#AnimalMigration

2025-05-15

More than 250 , including a wildebeest, gorilla and giraffe, are travelling a 20,000km route from Kinshasa, , to the Arctic, highlighting the impact of change on . continent.substack.com/p/photo

Planetary Ecologistplanetaryecologist
2024-12-31

Wolf distribution (Biogeography 🌍)

Wolf distribution is the species distribution of the wolf. Originally, wolves occurred in Eurasia above the 12th parallel north and in North America above the 15th parallel north. However, deliberate human persecution has reduced the species' range to about one-third, because of livestock predation and fear of wol...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_dis

Planetary Ecologistplanetaryecologist
2024-12-18

Reindeer distribution (Biogeography 🌍)

The reindeer is a widespread and numerous species in the northern Holarctic, being present in both tundra and taiga. Originally, the reindeer was found in Scandinavia, eastern Europe, Russia, Mongolia, and northern China north of the 50th latitude. In North America, it was found in Canada, Alaska, an...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reindeer

Christopher M. Heckschermadthrush@ecoevo.social
2024-06-09

Studying migration? The Scientific Reports Animal Migration Collection submission deadline has been extended to 31 August 2024. This will likely be the final extension! #Migration #Ornithology #Mammalogy #Entomology #Fisheries #Ichthyology #AnimalMigration

nature.com/collections/bfghheg

Christopher M. Heckschermadthrush@ecoevo.social
2024-02-06

Exciting News: The deadline for submission to the Scientific Reports Collection on Animal Migration, has been extended to 31 May 2024.

We are assembling a taxonomically diverse Collection that will include multidisciplinary studies.

If you are interested in contributing, feel free to DM me with any questions.

#Migration #Animalmigration #Ornithology #Entomology #Ichthyology #MarineBiology #Mammalogy

nature.com/collections/bfghheg

2023-10-24

Animal migration tracking (Zoology 🦥)

Animal migration tracking is used in wildlife biology, conservation biology, ecology, and wildlife management to study animals' behavior in the wild. One of the first techniques was bird banding, placing passive ID tags on birds legs, to identify the bird in a future catch-and-release. Radio tracking involves attaching a small radi...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_m

#AnimalMigrationTracking #Zoology #Geopositioning #AnimalMigration

Christopher M. Heckschermadthrush@ecoevo.social
2023-09-25

Folks, I am guest editing a Scientific Reports Collection on Animal Migration. If you are interested in contributing, feel free to DM me with any questions. #migration #animalmigration #Ornithology #Entomology #Ichthyology #MarineBiology #Mammalogy

nature.com/collections/bfghheg

2023-08-17

We used #outlieranalysis and #telemetry and found that migration success of Atlantic #salmon depended on genotype. See what you think:
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20
(boosts welcome, first time I’ve properly tried to share some science since the other place)

#EvolutionaryBiology
#FishSci
#smolt
#AnimalMigration
#SNPmarkers
#salmonid
#Freshwater
Photo: Stuart Brabbs, Ayrshire Rivers Trust

Salmon smolts in the River Ayr
2022-11-18

A Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) in honour of today's #MastodonMigration event. These nomadic butterflies embark on a multi-generational odyssey between tropical Africa and northern Europe each year - the longest known migration of any butterfly!

#butterfly #butterflies #PaintedLady #insect #insects #Lepidoptera #entomology #nature #wildlife #BritishWildlife #BritishNature #UKWildlife #ecology #migration #AnimalMigration

A Painted Lady butterfly (orange with black & white wing-tips) perched on a wall.

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