@LukeLPowell

Conservation ecologist and ornithologist at CIBIO/Biopolis in Portugal. Founding director of @__Biodiversity Initiative

 Porto, Portugal
sites.google.com/site/lukelpowell/
Joined March 2009
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I gave a seminar for @TuftsUniversity last week - in layman's terms - that summarizes much of what @__Biodiversity Initiative has been up to in #cameroon and #equatorialguinea. bit.ly/3v0TH5f #birds #bats #chocolate #rainforest #ornithology #conservation
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Looking for an early-career web designer/developer to build a simple, modern website for EG Wild, a new conservation NGO. Great portfolio project for a recent graduate. Volunteer or low-cost preferred. have them email (preferred) or DM me🌍🦍 #Conservation #WebDesign
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Is anyone going to #atbc2025 with kids? My wife and I are attending with our 2-year old in tow and we're working with the organizing committee to provide childcare. @theATBC
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Jared Wolfe@JaredDWolfe30 Jan 2025
Our research was picked up by The Guardian, alongside work from two of my favorite scientists, John Blake and @BetteLoiselle. We hope these findings contribute to solutions that help ensure the persistence of these incredible birds into the 22nd century. theguardian.com/environment/…

In the most untouched, pristine parts of the Amazon, birds are dying. Scientists may finally know...

Populations have been falling for decades, even in tracts of forest undamaged by humans. Experts have spent two decades trying to understand what is going on

theguardian.com
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Hey who out there is attending #atbc2025 in Mexico? @theATBC I was thinking about organizing a symposium on tropical birds... #ornithology
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Fully funded BI PhD at St Andrews studying ants and ant-following birds in Africa! findaphd.com/phds/project/de… #ornithology #birds #myrmecology #ants #phd #biology #photo: @LukeLPowell
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TiBE 2025@tibe_biopolis28 Aug 2024
‼️Only 10 days left to submit your abstract for #TiBE2024‼️ Don't miss the opportunity to showcase your research on tropical ecology and conservation in Africa! 🌍🌴🦜 Submit here: bit.ly/468wr6e
TiBE 2025@tibe_biopolis14 Aug 2024
📢Good news for those looking to present at #TiBE2024: ABSTRACT SUBMISSION has been EXTENDED to 6 September! Submit here: bit.ly/468wr6e
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New paper! 🌍West Africa's rapid cashew expansion is threatening both biodiversity and rural livelihoods. Our latest commentary examines these impacts, with a focus on Guinea-Bissau, and offers policy recommendations for sustainable cultivation. doi.org/10.1111/btp.13374
Top cashew producing countries in West Africa overlapped with White-headed vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis) and African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) distributions and Key Biodiversity Areas.

ALT Top cashew producing countries in West Africa overlapped with White-headed vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis) and African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) distributions and Key Biodiversity Areas.

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TROPIBIO Project@Tropibio213 Jul 2024
We are thrilled to announce that this year’s edition of the Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution (TiBE) conference will be held as part of the TROPIBIO project! Help shape the program by submitting your ideas for thematic sessions: bit.ly/3W5Pn1X Stay tuned for more!
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Max Tercel@MaximumInsect8 Mar 2024
🐜🐜 INCREDIBLY EXCITED 🐜🐜 to announce that I'm joining @CIBIO_InBIO as a postdoc researching Dorylus driver ant/siafu ecology in the rainforests of Central Africa! Dreamy! Exciting! ARMY ANTS!
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Does anyone know a legit website to donate to offset carbon emissions? I know its imperfect but feels much better than nothing. For example an NGO that does reforestation in Tropical Rainforest... #CarbonZero
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Looking for a #PhDposition ? Apply for the Gulf of Guinea Research Program. Live in Portugal, do fieldwork in Africa and take your classes in english. Tuition waiver & stipend. 79% of eligible applicants were accepted in 2022. #ornithology #biodiversity jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/search/?k…
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Watch our video on the 2023 field season! Video by Field Technician Ibon Malaxetxebarria. youtube.com/watch?v=6jEEzlpn…
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Replying to @DCaptainplanet_
@DCaptainplanet_'s work on #bats in #cocoa farms featured here in Mongabay! The shadier the #chocolate farms, the better for bats. news.mongabay.com/2023/08/st…
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We at @CIBIO_InBIO are advertising 3 phd fellowships for work in the Gulf of Guinea, including many options for ornithological projects. Aug 13th deadline. Students must either have Portuguese degrees or have converted their foreign degree(s). cibio.up.pt/en/jobs/phd-stud…
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#ornithology #myrmecology #ants #africa #ecology #conservationbiology
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New popular article on BI's work on ants and ant-following birds! sciencenews.org/article/bird… #ornithology #birds #africa #ants #myrmecology

Some African birds follow nomadic ants to their next meal

Specialized interactions between birds and driver ants in Africa could help explain why the birds are especially sensitive to forest disturbances.

sciencenews.org
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anyone want to go birding before #iccb2023? Let me know and please spread the word to anyone interested. I have a good tour guide lined up for Nyungwe Forest National Park #ornithology #birding #Rwanda @RicardoNature @DrewCronin
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Our new demographic study is now out in #BiologicalConservation. We investigated the combined affects of increasing temperatures and fragmentation on the demographic rates of 24 understory #bird species in the Usambara Mountains of Tanzania! @NHMU @mwtingley @UCLAEEB (1/7)
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Anyone going to #iccb2023 that's interested in birding or is an ornithologist, please let me know! #ornithology #rwanda #birding #birds
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The #Namba mountains in #Angola represent the last ~700 ha of Afromontaine forest in southwestern Africa, and they are imminently threatened by fire. Check out our article in NEE. go.nature.com/404eX76 #ornithology @RainforestTrust @PedroBeja12 @RicardoNature
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