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Elham Nourani

@enourani.bsky.social
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Assistant professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne. Interested in how behaviors are learned during early life, in the context of the environment 🪺🦅

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Claudia Wascher @wascherclaudia.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Know someone advancing equity, diversity, inclusion & accessibility in animal behaviour research? Nominate them for ASAB's EDIA Award! 📅 Deadline: 1st October www.asab.org/edia-award #AnimalBehaviour #EDIA #ASAB #DiversityInSTEM
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EDIA Award — ASAB
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Patrick Lewin @plewin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Excited to share my second published PhD chapter out now in Current Biology! @cellpress.bsky.social 🧵 below but tldr: birds are known to use the magnetic field to navigate. But is magnetism the whole story? We find that an amazing avian navigator doesn’t seem to rely on magnetic cues at all.
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Department of Ecology and Evolution (DEE) - UNIL @dee-unil.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Our upcoming DEE External Seminar welcomes Lucy Aplin (hosted by Elham Nourani) for a talk on birds, cognition and sociality. September 17, 12:15pm at the Biophore Amphitheater or live on Rec Unil.
Our upcoming DEE External Seminar welcomes Lucy Aplin (hosted by Elham Nourani) for a talk on birds, cognition and sociality. September 17, 12:15pm at the Biophore Amphitheater or live on Rec Unil.
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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 26/08/2026
Independence from parental care is an important milestone for many animals. This #RSOS study used GPS tracking to study the link between the flight skills of juvenile golden #eagles and the timing of independence from their parents: doi.org/10.1098/rsos... @hbronnv.bsky.social @enourani.bsky.social
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Elham Nourani @enourani.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Very proud of this work led by @hbronnv.bsky.social, in collab with the Alpine golden eagle consortium, trying to understand young animals' transition to independence 🐣
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Eleonora Gatti @eleonoragatti.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
So excited to see my first PhD paper featured on the cover of J. R. Soc. Interface! 🦅🎉 Thanks to @joefresna.bsky.social & Hannah Williams! Check it out @royalsocietypublishing.org doi.org/10.1098/rsif... @imprs-qbee.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @cbehav.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de
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Gustavo Alarcón-Nieto @galarconnieto.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Oilbird movement strategies and differences in flight effort. Happy to share the first publication on the oilbird project: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @kamransafi.bsky.social @animaltracking.bsky.social
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Oilbirds performing non-seasonal intra-tropical migrations reduce flight effort compared to individuals that frequently return to the colony roost - Movement Ecology
Individual behavioural variation is a driver of population dynamics and key for the adaptation and persistence of species. In colonial species, individuals share the same ecological niche and aggregat...
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michael chimento @mchimento.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
nearly 5 years later, i've finally gotten around to cleaning up the p5.js version of this sim and putting an interactive version online for scicomm reasons. increase trails for a trippier educational experience. michaelchimento.github.io/p5_githubpag...
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Cultural diffusion simulator
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Animal-Environment Interactions Lab @safilab.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Removing outliers is one of the first things to do when analysing movement data. With porting the remaining move functions to move2 in move2utils package, I also wrote some functions to address the GPS outlier problem. The preprint is out and you can find it here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Self-thresholding hierarchical outlier-detection for animal movement tracks
1). Erroneous locations are ubiquitous in animal tracking data and prove notoriously difficult to remove, particularly so in an unsupervised manner. Whether caused by poor satellite geometry, atmosphe...
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Benedetta Catitti @bcatitti.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Out now! What do red kite parents do when food provisioning is covered? Our new study shows that good parenting is about more than just being on the nest. doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... Proud of this first senior authorship w/ @vsvanbergen.bsky.social @urskormann.bsky.social @vogelwarte.bsky.social
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bioRxiv Ecology @biorxiv-ecology.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
move2utils: a utility toolkit for the move2 ecosystem www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Animal-Environment Interactions Lab @safilab.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
We have finally ported the last remaining functions from move to the move2 package and while doing so we also started move2universe to accommodate the future additions to the R-package family designed to work with movebank. Move2Utils: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Stay tuned
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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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Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Come work with us and do research in Germany’s only national park in the Alps, iconic Berchtesgaden Nationalpark! We are looking to fill a PostDoc position in vegetation ecology (tinyurl.com/PostDocBerch...) and a PhD position in mountain forest dynamics (tinyurl.com/PhDBerchtesg...).
