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Robin Pakeman

@robinjpakeman.bsky.social
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I'm a plant ecologist interested in how to manage vegetation for biodiversity. Also, biodiversity data and functional traits. Live in Aberdeenshire. Committed thermopot.

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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Can't message back but the one to follow is Richard Murphy
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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
My mum and dad's favourite charity despite living a long way from the sea. Please support this.
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Andy Aitken @andykaitken.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know these thugs do not speak for the rest of us. Add your name? 38d.gs/jpcf
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An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI
This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...
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ENDS Report @endsreport.com · 25/08/2026
Leading academic @davegoulson.bsky.social has raised questions about the Veterinary Medicine Directorate’s funding, claiming that its receipt of money from the veterinary pharmaceutical industry represents a “clear conflict” with efforts to address pollution from pet flea treatments ⬇️
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Industry funding of vet medicine regulator a 'clear conflict’ with crackdown on harmful chemicals in pet flea treatments, warns professor
A leading academic has raised questions about the Veterinary Medicine Directorate’s (VMD) funding, claiming that its receipt of money from the veterinary pharmaceutical industry represents a “clear co...
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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The Street on St Kilda
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Pedro Peres-Neto @comecology.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Should journals reject papers after “too many” unsuccessful reviewer invitations? nso-journals.org/all-news/vie...
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View from the editor's desk | Should journals reject papers after “too many” unsuccessful reviewer invitations? — NSO Journals
Reviewer availability is not a measure of manuscript quality; journals should keep searching and authors should help broaden the reviewer pool . Read more from Oikos Editor-in-Chief Pedro Peres-Neto.
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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Have a good one.
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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
No chance of seeing the sun for the eclipse here as cloud is down to sea level!
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Steve Ormerod @steveormerod.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I’m helping save Coul Links. Will you? Coul Links is a beautiful and unique wildlife habitat in the Scottish Highlands. But it is threatened once again with development. Join me in urging Scottish Ministers to say no to this damaging application. action.rspb.org.uk/page/166270/...
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Save Coul Links!
Your voice could help save this precious habitat from a new threat of development.
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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Did you know a barrister is facing jail just for reminding a jury they have the right to vote with their conscience? This historic right has kept trials fair since 1670. We can't let it be silenced now. Add your name to defend fair trials👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Sign to protect the right to a fair trial
Imagine being called for jury duty, but advised against using your own common sense. ❗A top barrister is now facing contempt of court proceedings, simply for reminding a jury of their rights. If judg...
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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Possibly, its roost getting too hot and it is looking for somewhere cooler.
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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I doubt many of my followers are in Clacton, but just in case.
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
UK universities are not dying: they are being killed www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/06... Our education system is not failing; it is being destroyed.
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UK universities are not dying: they are being killed
There is an idea gaining traction inside the UK that a university degree has declining social and economic value. As an ever-increasing proportion of young people have acquired degrees, this has, alm...
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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Puffins! A few in the sea and the odd one visible on the cliffs at Bullers of Buchan. A day of heavy showers and then hail at home.
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Paul Caplat 🌲🌳🐦🦋 @paulcaplat.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
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Job profile
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Milan Chytrý @milanchytry.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The first comprehensive analysis of vegetation changes across Europe, based on the ReSurveyEurope dataset, is out! In an article led by Stephan Kambach, we analyzed 57,390 time series of vegetation plots. doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
PhD student Kayleigh Devine @moredunfoundation.bsky.social is studying how grazing management can be used for parasite control. We would like to hear from UK sheep and cattle farmers about their experiences. Please complete and share this survey! app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/moredungro...
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Pasture management and grazing strategies on UK farms | Jisc Online Surveys
Jisc Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...
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Ecological Continuity Trust (ECT) @ect-uk.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
In November 2024, @robinjpakeman.bsky.social from the @hutton.ac.uk spoke about the latest results from the Glen Finglas #grazing #LTE in #Scotland at our lunchtime bi-monthly #webinar. Watch it on YouTube bit.ly/4ukvYZp 🌏
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Latest Results from the Glen Finglas Long-term Grazing Experiment - Robin Pakeman | ECT Webinar
Robin Pakeman from the James Hutton Institute (JHI) spoke at ECT's two-monthly webinar held on 22 November 2024 about the latest results from the 22-year-long grazing experiment on upland grassland at Glen Finglas in Scotland. The experiment is located northwest of Stirling on land owned and managed by the Woodland Trust. For more information on the Glen Finglas experiment see: https://www.ecologicalcontinuitytrust.org/glen-finglas The ECT hosts lunchtime webinars every 2 months on ecological topics on key issues surrounding long-term experiments which features speakers from various organisations, including partners and stakeholders. For more information and how to register for our webinars see https://www.ecologicalcontinuitytrust.org/webinars #Webinar #Grazing #Grassland #Biodiversity #Ecology #Environment --------------------------------------------------------- We are a unique charity dedicated to preserving the national resource of long-term ecological field experiments (LTEs) across the UK by supporting those who collect scientific data. We use ecological evidence for action by harnessing this data for evidence-based policymaking, sustainable land use and education. What we do: - Provide financial, advocacy and management support to scientists and landowners for long-term experiments - Support scientists and landowners for the development of new experiments - Share the knowledge and outcomes gained through research with Government, other end users and wider society. LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ecological-continuity-trust X: https://twitter.com/ect_uk Threads: https://www.threads.net/@ecologicalcontinuitytrust Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ecologicalcontinuitytrust/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ect-uk.bsky.social Website: https://www.ecologicalcontinuitytrust.org/ We receive core funding from the British Ecological Society. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.ecologicalcontinuitytrust.org/news Support us: Help us continue our work to secure long-term experiments https://www.ecologicalcontinuitytrust.org/donate
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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Does very well with us having arrived as a passenger with another plant. It does soften the edge of the house and is colourful for much of the summer.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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Petition: Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership
Hold a binding national referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership. Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our privatised system has failed, so the public sh...
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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
One of our PhD students is looking at pasture management and parasite control in UK farms, and would like to hear from farmers about their current grazing and worm control practices. Please spread this survey far and wide! app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/moredungro...
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Pasture management and grazing strategies on UK farms
Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...
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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I booked the hotel for our meeting and now the project is mine!
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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Farm visit during our second in person meeting of our JUSTLANZ project in Kelso. We're trying to reconcile meeting country level net zero with the ability of livestock farmers to adapt. All done whilst recognising the importance of a just transition.
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Nordic Journal of Botany @nordicjbotany.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
NEW ISSUE: The NJB April is out, featuring a Special Issue section on "Plant performance and diversity in roadside and railway habitats"! Edited by Svenja Kroeger and Tommy Lennartsson. ➡️Editorial: vist.ly/4xqjh ➡️Whole issue: vist.ly/4xqjk @nordicoikos.bsky.social #OpenAccess
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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Weekend at Invertrossachs, west of Callander. Beaver signs about 100m away from the cottage, and our dog walker saw one late one evening. Weather varied between snow, torrential rain and lovely sunshine.
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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Check the Saving Scotland's Red Squirrel website for details. The greys are trapped and then humanely despatched. This year's data shows no greys in Aberdeen area. Always plenty of reds around Aberdeenshire and now recolonising the city as the greys have been eliminated.
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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Then again most of lowland Britain was woodland, so on a long time scale you could say that about any present vegetation. "That ryegrass field indicates the presence of former woodland".
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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Can't think of any written sources. Possible to look at old maps and see what has replaced woodland. Check Guy Shrubsole's Lost Rainforests if he notes present vegetation. As bracken likes the same sort of places that many trees do, then if you insert "probably" in the contention, it would hold.
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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
I think Churchill might have been pleased with being replaced by a badger. My thoughts were dominated by Britain responding like a cornered badger in 1940 (not an animal I'd like to deal with) and Badger in Wind in the Willows.
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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
New paper alert! Across 256 semi‑natural grassland communities we found that genomic traits, especially ploidy, predict which plant species are most affected by fragmentation & high P levels Polyploids are less vulnerable than diploids besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Genomic life‐history traits mediate the impacts of habitat loss and nutrient availability on fragmented grassland communities
Genomic life-history traits such as ploidy clearly shape gradual and orthogonal grassland plant community compositional responses to both habitat loss and nutrient pollution, that is, two main driver...
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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
A new paper publised in New Phytologist led by Xiaobin Pan "Reconciling links between diversity and population stability across global plant communities" dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph....
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Reconciling links between diversity and population stability across global plant communities
Maintaining ecological stability is essential for sustaining ecosystem functions and the benefits they provide to society. Ecological theory predicts that plant diversity destabilizes local populati...
