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Orianne Tournayre

@otournayre.bsky.social
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Molecular ecologist studying the impact of human activities and climate anomalies on #biodiversity and #SpeciesInteractions using #eDNA in the air, water and feces🧬 (she/her) oriannetournayre.wixsite.com/website

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Alexa Sadier @aigverte.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
C'est sorti ! Un reportage des équipes du CNRS sur nos recherches et l'importance d'étudier la diversité des chauves-souris et leur evolution. Une occasion aussi de découvrir la splendeur de Trinidad et nos collaborateurs grâce aux images de notre film Spectral @erc.europa.eu @isemevol.bsky.social
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Prof. Elizabeth Clare @profbatgirl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New paper on eDNA and native pollinators from PhD student Kat Lunn! 🧪 #eDNA #bees #womeninstem #academicsky onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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<fc>eDNA</fc> Analysis for Native Cavity‐Nesting Bee Ecology: A Comparison of Data From Brood Cells Contents and Larval <fc>DNA</fc>
Artificial bee homes become eDNA reservoirs of insect, plant, fungal, and bacterial taxa providing a non-invasive way to assess the ecology of wild bee larvae.
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#Riparian land use reduces multitrophic #community #stability in #rivers 🐟🐠🌍🌐. In #GlobalChangeBiology by Feilong Li et al. dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... 🚜 🏙️ We combined #eDNA 🧬 metabarcoding across a river network to analyze land use intensification on biodiversity and community stability.📈 🧵1/5
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Carly Ziter @carlyziter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I just know this is somebody’s dream job!
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Biodiversa+ (European Biodiversity Partnership) @biodiversa.eu · 08/09/2026
WEBINAR: Nature restoration is also an investment in public health. Register to explore how to design nature restoration with health in mind, strengthening ecosystem resilience while mitigating zoonotic disease risks. 📆 14 September 2026, 10:00 CEST ℹ️ www.biodiversa.eu/2026/09/01/w... #BiodivRestore
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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 02/09/2026
We have extended our abstract submission deadline!  New submission deadline is 3 September, 17:00 (BST) ⌛ If you haven't yet, you have 24 hours to submit your abstract for the BES Annual Meeting 👇 www.britishecologicalsociety.org/co…
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
A functional-trophic pathway links #riparian #land use intensification to #riverine #community stability: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🐟 🦠🦟📈 Intensive land use is transforming 🔄 #river 🌊 corridors #worldwide 🌍 🌐, with agricultural 🚜 and urban 🏙️ land use intensification being most prominent. 🧵1/4
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Frank Burdon @fburdon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
🌲 More than just a margin! Our new study in the Journal of Applied Ecology shows that riparian forest buffers (RFBs) are powerful nature-based solutions for stream-riparian ecosystems in agricultural and urban landscapes.
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Andrew Barnes @barnesecodiv.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Our paper has just been published in the latest issue of @nature.com! We analysed 318 food webs spanning marine, freshwater & soil ecosystems worldwide & found that ecosystem functioning increases consistently with biodiversity across multiple trophic levels. 🌐🧪🕷️🦠🍄🌿 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Food web complexity underlies biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning - Nature
Analyses of the relationship between taxon richness and multi-trophic ecosystem functioning across marine, lake, stream and soil ecosystems show that food web complexity underlies biodiversity effects...
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Patrick Nichols @saltwaterpatrick.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
2 yrs of eDNA on Hawaiian reefs shows a persistent core (sponges, annelids, algae) anchors site identity. Rare taxa drive temporal noise (wind/waves/tides). eDNA = stable communities, not just transient DNA. Spatial > temporal. #eDNA #biodoversity #coralreefs 📄 doi.org/10.1111/mec....
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Prof. Elizabeth Clare @profbatgirl.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
After a couple years of work, our newest paper on the #ethics of #eDNA is now out. #environmentalDNA #womeninStem 🧪 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Community Perspectives on <fc>eDNA</fc> and Ethics: Results From a Mixed‐Methods, Cross‐Sectional Survey
In this manuscript we conduct a global, cross-sectional mixed methods survey targeting the eDNA end user community to identify areas of ethical interest and concern within the research field. We iden....
