Remo Ryser

Tailoring interaction network types to answer different ecological questions Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Published online: 13 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s44358-025-00056-7This Perspective provides guidance about how to select the most appropriate type of interaction network for different research questions in ecology. Networks can vary according to the extent of node aggregation and the information that links represent; each kind of network formulation has advantages in different contexts.

New online! Tailoring interaction network types to answer different ecological questions

The MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships scheme is now open with a call deadline on 10 September 2025.

Come to Sheffield. It's nice and (sometimes) sunny.

PhD student in Ecology (up to 4 years) The position is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation project “A mechanistic theory of functional responses: zooming into movement behaviour to understand and predict predator prey interacti...

Are you interested in predator-prey interactions and movement ecology?

I am looking for a PhD student to work on the project "A mechanistic theory of functional responses: zooming into movement behaviour to understand and predict predator-prey interactions"
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/342402.

3 year postdoc position on this coming up here in beautiful Bergen - if interested keep your eyes peeled! 👀

I'm quite happy that we're already handling the first submissions for our special issue in Biological Conservation devoted to ALAN impacts at larger scales, and conservation impacts. If you know anyone working on ALAN that might be interested in contributing, please share widely!

EcologicalNetworksDynamics.jl: A Julia package to simulate the temporal dynamics of complex ecological networks Species interactions play a crucial role in shaping biodiversity, species coexistence, population dynamics, community stability and ecosystem functioning. Our understanding of the role of the dive...

Get simulating! #Biodiversity / #foodweb dynamics with #julialang. Classic bioenergetic model, consolidation of lots of add-ons & super fast.

Very happy to share this, a result of amazing collaborators and a rich history of model development.

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Hey there #lightpollution folks, I'm teaming up with Chinese colleagues to guest edit a special issue of Journal of Urban Management on light pollution. This venue will get your work in front of international readers, and especially Chinese colleagues as engagement in #darksky issues increases.

I will probably be posting about this one a lot in the coming weeks: our special issue on ALAN / light pollution in Biological Conservation is now open for submissions! With @gkalinkat.bsky.social, Jacqueline Degen, and Franz Hölker.

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Hermit crab assessing a new empty shell

🚨 #phdposition study the interplay between #globalchange & animal personality in #hermitcrabs 😍 with Mark Briffa, Pete Cotton (Plymouth) & myself

Deadline: 8.1.2025 ▶️ shorturl.at/FGLec

🧪🦑🌊🌐🦀 #marineecology #marinebiology #marinelife
#animalbehaviour #sensoryecology #lightpollution #noisepollution

ECOSOLUTIONS - How to apply ECOSOLUTIONS DTP is now open for applications to join the first cohort of PhD students to start in September 2025.

Don't miss this chance to join a truly interdisciplinary #PhD programme on Transforming Chemical Management for a Non-Toxic Future. Stage 1 Applications are due 6 Jan. #ecology #ecotoxicology #systemsthinking #urbanecosystems Details here: ecosolutions.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/home

📢 3-year Postdoc Opportunity ❗❗ #FoodWebs

I am seeking a postdoc to reconstruct energy fluxes in food webs using gut DNA and eDNA in mesocosms under heatwave scenarios
@tvarminne.bsky.social @coastclim.bsky.social

📅 31. of Jan. 2025

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Ulrich Brose: The internet of nature: integrating food webs with information flow

Lucie Thompson: Landscape heterogeneity buffers against disturbance spread through meta food webs

Kayla Hale: Dynamic food provisioning by terrestrial plants supports animal diversity in food webs with mutualism

Leandro Cosmo: Indirect evolutionary effects and species fitness in mutualistic networks

Ezekiel Adekoya: Exploring the impact of multiple stressors on marine ecosystems using multi-species size spectrum models

Elisa Thébault: Diversity, food web structure and temporal stability of ecosystem functioning: insights from models of dynamical ecological networks

@beckerhopper.bsky.social : Towards a predictive ecology for biodiversity and ecosystem responses to global environmental change

Come and join our thematic session on Dynamical Ecological Networks @britishecolsoc.bsky.social on Friday 10:00-12:00 in Auditorium 1A #BES24 #networks #foodwebs #theory
Our speakers are:

Interested in #metacommunity dynamics in #natural systems? I'll be looking for a #PostDoc to study temporary #ponds in the #Camargue using #eDNA & #spatial analyses. Topic is broad & includes #metafoodwebs, #BEF, #parasites, #EcoHealth. Contact me via e-mail if interested!

Assessing ecosystem service trade-offs in omnivorous generalist beetles using network inference, molecular dietary analysis and nutritional networks

🚨PHD OPPORTUNITY!🚨

Join us in Newcastle University to assess carabid beetle ecosystem services and foraging ecology, and develop new methods for inferring interactions between beetles and their food! 🪲🍽️💻

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