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Erik Enbody

@erikenbody.bsky.social
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(he/him) Evolution and genomics and everything in between. Endlessly fascinated with birds and what they can teach us. Assistant Professor @ Cornell erikenbody.github.io

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David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I am currently searching for a postdoc to work on the evolution of adaptations, cold acclimation, and freezing tolerance in switchgrass. The position entails lab, growth facility, bioinformatics, and fieldwork. careers.msu.edu/jobs/postdoc...
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Postdoctoral Scholar-Fixed Term - East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Position Summary The Lowry Lab at Michigan State University is searching for a postdoctoral research associate to conduct field and laboratory experiments to understand the causes of genetic variation...
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Azwad Iqbal @azwadiqbal.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
BLink-seq is out! Linked-read sequencing that brings phased whole-genome data to non-model species at population scale. We show it phases haplotypes and detects SVs, revealing previously undocumented structural complexity in an adaptive Atlantic silverside inversion. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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BLink-seq delivers population-scale haplotypes without long reads: a scalable framework for non-model genomics
Information about segregating haplotypes and structural variation (SV) can be extremely rich for a variety of applications in population genomics but remains largely inaccessible for many non-model sp...
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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Roll up, roll up! Looking for a postdoc? Want somewhere that's academia adjacent? Interested in seabirds, plastics, and conservation? Come work with me and @adriftlab.bsky.social! If you want to help develop an application, get in touch! #ornithology #seabirds #PhDjobs #PostdocJobs
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Cedric Feschotte @cedricfeschotte.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
📣 POSTDOC position available in the Feschotte Lab at Cornell to work on #TRANSPOSONS! More details below. Pls send informal application or inquiry ASAP by DM or email to cf458_at_cornell.edu. Pls spread the word 🙏 #TEsky www.thefeschottelabatcornell.com
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The Feschotte Lab at Cornell
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David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I am currently searching for a new postdoctoral researcher to study the evolution, genetics, and physiology of cold acclimation and freezing tolerance in switchgrass at Michigan State University. This work will be funded by a newly funded five-year DOE grant. careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...
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Research Associate-Fixed Term - East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Position Summary The Lowry Lab at Michigan State University is searching for a postdoctoral research associate to conduct molecular and physiological experiments to understand the causes of genetic va...
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Jente Ottenburghs | Avian Hybrids @jenteo.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
New story on the Avian Hybrids blog! Something borrowed: Ancestral variation and introgression drive rapid evolution in Darwin’s Finches avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/s... Based on the Science Advances paper by Carl-Johan Rubin, Erik Enbody and their colleagues | #ornithology
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Something borrowed: Ancestral variation and introgression drive rapid evolution in Darwin’s Finches
Genomic study identifies 28 ancestral genetic modules that predate the radiation.
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Barbara J. King @bjking.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
"The project that was terminated was on this hummingbird, the white-necked jacobin....I suspect that it has something to do with studying a species that doesn’t fit the binary." Researcher @jjinsing.bsky.social interviewed by @carlzimmer.com #birds #nature #science #fundscience #nonbinary 🧪
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He Studied Why Some Female Birds Look Like Males
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Erik Enbody @erikenbody.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Check out the latest paper from the CCGP on California Quail and the ecological and anthropogenic factors that impact genomic variation. Led by Phred Benham and the Bowie group: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Patterns of Genetic Diversity Within Three California Quail Species Are Best Explained by Climate and Landscape Changes
Many North American game animals experienced severe population declines during the 19th century due to market hunting. However, estimates of the timing and magnitude of these declines often rely on a...
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Andre Moncrieff @andremoncrieff.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
🐦🔬 Recruiting PhD students! 🌎🧬 I’m looking for 1–2 PhD students to join our team starting Fall 2026 at the Sam Noble Museum & University of Oklahoma. Our research: 🐦 birds • 🌍 biogeography • 🌴 Neotropics • 🧬 population genomics • 🌱 speciation 👉 Learn more: www.moncriefflab.org Please share!
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Moncrieff Lab | Bird Evolution
The Moncrieff Lab is a research lab based at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History on the campus of the University of Oklahoma. Research in the lab involves museum specimens, fieldwork, and...
