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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 3d

We have vacancies available on our committee! 🕊️👨‍👨‍👧👩‍👩‍👦

We are recruiting for 5 roles:

Secretary 👩‍🏫
Assistant Journal Editor 📉
Social Media Lead 🤳
Assistant Newsletter/ Social Media Support 🤝
Website Officer 🧑‍💻

Feel free to DM for details & email [email protected] to apply (deadline 31 Oct) 📥

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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 8d

🚨🚨Our new preprint on #amphibians and #lightpollution
Review on #ALAN effects on most threatened vertebrates 🐸🐸

#frogs #skyglow #darknight
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Amphibians under artificial light at night: Current knowledge, conservation challenges and future directions

Amphibians have evolved under predictable light–dark cycles, with most species relying on darkness for foraging, reproduction, and predator avoidance. Introduct

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Diego Gil @diegogil.bsky.social · 18d

Looking for enthusiastic candidates with training in behavioural ecology and experience in bird fieldwork. MSc also required!

Behavioral Ecology and Endocrinology Lab @behavecol-lab.bsky.social · 19d

Please share!🙏
🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain
The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 20d

When we hypothesised female terns to have lower mercury levels than males due to egg laying, @matteobeccardi.bsky.social et al designed an elegant experiment to prove the effectiveness of this pathway. That proof just got published & the open access paper can be found here: doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

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Steven J Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social · Sep 4

lab-field continuum in conservation physiology research: leveraging multiple approaches to inform policy and practice url: academic.oup.com/conphys/arti...

The lab-field continuum in conservation physiology research: leveraging multiple approaches to inform policy and practice

Abstract. In the field of conservation physiology, there is often a trade off between conducting research in controlled laboratory settings or in inherentl

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Lisandrina Mari @lisandrinamari.bsky.social · Sep 3

Happy to see our paper on heavy metal pollution and the sexually-selected egg coloration hypothesis in flycatchers is now officially part of this cool special issue 💙 #MSCA

Journal of Avian Biology @avianbiology.bsky.social · Aug 29

*Special issue contribution*

Heavy metal pollution exposure affects egg coloration but not male provisioning effort in the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca.

➡️ vist.ly/44yw6

#ornithology #pollution #EggColor #birds 🪶

A clutch of six pied flycatcher eggs (photo by Charli Davies)

Fig. 2 from the article: Reflectance of eggs (%) as approximated from the four camera channels and statistical comparisons of each channel's reflectance between control (yellow) and polluted (purple) areas as calculated from Wilcoxon rank sum tests (***: p < 0.01, ns: p>0.05).

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Shaun Killen @shaunkillen.bsky.social · Aug 28

🧵THREAD: (1/7) Standard metabolic rate (SMR) is one of biology's most measured traits. We argue it isn't the constant baseline it's assumed to be. Our preprint discusses how sleep-wake cycles create a 'metabolic mosaic' that requires us to rethink how we interpret SMR. ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

The myth of the metabolic baseline: how sleep-wake cycles undermine a foundational assumption in organismal biology

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Olivier Gimenez 🦦 @oaggimenez.bsky.social · Sep 2

How do wildlife populations respond to human pressures, and how can we better predict these responses to guide conservation? Here, we review current modelling approaches and highlight new opportunities, with case studies.

🔗 Open access: doi.org/10.1111/ele....

🙌🙏 @cassiespeakman.bsky.social

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Andrew Whitehead @andrewwhitehead.bsky.social · Aug 27

2 new papers now out in #ES&T on the persistent and multi-generational impacts of flame retardants on behavior and brain biology

Press release from ‪@ucdavis.bsky.social‬ ‪@ucdaviscaes.bsky.social‬ that ties this with our work on multi-gen impacts of oil spills www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...

Maternal Exposure to Crude Oil, Flame Retardants Can Affect Later Generations

A tiny fish with transparent embryos is helping University of California, Davis, researchers shed light on how exposure to crude oil and flame retardants can affect behavior, skeletal growth, cardiac ...

www.ucdavis.edu

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Journal of Avian Biology @avianbiology.bsky.social · Aug 27

🚨SPECIAL ISSUE OUT! 🚨

"Avian reproductive behaviours in the context of human-induced environmental change"

Editors: Judith Morales, Elisa P. Badás, Juan Diego Ibáñez-Álamo

Editorial: vist.ly/44r7r

Full issue: vist.ly/44r7n

#ornithology #birds #reproduction #environmentalchange 🪶

Special issue cover: water colour drawing for the special issue cover by Violeta Caballero-Lopez

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Erik Postma @erikpostma.bsky.social · Aug 22

With #eseb2025 coming to a close, it is time to start making plans for 2026. Interested in the interface of evolution 🧬 and ecology 🌳? Come to our #ExE conference hosted by @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful #Cornwall. Leave your email address at tinyurl.com/EvolxEcol to join our mailing list!

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Journal of Avian Biology @avianbiology.bsky.social · Aug 21

NEW PAPER: Human-driven changes can harm birds but may also elicit compensatory mechanisms. A call for lifelong, transgenerational, multidisciplinary research and suggestions for experimental designs to help advancement in the field

➡️ vist.ly/445yv

#ornithology #birds #adaptiveplasticity 🪶

Fig. 1 from the article: Schematic representation of the conceptual framework behind the viewpoint . The top row depicts examples of anthropogenic perturbations that individuals may be exposed to already from the early stages of development, although exposure can last all life long. Step 1: exposure to human-induced change during early life in F0. Step 2: compensation and shielding in F0, which includes physiological processes. Step 3: transgenerational programming (orange inner circle) and shielding of F1 against anthropogenic perturbations.

