faye
@fayeromero.bsky.social
PhD candidate at the University of Rochester • population genomics in the Florida Scrub-Jay + avian genomics 🧬🐦 • Filipina 🇵🇭🇺🇸 • she/her
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Take a look at @science.org's article describing our work in
@globalchangebio.bsky.social showing that beak morphology of hummingbirds has changed in association with feeders!
science.org/content/arti...
@globalchangebio.bsky.social showing that beak morphology of hummingbirds has changed in association with feeders!
science.org/content/arti...
May 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Take a look at @science.org's article describing our work in
@globalchangebio.bsky.social showing that beak morphology of hummingbirds has changed in association with feeders!
science.org/content/arti...
@globalchangebio.bsky.social showing that beak morphology of hummingbirds has changed in association with feeders!
science.org/content/arti...
I started photographing these bills as a junior undergrad, and now I’m deep into a PhD in EEB (largely thanks to how fun I found this project and my inspiring grad student mentor @nicmalexandre.bsky.social). Huge props to all who helped drive this amazing work forward!
🚨New paper alert!🚨
We show that hummingbird beaks have changed in shape & size since around WWII, driven by the rise of commercialized feeders! 🧵
📄 Paper: dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
#ornithology #evolution #GlobalChangeBiology
We show that hummingbird beaks have changed in shape & size since around WWII, driven by the rise of commercialized feeders! 🧵
📄 Paper: dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
#ornithology #evolution #GlobalChangeBiology
Supplemental Feeding as a Driver of Population Expansion and Morphological Change in Anna's Hummingbirds
Bird beaks are highly adaptable, with the potential to undergo rapid morphological shifts in response to environmental change such as climatic variation or food availability. Anna's Hummingbirds (Cal...
dx.doi.org
May 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I started photographing these bills as a junior undergrad, and now I’m deep into a PhD in EEB (largely thanks to how fun I found this project and my inspiring grad student mentor @nicmalexandre.bsky.social). Huge props to all who helped drive this amazing work forward!
My first foray into podcasting! Is there such a thing as “good” inbreeding? Find out below… 👀
Introducing our newly redesigned Genetics in Your World, with an exciting first episode!
@fayeromero.bsky.social interviews Dr. Steven J. Knapp about the genetics underlying increased hybrid performance in strawberry cultivars.🍓
Listen now: buff.ly/3PKdkHZ
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@fayeromero.bsky.social interviews Dr. Steven J. Knapp about the genetics underlying increased hybrid performance in strawberry cultivars.🍓
Listen now: buff.ly/3PKdkHZ
1/3🧵⬇️
January 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
My first foray into podcasting! Is there such a thing as “good” inbreeding? Find out below… 👀