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David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Michigan State University, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship. eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
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Postdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
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Ethan Linck @elinck.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
the ad is up! applications due 7/15: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
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https://evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldir/GradStudentPositions//MontanaStateU.SwiftFoxGenomics
MSc Assistantship ¨C Genetics and Movement Ecology of Swift Fox Following Establishment of a Translocated Population. Department of Ecology, Montana State University Smithsonian Institution National...
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Research! by ji @argmax.com · 16/06/2025
HT @cornellasap.bsky.social "Ms. Morrow...is one of hundreds of people who wrote to their hometown newspapers as part of a national campaign...by graduate students and scientists who are just starting their careers." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/s...
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To Protest Budget Cuts, Young Scientists Try Letters to the Editor
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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
The 2025 Marie Curie Fellowships are now open! If you are interested in #PlasticPollution, #ornithology / #birds, #conservation & our work at @adriftlab.bsky.social and want to discuss an application, get in touch! #PhDjobs marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-p...
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions2-year Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dr Alex Bond (Natural History Museum, Tring/London UK) [progress pride flag]
Applicants with previous experience in CT/morphology, wildlife acoustics, or plastics particularly encouraged!
Applicant eligibility
Can’t have spent >12 of the last 36 months in the UK
Previous post-doctoral experience & publication track record HIGHLY recommended
Must relocate to the UK (London or Tring; remote working is not possible under this funding scheme)
Defended PhD by Sept 2025; < 8 years postdoc experience
Previous successful applications are available as guides!
Applications shared between fellow & host with a deadline 10 Sept 2025
Email: a.bond@nhm.ac.uk / BlueSky: @TheLabAndField@bsky.social
https://alexanderbond.org
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Erik Enbody @erikenbody.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Looking to start a PhD? Reach out if you are interested in avian evolutionary and/or conservation genomics research! I am recruiting for FA26 and happy to support fellowship proposals through this program: www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
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Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution
The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...
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Cade Mirchandani @cademirch.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Excited to share the #Snakemake monitoring tool I've been working on: snkmt (Snakemate) - a CLI utility for real-time workflow monitoring. Basically solves the "is my pipeline still running?" problem and makes debugging failed jobs much easier. #bioinformatics #workflow #opensource 1/3
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Andrés Cuervo @amcuervo.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
My student Vanessa Perez is analyzing hundreds of photos of the Barred Fruiteater. If you have some, you can help her fill some geographic gaps. A cool story is unwrapping ⛰️🪶 Please share! #birds #ornithology #speciation #andes
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Neil Gilbert @gilbert-lab.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
I'm looking for a postdoc in quantitative ecology / macroecology to start in summer/fall 2025 in my lab at Oklahoma State University. Please spread the word www.gilbertecology.com/opportunities
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Sara Lipshutz (she/her) @jacanamama.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Now published!!!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Repeated behavioural evolution is associated with convergence of gene expression in cavity-nesting songbirds - Nature Ecology & Evolution
The authors performed phylogenetically controlled behavioural assays and analysed brain transcriptomes across five avian families, identifying convergent patterns of gene expression associated with aggression and nesting behaviour in obligate cavity-nesting birds.
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Mafalda S Ferreira @mafaldaferreira.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
PhD position on Evolution of Seasonal Camouflage in my group. Fully funded 4 year position in Stockholm University and SciLifeLab! :-) su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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PhD Student in Evolution of Seasonal Camouflage
The Department of Zoology at Stockholm University includes about 80 employeese, including Researchers, PhD students and administrative staff. Research and education at the department occurs in an inte
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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Our new @adriftlab.bsky.social paper is out, lead by @alixdejersey.bsky.social showing the insidious impacts of plastics on seemingly health birds (1/5) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Seabirds in crisis: Plastic ingestion induces proteomic signatures of multiorgan failure and neurodegeneration
Plastic consumption in seabirds causes blood signatures of widespread organ damage including brain, stomach, kidney, and liver.
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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Our paper is out, and it is distressing. Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century
Numerous declines have been documented across insect groups, and the potential consequences of insect losses are dire. Butterflies are the most surveyed insect taxa, yet analyses have been limited in ...
