Should the term 'personality trait' be really used in animal personality studies? With Sasha Dall and @dingemanselab.bsky.social we don't think so. We explain why in this commentary published in Animal Behaviour. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

And the star of the show: the Richard’s Pipit (Anthus richardi). We searched for the species along the Russian border, near where the birds that winter in Europe are breeding. Let’s see whether they all go east or west.

new diamond open-access Journal of Statistical Ecology launched 🎉🎉🎉 jse.centre-mersenne.org @fredbarraquand.bsky.social @oaggimenez.bsky.social @marieaugermethe.bsky.social @vianeylb.bsky.social (apologies to any Bsky editors I missed)

Calling #WildlifeRescue centres across Europe! Do you have data on #swifts? We’re studying how heatwaves affect rescued chicks, and we’d love to collaborate. Quick survey, no data sharing yet. Info: giuliamasoero.github.io/project/resc... #Ornithology #ClimateChange @alecorr-castro.bsky.social

You are interested in evolutionary ecology and quantitative genetics. You enjoy fieldwork and birds. Join our laboratory and our international team. csee-scee.ca/job/fully-fu...

In our new paper, published yesterday, we use the long-term data set of Wytham Woods to show that great tits have maintained stable temperature at breeding despite the almost 2ºC increase in Spring temperature. w. E. Cole, C. Regan & @sheldonbirds.bsky.social Link -> www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Very happy to see this one published ! I had lots of fun participating to the adventure with an amazing group of scientists and friends. Congratulations to @bertillemohring.bsky.social @samanthacpatrick.bsky.social

I’m excited to share the final chapter of my PhD published in #ProceedingsB @royalsocietypublishing.org ! 🌳🏙️🪺 We compared Great tit laying date responses to spring temperature between urban and forest habitats across five study systems : royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

New paper out in @oikosjournal.bsky.social w/ @lmchev.bsky.social 🐦 How can we infer breeding phenology and reproductive success from bird counts or captures? nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Happy to share our new paper published in @cp-iscience.bsky.social We deployed 300+ multi-sensor loggers across 17 species to investigate how different species adapt their flight strategies when crossing deserts and marine areas during migration. tinyurl.com/2c8y8xvf #ornithology #birds

Check out our cover article by @timjanicke.bsky.social and colleagues about the role of sexual selection in animal speciation. academic.oup.com/evlett/artic.... The beautiful illustration is by Katharina Bóth.

We are happy to announce that the next EOU Conference will be in Brno, Czech Republic in 2027! Check our website eounion.org and follow us on social media for regular updates! #ornithology #EOU2027

Our last paper describes the spring-accelerated loop-migration of the Woodchat Shrike, tracked with light- and multi-sensor geolocators link.springer.com/article/10.1... #ornithology

🐣 Excited to share our new paper in @globalchangebio.bsky.social ! Using @euring.bsky.social ringing data, we investigated “Phenological plasticity and its temperature-related drivers in common songbirds across Europe.” #Ornithology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New paper out about elevational shifts in European birds lead by @josephinecouet.bsky.social: "Solar Radiation Affects Bird Distributions but Not Elevational Shifts in European Mountains" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @emmamarjakangas.bsky.social @andreasantangeli.bsky.social @ebcc.info

🚨 2nd master’s project! Interested in bird migration & genomics? 🧬🐦 Use whole-genome data to trace the recent colonization of Ouessant Island by Blue Tits and explore how irruptive migratory events can shape colonization dynamics. Please share! #ornithology www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...

We have a new paper out on the genetic vs. environmental drivers of cognition along an urban gradient: doi.org/10.1007/s100... @lauragervais.bsky.social @dhanyabharath.bsky.social @annecharmantier.bsky.social @denisreale.bsky.social #inhibitorycontrol #greattits #animalcognition

Great new paper shows that using knowledge from non-English language journals can strengthen global biodiversity databases. Including info from Brazilian journals increased species & population coverage & reduced uncertainty in population trends besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Happy to share our last work just published in @animalecology.bsky.social. With @claire-doutrelant.bsky.social and Peter Pearman. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @cnrs.fr @biology.ox.ac.uk

Shifting Gears in a Shifting Climate: Birds Adjust Migration Speed in Response to Spring Vegetation Green‐Up | onlinelibrary.wiley.... | Diversity and Distributions | #ornithology 🪶

Very glad to see the second chapter of my PhD published in JEB and feel honored that it has been picked as this month's issue "Editor's choice" and cover image! It's been a long and important team effort leading up to these results!

Our new OA paper is out: dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.... | Ecology Letters | #ornithology Using @euring.bsky.social Constant Effort Site data spanning 12 countries across Europe we explore geographic and temporal variation in synchrony in counts, productivity and survival rates.

