Out now: Very nice special issue in #BiologicalConservation: Conservation of Palaearctic steppes and semi-natural grasslands: challenges and solutions.

🎉Paper just published! We used Bayesian dynamic occupancy models to assess the effect of accessibility, hunting and other landscape variables on the occupancy, persistence and colonisation of eleven terrestrial and arboreal species. @consbiogoe.bsky.social @matthiaswaltert.bsky.social

New research from Cameroon suggests that "remote” rainforest areas aren’t safe refuges from hunting 🌴🌎 Hunters reach deeper than expected, meaning conservation plans must factor in human access, not just habitat 💭 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

New paper! Determinants of terrestrial and limnic species richness in Germany: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... Some first evidence for #hotspot patterns of certain taxonomic groups, but also clearly a lot to do: spatial #samplingbias doesn't go unnoticed, even in birds. Nice collab.

New paper! Hunting affects spatial distribution and occupancy trends in elephants and chimpanzees in Cameroon: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... Led by @rodelnguimdo.bsky.social, neat analysis with contributions by @matthiaswaltert.bsky.social @consbiogoe.bsky.social Mahmood Soofi etal.

Another very nice new paper emerging from Rodel's PhD - amazing dataset🐘⬇️

New publication in Conservation Science and Practice 📢🎉 How are large mammals such as chimpanzees and elephants influenced by hunting? We used 15 years of wildlife monitoring data to answer this question. @consbiogoe.bsky.social Read more here👇 www.researchgate.net/publication/...

New publication in Conservation Science and Practice 📢🎉 How are large mammals such as chimpanzees and elephants influenced by hunting? We used 15 years of wildlife monitoring data to answer this question. @consbiogoe.bsky.social Read more here👇 www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Very happy to see this research finally published, and very happy to be part of the authors.

New paper on human well-being and conservation. ‘‘Our voices are put to the back even if we are in the same room, so we are discouraged to continue to be pre- sent, we feel we are just symbols following the men’s decisions even when it’s projects that are for women.’’ share.google/79KfJfMH9Hfm...

New publication! We Modelled the distribution of eight primate species in the Yabssi Key Biodiversity Area, and used the results to make recommendations for conservation planning across the landscape. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Big congratulations to Rodel for defending his PhD thesis with flying colours!

Thrilled to share that I defended my PhD thesis last Friday after 2.5 years at @consbiogoe.bsky.social, @uni-goettingen.de. Very grateful for all the support received during this journey from my supervisor @matthiaswaltert.bsky.social, thesis committee members, colleagues, friends and family.

New publication! We Modelled the distribution of eight primate species in the Yabssi Key Biodiversity Area, and used the results to make recommendations for conservation planning across the landscape. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

In an #unprotected landscape known as a hotspot of hunting-induced defaunation, we found #primate encounter rates and multispecies groups similar to observations in protected areas within the same ecoregion. #Biodiversity #Conservation #Wildlife www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Paper published 🥳 🥳 The long-term persistence of primate assemblages in unprotected and hunted Afrotropical rainforests remains understudied. Access the full open access paper here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Paper published 🥳 🥳 The long-term persistence of primate assemblages in unprotected and hunted Afrotropical rainforests remains understudied. Access the full open access paper here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

We're proud to celebrate excellence in #conservation science! Each year, @conbiology.bsky.social honors outstanding contributions with our Rising Star Award, most cited papers + highest Altmetric scores. Congratulations and thank you to all our authors for your vital work!

Manuscript accepted 🥳🥳🥳 Persistence of large polyspecific primate assemblages in unprotected forests in the Gulf of Guinea More details coming soon!

Being in nature is great for your brain. Scientists are trying to understand exactly why.

When curiosity meets curiosity👀😊 These two #chimpanzees paused to inspect our #camera trap📷, reminding us that observation goes both ways. They didn’t just pass by. They investigated, offering a glimpse into their world and perhaps wondering about ours. #Rainforest #CameraTrap #WildlifePhotography

*New postgraduate studentship*! ⚠️⬇️ We are now offering fully funded taught MSc in Conservation Science studentships at the University of Kent, particularly targeted towards individuals from underserved backgrounds. Apply here: ➡️ www.kent.ac.uk/durrell-inst... #postgraduatescholarships

📖Published📖 Authors present the adm R package, developed to support the construction of abundance-based species distribution models , including data preparation, model fitting, prediction and model exploration 🌍 🧪 Read the article here 👇 buff.ly/sXjdv8o

#ICCB2025 plenary speaker Amy van Nice from the Wildlife Alliance is sharing hard truths from work to combat the illegal wildlife trade. Among the many challenges, funding systems are biased towards short-term projects, and donor priorities are often misaligned with on-ground needs. #conservation

Great Poster session! It was great discussions biodiversity conservation in African rainforest with all of you. And I look forward to developping the ideas we shared #ICCB2025 #Brisbane #Australia Thank you to all those who stopp🙏🙏🙏

Attending #ICCB2025? Join me at the poster session this evening to learn more about the findings of this research and discuss their implications!

