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Davide Baldan
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Asst. Prof. at the University of Nevada, Reno | Behavioral ecology of sexual conflict and parental cooperation | Previously @unipd.bsky.social 🇮🇹 and @niooknaw.bsky.social 🇳🇱
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New paper out in @commsbio.nature.com
🐦🪺🐦 The evolution of negotiation strategies diversifies parental cooperation
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
The evolution of negotiation strategies diversifies parental cooperation - Communications Biology
Parents often negotiate during offspring care. A simple evolutionary model incorporates explicit negotiation rules to explain why the behavioural patterns of parental care are highly diverse in nature...
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December 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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funecology.bsky.social
👀Behind the Paper!👀

🪺Author Valentina Alaasam discusses single parenting in the avian world, enjoying all the outdoors has to offer, and the importance of not fearing failure🐦

Read it here👇
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Valentina Alaasam | What is the “hidden cost” of abandonment to rock sparrow offspring?
In this ‘Behind the Paper’ blog post, we’re getting real about parenthood! From their recently published paper: “Mate desertion affects offspring survival, development and p…
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December 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
baldand.bsky.social
New paper out in @funecology.bsky.social: Parental conflict over care is bad for offspring growth! 🐤🐣
Check out our article: Mate desertion affects offspring survival, development and physiology in a songbird with multiple parental strategies.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Mate desertion affects offspring survival, development and physiology in a songbird with multiple parental strategies
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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I am recruting a #postdoc for a project investigating the evolution of avian heat tolerance in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Fieldwork over broad latitudinal gradients, common-garden experiments, and more. Read more and apply👇
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Would appreciate a re-post!

@evoldir.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Premio Matteo Griggio per tesi di dottorato di ambito ornitologico.
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Scadenza: 20 febbraio 2026

Per concorrere al Premio, bisogna aver conseguito un dottorato presso un'università italiana tra il 1° gennaio 2023 e il 31 dicembre 2025.
Premio Matteo Griggio | Istituto Veneto
Con i fondi messi a disposizione dai famigliari di Matteo Griggio e, attraverso una sottoscrizione promossa dalla Società Italiana di Etologia, da amici e colleghi, l'Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lette...
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November 3, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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isbe2026.bsky.social
#ISBE2026 Call for Abstracts is now open! Submit your abstract by 15 December 2025 on www.isbe2026.com

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September 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
baldand.bsky.social
New paper out!
Experimental Evidence That Blood Parasite Infection Affects Incubation Patterns in a Cavity‐Nesting Songbird - García‐del Río - Integrative Zoology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Experimental Evidence That Blood Parasite Infection Affects Incubation Patterns in a Cavity‐Nesting Songbird
Chronic blood parasite infections in wild birds can affect their incubation behavior. In pied flycatchers, females with reduced parasite infections incubated for longer than control females. Despite ....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM