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Hannah White @hannah-wht-eco.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Looking forward to attending this talk and RDN seminar series starting again. I always learn a lot from talks from RDN members. #ecology #stability #communityecology

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Mike Fowler @theorecol.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Very excited to announce applications now open for @redileep.bsky.social PhD position with me, Dan Eastwood & Dan Jones. "Response Diversity in the pre- and post-management ecological restoration of co-invading alien plant species in post-industrial landscapes" 🧪🌍 www.swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swan...

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MSCA PhD: Response Diversity in the pre- and post-management ecological restoration of co-invading alien plant species in post-industrial landscapes

Recruiting a PhD candidate as part of the international ReDiLeep Doctoral Network, investigating co-invasion of non-native plant species

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Mike Fowler @theorecol.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Great new talk online from @giuliaghedini.bsky.social as part of @pop-bio.bsky.social and #ResponseDiversityNetwork seminar series. Giulia is recruiting a PhD student for our @redileep.bsky.social Doctoral Network. Give it a watch and apply/send your best students to her! youtu.be/k3x4fJYb3fw?...

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Giulia Ghedini - Linking species traits to community assembly and stability

YouTube video by PopBio on the Dark Side

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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

🗾🌿Drivers of individual plant species contributions to β-diversity are scale-dependent vist.ly/5ed5n #BetaDiversity #BioticHomogenisation #CommunityAssembly #FunctionalTraits #InvasionBiology #PhylogeneticDistance #SpatialScaling

$Diagram with plant illustrations and fractal triangles emphasizing size and phylogenetic effects.$ Graph of species coefficient estimates with variables like SLA and Height, shown with dots and error bars in different colors.

Graph of species coefficient estimates with variables like SLA and Height, shown with dots and error bars in different colors.

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BES Macro @besmacro.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

In-person registration is closed for #BESMacro2026, but you can still attend online! Hybrid conferences are fun *and* carbon-friendly! Final-final deadline July 3. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bes-macro-...

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BES Macro 2026

A British Ecological Society special interest group conference for researchers in macroecology and/or macroevolution at any academic career

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Merops Field Centre @meropsfieldcentre.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

As part of their joint field course with us, we took MSc students from The University of Lincoln and @aru-biology.bsky.social to the #Camargue. First we explored the freshwater wetlands to the north, which host one of the largest reedbeds in Europe. @g-iossa.bsky.social @hannah-wht-eco.bsky.social

MSc students walking along a boardwalk over a large body of water towards a bird hide.

Two Purple Herons taking flight over a reedbed.

Two MSc students looking through binoculars and a telephoto lens over a reed-fringed pond.

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Hannah White @hannah-wht-eco.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Back from a brilliant week in France at @meropsfieldcentre.bsky.social with our MSc students, and lovely to share the field trip with the University of Lincoln too. Stunning landscapes and biodiversity including my favourites glossy ibis and orchids @aru-biology.bsky.social @g-iossa.bsky.social

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BES Macro @besmacro.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

You have just over 48 hours left to register for in-person #BESMacro2026 attendance! Come join us in Reading for an excellent line-up of talks, posters, and workshops! 🤓🌍🐗🦜🌳 (Online-only registration will remain open until July 3.) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bes-macro-...

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BES Macro 2026

A British Ecological Society special interest group conference for researchers in macroecology and/or macroevolution at any academic career

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Richard Fox @richardfoxbc.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

50 years of the incredible UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme @ukbms.bsky.social - amazing citizen science showing the decline of the UK’s butterflies @savebutterflies.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Butterfly numbers are dropping but here are five species you may see more of

A warming climate has helped some to flourish, researchers say, but the outlook is troubling.

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BES Macro @besmacro.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

The deadline for #BESMacro2026 registration (if you'd like to present) is rapidly approaching! Come hang out with us in Reading in July! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bes-macro-...

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BES Macro 2026

A British Ecological Society special interest group conference for researchers in macroecology and/or macroevolution at any academic career

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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

📣 SIG positions available! 📣 We're looking for three enthusiastic volunteers to join the committee as Chair, Communications Officer and Events Officer. Find out more at: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/quan...

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Quantitative Ecology Group Vacancies - British Ecological Society

Support, connect, and inspire our community - join the Quantitative Ecology Group committee! Applications close 27 April 2026.

