Nick Royle

Behaviour, ecology, evolution & conservation. Particularly parental care, life-histories etc. Likes beetles and other whole organisms. Has eclectic enthusiasms.

[Nick Royle @RoyleResearch]

Only 1 week to go before the closing date on this PhD opportunity in Devon and Cornwall. Like rainforests, beetles and ecology? This could be for you. Apply now!

[Nick Royle @RoyleResearch]

Splendid PhD opportunity on ecology and conservation of #bluegroundbeetles in #temperaterainforests in the Southwest of England now available: https://t.co/o0nGBThEMO. Come join the team! Interested? Email me: [email protected] for further info. Please share.

[Nick Royle @RoyleResearch]

Splendid PhD opportunity on ecology and conservation of #bluegroundbeetles in #temperaterainforests in the Southwest of England now available: https://t.co/o0nGBThEMO. Come join the team! Interested? Email me: [email protected] for further info. Please share.

[WCS @TheWCS]

This is the first known video of the Amazon weasel, a rare small carnivore. Filmed by a group of coffee producers in Bolivia, where the species hadn't been recorded before.

An example of the importance of citizen science to #biodiversity knowledge.

👉 https://t.co/6MHSTIyBOY

[BBC Devon @BBCDevon]

Mini backpacks track movements of rare beetle https://t.co/p37gy0l7DC

[Nick Royle @RoyleResearch]

Thanks also to @NERCscience for funding the wonderful PhD work by @broganConBio on those icons of UK #temperaterainforests the #bluegroundbeetles. @UniExeCEC @guyshrubsole @JWentomologist

[Andrew Whitehouse 〓〓 @AndWhitehouse]

Our 2023 #BugsMatter survey results are out today, and the news is alarming. The data indicates a 78% fall in the abundance of flying insects in the UK since 2004. 🧵

[Nick Royle @RoyleResearch]

@BBM_Wong @MonashUni @Monash_Science @MonashBiol @Keogh_Lab @Mikejennions Big congrats Bob!

[Nick Royle @RoyleResearch]

@ecoevodevo_lab @rohner_patrick @PipettuaJones Looks very interesting. Just downloaded it. Will look forward to reading it.

[Nick Royle @RoyleResearch]

Congrats to @broganConBio on the first paper from his PhD on #bluegroundbeetles. Published in @InsectDiversity and freely available here https://t.co/UUZG8iImXU. Key characteristics of old growth #temperaterainforest predict #carabusintricatus occupancy on #dartmoor.

[Tim Jonas @TimothyJonas]

Parenting can be tough...

[Nick Royle @RoyleResearch]

@XavHarrison Nice one. Thanks for heads up @XavHarrison

[Nick Royle @RoyleResearch]

@lsf58 The adult geese have got their work cut out there! How many do you think there were in the crèche?

[Emily Gilford @emilygilford]

I did this MSc course back in 2019/20 and couldn't recommend it enough! 🦔

Cornwall is a beautiful place to live, and the Penryn Campus is no exception - plus you'll be learning from ground breaking researchers... learn more about it in the Q&A next Weds 🦗

[Bram Kuijper @kuijperbram]

LOVE #EVOLUTION? LOVE #BEHAVIOUR? Join our MSc Evolutionary&Behavioural Ecology @UniExeCEC in Cornwall https://t.co/1fukNsVgFG. Online session to meet our fantastic students&staff on Wed Dec 6 1700, Fri Dec 8 1300 GMT. Register: https://t.co/o89fWvLXOM

[Andy Young @animalsocieties]

*New #evolution paper* Sparrow-weaver mothers lay larger eggs when they will have more help feeding chicks. Maternal reaction norms to help are *opposite* for egg size & nestling feeding rate. Cool. But why do this? 1 of 3. Fine work @p_capi. https://t.co/ufaWbh84Dt #ExeterCEC

[Journal of Applied Ecology @JAppliedEcology]

Culling-induced perturbation of social networks of wild geese reinforces rather than disrupts associations among survivors

Shows importance of generalised social system-based theory to understand how different species respond to management intervention

🔗https://t.co/XrdNpAn9mJ

[Alastair Wilson @ali__wilson]

If anyone is thinking about MSc programs, this new initiative covers our conservation, marine, eco/eco options (and more interdisciplinary things) at UoE penryn

[Dr Regan Early @ReganEarly]

#invasivespecies have much, much further to spread, Henry Häkkinen, @DaveHodgson00 and I found. #PLOSBiology: Global terrestrial invasions: Where naturalised birds, mammals, and plants might spread next and what affects this process. https://t.co/EfjszAvNa6. pls RT

[Dave Hodgson @DaveHodgson00]

!!PhD Opportunity!! Seeking ecological statistician to work with us on epidemiology of bovine tuberculosis in wild badgers, please RT https://t.co/X4peFtuBTH @UniExeCEC

[Bram Kuijper @kuijperbram]

Exciting PhD project for competitive funding (start date Sept/Oct '24), exploring how gut microbiota affect pesticide resistance in aphids! The project is based at UExeter's wonderful Cornwall campus @uniexecec in collab w @Rothamsted: https://t.co/ofxa6fOIIn