Rob Salguero-Gómez
@robsalgo.bsky.social
Professor of Ecology @ Dept Biology Oxford & Tutorial Fellow @ Pembroke College. Life history theory, demography, resilience, macroecology - https://salgo.web.ox.ac.uk. Commissioning Editor @ J Animal Ecology. Proudly owned by 2 ragdoll cats: Manon & Faust
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🗃 A new study brings together evolution, complexity, and life history theory, proposing that teleonomic complexity—measured through life history strategies—offers a way to understand how organisms evolve and adapt over time. bit.ly/4nIPV8F #EvoSky #AcademicSky @robsalgo.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🗃 A new study brings together evolution, complexity, and life history theory, proposing that teleonomic complexity—measured through life history strategies—offers a way to understand how organisms evolve and adapt over time. bit.ly/4nIPV8F #EvoSky #AcademicSky @robsalgo.bsky.social
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Our very own @biolliegist.bsky.social and @erolafenollosa.bsky.social will be will be part of this event next week. It’s always timely and important to discuss gender biases in quantitative ecology 🌈📊 @biology.ox.ac.uk #GenderBiasInScience #QuantitativeEcology
Next tuesday I’ll be contributing to the Gender and Quantitative Ecology Panel Discussion! hosted by @bes-quantitative.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org with the beautiful minds: @vinitagowda.bsky.social @nhcooper123.bsky.social @trishg.bsky.social @biolliegist.bsky.social 💚💜🌈
Quantifying Ecology - British Ecological Society
The Quantitative Ecology SIG are teaming up with a cohort of BES groups to put on a series of free webinars exploring all facets of quantitative ecology.
www.britishecologicalsociety.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Our very own @biolliegist.bsky.social and @erolafenollosa.bsky.social will be will be part of this event next week. It’s always timely and important to discuss gender biases in quantitative ecology 🌈📊 @biology.ox.ac.uk #GenderBiasInScience #QuantitativeEcology
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"Males and females rarely live the same length of time. In humans, women nearly always outlive men, with an average advantage of about five years worldwide today. This pattern holds across history"
@robsalgo.bsky.social for @uk.theconversation.com 👇
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@robsalgo.bsky.social for @uk.theconversation.com 👇
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Why do so many female animals live longer than males? New research
The fascinating exceptions in the animal kingdom to patterns of longevity.
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October 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"Males and females rarely live the same length of time. In humans, women nearly always outlive men, with an average advantage of about five years worldwide today. This pattern holds across history"
@robsalgo.bsky.social for @uk.theconversation.com 👇
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@robsalgo.bsky.social for @uk.theconversation.com 👇
theconversation.com/why-do-so-ma...
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We are offering a 2-year postdoctoral position to join the @valor-project.eu Horizon EU project: Values and dependence of society on pollinators bartomeuslab.com/joining-the-...
Joining the lab
2-year Postdoctoral position on VALOR EU-project: We are offering a 2-year postdoctoral position to join the Horizon EU project: Values and dependence of society on pollinators (VALOR; The candidat…
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October 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We are offering a 2-year postdoctoral position to join the @valor-project.eu Horizon EU project: Values and dependence of society on pollinators bartomeuslab.com/joining-the-...
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Britain remains a vital stronghold for the protected great crested newt—but habitat assessments need updating.
Research by @emilyseccombe.bsky.social and @robsalgo.bsky.social introduces refined methods to evaluate pond suitability and safeguard these amphibians.
Read more ⬇️
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Research by @emilyseccombe.bsky.social and @robsalgo.bsky.social introduces refined methods to evaluate pond suitability and safeguard these amphibians.
Read more ⬇️
bit.ly/46jLnQt
September 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Britain remains a vital stronghold for the protected great crested newt—but habitat assessments need updating.
Research by @emilyseccombe.bsky.social and @robsalgo.bsky.social introduces refined methods to evaluate pond suitability and safeguard these amphibians.
Read more ⬇️
bit.ly/46jLnQt
Research by @emilyseccombe.bsky.social and @robsalgo.bsky.social introduces refined methods to evaluate pond suitability and safeguard these amphibians.
Read more ⬇️
bit.ly/46jLnQt
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New publication by @cassiespeakman.bsky.social and colleagues incl. @oaggimenez.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @ofbiodiversite.bsky.social @robsalgo.bsky.social on approaches to investigate wildlife response to human activities #ecology 🌍🧪
doi.org/10.1111/ele....
doi.org/10.1111/ele....
