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BOU @bou.org.uk · 5d

Temporal Variation in Early-Life Conditions Impacts on Later-Life Levels of Infection in Sex Specific Ways | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶

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Cassie Speakman @cassiespeakman.bsky.social · Aug 23

The latest paper from the DISCAR synthesis group is out at Ecology Letters! We discuss the key approaches to predicting human impacts on wildlife populations, highlighting avenues for incorporating indirect effects, such as energetic modelling. doi.org/10.1111/ele....

Title and author list for the synthesis paper titled "Understanding and Predicting Population Response to Anthropogenic Disturbance: Current Approaches and Novel Opportunities" published in Ecology Letters.

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Maija Karala @maijakarala.bsky.social · Sep 1

#SciArtSeptember 1: Islet

Somewhere in the waves of Barents Sea, a rocky islet acts as a perch for seabirds. Puffins, guillemots, razorbills and skuas are still here, though threatened by heating oceans and spreading disease. With them sits a lonely ghost of a great auk that once roamed these seas.

A simple landscape illustration with a grey-green ocean, a dark grey rocky islet partly covered by orange lichen and a light grey overcast sky. On and around the islet are seabirds of several species, most pictured realistically in colour. The largest bird is a now-extinct great auk, depicted as a semi-translucent white ghost figure.

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IFLScience @iflscience.com · Aug 10

Bird-borne cameras revealed that boobies might catch more fish in the air than in the sea.

www.iflscience.com/ride-on-boar...

Ride On Board A Red-Footed Booby As It Catches Flying Fish Above The Indian Ocean

Bird-borne cameras revealed that boobies might catch more fish in the air than in the sea.

www.iflscience.com

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Elizabeth Preston @inkfish.bsky.social · Aug 18

You know this story is going to be a good time because my editor told me the first draft had too many instances of the word "poop" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/s... 🧪 (featuring Leo Uesaka, @ruthedunn.bsky.social‬ and @movementecology.bsky.social)

These Majestic Seabirds Never Stop Pooping

www.nytimes.com

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Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · Aug 18

I have a real shitshow of a science story here for all my friends: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/thes...

This Superpooper Seabird Is Amazing Scientists

The first detailed observation of the bathroom habits of Streaked Shearwaters at sea leave scientists with a surprising load of questions

www.scientificamerican.com

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Ade Martin @ademartindc.bsky.social · Aug 9

Hello people. Today in “One day, one paper”, The Chagos Archipelago Marine Protected Area MPA (640,000 km²) covers >99% of manta, hawksbill turtle, and seabird movements. Its large scale highlights the value of safeguarding diverse megafauna and achieving global ocean conservation targets 🌎

Large marine protected areas can encompass movements of diverse megafauna

Our results provide clear evidence for the value of the large scale of the Chagos Archipelago very large marine protected area (VLMPA) for protection of taxonomically diverse mobile megafauna. Furthe....

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BOU @bou.org.uk · Aug 11

Homing navigation is optimized to diurnal constraints in a tropical seabird, the red-footed booby | doi.org/10.1016/j.an... | Animal Behaviour | #ornithology 🪶

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Lila Buckingham @lilabuckingham.bsky.social · Aug 11

Do you use geolocators to estimate foraging time, behaviour, or energetics in diving seabirds? See our new paper for insights from a study of Common Guillemots.

doi.org/10.61350/sbj...

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A graphical abstract depicting the paper title, author list, and brief description of the paper. One images displays an adult common gullemot with one logger on each leg, next to a chick. The second image displays a close-up of a common guillemot's legs with both loggers shown. The text reads:
An improved method to derive behavioural budgets and energetics from geolocator data in Common Guillemots Uria aalge
Lila Buckingham, Maria Bogdanova, Francis Daunt, Robert Furness, Sophie Bennett, Ruth Dunn, David Jardine, Mark Newell, Ewan Weston & Jonathan Green
We deployed two devices (time-depth recorder & geolocator) on 39 Common Guillemots for one non-breeding season.
We allocated time to behaviours using 1) both devices (see Buckingham et al. 2023) and 2) only geolocators, following previous methods.
We compared the behavioural budgets. We could not extract foraging behaviour (diving) when only using geolocator data.
We devised an improved method for estimating behaviours and energetics in Common Guillemots using geolocator data. We also provide guidance for studies of other diving seabirds that rest at sea.
Photos by Andrew Carter
Seabird 37 (2025) Early Release

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Ruth Dunn @ruthedunn.bsky.social · Aug 8

Thank you, Sal! 🤩

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Martin George @jannerbirder.bsky.social · Aug 6

“When researchers fitted tiny cameras to the backs of two Red-footed Boobies, they got an intimate view of exactly how these acrobatic #seabirds hunt.”

Press release and link to open access paper here:
www.hw.ac.uk/news/2025/on...

www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

Tropical birds filmed catching flying fish mid-air for first time ever | Discover Wildlife

When researchers fitted tiny cameras to the backs of red-footed boobies, they got an intimate view of exactly how these acrobatic seabirds hunt.

www.discoverwildlife.com

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Ruth Dunn @ruthedunn.bsky.social · Aug 7

New research led by @alicetrevail.bsky.social combines tracking data to show the value of large marine protected areas in encompassing diverse megafauna movements 🐢

doi.org/10.1111/1365...

