Jon Richardson
@jonrichardson.bsky.social
Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow at University of Glasgow 🏴| Previously Postdoc at University of Minnesota 🇺🇸 | PhD at University of Edinburgh 🏴| he/him 🏳️🌈
I've been slacking on posting research updates so here are some recently published papers I've been involved in
1️⃣I wrote a commentary on a thought-provoking paper by Tim Janicke in @behavecol.bsky.social. Here are my thoughts on defining sexual selection academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...
1️⃣I wrote a commentary on a thought-provoking paper by Tim Janicke in @behavecol.bsky.social. Here are my thoughts on defining sexual selection academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...
A Goldilocks definition of sexual selection: a comment on Janicke
Sexual selection has been a contentious topic since its proposal, so it is unsurprising that debate continues over its definition. Janicke (2024) offers a
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August 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I've been slacking on posting research updates so here are some recently published papers I've been involved in
1️⃣I wrote a commentary on a thought-provoking paper by Tim Janicke in @behavecol.bsky.social. Here are my thoughts on defining sexual selection academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...
1️⃣I wrote a commentary on a thought-provoking paper by Tim Janicke in @behavecol.bsky.social. Here are my thoughts on defining sexual selection academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...
Today is my last day at the University of Minnesota 🇺🇸 I’m so grateful to everyone that has made me feel at home for the past 3 years. I’m lucky to have fit in so many adventures
Next week I’m thrilled to be starting my new position as a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Glasgow 🏴
Next week I’m thrilled to be starting my new position as a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Glasgow 🏴
April 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Today is my last day at the University of Minnesota 🇺🇸 I’m so grateful to everyone that has made me feel at home for the past 3 years. I’m lucky to have fit in so many adventures
Next week I’m thrilled to be starting my new position as a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Glasgow 🏴
Next week I’m thrilled to be starting my new position as a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Glasgow 🏴
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Job! 2-year postdoc position in EVElab, Bristol UK on nutrition and infections in pregnancy (FLF-funded)
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLV631/r...
Apply if you are enthusiastic about:
- experiments on insects which get pregnant
- relevance of evolution to public health
- a vibrant city & research environment
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLV631/r...
Apply if you are enthusiastic about:
- experiments on insects which get pregnant
- relevance of evolution to public health
- a vibrant city & research environment
February 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Job! 2-year postdoc position in EVElab, Bristol UK on nutrition and infections in pregnancy (FLF-funded)
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLV631/r...
Apply if you are enthusiastic about:
- experiments on insects which get pregnant
- relevance of evolution to public health
- a vibrant city & research environment
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLV631/r...
Apply if you are enthusiastic about:
- experiments on insects which get pregnant
- relevance of evolution to public health
- a vibrant city & research environment
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My interview for the @insectessociaux.bsky.social blog 👇
New interview with a social insect scientist! 🎙
Tom Ratz has a passion for collecting beetles, which led him to make some surprising discoveries... 🪲
insectessociaux.com/2024/12/20/i...
#InsectesSociaux #SocialInsects #SocialInteractions #ArthropodBehavior #DrosophilaResearch #BuryingBeetles
Tom Ratz has a passion for collecting beetles, which led him to make some surprising discoveries... 🪲
insectessociaux.com/2024/12/20/i...
#InsectesSociaux #SocialInsects #SocialInteractions #ArthropodBehavior #DrosophilaResearch #BuryingBeetles
Interview with a social insect scientist: Tom Ratz
Tom Ratz is a researcher at the University of Zurich, studying social interactions in arthropods like Drosophila and beetles. One of his most surprising discoveries came during his PhD while observ…
insectessociaux.com
December 20, 2024 at 2:27 PM
My interview for the @insectessociaux.bsky.social blog 👇
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For a first 'real' post on Bluesky, I'm delighted to share my new paper that just came out in Insectes Sociaux: sex differences in parenting in burying beetles.
📸 @ashwhiffin.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
📸 @ashwhiffin.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Burying beetles as a model organism to study sex differences in parental care - Insectes Sociaux
In species where both sexes care for offspring, one parent—generally the female—typically provides more care than the other. While current theory offers broad predictions on the evolution of sex diffe...
link.springer.com
December 1, 2024 at 8:56 PM
For a first 'real' post on Bluesky, I'm delighted to share my new paper that just came out in Insectes Sociaux: sex differences in parenting in burying beetles.
📸 @ashwhiffin.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
📸 @ashwhiffin.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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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.
go.bsky.app/9mAuB6x
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.
go.bsky.app/9mAuB6x
November 18, 2024 at 3:04 PM
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.
go.bsky.app/9mAuB6x
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.
go.bsky.app/9mAuB6x
🚨New paper out today in PNAS. We show that same-sex sexual behaviour (SSB) in crickets is depends on body condition & show how a "mating filters" approach is useful for thinking about SSB more broadly www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
September 24, 2024 at 12:03 AM
🚨New paper out today in PNAS. We show that same-sex sexual behaviour (SSB) in crickets is depends on body condition & show how a "mating filters" approach is useful for thinking about SSB more broadly www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
New paper out now! Do males prefer virgin females? Our meta-analysis in Ecology Letters suggests they do - at least in invertebrates
doi.org/10.1111/ele....
doi.org/10.1111/ele....
http://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14341
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November 24, 2023 at 8:15 PM
New paper out now! Do males prefer virgin females? Our meta-analysis in Ecology Letters suggests they do - at least in invertebrates
doi.org/10.1111/ele....
doi.org/10.1111/ele....