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INRAE_France @inrae-france.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
#RP_INRAE En combinant les données d’ADN environnemental présent dans 186 lacs français avec l’analyse des réseaux écologiques et le machine learning, des scientifiques d’INRAE ont développé une méthode qui révèle l’état écologique des cours d’eau. 👉 url.inrae.fr/4eXmptk
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Andrew Barnes @barnesecodiv.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Published today in @nature.com, our study shows that the #foodweb trophic structure is critical for #ecosystemfunctioning. Read it here: rdcu.be/frxEl This has been an incredibly rewarding collaboration with many amazing scientists! 🌐🧪🦑🍁🌱 @waikatouniversity.bsky.social @idiv-research.bsky.social
Geographic distribution of the 318 food webs across four ecosystem types that were analysed to test how food web architecture modulates BEF relationships
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GuardIAS @guardias.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
🧬📊 How quantitative is quantitative eDNA? At the #GuardIAS #SummerSchool, Teun Everts explored the promise and pitfalls of estimating species densities from eDNA, from ddPCR and qPCR to transport, shedding rates and emerging tools such as eDITH. #eDNA #Biomonitoring
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Functional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
📰Published📰Why differences among plants matter for forest food webs🌳 buff.ly/4oAYWnT 🧪🌍️
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Why Differences Among Plants Matter for Forest Food Webs
Esther Sebastián González, Anuhea Robins, Robert Peck, Trebor Hall, Maya Munstermann, Nicole DiManno, Susan Cordell, Paul Banko, Santiago Soliveres, Rebecca Ostertag This is a plain language summar…
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Julia Rothacher @juliarothacher.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
New paper out @currentbiology.bsky.social! Led by Clara Wild we show that restoring heterogeneity in forests increases bat and bird diversity. 🧪🍁 Interestingly mechanisms differ between taxa 🐦🦇 and diversity facets. @cofeuniwue.bsky.social @betafor.bsky.social
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Restoring structural complexity in temperate forests increases bat and bird diversity
Wild et al. show in a large-scale experiment that increasing forest structural complexity enhances bat and bird diversity by separating within- and between-patch contributions to landscape diversity, ...
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Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble @osug-fr.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
🌱 L’écologie fonctionnelle par Sandra Lavorel (CNRS/LECA) : 5 cours du @college-de-france.fr pour comprendre les liens entre biodiversité, changements globaux et fonctionnement des écosystèmes. À voir en ligne sur YouTube : urlr.me/ZVaqdR @cnrsecologie.bsky.social #Écologie #ChangementClimatique
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Dr.Kat Stewart @ecoevoedna.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
💨Air doesn't just carry DNA—it carries location information. We show that simple wind data can help pinpoint where vertebrate airborne eDNA comes from, bringing us closer to biomonitoring from the air with spatial precision! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #eDNA #Conservation #congen
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Local Transport of Vertebrate Airborne eDNA Is Captured by Wind‐Directed Catchment Area Models
This novel study models local airborne eDNA transport using wind-directed catchment models. Results show 100% of species detections within 100 m of samplers originate from predicted downwind catchmen...
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Prof. Elizabeth Clare @profbatgirl.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
New paper from the lab on #eDNA sampling strategies for air. Well done Nina Garrett #womeninStem 🧪 . Sampling Intensity and Temporal Persistence of Airborne eDNA in Partially Enclosed Spaces - Garrett - 2026 - Environmental DNA - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Sampling Intensity and Temporal Persistence of Airborne eDNA in Partially Enclosed Spaces
The majority of species richness was detected using as little as four samplers in this enclosed space and the greater the number of sampling events, the fewer samplers were needed. eDNA also appeared...
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Bettina Thalinger @bettinathal.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
🧬 #eDNA sampling video publication 🎥 To make it easier for non-experts and #CitizenScientists to carry out eDNA sampling, we turned the @ewhale-dna.bsky.social sampling protocol into a video publication! Please spread and use widely! 😊 www.jove.com/v/70334/envi... @biodiversa.eu
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Wendy Morgado @wbmorgadog.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
New paper out in Molecular Ecology 🐟🧬 Led by Julien Beaulieu, we show environmental RNA (eRNA) can estimate freshwater fish biomass & abundance in the wild — outperforming eDNA. Mitochondrial eRNA tracked Brook Trout numbers best. First demonstration in natural lakes 👇 doi.org/10.1111/mec....
Title graphic over a reflective Rocky Mountain lake reading "Reading the water, in real time," with a subtitle on environmental RNA outperforming environmental DNA. A bar chart ranks four markers by how well they tracked fish biomass: eRNA cyt b scores highest at 0.59 (marked "best"), followed by eRNA 18S (0.32), eDNA cyt b (0.22), and eDNA 18S (0.10).
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Benoit Nabholz @benoitevol.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Excellente initiative du @cnrs.fr‬ ! Notre projet commencé en 2018 à la faculté des sciences de l'université de Montpellier @umontpellier.bsky.social compte maintenant plus de 13 000 observations concernant 1 800 espèces: www.inaturalist.org/observations... 1/..
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iNaturalist is a social network for naturalists! Record your observations of plants and animals, share them with friends and researchers, and learn about the natural world.
