Gloria Murari
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PhD student at University of Helsinki studying resolution of sexual conflict in pied flycatchers
How nice is it when you spot other species while doing fieldwork?
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Deryk Tolman
about 1 month ago
New paper in
@journal-evo.bsky.social
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
https://academic.oup.com/evolut/advance-article/doi/10.1093/evolut/qpag100/8697355?login=false
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Field season has officially started! 😍🪺
about 1 month ago
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How do cuckoo mothers choose their optimal individual host? 🪺🪶 Find out about Teresa Abaurrea’s work on our latest blog post!
www.informedbirds.com/blog/2026/5/...
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How do cuckoo mothers choose the optimal individual host? — INFORMED BIRDS
Specific host selection efforts by mother cuckoos might not be worth the benefits the chicks will gain when growing.
https://www.informedbirds.com/blog/2026/5/13/2lwkijllnph1w5x3ef81qf6sbm2lzq
about 2 months ago
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Anna-Liisa Laine
about 2 months ago
We’re hiring! We invite applications for an Ecological Statistician to join our team. Work at the interface of cutting-edge biodiversity science and statistics. DL 27 May
@jarnovanhatalo.bsky.social
@rececochange.bsky.social
@erc.europa.eu
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
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Ecological Statistician
Ecological Statistician
https://jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-Ecological-Statistician/1360066757/
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Where do Finnish reed warblers come from? 🪺🌾 Find out more about Nora Bergman's work on our latest blog post!
www.informedbirds.com/blog/Blog%20...
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Where do Finnish Reed warblers come from? — INFORMED BIRDS
Combined evidence reveals the origin of a rapid range expansion despite retained genetic diversity and a weak founder effect.
https://www.informedbirds.com/blog/Blog%20Post%20Title%20One-3zaa9-zlxng-67tfc-awr7t
2 months ago
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Fichtel-Kappeler-Lab
3 months ago
Seeking a motivated postdoc (2+3 yrs) to study links between cognition, behavior, and fitness in lemurs at our long-term field site in Kirindy Forest, Madagascar. Join an interdisciplinary team working on wild populations.
@primatenzentrum.bsky.social
. Apply here:
www.dpz.eu
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Elva Robinson
2 months ago
Interested in ant ecology? Have molecular and bioinformatics experience? Come and join the team! 18-month post-doc position at University of York now live:
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/post...
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Jobs - The University of York
https://jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/postdoctoral-research-associate-609537.html
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology
2 months ago
There's a mini jobs bonanza just now at BTO! 🐦 Apply to become our next Scottish Raptor Monitoring Coordinator, Biological Data Manager or Research Support Officer via
www.bto.org/jobs
Birds Science People; it is a powerful combination – will you be part of it?
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Asher Leeks
2 months ago
We're recruiting! We're looking for two graduate students to join us at UBC in Vancouver. Fully funded and open to global applicants, with flexible start-date. Topics include theory, bioinformatics, and microbiology. More details:
asherleeks.com/apply
#socialviruses
#evosky
#virosky
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FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
2 months ago
📢 Applications are now open! Join the FitzPatrick Institute as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Quantitative Raptor Biology 🦅 Contribute to innovative, data-driven research supporting the conservation of Africa’s birds of prey. Deadline: 15 May 2026.
science.uct.ac.za/fitzpatrick/...
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Terrestrial Ecology Research Group - TUM
3 months ago
We currently are looking for a postdoctoral research associate (3 years with possibility to extend) with experience in community ecology, and ideally a good match with our group profile; biodiversity, land use change and urban ecology. Please share for max reach
www.lss.ls.tum.de/fileadmin/w0...
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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
3 months ago
PLS RT📣 Two Postdoc jobs at
#mpaib
with Serena Ding on collective behavior of worms (Never seen a "wormuration"? That's them in green) 🪱 social dynamics of collective dispersal:
bewerbermanagement.net/jobposting/2...
🪱 sensory ecology of worm towers:
bewerbermanagement.net/jobposting/7...
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Going back to Italy in spring means getting surprised at how green everything already is compared to Finland
3 months ago
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Will Smith
3 months ago
Exciting to finally experience my personal equivalent of ‘is there a doctor on the plane?’ 🕊️
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Claudia Wascher
3 months ago
Post-doc opportunity on comparative cognition and movement dynamics in corvids with the brilliant Prof Debbie Kelly at the University of Manitoba
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You know it’s a successful birdwatching trip when you see an eagle 💪🏼🦅
3 months ago
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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! :)
8 months ago
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Maggie McNeill
12 months ago
"...anyone who actually understands LLMs knows that it can’t achieve new ways of thinking. It’s just putting together words in the most statistically likely way, forming connections that may sound like a well-thought-out argument but are actually not...'intelligence' as humans would define it."
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The most amazing parents a bird can ask for. Another field season is done - another year of watching flycatchers working endlessly to give these angry fluffballs as much care as possible 🤍🖤 thank you
@deryktolman.bsky.social
for the beautiful pictures!
about 1 year ago
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Will Smith
over 1 year ago
Studies of domestic pigeons have taught us lots about cognition, navigation, and genetics. If you’d like to learn why their wild cousins are also worthy of scientific attention, I’ve written a Rock Dove
@currentbiology.bsky.social
‘quick guide’:
doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.01.065
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Always nice to talk at the LUOVA doctoral school spring symposium!! This year I presented my first field season and some results on coordination in pied flycatchers 🐦⬛
over 1 year ago
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