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Jamie Alison

@jamiealison.bsky.social
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Tenure track researcher at the Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University. Stress-testing cameras and computer vision for automated insect monitoring.

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Jamie Alison @jamiealison.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sensors and AI could transform how we track insect declines, but the road to robust “insect sensing systems” is riddled with pitfalls 🫗🐞🪰 @insectai.bsky.social & friends propose seven steps to dodge them, working responsibly with tech and AI to generate huge & standardized datasets Open access 1/
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Insect monitoring without pitfalls: Seven steps for robust insect sensing systems
Cameras, acoustics, radar and photonics allow us to observe insects at unprecedented spatial and temporal scales. Different sensors have unique strengths, while species ID is a critical bottleneck. ...
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BEAGLE Project @beagle-project.eu · 21/09/2026
We haven't officially begun, but BEAGLE partners are at #TDWG2026 speaking about work that we will build on. Come say hi👋
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Jamie Alison @jamiealison.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
At #Ento26: A foreshadowing from @jordancuff.bsky.social that our review will join four cool papers in the new @royentsoc.bsky.social journal Very excited to feature in the first issue of Approaches in Entomology #RESAppEnt, and to talk about the future of insect sensing systems tomorrow at 1200 🎥🐝
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Jamie Alison @jamiealison.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Excited to see this paper from James Crall's team with their advanced automated pollinator monitoring system! Been looking forward to reading this after hearing all about it at the ACCESS Summer school 🙂❤️🐝
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Jamie Alison @jamiealison.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
britainsfavouritebutterfly.co.uk/butterfly/or... Let's go team Orange-tip. Who's there in spring, when you need them most? Whose blushing tips are the perfect counterparts to lichen-dappled hindwings? And who can be seen almost anywhere 🧡 even in the city?
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Orange-tip - Britain’s Favourite Butterfly
The Orange-tip is one of the 60 beautiful butterflies found across the UK. Will it be Britain's Favourite Butterfly?
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Richard Fox @richardfoxbc.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
📣 Our recent paper, led by Luke Evans, assesses evidence for links between insect abundance & populations of insect-eating birds & bats. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #teammoth 🌍 @savebutterflies.bsky.social 1/3
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Assessing direct effects of insect change on insectivore populations in the United Kingdom - Biodiversity and Conservation
Declines in insect abundance are a cause for concern, with potential downstream impacts on ecosystem function. Insects are key food resources for insectivorous vertebrates, with evidence that reductio...
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Jamie Alison @jamiealison.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Just under 2 weeks left to apply for the Aarhus Computational Entomology Summer School 🐛 darsa.info/ACCESS-2026/ 15 successful applicants will be fully-funded by InsectAI to develop skills in AI and sensors for insect monitoring in mid-September 🤖🪰 Feedback for 2025 and 2026 was great!
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InsectAI ACCESS-2026
Aarhus Comprehensive Computational Entomology Summer School, 2026
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Jamie Alison @jamiealison.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Inspiring presentation by @abigaillowe.bsky.social working with farmers to monitor moth biodiversity 🦋💙
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Jamie Alison @jamiealison.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Sensors and AI can transform understanding of insect biodiversity 🪰📈 BUT we must be wary of the AI hype-train 🚆 and respect existing data and traditional monitoring 🙇 Our new synthetic review lays out seven steps to realise the potential of insect sensing systems 🎥🔭 ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Insect monitoring without pitfalls: Seven steps for robust insect sensing systems
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Jamie Alison @jamiealison.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Congratulations on a very cool paper @pauenric.bsky.social! It was great to meet you at the ACCESS summer school this year 😆 I've been waiting to see this!
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Jamie Alison @jamiealison.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Detecting pollinators with AI isn't as easy as people say 🔎🐝 Studies show high scores on one dataset 📈 then imply the model is useful elsewhere 🤥 @veralis.bsky.social & co. don't board the AI hype train 🤖🚆 They expose real challenges when deploying GBIF-trained AI for pollinator surveillance 🐞🪰👍
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Jonathan Lenoir 🌳🌲🌴 @jonlen.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
🚨 In press in Journal of Ecology 🍀 We found plant community thermophilisation 🌿☘️🌡📈 & rapid species range shifts towards 🏔 summits in the 🇨🇭 Alps, but 🌿☘️🌡📈 only shows up when using 0-1 data ➡️ Weighting by 🌿 abundance data dilutes the signal 🌐🧪 @journalofecology.bsky.social tinyurl.com/4u2y8rft
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Jamie Alison @jamiealison.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
You may have heard of MegaDetector 🐅 What about a MiniDetector? 🪰 In my opinion flatbug is the closest thing we have to a universal insect detector. Open source and free to use. Amazing & groundbreaking work lead by @asgersvenning.bsky.social & @qgeissmann.bsky.social
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Jamie Alison @jamiealison.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Last year we hosted the first Aarhus Computational Entomology Summer School 💻🐞 20 talented participants got inspired about AI for insect monitoring 🤖📸🐝 So much 5⭐ feedback A week of free tuition, food and lodging in a National Park 🐎 so not surprising This year: Up to 20 more lucky people! 🍀
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Jamie Alison @jamiealison.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
🚨WEBINAR ALERT🚨(free) The #insect monitoring toolbox includes a suite of #sensors for automated data collection. But what can they achieve? Find out next Friday with fascinating talks from @drolnick.bsky.social, Emily Bick, Mikkel Brydegaard & Eva Knop wildlabs.net/event/automa...
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Automated Insect Monitoring Across Modalities | WILDLABS
Webinar on insect sensing systems
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Biodiversa+ (European Biodiversity Partnership) @biodiversa.eu · 16/01/2025
Listen up! Our next monitoring webinar explores #bioacoustics Explore implementation w/ insights from Carlos Abrahams & @jamiealison.bsky.social 🗓️ 21 Jan., 13:00-14:30 CET 👉 Register: www.biodiversa.eu/2025/01/16/unveil…
webinar on bioacoustics
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
📖Published📖 In our new perspective article, Cowans et al. attempt to conceptualise a general workflow associated with automated tools in ecology. Read more here 👇 buff.ly/427sDSz
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