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Awani

@awanib.bsky.social
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PhD candidate at @univie.ac.at working on social integration and object play in common ravens. Interested in social behaviour, cognition, evolution. awanibapat.wordpress.com

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Debottam Bhattacharjee @debottam1991.bsky.social · 8h
Join us for your bachelor or master projects on Japanese macaque affect & cognition at the Affenberg Research Station in Austria. Details in the photo 👇 Write to us: affenberg.lewi@univie.ac.at / debottam.bhattacharjee@uni-goettingen.de Project abstract link: gepris.dfg.de/project/5630...
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Ethological Society @ethoges.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New year, new conference! Registration for the next Annual Meeting of the Ethological Society is officially open! 🤩 Save the date, sign up, and join us in beautiful Konstanz 24–27 February, 2027 @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social www.ab.mpg.de/etho-2027
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Graceful Deer Hopping at Sunset
ALT: Graceful Deer Hopping at Sunset
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Anna Wilkinson @coldbloodedcog.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Come and work with us.... jobs.lincoln.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
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Job Opportunity at the University of Lincoln: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Human Animal Interactions
Lecturer salary starts from £38,784 per annum.Senior Lecturer salary starts from £44,746 per annum.The School of Natural Sciences at the University of Lincoln seeks to appoint a Lecturer or Senior Lec...
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Félicie Dhellemmes @felicie-dhellemmes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Proud to present our latest work "Tracking human foragers and their prey reveals adaptive predator-prey dynamics", now hosted on BioRxiv! 🧵 doi.org/10.64898/202... @ralfkurvers.bsky.social @scioi.bsky.social @arc-mpib.bsky.social @alexschakowski.bsky.social @dominikdeffner.bsky.social
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T Revathe @revathe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
!! New in @science.org !! How do animals learn broad skills necessary for survival in the wild? Our latest study on wild Sumatran orangutans at Suaq provides answers. 1/11 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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How 8 years of social and individual learning interact to shape ecological competence in orangutans
Cultural learning permeates human skill and knowledge acquisition. To understand its importance for nonhuman apes, we analyzed just under 7000 records of behavioral bouts of social and individual lear...
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Claudia Wascher @wascherclaudia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I'm so excited to finally see the special issue "Addressing Biases in Animal Behaviour" fully published: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu.... Huge thanks to my brilliant co-editors @viveknityananda.bsky.social & @nicolakoyama.bsky.social. Special issue grew from @asab.org's 2024 Winter Meeting 🧵
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Zoë Goldsborough @zoegoldsborough.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
📣🎓 Open #PhD Position (3.5 years) 🎓📣 Want to come work with me on culture and social bonds in apes? 🐵 Apply to join my new group in the @livingingroups.bsky.social at @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social. Full job posting: imprs-qbee.mpg.de/131133/cultu... Deadline 📅 23 October 2026 Please share widely!
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Julia Machado @juliammachado.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Do you have experience working with meerkats or in animal affect/ welfare science? Are you UK based? If so, we may be able to offer you 1-2 hours of PAID work coding footage of zoo-housed meerkats for a project on meerkat-keeper relationships! Register your interest here: tinyurl.com/ntumeerkats
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Animal Behaviour Live @animalbehaviour.live · 18/09/2026
🐦‍⬛🎥 Check out this teaser! Join Dr. Thomas Bugnyar (uni. of Vienna, Austria) for a fascinating talk on:💬 “Testing social cognition in birds: lessons from ravens” 📆 Tuesday 29 Sept. 2026 at 2:00 PM GMT 📍 Live on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQoB... 💡 Free & open to all – no registration needed!
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Andy J. Green @drandygreen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We have a 4 year PhD position available @ebdonana.bsky.social in our project “Connecting key wetland sites through waterbirds: implications for plant populations”. We seek candidates with interest in plant ecology, waterbirds and/or movement ecology. Details attached @sibecol.bsky.social
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Chris Krupenye @chriskrupenye.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🚨 PhD position in human, nonhuman primate, and/or dog cognition! I am thrilled to be reviewing applicants this year for a new PhD student to join the Social & Cognitive Origins Group in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins @jhu.edu @jhuartssciences.bsky.social 1/
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Awani @awanib.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Got caught by surprise with the award! Thank you @ecbb2026.bsky.social !! Forgot to take a photo of my poster, but here's a glimpse of it featuring the showstopper Paul. ✨😁
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Benedetta Catitti @bcatitti.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🚨Preprint alert! 🚨What if your study animal doesn't know the landscape yet? Standard movement models such as SSA assume it does. In our new study we let it learn instead, and put "learner" against "omniscient" head to head (1/4) doi.org/10.64898/202...
