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📢 PhD Opportunity! IAPETUS DTP project on "Occupancy and density of the badger in Britain", with Badger Trust's Hannah Trayford, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology's Michael Pocock and Susan Jarvis, & Russell Hill. If monitoring and making sense of data appeal, take a look: findaphd.com/phds/project/o… Closes: 5/1

Knowledge Exchange Manager sought by Durham University for the CASCADE project, helping to drive more effective KE between #conservation biologists and policy/management. 2 years, full time, deadline 28th Jan. durham.taleo.net/careersection/… BES careers @philipjkmcgowan

Happy World Wildlife Day (#WWD2024)

The PSGB Field Skills Workshop is being hosted at ZSL London Zoo from 5-7th of August 2024. Applications will open in early April, and will close at the end of April. More information can be found in this thread, and also on our website: buff.ly/3Io6aWj

Alice gave a brilliant talk here in Durham a few weeks ago - I have been thinking a lot about insect culture since - excited to read this! 🐝

📣 Work with us! 📣 We are looking for a University Assistant Professor in Human Evolution to join our thriving and growing team! 📅 Closing date: 2 April 2024 👉 More info here: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/44717/

JOB in ZOOLOGY: T&R lectureship (Grade 8) in Bangor. Deadline 8 April! 'We particularly welcome applications from those studying the biology of mammals (ecology, behaviour, health and disease)' jobs.bangor.ac.uk/details.php.en…

#NewPaper: Working with a huge team of 220 co-authors representing 102 projects in 21 countries, we analyzed data from 5400 #cameratraps to ask how #wildlife behaviours changed during the COVID-19 “anthropause” nature.com/articles/s4155… ..1/

More than 20 countries, more than 100 projects, more than 160 wild species... A global #cameratrapping study assessed the effect of #anthropause (#COVID19 lockdown) in #wildlife Where the Wild Things Went During the Pandemic nytimes.com/2024/03/18/sci… The New York Times NatureEcoEvo

University coverage of Ben Walton’s paper looking at the unexpected behaviours revealed through collar cameras on baboons. PPP

For those who check model assumptions (you ALL should), the {easystats} package makes it very easy to do this with various models but particularly regression models

A pioneering project to create a robust estimate of Britain's hedgehog population has been launched. bbc.in/3IPv3ug

We’re helping to monitor the UK’s #hedgehogs to try & reverse the fall in their numbers. Durham University & @mammalweb are partners in the National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme People's Trust for Endangered Species Hedgehog Society 🦔 Find out more & get involved 👉 brnw.ch/21wIc0q Impact Acceleration Accounts @ Durham

Some publicity for MammalWeb’s involvement in the National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme - get involved!

A great opportunity to get involved with MammalWeb and the National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme in collaboration with People's Trust for Endangered Species and Hedgehog Society

I passed my PhD VIVA! Turns out they're not even that bad- thank you to my examiners @thonoir and Jeremy Kendal for a great chat about #mammals, #CitizenScience, #CameraTrapping and MammalWeb and for the constructive feedback! Now to get revisions sorted and papers submitted!

New study led by Jamie McKaughan shows leopards persist well in mixed use areas of South Africa, with densities ~2.2 (1.1 - 4.2) per 100 sq. km. Lethal control has a big impact though; alternatives are needed. Read it: nature.com/articles/s4159… #ecology #conservation #secr #bigcats

JOB 📢: Assistant Professor in Ecology, Evolution or Behavioural Ecology Durham BioSciences Durham University. Deadline 31 Oct 2024 More info: durham.taleo.net/careersection/… CEG Durham Durham BEER centre BES careers SCB #HiringNow EcologyJobs EcologyJobs ASAB

Massive congratulations to Beth Gillie for successfully and impressively defending her PhD thesis on "Biodiversity colonisation of the Arctic under climate change; impacts on land, sea and people"! Thanks to examiners (@hannahchoppie, Philip Stephens).

Fully-funded PhD on "Meeting commitments to biodiversity conservation: developing a framework for predicting and monitoring the potential contributions of nature markets", with The Office for Environmental Protection & University of Aberdeen findaphd.com/phds/project/m… Part of netgain Deadline 31 Jan