Elina Mäntylä

Urban tree canopy cover over 30 % and native trees enhance bird insectivory and tree biosecurity Urban trees support biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services but are increasingly threatened by native and non-native insect pests. Biosec…

Basile et al. Urban tree canopy cover over 30 % and native trees enhance bird insectivory and tree biosecurity www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #ornithology

A review and meta‐analysis of host‐plant selection by lepidopteran larvae: no evidence of diet breadth constraints on larval decision‐making Information processing by herbivorous insects can impair the accuracy of decision-making during host-plant selection. Consequently, insects with a narrower diet breadth are expected to be more accura...

Homem‐de‐Carvalho et al. A review and meta‐analysis of host‐plant selection by lepidopteran larvae: no evidence of diet breadth constraints on larval decision‐making nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Peacock feathers can be lasers Tail feathers can emit narrow beams of light, a first in the animal kingdom

Peacock feathers can be lasers www.science.org/content/arti... #ornithology

Vieraskynä | Itärajan puolustus tarvitsee soita ja aarniometsiä Itärajan puolustus tarvitsee upottavia soita ja järeitä puita – ja niitä tarvitsevat myös Suomen ilmastotavoitteet.

Luontoa ennallistamalla voisi vahvistaa puolustusta.

Tätä ideaa on esitetty ennenkin, ja se onkin varsin perusteltu.

www.hs.fi/paakirjoituk...

Suomessa teollisuudessa tutkijan työnimikkeellä toimivalla on harvoin tohtorintutkinto.

Väitelleet ovat verkostoituneet kansainvälisesti oman alansa tutkijoiden kanssa ja osaavat seurata kansainvälistä tutkimusta. Siitä on merkittävää hyötyä teollisuudessa.

Upcoming events Upcoming conference by Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary biology (SORTEE)

Join the 2025 SORTEE Conference on October 15-16, featuring talks from Dr. Borokini and Prof. Vazire. Check the program and register at https://sortee.org/upcoming/. See you there! #conference

Ping @uusijuttu.fi @hs.fi @longplay.fi

EU-tuomioistuimen ennakkoratkaisussa todetaan, että jäsenvaltio ei saa sallia lintujen pesimäaikaisia metsähakkuita, ellei poikkeuslupaa ole myönnetty asianmukaisesti direktiivin 9 artiklan nojalla. Suojeluvelvoitteet koskevat myös talousmetsiä.

4 of our 6 Arctic Skua chicks have fledged on #StKilda, with the remaining 2 not far away now either. Both were hunkered down a couple of days ago, but will soon be on the wing too.
#NTSSeabirds
#SuperSeabirdSunday

A list of daily maximum temperatures in Finland during July-August 2025. The 22-day heatwave is highlighted with red.

The record-long streak of 30 °C in Finland finally ended yesterday. The outcome was an impressive 22 consecutive 30-degree days between 12 July and 2 August.

Who would have believed in June? Not me at least.

Neljä amiraaliperhosta vesimelonin paloilla.

Avasin tämmösen pikkasen fiinimmän baarin - upseerikerhon suorastaan. 🤭 Amiraaliperhosia on ollut nyt tosi paljon liikkeellä. Baarin ympäristössä oon nähnyt parhaimmillaan 8-9 yhtä aikaa. Muuten pihalla onkin ollut tosi vähän perhosia tänä kesänä. #luonto #100lajia_haaste

Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships: Expressions of interest can be submitted until 31 October 2025.

Director at Max Planck - a unique position! The Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships is open now and can be submitted by the 31st of October 2025. ➡️ mpg.de/directors - Please share the Open Call among potential candidates.

Maximum 2-m temperatures today in Lapland. The values are at the highest 30-31 degrees.

Looks like Rovaniemi, Lapland's capital and the biggest city, had today their hottest August day on record with 31.1 °C at the train station (Rautatieasema).

And the heat streak continues in Sodankylä Tähtelä with 30 °C, the 22nd consecutive 25-degree day.

Remember to keep dogs on lead near breeding seabird colonies!

(Palindromi pääministerille.)

Taas kujalla?
Maas' kujalla!
Juksaamalla juksaat.

21 today!

An instant classic by @xkcd 😉🌎

afrikanhanhipari ja poikanen

Pari viikkoa sitten nähtiin Berliinin Spree- joessa yksi afrikanhanhi. Tänään illalla nähtiin pariskunta ja poikanen. 💚 #linnut #birds

Palestiina | Presidentti Stubb toivoo Suomen tunnustavan Palestiinan valtion Valtion tunnustaminen on presidentin päätös, mutta sen on perustuttava valtioneuvoston esitykseen.

Presidentti, eduskunnan enemmistö, kansan tuki.

Eteenpäin siis.

Hallitus ei voi jäädä tässä omien riviensä vangiksi.

www.hs.fi/politiikka/a...

Forecast 2-m temperatures today in Finland, based on the MEPS regional model.

20 straight days with 30 °C in Finland! Truly unprecedented heatwave still in full swing with maximum today about 32-33 degrees.

Even the Arctic regions (e.g. Sodankylä Tähtelä) have seen three weeks above 25 °C, and may rival tomorrow their August heat records.

A new time tree of birds reveals the interplay between dispersal, geographic range size, and diversification The spatial and temporal dynamics of biodiversity are shaped by complex interactions among species characteristics and geographic processes. A key exa…

Claramunt et al. A new time tree of birds reveals the interplay between dispersal, geographic range size, and diversification www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #ornithology

Timing and social dynamics of divorce in wild great tits: a phenomenological approach #ProcB #OpenAccess #Behaviour royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Introducing a new special section—Indigenous Science and Practice in Ecology and Evolution Editorial introducing a new special issue in the journal.

Call for papers for our special issue on Indigenous Science and Practice in Ecology and Evolution. Edited by @klymiuk.ca & @birdbiologist.bsky.social: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... / onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

How Can We Make Scientific Events More Inclusive? Insights From Q&A Sessions and Surveys From an International Conference We studied equity, diversity and inclusivity (EDI) issues at an academic conference using observational and experimental behavioural data collected during question-and-answer (Q&A) sessions in additi....

Chen et al. How Can We Make Scientific Events More Inclusive? Insights From Q&A Sessions and Surveys From an International Conference onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #OpenScience

(Päivän palindromi on henkilökuva Unkarin pääministeristä.)

No niin, oloni raasto'
ketuttava lahnabroiler eli Orbán.
Halavattu tekotsaari nolo niin on.

Introducing the Simulation Studies Preregistration Template: Q&A with Björn S. Siepe, František Bartoš, and Samuel Pawel Initially submitted through COS’s open call for community-designed preregistration templates, the Simulation Studies Template is now part of the expanding collection of preregistration resources avail...

A new preregistration template for simulation studies is now live on OSF. Thanks to the creators and the preregistration template working group for proposing and shepherding this to make it available to users.

See the post if you would like to propose a new template.

www.cos.io/blog/introdu...

Ping @tohtoriverkosto-ry.bsky.social

As it is, companies struggle to recruit the people they need, irrespective of reports of 1,400 PhD holders in the country being currently jobless, half of whom are considered long-term unemployed." 3/3 @tohtoriverkosto-ry.bsky.social

"The panel also notes the low proportion of industrial researchers holding doctoral degrees. This reduces connectivity to the global knowledge base and is likely to hinder national collaboration, which often is based upon linkages established during the doctoral phase of a researcher’s career. 2/3