James Hunter-Ayad

Conservationist specialising in; spatial ecology, evidence-led management, reintroductions, predictive models and ecosystem dynamics.

[James Hunter-Ayad @ConserveEcology]

Took a walk by an old wall. #Berlin #eastsidegallery🇩🇪 @ East Side Gallery https://t.co/JlIPa7TbwE

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@PhDVoice @PostdocVoice 🤔. Could be worse …

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@TheStoryEater @StoneJamison Agree so much. I did things like this self-indulgent apology BEFORE recognising my CPTSD. Upon recognising my condition I vowed never to behave like that again. It burdens, disturbs and hurts people.

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

The press release for the 1980 edition of ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ contained a section with the following praise from the members of Monty Python. The total number of words is 42.

[James Hunter-Ayad @ConserveEcology]

@JMBecologist Conscience, empathy and appreciation.

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And 1 year later I am officially a 16-times cited author (only 2 of which were self-cites 😛). It's been a productive year on that font! 😁🤓 #AcademicChatter #PhDChat #PhDLife

[James Hunter-Ayad @ConserveEcology]

As of this week I am officially a cited author!! :D :) :D #AcademicChatter #phdchat #phdlife

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@KKatugam I use a HP Omen 17 for all of these jobs. It handles coding and image processing no problem. It runs hot and crashes a fair bit when trying to run AAA games though, but it is hard to find a laptop that doesn't! Memory is split though (240GB SSD and 1TB HDD), if that is an issue.

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@SlinkyScience @PhDVoice @AcademicChatter Not that you are short in suggestions, but I used GitHub to host a “Digital Appendix” and uploaded a load of material there, including videos. Then I just provided URL’s and hyperlinks in the thesis.

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Dunedin's red-billed gulls (tarāpunga, Larus novaehollandiae) were obliging models when field-testing my new camera @NikonNZ #NikonZ7 #NaturePhotography #UrbanWildlife @WildDunedin @LoveDunedin #NZWildlife #TwitterNatureCommunity #WildlifePhotography #FieldTesting

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@biologistimo I was mixed up until I started using the phrase 'latitudinal temperature/climate gradients' in my writing. So now I link with latitude with North-South patterns mentally. Next I need to convince my dyslexic brain to stop writing "longDitude" :P

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I made a website for my research: https://t.co/kDNk9ximdY Hoping it will help with the search for my next adventure. #ScienceTwitter #JobHunting #Research #Conservation #Ecology

[James Hunter-Ayad @ConserveEcology]

@KorimakoEcology @adzebill @AlexVerry @Dr_Stoat @takapodigs My 2 cents: The major limit to establishing more mainland populations is presence of predators, rather than habitat quality. Given how widespread tarks used to be and how well they do on predator free sites we're pretty sure they are generalists, not alpine grassland specialists.

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Looking like I need to replace my camera😞It has been an excellent, versatile companion in nature explorations. This is one of the first photos I ever took with it, a sunfly at @YWTPottericCarr. #TwitterNatureCommunity #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureLovers #Insect

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Thesis has been submitted. Bell has been banged. #PhDone! #PhDChat #PhDLife #MoreOfAnAlmostDoctorThanYesterday 😎😆🥳🤮

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Possum wrangling at 4am (had an unexpected nighttime invasion) is not helping my productivity in the office today. #InvasiveSpecies #PestControl #Conservation @PredatorFreeNZ #PhDLife #PhDChat

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Video presentation for @JMJTravis demonstrating our use #RangeShifter for #ConservationResearch with @katatrepsis, @YorksWildlife and @ScienceLeeds, evaluating landscape-scale connectivity enhancement #ecology #research filmed and edited by @scottwilliamf https://t.co/cdaNhhCjra

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Data collection💚, Data analysis 😒 #ConservationScience #AnimalTracking #Helicopters #Fieldwork #KahurangiNP #NationalParks #DOC #TakaheRecovery #Nature #Science #Wildlife #TwitterNatureCommunity #ProcrastinatingThesisWriting

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My field is complex, inter-connected and impenetrable. Therefore, so is my thesis. That's a sensible argument right? 🤔😅#PhDChat @PhDVoice #ConservationScience #Wildlife #Reintroductions #Thesis #AcademicTwitter #AlmostDone 😆😂😰🤮

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Just posted a photo @ Te Anau Downs https://t.co/Ql6uZ2soRB

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@SophieFern @KorimakoEcology @testeeves @jmrbrock Maybe we can sneak a couple back in with our revisions though? No-one would ever know! 😉