Ally Phillimore

Keeping up with climate change: have Arctic arthropods reached their phenological limits? | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Many arthropods show earlier seasonal activity with warming, but these responses cannot continue indefinitely. Identifying such phenological thresholds is crucial for understanding limits to climate tracking and species persistence, but few studies test ...

As #climatechange becomes more extreme, organisms may no longer keep track in their phenology or seasonal activity e.g flowering, swarming or egg laying. @soerinegerlich.bsky.social led our study showing this is real for highly sensitive #arctic #arthropods royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

many thanks to @soerinegerlich.bsky.social for leading this study into phenological limits in Arctic communities. For me this collaboration was a real eye-opener into the potential for species to reach limits to their ability to respond plastically. Who knows what the consequences will be.

This is a huge mistake. My experience on NERC panels is that resubmissions score higher and are more likely to be funded: the review process improves good proposals that should not be lost (along with the time spent on them).

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Researchers! 📢 We (@luke.fi) are hiring: Principal Scientist in Wildlife Ecology

Permanent position ✅️
Finland, you'll love it ✅️
Flexible hours, proper holidays ✅️
Great colleagues and atmosphere ✅️
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#Canada #USA, you have boreal wildlife too 😉

Post-doctoral fellow in functional genomics and ecophysiology Subject description The goal of the project is to uncover the mechanisms explaining why global warming and heatwaves reduce reproductive success and cause excess mortality in wild and domesticated war

I am looking for a postdoc wanting to use functional genomics to understand why birds 🐦 struggle with climate warming in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Ideal candidate is a molecular evolutionarybiologist. Join us at @biologylu.bsky.social. Details 👇
shorturl.at/wijEq

Would appreciate a re-post!

An aerial view of a Danish woodland

🚨We’re hiring a postdoc in Woodland Phenology & Climate Change at Uni Southern Denmark!🚨

Combines fieldwork (Sweden & Denmark), remote sensing (drone/camera) & genetics to study phenological response to climate.

Link: fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com.mcas.ms/hcmUI/Candid...

Pls share!

One of our Field Assistants, Charlotte, checking on the progress of a blue tit nest inside of a woodcrete nest box that is attached to a tree. Photo: Megan Thompson

A clutch of 7 blue tit eggs in a nest in a woodcrete nest box. Photo: Ally Phillimore

Happy Easter weekend to all who celebrate!

While you're out hunting for chocolate eggs, our team is busy monitoring the breeding progress of our blue tits. 🪺

As of today, we have eggs in 73 nests, with several females already incubating. In contrast, on this day last year, only 2 nests had eggs!

This year’s John C Marsden Medal winner is Dr Jamie C Weir! Jamie’s work considers a fundamental question: how resilient are organisms to a warming climate? Focusing on woodland food-webs, his research suggested an array of buffering mechanisms. @jamiecweir.bsky.social
www.linnean.org/the-...

Ecosystem effects of shipping under present and future climate and Shared Socioeconomic Pathways at University of Strathclyde on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Ecosystem effects of shipping under present and future climate and Shared Socioeconomic Pathways at University of Strathclyde, listed on FindAPhD.com

🚨 #fullyfundedPhD

❓ #Ecosystem effects of shipping under present and future #climate and Shared Socioeconomic Pathways

📍Uni of Strathclyde
👨‍🔬Dr Jack Laverick
🗓️Oct 25 start
💷UK/Home fees, stipend
⏳Mon 5 May

#PhD #Glasgow #Scotland #Marine #Ecology #MathematicalModelling #Coding

👋

Interested in working on the evolution of genetic architecture 🧬 of complex traits using linked-read sequencing of thousands of common lizards 🦎 from a wild population and common garden experiment?

#evolution #genetics

Well, I have a PhD offer for you 👇
devillemereuil.legtux.org/erc-funded-p...

It's an incredible honour to be awarded the John C. Marsden medal from the @linneansociety.bsky.social for my PhD research on phenology, moths... and some very hungry caterpillars 🌳🐛

Thanks to all my friends and mentors at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, but especially @allyphillimore.bsky.social!

First male Pied Flycatcher singing this morning at East Dartmoor. Second earliest arrival recorded on the reserve. #phenology

Macroecology Group Committee Chair - British Ecological Society Applications are open for the next Chair of the Macroecology Group

The @besmacro.bsky.social group is one of the most active, dynamic and necessary networks in the @britishecologicalsociety.org. They're recruiting a new committee chair: could it be you?

Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space.

Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK

Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.

Picture of the paper title, author and abstract. All information can be found in the link: https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cobi.70000

I am delighted to share my first PhD paper! We found that Key Biodiversity Areas cover the distributions of the world’s terrestrial birds excellently, representing 99.7%. #KBAs are incredibly useful for conservation planning and policy. 🧪🦤🦉🌍🌐
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Many thanks for reposting. We've filled the research assistant posts now.

