Excited to share my final PhD paper! We show how mother tree and seed position within an elevational gradient drive seedling recruitment in the Alps🌱⛰️ You can read it here: doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.70303 @journalofecology.bsky.social @sgn.one @wslresearch.bsky.social @aaronkauffeldt.bsky.social

New article in Oikos with a global review of annual survival for waders comparing estimation methods and phylogeny. Survival increases with body mass but decreases with migration distance and during past 40 years. Team led by @dillensegerg.bsky.social. #ornithology #waders doi.org/10.1002/oik....

These birds eat poop, but only sometimes. Why? Poop-eating, or coprophagy, is super common in the animal world, but it's not well understood in birds. Researchers in Germany documented 1422 "excretion events" in alpine choughs (a member of the crow family) & found major seasonal differences 🧪

Happy to share that my first paper with #KristinaBeck just got out in @avianbiology.bsky.social! We first documented coprophagic behavior in #Alpinechough, likely linked to a seasonal diet shift and/or nutritional benefits. 💩🦠 doi.org/10.1002/jav.... Foraging sequence: youtu.be/05O6BjnKQ4g?...

Female scientists have to wait longer for their articles to be reviewed than their male colleagues. An analysis of 36.5 million papers in the life sciences shows that for females it took 115 days to reach a decision, compared to 101 days for men journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... @plosbiology.org

@calonectris.bsky.social and @delphyllis.bsky.social presenting at @evozoodeb.bsky.social for Evolution and Biodiversity PhD conference in Debrecen #PhDstudy #EvoBioPhD2026

Excited to announce the start of our 2025 field season in Argentina, investigating movement, antipredatory and nesting behaviours of teros with @delphyllis.bsky.social and @juancho-32.bsky.social #lapwing #teros #PhDstudy #ornithology