Ross Barnett
@ecologybarnett.bsky.social
PhD researcher at University of Stirling. Research focuses on use of acoustic monitoring to assess biodiversity in restored woodland.
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Our new paper in @ecol-evol.bsky.social shows that noise reduces owl prey detectability and it generates adverse effects already at an early life stage, with potential carry-over effects on adulthood. Paper: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
@dmdominoni.bsky.social
#owls #RaptorResearch #ecology #noise
@dmdominoni.bsky.social
#owls #RaptorResearch #ecology #noise
Experimental Exposure to Noise Affects Hunting Behavior Already From a Young Age in a Nocturnal Acoustic Predator
This study experimentally investigates the effect of traffic noise on the hunting behavior of young and subadult Tawny Owls (Strix aluco). We show that noise lowers the rate of prey detection and inc....
doi.org
September 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Our new paper in @ecol-evol.bsky.social shows that noise reduces owl prey detectability and it generates adverse effects already at an early life stage, with potential carry-over effects on adulthood. Paper: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
@dmdominoni.bsky.social
#owls #RaptorResearch #ecology #noise
@dmdominoni.bsky.social
#owls #RaptorResearch #ecology #noise
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Fisheries can drive selection, but what about small-scale ornamental fisheries? Our new study shows Amazonian fishes interact w/ traps in species- & environment-specific ways, hinting at overlooked selective potential. Led by @marpineda.bsky.social Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
September 9, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Fisheries can drive selection, but what about small-scale ornamental fisheries? Our new study shows Amazonian fishes interact w/ traps in species- & environment-specific ways, hinting at overlooked selective potential. Led by @marpineda.bsky.social Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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📣 CALL FOR PAPERS 📣
Special issue:
FROM CHIRPS TO INSIGHTS: PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING FOR APPLIED ORNITHOLOGY
More info: vist.ly/43vfp
Guest editors: Jan O. Engler, Jenn Foote, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:g27o3ttbhwno6sjns7wwl3yg" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@silvereyedom.bsky.social Simon Thorn
#ornithology #birds 🪶🧪
Special issue:
FROM CHIRPS TO INSIGHTS: PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING FOR APPLIED ORNITHOLOGY
More info: vist.ly/43vfp
Guest editors: Jan O. Engler, Jenn Foote, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:g27o3ttbhwno6sjns7wwl3yg" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@silvereyedom.bsky.social Simon Thorn
#ornithology #birds 🪶🧪
August 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
📣 CALL FOR PAPERS 📣
Special issue:
FROM CHIRPS TO INSIGHTS: PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING FOR APPLIED ORNITHOLOGY
More info: vist.ly/43vfp
Guest editors: Jan O. Engler, Jenn Foote, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:g27o3ttbhwno6sjns7wwl3yg" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@silvereyedom.bsky.social Simon Thorn
#ornithology #birds 🪶🧪
Special issue:
FROM CHIRPS TO INSIGHTS: PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING FOR APPLIED ORNITHOLOGY
More info: vist.ly/43vfp
Guest editors: Jan O. Engler, Jenn Foote, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:g27o3ttbhwno6sjns7wwl3yg" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@silvereyedom.bsky.social Simon Thorn
#ornithology #birds 🪶🧪
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🔉🐸🐟🦐🪲
Got freshwater sounds? Consider contributing to the Freshwater Sounds Archive! We're accepting submissions until the end of this year, and all contributors can co-author the resulting data paper. Learn more at fishsounds.net/freshwater.js and www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...!
Got freshwater sounds? Consider contributing to the Freshwater Sounds Archive! We're accepting submissions until the end of this year, and all contributors can co-author the resulting data paper. Learn more at fishsounds.net/freshwater.js and www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...!
Contribute to the first global archive of soniferous freshwater life, The Freshwater Sounds Archive, and receive recognition as a co-author in a resulting data paper!
Pre-print now available. New deadline: 31st Dec, 2025.
See link 👇4 more fishsounds.net/freshwater.js
Pre-print now available. New deadline: 31st Dec, 2025.
See link 👇4 more fishsounds.net/freshwater.js
June 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
🔉🐸🐟🦐🪲
Got freshwater sounds? Consider contributing to the Freshwater Sounds Archive! We're accepting submissions until the end of this year, and all contributors can co-author the resulting data paper. Learn more at fishsounds.net/freshwater.js and www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...!
Got freshwater sounds? Consider contributing to the Freshwater Sounds Archive! We're accepting submissions until the end of this year, and all contributors can co-author the resulting data paper. Learn more at fishsounds.net/freshwater.js and www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...!
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My first paper!! If you wanna know about woodland creation 🌳, beetles 🪲, and the effects of agriculture 🚜 - go here!
doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...
