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Apex #predators - lions, tigers, etc. - provide important services to every #ecosystem
In our new EcolClip Prof Euan Ritchie is explaining the ecological relevance of predators and shares his vision and concerns about the future
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgrWTnrO-WM
#ecology #conservation #nature #climatechange #biodiversity #Australia #animals #biology #globalchange #mammals
What are the next hot topics in ecological research?
Prof Mark Westoby tells us what he thinks the future of Ecology will look like.
Mark is among the the most renowned ecologists and has shaped Ecology for 50 years now.
Watch here the full interview on EcolClips
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=93e5iDjzL2o
#ecology #Biology #biodiversity #globalchange #ClimateChange #Climate #conservation #okologie #nature #science #botany
NSW is moving from Varroa eradication to Varroa management. This is a turning point in the country's beekeeping history.
Varroa destructor management is complex, with no easy solutions yet.
New YouTube channel: EcolClips. Designed for teaching and ecological education. Comes in 2 forms:
- Interviews will ecologists on influential theories, experiments and study sites.
- Short Facts: brief and concise about anything related to ecology.
We just started but will add more content soon. If you are interested, please check it out, subscribe and spread the word.
Please boost or RT
https://www.youtube.com/@EcolClips
#ecology #Plants #Animals #Student #lecture #teaching #nature #conservation
Welcome to EcolClips! EcolClips is a video format created to document and explain key ecological theories, landmark experiments, and classic themes in ecology across all disciplines. Through expert interviews and short video clips, EcolClips offers concise overviews of various ecological topics. EcolClips was founded by Dr. Cornelia Sattler (videographer and researcher, cosattler.com) and Dr. Julian Schrader (lecturer, julianschrader.wordpress.com). To contact us, please use the email address provided below. Enjoy observing nature!
Our paper published yesterday in Biology Letters discusses what research should be prioritized should Varroa spread throughout Australia, the last large country still free of the mite.
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0589
Australia has had a recent incursion of Varroa mites, perhaps still under control. Here is an overview of the situation and what could happen if the mite spreads throughout the country:
#mite #varroa #beekeeping #bee #honeybee #Apismellifera #science #biology #Australia
For #PhotoMonday my favorite shot from last year, a #photography of a Rhytidoponera ant in Australia. Perhaps these amazing colours help predators remember their painful sting.
#macro #macrophoto #ants #ant #myrmecology #biology #ecology
We are looking for post-doc candidates who would like to work on #beekeeping practices and conduct a cost-benefits analysis for the use of hive sensors in Australia. This is a short full-time post-doc position for 6 months at Macquarie University in Sydney. The successful candidate would join a very dynamic team of bee researchers.
For more info and the full project description please email me at [email protected]
Back to tagging #bees with #RFID tags to follow their foraging performances following heat stress and other developmental conditions.
#ecology #sience #biology #entomology #globalwarming
More about our methods here:
https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4088
We just published our article on modelling the daily weight variations of #honeybee #colonies in @PLOS Computational Biology to help estimate the population of forager #bees from the changes in #hive weight.
https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010880
Author summary Honey bees are under threat and dying at an alarming rate due to pesticides, parasites, and other stressors. Obtaining information about the health of bee colonies is essential to understand how this happens and to identify measures that can prevent this from happening. Herein, we built a mathematical model of the daily dynamics of hives that allows such information to be extracted without detailed and expensive measurements. Based only on measurements of how the weight of the hive changes during the day, our model can be used to estimate how many bees are collecting food, how successful they are, and how much time they spend outside the hive. Due to its simplicity, the model presented here can be applied to a wide range of hive scale systems and help beekeepers track how healthy and productive their bees are.
Julian Schrader