Another birding paper! 🐦Where do the Nearctic landbirds that show up in Europe each autumn come from? We usually assume they come from NE populations, pushed off course by bad weather - but is that the whole story? #ornithology 1/3 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Whereas first arrival has advanced over the long-term study, first laying hasn't (and the same holds true when we look at the averages). Still, 2025 is a fairly early year, as there are only 8 years with an earlier first egg versus 23 with a later first egg. #phenology #seabirds

Birding paper! In the last Dutch Birding issue, we published a detailed paper on the ID of Great Egret taxa in non-breeding plumage. We analyzed photos of hundreds of individuals to find key criteria distinguishing the four taxa. A short illustrated summary can be found in this thread. #birding

Two hybrid Coenonympha species inherited most of their genome from one parent species but prefer mating with the other! By analyzing chemical profiles, we show that non-random trait sorting likely drives reproductive isolation, fueling hybrid speciation @pdvsky.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

In our latest preprint, we showcase how to use a phylogenetic meta-analysis of variance to test evolutionary hypotheses across species. We collected data for 172 birds (314 populations) to test patterns of stabilising selection and canalisation for wing length. 🔗 doi.org/10.32942/X2P...

species are on the move in many places due to climate change we wrote a paper arguing that we need to focus more on the *types* of movements we are seeing, as true range shifts have really different consequences from say range expansions led by Jed Brodie; www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Ornithologists, check this out! 🦉📢 #EOU2025 #ornithology

Today is International Women's Day 👭🧪🔭. With this video we hope to motivate girls to engage in scientific careers, please circulate/ Cette vidéo en français/anglais a vocation à être diffusée dans les classes 👩‍👩‍👧‍👦. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKlT... #InternationalWomensDay2025 #JourneeDesDroitsDesFemmes

Our common garden experiment with urban and forest great tits is out early view in Evolution! doi.org/10.1093/evol... @denisreale.bsky.social @annecharmantier.bsky.social

Our latest research, led by Vaishnavi Purushotham, on breeding time plasticity in great tits has just been published in Oikos! 🐦🌿 We explored how temperature and conspecific density interact to shape breeding timing and success. Check it out! 🔗 nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Crossing the Sahara by small jumps: the complete migration of the Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis | link.springer.com/ar... | Journal of Ornithology | #ornithology 🪶

Tree taxon effects on the phenology of caterpillar abundance and biomass https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10972 @nordicoikos.bsky.social #abundance #biomass #caterpillar #deciduousforest #matchmismatchhypothesis #phenology

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New publication by the @commonternproject.bsky.social. 'Selective disappearance based on navigational efficiency in a long-lived seabird'. In @animalecology.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1111/1365...

EARLY VIEW in IBIS Stable isotope evidence for suspended moult and age-related differences in moult location in the trans-Saharan migratory Alpine Swift | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Alexandra L. Brighten et al | #ornithology 🪶

🚨SAVE THE DATE 🚨 The 17th Ecology & Behaviour is back at the CEFE! Join us from August 11-15, 2025. Don't miss out! Sign up here for updates: listes.services.cnrs.fr/wws/subscrib... And, of course, follow us here! #ecobhvr2025

Great start for a new side project focussing on Alpine accentor altitudinal migration! The project is based on multi-sensor logger deployement (6 birds tagged today out of 8 planned for this year) and is made possible by a small field research grant. @pauldufour80.bsky.social

EARLY VIEW in IBIS Using age-ratios to investigate the status of two Siberian Phylloscopus species in Europe | onlinelibrary.wiley.... @pauldufour80.bsky.social et al | #ornithology 🪶

For my first post here, I’m happy to share our new paper just published in @ibisjournal.bsky.social Thanks to a great team effort, we made a small step forward in the study of Siberian vagrants in Europe and clarified the status of two (pseudo) vagrants: the YBW & the Sib Chiffchaff. Some results 🧵

📖This issue features our Calow-Grace review, by @annecharmantier.bsky.social and team! The review evaluated the peer-reviewed literature for studies that measured and compared natural selection in urban versus non-urban habitats🏙️ Read it here👇 buff.ly/3VthUxB 🧵2/3 🧪🌍

I'm happy to share (again) our work on phenological plasticity along anthropisation gradients in blue and great tits, the first paper of my PhD 🐦@cefemontpellier 👀 more coming soon besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

HUGE thanks go to the many fieldstaff that have contributed to this effort. Stay tuned for much more from our programme! Are you a bander and interested in joining in the field? these data? tropical montane birds? contact me! 5/5 #ornithology @ibisjournal.bsky.social