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About the author

Jente Ottenburghs

Jente Ottenburghs is the BOU’s Journal Publicity Officer and resident science writer. He is a curious evolutionary biologist with a passion for writing. He obtained his PhD from Wageningen University (the Netherlands) where he studied the genetic consequences of hybridization between several goose species. After a postdoc at Uppsala University (Sweden), he returned to Wageningen University for a lecturer position in ecology. Apart from his goose work, Jente manages the Avian Hybrids Project, a website and blog that gathers the scientific literature on hybridization in birds.

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Grey plumage: What is it good for?

By Jente Ottenburghs|2021-08-24T07:41:36+00:0026 Aug 2021|adaptation, camouflage, colouration, selection, sexual dimorphism|

A correlative study explores several hypotheses.

The taxonomic grey zone of the Olive Woodpecker

By Jente Ottenburghs|2021-08-12T07:18:36+00:0012 Aug 2021|demography, diversification, evolution, gene flow, Genetics, Taxonomy|

Should this African woodpecker be classified as two or three species?

The pace-of-life of the Pied Flycatcher

By Jente Ottenburghs|2021-08-03T12:04:46+00:0029 Jul 2021|behaviour, ecology, foraging|

Searching for a link between metabolism and personality.

The rise of the Greater White-fronted Goose

By Jente Ottenburghs|2021-08-03T12:07:38+00:0015 Jul 2021|agriculture, climate change, population dynamics, sustainable hunting|

What factors explain the recent population increase in North America?

Pheasants in the mountains

By Jente Ottenburghs|2021-07-01T07:12:23+00:001 Jul 2021|behaviour, camara traps, competition, habitat selection, niche overlap|

How can three pheasant species coexist on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau?

How do Darwin’s finches cope with parasites?

By Jente Ottenburghs|2021-07-09T11:31:08+00:0017 Jun 2021|Bird Protection, foraging, nestling food, parasitism|

A recent study tested the parental food compensation hypothesis.

Antarctic foragers

By Jente Ottenburghs|2021-06-11T11:27:39+00:003 Jun 2021|distribution, foraging, Seabirds|

Do Adélie penguins from two small colonies forage in different areas?

Forest fires influence the diet of Spotted Owls in California

By Jente Ottenburghs|2021-06-11T11:28:38+00:0020 May 2021|birds of prey, forest birds, predation|

These owls consume more flying squirrels after extensive and frequent wildfires.

The big journey of the little stint

By Jente Ottenburghs|2021-05-02T11:53:35+00:006 May 2021|annual cycle, Migration, shorebirds, waders|

How do these small waders manage to migrate between South Africa and Siberia?

How to camouflage your nest

By Jente Ottenburghs|2021-04-17T12:12:58+00:0019 Apr 2021|Breeding, camouflage, nest predation|

Does the addition of white objects lead to better camouflage?

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