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Xavier Lambin @lambin-ecology.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

For 101 years, ecologists have sought to explain the 3-4 years multi-annual cycles of voles and lemmings. In our paper, doi.org/10.1073/pnas..., we find that Density-dependent recruitment, but not survival drives cyclic dynamics in a field vole population, overturning accepted wisdom.

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Jack Bamber @jackantbam.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

New perspective out today in @jappliedecology.bsky.social. We reflect on co-producing evidence in an effort to bridge the implementation gap, for evidence based, impact focused predator control. What worked, what didn't and where barriers to implimentation still remain. You can't win them all... 🧪

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Jack Bamber @jackantbam.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

🚨 New publication 📝 Out today in the royal society proceedings B. We find that diversionary feeding boosts productivity of cappercaille from 0.82 to 1.90. Indicating that this impact based method can effectively reduce the influence of predation. Read all about it here: shorturl.at/QRb76

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Chris Sutherland @chrissuthy.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

I get to work with amazing people in our group, mostly extremely talented PhD students. Here is a starter pack with them all. Follow, and you wont be disappointed 🤩 go.bsky.app/HufyKhd

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Chris Sutherland @chrissuthy.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

This is work led by Amber Cowans (@ambercowans.bsky.social) and co-authored by Xavier Lambin (@lambin-ecology.bsky.social), and Darragh Hare. All great people and worth a follow ☺️

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Paul Caplat 🌲🌳🐦🦋 @paulcaplat.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Funded PhD on using sighting data to identify breeding sites for predators and pollinators with a cool approach (geoprofiling) soon available with me and @deonroos.bsky.social, Lorraine Scott and @lambin-ecology.bsky.social, spread the word!

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Jack Bamber @jackantbam.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

TAKE HOME: We argue, using several strands of evidence, that diversionary feeding is a credible alternative to lethal control of predators and shows promising signs of reversing the decline of the capercaillie in Scotland. Read the full paper here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 7/7

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Jack Bamber @jackantbam.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

RESULT: Diversionary feeding increased the number of hens detected with chicks, consistent with our previous work showing a decrease in nest failure. This resulted in productivity (the expected chicks per hen) increasing from 0.82 in unfed sites to 1.9 in fed sites (more than double!). 6/7

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Jack Bamber @jackantbam.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

HYPOTHESIS: Using a 3-year landscape-scale control-treatment experiment, we predicted that the chicks per hen differed between sites that deployed diversionary feeding and sites that did. 5/7

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Jack Bamber @jackantbam.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

METHOD: We used #cameratraps on dust baths, natural features used by capercaillie, to detect capercaillie hens and determine whether they had chicks or didn’t have chicks. We used #AI from conservation ai to detect and count hens and broods. 4/7

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Jack Bamber @jackantbam.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

BACKGROUND: Previously, we found that DF reduced artificial nest depredation, resulting in an 83% increase in nest survival. The big question though was whether this would translate to real birds. 3/7

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Jack Bamber @jackantbam.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

All research wouldn't be possible without my fantastic co-authors: @lambin-ecology.bsky.social, @chrissuthy.bsky.social and @kennyafc.bsky.social l!! 🙏 2/7

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Jack Bamber @jackantbam.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

⏰New Research ⏰ We quantified the direct impact of diversionary feeding on capercaillie productivity. We show an increase in the proportion of hen with a brood in DF sites (37% -> 85%) and, as a result, a 131% increase in chicks per hen. Read more here: www.researchgate.net/publication/... 1/7

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Xavier Lambin @lambin-ecology.bsky.social · 25/11/2023

Join us as @QUADRATdtp PhD candidate to learn and research population dynamics, demography and dispersal, working with lovely Tawny owls, with @Paulcaplat.bsky.social, @Chrissuthy.bsky.social and my brilliant, supportive, interactive team within UoABioSci findaphd.com/phds/project/q…

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