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Melanie Dammhahn

@mdammhahn.bsky.social
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Professor for Behavoural Biology, Münster University

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DZG section Behavioural Biology @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We’re delighted to welcome @valmazza.bsky.social as our first keynote speaker! She shared insights from her work on cognitive ecology at the human–wildlife interface - are city dwellers more flexible than their rural counterparts? #gradbehav26
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Ethological Society @ethoges.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Exciting conference coming up in Vienna this August!! Safe the date 🦉🎡
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Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Okay this is just wildly cool - they tracked human ice-fishers *and* the fish they're hunting. Even though humans can't see the fish *at all* the humans are still surprising good at zero-ing on their prey. Probably the most complete picture of predator AND prey movement together. 🤯🎣
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Nature @nature.com · 11/09/2026
Evoking emotions is more likely to prompt people to engage with climate efforts than is data alone go.nature.com/3T2CGX0
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El Niño goes viral — and scientists learn what makes people care about the climate
Evoking emotions is more likely to prompt people to engage with climate efforts than is data alone.
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Urban Vervet Project @urbanvervetproject.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🚨🐒Join the Urban Vervet Project! We are currently looking for a research assistant to strengthen our on-site team at the beautiful Simbithi Eco Estate in South Africa. More info below 👇 @sofiaforss.bsky.social
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Jess Stephenson @jfstep.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Hey @isbe2026.bsky.social - I’ll be in Turin from tomorrow, and looking to recruit PhD student and postdoc to my lab in Stockholm soon… anyone interested in parasites, sexual selection, transgen effects, fish (guppy) tracking - let’s meet up!
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Melanie Dammhahn @mdammhahn.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Short ice break on our way to the icebreaker of #isbe2026 in Torino. Looking forward to a great week of science.
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Behavioral Ecology @behavecol.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
📢 Check out the new issue of Behavioral Ecology: Volume 37, issue 3 (May/June 2026) ➡️ academic.oup.com/beheco/issue... #AnimalBehavior #Ecology #Behaviour
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Valeria Mazza @valmazza.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Can behaviour and cognition support conservation efforts? 🐭💡🌍In this new paper we offer some insights into how dietary innovation and neophobia can help assess small mammals' responses to human disturbance in a protected area. It was a long journey, but I'm so proud of this! doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
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Gilles De Meester @gilles-de-meester.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Dispersing individuals are often characterized by specific traits, known as 'dispersal syndromes'. But how do cognition and relative🧠size fit within this? Are 'big-brained' individuals more or less eager to disperse? You can read the answer in our recent publication: doi.org/10.1002/oik....
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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Do you have a background in behavioural ecology and are you interested in doing a PhD in Australia? I’m looking for new grad students so check out our website (BobWongLab.org) or come find me in Torino at #ISBE2026. 🐟🐠
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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 17/07/2026
New from #RSOS: The compounding costs of being female in academia: individual-based modelling of career progression and interventions. Read more: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
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Ahana Aurora Fernandez @ahanaaurora.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
📢 At this year's DZG meeting in Münster @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social , there is the opportunity to join this interessting satellite symposium: Non-invasive Methods in Behavioural Ecology: Use of Thermography. You can register here: dzg-meeting.de/en/satellite... Don´t miss this opportunity!🙌
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Satellite Symposia | DZG Meeting
