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Coraline Bichet @coralinebcht.bsky.social · 20d

With @romain-pigeault.bsky.social and Jérôme Moreau we offer a 6-months internship for a master student to test the effect of pesticides on passerine birds. Follow the link for more. @ecophycebc.bsky.social
@univ-larochelle.fr
@univpoitiers.bsky.social
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Msc internship proposal | Coraline Bichet

With my colleagues Romain Pigeault and Jérôme Moreau we offer a 6-months internship position for a master student (2nd year) about the potential effect of pesticides on passerine birds. Check the atta...

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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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Oscar Vedder @oscarvedder.bsky.social · 20d

Another excellent paper by @matteobeccardi.bsky.social, with great help from Justine Bertam, @commonternproject.bsky.social, @pablosalmon.bsky.social, @icbm-uol.bsky.social

Matteo Beccardi @matteobeccardi.bsky.social · 20d

I'm happy to share with you our new paper out now in Environmental Pollution!
Here, we experimentally studied the maternal offloading of mercury pollution via reproduction in an avian model species.

Read the paper here for more details👇
doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

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Joe Wynn @joewynnbirds.bsky.social · 22d

🚨 PhD alert 🚨 We are looking for a highly motivated student to use 🧬 genomics 🧬 and 🛰️ bio-logging 🛰️ approaches to disentangle cultural and genetic contributions to seabird migration 🐣 Think this is you, or someone you know? Then come to our Q&A session at on 29/09 and check out the ad below!

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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · Jul 9

How can we reform science? I have some ideas. But I am not sure you’ll like them, because they don’t promise much. elevanth.org/blog/2025/07...

Which Kind of Science Reform

What hope is there for science reform, if we can't agree on what to reform? Right now, principles are more important than practices.

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · Jul 7

Our neighbours at the Banter See are no fan of the terns. Luckily the terns don't give a shit. Oh, or maybe sometimes they do. :-)

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · Jun 29

Hatching is hard work. ❤️

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Thomas Cansse @tcansse.bsky.social · Jun 13

Happy to share our newest paper in which we investigated the non-breeding distribution of Australasian gannets #seabirds #ornithology @aurore-counilh.bsky.social
www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...

Sex-, year-, and colony-specific at-sea movements of Australasian gannets Morus serrator during the non-breeding period

Animals typically reproduce at the time of year when environmental conditions and food availability are optimal. These may decline after the reproductive period; consequently, individuals that...

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · May 26

Live from the field: the first 4 chicks of 2025 have hatched. ❤️ #babyboom

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Andreas Nord @cyanistesnord.bsky.social · May 22

I am looking for a postdoc wanting to use functional genomics to understand why birds 🐦 struggle with climate warming in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Ideal candidate is a molecular evolutionarybiologist. Join us at @biologylu.bsky.social. Details 👇
shorturl.at/wijEq

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Post-doctoral fellow in functional genomics and ecophysiology

Subject description The goal of the project is to uncover the mechanisms explaining why global warming and heatwaves reduce reproductive success and cause excess mortality in wild and domesticated war

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · May 21

Last weekend was exciting! Together with @gullbilledterns-de.bsky.social,‬ and thanks to the amazing teams at Druid & Interrex, we deployed the first gull-billed tern with a GPS. It returned to the nest after a quick preening session and for the last 3 days has shared its foraging sites with us.

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Oscar Vedder @oscarvedder.bsky.social · May 19

Really worth a read if you are interested in life-history physiology or mitochondrial function 👇

Matteo Beccardi @matteobeccardi.bsky.social · May 19

In our latest work, we experimentally manipulated the reproductive status (gamete production) of Japanese quails to study the effects of reproduction on mitochondrial functions.

See preprint for more information:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Experimental evidence for reproduction to increase mitochondrial respiration, but decrease mitochondrial efficiency, in females of a short-lived bird

Reproduction is generally considered as one of the most energy-demanding processes, causing a trade-off with survival. Although this "cost of reproduction" plays a pivotal role in theory on ageing and...

