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Gustavo Alarcón-Nieto

@galarconnieto.bsky.social
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Doctoral candidate at Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior IMPRS/UniKonstanz. Animal behavior, movement, tropical ecology, birds.

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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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Ryan Greenway @ryangreenway.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Plus, a nice write up by the @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social media team, featuring an amazing photograph of Stelidota geminata by @galarconnieto.bsky.social www.ab.mpg.de/858247/news_...
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Beetles are likely dispersal vectors for “towering” worms
Beetles are likely dispersal vectors for “towering” nematodes Scientists uncover beetle transport system for newly identified nematode species • A new nematode: the first worm “towers” ever observed ...
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Gustavo Alarcón-Nieto @galarconnieto.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
After multiple requests, I've shared a PDF version of the book (in Spanish) on Amazon Biodiversity that we edited back in 2009 with Erwin Palacios and CI Colombia. shorturl.at/TdGFH
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IMPRS-QBEE @imprs-qbee.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
How can we learn about animals that hide from view? IMPRS student @galarconnieto.bsky.social, working in @safilab.bsky.social tells us more about his research on oilbirds! @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/lGagO...
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Gustavo Alarcon-Nieto | Movement of oilbirds
YouTube video by Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 10/10/2025
@sonjawild.bsky.social @galarconnieto.bsky.social & @lucymaplin.bsky.social show that young #GreatTits, which have limited #ParentalCare, learn to solve a foraging #puzzle socially, but rather than parents, siblings & non-parental adults are preferred role models @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/46JZn6n
A juvenile great tit solves a foraging puzzle by pushing a sliding door to the left while being observed by two other juvenile birds. Image credit: Sonja Wild.
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Gustavo Alarcón-Nieto @galarconnieto.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
A new publication from my previous life! Check this thread by @mchimento.bsky.social
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