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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
📣 📣 📣 UPDATE: The 2026-2027 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resource! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Michael Reichert @reichertfroglab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
We are hiring a #postdoc to work on our NSF funded project on metabolic rate as a driver of individual variation in treefrog acoustic communication. Please spread the word to potentially interested candidates (or apply if you are one of them): jobs.okstate.edu/jobs/postdoc...
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Martin Whiting @lizardlab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
New PhD opportunities in behavioural ecology at the University of Tasmania and Macquarie University working with Geoff While and Martin Whiting plus multiple international collaborators on lizard sociality and communication. Please spread the word! #phd
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LaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
We’re seeking highly motivated MSc and PhD students to join the Animal Cognition Research Group at the University of Alberta in Fall 2027! 🐦 All positions are funded: MSc: 2.3 years PhD: 5 years Applications: Sept. 1–Dec. 1, 2026 sites.psych.ualberta... PsychUAlberta 🧪 1/2
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Aki Vehtari @avehtari.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
All four books I've co-authored are freely available online for non-commercial use: - Bayesian Workflow at avehtari.github.io/Bayesian-Wor... Links to other three books are in the quoted post 👇 (too many books to fit in one post!)
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Bayesian Workflow book: Website – Bayesian Workflow book
Website for the Bayesian Workflow book by Gelman, Vehtari, McElreath, et al. — case studies, code, and exercises in R and Stan.
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Cornish Jackdaw Project @cornishjackdaws.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The special issue is out, including our contribution: "Social information about affective states in a human-altered world." Led by @lucahahn.bsky.social, @jackdawjordan.bsky.social & @margauxvanhussel.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/hyhfvmjn. @wildanimals.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social.
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Social information about others' affective states in a human‐altered world
Faced with anthropogenic change, animals now encounter challenges different from their evolutionary past. To cope with such challenges, animals may use social information about others' affective stat...
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ARAA @araa.at · 07/08/2026
#HotOffThePress 🔥🖊️ “Ravens (Corvus corax) use conspecifics and heterospecifics to navigate risky foraging scenarios”🐦‍⬛ July 2026. Behavioral Ecology. @silviadamini.bsky.social, A. Lindeman , @awanib.bsky.social, @pesumas.bsky.social & T. Bugnyar doi.org/10.1093/behe...
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Ravens (Corvus corax) use conspecifics and heterospecifics to navigate risky foraging scenarios
Ravens use wild boars as ‘first tasters’ to assess the safety of a foraging site. Unfamiliar and unpredictable situations can be risky for scavengers. Rave
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Vivek Nityananda @viveknityananda.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Very proud of the special issue of Animal Behaviour I worked on with @wascherclaudia.bsky.social and @nicolakoyama.bsky.social on addressing biases in animal behaviour. Thanks to all authors- plenty of cool papers to read. Here's our editorial: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @asab.org
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Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I have a PhD project to look at the impact of climate change on an endangered WA skink 🦎. Applicants interested in herpetology, thermal ecology and collaborating with First Nations are encouraged to apply. Apply now: www.murdoch.edu.au/study/schola... Lab website: www.nicholaswulab.com
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Christoph Völter @christophvoelter.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Join us in Vienna! We are looking for a #PhD student and a #Postdoc to investigate #innovation in great #apes: PhD ad: share.eva.mpg.de/index.php/s/... Postdoc ad: share.eva.mpg.de/index.php/s/... Application deadline: August 17th. Please share widely!
