Deryk Tolman
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Behavioural ecology and coevolution. I like cuckoos. He/Him
New paper in
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and I'll be defending my thesis in a few hours! Relaxed selection diminishes social memory and expression of host defenses against cuckoos
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Relaxed selection diminishes social memory and expression of host defenses against cuckoos
Behavioral traits are thought to be rarely or slowly lost when selection relaxes, but attempts to confirm this are rare. At the same time, behaviors can be
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Laura Kelley
12 days ago
Sexier in the city? Urban male great bowerbirds decorate bowers with human-made objects, creating brighter and more varied displays than rural males. Males strongly prefer human-made objects over natural ones, possibly boosting their appeal to females!
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American Naturalist / ASN 🐌
27 days ago
Antonson et al. show that cowbirds’ neck muscles are unusually fatigue-resistant, suggesting muscular innovation for exaggerated begging as a key driver for how brood parasites outcompete hosts. Available now ahead of print!
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Dr Mark E Hauber
about 1 month ago
Now with pagination on cowbird vs. host begging muscles
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by incoming Asst. Prof. of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo! Congrats
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🥳🥳🥳 another thesis chapter accepted, and very happy it's in
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about 1 month ago
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Cameron Blevins
2 months ago
This is so, so well-articulated.
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David Lowry
3 months ago
Paul Ehrlich has died. Most will remember him for "The Population Bomb." But for many of us, Ehrlich and Raven 1964 was a foundational read that influenced our careers.
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BUTTERFLIES AND PLANTS: A STUDY IN COEVOLUTION
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1964.tb01674.x
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Sensory Ecology Lab
5 months ago
“A newly discovered form of deception is more convoluted yet: The larvae of blister beetles emit a mix of volatile scents that resemble a flower, attracting bees. The beetles then latch onto the bee, hitch a ride to its nest, and eat the eggs.”
#scicomm
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Bee-hunting beetles are the first animals known to fake the smell of flowers
Study of parasitic blister beetles reveals a new form of chemical deception
https://www.science.org/content/article/bee-hunting-beetles-are-first-animals-known-fake-smell-flowers
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BOU
7 months ago
NEW on #theBOUblog from Malin Klumpp At EOU2025: Using genomics to study how birds are moving and redistributing behavioural traits across geographic space
bou.org.uk/blog-klum...
#theBOUblog
#ornithology
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Gloria Murari
7 months ago
Are you a bachelor's / master's student looking for a thesis project or Erasmus Internship? We’re looking for someone to come and help us collecting data! If you’re interested, feel free to contact me! :)
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Dieter Lukas
7 months ago
"Monk parakeets ‘test the waters’ when forming new relationships" https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2025.0399#d1e770 interesting new study by https://bsky.app/profile/elizabethhobson.bsky.social et al. J. Manson once reminded me that not […]
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Journal of Experimental Biology
7 months ago
Listen to Bob McDonald talking to
@nickantonson.bsky.social
on CBC's Quirks and Quarks about his research published in JEB into how downy woodpeckers brace themselves and grunt when pounding wood with their beaks
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Scops owls deliver little insectivorous snakes alive to their nest, where the snakes (probably) eat ectoparasites, improving the success of the chicks!
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Melanie Brien
9 months ago
Funded PhD position available 🎉 Come and work with me in Helsinki to uncover the pathways producing colourful tiger moth wings. Lots of options for genomics, CRISPR, fieldwork, behaviour experiments… Email with questions!
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
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Will Smith
10 months ago
Reed Warbler range expansion paper just out, led by the amazing Nora Bergman 🧬🪶 with
@informedbirds.bsky.social
@katjaronka.bsky.social
@fishcongen.bsky.social
@rytikerttunen.bsky.social
@frodefossoy.bsky.social
and others
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Thanks for inviting me to see your cool experiments
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. Lots of fun despite the rain and 5 trillion mosquitoes
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Dr Mark E Hauber
about 1 year ago
Pigments concentrations don't strictly predict color in a host-mimetic brood parasite eggshell system:
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Pigment concentrations only partially predict avian eggshell colour mimicry in a polymorphic host–brood parasite system | Biology Letters
The precise mimicry of host eggshell colours and patterns by some obligate avian brood parasites provides a powerful study system for understanding co-evolutionary arms races. However, most attention has focused on host behaviour in response to mimicry, ...
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10.1098/rsbl.2025.0112
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I hope reed warbler chicks can't get seasick
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The first wave of reed warbler eggs is finally upon us in Finland, the northern edge of their range🥚🪹🇫🇮
about 1 year ago
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Elina Mäntylä
about 1 year ago
Selenius et al. Ecological contexts shape sexual selection on male color morphs in wood tiger moths
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Ecological contexts shape sexual selection on male color morphs in wood tiger moths
Abstract. Color polymorphisms in natural populations often reflect the interplay between various selective pressures, such as natural and sexual selection.
https://academic.oup.com/beheco/advance-article/doi/10.1093/beheco/araf027/8101480
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Petr Prochazka
over 1 year ago
🚨 Postdoc opportunity! 🚨 Join
@ecology-radboud.bsky.social
in the
#HABITRACK
@horizoneu.bsky.social
project, studying waterfowl movement for conservation impact 🦆🌍 📅 Apply by April 20, 2025 🔗 More info:
www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
Please, repost! 🙏
#postdoc
#postdocjobs
#ornithology
#birdmigration
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Hannah Scharf
over 1 year ago
I haven't seen any starter packs made for behavioral ecology yet, so I decided to create one! If you are a behavioral ecologist (any career stage), please reply so I can add you to the list so we can more easily find each other.
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Scott Forbes🇨🇦
over 1 year ago
New paper by Nick Antonson et al. on niche construction in brood parasitic cowbirds:
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Niche Construction Through an Optimal Host Brood Size Is Supported in Brown‐Headed Cowbirds: A Response to M. Soler
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