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Ethological Society @ethoges.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The DZG meeting is happening in Münster this September! 🤩🎉🦊🧬 Please also pay attention to their exciting sattelite symposia, including: Non-invasive Methods in Behavioural Ecology: Use of Thermography! 🌡️📷🐾 dzg-meeting.de/en/satellite... Registration to the main event is open until July 31! #DZG2026
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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
This looks useful. A typical meta-analysis in ecology mixes experiments with observational studies, mixes coefficients with different controls and therefore different causal meanings. I would not normally say "hey the folks in medicine are doing it right, imitate them" but in this case maybe
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Dieter Lukas @dieterlukas.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026
I compiled a list of 350 #funding opportunities for #postdoctoral research #fellowships: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J2M… I realized I should share this again after mentioning it to some folks at the #EFP2026
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Christos C. Ioannou @ccioannou.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Last couple of weeks to apply to join me for an MSc by Research @bristolbiosci.bsky.social for the September start date. Deadline 31st July. Lab-based #fishsci with awesome facilities: behavioural experiments in predation, collective behaviour, and anthropogenic effects. ioannougroup.com @asab.org
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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 14/07/2026
Citizen science platforms must mitigate against the threat of generative AI rdcu.be/ftL0T Lees et al. highlight the growing problem of AI-manipulated media contaminating citizen science platforms
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Citizen science platforms must mitigate against the threat of generative AI
Nature Ecology & Evolution - Citizen science platforms must mitigate against the threat of generative AI
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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 15/07/2026
Our Helper applications for the BES Annual Meeting 2026 are open  Get the opportunity to meet new friends, make connections and get an insight into what goes into the biggest ecology conference in Europe!  Apply by 10 August 👇 f.mtr.cool/rrqxpeqdmk
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Matteo Anderle @mattande.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
📢 We're hiring! I'm looking for a **Junior Researcher** to join my team at @EuracResearch (Bolzano, Italy) and work on bird monitoring, bioacoustics, Passive Acoustic Monitoring, and biodiversity research. Apply here: eurac.onboard.org/jobs/dGXQ9qe... Please share! 🙏 🐦‍⬛🎙️ #Ecology #Ornithology
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Junior Researcher to conduct passive acoustic monitoring and point count of birds.
Eurac Research · Bozen/Bolzano
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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Research Assistant at TCP wanted: Want to observe behaviour of wild chimpanzees? Want to live in a tropical rainforest? Want to protect endangered wildlife? If YES and you are interested in science, here is your chance. Apply here 👇 JOBS | Mysite share.google/npb1Knr0B3vP...
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JOBS | Mysite
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
🐒🌱Foraging and movement flexibility shape seed dispersal by an arboreal primate in a modified landscape 📷Anaid Cárdenas-Navarrete vist.ly/5basq #Frugivory #HabitatDisturbance #MovementEcology #Primate #SeedDispersal
A monkey hanging from a tree eating fruit surrounded by green leaves.
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BehavEcolPapers @behavecolpapers.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Using the STRANGE framework to improve replicability in #animal #behavior research and allied fields AnimBeh
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Using the STRANGE framework to improve replicability in #animal #behavior research and allied fields
Publication date: Available online 15 July 2026 Source: Animal Behaviour Author(s): Mike M. Webster, Catherine Hobaiter, Ellis J.G. Langley, Graeme Ruxton, Bernhard Voelkl, Hanno Würbel, Christian Rutz
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ASABPSGB2026 @asabpsgb2026.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Registration and abstract submission for the joint ASAB-PSGB winter meeting in Edinburgh (December 8th - 10th) will be opening on the 1st of July! The theme is Social Learning and Culture. More details about the meeting and registration at: asabpsgbwinter.github.io//2026/
