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A flyer advertising an open PhD position titled "Evolutionary Ecology of Avian Energetics" at the Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno. It is funded by the Czech Science Foundation (GACR). The text outlines a project investigating avian energy metabolites using fieldwork, macroevolutionary analyses, metabolomics, and advanced statistics. It lists essential qualifications including an MSc degree, and offers a fully funded position with guaranteed income and student housing. Applications require a CV, a max 400-word motivation letter, and references, submitted via a provided link. Review begins March 16, 2026. The flyer features photos of field researchers, a bird being measured with a blood glucose meter, and a research team working together around a table.

Fully funded 4-year PhD in Avian Evolutionary Physiology in Czechia! 🇨🇿🇪🇺
Join IVB CAS to study the evolutionary ecology of avian energetics (glucose/fatty acids).
🐦 Fieldwork (Barn swallows, passerines)
🧪 Metabolomics
💻 Adv. stats in R
Apply by March 16! 👇
forms.gle/AFkpt4foeV5i...
#EcoEvo #PhD

A comparison of methods to assess selective disappearance and quantify ageing
doi.org/10.32942/X2Q...

🚡¿Un teleférico a 30 metros de la Red Natura 2000 en Cantabria?

Hemos presentado alegaciones ante el proyecto del teleférico "Mirador del Pas" que afectaría a aves como el aguilucho pálido, el buitre leonado o el alimoche. 

+info https://seo.org/abogamos-por-la-restauracion-del-tunel-de-la-engana.

Scotland Outdoors - Tawny Owls, Pearl Mussels and Jelly Ears - BBC Sounds Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors

Our research on Tawny Owls at @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk was featured on this episode of BBC Radio Scotland - listen at: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

We discuss how we track Tawnies' movements and the way they are adapting to noisy and light-polluted areas

@dmdominoni.bsky.social
@iapetusdtp.bsky.social

Left: Adult and nestling White-throated Dipper (Cinclus cinclus; adult on top, chick below). Right: Microscopy images showing microplastics from nestling faecal samples. Birds were handled under license.

🔈New study!

Microplastics found in 62% of White-throated Dipper broods in Scotland & Basque Country. No body condition effects detected.

Led by @cmartin3.bsky.social

@sbohvm.gla.ac.uk
@aranzadiornito.bsky.social

🔗
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#Ornithology🐦 #Microplastics #Freshwater💧

Has anyone used Cayman Chemical kits for faecal glucocorticoid metabolite assays? Validating this kit for lizard faeces and on the struggle bus with some strange results. Trying to figure out if we've messed up the prep steps or the calculations. Would really appreciate some input/advice!

Left: Adult and nestling White-throated Dipper (Cinclus cinclus; adult on top, chick below). Right: Microscopy images showing microplastics from nestling faecal samples. Birds were handled under license.

🔈New study!

Microplastics found in 62% of White-throated Dipper broods in Scotland & Basque Country. No body condition effects detected.

Led by @cmartin3.bsky.social

@sbohvm.gla.ac.uk
@aranzadiornito.bsky.social

🔗
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#Ornithology🐦 #Microplastics #Freshwater💧

Effectiveness of territorial protection categories in conserving an endemic island bird during population fluctuation Static boundaries of protected areas failed to capture the Canary Islands stonechat's shifting distribution patterns.

Conservation on oceanic islands cannot rely on fixed lines on a map. If we want to safeguard endemic species, we need dynamic protection strategies that work not only in good times, but especially during population declines.
Read more: doi.org/10.1111/csp2...

Decline in body mass in adult (left) and nestling great tits. In the nestling plot, the purple line represents all nestling and the green line those that recruited to the population as breeders. Their different slope suggest an increase in the strength of selection on nestling mass something confirmed in the MS by analysing the temporal trends in selection differentials (see link for further information)

We have published a new pre-print showing a decline in great tit adult and nestling mass of around 1 gram in 47 y. [rate of approx. -0.040 Hadanes] With @ellafcole.bsky.social, @devisatarkar.bsky.social, Sam. Crofts, @mcmahok.bsky.social & @sheldonbirds.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

ExE 2026

Interested in the interface of evolution 🧬 and ecology 🌳? Then you cannot miss #ExE2026! Hosted by @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful #Cornwall, this #conference has a stellar line-up of speakers and lots of pre-and post-conference workshops. Space is limited, so register now at evoxeco.uk!

Join us for 4 days of cutting-edge Evolutionary Ecology research in beautiful Cornwall! 👇 #ExE2026

Warm and cool temperatures decrease early‐life telomere length in wild pied flycatchers Climate change represents a major challenge for avian species. It is characterized by an increase in average ambient temperatures, but also by an increase of extreme weather events, such as heatwaves...

Some (old) but new research being finally published 8 years after conducting the experiment!
@utu.fi @iphc-strasbourg.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/jav....

Please repost! We are looking for two field technicians to work on our deer mouse project in the Colorado Rockies this spring-fall. Learn about physiology, ecology, and evolution, all in one project! Not to mention that you get to be in the ⛰️. Reach out if you have any questions.

A blue tit nestling is held between a thumb and fingers during fieldwork. The chick’s fluffy grey head and yellow breast are visible, with a soft-focus outdoor background.

