Ecologist interested in soil-plant-herbivore interactions | Female scientist | Obsessed with CrossFit and rock climbing | Loves plants as food

Joined April 2019
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Hoping to see you at our very(!!) special session on zoogeochemistry @theATBC Friday 23 July 13:20 - 14:20 UTC±00:00 with @NachomanVillar @SittersJudith @AmandaSubalusky @jonasschoelynck Our session is going to be funky and entertaining! Don't miss it! atbc2021.org/ofs/tropical-zo…
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The balance of #nitrogen and #phosphorus in the dung of browsing and grazing #herbivores helps maintain the tree-grass balance in African #savanna! 🦓🦒 Read the full article by @SittersJudith and Harry Olde Venterink: doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13…
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Wrote a short Letter to Editor on the patterns of 💩 nutrients from herbivores 🐘🐃🦬🐎🐏🦛🦒🦘! Body size–fecal nutrient patterns of mammalian herbivores pnas.org/content/118/6/e2020…
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Are you an enthusiastic ecologist excited about megamammals and animal-plant interactions? Do you want to pursue a PhD while helping to create a dynamic new research team? See below for a fully funded PhD opportunity on a fascinating topic (bias alert!) #megafauna 🦏🦛🐘🦓
Our new Tenure Track Ass. Prof. Elizabeth Le Roux @MegaFaunaMe has a fully funded PhD position open @AarhusUni, Denmark. Apply before Feb 1, 2021 and become part of an international and dynamic research center & team #megaherbivores #grazing #impact phd.nat.au.dk/for-applicants…
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Judith Sitters retweeted
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De toename in biomassa leidt tot een afname in biodiversiteit in het landschap en verhoogt het risico op natuurbranden. Dat blijkt uit een studie van het @NutNetGlobal waar VUB-onderzoekers Harry Olde Venterink en Judith @SittersJudith aan meewerkten. bit.ly/37vFbq5

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Cool! Our recent @NutNetGlobal paper in @NatureComms (doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-1…) just got covered in the Belgian news today: standaard.be/cnt/dmf20201217… Great work, @SittersJudith! #globalecology @umncbs

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Short video I made with the @UniversiteitVL about the return of the wolves to Flanders. In Dutch. Moeten we blij zijn met wolven? youtu.be/zvvromLUk9I via @YouTube

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Elephants prevent soil depletion in African Savana wtnschp.be/blog/elephants-pr… Wrote a blogpost for @WtnschpBXL on my research @MpalaResearch including some pretty pics of the beautiful Kenyan savanna! #ecology #WomenInSTEM

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Wrote a blogpost for #NatureSustainability on our recent paper on the importance of conserving #elephants in #African #savanna, especially if #cows are present! sustainabilitycommunity.spri…

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Judith Sitters retweeted
Our new paper is now published in @NatureComms: Invasive earthworms unlock arctic plant nitrogen limitation nature.com/articles/s41467-0… #Earthworms? In the #Arctic? What's that about? Short 🧵👇 (@expleco @wissen_lockt @ArcticCIRC @UmeaUniversity @UniOulu)
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Nice new collaboration from some familiar @NutNetGlobal scientists. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wi…

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Interesting new paper by Judith Sitters et al shows combinations of domestic cattle & elephants might be a form of sustainable management for African savanna. herbivory.lbhi.is/2020/04/02… See also "Rootin’, poopin’ African elephants help keep soil fertile" sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/…
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Great piece by @erikstokstad in @sciencemagazine on our recent article in @naturesustainab showing that elephants can combat soil depletion by cattle. Rootin’, poopin’ African elephants help keep soil fertile sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/…

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Judith Sitters retweeted
Apply for ☀️🌧❄️ change evology and 🐝🐜🐞🦋🐛🦟🦗🕷 in #molsbjerge #nationalpark #denmark ! We offer hand-on training in field and #trait based approaches, #datamanagement, #reproducible coding and much more!
We are offering an exciting @NeATundra #PhDcourse in Climate Change Ecological Entomology with an excellent team of teachers! Please sign up, despite the COVID 19 situation. We will refund the course fee, if we need to cancel later. events.au.dk/ccee2020/
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Lots of poo pics on my Instagram takeover post @fwovlaanderen instagram.com/p/B91aT0igAA1/…

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