Paul Doniol-Valcroze
@pdvsky.bsky.social
Birder and evolutionary biologist (PhD) interested in animal diversification through the study of speciation, hybridization and migration.
Post-doctoral researcher at @cesco-lab.bsky.social (CNRS-MNHN).
Post-doctoral researcher at @cesco-lab.bsky.social (CNRS-MNHN).
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Paul Doniol-Valcroze
@pdvsky.bsky.social
· May 24
The May issue of JEB is now online! Read it here:
academic.oup.com/jeb/issue/38/5
📸 Coenonympha arcania: part of an intriguing species complex in which two hybrid species have inherited most of their genome from one parent species but prefer mating with the other! Photo Credit - Riccardo Poloni
academic.oup.com/jeb/issue/38/5
📸 Coenonympha arcania: part of an intriguing species complex in which two hybrid species have inherited most of their genome from one parent species but prefer mating with the other! Photo Credit - Riccardo Poloni
Volume 38 Issue 5 | Journal of Evolutionary Biology | Oxford Academic
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
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Very glad to see the second chapter of my PhD published in JEB and feel honored that it has been picked as this month's issue "Editor's choice" and cover image! It's been a long and important team effort leading up to these results!
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Out now in Movement Ecology: We used multi-sensor geolocators to track myrtle warblers breeding in Alaska and found that they migrated much farther than expected to the Gulf Coast—rather than to the closer Pacific Coast non-breeding area 🪶🧵 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
January 23, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Out now in Movement Ecology: We used multi-sensor geolocators to track myrtle warblers breeding in Alaska and found that they migrated much farther than expected to the Gulf Coast—rather than to the closer Pacific Coast non-breeding area 🪶🧵 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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🚨 PhD offer (please share)
Fascinated by bird migration and movement ecology? 🦜🌍 Join us at @vogelwarte.bsky.social to study annual cycle energetics with multi-sensor loggers in multiple species
Deadline: 20 Feb 2026
Starting: June 2026
Supervision: Martins Briedis & me
Info: tinyurl.com/2dbv9nzh
Fascinated by bird migration and movement ecology? 🦜🌍 Join us at @vogelwarte.bsky.social to study annual cycle energetics with multi-sensor loggers in multiple species
Deadline: 20 Feb 2026
Starting: June 2026
Supervision: Martins Briedis & me
Info: tinyurl.com/2dbv9nzh
January 15, 2026 at 1:31 PM
🚨 PhD offer (please share)
Fascinated by bird migration and movement ecology? 🦜🌍 Join us at @vogelwarte.bsky.social to study annual cycle energetics with multi-sensor loggers in multiple species
Deadline: 20 Feb 2026
Starting: June 2026
Supervision: Martins Briedis & me
Info: tinyurl.com/2dbv9nzh
Fascinated by bird migration and movement ecology? 🦜🌍 Join us at @vogelwarte.bsky.social to study annual cycle energetics with multi-sensor loggers in multiple species
Deadline: 20 Feb 2026
Starting: June 2026
Supervision: Martins Briedis & me
Info: tinyurl.com/2dbv9nzh
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Important milestone for the project and huge amount of work by @lvandenabeele.bsky.social to set up a pipeline for both investigating the systematics and characterising structuring reticulation events across the diversification of bee orchids (Ophrys): www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
January 9, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Important milestone for the project and huge amount of work by @lvandenabeele.bsky.social to set up a pipeline for both investigating the systematics and characterising structuring reticulation events across the diversification of bee orchids (Ophrys): www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Happy to share our new paper published in @cp-iscience.bsky.social We deployed 300+ multi-sensor loggers across 17 species to investigate how different species adapt their flight strategies when crossing deserts and marine areas during migration. tinyurl.com/2c8y8xvf #ornithology #birds
January 10, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Happy to share our new paper published in @cp-iscience.bsky.social We deployed 300+ multi-sensor loggers across 17 species to investigate how different species adapt their flight strategies when crossing deserts and marine areas during migration. tinyurl.com/2c8y8xvf #ornithology #birds
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Time to publish responsibly: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biology url: academic.oup.com/jeb/article/...
Time to publish responsibly: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biology
Abstract. The current economics of scientific publishing reveal a profound imbalance: academia pays prices far exceeding the actual costs of publication. R
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December 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Time to publish responsibly: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biology url: academic.oup.com/jeb/article/...
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🚨 2nd master’s project!