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Dan Baldassarre @evornithology.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
🚨 COOL BIRD JOB ALERT! 🚨 @cornellbirds.bsky.social is looking for a Research Associate to run their research and student training program at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, focusing on Black-throated Blue Warblers and Ovenbirds. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29599
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Cornell University, Lab of Ornithology
Job #AJO29599, WDR-00050928 Research Associate, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
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Bohao Fang @fangbohao.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
How do SVs, satellite DNA & gene content shape avian genome evolution? We analyzed 45 HiFi genomes across 3 Scrub-Jay species with distinct population sizes. Grateful to be on this incredible team led by Scott Edwards! "Comparative population pangenomes" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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April Wei @aprilwei.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Our work (by Drew DeHaas) on an extremely simple yet efficient binary genotype format - designed to facilitate scalable bioinformatics tool development. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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IGD: A simple, efficient genotype data format
Motivation While there are a variety of file formats for storing reference-sequence-aligned genotype data, many are complex or inefficient. Programming language support for such formats is often limit...
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Erik Enbody @erikenbody.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
nice of Jente to cover one of our fairywren papers! Love these birds👇
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Darren Irwin (he / him) @darrenirwin.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
OK folks this is my first announcement of a lab publication on Bluesky: Congrats to PhD Candidate Rashika Ranasinghe on today's publication of her paper "Cryptic Hybridization Dynamics in a Three-Way Hybrid Zone of Dinopium Flamebacks on a Tropical Island." Happy holidays! doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
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Cryptic Hybridization Dynamics in a Three‐Way Hybrid Zone of Dinopium Flamebacks on a Tropical Island
This study explores population divergence and hybridization dynamics across the golden-backed (Dinopium benghalense) and red-backed (D. psarodes) flameback woodpecker hybrid zone in Sri Lanka. The ge...
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UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute @ucscgenomics.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Calling all postdocs! We're hosting a symposium in beautiful Santa Cruz, CA, to showcase rising talent in genomics research. Travel expenses are covered for selected applicants ✈️😎🏖 The event will be held on April 15. Applications due Feb 15: bit.ly/NextWave25
A photo of a large rock formation along a beautiful Santa Cruz coastline. Text reads: Next Wave of Faculty in Genomics Symposium call for submissions. Submission deadline Feb 15. Symposium Date April 15.
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Shen Tian 田申 @tianshenbio.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Our miRNA story is now in @science.org ! We found a microRNA, not a protein, that finally solved a long-standing evolutionary mystery of wing coloration in butterflies and moths. (1/n) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A microRNA is the effector gene of a classic evolutionary hotspot locus
In Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), the genomic region around the gene cortex is a “hotspot” locus, repeatedly implicated in generating intraspecific melanic wing color polymorphisms across 100 mi...
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April Wei @aprilwei.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
My lab (aprilweilab.github.io) continues to develop GRG and ARG related methods & more. We are looking for a postdoc to join us.
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Wei Lab
Web site created using create-react-app
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Braasch Lab @ Michigan State University @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Faculty Job Alert! #ScienceJobs Michigan State University Integrative Biology is looking for a TT Assist Prof in Functional #Genomics. Join a vibrant research community for non-traditional #EvoDevo animal models! tinyurl.com/4hya8vet Deadline: 11/27/24 integrativebiology.natsci.msu.edu Pls repost!
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MSU Careers Details - Assistant Professor-Tenure System - Functional Genomics
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Erik Enbody @erikenbody.bsky.social · 08/03/2024
Parasites and contact zones! Even in sympathy, nightingales differ in malaria prevalence and community 👇
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Erik Enbody @erikenbody.bsky.social · 04/01/2024
Come hang in Santa Cruz!
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Russ Corbett-Detig @russcd.bsky.social · 04/01/2024
Are you a postdoc doing awesome research in genomics?! Apply to present at the NextWave of Faculty in Genomics symposium! Also, please repost!
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Matthew Hahn @3rdreviewer.bsky.social · 03/01/2024
Six faculty jobs in "Biohealth Informatics" at IU, at all ranks! These jobs are across multiple schools and departments, and include research in lots of different areas under this broad umbrella term. Please share widely. jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/654323/m...
