Nick Royle
@RoyleResearch
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Behaviour, ecology, evolution & conservation. Particularly parental care, life-histories etc. Likes beetles and other whole organisms. Has eclectic enthusiasms.
University of Exeter, Cornwall
Joined February 2022
Only 1 week to go before the closing date on this PhD opportunity in Devon and Cornwall. Like rainforests, beetles and ecology? This could be for you. Apply now!
Splendid PhD opportunity on ecology and conservation of #bluegroundbeetles in #temperaterainforests in the Southwest of England now available: https://t.co/o0nGBThEMO. Come join the team! Interested? Email me: n.j.royle@exeter.ac.uk for further info. Please share.
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Splendid PhD opportunity on ecology and conservation of #bluegroundbeetles in #temperaterainforests in the Southwest of England now available: https://t.co/o0nGBThEMO. Come join the team! Interested? Email me: n.j.royle@exeter.ac.uk for further info. Please share.
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This is the first known video of the Amazon weasel, a rare small carnivore. Filmed by a group of coffee producers in Bolivia, where the species hadn't been recorded before. An example of the importance of citizen science to #biodiversity knowledge. 👉 https://t.co/6MHSTIyBOY
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Mini backpacks track movements of rare beetle
bbc.com
Researchers say the blue ground beetle study using "mini backpacks" could help support conservation.
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Thanks also to @NERCscience for funding the wonderful PhD work by @broganConBio on those icons of UK #temperaterainforests the #bluegroundbeetles. @UniExeCEC @guyshrubsole @JWentomologist
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Our 2023 #BugsMatter survey results are out today, and the news is alarming. The data indicates a 78% fall in the abundance of flying insects in the UK since 2004. 🧵
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Congrats to @broganConBio on the first paper from his PhD on #bluegroundbeetles. Published in @InsectDiversity and freely available here https://t.co/UUZG8iImXU. Key characteristics of old growth #temperaterainforest predict #carabusintricatus occupancy on #dartmoor.
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I did this MSc course back in 2019/20 and couldn't recommend it enough! 🦔 Cornwall is a beautiful place to live, and the Penryn Campus is no exception - plus you'll be learning from ground breaking researchers... learn more about it in the Q&A next Weds 🦗
LOVE #EVOLUTION? LOVE #BEHAVIOUR? Join our MSc Evolutionary&Behavioural Ecology @UniExeCEC in Cornwall https://t.co/1fukNsVgFG. Online session to meet our fantastic students&staff on Wed Dec 6 1700, Fri Dec 8 1300 GMT. Register: https://t.co/o89fWvLXOM
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LOVE #EVOLUTION? LOVE #BEHAVIOUR? Join our MSc Evolutionary&Behavioural Ecology @UniExeCEC in Cornwall https://t.co/1fukNsVgFG. Online session to meet our fantastic students&staff on Wed Dec 6 1700, Fri Dec 8 1300 GMT. Register: https://t.co/o89fWvLXOM
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*New #evolution paper* Sparrow-weaver mothers lay larger eggs when they will have more help feeding chicks. Maternal reaction norms to help are *opposite* for egg size & nestling feeding rate. Cool. But why do this? 1 of 3. Fine work @p_capi. https://t.co/ufaWbh84Dt
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Culling-induced perturbation of social networks of wild geese reinforces rather than disrupts associations among survivors Shows importance of generalised social system-based theory to understand how different species respond to management intervention 🔗 https://t.co/XrdNpAn9mJ
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If anyone is thinking about MSc programs, this new initiative covers our conservation, marine, eco/eco options (and more interdisciplinary things) at UoE penryn
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#invasivespecies have much, much further to spread, Henry Häkkinen, @DaveHodgson00 and I found. #PLOSBiology: Global terrestrial invasions: Where naturalised birds, mammals, and plants might spread next and what affects this process. https://t.co/EfjszAvNa6. pls RT
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!!PhD Opportunity!! Seeking ecological statistician to work with us on epidemiology of bovine tuberculosis in wild badgers, please RT https://t.co/X4peFtuBTH
@UniExeCEC
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Exciting PhD project for competitive funding (start date Sept/Oct '24), exploring how gut microbiota affect pesticide resistance in aphids! The project is based at UExeter's wonderful Cornwall campus @uniexecec in collab w @Rothamsted: https://t.co/ofxa6fOIIn
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Scientists observed flocks of Canada geese before and after a population-management cull in which about 20% of the birds were killed. Some animal species increased 'social connectivity', mixing with many new individuals. @UniExeCEC @RoyleResearch
news.exeter.ac.uk
Canada geese strengthen existing friendships and forge a few new connections after losing close associates from their flock, new research shows. University of Exeter scientists observed flocks of...
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I am delighted that @beaCdowning paper with @mattjsilk
@dezdelahay @StuBearhop and myself on the impacts of culling on #Canadagoose #socialnetworks is published today in @JAppliedEcology. It is freely available here https://t.co/FXbWH8ORq1.
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Looking for a job as a #buryingbeetle #technician? Are you skilled in insect rearing and husbandry, highly organised and enthusiastic about inverts? If so, please apply for this post with @Raymond_Lab and myself @UniExeCEC: https://t.co/ZTfdlvBc3D.
@UoE_Jobs. Pls retweet.
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One of the joys of being out in the #temperaterainforest looking for BGBs is that there are lots of other cool lifeforms to be encountered too. Most splendid! @JWentomologist @guyshrubsole @AndWhitehouse @_LauraLarkin @hotchkissaj @dartmoornpa @NaturalEngland
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