Interested in bird migration & genomics? 🧬🐦
Use whole-genome data to trace the recent colonization of Ouessant Island by Blue Tits and explore how irruptive migratory events can shape colonization dynamics. Please share! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
Interested in bird migration & genomics? 🧬🐦
Use whole-genome data to trace the recent colonization of Ouessant Island by Blue Tits and explore how irruptive migratory events can shape colonization dynamics. Please share! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
October 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🚨 2nd master’s project!
Interested in bird migration & genomics? 🧬🐦
Use whole-genome data to trace the recent colonization of Ouessant Island by Blue Tits and explore how irruptive migratory events can shape colonization dynamics. Please share! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
Interested in bird migration & genomics? 🧬🐦
Use whole-genome data to trace the recent colonization of Ouessant Island by Blue Tits and explore how irruptive migratory events can shape colonization dynamics. Please share! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
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Very very happy to see my PhD work out! Congrats to the whole team 🎉🎉🎉
1/9 New in @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ado8005
How does genetic architecture constrain evolutionary trajectories? To address this question, we inferred the genetic architecture of convergent plumage coloration and its evolutionary history in wheatears.
How does genetic architecture constrain evolutionary trajectories? To address this question, we inferred the genetic architecture of convergent plumage coloration and its evolutionary history in wheatears.
A mosaic of modular variation at a single gene underpins convergent plumage coloration
The reshuffling of genomic variation from multiple origins is an important contributor to phenotypic diversification, yet insights into the evolutionary trajectories of this combinatorial process and ...
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October 17, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Very very happy to see my PhD work out! Congrats to the whole team 🎉🎉🎉
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🚨 Master’s project!
Curious how birds find their way? 🧭🐦
Analyze decades of ringing data to study abnormal migratory routes and uncover what these deviations can reveal about the mechanisms guiding birds on their journeys. Drop me an email for details! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
Curious how birds find their way? 🧭🐦
Analyze decades of ringing data to study abnormal migratory routes and uncover what these deviations can reveal about the mechanisms guiding birds on their journeys. Drop me an email for details! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
October 3, 2025 at 7:11 AM
🚨 Master’s project!
Curious how birds find their way? 🧭🐦
Analyze decades of ringing data to study abnormal migratory routes and uncover what these deviations can reveal about the mechanisms guiding birds on their journeys. Drop me an email for details! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
Curious how birds find their way? 🧭🐦
Analyze decades of ringing data to study abnormal migratory routes and uncover what these deviations can reveal about the mechanisms guiding birds on their journeys. Drop me an email for details! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
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NEW PUBLICATION on stopover ecology of Songbirds during spring migration: After packmor et al. 2020 (Mov Ecol) found that trans-Saharan migrants react differently to weather for migratory departure, we aked ourselves, whether this is also valid for spring migration? 🐦
a thread 🧵 on 7 hypotheses:
a thread 🧵 on 7 hypotheses:
September 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
NEW PUBLICATION on stopover ecology of Songbirds during spring migration: After packmor et al. 2020 (Mov Ecol) found that trans-Saharan migrants react differently to weather for migratory departure, we aked ourselves, whether this is also valid for spring migration? 🐦
a thread 🧵 on 7 hypotheses:
a thread 🧵 on 7 hypotheses:
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You may have missed this #ant poster at #ESEB2025, but be sure not to miss the article just published in #openacess in @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants - Nature
In a case of obligate cross-species cloning, female ants of Messor ibericus need to clone males of Messor structor to obtain sperm for producing the worker caste, resulting in males from the same moth...
www.nature.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:06 AM
You may have missed this #ant poster at #ESEB2025, but be sure not to miss the article just published in #openacess in @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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New #ornithology paper out in Journal of Biogeography:
Phylogenomics Supports Island Contribution to Metapopulation Dynamics in a Predominantly Continental Bird Species
doi.org/10.1111/jbi....
Using the world´s smallest rail as study species 😍
Many thanks to Daisuke Aoki and all collaborators!
Phylogenomics Supports Island Contribution to Metapopulation Dynamics in a Predominantly Continental Bird Species
doi.org/10.1111/jbi....
Using the world´s smallest rail as study species 😍
Many thanks to Daisuke Aoki and all collaborators!
August 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
New #ornithology paper out in Journal of Biogeography:
Phylogenomics Supports Island Contribution to Metapopulation Dynamics in a Predominantly Continental Bird Species
doi.org/10.1111/jbi....
Using the world´s smallest rail as study species 😍
Many thanks to Daisuke Aoki and all collaborators!
Phylogenomics Supports Island Contribution to Metapopulation Dynamics in a Predominantly Continental Bird Species
doi.org/10.1111/jbi....
Using the world´s smallest rail as study species 😍
Many thanks to Daisuke Aoki and all collaborators!
