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Phyllis von Saucken

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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A map of records of migrating Nutcracker - seemingly all Slender-billed (machrorhynchos) - from Southern Sweden in the last week. Also this great video of 48 migrating SW at Falsterbo today. Definitely something afoot with this species this autumn... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol-I...
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Animal Behaviour Collective @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Our paper is out now! 🎉📝 We describe how we work to address barriers faced by students and early-career researchs in the animal behaviour field, through our mentorships and microgrants. We hope that this can inspire and provide practical resources for others hoping to do the same!
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The animal behaviour collective: building confidence and breaking barriers through community
Despite increasing efforts to diversify the field of animal behaviour, systemic barriers continue to limit access and inclusion for researchers from h…
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Guillaume Dillenseger @dillensegerg.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Our comparative analyses with @bksandercock.bsky.social and colleagues is now included in July issue of Oikos, and is making the cover, with a stunning picture of one of my great friend Verca. Read the paper here: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Journal of Avian Biology @avianbiology.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
New paper: why do birds consume faeces? Novel records of coprophagy in alpine choughs during winter suggest that this behaviour may have nutritional or microbial benefits during periods of food limitation. ➡️ vist.ly/563ik #ornithology #behaviour #birds #diet #microbiome
Alpine chough. Photo: Björn S., Wikimedia commonsFig. 2 from the article: Effect of individual activity (a) and faeces consistency (b) on the likelihood of observing coprophagy and the effect of group size (c) on the likelihood of auto- versus allocoprophagy. Shown are the model estimates ± 95% confidence intervals (black), and the raw data (grey; node size represents the sample size in each category).
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Valentin Graf @valgra.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Excited to share my final PhD paper! We show how mother tree and seed position within an elevational gradient drive seedling recruitment in the Alps🌱⛰️ You can read it here: doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.70303 @journalofecology.bsky.social @sgn.one @wslresearch.bsky.social @aaronkauffeldt.bsky.social
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𝙱.𝙺. 𝚂𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚘𝚌𝚔 @bksandercock.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
New article in Oikos with a global review of annual survival for waders comparing estimation methods and phylogeny. Survival increases with body mass but decreases with migration distance and during past 40 years. Team led by @dillensegerg.bsky.social. #ornithology #waders doi.org/10.1002/oik....
Annual survival of waders versus adult body mass, migration distance and year of study
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Hannah Thomasy @hannahthomasy.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
These birds eat poop, but only sometimes. Why? Poop-eating, or coprophagy, is super common in the animal world, but it's not well understood in birds. Researchers in Germany documented 1422 "excretion events" in alpine choughs (a member of the crow family) & found major seasonal differences 🧪
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Phyllis von Saucken @delphyllis.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Happy to share that my first paper with #KristinaBeck just got out in @avianbiology.bsky.social! We first documented coprophagic behavior in #Alpinechough, likely linked to a seasonal diet shift and/or nutritional benefits. 💩🦠 doi.org/10.1002/jav.... Foraging sequence: youtu.be/05O6BjnKQ4g?...
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Seasonal variation in coprophagic foraging in alpine choughs Pyrrhocorax graculus
Coprophagy, defined as the ingestion of faeces sourced from either self (autocoprophagy), conspecific animals (allocoprophagy), or heterospecific animals (heterocoprophagy), is recognized as a physio...
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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 22/01/2026
Female scientists have to wait longer for their articles to be reviewed than their male colleagues. An analysis of 36.5 million papers in the life sciences shows that for females it took 115 days to reach a decision, compared to 101 days for men journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... @plosbiology.org
Median time under review (time intervened from submission to acceptance) of articles indexed in PubMed with a female first author (n = 2,562,262), a male first author (n = 3,405,821), a female corresponding author (n = 975,010), a male corresponding author (n = 1,946,469), a female first author and a female corresponding author (n = 757,878), a male first author and a male corresponding author (n = 1,357,835), all-female authors (n = 650,280), and all-male authors (n = 2,146,799)
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Guillaume Dillenseger @dillensegerg.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
@calonectris.bsky.social and @delphyllis.bsky.social presenting at @evozoodeb.bsky.social for Evolution and Biodiversity PhD conference in Debrecen #PhDstudy #EvoBioPhD2026
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Guillaume Dillenseger @dillensegerg.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Excited to announce the start of our 2025 field season in Argentina, investigating movement, antipredatory and nesting behaviours of teros with @delphyllis.bsky.social and @juancho-32.bsky.social #lapwing #teros #PhDstudy #ornithology
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