Interesse, einen Einblick in unsere Forschung zu gewinnen? Wir bieten im Sommer ein partizipatives Projekt zu Änderungen der Biologischen Vielfalt in Göttingen an. Jede und jeder kann mitmachen! ⬇️

A nice piece from Mongabay on our recently published paper. news.mongabay.com/2025/05/in-c...

We're really excited to welcome Fanny Djomkam to Oxford for her Leventis African #Biodiversity Fellowship! Read more about her work at iccs.org.uk/author/fanny...

In Cameroon with students from Göttingen university. Two days of hiking and discussing with the mayor of Mbankomo the remaining biodiversity in Yaounde’s hills. There are solutions to stop encroachment but a compensation scheme is urgently needed to save Yaounde‘s green belt!

Congratulations to Tejas Bhagwat on successfully defending his PhD with excellent results! Inspiring work on land-use change and birds in the Central Asian #flyway, through the annual cycle, skillfully combining remote sensing, fieldwork and stats.

Such an excellent defense! Congratulations again, Tejas!

I recently visited the Mbam & Djerem National Park in Cameroon. A stunning blend of forest & savanna with an exceptional widlife and habitat diversity - a powerful reminder of why conservation matters. Let's protect Earth's treasures! #ConservationJourney @consbiogoe.bsky.social

Undergraduate studying ecology or conservation? Lecturer teaching these subjects? Here is a playlist of 27 three minute videos, each explaining a fundamental concept. Hope it is useful. Say if any gaps you would like filled youtube.com/playlist?lis...

New paper with involvement of our @rodelnguimdo.bsky.social: Great apes' occurrence in peri-urban areas of Cameroon (with chimpanzees and people collecting resources from the same trees...): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

JOB OPPORTUNITY: come be my peer at @wcs.org as the new Regional Director of the Sudano-Sahel Region, overseeing conservation programs in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad and Nigeria, reporting to a regional office based in Kigali, Rwanda. 🌍🧪 More here: shorturl.at/O2c41

Important finding for #conservation planning and #protectedarea management

New paper from Rodel's fast progressing PhD now out in @consbiog.bsky.social! Shotgun cartridges & wire snares reveal patterns of human hunting activity in the unprotected Ebo forest in Cameroon. Long-term approach with data from 2008-2023. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Thrilled to share our newly published paper and my first first-author paper. We used hunting sign data from long-term monitoring in the Ebo forest, Littoral-Cameroon, to explore the spatiotemporal patterns of hunting activities. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🌍 Exciting opportunity from the Congo Basin Science Initiative (CBSI)! 📢 Fully Funded MSc & PhD Scholarships starting Sep 2025 🔍 Join the 1st cohort of CBSI grad student researchers ✅ Open to natls of Cameroon, DRC, Gabon, and Rep of Congo 📅 Due 28 Feb 2025 🔗 congobasinscience.net/scholarships/

There’s a lot of important dates coming up for #ASABSpring2025 & #Behaviour2025 ASAB Grants: asab.org/grant-overview ASAB Spring: asabspring2025.github.io Behaviour: behaviourindia2025.in Make sure you also follow @asab-spring-2025.bsky.social & @behaviour2025.bsky.social for updates 😄

🚨 JOB ALERT!! We're looking for a PhD student to join our group! Are you interested in evolutionary medicine / anthropology? Already have a master's? Apply with your own project ideas! See link: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie... #EvMed @bioanth.org @ehbea.bsky.social Please RT!

📣🚨Extension of deadlines: Behaviour 2025! 📣🚨 Last date for abstract submissions for #Behaviour2025 has been extended to 31st of January 2025🕰️. Early bird registration ends on 28th of February 2025. Don't miss your chance to share your expertise on a global platform. Hurry and submit your abstracts!

Very interesting!

Artenkenntnis ist eine unverzichtbare Grundlage für erfolgreichen Naturschutz. Tolles neues Angebot von der @consbiogoe.bsky.social zu Artenkenntnis & Citizen Science u.a. mit @kampjohannes.bsky.social @cblei.bsky.social @fminifera.bsky.social @mtaguado.bsky.social!

Long, exciting feature in @science.org today on land #abandonment, #rewilding and biodiversity by @dancharles.bsky.social, covering our abandonment research across Europe and Kazakhstan. Based on interviews with Gergana and Johannes + site visit in Bulgaria. Free to read: bsky.app/profile/scie...

Prospective students: We offer a new teaching module for the Bachelor Biodiv in Göttingen: 'Know your species! Biodiversity recording in a digital citizen-science era.' Species identification skills and knowledge about their natural history...

#HappyNewYear 2025

Can AI improve #cameratrap studies? Our study in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social shows how #machinelearning can enhance wildlife surveys by automating species detection & classification and enabling unbiased density estimates 📷🦌. Check it out! ⬇️ besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🚨 Deadline extended 9th December! 🚨 Enter ASAB's science communication competition. Submit your 1-2min video showcasing your cool animal behaviour research related to the meeting theme: "Addressing biases in the field of animal behaviour." Use this form tinyurl.com/ASABwinter20... to participate!