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Jon morant @morantjon.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
We are launching the 3rd edition of our Introduction to Movement Ecology course in R🚨 💻📶🦇🦅🦡. It's gonna take place at the University of Elche (Alicante, Spain)🇪🇸 next September. Primary language: Spanish Spreading is appreciated😊
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michael chimento @mchimento.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Looking forward to giving an online workshop this coming Thursday on using STbayes to model social transmission. I'll be walking through simulating data, fitting, interpreting and comparing models. Big up to the ESLR for organizing this series!
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Department of Ecology and Evolution (DEE) - UNIL @dee-unil.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Next week's DEE External Seminar welcomes Hester Brønnvik (hosted by Elham Nourani ) for a talk on tracing behavior development. Thursday, May 21, 12:15pm at the Biophore Amphitheater. @enourani.bsky.social @hbronnv.bsky.social
Next week's DEE External Seminar welcomes Hester Brønnvik (hosted by Elham Nourani ) for a talk on tracing behavior development . Thursday, May 21, 12:15pm at the Biophore Amphitheater.
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Matthias Tschumi 🦉 @matthiastschumi.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Some kids are always on the move – others prefer a good book. We show that early-life behaviour in golden eagles 🦅 cascades across life stages: more active nestlings fledge earlier, explore more, and disperse sooner. tinyurl.com/3sb8jnsz @vogelwarte.bsky.social @safilab.bsky.social #ornithology
Juvenile golden eagle soaring in front of a cliff. (c) Marcel Burkhardt
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Charles Mullon @charlesmullon.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Applications now open for the UNIL Summer School on Modelling for Evolutionary Biology (31 Aug–5 Sep 2026, Lausanne)! For PhD & postdocs interested in formal approaches to evolutionary ecology (incl. social evo, life-history, species interactions). Scholarships available, Pls RP! shorturl.at/fo1GA
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Daniel Gambra @gambrachrysaetos.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
🚨🚨NEW PAPER🚨🚨 Our last paper got published in @jzoology.bsky.social Using camera traps in the nests we showed that Golden eagles changed their diet with elevation rather than land use. 🦅🦅🐐🐍🪶 #RaptorResearch #Aequilibrium
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Charles Mullon @charlesmullon.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
With @saramitri.bsky.social, @sonjalehtinen.bsky.social and L. Lehmann we’ve launched the UNIL Center for Theory in Ecology and Evolution @unil.bsky.social🇨🇭 To kick things off, we’re offering short visiting fellowships for theorists in ecology & evolution. Apply & pls RP 😀 tinyurl.com/2wem36zz
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Unil center for theory in ecology and evolution (UCTEE) - FBM Unil
Page Unil Center for Theory in Ecology and Evolution of site Faculty of Biology and Medicine hosted by the University of Lausanne
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Eneko Arrondo @bioeaf.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Acabamos de publicar uno de los artículos que mas bonitos nos han quedao analizando algunas causas y consecuencias de de la migración parcial de los juveniles de buitre leonado.... #RaptorResearch #Ornithology @bou.org.uk onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Steffen Oppel @steffopp.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
NEW JOB in #ornithology chasing #nutcrackers in Switzerland to understand seed dispersal patterns: buff.ly/Cx0OOQy
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Javier Lazaro - scientific illustration @lazaroillustration.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Don't settle for generic images. Get detailed, custom illustrations for your research: lazaroillustration@gmail.com
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People and Nature @peopleandnature.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
🌟 We've updated our aims and scope, now live and ready to read on our website! ➡️ buff.ly/2W4T8oR 🚨 Our February issue is also now live. With a fantastic cover image provided by Vincent Porcher, from this recently published paper 📖 buff.ly/e3kfQ4S
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
New blog post!!🚨 Michael Chimento gives an overview of the new R package STbayes, designed for creating, fitting and understanding Bayesian models of social transmission 🌍 🧪 Read the blog here 👇
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Studying social transmission using STbayes
Post provided by Michael Chimento. When studying animal culture, it’s important to establish whether novel behaviours or information have spread through social contact, or are rather innovated or p…
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Brigitta Keeves @bkeeves.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Breaking News: #Animovesummerschool is back this year in #Africa. Please repost. Thank you! #AfricanResearchers #ConservationScience #AnimalBehaviour @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
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MoveApps @moveapps.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Help us improve Movebank: During 2026, we will undertake a major renewal of the Movebank system to build scalability and sustainability. What does Movebank mean for you? How could it better support your work? Your feedback will be highly appreciated! Survey: survey.academiccloud.de/f/221856?lan...