Our paper is Editor's Choice for the February Issue of @oikosjournal.bsky.social 🐣🐤🐥🎉

Using 10 years of data on great & blue tits, we show paler yellow plumage might be linked to urban-specific selection patterns.

OA: doi.org/10.1002/oik....
Data & code & supp. : doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

Excited to announce that I am organizing a symposium on "Microbiomes in Conservation" at #ISME20 in Auckland, New Zealand together with Madeleine van Oppen.

Consider submitting an abstract; it will be a fab conference! Deadline Feb 15!

isme-microbes.org/isme20-sessi...

@isme-microbes.bsky.social

New paper by my lab! PhD student @fallonmeng.bsky.social set out to use whole genome sequencing of Spotted Lanternfly from China & the US to better understand the invasion... and discovered that adapting to the city may be the key to their invasive success!
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

🌍🦠 ¿Por qué están aumentando las enfermedades emergentes?
Calentamiento global, urbanización, zoonosis, malaria, VIH, gripe, coronavirus…
Nuevo curso ONLINE sobre #SaludGlobal y cambio global.

📢 dMáxima difusión 🙏

Para inscribirse 👇👇👇👇
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Common Tern Museum at the Bantersee

Common Tern Museum at the Bantersee

View of the ice-bound Waddensee

Profs Miriam Liedvogel & Prof Sandra Bouwhuis - brilliant leaders of the Institute of Avian Research (with some old German ornithological leaders in the background)

A richly rewarding two days reviewing @ifv-whv.bsky.social: thriving under the brilliant leadership of Sandra Bouwhuis & Miriam Liedvogel. An exciting programme of research into avian migration & life histories with many future stars. Outstanding @commonternproject.bsky.social museum by frozen sea!

Plasma PYY concentrations in resident and migrant (during stopover) Common Blackbirds (Turdus merula) on Helgoland island (Germany)

(2/3) During autumn stopover at Helgoland, migratory Eurasian Blackbirds showed higher plasma peptide YY (PYY) than residents, possibly reflecting increased or differential foraging.

🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

(3/3) Big thanks to all co-authors:
@ifv-whv.bsky.social @genmig.bsky.social @fusanilab.bsky.social @jpartecke.bsky.social

... and to field teams and long-term research on Helgoland.

#Ornithology #Birds #Physiology #Migration #OpenScience @avianbiology.bsky.social @dornitholges.bsky.social

Plasma PYY concentrations in resident and migrant (during stopover) Common Blackbirds (Turdus merula) on Helgoland island (Germany)

(2/3) During autumn stopover at Helgoland, migratory Eurasian Blackbirds showed higher plasma peptide YY (PYY) than residents, possibly reflecting increased or differential foraging.

🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Differences in (A) blood telomere length and (B) mitochondrial copy number between migrant and resident blackbirds Turdus merula sampled on Helgoland Island during autumn migration

🧬 Excited to present some of our recent research on 🐦‍⬛:
(1/3) Contrary to expectations, migratory Eurasian blackbirds had longer telomeres than residents at a major stopover (Helgoland), despite similar mitochondrial DNA copy numbers

🔗 #OpenAccess
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Our new paper is out in #ProcB !! 🥳
@royalsocietypublishing.org
@dudumizi.bsky.social @chorlnev.bsky.social

Sex-role reversal and the Bateman gradient in coucals—females benefit from mating with multiple partners Abstract. Conventional sex roles imply that males compete more vigorously with each other for fertilizations, whereas females are more selective in choosin

Our new paper on Bateman gradients in black coucals and white-browed coucals is out. Females of both species outperform males in mating and reproductive success - confirming the generality of Bateman's principle when sex roles differ.
Check it out: royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

Proud to present: Suitcase Science, a new outreach format containing 6 assignments to take on a journey to schools in the region, to teach kids about terns, how to study them, their fascinating behaviour and some of the things that threaten them. Wanna book us? Drop me a line. :-)

Preprint alert: We adopt a cheap & rapid WGS protocol for vertebrate sized genomes, and use it to sequence nearly 1K whitefish genomes to low/med coverage for lake-wide pop genomics of adults + larvae for species assignment, habitat use, decline & selection: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

#PopGen

Award issue cover with an illustration by Bertille Mohring of a pair of female Laysan albatrosses.

🚨 Now out: Award Issue, collecting all seven mini-reviews included in the 2025 Review Competition written by early career researchers. Highlighting emerging or less explored topics in avian biology

➡️ vist.ly/4pzxr

Cover: pair of female Laysan albatrosses by Bertille Mohring

#ornithology

📣 Interested in a 4-year postdoc in the movement ecology group? @univie.ac.at is recruiting outstanding female researchers through the E-STEEM programme. @pesumas.bsky.social is a registered host and welcomes applications from potential candidates.
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...

Native trees are related to advanced bird breeding phenology and increased reproductive success along an urban gradient Urban areas are altered from natural landscapes in several ways that can impact wildlife. Birds are widespread in urban areas, and it is well documented that there are phenotypic differences between ...

I’m excited to share our new paper in Ecology!
Our 9‑year study across an urban–rural gradient shows native trees, especially oaks, boost blue tit breeding success. More native foliage supports more of the birds preferred prey and improves reproductive success.
📃 doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... #ornithology

One more week to apply!