@BBirdClocks

Professor for Biological Rhythms of Natural Organisms & #ornithology @IBAHCM. Past-President of @EOUnion

 Groningen, NL, and Glasgow, Scotland
gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/bahcm/staff/barbarahelm/
Joined December 2014
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Barbara Helm retweeted
EOU 🐦@EOUnion30 Apr 2022
EOU Fledglings Meeting 2022: REGISTRATION NOW OPEN for the meeting of early-career ornithologists in Debrecen, Hungary, 11-13 August 2022. To see further details and to register see: bit.ly/3LBwT1C #EOU #ornithology
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Excited to be on the organising team bringing @EOUnion meeting to Lund #EOU2023Lund @Biology_LU @lunduniversity #birds #ornithology
EOU 🐦@EOUnion22 Apr 2022
SAVE THE DATE! We are pleased to announce that the XIV European Ornithologists’ Union Congress will take place in Lund, Sweden on 21-25 August 2023. Please look out for future announcements on the EOU website rb.gy/t8hqhg and social media #EOU
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Barbara Helm retweeted
EOU 🐦@EOUnion14 Jul 2021
It's time to submit your abstract for the #EOU2022 in Gießen! 📢 Deadline 31 July 2021! Abstracts can be submitted for a symposium talk, an oral session, or a poster. The list of symposia can be found here: conference.eounion.org/2022/… #ornithology Photo by @rickyalba26
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When scientists found Wood Warblers molting on farms, they were thrilled! While no farm can replace a forest, the findings of a new study suggests cocoa agriculture doesn't need to be a threat to biodiversity if nearby forests are protected. @ENosazeogie audubon.org/news/scientists-…

Scientists Make a Sweet Discovery on a West African Cocoa Farm

Molting Wood Warblers studied on farmland in Cameroon suggest cocoa operations can provide great bird habitat if nearby trees are left standing.

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Barbara Helm retweeted
EOU 🐦@EOUnion17 Apr 2021
Symposia for the EOU Conference 2022 in Gießen are now online: conference.eounion.org/2022/… Open slots are available - abstract submission opens in May! @eou2022giessen #EOU2022 #ornithology
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Barbara Helm retweeted
EOU 🐦@EOUnion14 Jan 2021
Save the Date 🗓️ 🐦 Until the 15h of March you can still submit your symposia proposal for the 13th EOU conference in Gießen 2022. ECRs are especially encouraged to do so! Any details on how your proposal should look like you can find here: eounion.org/latest-news/call… @DanC_eco

Call for Symposia proposals, round tables, and pre- and post-congress meetings | EOU

Call for Symposia proposals, round tables, and pre- and post-congress meetings 13th EOU Conference Giessen, Germany 14-18 March 2022 Deadline for submitting symposium proposals: 15 March 2021   We...

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my first ever paper, out now!! 🐦✨ we used radio telemetry & faecal metabarcoding during the breeding season to discover urban blue tits are getting a hard deal in life check it out: doi.org/10.1007/s00442-020-0…
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Barbara Helm retweeted
EOU 🐦@EOUnion5 Nov 2019
#EU's common #agricultural #policy #CAP destroys nature and needs an urgent, serious reform! An open letter to EU parliament from scientists around Europe, including European Ornithologists' Union #EOU Please RT! eounion.org/latest-news/open…

Open letter to reform the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP): harmful agriculture is destroying...

The EOU is a signatory of an Open Letter to the EU, urgently demanding change in agriculture that will support nature. The letter concludes: “The scientific evidence is clear that climate change and...

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Barbara Helm @BBirdClocks @bvdbirds @BBirdClocks @IBAHCM @IBIS_journal @p_capi @dmdominoni @SteveThackeray @Ben_Sheldon_EGI Our flycatcher paper is out. Thanks to all who helped!
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@physorg_com24 Oct 2019
Evolution is resetting the annual clock in migratory #birds @univgroningen @currentbiology phys.org/news/2019-10-evolut…

Evolution is resetting the annual clock in migratory birds

The timing of spring migration is vital for birds. Returning too late comes at a cost. In 1981, German ornithologist Eberhard Gwinner demonstrated how an internal circannual clock is responsible for...

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Barbara Helm retweeted
EOU 🐦@EOUnion31 May 2019
What? The deadline for #EOU2019 is almost there? For all sleepy owls, we just have extended the deadline for two more weeks!
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Even the Brexiteers seem to have their bright moments. Embarassing how quickly they forget. Great march today in London, and now 4.5 mio British voters asking to revoke
Led By Donkeys@ByDonkeys23 Mar 2019
“If a democracy cannot change its mind, it ceases to be a democracy.” - @DavidDavisMP Parliament Square, London 23rd March 2019
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Young ornithologists conference!
EOU 🐦@EOUnion30 Aug 2018
Are you a fledgeling researcher? Join us in Turin in October for our second ever European meeting for #ECR ornithologists! 🐣 #ornithology
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I metabarcode bird & bat feces in cocoa farms to see which pest arthropods are consumed and to to map the food web. Seeking an #entomologist collaborator to help w/ fieldwork & interpretation of metabarcoding data. Tweet @ me! #Ento18 @RoyEntSoc #insects bit.ly/2wxPZAj
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Back the Brexit #meaningfulvote @richardbenyonmp @GeorgeFreemanMP @oliverhealduk @neill_bob @johnstevensonmp @nickymorgan01 @pm4eastren @edvaizey @vickyford xitter.cf/CNiaufre/status/100644…
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nature.com/articles/s41598-0… Eye region surface temperature reflects both energy reserves and circulating glucocorticoids in a wild bird
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‘We can't be quiet’: Gruffalo co-creator and fellow illustrators respond to Brexit theguardian.com/politics/201…

‘We can't be quiet’: Gruffalo co-creator and fellow illustrators respond to Brexit

Axel Scheffler among children’s illustrators across Europe to channel ‘anger and sadness and disbelief’ into gallery of images

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... and another great outcome from our Quantitative masters! @IBAHCM xitter.cf/C_Adams1758/status/885…
Colin Adams@C_Adams175814 Jul 2017
Urban birds upregalate genes but show reduced fitness compared to woodland conspecifics - new paper from @sceneUofG journal.frontiersin.org/arti…
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#Fledgelings16 @EOUnion Exciting that the Fledgelings are forging the next generation of European ornithologists. Greetings and good luck!
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Congratulations Iain Malzer on a great PhD on Bearded Tits, and on the best ways to manage their habitat for them! xitter.cf/birdclocks/status/7785…
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Information about plenary speakers is out! utu.fi/en/sites/eou2017/Page… @EOUnion
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