#BeetleEcology #WoodlandCreation #Conservation #Research #FirstAuthor #Ecology
doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...
#BeetleEcology #WoodlandCreation #Conservation #Research #FirstAuthor #Ecology
June 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
My first paper!! If you wanna know about woodland creation 🌳, beetles 🪲, and the effects of agriculture 🚜 - go here!
doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...
#BeetleEcology #WoodlandCreation #Conservation #Research #FirstAuthor #Ecology
doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...
#BeetleEcology #WoodlandCreation #Conservation #Research #FirstAuthor #Ecology
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Reposted by Ross Barnett
🎧 What if tracking biodiversity was like mixing music?
In #RESTOREID, we use sound to study restored landscapes. Check out our latest blog by
@kirstyjpark.bsky.social (@stir.ac.uk) on #SoundscapeEcology 👉 bit.ly/4jGaAZz
#Nature #Biodiversity #Ecology
In #RESTOREID, we use sound to study restored landscapes. Check out our latest blog by
@kirstyjpark.bsky.social (@stir.ac.uk) on #SoundscapeEcology 👉 bit.ly/4jGaAZz
#Nature #Biodiversity #Ecology
May 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🎧 What if tracking biodiversity was like mixing music?
In #RESTOREID, we use sound to study restored landscapes. Check out our latest blog by
@kirstyjpark.bsky.social (@stir.ac.uk) on #SoundscapeEcology 👉 bit.ly/4jGaAZz
#Nature #Biodiversity #Ecology
In #RESTOREID, we use sound to study restored landscapes. Check out our latest blog by
@kirstyjpark.bsky.social (@stir.ac.uk) on #SoundscapeEcology 👉 bit.ly/4jGaAZz
#Nature #Biodiversity #Ecology
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🚨 BREAKING: From September 1st peak rail fares will be scrapped for good in Scotland!
🟢2023: Greens scrap peak rail fares.
🟡2024: SNP bring them back
🟡2024: thousands join Green and trade union calls for the SNP to reverse their decision
🟢2025: SNP reverse their decision
🟢2023: Greens scrap peak rail fares.
🟡2024: SNP bring them back
🟡2024: thousands join Green and trade union calls for the SNP to reverse their decision
🟢2025: SNP reverse their decision
May 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🚨 BREAKING: From September 1st peak rail fares will be scrapped for good in Scotland!
🟢2023: Greens scrap peak rail fares.
🟡2024: SNP bring them back
🟡2024: thousands join Green and trade union calls for the SNP to reverse their decision
🟢2025: SNP reverse their decision
🟢2023: Greens scrap peak rail fares.
🟡2024: SNP bring them back
🟡2024: thousands join Green and trade union calls for the SNP to reverse their decision
🟢2025: SNP reverse their decision
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A healthy ash holding out from dieback in the middle of Glasgow.
Fascinating piece in The Scotsman.
👉 buff.ly/IwFI8d8
Fascinating piece in The Scotsman.
👉 buff.ly/IwFI8d8
May 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A healthy ash holding out from dieback in the middle of Glasgow.
Fascinating piece in The Scotsman.
👉 buff.ly/IwFI8d8
Fascinating piece in The Scotsman.
👉 buff.ly/IwFI8d8
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It's spring again and Tawny Owls have started breeding in Glasgow! 🦉
The first adult owls of the season have been captured, ringed and tagged with biologgers, aiming to understand how they cope with roads, light & noise pollution in the urban environment.
#GlasgowTawnyOwlProject #tawnyowls
The first adult owls of the season have been captured, ringed and tagged with biologgers, aiming to understand how they cope with roads, light & noise pollution in the urban environment.
#GlasgowTawnyOwlProject #tawnyowls
April 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
It's spring again and Tawny Owls have started breeding in Glasgow! 🦉
The first adult owls of the season have been captured, ringed and tagged with biologgers, aiming to understand how they cope with roads, light & noise pollution in the urban environment.
#GlasgowTawnyOwlProject #tawnyowls
The first adult owls of the season have been captured, ringed and tagged with biologgers, aiming to understand how they cope with roads, light & noise pollution in the urban environment.
#GlasgowTawnyOwlProject #tawnyowls
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HULK ADAM SMASHES DIRE WOLVES.
Man alive this vexes me, and I am a bit sweary and irritable in this. Enjoy.
arutherford.substack.com/p/dire-wolve...
Man alive this vexes me, and I am a bit sweary and irritable in this. Enjoy.
arutherford.substack.com/p/dire-wolve...
Dire wolves remain very extinct
Despite what you are being fed, de-extinction is a con, full of gloss, bullshit and ghoulish greed.
arutherford.substack.com
April 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
HULK ADAM SMASHES DIRE WOLVES.