A chimp solving a puzzle box problem. Photo credit: MPI-EVA
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Clara Howcroft Ferreira @clarahowcroft.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
We are recruiting a Postdoc and a Research Assistant for the project — check out our work ferreira-lab.weebly.com and get in touch if you interested. I'm also at #ICN2026 in Vancouver this week, presenting Wednesday on animal collective motion so come say hi in person if you are here! 3/3
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Urban Vervet Project @urbanvervetproject.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🚨🐒Join the Urban Vervet Project! We are currently looking for a research assistant to strengthen our on-site team at the beautiful Simbithi Eco Estate in South Africa. More info below 👇 @sofiaforss.bsky.social
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Tay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró) @biotay.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
1/2 Object play in mid-flight The behavior of dropping objects while in flight and catching them before they hit the ground has been documented in more than 25 species of birds, ranging from gulls to swallows, birds of prey, and corvids. (paper, 2013) www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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ESLR @eslr.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
🚨 ESLR Workshop coming up next week! 🗓 July 23, 2026 ⏰ 4pm CET Online Using bayesflow for likelihood free inferences by @masonyoungblood.bsky.social 🔗 Join at: calendar.app.google/RKMwxPeaGveM...
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ARAA @araa.at · 16/07/2026
#HotOffThePress 🔥🖊️ “Subtle differences in family size mediate object play in young ravens (Corvus corax)”🐦‍⬛🪀 July 2026. Communications Biology. P.H. Boucherie, @valentine-comin.bsky.social & T. Bugnyar  doi.org/10.1038/s42003-026-10290-0
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Subtle differences in family size mediate object play in young ravens (Corvus corax) - Communications Biology
The social environment at upbringing influences offspring’s social experience and competence development across species. In ravens, even minor differences in family size affect juveniles’ opportunitie...
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ARAA @araa.at · 15/07/2026
2nd European Bird Song Network Meeting Austria 2026, Nov 2-4 More info here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
2nd European Bird Song Network Meeting Austria 2026
We are pleased to officially announce the opening of the registration period for the 2nd in-person meeting of the European Bird Song Network (EBSN). The meeting will take place between the 4th and 6th of November at the College Garden Hotel in Bad Vöslau (Johann Strauß-Straße 2, 2540), approximately one hour from Vienna.
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Matteo Anderle @mattande.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
📢 We're hiring! I'm looking for a **Junior Researcher** to join my team at @EuracResearch (Bolzano, Italy) and work on bird monitoring, bioacoustics, Passive Acoustic Monitoring, and biodiversity research. Apply here: eurac.onboard.org/jobs/dGXQ9qe... Please share! 🙏 🐦‍⬛🎙️ #Ecology #Ornithology
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Junior Researcher to conduct passive acoustic monitoring and point count of birds.
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ASABPSGB2026 @asabpsgb2026.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Registration and abstract submission for the joint ASAB-PSGB winter meeting in Edinburgh (December 8th - 10th) will be opening on the 1st of July! The theme is Social Learning and Culture. More details about the meeting and registration at: asabpsgbwinter.github.io//2026/
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Joint Winter Conference of ASAB and PSGB
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Alexander Kotrschal @kotrschal.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
🐟🐠🐟🐠🐟🐠🐟🐟🐠🐟 Looking for a postdoc? Let's develop a proposal together: www.wur.nl/en/jobs/pers... Get in touch to discuss topics 🐟🐠🐟🐟🐠🐟🐟🐠🐟🐟🐠
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mathotlab.bsky.social @mathotlab.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Please share! I have two positions for graduate students in my lab, starting Fall 2027. Details on the position s and application process can be found here: kjmathot.wordpress.com/opportunities/
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Opportunities
********************************************************************************************************* ***Two graduate student positions in the Mathot Lab**** I am recruiting two new graduate st…
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ARAA @araa.at · 08/07/2026
Very excited to hear this talk! Join us on July 17
AVian Research Association Austria (ARAA) presents Guest lecture: Constraints on adaptive quantity discrimination in macaws (Ara chloropterus): What causes Weber's Law Dr Jimena Lois Milevicich University of Beunos Aires Friday July 17 16:00 at UBB Seminarraum 5.1 Right after we will have our monthly ParCor social event at Nice Guys Bar (Karl-Farkas-Gasse 18 1030), Feel free to attend and have a drink afterwards to chat and connect. Find the zoom link at araa.at/macaws
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Gabriella E. Smith, PhD @explanimals.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Dream PhD opening! Innovation in wild falcons! Application deadline Aug 1🦅
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PEC Exeter @pec-exeter.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Are bowers artwork? 🖼️ Do we (humans) like the same bower designs that the choosy females like? Please fill in this short survey asking you to "RATE MY BOWER" No expertise needed. We just want your aesthetic judgment🎨🖌️ exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Takes <10 mins
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Jenny Stynoski @stynoski.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Interested in a postdoc position? Olfaction in poison frog tadpoles! Based in Germany with some field work in Costa Rica (bilateral funding, 3 years). Please share with your froggie and neuro/behavior contacts 🐸 www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...