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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

👩‍🔬📑Expert-led priorities for a response diversity research agenda in ecology vist.ly/4vgch #EcologicalStability #ExpertSurvey #FreeTextAnalysis #FunctionalDiversity #HorizonScan #QualitativeCoding #ResearchPrioritisation #ResponseDiversity

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BES Macro @besmacro.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Registration is open for #BESMacro2026 ! 15-17 July, in Reading, deadline of April 17 if you'd like to present! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bes-macro-...

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BES Macro 2026

A British Ecological Society special interest group conference for researchers in macroecology and/or macroevolution at any academic career

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Mike Fowler @theorecol.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Out now! Ecological #ResponseDiversity research priorities @nordicoikos.bsky.social 🌍🧪 Key findings: Ecologists don't agree (I could stop there) on definitions (& there...) of #ResponseDiversity scales & dimensions but see conceptual value Our network must diversify. Join us! doi.org/10.1002/oik....

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Expert‐led priorities for a response diversity research agenda in ecology

Response diversity describes variation in ecological responses to environmental change. Response diversity is expected to drive ecological stability since a wider variety of responses to one or more ...

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Mike Fowler @theorecol.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Latest piece of Sam Ross's global takeover with #ResponseDiversity thinking just accepted @oikosjournal.bsky.social! Such a cool collaboration with @ceresbarros.bsky.social @lauradee.bsky.social @owpet.bsky.social @hannah-wht-eco.bsky.social Takehiro Sasaki & Anna LoPresti! doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Screenshot of a pdf titled "Expert-led priorities for a response diversity research agenda in ecology" by Sam Ross et al, to be published in the journal Oikos.

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Catherine Sheard @sheardcat.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

ICYMI: David Burslem (Aberdeen), Daniel Pincheira-Donoso (QUB), Zoe Goodwin (RBGE), and I are advertising a fully funded PhD project on plant traits, to be based in my lab. Open to international applicants, deadline January 14, please contact me with any questions. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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QUARTILES DLA CASE: Trait-based drivers of the ornamental plant trade at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - QUARTILES DLA CASE: Trait-based drivers of the ornamental plant trade at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com

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Jon Yearsley @jonyearsley.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Walsh PhD Scholarship: Modelling the impact of climate change on #forest productivity Details at: drjonyearsley.github.io/agriadaptPhD... Apply by 30th Sept 2025 @bes-quantitative.bsky.social @bes-forests.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social @ucdearth.bsky.social @teagasc.bsky.social

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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

I think I have been fortunate to work in an institution (and a department) that has been led by people who saw the importance of enabling flexibility between work and personal life. It was crucial when we faced a major personal family challenge some years ago, and remains a core principle

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Dara Stanley @darastanley.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

We're hiring two PhD and two postdoc positions! Interested in pollinators, soils, agroecology, pesticides? Then come and work with us and with collaborators and all over Europe! stanleyecologylab.org/vacancies #findaphd Please share!

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Vacancies | ecology

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Catherine Sheard @sheardcat.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

It's the last day to apply for #BESMacro2025 ! Come join us in beautiful York for two days of awesome macro-scale science (plus an optional pre-conference workshop on scientific storytelling) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bes-macro-...

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BES Macro 2025

A British Ecological Society specialist group conference for researchers in macroecology and/or macroevolution at any academic career stage.

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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 31/03/2025

📢New volunteering opportunity 📢 BES Macroecology Group is looking for a committee chair to join its team! As part of the group, you will coordinate the committee’s activities, including events and communications. This is a perfect opportunity if you are a macroecologist and an active researcher.

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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 10/03/2025

By only considering a single ecological trait for each species, we risk oversimplifying the complexity in nature. A new special feature in @animalecology.bsky.social aims to build a better understanding of intraspecific variation besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…

A draw of bird eggs in a museum collection. Image Credit: Juliano Morimoto

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ARU-Biology @aru-biology.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Check out the special feature on 'Intraspecific Variation in Ecology and Evolution' by our lecturer and guest editor @hannah-wht-eco.bsky.social out now in the Journal of Animal Ecology by @britishecologicalsociety.org #ARUproud besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Special Feature: Intraspecific variation in ecology & evolution

Click on the article title to read more.

