roberto-vento.bsky.social @roberto-vento.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Huge shout out to leading researcher Andries Janse Van Vuuren, at that time my supervisor and now a very close friend, and the great prof. Sjouke Kingma. And of course to the other coauthors Ara Monadjem, Kat Bebbington, Kevin Matson! I have loved working in the Social Savanna Project! 000
Reposted by @roberto-vento.bsky.socialNL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026New publication: Family life is critical for migration and survival in a long-lived social #bird, by @hanslinssen.bsky.social @bartnolet.bsky.social and others. #Bewicksswan #sociallearning #waterfowl #biodiversity doi.org/10.1007/s002... 02313
Reposted by @roberto-vento.bsky.socialBehavioural Biology Netherlands (NVG) @gedragsbiologie.bsky.social · 17/06/2026The new NVG website is now live and has finally joined the modern era! 🎉 Check it out at www.gedragsbiologie.nlgedragsbiologie.nlHome - Nederlandse Vereniging voor Gedragsbiologie (NVG) 063
roberto-vento.bsky.social @roberto-vento.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Welcome Clara! Good to see you here. 001
roberto-vento.bsky.social @roberto-vento.bsky.social · 17/09/20263) However, according to the data we collected over several field seasons (spending several months in eSwatini, South Africa, was wonderful!), having more individuals in the social group does NOT result in more food being brought to the chicks. 110
roberto-vento.bsky.social @roberto-vento.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Compensatory offspring growth 2) Although they lay smaller eggs than females in smaller groups – smaller size in chicks – by 11 days of age, chicks from larger groups are also larger than chicks of the same age from smaller social groups. Chicks that are larger at fledging are more likely to survive 110
roberto-vento.bsky.social @roberto-vento.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Prenatal load-lightening 1) Females belonging to larger groups lay smaller eggs (lower maternal investment), making it easier to lay replacement eggs should the previous clutch fail. This is beneficial for a population that frequently fails to reproduce due to pressure from numerous predators. 110
roberto-vento.bsky.social @roberto-vento.bsky.social · 17/09/2026In this species, the only benefit of living in larger social groups known until now was that a greater number of individuals in a single social group could control a larger territory, thereby obtaining a greater number of resources. 110
roberto-vento.bsky.social @roberto-vento.bsky.social · 17/09/2026My Master’s thesis on the benefits of co-operation in the Arrow-marked babbler is now published in Behavioural Ecology! Link for the article: academic.oup.com/beheco/artic... On Researchgate: www.researchgate.net/publication/... 153
Reposted by @roberto-vento.bsky.socialNLSEB @nlseb.bsky.social · 20/02/2026We are excited to welcome you to the #NLSEB2026 meeting that will be held on Tuesday April 14 at Akoesticum in Ede! The deadline for abstract submission is March 1st! To register and to learn more about this event, visit our webpage: www.nlseb.nl/nlseb-meetings We hope to see you all there! 072
roberto-vento.bsky.social @roberto-vento.bsky.social · 25/11/2025To initiate my Bluesky profile: this June, I got a dream PhD position working with the #Seychelleswarbler! Then, I presented the result of the internship at the latest European Ornithological Union in UK and in the Italian ornithological conference. Last week I presented my PhD project at the NVG. 010
Reposted by @roberto-vento.bsky.socialBehavioural Biology Netherlands (NVG) @gedragsbiologie.bsky.social · 18/11/2025The abstract book and full program for the upcoming NVG meeting (19-21 November, Hotel Zuiderduin, Egmond aan Zee) are now available. You can view them here: www.gedragsbiologie.nl/wp-content/u... www.gedragsbiologie.nl/wp-content/u...gedragsbiologie.nl 022