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BV Aditi @bvaditiprasad.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
How much can big cat scents reveal? Species,sex,age & even reproductive status! Read our new paper: rdcu.be/floy5. Many thanks to @chenadesai.bsky.social @uramakri.bsky.social @thescientistinpink.bsky.social for support & hard work & @natgeosociety.bsky.social & @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social ...1/
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Non-Invasive Sampling of Odours from Tiger (Panthera tigris) and Leopard (Panthera pardus) for Wildlife Conservation
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Prof Nichola Raihani @nicholaraihani.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
If you have (or will soon) complete your PhD & would like to join a thriving cultural evolution research group in NEW ZEALAND, drop me a line. UoA offers a handful of funded research fellowships. Applications must be made by a faculty member. Deadline August. Pls share with your students
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Alice Auersperg @auersperga.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
We have an exciting new position in our group for a PhD on parrot innovation !!! The position will be part of our new @fwf-at.bsky.social Emerging Fields project with @barbaraklump.bsky.social , @mohara.bsky.social , @christophvoelter.bsky.social and Justus Piater. Apply & share!!
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Barbara Klump @barbaraklump.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Join us in Vienna! We are looking for a PhD student and a Postdoc to investigate innovation in corvids within the “Comparative ecological innovation styles” project funded by @fwf-at.bsky.social. More info: barbaraklump.com Application deadline July 24th. Please share widely!
A carrion crow holding a walnut. Photo: @valentine-comin.bsky.social
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Jeroen Zewald @zewaldj.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
NEW PAPER! 🐒 Cooperation experiments in animals are often done with one cooperation apparatus, creating a specific highly monopolisable setting. We found that presenting multiple apparatuses significantly changed macaques' partner preference compared to one apparatus. doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
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Zoë Goldsborough @zoegoldsborough.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I’m beyond excited to share I’ve been awarded a Minerva Fast Track Fellowship by @maxplanck.de to start my research group “Culture and Social Behavior” at @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social! Keep your eyes peeled for a PhD position advertisement coming later this year 🐒 www.ab.mpg.de/1442914/zoe-...
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Zoë Goldsborough named Minerva Fast Track Fellow
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Morten Frederiksen @seabirdmortenf.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Happy to announce a postdoc position with me and Jakob Strand, to work on data from the revamped Danish beached bird survey organised by DOF BirdLife Denmark. How many seabirds end up on Danish beached, where do they come from, and why did they die? #seabirds ecos.au.dk/en/about-us/...
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Postdoc in seabird ecology - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Ecoscience - Arctic Ecosystem Ecology, Aarhus University
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Kinsey Brock @doc-brock.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The Brock Lab is hiring a postdoc to help us study sensory ecology and sexual selection in urban reptiles! 🐍🦎🌆 Comes with a $5K travel stipend. App closes July 1! careers-sdsurf.icims.com/jobs/20539/p...
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Prospective Employees | SDSU
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
PhD position open 🚨 We are seeking a talented, enthusiastic, and collaborative PhD candidate to investigate how seasonal environmental change influences population vulnerability and to develop new indicators of demographic risk and resilience in wild bird populations. nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
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PhD position: Indicators of demographic risk and resilience in wild birds
We are seeking a talented, enthusiastic, and collaborative PhD candidate to investigate how seasonal environmental change influences population vulnerability and to develop new indicators of demograph...
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Alex Mesoudi @alexmesoudi.com · 22/06/2026
My department has funding for 2-year MByRes studentships (full tuition fees and research allowance) on ecosystem resilience, broadly defined. Apply to do a project with me modelling social-ecological networks. #culturalevolution #socialnetworks ecologyconservation.exeter.ac.uk/masteer-coho...
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Denis REALE 🇨🇦 @denisreale.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Should the term 'personality trait' be really used in animal personality studies? With Sasha Dall and @dingemanselab.bsky.social we don't think so. We explain why in this commentary published in Animal Behaviour. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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