Bruno Alves Buzatto
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Senior Lecturer in Terrestrial Ecology at Flinders University, South Australia
Following funnel-web spiders — amazing work by Caitlin Creak:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Study initially by
@braxtonjones.bsky.social
, Danilo Harms and I (funded by NatGeo and AusGeo), taken up by Caitlin with Russell Bonduriansky and Mike Kasumovic. Congrats all, especially Caitlin! :)
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My legendary students Incheol Shin and Seb Hayden published a fantastic study on kin recognition and the evolution of lethal fights in bulb mites, well done guys!
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Media attention here:
econews.com.au/67589/meet-t...
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Mate competition and relatedness among males mediate the evolution of lethal fights in bulb mites
Abstract. Aggression can enhance direct fitness by aiding aggressors in securing reproductive resources, but it negatively impacts inclusive fitness when d
https://academic.oup.com/evolut/advance-article/doi/10.1093/evolut/qpaf094/8129706
about 2 months ago
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Centre for Evolutionary Biology at UWA
about 2 months ago
Last week at CEB, Jackson discussed the conservation and population genomics of south-western Australian trapdoor spiders. Such genomic approach is important for their conservation.🕷️
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#LeighSimmons
#ConservationGenomics
#UWA
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Professor Euan Ritchie
2 months ago
It’s 2025, we’ve got to stop barbaric methods of wildlife management, there are far better ways. Some comments from me in this article by
@michaeldahlstrom.bsky.social
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au.news.yahoo.com/australian-a...
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Aussie rangers caught unlawfully using 'cruel' devices on native animals
The practice had occurred for years, but then hurriedly suspended after questions were raised by Yahoo. Find out more.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/australian-authorities-caught-unlawfully-using-cruel-devices-to-catch-native-animals-013343033.html
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Chrissie Painting
6 months ago
Wanna come work with me? We're advertising a fixed term Lecturer in Animal Behaviour at Waikato. We're especially keen on someone who works on birds, reptiles, bats etc. Let me know if you have questions!
www.seek.co.nz/job/83279795...
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Lecturer - Animal Behaviour Job in Hillcrest, Waikato - SEEK
Seeking an enthusiastic Lecturer in Animal Behaviour to teach, research, and supervise in ecology, biodiversity, and animal behaviour.
https://www.seek.co.nz/job/83279795?ref=search-standalone&type=standard&origin=jobTitle&fbclid=IwY2xjawJeVg9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHrv-8Oan9V-WHEBlRTHbifl00Df4ZxEz1BoiTbfc8ra8jnwY4F0Q_TJ5o67g_aem_elzu3MUKk4LTOP9P9N2JKQ#sol=8f84246b2e44ccb41f5c39d7d81bfd729bcb7967
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Amazing work on Fijian bees by Tricia Slattery! :)
add a skeleton here at some point
7 months ago
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Mariella Herberstein (she/her) 🌈
8 months ago
Sperm transfer in spiders is complex and sometimes dangerous. Our latest paper is trying to figure out what behavioural and morphological traits affect sperm transfer
doi.org/10.1111/1749...
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https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12956
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My legendary students independently made a bunch of stickers for the lab with this logo (which they also created; art by Diego Solano-Brenes). I'm so lucky to have this crew — check their projects out here:
www.buzatto.info/people
Special thanks to Tricia Slattery and Diego!
8 months ago
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James B Dorey
9 months ago
✨International fieldwork bee/fly Honours degree opportunity✨ I am happy to be able to share an opportunity with myself and a few others at the Uni of Wollongong to undertake an Honours research degree with field work in Fiji! You will get a scholarship on your CV but must be an Australian Citizen 🧵
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First paper of 2025 — the Sydney funnel-web spider is actually at least three different species:
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
@flindersuniversity.bsky.social
@uni-hamburg.de
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The world’s most venomous spider is a species complex: systematics of the Sydney funnel-web spider (Atracidae: Atrax robustus) - BMC Ecology and Evolution
The Sydney funnel-web spider Atrax robustus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 is an iconic Australian species and considered among the most dangerously venomous spiders for humans. Originally described in 18...
https://bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12862-024-02332-0
9 months ago
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Jess Marsh
10 months ago
📣New paper📣 We estimate the number of extinctions of Australian
#invertebrates
, plus the ongoing
#extinction
rate … Both figures are far higher than those currently recognised, pointing to alarming gaps in
#conservation
of an important area of
#biodiversity
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www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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This is the way the world ends; not with a bang but a whimper: Estimating the number and ongoing rate of extinctions of Australian non-marine invertebrates | Cambridge Prisms: Extinction | Cambridge C...
This is the way the world ends; not with a bang but a whimper: Estimating the number and ongoing rate of extinctions of Australian non-marine invertebrates - Volume 2
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-prisms-extinction/article/this-is-the-way-the-world-ends-not-with-a-bang-but-a-whimper-estimating-the-number-and-ongoing-rate-of-extinctions-of-australian-nonmarine-invertebrates/D0DCAA03EBA7ACC25F98F7BF5D87A2A6
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