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Devin de Zwaan2023-12-07T09:04:07+00:007 Dec 2023|BOU members, BOU-funded, Conferences, News, scicomm, science blogging, science communication|
Attending EOU2023 was an enriching experience and opportunity to share my work and networking with other researchers
Cognition helps birds respond to man-made noise
Grace Blackburn2023-12-04T10:28:08+00:004 Dec 2023|corvids, Disturbance, early-career researcher|
Magpies with better cognitive performance cope better with anthropogenic noise
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Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)2023-11-26T14:15:19+00:0030 Nov 2023|antipredator behaviour, bird-human interactions, Disturbance, fledgling survival, nest predation, predation|
Stray dogs have a larger effect than humans.
Fly high to cool down?
Sissel Sjöberg2023-11-27T11:20:24+00:0027 Nov 2023|bio-logging, bird movements, Migration, temperature|
Migratory birds mitigate solar heating by ascending to higher altitudes
Presenting at #EOU2023
Samuele Ramellini2023-11-23T09:26:47+00:0023 Nov 2023|BOU members, BOU-funded, Conferences, News, scicomm, science blogging, science communication|
Attending EOU2023 was an enriching experience and opportunity to share my work and networking with other researchers
Sex roles and sex ratios
Tamás Székely2023-11-20T09:31:54+00:0020 Nov 2023|Breeding, breeding biology, reproduction, sexual dimorphism, shorebirds|
What do shorebirds teach us about the evolution of breeding systems?
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Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)2023-11-15T10:10:44+00:0016 Nov 2023|bird movements, connectivity, dispersal, DNA sequencing, gene flow, Genetics, hummingbirds, population structure|
Genetic analyses reveal female-mediated gene flow from north to south.
Experiences as a Queer lover of nature
Robyn Hickman2023-11-09T09:43:30+00:0016 Nov 2023|BOU members, BOU-funded, Conferences, diversity, Diversity Blog, equality and diversity, LGBTQIA+, News|
Robyn Hickman (they / them) of the RSPB’s LGBTQIA+ Network the Starlings writes about their experience as a Queer lover of nature
What variable to choose?
Krista N Oswald2023-11-13T09:13:17+00:0013 Nov 2023|adaptation, Africa, climate, climate change, monitoring, physiology, reproduction|
Implications of variable choice when estimating vulnerability to climate change
The healing power of nature
Anna Franklin2023-11-13T10:37:15+00:009 Nov 2023|BOU members, BOU-funded, Conferences, diversity, Diversity Blog, equality and diversity, LGBTQIA+, News|
Anna Franklin (they / them) of the RSPB’s LGBTQIA+ Network the Starlings writes about their experience as a Queer lover of nature
The first migration of Icelandic Whimbrel
Camilo Carneiro2023-11-06T09:02:38+00:006 Nov 2023|annual cycle, behaviour, bird movements, creative writing, gps tags, Migration|
How do 60 day old whimbrels reach their wintering sites?
The call of the Striped Cuckoo
Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)2023-10-27T13:57:52+00:002 Nov 2023|acoustic monitoring, annual cycle, behaviour, breeding biology, Cuckoos, mate selection, passive acoustic monitoring, song, vocalisations|
This species uses two vocalisations for different purposes.