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Russ Corbett-Detig @russcd.bsky.social · 03/01/2024
UShER has been an amazing project, but we never really documented exactly how we maintain the 16M sample SARS-CoV-2 tree 😬... In a paper the came out over the break, we go back through our server logs to retrospectively walk through the major choices we made. Check it out here: rdcu.be/du5q5
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Erik Enbody @erikenbody.bsky.social · 11/12/2023
I'm pleased to share our new article in MBE! We dug deep into the molecular details of the classic Ruff inversion that mediates different plumage and mating display phenotypes. w/ Jason Hill and Huijan Bi and others with Leif Andersson
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Erik Enbody @erikenbody.bsky.social · 29/11/2023
To be submitted to my new journal: Confusing Acronyms in Genomics
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Erik Enbody @erikenbody.bsky.social · 29/11/2023
Paper idea: IBD (identical by descent) segments associated with IBD (irritable bowel disease) due to IBD (isolation by distance)
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Andy Boyce @andyjboyce.bsky.social · 28/11/2023
We're hiring PAID ($1800/mo) interns/technicians to work on grassland bird ecology and conservation in #Montana. Nest-searching, #MotusWTS tracking, prairie-dogs and more... #ornithology jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id...
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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 14/11/2023
As jobs are coming out and folks are applying, here's your regular reminder of lots of examples of successful job apps (mostly research academia but also industry, PUI, gov). And if you've gotten a job recently, please consider contributing! github.com/RILAB/statem...
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E. Anne Chambers @chamberea.bsky.social · 27/10/2023
Want to use landscape genomics for conservation? Curious about how to apply these methods to individual-based sampling? Not to worry– use algatr! Our new paper w/ co-first author @anushabishop.bsky.social and coauthor Ian Wang is out in MER! More below ⬇️ #OA onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Individual‐based landscape genomics for conservation: An analysis pipeline
Molecular Ecology Resources is a broad journal publishing computer programs, statistical & molecular advances & more for studies in evolution, ecology & conservation.
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Erik Enbody @erikenbody.bsky.social · 27/10/2023
Have geospatial genomic data and want to hammer out landscape analyses? Check out this new swiss army knife that does it all from @chamberea.bsky.social et al, built to handle California Conservation Genomic Project scale data onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 18/10/2023
Hey folks, it is time to submit abstract for TAGC24! The deadline to submit abstracts is November 9th. This Spring 2024 meeting will include topics like Genomes & Genomics, Ecological Genomics, Agriculture/Aquaculture/Livestock Genetics, & much more. genetics-gsa.org/tagc-2024/ab...
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Abstract Submission - TAGC24
BRINGING GENETICS TOGETHER
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Erik Enbody @erikenbody.bsky.social · 12/10/2023
Insanely comprehensive overview of sex roles in shorebirds 👀
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William Jones @jacanajones.bsky.social · 12/10/2023
Our review paper on the stunning variation in sex roles and mating systems in shorebirds is published in Ibis and freely available to all. Shorebirds have provided so much insight into this topic, but their potential is still untapped and there is much left to learn! 🧪🦅 doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
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The causes and implications of sex role diversity in shorebird breeding systems
Males and females often exhibit different behaviours during mate acquisition, pair-bonding and parenting, and a convenient label to characterize these behaviours is sex role. The diverse roles that m....
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Marky @markymutchler.bsky.social · 06/10/2023
One building. One morning. Almost 1,000 dead birds. I can’t even imagine what the numbers are across the entire city of Chicago. Please consider turning lights off in your home and offices over night as our feathered friends make their journey south! 📸 Daryl Coldren #lightsout #birds
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Martin Stervander 🏳️‍🌈🇸🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏛️🦉🦤🪶 @stervander.com · 01/10/2023
It's #lark time again! Led by Per Alström we put 4–5 species of brown #African #larks through integrative #taxonomy—and out came loads more "new" species! How and why? 🧵 #OpenAccess 📄 in @ZoolJLinnSoc: doi.org/10.1093/zool... #Alaudidae #birds #ornithology #nomenclature w. @erikenbody.bsky.social
A whole bunch of "new" Corypha lark species sitting on a (phylogenetic) tree.
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