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Joint Winter Conference of ASAB and PSGB
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
🍇🔣The biodiversity of plant–frugivore interactions: types, functions and consequences vist.ly/5ami6 #Euterpe #Frugivory #MultiplexNetworks #Mutualism #Prunus #SeedDispersal
Two diagrams showing interactions between plants and animals in an ecosystem.Diagram showing ecological networks of herbivory, pollination, and seed dispersal with animals and trees.
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mathotlab.bsky.social @mathotlab.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Please share! I have two positions for graduate students in my lab, starting Fall 2027. Details on the position s and application process can be found here: kjmathot.wordpress.com/opportunities/
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********************************************************************************************************* ***Two graduate student positions in the Mathot Lab**** I am recruiting two new graduate st…
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Behaviour 2027 @behaviour2027.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
We are excited to announce that #Behaviour2027 (XXXIX International Ethological Congress) will be taking place in Vienna, Austria! We are looking forward to having you all join us next year from August 23-27. Please follow and share!
Logo of a gosling looking up at a bee on its beak. "Behaviour" underneath.
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Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
We are accepting proposals for a Special Feature celebrating 100 years since the publication of Charles Elton's Animal Ecology. We're interested in contributions that return to Elton’s text and use it as a starting point to ask what we have learned over the past century. buff.ly/PMAqfUC
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Our cover for July! 🏖️🦢 A global review of more than 100 shorebird species reveals that annual survival has declined significantly, particularly among adults, highlighting growing conservation concerns and the need for long-term monitoring. vist.ly/59qeb 📷Veronika Švestková
A bird with detailed plumage in flight on the OIKOS journal cover.
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Michael Sieber @michaelsieber.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Have ideas for your own, independent research program in Theoretical Biology? Then come and join us as a Group Leader at the @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social in Plön, Germany!
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Group Leader in Theoretical Biology (m/f/d)
Experience in Theoretical Biology, Applied Mathematics, Theoretical Physics
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Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
@crab-exeter.bsky.social are a fantastic group of researchers, and a real beacon of excellence for Exeter. What a huge and deeply sad act of self sabotage this would be. Please consider signing their open letter👇🏻
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Barbara Klump @barbaraklump.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Join us in Vienna! We are looking for a PhD student and a Postdoc to investigate innovation in corvids within the “Comparative ecological innovation styles” project funded by @fwf-at.bsky.social. More info: barbaraklump.com Application deadline July 24th. Please share widely!
A carrion crow holding a walnut. Photo: @valentine-comin.bsky.social
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Nature @nature.com · 14/03/2026
These are the first asexual vertebrate species known to science go.nature.com/4s2N0dM
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How an all-female fish species defies evolutionary expectations
Asexual reproduction should be an evolutionary dead end. A study of asexual fish shows that a genetic ‘copy and paste’ helps to overcome the predicted costs of asexuality.
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Matthias Loretto @handle.invalid · 13/03/2026
For decades biologists assumed ravens follow wolves to their kills. Our paper @science.org shows something different: ravens rarely follow wolves far. Instead they remember areas where wolf kills are common and return to them—sometimes from >150 km away. doi.org/10.1126/science.adz9467 📷Dan Stahler
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European Conference on Behavioural Biology @ecbb2026.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
We are delighted to announce #ECBB2026 registration and abstract submission are now open! Conference Attendance Grant are also available, thanks to @asab.org and @ethoges.bsky.social support! www.aru.ac.uk/events/confe...
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION DETAILS (ends 31 March)

