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Ecology and Evolution
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Ecology and Evolution @ecol-evol.bsky.social · Jan 17
Call for papers for our special issue on Indigenous Science and Practice in Ecology and Evolution. Edited by @klymiuk.ca & @birdbiologist.bsky.social: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... / onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
Introducing a new special section—Indigenous Science and Practice in Ecology and Evolution
Editorial introducing a new special issue in the journal.
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Krish Sanghvi @krishsanghvi11.bsky.social · 1d
How should ejaculate ejection behaviour by females be measured? And does it correlate with female pre-mating preference?
Find out in our new paper!

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Ejaculate Ejection by Female Fruit Flies Does Not Correlate With Mating Latency or Male Presence, Irrespective of How Ejection Is Measured
How to measure female ejaculate ejection, is it related to pre-mating sexual selection, or influenced by post-mating sexual environment? We explore these questions in fruit flies.
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Daniel Villar @daniel-a-villar.bsky.social · 8d
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Nice to have this article on Grebe diets in Lake Titicaca out as a Nature Note in @ecol-evol.bsky.social #ornithology #natural_history
Diets of Three Sympatric Grebe Species in Lake Titicaca Indicate Possible Dietary Niche Partitioning
Lake Titicaca is home to three grebe species whose diets have not been thoroughly studied. In this natural history note, we provide the first description of the diets of these species and how they ov...
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Glasgow Tawny Owl Project @glasgowtawnyowlprj.bsky.social · 10d
Our new paper in @ecol-evol.bsky.social shows that noise reduces owl prey detectability and it generates adverse effects already at an early life stage, with potential carry-over effects on adulthood. Paper: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
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#owls #RaptorResearch #ecology #noise
Experimental Exposure to Noise Affects Hunting Behavior Already From a Young Age in a Nocturnal Acoustic Predator
This study experimentally investigates the effect of traffic noise on the hunting behavior of young and subadult Tawny Owls (Strix aluco). We show that noise lowers the rate of prey detection and inc....
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Dr. Arun Sethuraman @arunsethuraman.bsky.social · 23d
New manuscript out today in @ecol-evol.bsky.social, led by my grad student Anais. We collated data from thousands of recent animal pop-gen studies to test 3 simple hypotheses: does genomic (1) diversity decrease (yes), (2) differentiation increase (yes), both with increased IUCN-endangerment?
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BOU @bou.org.uk · 26d
An Intergeneric Hybrid Between Historically Isolated Temperate and Tropical Jays Following Recent Range Expansion | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
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The Jena Experiment @jena-experiment.bsky.social · 26d
Two new studies from our site show that

1. Plant diversity decreases the competitive superiority of non-native invaders (Roscher 2025)
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2. Traits of the leaf economics spectrum do not always relate to species biomass (Bachmann et al. 2025)
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Traits of the Leaf Economics Spectrum Do Not Always Relate to Species Biomass Proportions in Grassland Communities of Varying Diversity
We studied traits of the “leaf economics spectrum” (LES) in 138 experimental grassland communities composed of 20 grassland species, which represented different strategies in spatial resource acquisi...
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animal prattle @animal-prattle.bsky.social · Sep 4
1st recordings of vocal behavior in female Albert's lyrebird, from @drbackhouse.bsky.social @lyrebirdlab.bsky.social @westsyduhie.bsky.social

🐦 documents song from 2 females during nesting and nest construction
🐦 shows ♀️s produce mimicry, conspecific song & alarm calls

#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics
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BOU @bou.org.uk · Sep 4
Vocal Mimicry, and Conspecific Song and Calls, in Female Albert's Lyrebirds (Menura alberti) | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
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Lauren Vane @laurenvane.bsky.social · Sep 5
☀️New Paper!☀️ In @ecol-evol.bsky.social

Dwarf mongooses lose body mass in hot weather due to limited behavioural plasticity

With top co-authors: @josharbon.bsky.social, Amy Morris-Drake, @juliekern.bsky.social, @andyradford.bsky.social

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Dwarf Mongooses Lose Body Mass in Hot Weather due to Limited Behavioural Plasticity
Using long-term data from wild dwarf mongooses (Helogale parvula), we demonstrate that on hot days (≥ 35°C) compared to matched cooler ones (≤ 33°C), mongooses emerged and commenced foraging earlier ...
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Riccardo Pernice @riccardopernice.bsky.social · Aug 29
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With great pleasure, I announce that another chapter of my doctoral thesis has been published in @ecol-evol.bsky.social. In our study, we explored how bird diversity varies with altitude—taxonomically, functionally, and phylogenetically—on Mt. Cameroon
Functional and Phylogenetic Structure of Forest Bird Assemblages Along an Afrotropical Elevational Gradient
On Mt. Cameroon, functional richness and taxonomic diversity decreased with elevation, while functional nearest neighbor distance, functional evenness, and mean nearest taxon distance showed positive...
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Daphne Oh @daphneoh.bsky.social · Sep 1
✨ New paper out in @ecol-evol.bsky.social! Sequel to Coralcraft, our 3D model annacresswell.bsky.social 🪸

We found there is no "one-size-fits-all" way to measure #habitatcomplexity on coral reefs. #Coral community composition and #morphology matter! 🐠

