Last few hours for submitting your abstract for European Conference of Tropical Ecology in Passau in February. Don’t miss your chance to be part of this vibrant gathering of tropical ecologists. Act now — and don’t be like me, leaving it for 11 PM tonight! 😅 gtoe2026-passau.de/call-for-abs...

🐦⛰️ What drives dramatic elevational shifts in avian roles within ecosystems? Korejs, @czsam00.bsky.social and colleagues link feeding specialisation to functional diversity along a continuous 200–3700 m rainforest gradient in Papua New Guinea.
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It is 300 days until our next conference European Conference of Tropical Ecology in Passau and Call for sessions just opened. gtoe2026-passau.de/call-for-ses...

Submission of theses DONE Congratulations to all our Bachelor and Master students who submitted the theses. The last days were stressfull for many of them, but all of the theses are now in the system, and you can see them a…

This was "fun", which I do not plant to repeat ....
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Výbor České společnosti pro ekologii (ČSPE) se ostře ohrazuje proti pozměňovacím návrhům k novele zákona č. 114/1992 Sb., které ohrožují smysl národních parků a oslabují ochranu přírody v ČR. Pokud zůstanou součástí novely, je lepší zákon vůbec neotevírat. Plné znění prohlášení:

New Paper from Oak Bodyguards Project Over several last years, I (K.Sam) was collaborating on the larger project focusing on the insect herbivory, predation, and leaf traits of oaks. I managed two study sites, near Budejovice and near …

It's Friday, after all: New publication of this week is a collaborative paper resulting from the project Oak Bodyguards. multitrophicinteractions.blog/2025/04/11/n.... Thanks to Bastien and Elena for pushing this forward and keeping me on board for years.

Spring time – submission time March is typically the month when the Grant Agency of Czech Republic has deadlines for the grant proposals. So while the older members of the laboratory were rather busy to put together some propos…

Finalizing the work with students, while kicking out the field work ... these days are busy (and the transition between grant-writing and the approaching submission is painful). multitrophicinteractions.blog/2025/04/03/s...

They asked: "Do plasticine caterpillars accurately measure bird predation? and conducted a camera trap experiment." - Curious to know if years of poking fake caterpillars were worth it? Keep reading.

New Paper: Do plasticine caterpillars accurately measure bird predation? A camera trap experiment Understanding how insect-eating birds contribute to ecosystem balance is crucial for ecology and conservation. One widely used method to measure bird predation on insects involves placing artificia…

Because it is Friday, and what better way to celebrate than with another scientific revelation? We present a new contribution to science. This time, fresh from the hands of "our" postdoc Áňa Máňa and her current collaborators in France.

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Our lab's typical Friday publication with little delay on Sunday ... this time about PNG birds and effect of fragmentation on them. By Kryštof Korejs.
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The full story here:
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YouTube video by Pia’s Journey Photography at the Amsterdam 2025 Conference of Tropical Ecology (feat. Pia’s Journey)

Beautiful summary of our #ECTE photo competition by Pia Parolin
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Day 3 : Our next keynote speaker Emma J. Sayer @panemma.bsky.social will talk about tropical forest productivity, element cycling and greenhouse gasses 🌿

First keynote speaker : the Archeologist, José Iriarte. Let's discover past Amazonian landscapes
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3-5 Sept 2025: 5th International Conference on Community Ecology is coming to Budapest, Hungary!
www.akcongress.com/comec/

New paper – Functional diversity of birds along Mt. Wilhelm How feeding specialisation shapes bird communities across a tropical elevational gradient Montane rainforests serve as natural laboratories where biodiversity shifts dramatically with elevation. Bu…

Trophic interactions can be important drivers of avian functional diversity on tropical mountains. Kryštof Korejs, from laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions, and co-authors, present a new study from Papua New Guinea.
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The PhD student conference was going well. Many nice talks and progress reports. Thanks to Jakub and Krystof for representing our work with their good talks. And finally, for the purpose of many more conferences happening in coming month, we also updated our lab logo.

2-yr postdoc on human macroecology in a functional trait perspective Aarhus University - Vacancy at Aarhus University Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - Department of Heritage Studies, Aarhus University

A few more days to apply! Together with @jcsvenning.bsky.social and as part of @econovoau.bsky.social we're offering this fab 2-yr postdoc position: international.au.dk/about/profil...

Society for Tropical Ecology has the account here too.
Follows us for the news regarding to upcoming conference:
@soctropecol.bsky.social

Feathered noses: methodological insights into understanding avian olfaction and foraging Research into avian olfactory abilities has so far attracted relatively limited attention due to their complex nature and methodological difficulties.…

Thanks to Áňa Máňa, Elina Mäntylä, Diana Rubene, and Luisa Amo for for writing it together.

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New publication from our lab to Animal Behaviour: We reviewed experiments on avian foraging behaviour influenced by olfaction, we described significant biases in bird taxa, geographical focus and methodology, and we suggest future research directions.

New research shows insects consume 6% of leaf biomass in South African savanna-forest mosaics, a hidden force shaping ecosystems! #Ecology #InsectHerbivory #SavannaResearch
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As the member of the Czech Society for Ecology, I will be re-sharing the take-home messages of the presentations from our last conference - today by Vojtech Lanta.