Chevonne Reynolds

📢 Application Deadline Extended! ACDI is still accepting applications for the Research Officer in Climate Responsive Nature-Based Solutions position 🌱 Join ACDI’s team and lead impactful climate & sustainability research. Apply here: jobs.uct.ac.za/job/Cape-Town-…

If you have a background in ecology + good CV + might be interested in a PhD involving meta-analysis and modelling for marine protected areas, please email me CV + short statement of interest asap.

Big congrats to @NLJames_ on publishing his first PhD thesis paper! We observed breeding Noddies on Heron Island foraging an order of magnitude further during periods of low food availability + roosting at the closest vegetated islands ~600 km away. 😲🤯 link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Applications are now open for the Student Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS) in Cambridge, UK. ⏰Application deadline: 12 September 2024 The conference will take place from 1-3 April, 2025. Bursaries are available - see website for details. sccs-cam.org

@sageknaidoo Well done @sageknaidoo on your first paper! Always great to work with @DanC_eco! Thanks to all the Citizen Scientists who contribute such valuable data. #SAFRING

Thrilled to share my first publication in Scientific Reports! Our study focused on comparing morphometric responses of two congeneric species, the native Cape and the non-native house sparrows to increased urbanisation in SA. Link: doi.org/10.1038/s41598…

I will be recruiting two new PhD students to start in Feb 2025, to join a lively social-ecological research team working on protected areas. This is a competitive opportunity that involves applying for internal scholarships; I will support two or three applicants. If interested./

Is suppressing fire in woody savannas to enhance tree biomass and absorb carbo a #naturebasedsolution to climate change? No, it is ecological degradation. New paper in @GlobalChangeBio by Ty Loft and colleagues explains why onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gc…

NEW JOB in #ornithology with @BirdLife_Sci to help with the #conservation of #migratory #birds around the world: buff.ly/3X9VJ16

Global Change Biology | Environmental Change Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gc… This excellent paper by @trailmix_jdmw shows frightening effects of woody plant encroachment on SA bird biodiversity, with 20% of species directly affected! @nicola_stvns

Online now: Problem-solving ability: a link between cognition and conservation? dlvr.it/T7gHKj

My first day @CityofEdmonton @UAlberta - here to create a Centre for Open Science & Synthesis in #Ecology & #Evolution. Looking for ~5 postdocs to join me in establishing the centre. Please apply - i-deel.org/opportunities.… Please RT

Online now: Investigating the impacts of artificial light via blackouts dlvr.it/T7CLLy

Ever wondered about the upside of load shedding? Our proposal to use South Africa as a natural experiment for ALAN wildlife studies. Out now in @Trends_Ecol_Evo with the link authors.elsevier.com/a/1j7fncZ3X04nm #loadshedding @arjundevamar @robertL_thomson @dmdominoni Photo @Eric_Nathan

Our Forum article is now out in @Trends_Ecol_Evo highlighting the unique opportunity of #loadshedding as a natural experiment to explore the impacts of ALAN on wildlife behaviour with @ChevReynolds @robertL_thomson @dmdominoni authors.elsevier.com/a/1j7fncZ3X04nm Photo by @Eric_Nathan

Very excited that Conservation Evidence is one of five major projects within the @ai_cam_mission. We will expand our current collaboration with the Computing Dept to develop novel means of using AI to present evidence to practitioners and decision makers (ai.cam.ac.uk/ai-deas/)

Happy to have this paper out and stoked at the inclusivity of #globalsouth authors! So important for the narrative. This also marks 10 years since the start of my PhD on this topic with @graemecumming at the @Fitztitute.

Dispersal of aquatic and terrestrial organisms by waterbirds: A review of current knowledge and future priorities onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/fw…

The new IPCC 6th Assessment Report (AR6) provides an unprecedented degree of clarity about the future of our planet, and the need to reduce – and ultimately eliminate – our emissions of greenhouse gases. In this thread I take a look at some key findings from the report: 1/27

The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods for Social-Ecological Systems | Taylor & Francis Group taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/…