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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Beautiful day at Huntly Castle for a bat hibernation survey. Sadly, the toilets weren't open. Hopefully, no one was inside when the tree came down
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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
New paper out using trend data on occupancy and Species Climate Indicators. We show that species of wet and cold areas of the UK are doing badly across lots of different invetebrate groups not just the big, colourful ones.🕷️🐜🪰🪲 authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... With @jennistockan.bsky.social
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Susan Eshelman @s-eshelman.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Very excited to share that my first first-author paper is out in the Journal of Vegetation Science! 🌱🥳 Our paper used a 20-year grazing experiment in the Scottish uplands to assess how grass community traits shift in response to grazing. 📖 Paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Sunshine. Between home and working in Aberdeen, this is the first time I have seen the sun in weeks. Seemed to have swapped very cold rain with snow and clear skies.
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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Do you have repeat surveys of UK invertebrates? This dataset of species climate indicators for 4900 UK species could help inform your analysis of change. doi.org/10.1016/j.di...
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Redirecting
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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Three cheers for the wee village of Rhynie, known throughout the world for its fossils (plus its hill fort for those interested in more recent events). Cool science.
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SAOCousins @saocousins.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
PhD position #ecology #evolution #academic 🌍🧪 #PhDlife #job @stockholm-uni.bsky.social
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Nordic Journal of Botany @nordicjbotany.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Our very first fully #OpenAccess issue is now out! 🥳Don't miss the Editorial with interesting facts on NJB's origin, its successful development as a @nordicoikos.bsky.social.bsk.social journal and a positive future outlook! ➡️Full issue: vist.ly/4mvwd
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The International Association for Vegetation Science @iavs5.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
🌿Join the 68th IAVS Annual Symposium.🌿 ⌛️ Early bird registrations are now open. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to connect with fellow vegetation scientists! Take advantage of the early bird rates. Location: Gijón, Spain. Apply here—https://2026gijon.iavs-meetings.org/.
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IAVS 2026 - 68th IAVS Annual Symposium - Gijón, Spain
IAVS 2026 68th Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
🦋🌿Hiring 12 x Botanists or Entomologists for 2026 field surveys in England! 4-month, full-time roles from late April to early September. Field sites in Yorkshire, Devon, Warwickshire, Kent/Sussex, Lincolnshire/Cambridge, Essex/Suffolk. Apply now: ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca... 🧪
Recruitment poster for 12 botanical or entomological field surveyors, April-September 2026. Closing date: January 30, 2026.
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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Visit to Willington nature reserve today. Gravel pits mostly frozen over but some teal with the Canada geese. However, a kingfisher was foraging just by the turn off from the road. Apologies for the very poor picture.
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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
I suspect this is the largest auditorium I've spoken in. Edinburgh International Conference Centre main theatre. Picture taken before the audience appeared!
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Ecological Continuity Trust (ECT) @ect-uk.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
There are #PhD opportunities at 2 #LongTermExperiments #LTE: Glen Finglas: bit.ly/4iEgYRB Based at: @newcastleuni.bsky.social ‬| Deadline: 5 January 2026 Tulloch: bit.ly/4avAi18 | Based at: @srucnews.bsky.social | Deadline: 7 January 2025 🌏
Landscape view of a valley.Landscape view of a field showing fencing and a hedge going across the photo.
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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Phew. Vol 931. Maybe they will clear out the editors and relaunch?
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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
What are the perils vs possibilities in working with business & finance to achieve nature recovery? Come to our workshop next week (Tuesday, 13:15) at #BES2025 to explore these issues & share your thoughts @britishecologicalsociety.org @bes-cascade.bsky.social
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Nick Littlewood @blackdogbirder.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
One week remaining. Applications need to include two references, so don't leave it too late to apply for this @srucnews.bsky.social CASE partnership with @ptes-org.bsky.social. Details: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Robin Pakeman @robinjpakeman.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
The other pleasure of fieldwork in Scotland is getting soaked and not seeing anything all day. A view of Glen Finglas where we were out testing a new herbivore impact assessment method in our long-term grazing experiment.
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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
PhD available! To address the intersection of restoration ecology and biodiversity policy by developing spatially explicit, realistic restoration strategies using scenario-based modelling to generate tools & support effective biodiversity planning www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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CR2026_09: Biodiversity restoration strategies to benefit multiple species at University of Reading on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - CR2026_09: Biodiversity restoration strategies to benefit multiple species at University of Reading, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Nick Littlewood @blackdogbirder.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
New #mammal conservation #PhD: "Understanding and Addressing Rural Hedgehog Population Declines". @srucnews.bsky.social EastBio CASE project in partnership with (and co-supervised by) @ptes-org.bsky.social. Details: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Act fast - applications close 15 December. 🦔🦔🦔
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