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Becky Turner

@bexturner

NERC @ARIES_DTP PhD candidate @UK_CEH, @DICE_Kent. Researching population trends of UK #reptile & #amphibian species with @ARC_Bytes, @ARGroupsUK, @_BTO.

 United Kingdom
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Joined July 2009
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Do you work with biodiversity data? Ever wonder where your data sits in the big picture or how it makes meaningful impacts for research and policy? Our review of the UK herpetofauna data landscape reveals key insights for wider biodiversity monitoring.🧵 link.springer.com/article/10…
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Rob Ward@reptile_rob18 Aug 2023
Job role with @gloswildlife Recovering #Adders on the Cotswold Escarpment Specialist gloucestershirewildlifetrust… #snakes #reptiles #conservation
Recovering Adders on the Cotswold Escarpment Specialist | Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust

Recovering Adders on the Cotswold Escarpment Specialist | Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated individual to join our team to deliver landscape-scale improvements for Adders across a key stronghold for this species in Gloucestershire. The...

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Climate change: how bad could the future be if we do nothing? I developed this table of impacts for my book 📕 ‘Climate Change: A Very Short Introduction’ based on the @IPCC_CH 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 reports Beyond 1.5°C #ClimateChange impacts gets worse and worse
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Our NEW PAPER is out in @RSocPublishing #ProcB! You can read it here #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.08… @UK_CEH @UKCEHPapers Invertebrates have declined between 1990 and 2019 in Great Britain, and declines are stronger in areas of intensive arable and horticultural farming. 🧵
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We need more and better wildlife-friendly farming options to halt biodiversity loss theguardian.com/environment/… New paper from @Frances_Mancini, me & others
More wildlife-friendly farming needed to stop decline of insects in Britain, says report

More wildlife-friendly farming needed to stop decline of insects in Britain, says report

Populations of bees, spiders, ground beetles and hoverflies have declined twice as fast on land farmed for crops in the past 30 years, despite funding for more sustainable farming methods

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Wonderful surprise having smooth snake appear on @BBCBreakfast yesterday morning. Well done Owain!
Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (@ARC_Bytes) profile pictureAmphibian and Reptile Conservation@ARC_Bytes18 May 2023
Did you catch our #SnakesintheHeather Education Officer Owain on BBC Breakfast this morning talking about the 10 year anniversary of our smooth snake reintroduction? If not watch it here👉 bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0… #NationalLottery #HeritageFund @BBCBreakfast
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Dear councils, If you manage small verges like this, they could be lifelines for pollinating insects next spring if you reduce mowing and don't spray them with weedkillers. You'll be saving bees and butterflies by saving time & money. Looks better too! 🐝
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Paper alert: Integrated species distribution models fitted in INLA are sensitive to mesh parameterisation onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… @BobOHara @ProfKateJones @_BCT_
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🌳🌿 Not sure why this tree went over but it’s been down for at least 2 years yet still continues to drop its leaves every autumn 🍂 and blossom every spring 🌸. Amazing! (🐶 Bailey for clickbait).
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How can we improve collaborations between ecologists & policymakers? Join us tomorrow to find out! We will be hosting a joint online panel discussion with the Civil Service Climate & Environment Network on working together to better inform UK policy⬇️ britishecologicalsociety.org…
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🍃How can we balance conservation and restoration of habitat with people’s need to access nature in England? 📅We have a few places left to attend this in-person event in London on April 19 Find out more⬇️britishecologicalsociety.org…
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A month of rain later and the pond is full! Presenting the latest UK designated protected area (thanks Dad for the excellent signage) 🐸
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⚠️❗️ Funding for #Ecology is falling behind other sciences! Our latest policy report found that while in many research areas, @UKRI_News funding has increased by 2.8 times between 2006 - 2021, funding for #EcologicalResearch only increased 1.5 times... britishecologicalsociety.org…
The front cover of the British Ecological Society's latest policy report 'Trends in UK Funding For Ecology'

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🐸💚🐸 It’s that time of year again Did you know which one is Frog spawn & Toad spawn ? Here’s the answer frog spawn is laid in clumps Toad spawn is laid in strings 🐸💚🐸
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Snow-SHMOW! The pond has a NEWT! It took a whole 5 days from spade-to-newt. Job done.
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Not an ideal first week of life as a pond
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I urgently need your help!! 🦈 🌊 Endangered sharks are being eaten in our fish and chip shops, under the misleading name of rock salmon. Please help get this important petition to 10K by midnight. We need sharks in the ocean for years to come! Pls RT petition.parliament.uk/petit…
Petition: Stop shark being sold under misleading names in the UK

Petition: Stop shark being sold under misleading names in the UK

Defra's Commercial Designations of Fish allows 46 shark species to be sold under 6 generic names in UK chippies and fishmongers (e.g. Rock Salmon). These include Critically Endangered sharks. We ask...

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Ended the week with some success. Now let it rain!
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Congrats to @FloraRendell & team!
Flora Rendell-Bhatti (@FloraRendell) profile pictureFlora Rendell-Bhatti@FloraRendell23 Feb 2023
NEW RESEARCH! 🌏✨🎉🥳 Do #lamprey larvae ingest #microplastics in areas of #conservation and #urban sites? So happy to be sharing this #NEW #openaccess paper & second first-author paper on #microplastics! please RT @UK_CEH @StirlingScience @NERCscience tinyurl.com/3nmsefk9
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The paper looked at snake responses to differing volumes of pink noise. Very interesting, but they did NOT play sounds of human screams. These sorts of headlines are not helpful for snake conservation & probably not the attention the researchers had hoped for
Advocates for Snake Preservation (@SnakeAdvocate) profile pictureAdvocates for Snake Preservation@SnakeAdvocate20 Feb 2023
YES, snakes can hear, new research reveals (not just feel vibrations, as is commonly thought): theconversation.com/snakes-c…
Snakes can hear you scream, new research reveals

Snakes can hear you scream, new research reveals

It had long been thought snakes can only feel vibrations through the ground. New research shows they can not only sense airborne sound, but can likely detect human voices.

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Haven't seen a better representation of what a Ph.D. is/should be. #AcademicTwitter #academia #research @PhDVoice @PhD_Genie
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