Full paper here: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
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Suz Everingham @suzeveringham.bsky.social · Aug 30
Our #OpenAccess paper showing no trends in photoperiod sensitivity in germination 🌱 & flowering time 🌸 across a range of predictors out now in @ecol-evol.bsky.social Led by brilliant Honours student Ashika and my first 'senior author' paper 😀 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Shining a Light on Patterns of Photoperiod Sensitivity in Germination and Flowering Across Latitudes, Ecosystems and Functional Traits
Our study investigated the role of photoperiod sensitivity in plant phenology, focusing on germination and flowering patterns across species in Australia and globally. We found that most species show...
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Thomas Luypaert @thomasluypaert.bsky.social · Aug 27
Ever wondered what a jaguar’s love life looks like? Neither had we — until we captured the first-ever video of jaguar mating in the wild, featuring a rare black jaguar. 🐆😍🐈‍⬛ 🧪🌏🌐🍁. Check out the full video here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#Ecology #Conservation #Biodiversity #Wildlife
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Ecology and Evolution @ecol-evol.bsky.social · Aug 28
Gone With the Wind: Exploring a Vanished Rock Dove Hybrid Zone in the Sahara Desert: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #ornithology
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Malika Gottstein @malikagottstein.bsky.social · Aug 25
From the forest floor to the canopy, bats keep rainforest vines genetically connected through pollination 🦇 Check out our new paper published in @ecol-evol.bsky.social. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @katrinheer.bsky.social
Gene Flow and Vertical Stratification of Pollination in the Bat‐Pollinated Liana Marcgravia longifolia
This study investigates pollen dispersal, vertical stratification of gene flow, and spatial genetic structure in the bat-pollinated liana Marcgravia longifolia in a western Amazonian forest. Flowers ...
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Emily McKinnon @birdbiologist.bsky.social · Aug 18
From Science to Sovereignty: Indigenizing Western Scientific Approaches for Culturally Appropriate Wildfire Recovery - Oeggerli - 2025 - Ecology and Evolution onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #IndigenousScience #EcoEvo
From Science to Sovereignty: Indigenizing Western Scientific Approaches for Culturally Appropriate Wildfire Recovery
This study reanalyzes post-wildfire vegetation trajectory data with Indigenous plant classification systems co-developed with St'át'imc communities, revealing that conventional “native/non-native” pl....
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Sophie Bennett @bennett-sophie.bsky.social · Aug 13
The BOU being so on it they beat me to posting about our own paper!

Any folk interested in using bioacoustics to monitor petrels/ #seabirds do get in touch- we're continuing this work at @btoscotland.bsky.social and always keen for more collaborations in this emerging field
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BOU @bou.org.uk · Aug 13
Bioacoustics as a Measure of Population Size and Breeding Success of European Storm Petrels Hydrobates pelagicus | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
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Flor Yannelli *typo queen* 👽🌱🪁(she/her/ella) @floryannelli.bsky.social · Aug 7
By far my favorite paper this year.
A collaboration between Mapuche elders—including Machi Patricia—and ecologists, reflecting on building trust and shared understanding in the face of environmental crisis.
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Robin S Mehlhausen-Franks @rsmehlhausenfranks.bsky.social · Aug 6
Very excited to announce my first paper!
With @sjportugal.bsky.social, published in @ecol-evol.bsky.social 🧪🌍

We studied how flocks of homing pigeons change their flight in response to different ground cover, with some surprising results...

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#movementecology #ornithology
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · Jul 28
"Observation of a radio-telemetered female Burmese python that ingested an adult white-tailed deer, retained the deer within the digestive tract for 10 days, and then vomited the deer...The python survived the vomiting and was alive at the time of publication" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Cold‐Induced Vomiting of a White‐Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) by an Invasive Burmese Python (Python bivittatus) in Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida, USA
The Burmese python (Python bivittatus) has an established invasive population throughout South Florida. Here, we detail an observation of a radio-telemetered female Burmese python that ingested an ad...
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Pablo Castro Sánchez-Bermejo @castretis.bsky.social · Jul 25
🚨 New paper led by @michakoehlerbotany.bsky.social in @ecol-evol.bsky.social‬ 🍃 We found that the communities of foliar endophytic fungi are driven by leaf traits and intraindividual trait variability 🧵
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Foliar Endophytic Fungal Communities Are Driven by Leaf Traits—Evidence From a Temperate Tree Diversity Experiment
Our study demonstrates that functional leaf traits play a crucial role in shaping fungal endophyte richness and community composition, even beyond the effects of tree species identity. Traits associa...
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BOU @bou.org.uk · Jul 23
Faeces, Feathers and Flight: Understanding of Escape Behaviour in Incubating Eurasian Woodcocks (Scolopax rusticola) | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
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Ecology and Evolution @ecol-evol.bsky.social · Jul 23
Videos reveal behavior within a mountain lion nursery: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #MountainLion
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Rebecca Chen @rebeccachen.bsky.social · Jul 14
Publication alert! ✨ Our recent paper in Ecology & Evolution addresses how to make conferences more inclusive. We collected observational and experimental data during Q&A sessions at the Behaviour 2023 congress hosted by Bielefeld University, and circulated a survey among conference attendees [1/4]
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Christos C. Ioannou @ccioannou.bsky.social · Jul 16
New PhD student paper!

Social conformity in lateralisation in guppies
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by Iestyn L. Penry-Williams, with Culum Brown
#openaccess at @ecol-evol.bsky.social
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Víctor Noguerales @victor-noguerales.bsky.social · Jul 7
📣 New #genomics paper on the #microbiota dynamics across different tick species under contrasting spatial and environmental contexts, published in @ecol-evol.bsky.social by @britishecologicalsociety.org

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Host‐Specificity and Network Structure of Tick Microbiota in Co‐Distributed Species From the Iberian Peninsula
We investigate the community composition and structure of microbiota across natural populations of three co-distributed tick species in the central Iberian Peninsula. Our results revealed a complex a...
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