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🌟 Building on My Passion for Ecology 🌟 Thrilled to announce that I have successfully completed the "Introduction to Biology: Ecology" course, authorized by Rice University through Coursera. As a Biological Scientist, this course allowed me to further strengthen my foundation in Ecology while exploring new dimensions of the field. Throughout this program, I: Refined my skills in recording precise scientific observations. Deepened my understanding of ecosystem models and their applications. Honed my expertise in species identification. Enhanced my ability to communicate scientific ideas effectively. Mastered tools for concept mapping and data visualization. I’m excited to integrate these learnings with my academic background and practical experiences. Looking forward to new collaborations and opportunities to make a lasting impact in Ecology! 🌱🔬 #Ecology #BiologicalScience #ProfessionalGrowth #Sustainability #LifelongLearning

Free Taxonomic training workshop in Paris on Tropical Deep-Sea Sponges - December 2nd – 13th, 2024 The Museum of Paris (MNHN) is organizing a 2-week Training Course on the Taxonomy of Tropical Deep-Sea Sponge from December 2nd to December 13th, 2024. Targeted audience are students, researchers, collection managers, and all professionals involved in the field of biology, whatever their disciplines and levels (beginners, advanced, experts).   The goal of the workshop is to bring together professional taxonomists and students (in the broad sense) around samples recently collected during the Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos Program and deposited in the MNHN collections to transmit taxonomic knowledge while speeding up digitization of natural collections.   During 10 days, we will sort specimens to the lowest taxonomic level possible and use best practices to taxa identification and data collection management, preservation, and traceability. In addition, there will be courses on Porifera taxonomy, evolutionary genetics, and deep-sea ecology.   Further details are provided on the website of the DEST-CETAF: Upcoming courses - DEST (Distributed European School of Taxonomy) (cetaf.org) https://lnkd.in/edrB9Jga   Registration is free but necessary to anticipate coffee breaks and discussions. Registration deadline: November 15th, 2024 Don't forget to register by sending an email to: magalie.castelin@mnhn.fr

Hello, if you have experience in ecological fieldwork and population dynamics, this PhD position opened by NTNU in evolutionary ecology might be suitable for you! A quick summary: The main aims of this position is to quantify links between different types of animal movements, including dispersal (and resulting immigration to new populations) and reversible seasonal migration. Understanding how these different types of movement co-occur and interact will provide new capability to predict how spatial population dynamics will respond to dramatic changes in seasonal climates and environments. The empirical objectives will be achieved by applying advanced statistical models to multi-year field data collected in a partially-migratory meta-population of European shags in Scotland. There will also be opportunities to contribute to fieldwork, quantitative genetic analyses and/or theoretical modelling, depending on the interests of the successful applicant. Full training in quantitative, analytical and modelling skills will be provided. Application is open until 27th January 2025! https://lnkd.in/d6A7mPmw

"What do you do?" "Oh I'm interested in how biology builds our realities..." I often get asked what I do...it was definitely a feat fitting in some of that to the discussions I had a few days ago when I had an induction for my PhD I'm beginning in October... Sometimes I rattle off a load of labels and places I've worked, but sometimes I get the pleasure of talking about the many flavours I have encountered in this journey of understanding how we build our realities. Not just within "queering ecology" but also within "critical ecology", and "Interdisciplinary ecology"...across the realms of storytelling, writing, film making, facilitation, entomology, marine biology and poetry...I poke at things from as many angles as I can. Fundamentally, in order for us to build a regenerative future, we are required to understand how to deconstruct, divest from and undermine the series of toxic normalities we are told are "absolute". This includes those within biology and ecology, and all that it relates to. To deconstruct a reality does not mean necessarily to disprove its existence, but simply to learn and become aware of its origins, development and that it is one thread of many realities in this world. Once we understand where our understanding of ecological science, conservation and biology come from, once we start to delve into how those systems and structures of understanding developed, and once we not only dig deeper, but also break down the barriers between what we consider "hard science", "philosophy of science", "art", "social science", etc. We are able to see more fluid mechanisms beneath the array of labels and titles some of us administered whilst the rest of us were not able to access the books these were inked upon. Biology is a builder of our realities. The entire way we see eachother, the way we treat eachother, the ways we exploit eachother and other organisms...this is constructed from foundational absolute truths from within "hard science". I think it ultimately necessary to question these hard truths. Not erase them, but move towards a model of thought and action where there needn't be a need to move into a system of reliance upon absolute, hard facts that by their very wording are unmouldable. Unmouldable systems are loved by colonial and imperial power for they offer no hope, no chance of rebellion and no space for reimagination or regeneration. I think when we do this, we take back the power of our present, past and future. Instead of being invited into a model of thought, work and lore that will hurt us, we turn our heads proudly, and say, "we are where the knowledge lies, we are where the regenerative system structure must come from, you will come to US for answers or guidance, not exploit us because we have no other choice". #Phd #Biology #Philosophy #Nature #Ecology #Guidance #Futurism

