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Tyler Bonnell

@tylerbonnell.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor, University of Calgary: evolution and development of social animals, statistics, ML/AI.

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Elizabeth Hobson @elizabethhobson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I am recruiting new parakeet postbacs to join my research team! If you are (or know of) someone who recently graduated undergrad & is looking to build research experience prior to applying to grad school or a career path (and you like animal sociality and cognition) apply here! tinyurl.com/59rf8jcy
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Recruiting parakeet research contractors
Recruiting parakeet research technicians!   The Hobson Lab at the University of Cincinnati is recruiting research contractors on our Monk Parakeet sociality and cognition project at our resear…
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Zoë Goldsborough @zoegoldsborough.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
📣🎓 Open #PhD Position (3.5 years) 🎓📣 Want to come work with me on culture and social bonds in apes? 🐵 Apply to join my new group in the @livingingroups.bsky.social at @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social. Full job posting: imprs-qbee.mpg.de/131133/cultu... Deadline 📅 23 October 2026 Please share widely!
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Erin Siracusa @erinsiracusa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Animals are known to prefer kin as social partners. But non-kin bonds are surprisingly common too. So, who forms them, how stable are they & what drives them? In our new @animbehsociety.bsky.social paper we tackle these overlooked questions in free-living rhesus macaques: tinyurl.com/mwsbkjve (1/5)
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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🦌💩🦠 PhD opportunity! I am recruiting a fully-funded PhD student at the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine to study the causes and consequences of gut microbiome variation in caribou. Start date is flexible. Please share!
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Amiyaal Ilany @amiyaal.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Looking for a postdoc fellowship to study sociality and the microbiome? Talk to me about applying to this excellent fellowship: azrielifoundation.org/fellows/inte...
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International Postdoctoral Fellowship - The Azrieli Foundation
The Azrieli Fellows Program is an elite group of academics who cultivate a network of leading professionals in Israel and around the world.
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LaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
We’re seeking highly motivated MSc and PhD students to join the Animal Cognition Research Group at the University of Alberta in Fall 2027! 🐦 All positions are funded: MSc: 2.3 years PhD: 5 years Applications: Sept. 1–Dec. 1, 2026 sites.psych.ualberta... PsychUAlberta 🧪 1/2
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Elizabeth Hobson @elizabethhobson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I am recruiting another postbac for this research project, ideally for someone to start in Aug/Sept 2026 (soon!!). Please share with anyone who might be interested! tinyurl.com/59rf8jcy
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Zoë Goldsborough @zoegoldsborough.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Imagine you are a white-faced capuchin monkey on Jicarón island learning how to use stone tools 🔨 Your mother does not use tools, so who do you turn to as a model? Our new manuscript answering this question is out now in Animal Behaviour @asab.org. doi.org/10.1016/j.an.... A 🧵 of our findings (1/10)
A juvenile white-faced capuchin monkey eating a coconut. Photo credits Christian Ziegler
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Julia Strand @juliafstrand.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
My department is hiring 2 (TWO!) Tenure Track faculty in Developmental Psych and Biological Psych, to start Fall 2027. Deadlines 9/1 (Developmental) and 10/1 (Biological). More info here: www.carleton.edu/psychology/i.... Reach out with questions! carleton.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Carlet...
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Assistant Professor in Developmental Psychology
The Carleton Psychology Department is seeking candidates for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Developmental Psychology (preferably with a focus on social, personality, and/or identity de...
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Gerry Carter @gerrycarter.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Job posting: Associate Professor in behavioral ecology and cultural evolution within the Department of Ecology and Evolution (DEE) at the University of Lausanne. Deadline for applications is 30.09.2026: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli... (there is a button to switch to English at the top right)
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Paddy Tkaczynski @paddytkaczynski.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The Horizon MSCA Postdoc fellowship deadline is approaching: url-shortener.me/OLZ3 If ur a postdoc interested in endangered primate (Barbary macaque) genomics, we (www.plasticprimateslab.com) have a lot data ready to go + more samples on the way! Pls get in touch before 10 August if interested.