Understanding and Predicting Population Response to Anthropogenic Disturbance: Current Approaches and Novel Opportunities
Here, we provide a cross-taxa overview of key methodological approaches and model elements that are used to model the effects of human disturbance on wildlife populations. We discuss how these modell...
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August 26, 2025 at 7:50 AM
New publication by @cassiespeakman.bsky.social and colleagues incl. @oaggimenez.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @ofbiodiversite.bsky.social @robsalgo.bsky.social on approaches to investigate wildlife response to human activities #ecology 🌍🧪
doi.org/10.1111/ele....
doi.org/10.1111/ele....
I’ve been promoted to Full Professor of Ecology. This milestone reflects the vast support, excellent mentorship, many collaborations, and inspiration I’ve received from so many people over the years: family, mentors, students, colleagues, and friends. Looking forward to the next chapter. Thx all
August 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I’ve been promoted to Full Professor of Ecology. This milestone reflects the vast support, excellent mentorship, many collaborations, and inspiration I’ve received from so many people over the years: family, mentors, students, colleagues, and friends. Looking forward to the next chapter. Thx all
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The Journal of Animal Ecology's 5th Sidnie Manton award is now open to proposals!🚨
Read more about the award here: buff.ly/BV6OT1P
...and submit your proposal here: buff.ly/YsnYe29
The deadline for proposals will be 1 September 2025.
Read more about the award here: buff.ly/BV6OT1P
...and submit your proposal here: buff.ly/YsnYe29
The deadline for proposals will be 1 September 2025.
June 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Journal of Animal Ecology's 5th Sidnie Manton award is now open to proposals!🚨
Read more about the award here: buff.ly/BV6OT1P
...and submit your proposal here: buff.ly/YsnYe29
The deadline for proposals will be 1 September 2025.
Read more about the award here: buff.ly/BV6OT1P
...and submit your proposal here: buff.ly/YsnYe29
The deadline for proposals will be 1 September 2025.
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🎙️ new podcast episode!
👨🔬 as part of our editor expertise series, we spoke with Dr Roberto Salguero-Gómez (@robsalgo.bsky.social), Commissioning Editor for our journal.
👂listen to the full episode here: buff.ly/krNWt8z
👨🔬 as part of our editor expertise series, we spoke with Dr Roberto Salguero-Gómez (@robsalgo.bsky.social), Commissioning Editor for our journal.
👂listen to the full episode here: buff.ly/krNWt8z
June 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🎙️ new podcast episode!
👨🔬 as part of our editor expertise series, we spoke with Dr Roberto Salguero-Gómez (@robsalgo.bsky.social), Commissioning Editor for our journal.
👂listen to the full episode here: buff.ly/krNWt8z
👨🔬 as part of our editor expertise series, we spoke with Dr Roberto Salguero-Gómez (@robsalgo.bsky.social), Commissioning Editor for our journal.
👂listen to the full episode here: buff.ly/krNWt8z
Deadline to register & submit abstracts to the Evolutionary Demography Soc conference TODAY @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social evodemo2025.weebly.com Pls share @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk @britishecologicalsociety.org @evoldir.bsky.social @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
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June 30, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Deadline to register & submit abstracts to the Evolutionary Demography Soc conference TODAY @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social evodemo2025.weebly.com Pls share @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk @britishecologicalsociety.org @evoldir.bsky.social @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
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Human-induced pressures threaten many species – & the combination of multiple can be even worse 🐢🐊
Invasive species & global trade can cause even worse impact when combined with other threats like habitat disturbance & climate change 👇
bit.ly/4e8Lpgd
@robsalgo.bsky.social @mcem-oxford.bsky.social
Invasive species & global trade can cause even worse impact when combined with other threats like habitat disturbance & climate change 👇
bit.ly/4e8Lpgd
@robsalgo.bsky.social @mcem-oxford.bsky.social
Threats working in synergy could eradicate distinctive, irreplaceable species
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June 18, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Human-induced pressures threaten many species – & the combination of multiple can be even worse 🐢🐊
Invasive species & global trade can cause even worse impact when combined with other threats like habitat disturbance & climate change 👇
bit.ly/4e8Lpgd
@robsalgo.bsky.social @mcem-oxford.bsky.social
Invasive species & global trade can cause even worse impact when combined with other threats like habitat disturbance & climate change 👇
bit.ly/4e8Lpgd
@robsalgo.bsky.social @mcem-oxford.bsky.social
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Exciting work done by @erolafenollosa.bsky.social as part of her #MSCA with @robsalgo.bsky.social @salgoteam.bsky.social, also with Natalie Briscoe and Antoine Guisan @ecospat-ch.bsky.social! It was a pleasure to have worked on this piece with everyone!