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For those attending the #EOU2025 in Bangor, this starter pack might help stay on top of the conversation ;)
Ping me to be included
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Ping me to be included
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August 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
For those attending the #EOU2025 in Bangor, this starter pack might help stay on top of the conversation ;)
Ping me to be included
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Ping me to be included
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Interested to know more about a new theory relating the #evolution of #sexchromosomes to the rules of #speciation? Check out this paper that we published with Denis Roze in the last issue of #Science. PDF here: www.science.org/stoken/autho...
A single theory for the evolution of sex chromosomes and the two rules of speciation
Sex chromosomes are involved in three major empirical patterns: (i) Y (or W) chromosomes are often nonrecombining and degenerate; (ii) heterogametic offspring (XY or ZW) from interspecific crosses are...
www.science.org
July 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Interested to know more about a new theory relating the #evolution of #sexchromosomes to the rules of #speciation? Check out this paper that we published with Denis Roze in the last issue of #Science. PDF here: www.science.org/stoken/autho...
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In the LATEST ISSUE of IBIS
Using age-ratios to investigate the status of two Siberian Phylloscopus species in Europe | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Paul Dufour et al | #ornithology 🪶
Using age-ratios to investigate the status of two Siberian Phylloscopus species in Europe | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Paul Dufour et al | #ornithology 🪶
June 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
In the LATEST ISSUE of IBIS
Using age-ratios to investigate the status of two Siberian Phylloscopus species in Europe | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Paul Dufour et al | #ornithology 🪶
Using age-ratios to investigate the status of two Siberian Phylloscopus species in Europe | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Paul Dufour et al | #ornithology 🪶
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The Australian bogong moth uses the Milky Way as compass during annual 100-mile journey to cool caves. This is shown by a groundbreaking study also revealing that the Earth's magnetic field plays an important role in the navigation of this mysterious moth. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bogong moths use a stellar compass for long-distance navigation at night - Nature
Every spring, Bogong moths use the starry night sky as a compass to navigate up to 1,000 km towards their alpine migratory goal.
www.nature.com
June 19, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The Australian bogong moth uses the Milky Way as compass during annual 100-mile journey to cool caves. This is shown by a groundbreaking study also revealing that the Earth's magnetic field plays an important role in the navigation of this mysterious moth. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Great progress on the sib genoscape project with freshly collected reference samples of Little Buntings (and Red-flanked Bluetails) from the western part of their range. A very nice and successful fieldwork with @joewynnbirds.bsky.social ! #ornithology
June 16, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Great progress on the sib genoscape project with freshly collected reference samples of Little Buntings (and Red-flanked Bluetails) from the western part of their range. A very nice and successful fieldwork with @joewynnbirds.bsky.social ! #ornithology
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June 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Very glad to see the second chapter of my PhD published in JEB and feel honored that it has been picked as this month's issue "Editor's choice" and cover image! It's been a long and important team effort leading up to these results!
The May issue of JEB is now online! Read it here:
academic.oup.com/jeb/issue/38/5
📸 Coenonympha arcania: part of an intriguing species complex in which two hybrid species have inherited most of their genome from one parent species but prefer mating with the other! Photo Credit - Riccardo Poloni
academic.oup.com/jeb/issue/38/5
📸 Coenonympha arcania: part of an intriguing species complex in which two hybrid species have inherited most of their genome from one parent species but prefer mating with the other! Photo Credit - Riccardo Poloni
Volume 38 Issue 5 | Journal of Evolutionary Biology | Oxford Academic
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
academic.oup.com
May 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Very glad to see the second chapter of my PhD published in JEB and feel honored that it has been picked as this month's issue "Editor's choice" and cover image! It's been a long and important team effort leading up to these results!
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Our PhD level course Ecology of Animal Migration at @biologylu.bsky.social is now open for applications! The course will run this November (3-14th) and cover various theoretical and practical aspects of migration ecology.
See: www.biology.lu.se/phd-studies/...
See: www.biology.lu.se/phd-studies/...
Ecology of Animal Migration
Lund University.
www.biology.lu.se
May 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Our PhD level course Ecology of Animal Migration at @biologylu.bsky.social is now open for applications! The course will run this November (3-14th) and cover various theoretical and practical aspects of migration ecology.
See: www.biology.lu.se/phd-studies/...
See: www.biology.lu.se/phd-studies/...
