Peter Syme

PhD student at the University of Southampton. Interested in bat biology, ecology, conservation and evolution. Aim to become a researcher in the future.

[Peter Syme @PeterGSyme]

It's official! Our new paper (my first!) Is now out and open access!

[Dr Sonya P. Hill @DrSonyaPHill]

We're hiring! Lecturer in Zoology (1.0fte) @BioSciChester @uochester - specific expertise in genetics and molecular biology within a Zoology field would be particularly welcome. https://t.co/NHRJYyITVz https://t.co/arXQNmXut3. Closing date: 20th Nov 2020. Please retweet!

[Peter Syme @PeterGSyme]

@Strato77 @shoutyemo @toobbroadband Back up now as soon as I posted...

[Peter Syme @PeterGSyme]

@Strato77 @shoutyemo @toobbroadband Ours is down too in SO14

[Connor Butler @ConnorButler]

I love #Ecology because it's the only scientific discipline where having huge pitfalls in your methodology is actually a good thing. It's #FrogFriday so here’s my second #ToadallyUnfrogettable video - all about my #Frog PhD research #SOTSEF #LGBTstem https://t.co/1RLgVE76bB

[Lia Gilmour @BatDeterrentRes]

#Bats and #forests are intricately linked! Roberto aka @Robertt53794843 found exactly this, with #forest characteristics being more important than #climate in limiting #bat species distributions #forests #woodlands #batsinwoodland #WBTC1 #BatLand1 #SDM

[Lia Gilmour @BatDeterrentRes]

Building up a picture of #bat assemblages can be tricky! João aka @thebiologistjp shows us how important #bioacoustic data is as well as #bat_trapping for identifying species ranges. #WBTC1 #PopBio1 #ecoacoustics #bioacoustics #echolocation

[Lia Gilmour @BatDeterrentRes]

Important and fascinating work by @OrlyRazgour #modelling past and future projections and range losses for #bats in Afromontane and Afroalpine #ecosystems and effects of #ClimateChange #WBTC1 #PopBio1 #SDM #GlobalChangeBiology

[Peter Syme @PeterGSyme]

@TallyYoh @BatDeterrentRes Thanks! Lamp type did have an effect for Artibeus lituratus but no other species and they showed a slight preference towards Mercury Vapor lampposts. They also showed a strong negative response to lamppost power so artificial lighting is clearly very important for this species!

[Peter Syme @PeterGSyme]

@OrlyRazgour Thanks! I can't reliably attribute the increase to a specific change but I suspect bats are migrating from the nearby Atlantic rainforest and Cerrado to the city because of the ongoing habitat degradation and species who can exploit cities will do so.

[Peter Syme @PeterGSyme]

4/5 #WBTC1 #PopBio1 We found that taxonomic and functional #diversity significantly increased over the study period but phylogenetic did not. Habitat suitability models performed well (AUC ~0.7). See the results for the temporal and spatial analysis attached!

[Peter Syme @PeterGSyme]

5/5 #WBTC1 #PopBio1 The ability to remotely analyse temporal trends and habitat preferences of #bats in cities with public data could greatly aid us in providing accurate information for the #conservation of #bats in cities. Special thanks to @ChrisFJMeyer and @profrobyoung !

[Peter Syme @PeterGSyme]

3/5 #WBTC1 #PopBio1 After quality control and accounting for sampling bias we quantified the taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic #diversity of #bats from 2004-2014 and determined important environmental factors affecting the distribution of common #bats using MaxEnt.

[Peter Syme @PeterGSyme]

2/5 #WBTC1 #PopBio1 We used a long-term dataset (>10 years) of species occurrence records collected as part of a public health monitoring scheme within the city. We also used a variety of environmental data collated from literature and publically available sources.

[Peter Syme @PeterGSyme]

1/5 #WBTC1 #PopBio1 For my MSc I analysed the temporal and spatial dynamics of #bats in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The city is in the transition zone between the Atlantic rainforest and Brazilian Cerrado, two highly threatened #biodiversity hotspots of great #conservation value.

[Inês Silva @ecoisilva]

5/5 #WBTC1 #Conserve1 We need more research to understand the full impact of vehicle collision on #bats, particularly in the SEA region. For more information on this project, check out our first research paper here (multi-taxa focus): https://t.co/9y3g6O4TAr. 🦇🇹🇭

[Peter Syme @PeterGSyme]

I am SO proud to know DR. @Lopez_Baucells !

[Christoph Meyer @ChrisFJMeyer]

Big congrats to my student @Lopez_Baucells who very successfully defended his PhD yesterday!! @CE3CResearch @EERCSalford

[Peter Syme @PeterGSyme]

@GwenAntell This is fantastic, just in time for my project on temporal and spatial trends in bat biodiversity :)

[Peter Syme @PeterGSyme]

@mikemearls This kind of question is probably asked way too often. Can you cast a levelled spell as an action then a cantrip with your bonus action? For example, Plant Growth (Lvl 3 druid spell, action) followed by Shillelagh (Cantrip, bonus action).