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Adam Lendvai

@lendvaiaz.bsky.social
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Associate professor at the University of Debrecen, interested in birds, hormones & behaviour, and mechanisms of life history evolution.

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Animal Behaviour Live @animalbehaviour.live · 03/09/2026
⏰ Just 3 days left! The deadline to submit your abstract for #ABL2026 is almost here. Don’t miss this opportunity to present your research ! 📅 Deadline: September 6 📄 Submit now 👉 ablaoc.sciencesconf.org #ethology #animalbehavior #animalbehaviour #onlineconference
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Animal Behaviour Live: Annual Online Conference 2026 - Sciencesconf.org
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European Ornithologists' Union @eounion.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🪶 CALL FOR PROPOSALS 🪶 16th European Ornithologists' Union Congress Brno, Czech Republic 23-27 August 2027 Do you have a research theme you’d like to bring to EOU? The call for symposia, round table discussions and pre-congress meetings is now open! Apply: www.eou27.cz/call-for-sym... #EOU2027
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Adam Lendvai @lendvaiaz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The departmental seminars @evozoodeb.bsky.social will start next week. The first presentation is by Prof. Hans Hofmann (Uni Texas): "Behavioral and Neuroendocrine Homeostasis in Highly Variable Environments". Join the live stream on Monday 07 Sept, at 12:00 CEST at www.youtube.com/channel/UCIe...
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University of Debreceni - Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Humanbiology
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Adam Lendvai @lendvaiaz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Most birds had already left, so we felt rather lonely during the last field day of the season...
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George Olah @georgeolah.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Predicted corridors of the illegal parrot trafficking network in Mexico
Four maps labeled A through D show current values ranging 0 to 22,046 for Mexico and 0 to 853 for regional focus areas B, C, and D. (A) Cumulative predicted current map from the circuit theory analysis, highlighting the roads most likely used for illegal parrot trade. Hotspots are shown for central (B), western (C), and southeastern (D) Mexico, with warmer colors indicating higher predicted trafficking flow.
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Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Come and work with us (the Kokkonuts) as a postdoc! Our research within (theory-evo-eco) is broad; let's say it's implicitly defined by the journal club papers we read. Which is why the application process includes a JC-related task, I hope it'll be a fun one for you! www.evoldir.net/brian/evoldi...
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Adam Lendvai @lendvaiaz.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This geometrid caterpillar looks so much as a twig that even iNaturalist's amazing AI identified it as a Fraxinus (ash) species! A different angle gives it away though :)
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Adam Lendvai @lendvaiaz.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
An improvised camera obscura (made in 2 minutes from a cardboard box) proved surprisingly effective for observing the solar eclipse (partial from my location). I was also stunned by this nice reflection on this casual phone pic.
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European Ornithologists' Union @eounion.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
🗓️ SAVE THE DATE! Join us for our 16th meeting in Brno, Czech Republic! #EOU2027 | 23 - 27 August 2027 | www.eou27.cz Stay tuned for more updates! #ornithology 🦅
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THE 16 th EOU Conference 2027! – THE 16 th EOU Conference 2027!
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Adam Lendvai @lendvaiaz.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
At the #Danube, near Budapest. This boat is supposed to be in the water... And the driest month of the year is still ahead of us! #drought #climate
A stranded boat on the banks of the Danube River in August 2026
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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 25/07/2026
New issue of #PhilTransB: Ecological #epigenetics at the intersection of behaviour and life history variation in non-model animals. Read #OA: buff.ly/6v4pqCo
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Barbara Tschirren @btschirren.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
🌟🌟 Postdoc position in Disease Ecology & Nature-Based Solutions 🌟🌟 We are looking for a creative and highly motivated Postdoctoral Researcher to join the UKRI @netpositivecentre.bsky.social and the @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful Cornwall, UK. careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/11... 🦠🌳🏙️🌍🗺️🐝 🦌🕷️
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Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow in Cornwall | University of Exeter
View details and apply for this Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow vacancy in Cornwall. Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow This UKRI funded full-time post is available from 01/1...
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Kees van Oers @keesvanoers.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Wonderful new initiative at ESEB! If you have ideas how to make Evolutionary Biology Research more impactful: your ideas are wanted!!
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Adam Lendvai @lendvaiaz.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I didn't know about this and suspected this might be AI, but nature is even more amazing 🤩
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Adam Lendvai @lendvaiaz.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
As 🇳🇴 takes on 🇧🇷 tonight, let's see if we'll get another Viking Row. I'm pretty sure it was inspired by our colleague from the Polish Academy of Sciences sprint-rowing an inflatable boat to catch a whiskered tern within the 3-minute sampling window. 😁
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Adam Lendvai @lendvaiaz.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The evolutionary ecology conference #Exe2026 in #Cornwall was a fantastic meeting. Phenomenal plenaries, outstanding contributed talks, inspiring discussions, and fun social programs. Pictured is the final conference dinner in an unforgettable setting. Bonus photo below. 👇
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Nature @nature.com · 05/07/2026
New leader of the National Academy of Sciences Neil Shubin warns: ‘a society that loses science loses the future’ go.nature.com/3SVNXI7
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Incoming US science academy chief vows to ‘double down’ on research
Nature - New leader of the National Academy of Sciences Neil Shubin warns: ‘a society that loses science loses the future’.