Man alive this vexes me, and I am a bit sweary and irritable in this. Enjoy.
arutherford.substack.com/p/dire-wolve...
Man alive this vexes me, and I am a bit sweary and irritable in this. Enjoy.
arutherford.substack.com/p/dire-wolve...
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Adjusting her red cap, “I never thought Leopard Seals would eat my face,” says a sullen Petrel who voted for the Leopard Seal Face Eating Party.
April 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Adjusting her red cap, “I never thought Leopard Seals would eat my face,” says a sullen Petrel who voted for the Leopard Seal Face Eating Party.
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Stop. Admire the bee fly. Look at how it flies with absolutely no grace whatsoever.
Observe how it unites bee and fly lovers everywhere without effort.
Where is it going? What has it seen? With no honey to make, it has a lot of free time.
#Invert #Invertebrate #Bee? #Fly #Insects
Observe how it unites bee and fly lovers everywhere without effort.
Where is it going? What has it seen? With no honey to make, it has a lot of free time.
#Invert #Invertebrate #Bee? #Fly #Insects
April 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Stop. Admire the bee fly. Look at how it flies with absolutely no grace whatsoever.
Observe how it unites bee and fly lovers everywhere without effort.
Where is it going? What has it seen? With no honey to make, it has a lot of free time.
#Invert #Invertebrate #Bee? #Fly #Insects
Observe how it unites bee and fly lovers everywhere without effort.
Where is it going? What has it seen? With no honey to make, it has a lot of free time.
#Invert #Invertebrate #Bee? #Fly #Insects
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Are you running a long-term passive acoustic study or thinking about establishing one?
If yes then have a quick look at our recent paper on mitigating long-term biases in acoustic studies.
Inc. a direct comparison of AudioMoth and Song Meter Micro 2 using BirdNET & more...
If yes then have a quick look at our recent paper on mitigating long-term biases in acoustic studies.
Inc. a direct comparison of AudioMoth and Song Meter Micro 2 using BirdNET & more...
📰 NEW PAPER!
Really pleased to see this published in @jappliedecology.bsky.social - a summary of the main sources of bias in ecoacoustic surveys, with recommendations on how best to control for these. 🎙️🐦🐸
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Really pleased to see this published in @jappliedecology.bsky.social - a summary of the main sources of bias in ecoacoustic surveys, with recommendations on how best to control for these. 🎙️🐦🐸
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Mitigating bias in long‐term terrestrial ecoacoustic studies
The sources of bias and suggested mitigations described here will be of relevance to hardware manufacturers, ecological researchers and conservation practitioners. Researchers and conservation practi...
doi.org
March 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Are you running a long-term passive acoustic study or thinking about establishing one?
If yes then have a quick look at our recent paper on mitigating long-term biases in acoustic studies.
Inc. a direct comparison of AudioMoth and Song Meter Micro 2 using BirdNET & more...
If yes then have a quick look at our recent paper on mitigating long-term biases in acoustic studies.
Inc. a direct comparison of AudioMoth and Song Meter Micro 2 using BirdNET & more...
Doing my MRes @sceneuog.bsky.social was a great experience - really motivated me to stay on in ecological research 🌳🐦🌲🐦⬛
Great opportunity to live and study at the Scottish Centre for Ecology and the Natural Environment on Loch Lomond @sceneuog.bsky.social while undertaking the MRes Ecology and Environmental Biology @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk. Closing date: 11 April 2025 See further details at www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
March 13, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Doing my MRes @sceneuog.bsky.social was a great experience - really motivated me to stay on in ecological research 🌳🐦🌲🐦⬛
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I've started an ecoacoustics starter pack! Very aware that there are many more people in the field than are currently on this list, so please reach out if you'd like to be added/have colleagues who should be! 🐦🐸🎙️
go.bsky.app/NekQiFj
go.bsky.app/NekQiFj
March 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I've started an ecoacoustics starter pack! Very aware that there are many more people in the field than are currently on this list, so please reach out if you'd like to be added/have colleagues who should be! 🐦🐸🎙️
go.bsky.app/NekQiFj
go.bsky.app/NekQiFj
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Mitigating bias in long-term terrestrial ecoacoustic studies🎶
Recommends
👉effective documentation of environmental & hardware-related variables📑
👉a long-term data storage strategy for reanalysis🌏
👉regular calibration tests to measure variation in the acoustic detection space🧪
🔗 buff.ly/Lu6rXz5
Recommends
👉effective documentation of environmental & hardware-related variables📑
👉a long-term data storage strategy for reanalysis🌏
👉regular calibration tests to measure variation in the acoustic detection space🧪
🔗 buff.ly/Lu6rXz5
March 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Mitigating bias in long-term terrestrial ecoacoustic studies🎶
Recommends
👉effective documentation of environmental & hardware-related variables📑
👉a long-term data storage strategy for reanalysis🌏
👉regular calibration tests to measure variation in the acoustic detection space🧪
🔗 buff.ly/Lu6rXz5
Recommends
👉effective documentation of environmental & hardware-related variables📑
👉a long-term data storage strategy for reanalysis🌏
👉regular calibration tests to measure variation in the acoustic detection space🧪
🔗 buff.ly/Lu6rXz5
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A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.”
