitHub: tinyurl.com/mrycdzh6 GoogleScholar: tinyurl.com/mr2xdsdv Website: tinyurl.com/3su2s449
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