MSc position in my lab. Come study the evolutionary & behavioural ecology of insects!
@stfx-university.bsky.social

Now in Animal Behaviour @asab.org‬ "Inconsistent fear: repeatability in flight initiation distance and neophobic behaviour differs in a ground-nesting bird" #OA #Shorebird #ParentalCare
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However, we did not identify neophobic personalities and neophobic responses were not correlated with boldness, indicating parents may not consistently conform to generally risk-prone or risk-averse behavioural syndromes and may not generalize fear responses across different potential dangers.

Flight initiation distances (FIDs) are often used to characterize animal personality.

We report evidence for consistent between-individual variation in FIDs in incubating parents of a ground-nesting bird, indicating variation in boldness personalities.

Now in Animal Behaviour @asab.org‬ "Inconsistent fear: repeatability in flight initiation distance and neophobic behaviour differs in a ground-nesting bird" #OA #Shorebird #ParentalCare
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Our new study, published in Scientific Reports and led by Abril Alexander, suggests the possibility that monogamy may remove constraints on reproductive tissue investment imposed by intense sexual selection. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

LOOKING BACK in IBIS

The causes and implications of sex role diversity in shorebird breeding systems | onlinelibrary.wiley....

Tamás Székely et al | #ornithology 🪶

PhD opportunity in parental care and social ecology focusing on ground-nesting plovers in Cabo Verde, supervised by experts at the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest. Apply by March 31, 2025: https://univet.hu/ #phd

Rethinking the relationship between the sex ratio and sexual selection
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Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by @gcmcdon.bsky.social, @daniedmunds.bsky.social, @stuartwigby.bsky.social, and @jennyperry.bsky.social

📷: Dani Edmunds

Huge credit to @daniedmunds.bsky.social and everyone else for this work, and Dani's Drosophila Collage!

Sexual selection was consistently stronger on males vs females, however our results reveal that changes in sex ratios do not equal changes in sexual selection.

@daniedmunds.bsky.social @ju-morimoto.bsky.social @stuartwigby.bsky.social @jennyperry.bsky.social

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Does the ratio of males to females predictably influence the ability to monopolise mating partners? Is male sexual selection more intense when femaleIs are rare? 🪰

We investigated by manipulating sex ratios in polyandrous fruit flies in our new #OA manuscript published in @evolletters.bsky.social

Field excursion out to Hortobágyi after a PhD student conference on Evolution and Biodiversity at the University of Debrecen. ebird.org/checklist/S2...