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Caroline Hu @hudrewthis.bsky.social · Aug 20

Seeking scientist volunteers for this fall! Want to practice science communication and help author a 🌟comic🌟 about your research? I need collaborators for the next cohort of SciComm & Comics art and design students. All countries and scientific fields eligible.

An anole extends its dewlap, which says "call for scientists!"

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SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · Aug 20

Introducing "The SORTEE Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology"

The first standardised set of data editor guidelines. Led by SORTEE with input from numerous data editors across ecology and evolution.

🔗 doi.org/10.32942/X24...

The SORTEE Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

This is a Preprint and has not been peer reviewed. This is version 1 of this Preprint.

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · Aug 5

We are happy to announce that the Faraday Discovery Fellowships are now open for applications. These prestigious long-term awards are designed to support mid-career research leaders to undertake high-quality, original research. Find out more on now:

#RSGrants

royalsociety.org/grants/farad...

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Michael Bertram @michaelgbertram.bsky.social · Jul 31

The extended chemical defensome: emphasizing mechanisms of defense as key research avenues to tackle priority questions in environmental toxicology

Happy to share our new paper led by the amazing Marco Franco! @eawag.bsky.social

👉 academic.oup.com/etc/advance-...

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Daniel Gomez Isaza @danielgomezisaza.bsky.social · Jul 31

In a world where multiple stressors collide, we often focus on their negative impacts on animals 🐟🐸🐢. But what if, under certain conditions, one stressor protects against another? Read our latest paper: dx.doi.org/10.1093/conp... @conphysjournal.bsky.social from our @sebiology.bsky.social session!

Protective multi-stressor interactions in the Anthropocene: Key considerations for investigating cross-tolerance in a conservation context

Species in a human-impacted world face multiple stressors, which sometimes interact in protective ways. Cross-protection occurs when exposure to one stress

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Jolyon Troscianko @jtroscianko.bsky.social · Jul 29

Winter ASAB @asab.org on *Sensory Ecology* register and submit your abstracts now (abstract deadline just a month away)!

I'm organising the conference this year with @lauraakelley.bsky.social and Innes Cuthill

Register & get more info here: asabwinter.github.io/2025/

Winter ASAB 2025 - 15th-16th of December in Edinburgh - with a special theme of "How sensory information affects behaviour". Register at https://asabwinter.github.io/2025/ deadline for abstract submission 29th of August.

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Oriol Lapiedra @oriollapiedra.bsky.social · Jul 16

Urbanization enhances biodiversity loss. Yet sometimes cities may *paradoxically* shelter species threatened by other components of global change

We studied if urban areas are sheltering an endangered iconic lizard 🦎 from a rapidly spreading predator 🐍 in Ibiza👇

📸G. Casbas

doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...

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C. Brandon Ogbunu @cbo.bsky.social · Jul 27

Biologist folk (especially in evolutionary biology and/or ecology, but it don’t matter):

Can you give me your favorite examples of trade offs in biology? Organism or system don’t matter. Primary literature or reviews preferred.

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Mattan S. Ben-Shachar 🎗️🇮🇱🇺🇦 @mattansb.msbstats.info · Jan 6

Hey #StatsSky, what are you favorite papers to cite when you need to justify something that is obvious (I once had a reviewer ask we justify the use of logistic regression on a binary outcome)
or when you need to push-back on silly reviewer requests (e.g., asking for p-values in table 1)?

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Arjun Amar @arjundevamar.bsky.social · Jul 25

Predictive framework for estimating the risks to raptors from ecologically relevant exposure to second generation anticoagulant rodenticides www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#RaptorResearch #Ornithology

Predictive framework for estimating the risks to raptors from ecologically relevant exposure to second generation anticoagulant rodenticides

Globally, populations of many raptor species are declining for reasons including exposure to chemical contaminants. Second Generation Anticoagulant Ro…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Kwasi Wrensford @kwasiscientific.bsky.social · Jul 17

The first paper from my postdoc is finally out! In collaboration with @kaitlyngaynor.bsky.social and Amy Angert, we outline how behavioral plasticity influences animal species’ distributions and can improve our understanding of range shifts under climate change! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Linking individual animal behavior to species range shifts under climate change

Climate change has led animal species to shift their ranges to greater elevations, latitudes, and depths, tracking their preferred abiotic niche. Howe…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Katharina Ruthsatz @kruthsatz.bsky.social · Jul 24

Updated deadline to October 15th for our Special Issue on ontogenetic variation in thermal biology! @thermal-biology.bsky.social

Katharina Ruthsatz @kruthsatz.bsky.social · Jan 31

We a re looking forward to receiving your submission for our Special Issue in @jthermbiol.bsky.social 🌡️ 🐘🐦🐸🐝🐟🐚🕷️🐍🦈 (all taxa welcome!)

Journal of Thermal Biology @thermal-biology.bsky.social · Jan 14

The JTB is currently accepting paper submissions for our upcoming special issue: Ontogenetic variation in thermal biology: assessing life stage-specific adaptations and sensitivity in animals. 🦉🦫☀️❄️

📝Submit your papers now!

www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

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Patrick Lewin @plewin.bsky.social · Jul 22

Ever wondered how animals know where they are? Or how they find where they need to be?

The answer is that they have maps and compasses built into their heads! Excited to see this new review of map-and-compass navigation led by Joe Morford out in Animal Behaviour @asab.org

doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

Image description: figure from review titled Map and compass navigation: the mechanism and ontogeny of animal maps. The figure shows how environmental cues can vary in predictable gradients through space, generating unique cue combinations at each location. The second part of this figure shows how animals may respond to these cue combinations, either treating them as discrete cue-location associations, or as continuous gradients. These differences may lead to differences in navigational strategies and performance.

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