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Robin Heinen @robinheinennl.bsky.social · 10h

I know what I'll be installing on my computer soon...

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Steph likes native plants @dendromecon27.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I click on this annoying Wiley "AI companion" pop-up because it is the only way I have figured out to get a point where I can make it go away (using the teeny tiny x at the top right of the AI companion box in screenshot 2).

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SAOCousins @saocousins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Wren fledgling #ArtDD2026 #Inktober №2 Birds 🦉 I've met this year is the theme (I think 🤔). I met this one in Grosmont #Yorkshire #ink nib and #watercolour neautral tint, 5.5 cm high drawing @drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social

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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

glad it's good travel companion!

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Robin Heinen @robinheinennl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Listening to Steve's book now (continuing after my coffee break), as I'm on a 6.5h drive. A fascinating book, and I already learned so many new things that I will certainly incorporate in my bird course this upcoming semester. Highly recommended!

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Erica McAlister @flygirlnhm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If it hasn’t been published it has effectively not been done - a Classic Prof Simon leather quote highlighting the value of communicating the science once it has been done A celebration at @harperadamsuni.bsky.social for the new building opened in hour of the great man @royentsoc.bsky.social

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Mirjam Meischner @mm-ecophys.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Can forest trees sense, via their root systems, whether their neighbours are suffering from herbivore attack, and go into defence mode themselves? This was a question I addressed in my PhD project, and the study has now been published in JXB: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... 🐛🌲✉️🌳🚨

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Fagus sylvatica detects below-ground stress signals from conspecific and heterospecific (Picea abies) neighbors, triggering increased volatile organic compound emissions from shoots

This study found that below-ground signaling occurs between temperate tree saplings: when herbivory was simulated at sender plants, untreated receiver tree

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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 22/09/2026

I have a new piece out in Nature today on the record-breaking 2026/2027 El Niño, what impacts we should expect, and how governments can prepare. The Niño3.4 region is currently running more than 1C hotter than any prior event on record, and we remain months away from the peak www.nature.com/artic...

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Robin Heinen @robinheinennl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This fits well for today's bright sunny weather (and the chilly bike trip I took to work in the early morning!).

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Capitalism sees the natural world as nothing but 'resources' to exploit and profit from. When one is exhausted it moves on, inexorably, seeking out the next 'business opportunity' to wipe out. We won't arrest the murder of our living planet without recognising and acting on this basic premise.

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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A red-backed kingfisher. Southern Flinders Ranges, South Australia.

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Robin Heinen @robinheinennl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Paper 23: S. Haripriya et al. investigated ALAN reach in the Indian Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot, showing how ALAN reaches into this precious region. Places of worship among the dominant light sources, highlighting potential for targeted ALAN mitigation. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Robin Heinen @robinheinennl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Paper 22: Bridgette Farnworth et al. investigate soil-dwelling arthropod communities in a temperate evergreen forest in New Zealand using a Before-After-Control-Impact design. Detrimental ALAN impacts on predator and omnivore abundance in closed-canopy system. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Robin Heinen @robinheinennl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Paper 21: Work by Carmen Ludreschl et al., who looked at insect communities along railways where lighting was manipulated to different light types and temperature levels. The work showed consistent reduction in insect attraction under 1800K LED 'amber' lights. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Optimised light sources reduce nocturnal insect attraction at railway stations

Artificial light at night (ALAN) is considered a potential anthropogenic stressor for global insect decline by disrupting natural behaviour in affecte…

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Robin Heinen @robinheinennl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Paper 20: a review by Yoann Roulet and colleagues, reviewing the impacts of ALAN on terrestrial fauna. This work highlights clear gaps in coverage of taxa (soil fauna!), and an emphasis on behavioral ecology over physiology or population and community ecology www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Finally caught & colour-ringed the female mate of our 11 yr old Marsh Tit. She's only 16 months old and arrived in the wood in April at last minute to breed, having dispersed from elsewhere - itself a major feat. Her life expectancy now is maybe another 1-2 yrs, if she's careful/lucky.

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Robin Heinen @robinheinennl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I hate stupid pop up banners obstructing my screen while reading. If this AI shit on Wiley pages (and other publishers too) is meant to facilitate reading, why not get it out of the fucking way and put it somewhere where it does not obstruct my active reading?

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Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 20/09/2026

ALMOST EVERY PEER REVIEWED PAPER HAS A SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS RIGHT BELOW ITS TITLE

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Robin Heinen @robinheinennl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Congratulations! Great poster, and well-presented. A convincing use of AI in herbivory research that I would - dare I say it? - maybe even recommend in my own team... However much I despise *genAI*, there are imo good uses for AI in other forms, including in scientific research. This is one.