Barbary macaque infant reaching out while being groomed
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Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
How do you find your social spot? Chloe Vilete shows that velvet build their social strategies with strong positive feedback loops
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Paddy Tkaczynski @paddytkaczynski.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
🚨🐵 Paid primate work: We are seeking a new camp and research coordinator for the Born To Be Wild Project; Tazekka National Park, Morocco: Details here (sadly due to funding constraints only available for EU, and potentially UK applicants at a push): groups.google.com/a/g-groups.w...
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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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Danai Papageorgiou @danaipapageorgiou.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Almost synchronously with our new @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social paper on “Levelling: behaviours that constrain inequality in animal societies”, I'm also excited to advertise the first PhD student position in my Emmy Noether project @humboldtuni.bsky.social
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Francisco Rodriguez-Sanchez @frodsan.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
#StatsPubs No matter how many times you read it, this paper on hierarchical GAMs keeps giving. Clear model explanations together with R code (mgcv). So useful! doi.org/10.7717/peer... Thanks for writing @ericjpedersen.bsky.social, D. Miller, @gsimpson.bsky.social @noamross.net
In this paper, we discuss an extension to two popular approaches to modeling complex structures in ecological data: the generalized additive model (GAM) and the hierarchical model (HGLM). The hierarchical GAM (HGAM), allows modeling of nonlinear functional relationships between covariates and outcomes where the shape of the function itself varies between different grouping levels. We describe the theoretical connection between HGAMs, HGLMs, and GAMs, explain how to model different assumptions about the degree of intergroup variability in functional response, and show how HGAMs can be readily fitted using existing GAM software, the mgcv package in R. We also discuss computational and statistical issues with fitting these models, and demonstrate how to fit HGAMs on example data. All code and data used to generate this paper are available at: github.com/eric-pedersen/mixed-effect-gams.
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Eliza Bliss-Moreau @eblissmoreau.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Spread the word! We are recruiting for 6 new research professors at UC Davis' California National Primate Research Center. Open rank, open area, but must leverage 🐒 resources. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07561
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6 Positions - Assistant, Associate, Full Professional Researcher
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I would have preferred to have the "draw the rest of the owl" meme on the cover, but this will do. Seems like it is on schedule, and we'll leave some typos so you know we didn't write it with AI.
cover of the book "Bayesian Workflow" by Gelman, Vehtari, et al. Coming out later this year, in the summer probably.
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Dr Chris Young @drchrisyoung.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Job Alert 🚨: We are looking for field assistants to join our research projects in South Africa studying chacma baboons. Expenses coved. Please get in touch if interested and share widely. See attached advert 👇 @tylerbonnell.bsky.social
Description of the field position and duties
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Christina Nord @ina820.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
1/7 New paper in Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology: do juvenile vervet monkeys inherit their mothers' dominance rank — and if so, how? We followed 3 birth cohorts across 5 years to find out. 🧵 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Matthew Silk @mattjsilk.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
New (competition funded) PhD opportunity with me, @iaciac.bsky.social and @dralgernon.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Higher-order networks and animal communication. Suited to someone keen on network science theory/computational modeling and keen to adapt this to ecology & evolution.
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Sandra E. Smith Aguilar @sandrateles-esmag.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I'm really happy to share this paper showing a relationship between social integration and offspring survival in female spider monkeys. I was lucky to work on this with Cristina Jasso, @grf.bsky.social and a great group of collaborators. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Social integration in temporal multiplex association networks predicts offspring survival in female geoffroy’s spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) - Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology - While sociality is considered an important factor influencing female reproductive success, it is unclear how temporal social dynamics relate to it. We address...
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Elizabeth Hobson @elizabethhobson.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I've updated the job link, this one is more stable! tinyurl.com/59rf8jcy
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Recruiting parakeet research technicians
Recruiting parakeet research technicians!   The Hobson Lab at the University of Cincinnati is recruiting 2 research technicians on our Monk Parakeet sociality and cognition project at our rese…
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Jaclyn Aubin @jaclynaubin.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Our new review of beluga sociality and culture just dropped at Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology! Some of our key conclusions summarized 🧵 doi.org/10.1007/s002... @marine-valeria.bsky.social @dmennill.bsky.social @raincoast.org
A white beluga surfacing in greenish-brown waters. Overlaid is the title of a new review published in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology: Beluga Societies: the social and cultural lives of an enigmatic odontocete.
