David López-Idiáquez

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Hiring/Seeking a *permanent* programmer in ecological modelling at my lab @unibonn.bsky.social. We mechanistically model plant communities, island biogeography, species range dynamics, eco-evolutionary feedbacks, diversity gradients, tropical forests, vascular epiphytes. Pls rt! shorturl.at/Bzzdt

Really pleased to see Daisy Abraham’s first paper out. About something we know very little about: what happens when birds “divorce”. We had extensive discussion with one reviewer about whether this was the appropriate term to use. “Permanent breaking of pair bond” feels too much of a mouthful…

Some recently published work with Amy Chabot and @denisreale.bsky.social out in Biological Conservation here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lV9p_9CgT...

The Local Organizing Commitee welcomes behavioral ecologists from across the world and of all career stages to enjoy a five-day meeting rich in top-notch science and ample networking opportunities in Turin (Italy), 20-24 July 2026.

Great tits show early signs of splitting up: researchers uncover social clues to bird 'divorce'

Wild great tits signal ‘divorce’ long before the breeding season — even in the winter, months before the couples rebreed with different partners in the following spring

New study with @universityofleeds.bsky.social in @royalsocietypublishing.org 👇
bit.ly/4lRt7TN
@sheldonbirds.bsky.social

Very happy to share that this work that I took part in via @forrt.bsky.social is receiving the 2025 Commendation of @improvingpsych.org !

Is that because spotting the tit boxes at Mount Ventoux count as fieldwork? :-)

and about the Ventoux stage in ToF, it seems!

Is there a quantitative genetics/evolutionary biology conference happening in Europe between Dec 2025 - April 2026?

New paper led by Jinggang Zhang just out in @royalsocietypublishing.org! We show that nestling redstarts learn to respond to calls of other species if hear them together with alarm calls of their own species doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

Si puedo usar un we en vez de I... Stay tuned haha

Gracias, Juan!😍

Congratulations to @nicolasjsilva.bsky.social for publishing another chapter from his PhD! 🎉🪶

We show how deep learning can reveal differences across sexes in a seemingly monomorphic species 🐦🐦

Check it out here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

#AnimalBehaviourJournal

Building & vigilance observations assistant applications are OPen estimated closing date : 2025-07-25 The Sociable Weaver Project is offering a position for a motivated field assistant with a keen interest in animal behaviour that will be in…

🚨Field assistant job in South Africa working with sociable weavers for nest building observations🚨

😎Experienced in behavioural observations?
🪹🪶Enjoy studying nest building and birds?

Find more information below! Applications close: 25/07/2025
sociableweaverproject.com/recruitment/...

@elcomidista.bsky.social, @mikeliturriaga.bsky.social, @monicaescudero.bsky.social, @mirgarcia.bsky.social
Nuevo llamamiento
Hay que dejar de tomar como normales cosas que de ninguna manera lo son.

Sobre cómo y porque tomé más de 22500 medidas de color en un mes y sobreviví Esta publicación de blog es proporcionada por David Lopez-Idiaquez y describe el #StoryBehindThePaper del artículo “Global patterns of colouration complexity in the Paridae: effects of climat…

Also in Spanish animalecologyinfocus.com/2025/07/02/s... (disculpas por adelantado por la errata en el título 🤦

On how and why I took more than 22,500 colour measurements in a month and survived This blog post is provided by David Lopez-Idiaquez and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Global patterns of colouration complexity in the Paridae: effects of climate and species chara…

On how and why I took more than 22,500 colour measurements in a month and survived animalecologyinfocus.com/2025/07/02/o...

😂😂

La caló

Estoy trabajando en ello! :-) Gracias Juan.

:-) 😍

Join our team? We're hiring a field tech for the year to work on our Secretarybird project:
hawkwatch.org/opportunitie...
Please share this opportunity!
#conservationjob #raptorresearch

Not as close as the one I had in Montpellier, which was literally in the garden

Really weak, but it seems that I have a new neighbour:-)

HISTORIC HEAT IN UK
Maxes up to 34C (28.4C Edinburgh among the most important June records).

Record High Minimums:
18.2 Aldergrove NORTHERN IRELAND HOTTEST JUNE NIGHT EVER
19.7 Yeovilton
19.7 Crosby
19.0 Keswick
18.9 Dunkeswell
18.7 Lyneham
17.3 Carlisle
16.7 Machrihanish
etc.

La portería de las becas de las que creo que hablas (de casi todas en general) es bastante mas pequeña... Animo!

Bogong moths use a stellar compass for long-distance navigation at night - Nature Every spring, Bogong moths use the starry night sky as a compass to navigate up to 1,000 km towards their alpine migratory goal.

The Australian bogong moth uses the Milky Way as compass during annual 100-mile journey to cool caves. This is shown by a groundbreaking study also revealing that the Earth's magnetic field plays an important role in the navigation of this mysterious moth. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Congrats!!!

Field team in Wytham Woods May 2025

Image of the new Biology Building, completed, and opening from August 2025

Lunch with the field team to celebrate another successful season - May 2025

Interested in Postdoc Research here in Oxford? Many projects possible using long-term population studies of birds, field & lab experiments with insect consumers, phenology of trees all in Wytham woods & based in new Biology building
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-p...