Absurd we still need to go through this
🧪👩🔬
Absurd we still need to go through this
🧪👩🔬
March 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.”
Absurd we still need to go through this
🧪👩🔬
Absurd we still need to go through this
🧪👩🔬
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The WrEN project is now on bluesky! We are a collaboration of academics, policy makers and practitioners interested in ecological restoration. You can find out more at: www.wren-project.com. @kirstyjpark.bsky.social @watts-km.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The WrEN project is now on bluesky! We are a collaboration of academics, policy makers and practitioners interested in ecological restoration. You can find out more at: www.wren-project.com. @kirstyjpark.bsky.social @watts-km.bsky.social
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A mammoth circus of macabre fantasy and moral bankruptcy.
I got my views on mammoths down. Enjoy.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I got my views on mammoths down. Enjoy.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reviving the woolly mammoth isn’t just unethical. It’s impossible | Adam Rutherford
At a time when US scientists are under attack from their own government, the illiteracy around these elephantine fantasies is dangerous, says geneticist Adam Rutherford
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A mammoth circus of macabre fantasy and moral bankruptcy.
I got my views on mammoths down. Enjoy.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I got my views on mammoths down. Enjoy.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Sample coverage affects diversity measures of bird communities along a natural recovery gradient of abandoned agriculture in tropical lowland forests 🐦
Stresses the importance of standardizing biodiversity measures and incorporating beta diversity 🌏 🧪
🔗 https://buff.ly/3Enrht6
Stresses the importance of standardizing biodiversity measures and incorporating beta diversity 🌏 🧪
🔗 https://buff.ly/3Enrht6
buff.ly
February 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Sample coverage affects diversity measures of bird communities along a natural recovery gradient of abandoned agriculture in tropical lowland forests 🐦
Stresses the importance of standardizing biodiversity measures and incorporating beta diversity 🌏 🧪
🔗 https://buff.ly/3Enrht6
Stresses the importance of standardizing biodiversity measures and incorporating beta diversity 🌏 🧪
🔗 https://buff.ly/3Enrht6
I've started an ecoacoustics starter pack! Very aware that there are many more people in the field than are currently on this list, so please reach out if you'd like to be added/have colleagues who should be! 🐦🐸🎙️
go.bsky.app/NekQiFj
go.bsky.app/NekQiFj
March 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I've started an ecoacoustics starter pack! Very aware that there are many more people in the field than are currently on this list, so please reach out if you'd like to be added/have colleagues who should be! 🐦🐸🎙️
go.bsky.app/NekQiFj
go.bsky.app/NekQiFj
📰 NEW PAPER!
Really pleased to see this published in @jappliedecology.bsky.social - a summary of the main sources of bias in ecoacoustic surveys, with recommendations on how best to control for these. 🎙️🐦🐸
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Really pleased to see this published in @jappliedecology.bsky.social - a summary of the main sources of bias in ecoacoustic surveys, with recommendations on how best to control for these. 🎙️🐦🐸
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Mitigating bias in long‐term terrestrial ecoacoustic studies
The sources of bias and suggested mitigations described here will be of relevance to hardware manufacturers, ecological researchers and conservation practitioners. Researchers and conservation practi...
doi.org
February 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
📰 NEW PAPER!
Really pleased to see this published in @jappliedecology.bsky.social - a summary of the main sources of bias in ecoacoustic surveys, with recommendations on how best to control for these. 🎙️🐦🐸
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Really pleased to see this published in @jappliedecology.bsky.social - a summary of the main sources of bias in ecoacoustic surveys, with recommendations on how best to control for these. 🎙️🐦🐸
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Reposted by Ross Barnett
Stumbled upon this from yonks ago.
Owl identification made easy
Owl identification made easy
February 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Stumbled upon this from yonks ago.
Owl identification made easy
Owl identification made easy
Reposted by Ross Barnett
Reviewer 2: the authors found a way to make the text longer, and the same time less precise and clear. Remarkable.
January 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Reviewer 2: the authors found a way to make the text longer, and the same time less precise and clear. Remarkable.