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Libby Chapman

@libbychaps.bsky.social
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PhD student researching rabbit social behaviour in Exeter • previously blue tit nests in St Andrews and Soay sheep in Edinburgh • (she/her) 🌿 linktr.ee/libbychaps

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Behavioral Ecology @behavecol.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The role of personal reproductive experience on nest building in a wild bird #NestBuilding #Birds doi.org/10.1093/behe...
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Libby Chapman @libbychaps.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Exciting to see our paper on nest building in wild blue tits as the editor's choice in this issue! doi.org/10.1093/behe... 🪺
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Irene Godoy @irene-godoy.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
@libbychaps.bsky.social representing @crab-exeter.bsky.social and presenting “SOCIAL, BEHAVIOURAL, AND MORPHOLOGICAL ONTOGENY IN WILD EUROPEAN RABBITS” at @isbe2026.bsky.social in Turin.
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Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour (CRAB) @crab-exeter.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Thanks to our colleagues from around the world who signed the Open Letter against redundancies in CRAB. The letter surpassed 700 signatures in just over 1 wk. We hope execs will now see the harm they are doing to the University of Exeter's global reputation. sites.google.com/view/save-cr...
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As of 2026-07-14, this open letter has been signed by 754 people Signatories include 198 Professors and members of 11 National Academies, including 12 Fellows of the Royal Society (FRS) Signatories a...
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Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
@crab-exeter.bsky.social are a fantastic group of researchers, and a real beacon of excellence for Exeter. What a huge and deeply sad act of self sabotage this would be. Please consider signing their open letter👇🏻
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Natalie Hempel @nataliehempel.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
500 academics are threatened with compulsory redundancy at the University of Exeter, most in Humanities, and also in the Sciences arbitrarily targeting diverse research groups. The university is in a strong financial position. Support us, sign this petition c.org/yKcx6Zr29H
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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The University of Exeter is not in budget deficit. Yet are proposing to cut 150 academic jobs. This include my job. Please sign and share the petition, write our Vice Chancellor, to your MP, and get the word out about the act of self harm this university is about to commit. c.org/yKcx6Zr29H
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Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter
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Libby Chapman @libbychaps.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Super happy to share some work from my masters project with @cogwild.bsky.social 🪺 Using six years of data from blue tits, we show that wild birds make decisions about their nest design based on their reproductive success in the previous year. 📄 doi.org/10.1093/behe...
Graphic showing the results of the research article in cartoon birds and nest illustrations.
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Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour (CRAB) @crab-exeter.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
CRAB Posters at #ASABSpring2026 from @helephantmylne.bsky.social , Bryony Jenkins, Eleanor Benson, Sophie Pettit , and Henry Moreau-Smith (Pictures taken in the very rare gaps when they didn't have customers)
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Libby Chapman @libbychaps.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Implications of large herbivore extinctions! For fans of megafauna past and present 🦣🌾🍄
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Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour (CRAB) @crab-exeter.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Late-reporting, but last year some of our CRABbers headed up to Edinburgh to present their posters at the @asab.org Winter meeting. Well done all! @libbychaps.bsky.social @charli-ocean.bsky.social and @ Manuela Carona R
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Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour (CRAB) @crab-exeter.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Festive Season in CRAB, which we celebrate with a quiz and by rediscovering the password to the CRAB Bluesky account.
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Delphine De Moor @delphinedemoor.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
@ingeridh.bsky.social gave a great talk about her work investigating squirrel caching behaviour using accelerometers in a very interesting session led by Hemal Naik & Ebi Antony George on using machine learning in animal behaviour research🧑‍💻🐿️
Ingerid with her title slide showing a squirrel peaking from behind a treeFull room attending the session on machine learning in animal behaviour research
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Sam Ellis @samellisq.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Funded PhD Available at the University of Exeter. Loneliness is a global epidemic. We want to use field experiments in wild rabbits to understand why our social connections change with age. Deadline: 11th Dec More info & how to apply here: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo...
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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
New PhD opportunity on social behaviour in the context of ecological disturbance with me, @mdekauwe.bsky.social, and others. Sept 2025 start, funded by NERC Apply by Jan 13. Project and application details: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
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