🐾Full registration including conference dinner and ceilidh
🐾*,**Student from developing country £260
🐾**Student £310
🐾*Non-student from developing country* £360
🐾Non-student £400

🐾Basic registration excluding dinner and ceilidh
🐾*,**Student from developing country £200
🐾**Student £250
🐾*Non-student from developing country* £300
🐾Non-student £340

Basic registration includes: conference admission, wine reception, tea/coffee breaks, lunch (days 2 & 3).

*A limited number of reduced price tickets are available for participants from developing countries. Please e-mail ecbb2026@aru.ac.uk to request a reduced price ticket. Tickets are issued on a first‑come, first‑served basis.

**Please email ecbb2026@aru.ac.uk with confirmation of your student status to obtain a discount code for registration.

🦚ASAB
To encourage attendance at conferences, @asab_org award Conference Attendance Grants of up to £750 to standard applicants, and up to £2,500 to ‘Developing Country Applicants’. The award provides a contribution towards the cost of registration, accommodation, as well as the cost of travel to and from the conference.

🦚Ethologische Gesellschaft
Members of the Ethologische Gesellschaft e.V. may apply for a contribution of up to €500 for active participation (poster or talk) at the conference.
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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
The Dijkstra lab at CMU seeks postdoctoral researchers in evolutionary biology and behavioral ecology, focusing on cichlid fishes. Apply by March 20. Info: sites.google.com/site/peterdijkstra… #postdoc
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DIJKSTRA LAB - Social behavior and physiology
Postdoc positions available! For details, please go here. Welcome to the Dijkstra lab at Central Michigan University! We study how social competition and oxidative stress shape brain function, stress resilience, and evolutionary processes. Using African cichlid fish as our primary model system, we
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · 12/03/2026
Die DFG wird den Einsatz von #KI in der Begutachtung künftig unter klar definierten Bedingungen zulassen. Grundlage sind eine nun veröffentlichte Leitlinie sowie das Whitepaper "Künstliche Intelligenz in der wissenschaftlichen Begutachtung“. Die Regelungen treten ab 16.04. in Kraft.1/4 sohub.io/wjt6
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Künstliche Intelligenz in der Begutachtung
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Dax Kellie @daxkellie.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
In one week I'll be talking about tips for reproducible R code and why science would love you to try these tips on your own code too 🧪😍🌏 It's an online talk, so feel free to watch comfortably from your couch. Hope to see you there! @sortee.bsky.social #rstats events.humanitix.com/sortee-webin...
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SORTEE Webinar: On what makes good sharable and reproducible R code, how to do it, and why it’s good for science
For this month's SORTEE webinar, Dr. Dax Kellie from the Atlas of Living Australia will present on good, sharable, and reproducible R code in science
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Konrad Lorenz Research Center @klf-univienna.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
📣 Interested in a 4-year postdoc in the movement ecology group? @univie.ac.at is recruiting outstanding female researchers through the E-STEEM programme. @pesumas.bsky.social is a registered host and welcomes applications from potential candidates. careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
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Simon Baeckens @simonbaeckens.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
🦎 Funded 4-year PhD position on Lizard Evolutionary Ecology in our lab at UCLouvain (Belgium)! Apply before 9 March! jobs.uclouvain.be/Personnelsci...
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Eamonn Wooster @predator-smarts.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
How and why does cognition vary so greatly between individuals and species? In @natrevbiodiv.nature.com, we propose the "Predatory Intelligence Hypothesis" which posits that the cognitive challenges associated with predator–prey interactions drive a cognitive co-evolutionary arms race rdcu.be/e5KIj
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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
🚨JOB alert🚨 We have three (yes, THREE) 🌟lectureships🌟 advertised in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol. Broad remit, including #AnimalBehaviour & #GlobalChangeBiology ⏱️Deadline: 8th March 2026 🙏Please circulate widely 😊Come join us! Full #job details: tinyurl.com/y3us95rc
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Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
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Society for Conservation Biology @society4conbio.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
#ECCB2026 deadline extended! The deadline for parallel (regular) sessions is now March 1, 2026. 📍 July 6th-10th, Leiden, NL 👉 Submit here: eccb26leiden.eu/parallel-ses... Share this opportunity with colleagues and collaborators who might be interested in participating! #conservation #networking
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Steffen Oppel @steffopp.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
NEW JOB in #ornithology chasing #nutcrackers in Switzerland to understand seed dispersal patterns: buff.ly/Cx0OOQy
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University of Bristol Biological Sciences @bristolbiosci.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
JOB ALERT! We are excited to announce that we are recruiting three new academics at lecturer level! Click the link below for more info on how to apply, and don’t forget to explore our research themes too! We look forward to receiving your applications! www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
JOB ALERT!

Lecturer in Biological Sciences

Come and join us in the world class Life Sciences Building at the University of Bristol!

Closing date: Sunday 8 MarchJOB ALERT!

Lecturer in Biological Sciences

Interested in our research areas? Click the link in our bio to discover more!

Closing date: Sunday 8 March
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Cara A Gallagher @caragallagher.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Excited to announce our Topical Collection at @ibe.pensoft.net on Individual‑based Conservation! We aim to highlight approaches integrating individual heterogeneity into management and conservation practice. Please submit, share, & reach out with any questions! Details: ibe.pensoft.net/news/1106
Flyer describing the Topical Collection, with an image of a cheetah and journal information. Full details in the link.
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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 09/02/2026
iDiv Leipzig is organizing a symposium for early career researchers from all fields interested in scientific integrity & reproducibility. Some good stuff, e.g.: @haesleinhuepf.bsky.social on generative AI for science, @rmcelreath.bsky.social on a guerilla approach to scientific workflow.>
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Animal Behaviour Collective @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Attention - the first round of microgrants for 2026 is running! Apply and read terms and conditions here : opencollective.com/animal-behav...
The first round of microgrants for 2026 is open! Apply here : https://opencollective.com/animal-behaviour-collective.
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Mariella Herberstein (she/her) 🌈 @mherberstein.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I am looking for a PhD working on tracking trait changes in insects/spiders at the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity change @leibnizlib.bsky.social and the University of Hamburg. Apply here: www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...
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