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Adam Lendvai @lendvaiaz.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I learnt a lot last week during the Bayesian Population Analysis workshop organised by @zoltannemeth.bsky.social @evozoodeb.bsky.social and delivered by Marc Kéry & Michael Schaub @vogelwarte.bsky.social. Very powerful tools. Many thanks for making this happen! 👏
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Adam Lendvai @lendvaiaz.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
It was a pleasure to host Dr Flora Stephano in Debrecen @evozoodeb.bsky.social. As Head of the Dept. of Zoology and Wildlife Conservation @ University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, she gave an overview of their department - a lot of overlapping interests and opportunities for new collaborations!
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Gebrehaweria K Reda @redagebrek.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Our work has been published in Phil Trans B. doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
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Unpredictability and adaptive responses to dietary variability in Japanese quail
Abstract. Understanding animals’ molecular mechanisms of adaptation to unpredictable changes in dietary availability provides insights into how organisms o
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Adam Lendvai @lendvaiaz.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
It’s fair to say I wouldn’t be a field biologist today without the influence of David Attenborough. I grew up on his books and films, and he continues to inspire me to this day. To celebrate his 100th birthday, we’ve organised a nature photography contest @evozoodeb.bsky.social. #Attenborough100
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Adam Lendvai @lendvaiaz.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
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Environmental Variability Shapes Life‐History Trade‐Offs Within and Between Populations of a Long‐Lived Seabird
Life-history theory predicts a trade-off between allocation of resources to reproduction or self-maintenance, yet how environmental variability shapes this trade-off remains poorly understood. We sho....
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Adam Lendvai @lendvaiaz.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I rarely think much about the Acknowledgments section. This time I do. It reflects how much collective effort went into this paper and our dedication to Ela Hau, who tragically passed away while we were finalizing this work. J Anim Ecol – heritable glucocorticoid plasticity bit.ly/4anJXqc
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Science Magazine @science.org · 16/02/2026
Researchers report creating RNAs that can generate a sort of mirror image of themselves and use that template to generate the original. Learn more: scim.ag/46F2BHN
Boosting origin of life theory, RNA comes close to copying itself
Some RNA molecules can create their own mirror images, suggesting similar molecules could have sparked life
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
💥Ignite: Caloric restriction-mediated reproductive lifespan extension across multiple strains of the clonal aquatic plant Lemna turionifera 📷 © Robert A. Laird vist.ly/4q3f9 #Aging #CaloricRestriction #IntraSpecificVariation #Lemnacea #Lemnoideae #Longevity
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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Proud to present: Suitcase Science, a new outreach format containing 6 assignments to take on a journey to schools in the region, to teach kids about terns, how to study them, their fascinating behaviour and some of the things that threaten them. Wanna book us? Drop me a line. :-)
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Jordan S. Martin @jsmartin.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
I am looking for a PhD student to join my new Socio-Eco-Evo group, hosted in Katie Peichel's Evolutionary Ecology Division @ University of Bern. We're offering a fully funded 4-year position, studying social plasticity and behavioral adaptation among stickleback in Greenland. Please share around!
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Adam Lendvai @lendvaiaz.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Co-authorship 'rules' are tricky and often unfair. Isn't it crazy that Franz X. Süssmayr, who wrote about half of the so-called "Mozart Requiem" and Franco Alfano, who wrote a third of Turandot, didn't even make it to the Acknowledgements...? 🤔
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Adam Lendvai @lendvaiaz.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
I've seen these animations here and there on the net, but I just found their source: this amazing YouTube channel by @drewberry.bsky.social , which is a goldmine. From malaria lifecycle to signal transduction - full of super cool stuff! youtu.be/Xe-83tBcxhs?...
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DNA Break Repair by Homologous Recombination (2024) Drew Berry wehi.tv
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Elina Mäntylä @elinamantyla.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Furic et al. Warm and cool temperatures decrease early‐life telomere length in wild pied flycatchers nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #ornithology
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Warm and cool temperatures decrease early‐life telomere length in wild pied flycatchers
Climate change represents a major challenge for avian species. It is characterized by an increase in average ambient temperatures, but also by an increase of extreme weather events, such as heatwaves...
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𝙱.𝙺. 𝚂𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚘𝚌𝚔 @bksandercock.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Field excursion to Hortobágy after the PhD Conference on Evolution and Biodiversity at the University of Debrecen in Hungary.
