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Kristen S. Hobbs

@kayeshobbs.bsky.social
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PhD candidate studying migration, rainfall x temperature, and sexual selection; interested in ecophysiology, mitochondria, and heterothermic strategies sites.google.com/view/kristen-s-hob…

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Liam U. Taylor @liamtaylor.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thread for bangers from The Dialectical Biologist
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Kristen S. Hobbs @kayeshobbs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I’m defending my PhD this Thursday, Oct 8 at 9 AM CT! I tested how precipitation affects migration, courtship behavior, and population genomics in tropical manakins. Lots of fun testing theoretical expectations across chapters with @birdfiddler.bsky.social Message me for the Zoom link!
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Kristen S. Hobbs @kayeshobbs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I’m defending my PhD this Thursday, Oct 8 at 9 AM CT! I tested how precipitation affects migration, courtship behavior, and population genomics in tropical manakins. Lots of fun testing theoretical expectations across chapters with @birdfiddler.bsky.social. Zoom link: ksu.zoom.us/j/99291644772
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Ran Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We have to stop using "paper count" as a useful scientific metric. More writing output no longer means more knowledge gained www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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One professor’s AI-assisted output: 200 papers and 14 books this year
An online platform removed 257 papers written or co-written by the University of Chicago’s Nicholas Polson after other academics raised questions.
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Kristen S. Hobbs @kayeshobbs.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Inspiring talk by Dr. Brennan at #AOS2026 about bird genitalia and about the value of being open to surprising findings in the natural world, particularly where paradigms are concerned. She reminds us that “The tinamou has not read Trivers’ paper” on how his species’ behavioral ecology might work.
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Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
How do we know our research results are REAL? We replicate them! Most folks agree but lament on how hard it is to publish these replications. My dearest gentle reader, lament no more! Delighted to unveil: Replication Studies, a new section of Behavioral Ecology 1/ academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...
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Replication studies: a win-win for early-career training and behavioral ecology
Replicating previous research builds confidence that results are real and meaningful. But close replications are rare due to limitations in resources and d
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Silas E. Fischer, Ph.D. @silasfischer.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Bird friends: This is a longshot, but does anyone have extra plastic color leg bands for size 0-band birds? Avinet has been out of many colors (e.g. yellow!!) for months and I need more colors to mark Cerulean Warblers in May-June! 🐦 🧪
Strings of plastic color leg bands for birds. From top to bottom: red, orange, yellow, green, light blue, blue, white, gray, brown, black.
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Kristen S. Hobbs @kayeshobbs.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
americanornithology.org/aos-editoria...
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New AOS editorial assistance program for non-native English speakers - American Ornithological Society
The American Ornithological Society (AOS) journals, Ornithology and Ornithological Applications, are excited to announce a new Peer Editing Program that provides English-language editing assistance fo...
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Kristen S. Hobbs @kayeshobbs.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Hola hola, Hace un ~año colegas y yo abrimos una comunidad de WhatsApp para compartir recursos y entusiasmo por el comportamiento animal. El objetivo es aumentar la comunicación entre los investigadores de todo el continente americano, especialmente de América Latina. ¡Únase a nosotros!
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
In his Commentary, Neil Metcalfe examines why it can be hard to detect trade-offs between two activities or processes competing for energy, despite energy supposedly being a limiting resource journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Screenshot of the first page of the PDF of the Commentary, How can we best measure the energetic trade-offs faced by animals?, by Neil Metcalfe. The publishing information states: © 2025. Published by The Company of Biologists | Journal of Experimental Biology (2025) 228, jeb250303. doi:10.1242/jeb.250303. The first sentence of the Abstract reads: 'Energy is commonly presumed to be a limiting resource for most animals, forcing them to trade off the benefits of allocating energy to competing activities or processes'.
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Kristen S. Hobbs @kayeshobbs.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Mitochondrial origins of the pressure to sleep - Nature
Research on Drosophila neurons shows links between the need to sleep and aerobic metabolism, indicating that the pressure to sleep may have a mitochondrial origin.
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Wilson Ornithological Society @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Latest articles at the WJO: Insect richness in the stomach of a Nacunda Nighthawk. #ornithology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Graphic abstract for easy visualization of the insect abundance and diversity found in the stomach of a Chordeiles nacunda. Pictured: stomach contents before preservation in ethanol 70%. A dashed pink circle highlights one of the 40 adult giant water bugs (Belostoma sp., Belostomatidae). Individuals of a giant water bug (Belostomatidae), a grasshopper (acrididae), and one Coleoptera accessioned in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo entomological collection are also pictured (lower right).
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Kristen S. Hobbs @kayeshobbs.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
This is fun: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A fossilized ventral ganglion reveals a chaetognath affinity for Cambrian nectocaridids
Fossil material from Sirius Passet suggests that the Cambrian nectocaridids were relatives of living arrow worms.
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Dr. Catie Ivy @catieivy.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Are you searching for a postdoc in Saskatchewan? I have a 1-year opportunity (with possible extension), effective immediately! This opportunity is a Mitacs Elevate with the Canadian Prairies Prescribed Fire Exchange! Reach out if you're interested! 🐦🔥
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