We are seeking to appoint a fulltime field assistant to work on the Wytham Tit Project for 4-8 weeks in spring 2025. Duties will include (i) collecting standardised data from nest-box breeding populations of tits, (ii) setting up equipment to monitor foraging behaviour of great tits (e.g. cameras, proximity loggers), (iii) fitting proximity tags and accelerometers to adult great tits (iv) inputting data collected in the field. The start date and duration of this position is flexible, depending on availability of the successful candidate. The post could last up to 8 weeks, starting in mid-April, or c. 4 weeks, starting in early May. All fieldwork will take place in Wytham Woods, near Oxford. The work is variable in intensity and will at times require long days in the field, and working some weekend days, but this will be balanced out by a quieter period at the start and end of the season. Successful candidates must have (or be qualified to obtain) a BTO permit to ring adult great tits, be able to demonstrate skill and enthusiasm for biological research as well as experience of fieldwork under arduous conditions, and both lone work and working as part of a team. Due to the short-term nature of these posts, successful applicants must already have the right to work in the UK. Salary & Accommodation: Field assistants will be paid at grade 5.2 (£17.02/hour) and responsible for finding their own accommodation. It will be possible to hire accommodated at the Wytham Chalet, a research station within Wytham Woods. Alternatively, field assistants can find private accommodation locally and use their own transport to commute to the woods (approx. 30 min by car or bike, depending on location). Please submit an application, consisting of (1) a covering letter explaining relevant experience and motivation, (2) a CV (max 2 pages), and the names of two people who can be contacted as referees, by Tuesday 11th March 2025 to eleanor.cole@biology.ox.ac.uk. Inquiries to same email.

We're hiring a fieldworker to help with some of our projects in Wytham Woods this spring. Wonderful place to work (and live), especially in the spring. Get in touch if you'd like to know more.

Things are so chaotic and stomach-churning in our world right now. I find a lot of solace out in nature. I want to share a tiny slice of that with you.

My book, #Phenology is available today! You can purchase it for 30% off *today only* with code MITP30 through penguinrandomhouse.com

Visual representation of common garden procedure.

Our common garden experiment with urban and forest great tits is out early view in Evolution! doi.org/10.1093/evol... @denisreale.bsky.social @annecharmantier.bsky.social

Testing space‐for‐time transferability of climate effects on occupancy and abundance Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

🦋 New paper out in @funecology.bsky.social! 🦋

Using the Orange-tip butterfly in the UK🦋, we test a key assumption of many species’ distribution models (SDMs): that climate effects on species’ distributions are equivalent over space🌍 versus time⏰

doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.70005

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Fieldwork opportunity: We're looking to hire a field assistant for the www.phenoweb.org project starting 1 April. Please repost. #phenology #fieldwork #birdringing

Oh that's a super interesting idea. Will be in touch about this and the field season soon

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Ok people. I’m drawing silhouettes this afternoon. If you have a paper coming up and you are in need of a #silhouette please let me know and I will have it ready today. As always I upload all my silhouettes to phylopic.org

I also have tutorials on how to put a silhouette in a plot in R.

Image of a Redstart alongside the wording: New Study. Temperature sensitivity of breeding phenology and reproductive output of the Common Redstart.

1/Data from 4,000 nests, collected over 45 years by volunteers taking part in the Nest Record Scheme were used in a new study looking at how the timing of breeding in Redstarts is affected by warmer springs. Discover the findings ⬇️or visit our website.➡️ bit.ly/RedstartPhen... #Ornithology #UKBirding

Green background with photo of drake mallard with outstretched wings. Title: “improving understanding of mallard productivity, survival and movement in a changing world (Hannah Coburn)”. Bottom left: Essex University, ARIES, NERC, BASC, UEA logos.

Missed my talk at #BES2024? Here’s a summary. 1/6

Ilaria Lonero giving a talk on 'Incubation thermal niche and niche tracking in temperate passerine'

Megan Stamp giving a talk on the drivers of caterpillar community composition, in front of a slide introducing the Phenoweb transect.

Fantastic talks from my lab mates @ilarialonero.bsky.social and Megan Stamp 🐦🐛 #BES2024

Last week of winter moth trapping along the Phenoweb transect between Edinburgh and Inverness. We aim to study the spatial scale of local adaptation to oak phenology 🦋🌳🧬

with @rona-learmonth.bsky.social, @allyphillimore.bsky.social, @nilomr.bsky.social (and @sheldonbirds.bsky.social back in Oxford)

Interested in a PhD? Still time to get in touch and discuss. Lots of opportunity to shape questions in areas related to Ecology, Evolution & Behaviour

🚨 Fully funded PhD 🚨
University of Exeter
Understanding Population Change in Insectivorous Birds
Deadline: January 13th 2025
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

Two fieldworkers sit on a clifftop amongst the grass and wildflowers watching seabirds with a telescope and binoculars. The sun is shining, the sky is blue, the sea is shimmering turquoise, and all is good!

JOB VACANCIES!
We're seeking 3 Conservation Scientists to join our friendly team of #seabirders at the RSPB. We're an inclusive team where everyone is welcome.

DEADLINE: Friday 3rd January.

#conservationjobs #ornithology #seabirds #science

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