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Robin Heinen @robinheinennl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Nice opening keynote today by @riikkarinnan.bsky.social on biogenic VOCs under climate change and herbivory in arctic tundras. Really cool work at landscape level, and a great example of long-term work combining manipulative and observational approaches in natural systems.

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Robin Heinen @robinheinennl.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Day 3 of NSO GfÖ 2026. Let's go! Bringing my bike to a conference was the best decision ever. I always struggle to unwind after conferences (or work ftm), often leaving me to ruminate on everything at night. Biking for 25 minutes completely dissolves that. Slept like a baby, but better.

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Robin Heinen @robinheinennl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It's really almost like 'home in the Netherlands' here. Haven't lived in NL in years, but some things make me feel nostalgic. I didn't expect to feel that way in Denmark, but here we are. I found a place that sold the Dutch 'kapsalon': fries with kebab/falafel and lots of cheese from the oven.

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Terrestrial Ecology Research Group - TUM @terrecolgroup.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

@robinheinennl.bsky.social talked about the relative impacts of plant growth, plant chemistry, mutualistic relationships and competition as drivers of aphid communities on tansy.

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Robin Heinen @robinheinennl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Nic talk yesterday by Eli on the transient insect communities on tansy. Preprint of this work is soon coming up, so watch this space.

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Robin Heinen @robinheinennl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Staying outside town for this conference, but I brought my bike. Because, well, the Danish know how to install bike infrastructure. It's almost like the Netherlands, but less crowded. Odense feels like a very welcoming town.

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Robin Heinen @robinheinennl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Nice first day of NSO GfÖ. Interesting opening talk by @mrillig.bsky.social on testing of multiple global change factors, creativity and more. Also got my own talk out of the way, which will make the rest of the conference a relaxation exercise, which I could certainly use 🙂.

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Robin Heinen @robinheinennl.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Arrived in Odense for the NSO / GfÖ joint meeting. Managed to sneak in a bit of birding before I cooked dinner. Hope to sneak in some more in the mornings, and I might sacrifice an afternoon when my head explodes from info overload.

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Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

„… solving problems is only a tool and proxy for achieving the primary goal of conceptual understanding and insight. Forgetting this in the world of AI may turn the tool against the primary goal.“ Urging everyone to read and share this

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Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Just in time for Earth Night 2026 ✨ New Lighting at Train Stations Reduces Light Stress for Insects 🧪💡🦋 @leibnizlib.bsky.social leibniz-lib.de/en/news/1109...

A small train station at night with differently coloured lights

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Ralph Hückelhoven @huckelhovenr.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#MicroscopyFriday. 3D color-coded Erysiphe cruciferarum growing on the epidermis of #Arabidopsis. The little roundish structures are the haustoria.

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Marvin Hildebrandt @marvin-hildebrandt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This week I had the chance to present my poster on the genetics of chemodiversity at the International Conference of the German Society for Plant Sciences in Bochum. If you are interested, check out our preprint: lnkd.in/eWfBxDYp

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Jake Mikic @jakemikic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"I honestly believe that the robots im building have a 1 in 10 chance to cause human extinction" My dude. Stop building the fucking robot then

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Robin Heinen @robinheinennl.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Sooo, anyone here going to attend the Nordic Society Oikos / GfÖ conference in Odense next week? I have been a bit overwhelmed with many things lately, so aside from preparing my talk I have not looked into anything. Would be nice to have an old-fashioned social media-conference vibe going!

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Robin Heinen @robinheinennl.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This is messed up (but I have experienced with academic journals too!). For a long time I had no access to my first first author paper (only the proofs).

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Robin Heinen @robinheinennl.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I knew there was something off about August! (not that July or any month this year were much better)

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Robin Heinen @robinheinennl.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Very nice video on the risks of monocultures in forest plantations (similar risks apply to cropping systems, of course). Nice to see that diversification is taken serious as a way to mitigate risks associated with climate change and diseases.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 08/09/2026

This merlin just flew into my house and landed on my desk while I was taking a zoom call. I now have at least one colleague who thinks I need to come up with better excuses to get out of meetings.

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SAOCousins @saocousins.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Hooded Crow #ArtDD2026 S/he was sitting outside my window campus so it gave the idea to draw birds in the Oak on an A5 #watercolour sheet. #crow #birds @stockholm-uni.bsky.social @drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social

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