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Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Guest editors @hannah-wht-eco.bsky.social, @ju-morimoto.bsky.social, and Marlène Gamelon have also written a blog post on their experience: buff.ly/idE69HA Thank you to our Guest Editors and authors for creating an exceptional Special Feature.

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Hannah White @hannah-wht-eco.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Great to have our special feature out on Intraspecific Variation in Ecology and Evolution - the irony of the diversity of papers included is not lost! From genes to populations, demography to behaviour, we've got it all. A pleasure editing this issue with @ju-morimoto.bsky.social and Marlène Gamelon

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Mike Fowler @theorecol.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Happy to announce that JF Arnoldi (Theoretical and Experimental Ecology Station, CNRS, France) will present the next #ResponseDiversityNetwork Seminar, Wednesday 26th Feb 15.00 CET. "Linear functional ecology: Rethinking species contributions to ecosystem functions" Zoom link via rb.gy/3pf8dh

Details of the Response Diversity Network seminar, given by JF Arnoldi, including a Zoom link and Abstract:

Ecosystem functions describe processes like biomass production, respiration, or nutrient cycling, that can be key to the livelihood of humans and other life forms. These functions are collectively performed by the many species that constitute an ecosystem; trees in a forest, plants in a grassland, or bacterial strains in a microbiome. Here, I will use linear algebra to show that generically, there is a sense in which a rare species can have as much importance as an abundant one. The reason why this claim is not obvious comes from the fact that in functional ecology, under the mass-ratio hypothesis, species contributions should be well predicted by their effect traits and abundance. I will illustrate using soil-microbiome data that this hypothesis has merit, even for complex functions related to nutrient cycling. Yet the mass-ratio hypothesis has an awkward corollary: functions are typically performed by just a few dominant species, so that most of an ecosystem's diversity appears redundant, or even useless. To understand why rare species can be important, one has to take a perturbative approach, looking at the sensitivity of a function to say, added mortality (a pathogen) on a given species. Doing so reveals a completely different picture than the one the mass-ratio hypothesis depicts. Via direct and indirect interactions between them, species can have large impacts on a given function, even if those species are rare or if they do not possess traits that relate to the function.

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BES Macro @besmacro.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Registration is open for #BESMacro2025 in beautiful York! The main conference is 10-11 July, plus a pre-conference scicomm workshop 9 July. Join us for some fun and friendly macro-scale science! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bes-macro-...

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BES Macro 2025

A British Ecological Society specialist group conference for researchers in macroecology and/or macroevolution at any academic career stage.

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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 28/01/2025

Ever wanted to have an impact on the BES’ events programme? Applications to join our Events Committee are open. This is an exciting opportunity to shape and direct an events portfolio that best supports delivering our vision for a world where nature and people thrive.

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Charlie Outhwaite @charlieouthwaite.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Last few days to apply for PhDs!!

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ARU-Biology @aru-biology.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Working in collaboration with Hobsons Conduit Trust, this research aims to add to the river conservation evidence-base of the Greater Cambridge Chalk Streams Project. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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BES Macro @besmacro.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

ICYMI: #BESMacro2025 will be at the University of York July 10-11 (with a one-day workshop July 9). Registration for the conference will be opening soon -- keep an eye on our mailing list (see if www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/macr... to join) and socials for future announcements!

Central Hall, University of York (a kinda space-ship-like building next to a lake)

a picture of the Shambles in York, a narrow medieval-looking street (with an ominous sunset[?] [sunrise? I don't know anything about York's geography] in the background)

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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 18/12/2024

Today's IPBES #TransformativeChangeAssessment report highlights the benefits to taking immediate action to address the biodiversity crisis as well as the pitfalls of inaction. 🌍🧪

We need to approach our ways of thinking and living with humility and foster deep human-nature connections and learn from cultures and peoples who are stewarding nature in more sustainable ways.

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ARU-Biology @aru-biology.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Congratulations to @aru-biology.bsky.social Prof Anna Nekaris for receiving the Osman Hill Medal from the @primatesocietygb.bsky.social #ARUproud

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Charlie Outhwaite @charlieouthwaite.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

I have some PhD projects now available for application if you are interested in insect biodiversity change. Please check out the links below and shout if you have questions!

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