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Tim Fawcett @timwfawcett.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Fully funded #PhD studentships, start Sept 2026: 1. Weaponry and aggression in wild fiddler crabs, with me, Safi Darden, Martin How tinyurl.com/weaponsPhD 2. The emotional basis of behaviour, with me, Danny Williamson, Andy Higginson tinyurl.com/emotionsPhD #AnimalBehaviour @crab-exeter.bsky.social
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RTG 2906 Curiosity @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
🐒 Would you like to study the fantastic Assamese macaques at the Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary in Thailand? Apply for a PhD position in our A2 project led by @primbehavecol.bsky.social! ⏰You can apply until tomorrow, December 20. More info here: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/open+posi...
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European Conference on Behavioural Biology @ecbb2026.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Line up! Slither up! Crawl up! Climb up! No matter how you're moving or on how many legs, it's time to find out our first ECBB 2026 plenary speaker. 🥁 🥁 🥁 It's the incredible @ljnbrent.bsky.social!
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Delphine De Moor @delphinedemoor.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Excited to introduce the Latent Layers Framework – now out in @behavecol.bsky.social – to help think through when and why network differences confound inference in (comparative) social network analysis! 🧵 tinyurl.com/3k3yahwy
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Andrew King @shoalgroup.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
PhD opportunity: MOVE Details: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c... Deadline: 12/01/26 Supervisors: @shoalgroup.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social, @wlallen.bsky.social, @nhcooper123.bsky.social, @marinapapa.bsky.social Apply: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/p...
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Cory Glover @cory-glover.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I'm on the job market! I graduate with my PhD in network science this April, seeking a postdoc in Atlanta or remote. I work on theoretical and data-driven problems under Albert-László Barabási. I love being the "math guy" on interdisciplinary teams. Want help studying networks? Please reach out!
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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Apply now for a NERC-funded PhD position with @andyradford.bsky.social & Patrick Kennedy at @bristolbiosci.bsky.social (with me as friendly 2nd supervisor down the road in @crab-exeter.bsky.social). Network cognition, cooperation, competition...what's not to like? www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Funded PhD NERC GW4+ DLTP - Social monitoring and manipulation of cooperative exchanges at University of Bristol on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Funded PhD NERC GW4+ DLTP - Social monitoring and manipulation of cooperative exchanges at University of Bristol, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Ben Kawam @benkawam.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
New paper! We propose a framework to empirically study animal social relationships by modelling social network (SN) data as time-series—that is, without the need to aggregate them over time. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Each dyad (a, b) moves through four discrete states over time, represented by coloured circles. The dyad remains in a given state for a certain duration, or "holding time", before transitioning to a new state according to state-specific transition probabilities, indicated by arrows showing all possible (non-zero) transitions. Paintings by Sofia M. Pereira & Judith von Nordheim.
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Alexis Breen @alexisjbreen.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
#CrowCoG is hiring🚨MULTIPLE PAID RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSITIONS 🚨for our 2026 field season (May - Sep)! Field and aviary-based positions - come help us study the remarkable tool-making New Caledonian crows. Apply here: bit.ly/3WlxxHE
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Greg Albery @gfalbery.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
I'm v excited to be recruiting a PhD student to work on badger behaviour and ecology! Starting date is March 2026; see the ad here, or message me for more details: www.gregalbery.me/s/March-2026...
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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
For what seems like forever, I've wanted to know what benefits we get from our friends - or in other words, why these relationships evolved. tinyurl.com/55dnkeh7
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Quality, quantity, and the adaptive function of social relationships
Affiliative social relationships have clear links to fitness in many species, yet exactly why that is the case remains elusive. We unify theory from socioecology and network science to set forth testa...
