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Tag Archives: ornithology

Songbirds harbour different microbes depending on where they live

June 29, 2021by Beth Preston 1 Comment

This blog post is provided by Leanne Grieves and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper ‘Preen gland microbiota of songbirds differ across populations but not sexes’, which was recently published in the […]

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

Light‐Level Geolocator Analyses: A user’s guide

January 14, 2020by Journal of Animal Ecology Leave a comment

In the biologging Special Issue of the journal, we have new ‘How to…’ paper lead by Simeon Lisovski from the Swiss Ornithological Institute on Light‐Level Geolocator Analyses. In this blog […]

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Guest post

The multiple facets of behavioural plasticity: A symposium at Behaviour 2019 and a celebration for Louis Lefebvre

July 18, 2019by Journal of Animal Ecology Leave a comment

Behavioural plasticity is an important concept in ecology and evolution. The term has been applied to a broad range of biological phenomena, from developmental changes occurring in a canalized fashion […]

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Conference Report

Aging in Eagles

July 31, 2018by Sarah Marley 1 Comment

For many species, breeding performance changes as an individual ages. So in order to properly monitor and manage animal populations, it is important to understand how different species age. But […]

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Field Reports: Julie Morand-Ferron

October 6, 2017by Ravindra Leave a comment

For this episode of fieldwork stories, I spoke to Dr Julie Morand-Ferron of the University of Ottawa about bird and insect cognition, science communication for the public, of being a […]

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Podcast

High Society – The social network of vultures

September 23, 2017by Sarah Marley Leave a comment

When you think of vultures, you might just think “feathered carrion-eaters”.  But do you think of their social networks, foraging strategies, and daily lives?  Probably not!  Dr Adam Kane (University […]

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Guest post

Giving a hoot about owl populations

August 5, 2017by Sarah Marley 1 Comment

International Owl Day – who gives a hoot?  Dr Sarah Hoy sure does!  Sarah completed her PhD at the University of Aberdeen, which studied how the demography and dynamics of […]

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Guest post

Bringing species back, New Zealand style

February 10, 2017by Journal of Animal Ecology 3 Comments

In the heart of New Zealand’s Waikato region, rising out of a sea of gently rolling pastoral farmland, is an imposing remnant of ancient forest that draws you in. Maungatautari […]

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Guest post

American Ornithologists Union focuses on fledging early career professionals

August 4, 2015by Journal of Animal Ecology 1 Comment

It is a hot Friday morning, the second to last day of an intimate AOU-COS meeting on the University of Oklahoma campus, and a big day for my lab. A […]

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