The 8th European Congress for Conservation Biology will take place in Leiden, NL! They will explore how #biodiversity can be safeguarded effectively in the long term. First call is open now! Check out: eccb26leiden.eu/calls/ for more info, we are looking forward to your contributions!

📢🌿Available #traits #FunctionalTraits PhD position in my group @westsyduhie.bsky.social, closes 30th Oct. Topics: “Climate adaptations in Australian native grasses”; OR “Plant resource economics”. Apply via WSU Online Portal. Eligibility and other key info here: wrightlab.wordpress.com/news/

Apply for funding to advance science–policy collaboration in your country - Up to AUD 9,500 in funding - Mentorship by leading experts - Capacity-building at national or institutional levels Deadline: 25 August 2025 https://council.science/news/seeds-of-science-launch/

Global change reshuffles species communities: who could interact with whom? We introduce new ways to measure the capacity of species & communities to rewire interactions, which can be used to predict how ecological networks might adapt to changing conditions. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New on European conservation science: Urban impervious surfaces sharply reduce reproductive success in great & blue tits. 50% increase near nests can halve number of fledglings ➡️ cities shape reproductive outcomes for wildlife. Corsini & Szulkin in Conservation Letters doi.org/10.1111/conl...

New on European conservation science: Concrete-heavy habitats drastically reduce the reproductive success of two urban bird species in Warsaw, Poland. More greenery & natural surfaces could help mitigate these effects. Corsini & Szulkin in Conservation Letters doi.org/10.1111/conl...

Syken postdoc-ohjelman rekrytointi jatkuu 7 avoimella paikalla! Avatut paikat keskittyvät sellaisiin luonnon ekosysteemien ja yhteiskunnan sekä talouden järjestelmien tutkimuskysymyksiin, joihin kohdistuu tiedollisia odotuksia hallinnossa ja elinkeinoelämässä. Lue lisää: www.syke.fi/fi/tietoa-me...

Lower survival rate among trainees in labs with highly productive mentors raises important concerns about what we value in academia. Many interesting things to stew over with this paper! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Now out in npj Biodiversity: Multispecies relations shape bird-feeding practices Link: doi.org/10.1038/s441... From the bird-feeding section of @helsinkirats.bsky.social w/ @informedbirds.bsky.social @aksulehikoinen.bsky.social A short thread: 1/8

Hello to everyone at Oikos Finland 2025! I will be presenting the first results of our experiments with using scent as chemical camouflage tomorrow in session A4 predation. See you there!

Happy to share we have a new postdoc position in "Biogeography of genetic diversity changes or Macrogenetics" at @utu.fi to work on large-scale patterns of genetic diversity using Lepidoptera= moths and butterflies 🦋🦋 Applications are open until March 10! ats.talentadore.com/apply/tutkij...

The web-pages of our research group @hkilabornithology.bsky.social @nathist.bsky.social @helsinkiuni.bsky.social have been updated, incl. a video about our work. Please have a look! www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg... youtu.be/ugiyHy86taw

Its been a long wait, but some work from my Masters' thesis is also finally out 😁

Using my debut BlueSky post to announce that my final #PhD paper is out! We find that #birds in #Helsinki eat fruits available in the #city without discriminating by origin. Read more here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @aksulehikoinen.bsky.social @johanssonnr.bsky.social