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Joe Wynn @joewynnbirds.bsky.social · May 14

Now 11 birds recaught 😎 new pressure loggers giving insights into migration I never thought possible, absolutely incredible technology. Wouldn’t be possible without the help of friends here in Georgia, Levan, Sopo, Vano and Natia 🇬🇪 ☺️

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · May 11

Chapter 10 is dedicated to the Banter See common terns, showing how they too have suffered from a population crash following the outbreaks of avian influenza in 2022 and 2023.

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liedvogel lab @genmig.bsky.social · May 11

meanwhile in #Georgia - where and how long do #blackcaps breeding in this eastern #location migrate? @joewynnbirds.bsky.social @andalgalornis.bsky.social and @oscarvedder.bsky.social are on a mission & have already caught 9 returning #geolocator birds. stay tuned! @ifv-whv.bsky.social

male blackcap in the hand at our field site in Georgia. the bird is proudly wearing a geolocator on its back, which will literally shed light into their migratory behaviour, giving insight into overwintering areas and timing, direction and distance of its route.

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · May 10

Male inbreeding reduces fertility, but does not accelerate in vivo sperm senescence: an experimental approach in a polyandrous bird royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... | #BiologyLetters #Behaviour #Evolution

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · May 9

And here's another shout-out to the wonderful tern-and-quail team, which, led by Nathalie and @matteobeccardi.bsky.social, prepared a gorgeous hat for Justine. ♥️

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · May 9

Yesterday, Justine Bertram, the lovely soul in the center of this picture, successfully defended her PhD thesis. As throughout her time with the terns and at the @ifv-whv.bsky.social, she did a brilliant job. I could not be more proud, or sad that she is fledging now.

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BOU @bou.org.uk · May 7

Male inbreeding reduces fertility, but does not accelerate in vivo sperm senescence: an experimental approach in a polyandrous bird | royalsocietypublishi... | Biology Letters | #ornithology 🪶

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · May 2

More loveliness today: half of the F1 joined for the morning observations (and took 267 photos of terns), and we spotted a colour ringed bird. Turned out to be one of our 'own' 2022 chicks, who received her additional bling on migration.

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · May 2

Live from the field: the first egg of 2025 is a fact! Laid by a lovely geolocator lady, while her ringed partner looked proud. Mum is incubating, and dad is off now, presumably to catch her a fish. ♥️ #firstegg #seabirds #ornithology

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Antoine Stier @antoinestier.bsky.social · Apr 30

Please share: (competitive) PhD funding in Strasbourg (France) to work on 🐧🔥:

Physiological and reproductive consequences of ‘warm’ environmental conditions on land in a sub-polar penguin species

Fieldwork in Crozet 🇹🇫 is forecasted (pending on HPAI situation)

amethis3.unistra.fr/amethis-clie...

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Matteo Beccardi @matteobeccardi.bsky.social · Apr 30

Happy to share our new publication on the effect of inbreeding on male fertility and sperm senescence, out now in @royalsocietypublishing.org.
Many thanks to @oscarvedder.bsky.social, @btschirren.bsky.social and @ifv-whv.bsky.social.

Take a look below if you want to know more about this work👇😉

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Institute of Avian Research 'Vogelwarte Helgoland' @ifv-whv.bsky.social · Apr 30

New publication by @matteobeccardi.bsky.social and @oscarvedder.bsky.social (with @btschirren.bsky.social) in @royalsocietypublishing.org: 'Male inbreeding reduces fertility, but does not accelerate in vivo sperm senescence: an experimental approach in a polyandrous bird'
doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · Apr 27

204 birds have now been registered by the automated registration system. Yesterday, one of our favourites returned too: 11-yr old Dextro, to us better known as our ‘bouncer boy’, because he’s the one that nests just behind the spot where we tie our boat and tries to keep us out of the colony. ♥️

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