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saskyavn.bsky.social
Population & community ecology, and anything about parasitoids. Professor at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc, Bangalore, India. Lab website: https://www.saskyavn.blog.
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New paper out in @animalecology.bsky.social! In this study, led by Avik Banerjee, we examined the link between stress and nutrition in wild lizards. Stress levels influence nutrient retention, not dietary composition, in these colourful agamids! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Fundamentals of Ecology Course has now begun and is now running via NPTEL! The course is taught by various faculty of @iiscbangalore . The course covers broad topics in Ecology; prerequisites, free & is open for all! preview: onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc25_ge14/p... Reg last date~27th Jan.

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Folks looking for a PhD position to study chemical ecology, have a look at this excellent opportunity at the University of Eastern Finland. Application deadline 6 Feb. Position starting in March 2025. uef.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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"There has been a progressive decline in fieldwork-based research and education in ecology over recent decades", precisely at a time when we most urgently need a better understanding of how natural systems work. So sad. Trends in Ecology & Evolution [paywalled] www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

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Several faculty of the Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc have put together an online course on Fundamentals of Ecology, to be offered via NPTEL platform from Jan 2025. Check here for more details: onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc25_ge14/p...

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Here is a link to an exciting collection of 14 new review articles in Current Opinions in Insect Science on "Parasitoid Biology in the Anthropocene" edited by Editors: R.M. Borges, R. Venkatesan and S. van Nouhuys. www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... Message me if you want PDFs you can't access.

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

Bluesky intro: I am a population & community ecologist. I used to work on spatial population & community ecology & behavior of parasitoids of the Glanville fritillary in FI. Since moving to India my lab also works on the parasitoid community of Rutaceae (Citrus), biocontrol, and grassland ecology.

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