Cecilia Nilsson

Are animals randomly distributed in the air, or is there a structure to where and when we find them? In our new paper we outline factors that shape habitat use in the air, from abiotic structure to biotic interactions. A lot of fun discussions behind this one! 🦅🦋🦇🌬 www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

Incredibly honoured and happy to have been awarded a consolidator grant from the ERC! This grant will expand my group and fund my research at @biologylu.bsky.social for five years, and focus on different factors that disrupt animal migration at large scales 🦅🦋🌍🧲💡🌡️. Exciting times ahead!

Interested in #RaptorResearch and #MovementEcology? 🧪 The #AnimalEcology Lab at @utu.fi has an open #PhDposition! We’ll be tagging WTEs with cutting-edge #GPS devices to study their early-life journeys. Curious to learn more? See the advert: shorturl.at/HMZ84 #PhDOpening #PhDChat #BioLogging

🦉 Ecology of Animal Migration course in Lund 🐦‍⬛ I got the chance to join this inspiring PhD course at @biologylu.bsky.social. It was very well organized with fascinating lectures, a birdful excursion to Falsterbo and fantastic people doing fantastic research! #ecology #animalmigration

Much enjoyed learning about how to study bird migration with radar whilst on the roof of Lund University. youtu.be/0sB5On1gLsg?...

A typical Batumi migration scene, illustrating the idea of an ‘aerial niche’. For Steppe Buzzards in our bottleneck, that niche is often somewhere between the clouds: great to watch, tricky to count. Fascinating paper by @cnilsson.science et al: doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... 📸 @barthoekstra.bsky.social

So proud of this cover that features @barthoekstra.bsky.social amazing photo!

How many #birds are killed by #cats in Canada? Between 19-197 million! This is the main result from my first chapter of my PhD thesis just published in Avian Conservation and Ecology. ace-eco.org/vol20/iss2/a... @gowelizabeth.bsky.social @ryannorrissci.bsky.social 1/6

We’re hiring a doctoral researcher in the area of migration ecology. The work will focus on the question of how and when migratory songbirds learn where their home is using #Motus. Part of the Cluster of Excellence NaviSense and linked with @sfb1372.bsky.social uol.de/job788en #ornithology

Another massive movement of migratory birds underway tonight — nearly 1 Billion Birds! With the full moon, you might be able to see some silhouettes zipping by. You can make your own flow maps here (just hit record): aeroecolab.com/uslights

Looking forward to sharing some of my PhD research on process-guided deep learning for bird migration in the AI for Good webinar series tomorrow! 🐦‍⬛🌍🤖

High above us, the atmosphere is teeming with life. New research from @cnilsson.science at Lund University reveals how the atmosphere is an ecosystem, with complex ecological processes that affect how animals move between different altitude levels of the airspace. www.biology.lu.se/article/hidd...

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We are seeking an ornithologist/modeller for a 2-year POST-DOC in Turin. Using archaeological remains, we will reconstruct past avian communities to understand the impacts of climate change and human pressure on birds through time. For details see cutt.ly/irN76QDZ PLEASE RT. #ornithology #AviArch

We're really proud and exited to announce that Staffan Bensch, professor at the Department of Biology, has received an ERC Advanced Grant for his project “Genetics of long-distance migration”. 👏👏👏 Read the full story on our website! www.biology.lu.se/article/staf...

Online now: Animal niches in the airspace

Migratory birds aren’t equally efficient at all speeds. A new Lund University study shows thrush nightingales fly most efficiently at 7–8 m/s – the speed they actually use on migration. @pablomaciastorres.bsky.social & Prof. Anders Hedenström, Animal Flight Lab. www.biology.lu.se/article/not-...

Join us in the migration ecology group at the University of Oldenburg! 📡🐦🐥

After a lot of time spent in the darkness of the wind tunnel, the results finally see the light. I'm very excited to share what will become the first chapter of my thesis. Energy conversion efficiency peaks at intermediate flight speed in a migratory songbird www.cell.com/current-biol...