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Erin Hahn (she/her) @erinhahn.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
New publication! 🎉 🧬 eDNA signals continue changing post-capture We tracked DNA persistence across collection materials and showed: ⏰ time, 🌡️ temp, and substrate drive detectability A step towards more standardised and field-ready airborne eDNA! bit.ly/435t2Ez #eDNA
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Sara Mendes @sarammendes.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
New paper out in New Phytologist 🌱 After centuries of research in Europe, we have studied only ~37% of all seed-dispersal interactions. Birds of prey, ants, and rodents are among the most understudied - yet researchers rarely flag them as gaps! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Neglected seed dispersers and research compartmentalisation: how much do we know about what we don't know?
Geographic distribution of seed dispersal studies by disperser guild.
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Frédéric Rimet @rimetfrederic.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/05/2026
Un nouvel article que nous sortons avec de bons collègues: Les omics pour la gestion des milieux aquatiques : rencontre entre chercheurs, gestionnaires et analystes: Échanges de points de vue revue-set.fr/article/view/9937 #omics #metabarcoding #nature #lake #pollution #river #DNA
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Les omics pour la gestion des milieux aquatiques : rencontre entre chercheurs, gestionnaires et analystes | Sciences Eaux & Territoires
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CNRS Écologie & Environnement @cnrsecologie.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
+ d'infos ici : www.inee.cnrs.fr/fr/seeb-2026
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Semaine Écologie Environnement Biodiversité 2026 - Sciences en actions : restaurer la nature, transformer les territoires
Organisée chaque année depuis 2022 par le CNRS, la Semaine Écologie Environnement Biodiversité (SEEB) réunit chercheurs et acteurs socio-économiques locaux pour échanger autour des enjeux scientifique...
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Christine N Meynard @cnmeynard.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Ça se passe à Montpellier lundi prochain! Venez sur place ou en ligne, ça promet d'être très intéressant 😁
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Si Creer @profsicreer.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
So good to see this innovative terrestrial #eDNA #invertebrate #habitatcomplexity work published by @meebangor.bsky.social collaborators Daniela Zuzolo, Gina Gizzi and team from University of Sannio www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... dstunisannio.it/en/introduct...
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Introduction to the DST | DST Unisannio
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) is active in the fields of  Biological Sciences, Biotechnologies and Geological Sciences.
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Orianne Tournayre @otournayre.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Does airborne #eDNA provide information on #bee health and measure ecological data on a fine temporal scale? Find out in our new paper 🐝🌻🦠🧬 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Fine‐Scale Temporal Dynamics of the Honey Bee Hive Microbiome and Foraging Revealed by Airborne eDNA
Airborne eDNA collected within honey bee hives reveals diverse plant and microbial communities. While richness remains stable, seasonal shifts in plant and microbiome composition highlight dynamic re...
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Prof. Elizabeth Clare @profbatgirl.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
New paper from the lab. Fine scale measurements of honey bee ecology from airbone eDNA in the hive. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #beeDNA #womeninstem #eDNA #EnvironmentalDNA
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Biodiversa+ (European Biodiversity Partnership) @biodiversa.eu · 05/05/2026
#BioMonWeek2026 is on! Here is BioMonWeek at a glance: 🔹43 countries across 3 continents 🔹164 European projects 🔹Researchers, data practitioners, students, decision-makers, and businesses, supporting innovation in monitoring Follow the morning session live: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
New #OpenAccess research in #RESInsectConsDiv Fly me to the canopy: #Diptera communities in oak forest crowns as #bioindicators of stand decline doi.org/10.1111/icad.70085 #Biodiversity #OakDecline @manusaunders.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
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Christoph Scherber @cscherber.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
New exciting study from our lab @leibniz_lib showing flower strips can reduce #pesticides in #agriculture besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Insecticide‐level pest control provided by in‐field flower strips
Our findings indicate that in-field flower strips or derived legume-based intercropping systems can help reduce reliance on pesticide use in agriculture.
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Lynsey Harper @lynseyrharper.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Tom Hughes presents LIMPET - a new pipeline for detecting erroneous sequences in reference databases for #metabarcoding. Some databases contain more errors than others, but even highly curated databases can contain errors that will impact taxonomic assignment and ecological inference #UKDNAWG26
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Dr Kirsten J Harper @kirstenjharper.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
@bettinathal.bsky.social explaining the four missions of #eDNA Europe to create an eDNA hub in Europe connecting to the greater global eDNA community #ukdnawg2026
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Prof. Elizabeth Clare @profbatgirl.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I had not heard heard about this article until it appeared last night. Cool. www.nature.com/articles/d41... #eDNA #environmentalDNA #WomeninStem #academicsky 🧪
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The air is full of DNA — here’s what scientists are using it for
Airborne genetic material can be used to paint a picture of ecosystem health, watch for invasive species and even identify humans.
