Shawan Chowdhury (শাওন চৌধুরী)

I wanted to thank everyone for sharing the PhD opportunity in our lab. I received ~100 applications from all over the world and have found someone with the exact skills. There were many talented students with similar skills, making it extremely challenging to choose just one.

Rohan Brooker and co-authors find the ability of cleanerfish to adjust their activity in response to competition underscores the role of behaviour in maintaining cleaning networks on coral reefs. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs… @BBM_Wong

🌳Research published today by first-author @Liting_Zheng_E shows trees grow better when surrounded by different species — especially in wetter climates 🌧️ The study found a 7 – 13% growth boost in diverse tree neighborhoods. #iDivResearch @EisenhauerLab nature.com/articles/s4155…

A neat new study reveals that the controversial species-energy relationship exists. Temperature 🌡️ directly affects species richness confirming predictions from the MTE, while rainfall 💧 indirectly affects richness through its influence on productivity | doi.org/10.1126/scienc…

Less than a week left to apply for this PhD position. If interested, email me by 27 July (5 PM, Melbourne time). Please review the application requirements carefully before submitting your application. See more about our research here shawanchowdhurylab.com.

conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/co… "To guide meaningful conservation action in fragmented landscapes, we recommend using simple, direct measures of fragmentation and separating the effects of habitat configuration from the effects of habitat amount" (Martin, Galán-Acedo et al)

Studying plant functional traits, but limited to vegetative ones due to the lack of standardized protocols for regenerative traits? Struggle no more—our new handbook with standardized methods is now available as a preprint! #PFTs #SeedEcology #FunctionalTraits @IntlSeedSciSoc

New online! Alien plants and novel ecosystems in the Greater Tropics bit.ly/4kxmm8h

A new study by @ninad_mungi reveals that many alien plants initially act as passengers of global change, while others can become powerful drivers, reconfiguring ecological communities and catalyzing novel ecosystem dynamics. doi.org/10.1038/s44358…

We tested ways to improve Canada’s National Forest Inventory estimates by integrating #Landsat-derived #landcover data. Combining sample-based plots with wall-to-wall maps boosted estimation efficiency and helped track tree cover change. #NFI Baral et al. doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2…

🚨 Lecturer in Animal Ecology position @jcu . Candidates with expertise in terrestrial animal ecology are encouraged. 📍 Townsville, AU Closes: 8th Aug 2025 🔗 careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/lecturer-…

I am searching for 1-2 postdocs to join our research team at the Vegetation Ecology Lab, IEEB, National Taiwan University, from August 2025 for one to three years. Details: davidzeleny.net/veglab/lib/exe… davidzeleny.net/veglab #postdocjobs #vegetation #TaiwanIsaCountry

Apply for Future for Nature awards now instagram.com/p/DMAO0SvvKuV/…

Good opportunity for both Indian and International Researchers!!!

New in @JAppliedEcology A multi-source remote sensing approach to identify and predict delayed succession in human-dominated tropical landscapes doi.org/10.1111/1365-2…

🐛🧬🌳🦋 Love ecology + the forests? Want to learn phylogenetics + programming? We’re hiring 2 Project Associates for an @ANRFIndia funded exciting new study on Himalayan moths & climate chang. Apply by 20 Jul 2025! #Ecology #Jobs See full ad drive.google.com/file/d/1aDEtQr…

Hiring a *permanent* programmer in ecological modelling at my lab @UniBonn. We mechanistically model plant communities, island biogeography, sp. range dynamics, eco-evo feedbacks, diversity gradients, tropical forests, vascular epiphytes. Pls rt! shorturl.at/Bzzdt

Our false head work is out! By analysing ~1000 butterflies, we found many traits at posterior end of hindwings evolved correlatedly, likely forming a trait complex w/adaptive function to dupe predators into thinking these traits together are actual head!! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Our piece: Will AI speed up literature reviews or derail them entirely? nature.com/articles/d4158…

New study in Nature Ecology & Evolution reveals how white clover evolves rapidly across continents via large chromosomal changes. Led by Dr Paul Battlay, @MonashBiol @shaky_dingo + @njkooyers @evoecolab & Brandon Hendrickson. Read more: monash.edu/science/news-e… #MonashScience