Dr. Pia Oswald

Environmental ecologist, biologist by training. Once a scientist, always a scientist! ❤️🦎👩🏻‍🎓Now working on species monitoring and protection. 🪶🐸🐦

[Dr. Pia Oswald @AmphiPia]

Grab some popcorn and settle back! 🍿

Thanks to our student David Lee everyone can join us on our latest trip to the Kottenforst. Interested in what #fieldwork looks like? Let's have a look!
https://t.co/UDzHRCXtSF

@NC3Niche @unibielefeld @CaspersBarbara

[Dr. Pia Oswald @AmphiPia]

Third time lucky! 🥳
And it's all the interesting stuff about #firesalamanders 🦎😉

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Definitely worth a read! 😉✌️

[Dr. Pia Oswald @AmphiPia]

Let's celebrate the 50th anniversary of the department of #animalbehaviour @unibielefeld ! 🥳
50 years full of behavioural research on a variety of animal species. 🐀🦎🦭🦅
Back in Bielefeld I heard some interesting lectures about past and future projects & I met old friends 🤗

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In case you haven't read our (@brainforestluca @CaspersBarbara) study on behavioural responses of #firesalamander larvae towards predator cues, check this out! 👇
This blog post @JZoology summarises the key findings! 🔑

#ecology #behaviour #fieldstudy

https://t.co/wdeIMFvVNZ

[Dr. Pia Oswald @AmphiPia]

Best way to spend your day off!?
Visiting the #Behaviour2023 conference @unibielefeld! 🤗
I was jumping in for @LraSchh giving a talk about my favourite topic! 😃
Great to see all the familiar and new faces, especially my @BehavEcoBIE family! ❤️

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Population monitoring is crucial for #conservation!☝🏻
We have investigated our #firesalamanders in the Kottenforst. Plus: we also checked for habitat effects on survival & more! 🤓🕵️

Find the full article here!
https://t.co/favwNsvGlE

#Wildbook #salamandra #monitoring

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This weekend I'm back in Bielefeld learning all about bats! 🦇
Time for some new input 🤩

#bats #Bielefeld #BFAFledermäuse #NABU #conservation #RavensbergerSpinnerei

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#JobAlert!
The ecological station at #SteinhuderMeer is offering a position.
I've had the pleasure to work with them during my bachelor's! Amazing team, interesting projects and: the super cute European tree frog!

#ecology #biodiversity #conservation

https://t.co/0MlayoPX8k

[Dr. Pia Oswald @AmphiPia]

Improving my birding skills. 🐦🦅
Today I saw Northern lapwings, Eurasian oystercatchers and common kestrels. And these ones were willing to pose for a photo 📷✨

#BirdsSeenIn2023 #BirdsOfTwitter #ornithology #fieldwork

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Finally home after a long day of work 🐦🦅🦉
But this view in the morning is worth it! 🌞

#fieldwork #sunshine #freezing #forest #nature

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I have just started my new position to make some new experiences. 🤗 Although I'm a bit sad about leaving academia, I'm super excited! 😃

One thing for sure: My Bielefeld family @BehavEcoBIE and @NC3Niche will always be in my ❤️

[Dr. Pia Oswald @AmphiPia]

Firesalamander larvae respond differently to predator cues ☝️🦎
Read all about it in our newest paper @JZoology!
https://t.co/JRijF0tWJj

@brainforestluca @CaspersBarbara @BehavEcoBIE @NC3Niche

#antipredatorresponses #herpetology #animalbehaviour #predator #firesalamander

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@LraSchh I will miss that, too! Hope I can stop by every once in a while! 😉🍦

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Yesterday was an amazing day full of excitement, laughter and pure joy! I finally finished my #PhD!!! 👩🏻‍🎓🎉🥳

Thanks to all the amazing people that have supported me during that journey. I love you all! ❤️
#PhDone #phdlife #firesalamander #family

[Dr. Pia Oswald @AmphiPia]

What a great line up!!!
#Behaviour2023 #Bielefeld

[Behaviour 2023 @2023Behaviour]

We are so proud and excited about this line up of amazing & diverse plenary speakers for #Behaviour2023! 👏 Can't wait to see you all in Bielefeld next year!

For the complete 🧵of plenary announcements: https://t.co/Utl6juROqa

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Such misdirected amplexus might have negative effects on individual (e.g. reduced #fitness) and population level (#Bsal transmission). 🤔

[Dr. Pia Oswald @AmphiPia]

Remember when we stumbled across some unusual couples this March?! 🦎♥️🐸
You can now read about it in more detail in our newest article @HerpNotes: https://t.co/oSNCbStiYS

#loveisblind #firesalamander #commontoad #frog #interspecific #herpetology

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Love is blind... ❤️
For amphibians, too. Come on guys, that's not even the same species! 🤔

#amplexus #salamandra #bufo #pelophylax #loveisblind #fieldwork

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A seven hour train ride to Saxony... 🚄
@LraSchh, @MaxMuhlenhaupt and me are visiting the 2nd #firesalamander symposium hosted by the NABU where I am presenting the results of the larval population analyses in the Kottenforst forest. 🐸🦎🌳

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I handed in my PhD thesis today!
Never been so proud and happy! 🦎🥳

#thesissubmitted #phdlife #Dissertation #firesalamanders

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Thanks to the @NC3Niche for this retreat! It was really fruitful! 🤗