Dr. Pia Oswald

Grab some popcorn and settle back! 🍿 Thanks to our student David Lee everyone can join us on our latest trip to the Kottenforst. Interested in what #fieldwork looks like? Let's have a look! youtube.com/watch?v=Ix6QC8… @NC3Niche @unibielefeld @CaspersBarbara

Third time lucky! 🥳 And it's all the interesting stuff about #firesalamanders 🦎😉

Definitely worth a read! 😉✌️

Let's celebrate the 50th anniversary of the department of #animalbehaviour @unibielefeld ! 🥳 50 years full of behavioural research on a variety of animal species. 🐀🦎🦭🦅 Back in Bielefeld I heard some interesting lectures about past and future projects & I met old friends 🤗

In case you haven't read our (@brainforestluca @CaspersBarbara) study on behavioural responses of #firesalamander larvae towards predator cues, check this out! 👇 This blog post @JZoology summarises the key findings! 🔑 #ecology #behaviour #fieldstudy #more-3899" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">jzoblog.wordpress.com/2023/09/04/beh…

Best way to spend your day off!? Visiting the #Behaviour2023 conference @unibielefeld! 🤗 I was jumping in for @LraSchh giving a talk about my favourite topic! 😃 Great to see all the familiar and new faces, especially my @BehavEcoBIE family! ❤️

Population monitoring is crucial for #conservation!☝🏻 We have investigated our #firesalamanders in the Kottenforst. Plus: we also checked for habitat effects on survival & more! 🤓🕵️ Find the full article here! #Volume59-2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">salamandra-journal.com/index.php/home… #Wildbook #salamandra #monitoring

This weekend I'm back in Bielefeld learning all about bats! 🦇 Time for some new input 🤩 #bats #Bielefeld #BFAFledermäuse #NABU #conservation #RavensbergerSpinnerei

#JobAlert! The ecological station at #SteinhuderMeer is offering a position. I've had the pleasure to work with them during my bachelor's! Amazing team, interesting projects and: the super cute European tree frog! #ecology #biodiversity #conservation greenjobs.de/a100118892

Improving my birding skills. 🐦🦅 Today I saw Northern lapwings, Eurasian oystercatchers and common kestrels. And these ones were willing to pose for a photo 📷✨ #BirdsSeenIn2023 #BirdsOfTwitter #ornithology #fieldwork

Finally home after a long day of work 🐦🦅🦉 But this view in the morning is worth it! 🌞 #fieldwork #sunshine #freezing #forest #nature

I have just started my new position to make some new experiences. 🤗 Although I'm a bit sad about leaving academia, I'm super excited! 😃 One thing for sure: My Bielefeld family @BehavEcoBIE and @NC3Niche will always be in my ❤️

Firesalamander larvae respond differently to predator cues ☝️🦎 Read all about it in our newest paper @JZoology! doi.org/10.1111/jzo.13… @brainforestluca @CaspersBarbara @BehavEcoBIE @NC3Niche #antipredatorresponses #herpetology #animalbehaviour #predator #firesalamander

@LraSchh I will miss that, too! Hope I can stop by every once in a while! 😉🍦

Yesterday was an amazing day full of excitement, laughter and pure joy! I finally finished my #PhD!!! 👩🏻‍🎓🎉🥳 Thanks to all the amazing people that have supported me during that journey. I love you all! ❤️ #PhDone #phdlife #firesalamander #family

What a great line up!!! #Behaviour2023 #Bielefeld

Such misdirected amplexus might have negative effects on individual (e.g. reduced #fitness) and population level (#Bsal transmission). 🤔

Remember when we stumbled across some unusual couples this March?! 🦎♥️🐸 You can now read about it in more detail in our newest article @HerpNotes: biotaxa.org/hn/article/vie… #loveisblind #firesalamander #commontoad #frog #interspecific #herpetology

A seven hour train ride to Saxony... 🚄 @LraSchh, @MaxMuhlenhaupt and me are visiting the 2nd #firesalamander symposium hosted by the NABU where I am presenting the results of the larval population analyses in the Kottenforst forest. 🐸🦎🌳

I handed in my PhD thesis today! Never been so proud and happy! 🦎🥳 #thesissubmitted #phdlife #Dissertation #firesalamanders

Thanks to the @NC3Niche for this retreat! It was really fruitful! 🤗