Elise Ireland
@liseland.bsky.social
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I love hiding in natural history collections
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Elise Ireland
Biodiversity Heritage Library
12 months ago
Change is in the air for BHL! In 2026, BHL hosting will transition away from the Smithsonian, opening doors to reimagine our future. Rest assured, our 63 million pages of biodiversity knowledge remain secure and accessible. Learn what's next for BHL ➡️
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A New Future for the Biodiversity Heritage Library
The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives. A global consortium of over 660 contributors, BHL has made more …
https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/04/new-future-for-bhl.html
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Sophie Gilbert
over 1 year ago
I see 3 white blades and want one painted black 👩🎨 Dead birdies under blades but not if painted black 🎶 But seriously, one of my fave "easy fix" papers on biodiversity x renewables! 70% ⬇️ in 🐦 fatalities in BACI experiment 🧪.
#renewables
#windpower
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
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Paint it black: Efficacy of increased wind turbine rotor blade visibility to reduce avian fatalities
Conflicts with birdlife hamper the development of wind energy worldwide. Mitigation measures that reduce the risk of collision by making the rotor blades more conspicuous therefore need to be thoroug...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ece3.6592
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Elise Ireland
Marsupial Enjoyer
over 1 year ago
And a great short interview with
@nclark.bsky.social
and Sarah Lucas
www.npr.org/2025/01/01/n...
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DNA reveals secrets of Australia's elusive marsupial mole
Researchers have probed the genetics of one of Australia's most elusory animals, the marsupial mole.
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/01/nx-s1-5243367/dna-reveals-secrets-of-australias-elusive-marsupial-mole
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Elise Ireland
Marsupial Enjoyer
over 1 year ago
A brief explainer on our new paper out in Science Advances where we explore the genome of the incredibly cryptic marsupial mole. Paper link below.
pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/sci...
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Nicole Kearney
over 1 year ago
I've just assigned DOIs to 3399 articles in the Journal of Conchology from 1874 to 2005. Assigning DOIs is easy, but the gathering & checking of historic article data takes time (even with AI). All these articles are now discoverable & easily citable: e.g
doi.org/10.5962/p.39...
#RetroPIDs
#BHLib
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Elise Ireland
Guardian Australia
almost 2 years ago
More than 90% of marine animals caught in NSW shark nets over summer were non-target species
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More than 90% of marine animals caught in NSW shark nets over summer were non-target species
Exclusive: New documents reveal government division over controversial program as data reveals death toll Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast More than 90% of marine animals caught in shark nets off New South Wales beaches over the summer were non-target species, with new documents revealing division within the government over the controversial program. More than half of the 208 non-target species – such as turtles, dolphins and smaller sharks – that were caught in the nets over the past eight months were killed, data obtained by conservationists show. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/30/more-than-90-of-marine-animals-caught-in-nsw-shark-nets-over-summer-were-non-target-species?CMP=aus_bsky
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S Peter Davis
almost 3 years ago
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jorge
almost 3 years ago
year of the three twitters
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Here's a swan for stooping to begging for my second ever post 😣.
almost 3 years ago
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Living with someone who has not been invited to the sky. Currently looking to put them out of their misery if anyone happens to have a spare code 😅. Apparently screenshots of Alf memes are not enough and only fuel their FOMO.
almost 3 years ago
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And now to find everyone so that I can continue my lifestyle of reposting interesting or infuriating things.
almost 3 years ago
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