Ecology and Evolutionary History of Diabrotica Beetles—Overview and Update 📚included in the Special Issue "Corn Rootworm: Biology, Ecology, Behavior and Integrated Management" 👉Open Access: https://brnw.ch/21wOYiP #mdpiinsects #Beetles

𝑷𝒉𝑫 𝒊𝒏 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝑬𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒆𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒌 The Laughlin Research Lab at the University of Wyoming invites applications for a fully funded PhD position in the Program in Ecology and Evolution. This exciting project is a collaboration with #Laura #Jones, #Branch #Chief of #Vegetation #Management at #Grand #Teton #National #Park. The research includes summer fieldwork in the breathtaking landscapes of Grand Teton National Park. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 This project aims to evaluate plant community responses to ecological restoration, invasive species management, grazing, and climate change. It will investigate how biotic and abiotic factors—such as herbivory, soil conditions, microorganisms, and climate—affect management outcomes. Key topics include sagebrush restoration, habitat resilience to climate and fire, grazing impacts by native species, and the effectiveness of invasive plant treatments in rangelands. 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: 1) undergraduate degree in Biology, Ecology, Botany, or related degree; 2) passion for plants and Rocky Mountain ecosystems; 3) motivation to use scientific knowledge to make informed management decisions; 4) research experience in ecology; 5) an interest in learning quantitative modeling skills. Review of applications will begin January 20, 2025. The start date is August 2025. 𝐓𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲: Please email the following to Professor Daniel Laughlin (daniel.laughlin@uwyo.edu): (1) a one-page statement of research interests that addresses the listed preferred qualifications, (2) unofficial transcripts, (3) Curriculum Vitae, and (4) contact information for three professional/academic references. #PlantEcology #RestorationEcology #Sagebrush #Wyoming #InvasionEcology #Rangelands

It's a song that hasn't been written yet: UMass researchers have realized that they can simulate future finch songs by modeling evolutionary changes in their beaks. Charles Darwin famously noted that finch species adapted to separate ecological niches. Since his time, scientists have only improved their knowledge of evolution and how it affects living beings. Jeffrey Podos, professor of biology at UMass Amherst, found a way to modify current finch songs to correspond to beak shapes that might evolve in response to environmental changes. When Podos and his team took the modified calls back to the Galapagos Islands and played them for modern finches, they found that the further out they evolved the calls, the less today's finches responded. This suggests a new driver in speciation, or the evolution of one species into others. The more the modeled birds adapted to a different environment, the less current birds cared about them. In the wild, the adapted birds could become unrecognizable to the heritage finch stock and end up not breeding with finches outside of their own group. Soon, the new finches' particular set of traits - including their novel beaks - would become a defining, species-specific characteristic. “Our research is not a conceptual revolution,” says Podos, “but it is an empirical, experimental confirmation of ecological speciation and its plausibility.” https://lnkd.in/g2tQSU88 College of Natural Sciences at UMass Amherst #umass #umassamherst #biology #ecology #research

As the fall semester winds down, we are excited to share a few academic and professional opportunities for current students and graduates across the scientific surveys! 🔸 RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATES (REU) on phytoplasmas and #insect vectors 🔹 GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIPS on #fisheries ecology and #pollinator ecology 🔸 POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS on #climatology, climate change, analytical #chemistry, and #PFAS Visit the link in the comments to see all job opportunities. ⬇️ #postdoc #researchassistantships #graduateresearch #undergradresearch #REU

An article I didn't want to write: "On the political ontology of making things up in political ecology critique: An engagement with Bormpoudakis (2019) and Knudsen (2023)" Abstract: I engage with two recent articles published in the Journal of Political Ecology, both of which critique political ecology engagements with ontological and epistemological complexities. These complexities might be distilled into the idea that how 'the world' is socially known also shapes how the world is known to be. I explore three key issues worked through in these papers, partly with reference to work of mine, namely: 1) conservation struggles around biodiversity offsetting; 2) debates regarding plural and relational ontologies, particularly representations of 'flatness' and 'depth' in ontological considerations; and 3) critical realism, specifically distinctions between perspectives on transitive and intransitive dimensions in qualifying understandings of reality. I highlight a pernicious problem of dismissive approaches towards analysts trying to ask difficult and subtle questions about 'onto-epistemology.' This situation seems surprising given the effort in political ecology towards recognising and respecting plural knowledges, particularly knowledges often overridden by discourses emboldened by structures of power. My overall aim is towards clarity in ongoing political ecology debate on these issues, alongside the pursuit of respectful praxis in this burgeoning area of engagement. #politicalecology #biodiversityoffsetting #conservationstruggles #ontology #criticalrealism #indigeneity Stasja Koot Wolfram Dressler ... maybe of interest? https://lnkd.in/eWPzTUCk

A new paper on conducting #global #collaborative and #inclusive research in #urban #ecology and #evolution is out! Thanks to Dr Amy Savage for leading this work! https://lnkd.in/dxka6wsJ