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Paul Dufour @pauldufour80.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
🚨 PhD offer (please share) Fascinated by bird migration and movement ecology? 🦜🌍 Join us at @vogelwarte.bsky.social to study annual cycle energetics with multi-sensor loggers in multiple species Deadline: 20 Feb 2026 Starting: June 2026 Supervision: Martins Briedis & me Info: tinyurl.com/2dbv9nzh
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Animal-Environment Interactions Lab @safilab.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Contract Opportunity: MoveApps Developer (Survival Analysis) Y2Y.net team are seeking a developer to design, implement, and deploy an survival analysis within the MoveApps platform (Movebank). This role focuses on implementing survival analysis methods using R implemented on MoveApps.
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
📖Published! STbayes: An R package for creating, fitting and understanding Bayesian models of social transmission This framework can be used to infer complex transmission rules🖥️ 🧪 Read more:
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Animal-Environment Interactions Lab @safilab.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Sometimes the timing of things that happen can't be beaten. To mark transition and progression, the moveTraits paper was published just before year's end. A movement based trait database. dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.... @larissabeumer.bsky.social @thomasmueller.bsky.social @animaltracking.bsky.social
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Jon morant @morantjon.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
New paper out!! 🚨🥳 We here evaluated for the first time, the impact of wind energy on birds and bats in Chile, which represents, to our knowledge the first assessment of wind energy infrastructures on these two vulnerable groups in South America🌎 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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michael chimento @mchimento.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
🎉🍾 very excited to see this out before 2025 ends doi.org/10.1111/2041... with Will Hoppitt in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social. This paper is an overview of our new R package STbayes, a user-friendly toolkit for performing Bayesian NBDA analyses. @cbehav.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
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STbayes: An R package for creating, fitting and understanding Bayesian models of social transmission
A critical consequence of joining social groups is the possibility of social transmission of information related to novel behaviours or resources. Network-based diffusion analysis (NBDA) has emerg...
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Lochlan W @lochlanw.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Attending #ASABWinter2025 this coming week? Feel free to stop by my poster and check out how we used novel visual field estimations for freely-flying hawkmoths to investigate lateralized sensorimotor control! Excited to share the results from the past two years of work 🦋👁️👅🦾 and happy to chat!
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Benedetta Catitti @bcatitti.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Winter means.. communal roosts! 🦅🐦🦜 But why do birds form such roosts? In red kites, young single males are the most frequent visitors. Once paired, birds roost more solitarily, often together as a pair. 📢 Now online: tinyurl.tools/98e9279e @animalecology.bsky.social @vogelwarte.bsky.social
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michael chimento @mchimento.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
New paper out today w @dalmaijer.bsky.social @barbaraklump.bsky.social and @lucymaplin.bsky.social as part of the Phil Trans special issue doi.org/10.1098/rstb.... Over 2 years, we studied a population of cockatoos thought to be the source of the innovation of bin-opening.