Hortobágy FishpondsStudents from University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic BirdwatchersPrzewalski's horses
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Adam Lendvai @lendvaiaz.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
From modern tools for ecological monitoring to smart ways to make sense of messy real-world data - including occupancy & N-mixture models - this presentation showed how quantitative ecology can help tackle the biodiversity crisis. A stimulating talk by Brett Sandercock @bksandercock.bsky.social
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EOU Fledglings @eoufledglings.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
🚨 Last call for abstracts! 🚨 Only 7 days left to submit your abstract for the EOU Fledglings Meeting 2026 🐣 🗓 Deadline: 16 January 2026 🎤 Oral & poster presentations welcome 🌍 Conference for early-career ornithologists 👉https://eounion.org/fledglings Don’t miss out — we’d love to see your work! ✨🦉
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Adam Lendvai @lendvaiaz.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Tamas Szekely (l) introducing Robert Thomson (r) from @africanornithology.bsky.social. Robert gave a fascinating talk about how Sociable Weavers act as ecosystem engineers in the Kalahari. Their massive nests drive biodiversity & species interactions, featuring the remarkable African Pygmy Falcons.
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Adam Lendvai @lendvaiaz.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Eva B. Thorstad @evathorstad.bsky.social from @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social talks about conservation issues in the Atlantic coast and beyond, at the Evolution & Biodiversity PhD conference in Debrecen
Eva B. Thorstad giving a plenary talk
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Adam Lendvai @lendvaiaz.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Jacint Tökölyi from @evozoodeb.bsky.social explains that freshwater hydra die in sterilized water: they need bacteria for a healthy microbiome. Evolution & Biodiversity PhD conference in Debrecen
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Adam Lendvai @lendvaiaz.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Oliver Krüger talking about how eagle owl population recovery affects biodiversity and community structure at the Evolution & Biodiversity PhD conference in Debrecen, @evozoodeb.bsky.social
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Adam Lendvai @lendvaiaz.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Nowadays snow became rare in Hungary, so it's a refreshing setting for the Evolution & Biodiversity PhD conference taking place these days (Jan 8-11) in Debrecen, coorganised by @evozoodeb.bsky.social I'll post some highlights from the meeting.
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eLife @elife.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Are peer reviewers influenced by their work being cited?
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Coercive citations
Reviewer citation requests can turn peer review into a transaction rather than an objective critique of the article.
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Arcadia Science @arcadiascience.com · 29/12/2025
A free, open-access library of high-quality organism illustrations for science communication
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A free, open-access library of high-quality organism illustrations for science communication
We create vector graphics of model organisms and emerging biological research organisms to enhance our publications. We’re sharing these editable graphics under a CC0 license for other scientists to...
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Piret Avila @piretavila.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
📢 I'm hiring! 3-year postdoc in theoretical evolutionary ecology at University of Helsinki 🇫🇮 Apply: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-Postdoctoral-Researcher-in-Theoretical-Evolutionary-Biology/1348955157/ #AcademicJobs #Postdoc #EvolutionaryEcology #TheoreticalEcology #ScienceJobs #AcademicChatter
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Theoretical Evolutionary Biology
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Adam Lendvai @lendvaiaz.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
We've been teaching a course where students need to find a question, design an expmnt, collect field data, analyse, write it up and then assess each other through peer review. This is the first year when this fell apart due to AI use at all stages (but data collection) to replace critical thinking.
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Adam Lendvai @lendvaiaz.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Some addition to my ever-growing reading list...
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Alexei Maklakov @alexeimaklakov.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Controlled settings may offer limited insight into the complexities of ageing in natural and variable ecosystems, and why (and how) ageing patterns vary so widely across individuals, populations, and species. We call for more research on ecology of ageing! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Ecological Perspectives on Aging
Controlled settings may offer limited insight into the complexities of aging in natural and variable ecosystems. Artwork by Zahida Sultanova.
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Adam Lendvai @lendvaiaz.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Excited for this one. Hannah’s research is top-notch and she’s a great speaker!
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Euan Angus Young @euantheyoung.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
1/13 New paper out! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Historical records across thousands of women showed that mothers with more children had shorter lifespans during a famine, fitting an evolutionary explanation for why we age @hannahdugdale.bsky.social @lummaalab.bsky.social @erikpostma.bsky.social
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Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
🚨🚨Job! 🚨🚨Permanent (75% time) job! We are a pretty awesome research group & seek a manager who deals with everything: personnel tasks, organizing retreats, preparing code for teaching / data structures for research... Fluency in German & English essential. stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/51527
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Adam Lendvai @lendvaiaz.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
I politely declined MDPI Birds’ “editorial board” invitation. Twice. No reply, just more invites. I now realise I was the academic equivalent of someone wiring money to a Nigerian widow... Lesson learned. Spam filter on.
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Adam Lendvai @lendvaiaz.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Wheatears are very cool (and sometimes hard to ID in the field). This is an interesting paper describing the genetic background behind their colour variation. Good stuff for another daily avian hybridisation story @jenteo.bsky.social :)
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 06/10/2025
Body surface temperatures as biomarkers of physiological environmental adaptation in wild birds and mammals | onlinelibrary.wiley.... | Biological Reviews | #ornithology 🪶
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