Reproductive Performance of Peregrine Falcons in southern Scotland Relative to the Use of Organochlorine Pesticides, 1946-2021

This blog post is provided by Madan K. Oli, George D. Smith, Michael J. McGrady, Vratika Chaudhary, Chris J. Rollie, Richard Mearns, Ian Newton and Xavier Lambin and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper “Reproductive Performance of Peregrine Falcons Relative to the Use of Organochlorine Pesticides, 1946-2021”, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. They explore how banning pesticides like DDT impacted Peregrine Falcons … Continue reading Reproductive Performance of Peregrine Falcons in southern Scotland Relative to the Use of Organochlorine Pesticides, 1946-2021

The baboons of Amboseli

Founded in 1971, the Amboseli Baboon Project is one of the longest-running studies of wild primates in the world. The project centres on the savannah baboon, Papio cynocephalus that lives in the Amboseli basin of southern Kenya and tracks hundreds of known individuals in several social groups over the course of their entire lives. With over 40 years of data, the project can answer questions … Continue reading The baboons of Amboseli