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Two hybrid Coenonympha species inherited most of their genome from one parent species but prefer mating with the other! By analyzing chemical profiles, we show that non-random trait sorting likely drives reproductive isolation, fueling hybrid speciation
@pdvsky.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
@pdvsky.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
April 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Two hybrid Coenonympha species inherited most of their genome from one parent species but prefer mating with the other! By analyzing chemical profiles, we show that non-random trait sorting likely drives reproductive isolation, fueling hybrid speciation
@pdvsky.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
@pdvsky.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
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Very excited to announce the publication of our new article on evolutionary biology, cognitive sciences and beauty, with @tamramendelson.bsky.social Dave Shuker and @gilrosenthal.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
April 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Very excited to announce the publication of our new article on evolutionary biology, cognitive sciences and beauty, with @tamramendelson.bsky.social Dave Shuker and @gilrosenthal.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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🚨If you fancy evolutionary genomics, theory, my lab now offers *two* fully-funded #PhD #genomics #popgen #evolution
ℹ️One on sex-asex transitions with Christoph Haag bit.ly/4hp1q1A
ℹ️One on allele-specific expression with Sylvain Glémin bit.ly/4iuKLuQ
Part of #ERC RegEvol
In #CEFE lab, Montpellier
ℹ️One on sex-asex transitions with Christoph Haag bit.ly/4hp1q1A
ℹ️One on allele-specific expression with Sylvain Glémin bit.ly/4iuKLuQ
Part of #ERC RegEvol
In #CEFE lab, Montpellier
March 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
🚨If you fancy evolutionary genomics, theory, my lab now offers *two* fully-funded #PhD #genomics #popgen #evolution
ℹ️One on sex-asex transitions with Christoph Haag bit.ly/4hp1q1A
ℹ️One on allele-specific expression with Sylvain Glémin bit.ly/4iuKLuQ
Part of #ERC RegEvol
In #CEFE lab, Montpellier
ℹ️One on sex-asex transitions with Christoph Haag bit.ly/4hp1q1A
ℹ️One on allele-specific expression with Sylvain Glémin bit.ly/4iuKLuQ
Part of #ERC RegEvol
In #CEFE lab, Montpellier
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Working on avian vagrancy? @pauldufour80.bsky.social and myself are organising a symposium at the EOU Conference 2025 at Bangor University, Wales (UK) from 18-22 August 2025 #Ornithology please submit abstracts to: auth.oxfordabstracts.com?redirect=/st... 🪶🌍
March 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Working on avian vagrancy? @pauldufour80.bsky.social and myself are organising a symposium at the EOU Conference 2025 at Bangor University, Wales (UK) from 18-22 August 2025 #Ornithology please submit abstracts to: auth.oxfordabstracts.com?redirect=/st... 🪶🌍
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My entire team wrote an opinion paper about Common misconceptions of speciation research. Each section is written by 1-2 team members. The bulk of the writing happened during two writing retreats. It was a lot of fun and I am very happy with the result. academic.oup.com/evolinnean/a...
Common misconceptions of speciation
Abstract. Speciation is a complex process that can unfold in many different ways. Speciation researchers sometimes simplify core principles in their writin
academic.oup.com
November 11, 2024 at 10:29 AM
My entire team wrote an opinion paper about Common misconceptions of speciation research. Each section is written by 1-2 team members. The bulk of the writing happened during two writing retreats. It was a lot of fun and I am very happy with the result. academic.oup.com/evolinnean/a...
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‼️These #PSMC #peaks are #artifacts‼️
Seen #PSMC results like this🤔?
They are caused by ill-set parameters, #very #common, and #easy #to #solve!
For details see 🧵& OA paper @currentbiology.bsky.social
🙂🐢🧬🎉!
cell.com/current-biol...
Seen #PSMC results like this🤔?
They are caused by ill-set parameters, #very #common, and #easy #to #solve!
For details see 🧵& OA paper @currentbiology.bsky.social
🙂🐢🧬🎉!
cell.com/current-biol...
Avoidable false PSMC population size peaks occur across numerous studies
Hilgers et al. detect and solve a common artifact in PSMC and related methods for
historical population size inference. Analyses of real and simulated genomes show
that ill-set default parameters fals...
cell.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
‼️These #PSMC #peaks are #artifacts‼️
Seen #PSMC results like this🤔?
They are caused by ill-set parameters, #very #common, and #easy #to #solve!
For details see 🧵& OA paper @currentbiology.bsky.social
🙂🐢🧬🎉!
cell.com/current-biol...
Seen #PSMC results like this🤔?
They are caused by ill-set parameters, #very #common, and #easy #to #solve!
For details see 🧵& OA paper @currentbiology.bsky.social
🙂🐢🧬🎉!
cell.com/current-biol...