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Insect ecologist. Insect responses to environmental change. Interested in trophic interactions. Now developing monitoring methods for blood-feeding insects in the North. #InterregAurora #InsectsoftheNorth Post-doctoral researcher at University of Oulu
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3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie). Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development

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Park et al. Ecological Dynamics of Volatile Organic Compound–Mediated Interactions in Aristolochia Contorta With Parasitoids and Herbivores onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Can semi-aquatic insects track the quality of terrestrial subsidy ? We found that predators responded the most, followed by shredders. Dispersal traits did not respond at all. In brief, predators and shredders are transmission belts of cross-ecosystem perturbations (see 🧵for more). 🧪💧🌎 rdcu.be/eg7RT

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Caddisfly cases in museum collections contain a record of plastic pollution. Cute.

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Miksi oulun ennakkoäänestyspaikat ovat pääosin autolähiöissä? Vähän jonoa näissä parissa saavutettavassa.

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One more co-authored article published from the #TreeBodyguards project. Congrats to Elena and all co-authors! It's great that the samples and data collected around Europe are studied from several different aspects. 😀🌳🐛 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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REPOSTING this here just to officially leave "the other place" Our work on the role of endogenous electric fields in guiding collective cell migration during #morphogenesis is out @naturematerials.bsky.social nature.com/articles/s41...

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Ping @niinakiljunen.bsky.social

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99% of insect species lack conservation data. A major study led by @ukceh.bsky.social and @zslofficial.bsky.social, with contributions from Professor Iwan Jones and Dr John Murphy of @qmulrivercomms.bsky.social, highlights urgent gaps in our understanding of global insect populations.

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Day 2 of #FutureofButterflies conference is kicked off by Thomas Merckx to discuss conservation of Lepidoptera in urban habitats. Some moths in urban areas adapt to light pollution and become smaller and less attracted to light!

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More on light pollution and moths from Evert van de Schoot, who found that even dim skyglow reduces moth abundance by 25% in gardens, but streetlights reduce them by 50%. Very worrying in a rapidly urbanising world #FutureofButterflies

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