I am looking for a postdoc wanting to use functional genomics to understand why birds 🐦 struggle with climate warming in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Ideal candidate is a molecular evolutionarybiologist. Join us at @biologylu.bsky.social. Details 👇 shorturl.at/wijEq Would appreciate a re-post!

Do you like working with large datasets? Always wanted to develop sophisticated population models? I am looking for a postdoctoral researcher to study the impact of body weight on the survival and reproduction of dark-bellied brent goose using a long-term dataset. werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Our PhD level course Ecology of Animal Migration at @biologylu.bsky.social is now open for applications! The course will run this November (3-14th) and cover various theoretical and practical aspects of migration ecology. See: www.biology.lu.se/phd-studies/...

Another birding paper! 🐦Where do the Nearctic landbirds that show up in Europe each autumn come from? We usually assume they come from NE populations, pushed off course by bad weather - but is that the whole story? #ornithology 1/3 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

1/ We are delighted to have @judyshamounb.bsky.social deliver the Alfred Newton Lecture at #BOU2025 Frontiers in Ornithology Judy's research focuses on understanding movement ecology in birds 🧵 #ornithology #migrationresearch #movementecology 🪶🧪

Our paper is out, and it is distressing. Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

📢 APPLICATIONS OPEN... ...for the BOU Gibbs Award 2025 Funding #ornithology research on tracking and migration studies including the use of new technologies bou.org.uk/funding/b... Application deadline: 15 May 2025 🪶

There's a new guest post on the WOS blog! WOS Research Award recipient @mikkojimenez.bsky.social writes about his efforts to ground-truth radar #ornithology data in Colorado.

Deadline for applications is now just over 2 weeks away. Please circulate widely

NEW PAPER: determinants of stopover duration in migratory blackbirds: lean birds extend stopovers, immune status has a weak effect. Weather conditions (cloud cover, tailwinds) are more influential. ➡️ https://vist.ly/3mtjme6 #ornithology #migration #ecoimmunology #birds .

[please share widely!] We have two PhD positions available at the Swedish Museum of Natural History: [Position 1] Birds, hybridization, genomes, island biology, biogeography, sexual selection 🦚, w/ me, Knud Jønsson, Martin Iredstedt and @stelkens.bsky.social et al recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...

I released a new version of ✨Petridish✨, the free Jekyll theme for research project websites. 🧫 It removes the Twitter feed from the homepage, allows you to add Bluesky and LinkedIn to socials and uses the latest version of Font Awesome. For all updates, see github.com/peterdesmet/...

We create #opensource code, but what is its impact? Luckily, Raphaël Nussbaumer wrote a blog post describing how he used our software to build a data standard for #geolocator data: oscibio.inbo.be/blog/geoloca... Couldn't be more proud! 🥹

Come do some exciting migratory insect and bird research with us! - Two more weeks until application deadline. #entomology #radar #ornithology #phenology #ecology

8th Jan -deadline for fully funded PhD project examining individual variability in movement strategies of birds using tracking data. Please retweet.

Many folks in the bird world knew Emma. She was a gentle soul who made this world a better place. And she was a hell of a lot of fun to hang out with at bird meetings! If you can, please consider a donation to help support her 3-yo daughter, Veda. 💔 2/2 everloved.com/life-of/emma...

15 000 fieldworkers | 28 countries | decades of effort | 170 #bird species🐦 Data paper on European long-term population changes in #birds: doi.org/10.1038/s415... Data: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... #ornithology

Three year postdoc on bird migration www.ab.mpg.de/639728/job_f...

1/5 🌐 Exciting research alert! 🚨 We’ve developed a novel way to use weather radar data to track aerial biodiversity trends over time 🌟. Check out the details here (uncorrected proof, for now): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 📄 #Biodiversity #RadarScience #Conservation 🧪 🌍

come and join us for our symposium on animal 🦅🦋🐝🦄🐠🦌 navigation 🧭🧠🧬🧪 18-20 Feb 2025 at Oldenburg University. great speakers, lots of opportunities to network, brainstorm ideas & future collaborations. registration is open until 15 Dec 2024 – looking forward to seeing you there! @sfb1372.bsky.social