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
New in @science.org ‼️ In the most comprehensive study to date, we show that wildlife trade is driving animal-to-human zoonotic spillover at a planetary scale, with +1 spillover per host every 10 years. Live animal markets and illegal trade pose even greater risks. 🔓 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Wildlife trade drives animal-to-human pathogen transmission over 40 years
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Pedro Brandão-Dias F Pinto @pedrobd.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
🧬 My haplotype paper is out! We show that deviations between within-sample and population-level haplotype frequencies can be used to estimate how many individuals contributed to an eDNA sample. No tissue references needed, just metabarcoding data and some population genetics. #eDNA #PopGen
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Estimating Organism Abundance Using Within‐Sample Haplotype Frequencies of eDNA Data
Environmental DNA (eDNA) provides powerful insights into species presence and community composition but remains limited in its capacity to infer species abundance or population structure. Here, we sh...
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FRB|Fondation pour la recherche sur la biodiversité @frbiodiv.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
[ 📁 Dossier] Les savoirs écologiques au service de la santé 💊 À l’approche du One Health Summit, la FRB revient sur plusieurs articles éclairant différentes facettes de ce concept scientifique invitant à sortir des silos pour une approche systémique des questions de santé. bit.ly/4m3qz5S
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Les savoirs écologiques au service de la santé - Fondation pour la recherche sur la biodiversité
Les savoirs écologiques “biodiversitaires” sont importants pour prévenir les conséquences en cascade de la perte de services écosystémiques et rendre les sociétés humaines, les écosystèmes et les espè...
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Pablo Garcia-Diaz @pablo-ecology.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Accounting for functionality in the identification of global conservation priorities: promises and pitfalls 🌎🌐🧪 royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...
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Accounting for functionality in the identification of global conservation priorities: promises and pitfalls
Abstract. Whereas preventing species extinctions remains a central objective of conservation efforts, it must be complemented by the long-term preservation
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Orianne Tournayre @otournayre.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
🚨PhD position opening in Montpellier (France) on how Quaternary climatic changes and recent anthropogenic pressures impact the genetic make-up, distribution, and demographic dynamics of lemurs in Madagascar 🐒🧬 All the info here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/420224
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 17/03/2026
New tech is transforming how we measure biodiversity—turning data into decisions requires shared standards. 📊 A new PNAS Updates post highlights two Perspectives from the 2025 US–UK Scientific Forum: ow.ly/jsVw50YuVUn Forum: ow.ly/psUS50YuVUm
PNAS – How to improve biodiversity measurement
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Nicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
‪ 🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪
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Tatiana Giraud @tatianagiraud.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
La Biodiversite en Infographies sort ce jeudi 12 mars! Pour comprendre l'effondrement du vivant, pourquoi c'est un grave problème et ce qu'on peut faire de vraiment efficace, avec des données scientifiques représentées clairement..aux editions Tana
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Olivier Gimenez 🦦 @oaggimenez.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
📘 Nouveau livre ! Introduction à la statistique bayésienne avec le logiciel R Découvrez pas à pas la statistique bayésienne et sa mise en œuvre dans R : théorème de Bayes, MCMC, priors, régression, GLM/GLMM et comparaison/validation de modèles. Aux éditions Quae 🙏 📷 Crédit photo : Yann Raulet
couverture du livre introduction à la statistique bayésienne avec R
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UKEOF UKDNA Working Group @ukdnawg.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
🧬 Registration is now open for the 12th #UKEOF #UKDNAWG Conference 2026 until 20th March via this link: lnkd.in/ekTUn_eZ
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Pau Colom @paucolom.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
New paper on global change impacts on insects, out in GEB🦋🌍 Climate change and urbanisation act synergistically: butterfly declines are stronger under warming in urban environments. Species traits help explain heterogeneous responses. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @ylndmc.bsky.social
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Improving #species #abundance information from #river #eDNA metabarcoding data: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🐜 🧬 📈 🌐🌍
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Tamara Schenekar @tschenekar.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
New paper: eDNA metabarcoding at African savanna waterholes revealed 95 species. Wet season shows overall richness, dry season favors mammals. Primer choice matters. We’re excited about eDNA powering wildlife monitoring! 🦒🐢🪿🐍 doi.org/10.1111/eva.... #eDNA #Africa #wildlife
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TULIP @tulip-gs-labex.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
TULIP Summer School 2026 Applications are OPEN ✅ “Biological interactions from genes to ecosystems” will take place from June 27 to July 3, in France 🏔️ Open to PhD, Masters students & Postdoc researchers in ecology, evolution and functional biology www.labex-tulip.fr/eng/news/tul...
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