PhD student within CREEM at the University of St Andrews. Statistical ecology, conservation biology, citizen science, birds, etc.https://bsky.app/profile/louisbackstrom.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/louisbackstrom.bsky.social/post/3mivpjbpo7k2sNew paper out today in @austentsoc.bsky.social Austral Entomology! Analysing nearly 300,000 @inaturalist.bsky.social observations by 22,000 #citizenscience users reveals many new insights into where Australian butterflies occur. Open Access here: https://doi.org/10.1111/aen.7006707 Apr 2026 11:49 +0000at://did:plc:e4evno4llikela27tjzikxei/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivpjbpo7k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/louisbackstrom.bsky.social/post/3mabxjsizis2tGreat to attend #BES2025 in Edinburgh this week, and to have the opportunity to share some of my PhD work with conference attendees!18 Dec 2025 19:57 +0000at://did:plc:e4evno4llikela27tjzikxei/app.bsky.feed.post/3mabxjsizis2thttps://bsky.app/profile/louisbackstrom.bsky.social/post/3m32sjjfrqs2qVery pleased to share my first PhD paper, out now in @consbiog.bsky.social: Backstrom, L. J., Drake, R. L., Worthington, H., & Johnston, A. (2025). Detections of Rare Species Lead Citizen Scientists to Initiate Data Recording. Diversity and Distributions, 31(10), e70103. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.70103 ⤵️ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ddi.7010313 Oct 2025 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:e4evno4llikela27tjzikxei/app.bsky.feed.post/3m32sjjfrqs2q