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michael chimento @mchimento.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
V proud to have worked on the editorial team for this special issue, out today 🥳 Many interesting CE papers and perspectives inside, incl. our new study on human-wildlife conflict between sulphur-crested cockatoos and residents of Sydney stemming from the bin-opening behaviour of SCC. thread soon
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Carina Nebel @carinanebel.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Interested in #RaptorResearch and #MovementEcology? 🧪 The #AnimalEcology Lab at @utu.fi has an open #PhDposition! We’ll be tagging WTEs with cutting-edge #GPS devices to study their early-life journeys. Curious to learn more? See the advert: shorturl.at/HMZ84 #PhDOpening #PhDChat #BioLogging
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michael chimento @mchimento.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Are you working on a project where you need to infer whether individuals are socially learning? pathways, correlates of, and individual variation in sensitivity to social transmission? Consider joining the hand-on STbayes workshop to learn about the latest update to the NBDA framework
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Brendan Barrett @bjjbarrett.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Postdoc position in individual-level incentives, social learning, and payoff-biased imitation shape group-level accuracy in complex prediction and decision-making tasks in Konstanz files.newsletter2go.com/l3slzozn/s_i...
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Brendan Barrett @bjjbarrett.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
For your consideration, our paper about how we can build a better error culture around biologging is now out in Animal Behavio(u)r. A collaborative effort between researchers the veterinarians at @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Burden of a failed error culture in biologging
Driven by technological advancement and low cost, biologging has rapidly transformed the study of animal behaviour and ecology, providing unprecedente…
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Sofia Forss @sofiaforss.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Interested in early life learning and cognitive development ? In our new pre-print we present data on developmental trajectories of three cognitive traits spanning wild meerkat pups critical life transitions 👇🏼 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Developmental trajectories of cognitive traits in meerkats match socio-ecological demands
Understanding cognitive development is fundamental to contextualize adult cognitive phenotypes, and thus the operational pathways for cognitive evolution. The ontogeny of specific cognitive traits is ...
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Narcís Font-Massot @narcisfontmassot.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
The first preprint from my PhD work is out! We used C. elegans to define and manipulate heterogeneous groups, exploring how individuals with different behavioural phenotypes interact and shape collective behavior. Check it out here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
anyone looking for a job? Global Scholar Recruitment Campaign job with CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG | Source: THEunijobs share.google/S3JWk1N3nxyD...
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We are now seeking exceptional scholars to join us as Assistant Professors/Associate Professors/Professors/Chair Professors ...
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Ari Strandburg-Peshkin @arispeshkin.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
⭐PhD position available!⭐ Come join us @imprs-qbee.bsky.social to study communication and collective behavior in animal groups! We're looking for someone excited to use computational approaches to tackle biological questions, using our full-group tracking datasets imprs-qbee.mpg.de/121465/analy...
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Analysis of communication and collective behavior in animal groups
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Elham Nourani @enourani.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
🦅PhD position 🦅 in my new group at @fbm-unil.bsky.social in Switzerland, studying how the social and resource landscapes shape the learning process for soaring flight. Deadline: Oct 30. Pls repost! career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
Golden eagle on the nest in Finland (by O. Karlin)
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Danai Papageorgiou @danaipapageorgiou.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
This list can really assist peers in avoiding predatory publishers: www.predatoryjournals.org @predatoryjournals.org I have been receiving plenty of generic emails to join editorial boards in MDPI and Frontiers. At exactly the same time, friends receive the same generic emails..
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ESLR @eslr.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
📢🚀 Are you an early-career researcher working on anything related to culture, behaviour or learning? 🧠🌍 Join ESLR, an interdisciplinary research community! We have a NEW website and our membership is now FREE. 👉 Sign up here to get updates and become a member: www.eslrsociety.com/membership
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Animal-Environment Interactions Lab @safilab.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Most people are right- some left-handed or ambidextrous - and so are honey buzzards when turning in thermals! But, unlike us, mastering flight means these birds must overcome laterality as they grow. A gem of a preprint led by @enourani.bsky.social. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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