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Saskya van Nouhuys

@saskyavn.bsky.social
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Population & community ecology, and anything about parasitoids. Professor at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc, Bangalore, India. Lab website: www.saskyavn.blog.

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Saskya van Nouhuys @saskyavn.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
A nice paper from our lab on the strong association of mating system with invasiveness. Congrats Narashiman Nagendra Rao! thttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-026-03834-2?utm_source=rct_congratemailt&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nonoa_20260619&utm_content=10.1007%2Fs10530-026-03834-2
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More invasive than non-invasive Asteraceae plants can reproduce uniparentally - Biological Invasions
A plant that is capable of uniparental reproduction should be a better coloniser than one without that capability, because one individual can establish a persisting population. This advantage, formula...
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Saskya van Nouhuys @saskyavn.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Ad for PhD fellowship from the Simons foundation
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Saskya van Nouhuys @saskyavn.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Starting soon:
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Saskya van Nouhuys @saskyavn.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
A group of faculty from the Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc, Bangalore are offering a 12 week online course on Fundamentals of Ecology starting in January 2026. If you are curious about it have a look at the link below: onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc26_ge09/p...
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James O'Dwyer @jpodwyer.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Sally Otto @sarperotto.bsky.social and I are back with the next installment of “Reflections on the history of modeling and theory”, supported by @smtpb.bsky.social. Bob Holt shares his personal history and stories of his life in science: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8hX...
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Robert D. Holt interview
YouTube video by SMTPB
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Saskya van Nouhuys @saskyavn.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
My lab happy to be representing semi arid grassland of southern India as part of the global BUGNET project
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Behaviour 2025 @behaviour2025.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Prof. Rohini Balakrishnan presented the #Behaviour2025 plenary talk on the topic of signals, mate-finding & mate choice: the importance of spatial context @CES_IISc #plenarytalk #scienceconference
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Emily Josephs @emjo.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
MSU Plant Bio is hiring a new herbarium director! Our herbarium is a wonderful resource on campus and I'm excited to have the opportunity to make it even better by bringing in a new director. Details here: plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...
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Anurag Agrawal @anurag-asclepias.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Pollinator facilitation between florally contrasting species of Asteraceae - fabulous thesis chapter from Xuening (Shirley) Zhang besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Figure of rayed and discoid species of Bidens from the publication
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Saskya van Nouhuys @saskyavn.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
As an United statesian academic working and living in India, the content of this article is what I hear discussed around me every day these days. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/w...
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World Scientists Look Elsewhere as U.S. Labs Stagger Under Trump Cuts
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Saskya van Nouhuys @saskyavn.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
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Trump’s Proposed Budget Would Cut a Major Ecology Program
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Saskya van Nouhuys @saskyavn.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
IndiaDST invites applications under VAIshwik BHArtiya Vaigyanik (VAIBHAV) Fellowship for collaboration between scientists of Indian Diaspora with Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs), Universities and Research Labs.
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Anurag Agrawal @anurag-asclepias.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I have created a feed "plant insect ecology" for posts on the biology, ecology, evolution, & natural history of plants & insects... to post, simply include #plant-insect. Please post images, opportunities, academic articles w/ links, etc. DM w/ suggestions, it will take some days to optimize
Tall saguaro cactus
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Saskya van Nouhuys @saskyavn.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Between when we wrote this paper and now when it came out, there has been the war in Israel and also Trump became president of the US, making the message even more pertinent. Judiciary independence: Why should conservation ecologists care? conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Judiciary independence: Why should conservation ecologists care?
This article evaluates the anticipated impact of the proposed judicial reform on conservation activities in Israel. As democratic safeguards and judicial independence in many countries have been redu...
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Saskya van Nouhuys @saskyavn.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Open Day 2025 at IISc! CES was packed with members of the public, student groups and neighbors exploring ecology and Evolution, and the PoCo Eco lab activities were great!
crowd doing insect puzzles and looking at LepidopteraCrowd playing an interactive game about pollination and seed dispersalGroup photo of PoCoEco labCrowd playing an educational computer game about parasitoid wasp venom
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Mihir Joshi @mihir-joshi.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
New paper out in @animalecology.bsky.social! In this study, led by Avik Banerjee, we examined the link between stress and nutrition in wild lizards. Stress levels influence nutrient retention, not dietary composition, in these colourful agamids! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Does seasonal variation in the corticosterone response affect the nutritional ecology of a free‐ranging lizard?
Corticosterone responsiveness to metabolic challenges in the wild can vary between sexes and across seasons depending on the life-history stage. Given its role in mobilizing energy, corticosterone le...
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Vishwesha (Vishu) Guttal ವಿಶ್ವೇಶ ಗುತ್ತಲ್ @vishuguttal.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Fundamentals of Ecology Course has now begun and is now running via NPTEL! The course is taught by various faculty of @iiscbangalore . The course covers broad topics in Ecology; prerequisites, free & is open for all! preview: onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc25_ge14/p... Reg last date~27th Jan.
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Saskya van Nouhuys @saskyavn.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Folks looking for a PhD position to study chemical ecology, have a look at this excellent opportunity at the University of Eastern Finland. Application deadline 6 Feb. Position starting in March 2025. uef.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Doctoral Researcher (PhD student), Chemical Ecology
The University of Eastern Finland is inviting applications for a Doctoral Researcher (PhD student) position in Chemical Ecology at the Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, on Kuopio ca
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Carlos M Herrera @cmhmaliani.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
"There has been a progressive decline in fieldwork-based research and education in ecology over recent decades", precisely at a time when we most urgently need a better understanding of how natural systems work. So sad. Trends in Ecology & Evolution [paywalled] www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
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Extinction of experience among ecologists
Fieldwork-based research and education in ecology are under multiple threats and are progressively declining. We call for greater attention to this ongoing loss of direct field experience within the ecology community, as it could have widespread consequences for science and education, ultimately hindering efforts to address the ongoing biodiversity crisis.
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Vishwesha (Vishu) Guttal ವಿಶ್ವೇಶ ಗುತ್ತಲ್ @vishuguttal.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Several faculty of the Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc have put together an online course on Fundamentals of Ecology, to be offered via NPTEL platform from Jan 2025. Check here for more details: onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc25_ge14/p...
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Saskya van Nouhuys @saskyavn.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Here is a link to an exciting collection of 14 new review articles in Current Opinions in Insect Science on "Parasitoid Biology in the Anthropocene" edited by Editors: R.M. Borges, R. Venkatesan and S. van Nouhuys. www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... Message me if you want PDFs you can't access.
A parasitoid wasp, Hyposoter horticola, parasitizing eggs of the butterfly Melitaea cinxia.
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Saskya van Nouhuys @saskyavn.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Bluesky intro: I am a population & community ecologist. I used to work on spatial population & community ecology & behavior of parasitoids of the Glanville fritillary in FI. Since moving to India my lab also works on the parasitoid community of Rutaceae (Citrus), biocontrol, and grassland ecology.
Papilio caterpillar on the stem of a citrus plant
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