@davidboukal
Ecologist and occasional photographer. Interested in [the ways we humans destroy] life on Earth and what can be done about that. Aquatic habitats, experiments, modelling. Wild East, south of Prague. Professor @JihoceskaUni. Opinions my own.
Like Pavel @kratina.bsky.social, I greatly enjoyed the friendly atmosphere at the GRC conference on predator-prey interactions. Main highlights: lots of inspiring talks and posters, meeting new colleagues and old friends, and night-spotting endemic salamanders. Hoping to come back in two years!
Extended deadline! Until 15 Feb 2026, you can apply for #experimental #PhD position in our group to study species #invasions in the context of climate #warming and #eutrophication together with @kratina.bsky.social, Arnaud Sentis and Otto Seppälä. See bit.ly/4pcWMIV for details.
Dear Diva711,
the call for the PhD and postdoc position in the new project are still open. We have extended the application deadline for the PhD position until 15 February. Please contact me at dboukal@prf.jcu.cz to continue the discussion.
Still time to apply for one #modelling #postdoc and one #experimental #PhD position to study species #invasions in the context of climate #warming and #eutrophication together with @kratina.bsky.social, Arnaud Sentis and Otto Seppälä. See bit.ly/4pcWMIV for details.
Velky Hajsky byl skvely jeste nekdy kolem roku 2010. Krasny litoral v kontextu ostatnich rybniku v okoli, spousta vodniho hmyzu apod. Pak jsem ho par let nesledoval a dopadl jak pise Vojta. Tesim se, jak bude vypadat, az se zavodni!
We are hiring! One postdoc and two PhD positions to study (i) species invasions along environmental gradients and (ii) zooplankton-cyanobacteria interactions. See bit.ly/4pcWMIV for details. Application deadlines: 31 Jan 2026 for postdoc, 15 Jan 2026 for both PhD positions. Please repost.
We showed that environmentally relevant concentrations of commonly used #pharmaceuticals modulate the long-term effects of #warming and that the effects differ between seasons. Link to full paper: dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...
#SEBconference is underway! Many talks focus on the effects of #climate #warming and other stressors on aquatic animals. My colleague Claire Duchet presented our #mesocosm study linking individual responses to warming and #pharmaceuticals to changes in communities and ecosystem services.
Please add me!
Fresh blood for freshwaters goes virtual in 2025! Great networking and learning opportunity for ECRs working on all freshwater related things.💧
We have a few funded spots left for ECRs! Join us if you’re interested in the ecology/evolution of size in unicells!
The first comprehensive assessment, just published in Nature, shows that 24% of freshwater animals are threatened with extinction:
theconversation.com/a-quarter-of...
Barbora Trubenová has been newly appointed as a Group Leader in the Eco department and Assistant Professor of Pathogen Evolution at @ethzurich.bsky.social. She is interested in the resistance of bacteria, fungi and parasitic worms to drugs.
👉 More about her group: www.eawag.ch/de/abteilung...
A critical read for anyone who has used or is thinking of using
#TRY plant trait data -- "Currently, ecological analyses using TRY data appear, at best, not as powerful as they can be and, at worst, wrong." -- We likely need to start anew and rebuild how we share, access, and cite #PlantTrait data
An aerial image shows a landscape divided between lush green forest on the right and patchy agricultural land on the left. The road between the two areas runs vertically through the image. The text reads: "Call for Fellows: IPBES Spatial Planning Assessment. Deadline: 24 January 2025." The IPBES logo appears in the upper-right corner.
Call for Fellows! 🚨
@ipbes.bsky.social is seeking #EarlyCareer experts to join the Biodiversity #SpatialPlanningAssessment. Contribute to crucial work on conservation, restoration, land/sea use planning & connectivity! 🌍
🗓 Apply by 24 Jan 2025
🔗 More info: www.ipbes.net/spatial-plan...
Great activity! Please add me to the ecological modeller group here.
My first ever journal club where I discussed our own paper. Thanks a lot to @kratina.bsky.social, @mcfaden.bsky.social and others for the opportunity!