June 10, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Exciting work done by @erolafenollosa.bsky.social as part of her #MSCA with @robsalgo.bsky.social @salgoteam.bsky.social, also with Natalie Briscoe and Antoine Guisan @ecospat-ch.bsky.social! It was a pleasure to have worked on this piece with everyone!
Deadline for the EvoDemoS conference 2 wks away! Join us at @PembrokeOxford @UniofOxford to discuss the breath and depth of demographic theory and applications in Sept evodemo2025.weebly.com Please retweet @biology.ox.ac.uk @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org
EvoDemoS 2025
EvoDemoS 2025 International Conference. The local organising committee welcomes you to the 10th International Conference of the Evolutionary Demography Society, hosted at Pembroke College, Oxford, bet...
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June 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Deadline for the EvoDemoS conference 2 wks away! Join us at @PembrokeOxford @UniofOxford to discuss the breath and depth of demographic theory and applications in Sept evodemo2025.weebly.com Please retweet @biology.ox.ac.uk @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org
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Also @klvoje.bsky.social @jjemerson.bsky.social @efronhofer.bsky.social @bobohara.bsky.social @jgsaulsbury.bsky.social @robsalgo.bsky.social @eesaupe.bsky.social @devapriya-chat.bsky.social @masahitotsuboi.bsky.social and others not here. And thank you reviewers, whoever you might be!
I am thrilled to be granted a CAS year (Centre for Advanced Studies 2026/2027) in Oslo to work on population dynamics using the fossil record. Looking forward to hosting Steve Ellner, @tomezard.bsky.social Tiago Quental, Stephen De Lisle and others cas-nor.no/news/announc...
Announcing the CAS projects of 2026/2027 | CAS
Each year, CAS hosts three interdisciplinary research groups within humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. The groups consist of leading academics from around the world, led by scholars fr...
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June 5, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Also @klvoje.bsky.social @jjemerson.bsky.social @efronhofer.bsky.social @bobohara.bsky.social @jgsaulsbury.bsky.social @robsalgo.bsky.social @eesaupe.bsky.social @devapriya-chat.bsky.social @masahitotsuboi.bsky.social and others not here. And thank you reviewers, whoever you might be!
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Assessing limits of sustainable seed harvest in wild plant populations. How many seeds can we harvest in a wild population without causing damage? A massive modeling effort, with @robsalgo.bsky.social @bossdorf.bsky.social @plantevoeco.bsky.social
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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June 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Assessing limits of sustainable seed harvest in wild plant populations. How many seeds can we harvest in a wild population without causing damage? A massive modeling effort, with @robsalgo.bsky.social @bossdorf.bsky.social @plantevoeco.bsky.social
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Still a few days left to apply for this position in phenology/climate change ecology. Spread the word! The deadline is 31 May.
🚨We’re hiring a postdoc in Woodland Phenology & Climate Change at Uni Southern Denmark!🚨
Combines fieldwork (Sweden & Denmark), remote sensing (drone/camera) & genetics to study phenological response to climate.
Link: fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com.mcas.ms/hcmUI/Candid...
Pls share!
Combines fieldwork (Sweden & Denmark), remote sensing (drone/camera) & genetics to study phenological response to climate.
Link: fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com.mcas.ms/hcmUI/Candid...
Pls share!
May 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Still a few days left to apply for this position in phenology/climate change ecology. Spread the word! The deadline is 31 May.
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1/7 🔥🦎 Why now? Due to social media restrictions in Brazil last year (BSKY > X 👀), we couldn’t share this earlier. Thrilled to finally present our findings: Severe fire regimes DECREASE resilience in ectothermic populations. Resistance ≠ recovery. #FireEcology #Conservation
👉 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
👉 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Severe fire regimes decrease resilience of ectothermic populations
With a long-term, individual-level data, researchers provide evidence for how disturbance regimes shape the life-history strategies and resilience of three lizard species. As predicted by theory, pop...
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May 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
1/7 🔥🦎 Why now? Due to social media restrictions in Brazil last year (BSKY > X 👀), we couldn’t share this earlier. Thrilled to finally present our findings: Severe fire regimes DECREASE resilience in ectothermic populations. Resistance ≠ recovery. #FireEcology #Conservation
👉 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
👉 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
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EvoDemoS 2025
EvoDemoS 2025 International Conference. The local organising committee welcomes you to the 10th International Conference of the Evolutionary Demography Society, hosted at Pembroke College, Oxford, bet...
