University of Exeter CEC
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The Centre for Ecology and Conservation uses research and education to understand ecology, evolution and solutions to the global biodiversity crisis.
Penryn, Cornwall, UK.
Joined December 2012
Today is Earth Day 2025 and is the 55th anniversary!. “To honour this milestone, we are inviting our one billion supporters in 192 countries to unite behind renewable energy, with the goal of tripling the global generation of clean electricity by 2030.”
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POV: you go to uni in Cornwall. Your experience at university in Cornwall is like no other. Surfing in between lectures, exploring new walks through woodlands, and ending the day with a sunset on Gylly beach. Visit our campus and see what you think!. #Cornwall #UniofExeter
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📑 Applications should include a motivation letter (1 page), a CV (which details relevant experience), and contact information of two references. Send the above as a single PDF to b.tschirren@exeter.ac.uk by May 1st 2025.
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Want to be a field assistant in Sweden this summer?!. 🇸🇪 Gain extensive field work experience and insights into a research project on the evolutionary ecology of wildlife health and disease, and spend time in beautiful Skåne.
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This week’s CEC seminar is the last seminar of the term!. 🧑🏫 Marta Shocket - disease ecologist working as a Lecturer in Ecology at Lancaster University - will present the seminar “Thermal Ecology of Infectious Disease”. 📅 27th March, 1PM. 📍 DDM LTA
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Happy International Seal Day!. 🧑🔬 Dr Luis Huckstadt - senior lecturer with us and marine mammal researcher - tells us why seals are so important:. #InternationalSealDay #Seal #Seals #SealResearch #SealConservation #MarineMammal #Pinniped
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Social media can help scientists track animal species as they relocate in response to climate change!. 📑 The paper, is entitled: “Occupancy of urban habitats by the Jersey tiger moth is revealed by social media data but not traditional monitoring.”. #CitizenScience #Conservation
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Join fellow wildlife recorders at the second annual Cornwall Recorder's Conference!. 🎟️ Tickets online ( and lunch is included for those attending in person. There is also the option of attending remotely. 🧑🎓 Student discount code: STUDENTS10 for 10% off
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This week’s seminar is about climate change!. 🧑🏫 Sinead English - UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and PI of the Evolution and Vector Ecology Lab at the University of Bristol - will present: “Coping with climate change: a developmental perspective”. 📅 20th March, 1PM. 📍 DDM LTA
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RT @Marina_Ramon: Just a week ago I passed my PhD viva on leprosy surveillance in primates in Cantanhez NP, Guinea-Bissau @UniExeCornwall @….
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Calling Cornwall Summer 2025 graduating students!.🧑🎓 The graduation committee is looking for your photos to feature in the graduation slideshow at the graduation ceremony. 📸 Consent must be gained from all persons in the photos.🗓️ Deadline: 11th April.
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👨🏫 Luke Holmann - Associate Professor in the Animal and Plant Science Research Group at Edinburgh Napier University - will present the seminar “The genomic and phenomic underpinnings of sex- and age-specific fitness”. 📅 27th February, 1PM. 📍 DDM LTA
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RT @UniExeCornwall: Turtles are responding to climate change by nesting earlier. Research led by @UniExeCEC monitored nesting turtles in Cy….
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New research shows that turtles are responding to climate change by nesting earlier. Researchers monitoring nesting green and loggerhead turtles in Cyprus have discovered they are returning to their...
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RT @ThamesEstPart: 📢 Fully funded PhD for #BlackBritishResearchers 🧑🏿🎓💫 . @UniExeCEC is offering a studentship focusing on sustainable wat….
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To learn more, red the full paper entitled “Pair-bond strength is consistent and related to partner responsiveness in a wild corvid”: #ExeterCEC #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalBehavior #AnimalCognition #AnimalBond.
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The need to maintain strong social bonds is widely thought to be a key driver of cognitive evolution. Cognitive abilities to track and respond to information about social partners may be favoured by...
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🤝 After all, putting all your efforts into your relationship with a partner may come at the expense of the benefits you gain from your friends.”.
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💚 We suggest that although cognitive abilities supporting strong relationships can be beneficial, we must also consider how these relationships fit into wider societies.
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🪺 Alex said “We found that some pairs are more strongly bonded than others, and that jackdaws with stronger pair bonds were more responsive when their partner was stressed and were better at coordinating their behaviour. Surprisingly, they did not produce more offspring overall.
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🐦⬛ To test these ideas, a group of researchers from the CEC (Luca Hahn, Rebecca Hooper, Guillam McIvor and Alex Thornton) studied jackdaws, birds of the crow family that, like humans, form long-term pair bonds.
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💑 Relationships can be hard work. In fact, the challenges of maintaining social relationships are often thought to have favoured the evolution of intelligence in humans and other social animals. Photo credits: the Cornish Jackdaw Project and Floriana Stanca
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