Luca Borger
@lucaborger
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Biologist, into ecology, biodiversity, natural resource management. Professor & Head of Dpt. @swanseauni. Previously, free-lance musician (french horn).
Swansea, Wales
Joined July 2009
Super excited about our new paper on how to move forward the field of Movement Ecology, to become a more predictive science. https://t.co/oR7POmESjB
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
This review provides a framework to better understand and predict animal movements and distributions in human-modified environments. Bridging the gap between movement models and management/conserva...
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We GPS-tracked 349 individuals, 18 mammal species. Result? Home range scaling is sex-driven — and we were missing it. https://t.co/8B0Xtmh4ZO
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How do tigers adapt to human-dominated landscapes? Our GPS-telemetry study reveals life-stage-specific strategies: faster, nocturnal travel in risky zones & localized movements in forests. @bhlab_india @wii_india @thewild_dodo @paragnigam09 @otocolobus @ntca_india
Rest to roam: behavioural adaptations of tigers in anthropogenically altered landscapes https://t.co/YysxMpKX5S
@moefcc @wii_india @SACONCoimbatore @wildwithwolves @paragnigam09 @GobindsagarBha1
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🐅 New publication alert - The manuscript unveils the movement behavior and adaptation of dispersing tigers in a human-altered landscape in India. #MovementEcology #Hiddenmarkovmodel #TigerConservation Read more 👉 https://t.co/2QSGaSb7Pj
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#BESMove2025 will be a blast! Over 60 participants from many countries and continents, great talks and posters and social events! Last chance to register is tomorrow mid day (30 August) - we extended registration following your requests. Register here: https://t.co/oam0zsKJHN
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Our popular Movement Ecology Annual Meeting will move to the University of East Anglia this year, under the title Understanding Migration.
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@JesslovesMJK Ok so, one of the guys who wrote “correlation is not causation” in response to this chart is me. So, I take it personally. I repeat, this chart is bullshit and I call the author out as a pseudo scientist. I regret I have to waste my time on this. If the author has had visited any
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Here you are:- Over 650,000 children in Denmark, followed for more than a decade No increased risk of autism after MMR vaccination - even among kids with higher genetic risk. Large sample, rigorous controls, registry-based data (not self-reported). The study definitively
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Background: The hypothesized link between the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism continues to cause concern and challenge vaccine uptake. Objective: To evaluate whether the MMR vaccine...
If you're one of the people blowing off the autism data with "cool quips" like "correlation isn't causation" then please replace your quips with DATA and solid empirical reasons for the uptick. And for the love of God, do not insult the universe's collective intelligence by
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Any self-respecting Treasury Secretary would resign rather have the Department be complicit in the weaponization of the IRS against a political adversary of the President. Harvard will endure and it is far, far from perfect, but if this directive is not withdrawn, the
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This is mass murder in Sudan by the RSF militia, over which we don't have much influence, and enabled by the UAE -- over which we have enormous influence that we refuse to apply. Why would we sell arms to the UAE when it passes them on to a group engaged in mass murder and rape?
🚨 THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨 Women, children, and elders dropping dead and at risk of death right now on the road fleeing the destruction of Zamzam camp. @HRL_YaleSPH watched them today. UNSC and 🌍 must deploy emergency response now. TIME IS RUNNING OUT. Here they are from space:
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A report commissioned by Government has called for stronger protections for our ancient trees🌳 The Government should use the Planning Bill to get #WilderByDesign with strict protection for ancient woodlands, veteran trees, & other irreplaceable habitats https://t.co/iPw03e7wZL
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What people must understand is that Putin is only accelerating his attacks on Ukrainian civilians because he is completely confident that Trump has his back. The US could make Russia pay for these attacks, but Putin knows that Trump never will. Its a sign of (perverse) trust.
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Trump is dismantling US science which has led the world for 50 years. The MAGA movement will destroy the innovation, skills and trust that made America great.
Breaking news: President Donald Trump’s administration is seeking to end nearly all of the climate research conducted by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency, one of the country’s premier climate science agencies, according to an internal budget document seen by
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#Jobs Join us here at Biosciences @SwanseaUni - we will advertise soon 2 PERMANENT Teaching Fellow positions. In Marine Biology & Terrestrial Ecology. Any questions ask Dr Ed Pope, Dr Aisling Devine, or me. Stay tuned :-)
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Spot on from Fiona Hill!
The United States is "definitely on a path towards full-on state repression". Fiona Hill, senior director for European and Russian affairs on the US National Security Council during the first Trump presidency, tells @mattfrei in the latest episode of the Fourcast.
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.@educationgovuk is looking for a new Chief Scientific Adviser to lead on science advice for them. More information about this exciting role here: https://t.co/7fl81uYeTh.
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The reason I tagged @hiltzikm is he wrote one of the best books on this, it’s one of my favorites
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From a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and contributor, the untold story of how science went “big,” built the bombs that helped win World War II, and became dependent on government and industry—and...
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I really hope he listens!
“Starmer under pressure from biggest backers to unpick Brexit after Trump tariffs” https://t.co/ttHOrootpl
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“You’re imposing a 10% tariff on the Heard and McDonald islands… Why are you putting import tariffs on islands that are entirely populated by penguins?" A good question from CNN’s Jake Tapper
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Brexit …. Now just a globally accepted symbol of economic error …
Mark Carney: “I have seen this movie before. I know exactly what’s going to happen.”
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No cases of cervical cancer have been reported in those who have received the HPV vaccine at school in my home country Scotland 🏴 None Not one ! It's an amazing anti cancer vaccine HHS Secretary RFK Jr is against the vaccine.
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These are the nine children killed by the russians in Kryvyi Rih. Since the U.S. administration cut off support for Ukraine, Ukrainian forces haven’t had enough air defense missiles to shoot down russian rockets. As a result, russian attacks on Ukraine have skyrocketed. The
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