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April 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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REPOST #jobs @oxforddemsci.bsky.social
👨💻Senior Research Fellow Associate/Professor
👩💻Senior Researcher Geospatial Health
📲Postdoc Digital Pandemic Preparedness
👶Postdoc Reproductive Demography
🤖 Programmer AI
See: www.demography.ox.ac.uk/jobs
#Demography #Epidemiology #Health #Population
👨💻Senior Research Fellow Associate/Professor
👩💻Senior Researcher Geospatial Health
📲Postdoc Digital Pandemic Preparedness
👶Postdoc Reproductive Demography
🤖 Programmer AI
See: www.demography.ox.ac.uk/jobs
#Demography #Epidemiology #Health #Population
April 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
REPOST #jobs @oxforddemsci.bsky.social
👨💻Senior Research Fellow Associate/Professor
👩💻Senior Researcher Geospatial Health
📲Postdoc Digital Pandemic Preparedness
👶Postdoc Reproductive Demography
🤖 Programmer AI
See: www.demography.ox.ac.uk/jobs
#Demography #Epidemiology #Health #Population
👨💻Senior Research Fellow Associate/Professor
👩💻Senior Researcher Geospatial Health
📲Postdoc Digital Pandemic Preparedness
👶Postdoc Reproductive Demography
🤖 Programmer AI
See: www.demography.ox.ac.uk/jobs
#Demography #Epidemiology #Health #Population
Only 11 days left to the early-bird registration deadline for the 10th annual Evolutionary Demography Society @PembrokeOxford
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EvoDemoS 2025 International Conference. The local organising committee welcomes you to the 10th International Conference of the Evolutionary Demography Society, hosted at Pembroke College, Oxford, bet...
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Only 11 days left to the early-bird registration deadline for the 10th annual Evolutionary Demography Society @PembrokeOxford
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"Increases in Arctic Extreme Climatic Events Are Linked to Negative Fitness Effects on the Local Biota", now out at @globalchangebio.bsky.social, last @salgoteam.bsky.social publication, led by our @biology.ox.ac.uk MBiol student Maya Lemaire
April 2, 2025 at 7:39 AM
"Increases in Arctic Extreme Climatic Events Are Linked to Negative Fitness Effects on the Local Biota", now out at @globalchangebio.bsky.social, last @salgoteam.bsky.social publication, led by our @biology.ox.ac.uk MBiol student Maya Lemaire
Registration to the 10th annual Evolutionary Demography Society is now open. See you all at @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social 22-24 Sept 2025. Early-bird ends April 15th: evodemo2025.weebly.com Please share @biology.ox.ac.uk @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org @evoldir.bsky.social
EvoDemoS 2025
EvoDemoS 2025 International Conference. The local organising committee welcomes you to the 10th International Conference of the Evolutionary Demography Society, hosted at Pembroke College, Oxford, bet...
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March 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Registration to the 10th annual Evolutionary Demography Society is now open. See you all at @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social 22-24 Sept 2025. Early-bird ends April 15th: evodemo2025.weebly.com Please share @biology.ox.ac.uk @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org @evoldir.bsky.social
Check out our framework to assess demographic buffering, out now in Ecology Letters, led by @salgoteam.bsky.social recent graduate, Sam Gascoigne - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Structured Demographic Buffering: A Framework to Explore the Environmental Components and Demographic Mechanisms Underlying Demographic Buffering
Demographic buffering quantifies the degree to which a population's demographic rates reduce the negative impacts of environmental stochasticity. Here, we show that temporal variance and autocorrelat...
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March 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Check out our framework to assess demographic buffering, out now in Ecology Letters, led by @salgoteam.bsky.social recent graduate, Sam Gascoigne - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Applications are open for our Independent Research Fellowship Mentorship Programme!
The programme supports promising early career researchers to submit fellowship applications and move towards research independence. If you’re looking to make the move, full details are on our website👇
bit.ly/BioIRF
The programme supports promising early career researchers to submit fellowship applications and move towards research independence. If you’re looking to make the move, full details are on our website👇
bit.ly/BioIRF
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February 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Applications are open for our Independent Research Fellowship Mentorship Programme!
The programme supports promising early career researchers to submit fellowship applications and move towards research independence. If you’re looking to make the move, full details are on our website👇
bit.ly/BioIRF
The programme supports promising early career researchers to submit fellowship applications and move towards research independence. If you’re looking to make the move, full details are on our website👇
bit.ly/BioIRF