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ISBE2026 @isbe2026.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
#ISBE2026 Call for Abstracts is now open! Submit your abstract by 15 December 2025 on www.isbe2026.com @behavecol.bsky.social
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Ben Kawam @benkawam.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Are you studying animal sociality? My (now published) first PhD chapter proposes a Bayesian + causal framework to infer the factors shaping the social relationships that animals form with one another. journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
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A causal framework for the drivers of animal social network structure
Author summary Behavioural ecologists ask mechanistic questions about behaviour—causal questions. When studying animal societies, these questions often concern the drivers of social network structure....
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Elizabeth Hobson @elizabethhobson.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
**PhD POSITIONS** I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students to work on sociality and cognition in Monk Parakeets, starting Fall 2026. Full ad is here: hobsonresearch.com/index.php/20... (please help spread the word!)
Image showing Hobson Lab logo (with parakeets, a social network, and R code), two Monk Parakeets, and several individually-marked parakeets with the text "Now recruiting PhD students!!"
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Darren Croft @darrencroft.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
We are hiring - PDRA position exploring how information access shapes social dynamics in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social Prof Dan Franks (York) start 1st Nov (or ASAP) end 31st Oct 2028. Apps close on 19th Oct. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT336/p...
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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Postdoc job alert! We are hiring a NYU-based postdoc to work on our project on the social and environmental determinants of aging. The 3 year post will be based in James Higham's lab and will focus on endocrine, immune, and inflammatory aspects of aging. Please share! apply.interfolio.com/173938
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Edoardo Pietrangeli @edoardopietrangeli.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
🚨 PhD Opportunity – Primate Social Behavior We’re looking for a PhD student to analyze 20+ years of #SpiderMonkey behavioral data 🗓 Apply ASAP 💬 DM me for questions!
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Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Seeking a PhD in landscape ecology & applied conservation? Funded PhD project at @forestry.ubc.ca w/ Dr. Matthew Mitchell: * Stipend $32k/yr + benefits x 4 yrs * Start Jan or May 2026 * Collaborate w NCC & Metro Vancouver * Open until filled mgemitchell.weebly.com/opportunitie...
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Opportunities
Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Researcher Positions   There are currently two open graduate student position in the lab, please see details below! PhD Position : We are currently seeking a...
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Daniel Redhead @danielredhead.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
🐒🕸️ New preprint! Confused about how to model animal social networks? ASNA can be confusing—but also full of opportunity. We break down 5 common misunderstandings in animal social network analysis and share solutions from behavioural ecology, anthro, stats, & network science. Hope it helps! A 🧵
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Five misunderstandings in animal social network analysis
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Stephanie L King @stephanielking.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Excited to share that we have just been awarded a NERC Pushing the Frontiers grant to work on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins. We will soon advertise a 3 year post-doc to join the team - drop me an email if you might be interested! Pls share widely 🙏🏻
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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Looks like a fascinating volume of Phil. Trans. "Traditionally, attempts to understand animal cognition have often focused on existence of basic elements of human abilities in other species. [But]..." royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1929
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Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
💫 PLEASE SHARE 💫 I’m hiring a short-term program manager: * Flexible location in 🇨🇦 * Start date ASAP * Apply by Fri June 20 * Must already be legally allowed to work in 🇨🇦 * www.natureconservancy.ca/en/who-we-ar... #ConservationJobs
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michael chimento @mchimento.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
been a long time coming, there's now a preprint along with Will Hoppitt describing our new R package for creating, fitting and interpreting bayesian NBDA models (STBayes). www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... Documentation is here michaelchimento.github.io/STbayes/inde...
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birdsonglab.bsky.social @birdsonglab.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Exited about our first dynamic map of Adelaide's warblers' dawn chorus! Males sing many song types (colors & numbers) from the tops of tall trees in their territories. Here, you can see how they match one anothers' song types, causing songs 8, 3, 9, 21, and 5 to spread around the neighbourhood.
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Brendan Barrett @bjjbarrett.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
this paper about measuring dyadic paper in the context of causal inference which makes me weep with joy by @benkawam.bsky.social and is an example of what all should strive for doi.org/10.1101/2024...
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A causal framework for the drivers of animal social network structure
A major goal of behavioural ecology is to explain how phenotypic and ecological factors shape the networks of social relationships that animals form with one another. This inferential task is notoriou...
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