@jappliedecology.bsky.social @iomarinescience.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social

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Ruth Dunn @ruthedunn.bsky.social · Aug 7

Nice little thread on some of our recent red-footed booby work 💨👇

ZSL @zslofficial.bsky.social · Aug 6

🐦 The true meaning of a birds-eye view! Scientists use lightweight cameras fitted to the wing of red-footed boobies to capture feeding behaviour for the first time

📽️ @ruthedunn.bsky.social

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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · Aug 6

Using lightweight bird-borne cameras, scientists have captured unique footage of Indian Ocean seabirds speeding just above the waves to catch flying fish.

Dr Ruth Dunn (@ruthedunn.bsky.social) of @lec-reefs.bsky.social is lead author of the study.

📰: https://tinyurl.com/yezeyxu2

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Ruth Dunn @ruthedunn.bsky.social · Aug 6

"Commuting in crosswinds and foraging in fast winds: the foraging ecology of a flying fish specialist" 💨🐦🐟

New @iomarinescience.bsky.social research out now in @royalsocietypublishing.org: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

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Composite image of the Proceedings B journal title, the manuscript title and the author list, alongside an image of a red-footed booby flying amongst palm trees. Some text reads: "Winds shape the behavioural decisions of red-footed boobies, impacting their foraging commutes and feeding behaviour".

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Laura-Li Jeannot @lljeannot.bsky.social · Jul 11

New paper out in Proceedings B! 🔊

Seabirds' impacts on reefs extends even to some of its tiniest inhabitants - cryptobenthic reef fishes 🐠
Near colonies, these fishes assimilate seabird nutrients (💩), grow larger 📈 & more at: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

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IO Marine Science @iomarinescience.bsky.social · Jul 2

Our Indian Ocean marine science programme supports established researchers and has a major focus on training the next generation of ocean scientists. A big congratulations to all our recent PhD Graduates for 2024!

#PhDGraduates #Doctor #MarineScience #MarineBiology #Scientists

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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · Jul 2

Our Special Feature with @aer-ese-bes.bsky.social is now available to read! 🌎🧪

This collection aims to combine the latest insights and provide an integrated road map for ecologically optimal decisions on the energy transition 🛰️

Check it out 👇
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/global-e...

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Yannis Papastamatiou @dr-yannis.bsky.social · Jun 27

New paper lead by @etspencer.bsky.social We use biologging to understand why great hammerheads may specialize on large prey like other sharks. If they hunt blacktips off south Florida then they probably only have to catch a shark once per month link.springer.com/journal/442

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Ruth Dunn @ruthedunn.bsky.social · Jun 30

Yay, well done!! 🦈

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Erin Spencer, PhD @etspencer.bsky.social · Jun 27

Proud to share that my second dissertation chapter is now published in Oecologia! Great hammerheads often eat other elasmobranchs, which suggests there must be some kind of advantage to going after big prey instead of smaller fish. (1/4)🦑🧪🌊🐟

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UKCEHseabirds @ukcehseabirds.bsky.social · Jun 21

Isle of May #seabirdpride 2025. @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social

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André Bellvé @andrebellve.bsky.social · Jun 5

Stoked to finally see this one out in the wide world: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Tube-nosed #seabirds in #Aotearoa #NewZealand have been largely driven extinct on the mainland, since the arrival of humans. Our paper shows just how dramatic this collapse likely was...(1/4)

Burrowing Into the Past: Extending Niche Space Models of Procellariiform Breeding Grounds by Merging Fossil and Historic Data

Aim Predicting species' potential distributions and niches requires multi-scale data encompassing the past and present. Increasingly, researchers have advocated using historical context to inform ec...

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marineronan.bsky.social @marineronan.bsky.social · Jun 2

New paper out! Understanding the relative importance of nutrient transfer pathways on coral reefs. Revealing work led by @ruthedunn.bsky.social and available #OpenAccess in Coral Reefs #ecology #coralReefs

Ruth Dunn @ruthedunn.bsky.social · May 30

Out now in Coral Reefs: 'Active and passive pathways of nutrient transfer in coral reef ecosystems'

doi.org/10.1007/s003... 🐚

Thank you to my co-authors and field friends from @lec-reefs.bsky.social and beyond for all their help bringing this piece of work together 🌊

Rucha and Ruth on the research vessel after a day of SCUBA diving and carrying SCUBA tanks backwards and forwards (hence some damp patches on their clothes)

Javier, Laura-Li, Ruth, and Casey in the sea in their snorkelling kit during their last day of fieldwork.

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Ruth Dunn @ruthedunn.bsky.social · May 30

Out now in Coral Reefs: 'Active and passive pathways of nutrient transfer in coral reef ecosystems'

doi.org/10.1007/s003... 🐚

Thank you to my co-authors and field friends from @lec-reefs.bsky.social and beyond for all their help bringing this piece of work together 🌊

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