Dominique Potvin

Flyer for special issue on passive acoustic monitoring

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Special issue:
FROM CHIRPS TO INSIGHTS: PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING FOR APPLIED ORNITHOLOGY

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Guest editors: Jan O. Engler, Jenn Foote, @silvereyedom.bsky.social , Simon Thorn

#ornithology #birds 🪶🧪

Flyer for special issue on passive acoustic monitoring

📣 CALL FOR PAPERS 📣

Special issue:
FROM CHIRPS TO INSIGHTS: PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING FOR APPLIED ORNITHOLOGY

More info: vist.ly/43vfp

Guest editors: Jan O. Engler, Jenn Foote, @silvereyedom.bsky.social Simon Thorn

#ornithology #birds 🪶🧪

Prevalence and implications of sex reversal in free-living birds | Biology Letters The ability to unequivocally identify the sex and reproductive status of individuals is crucial across many fields of study. Recent evidence indicates that avian sex determination is more flexible tha...

Newest lab research:
Up to 6% of the wild birds - in all 5 species we looked at - showed a different sex morphology than what their blood tests (read: chromosomes) told us. Sex is not simple!
doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...

Islands Promote Diversification of the Silvereye Species Complex: A Phylogenomic Analysis of a Great Speciator Geographic isolation plays a pivotal role in speciation by restricting gene flow between populations through distance or physical barriers. However, the speciation process is complex, influenced by t...

Excited to share our new paper in Molecular Ecology! Using whole-genome and morphological data from silvereyes, we explore their evolutionary history and find that water barriers are more effective than continental distances in driving population divergence 🐤🧬
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

If you're an incoming Doctoral candidate to a top US University in 2025/2026 but are reconsidering/considering Canada please see this initiative at Queen's University. www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...

I am looking for a MS student to take on a project. We have samples already collected, and there is opportunity for more field work. California resident is preferred (fees for non-resident and international students are too high IMO). Repost please.

#ecology #physiology #ornithology #grad

New research out, led by now-graduated PhD student Clancy Hall - most captive populations of birds are sex-biased. We look at global trends and implications for this (open access article!!).

peerj.com/articles/193...

The seabird contingent of the Potvin lab has had a great couple of days at the Pacific Seabird Conference in Auckland - lots of learning, networking and reconnecting! Thank you to all the organisers for a fantastic conference! #pacificseabirds #oceaniaseabirds

40% of the world’s black noddy population is based on the Capricornia Cays in the southern Great Barrier Reef. Zerra Egerton is collecting data on nutritional health and immune function to develop health baselines to better understand what may be contributing to regular die-offs. #OceaniaSeabirds

These birds are keeping a record of humanity—one wrapper at a time An advertisement for the 1994 World Cup, fast food wrappers, COVID-19 masks—what birds used to build their nests reflects a world with more plastic.

For 30 years, coots have managed to live in Amsterdam's concrete canals. With little plant life around, they resorted to plastic to build their nests.

Doing so built a record of humans, a plastic stratigraphy of the city.

For NatGeo:

www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

PhD opportunity with me (RSPB) at Sheffield Hallam combining ecology (building-nesting birds esp. Swift) + building design & planning (Net Zero goals & retrofit). We need a strong student interested in both! Is that you? url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/cNyjCR636C... Please repost.

We've had quite the week. Cyclone Alfred started mild, but hit on Sat with wild winds and rain, then floods and days without power.
I'm just glad I made the call to drive back to Bris from Syd when all flights were cancelled.
This is very far south for a cyclone.

Climate change is real, and now.

Congratulations to two of my PhD students who have just been awarded a highly coveted Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment! Very proud of their achievements.

Funded by #PrideinSTEM, the BES and BES Networks are delighted to launch a series of webinars on developing collaborative solutions to the intersectional barriers faced by minorities in ecology.

Just over week until the deadline👇

There is one day left before our travel grant closes! If you are PhD student looking for funds to support your work in the ecological field, you can apply for our training and travel grant. 

The application submission deadline is January 24 at 11:59 PM (GMT).

Find out more here:

Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Communications (Ecology) Associate or Senior Editor (Ecology) Organization: Nature Communications Location: New York, Jersey City, Philadelphia, London (Hybrid) Closing date: February 5th, 2025 About Springer Nature Group Spr...

Our friends at @naturecomms.bsky.social are on the look out for an ecologist to join their team 👇https://springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/SpringerNatureCareers/details/Associate-or-Senior-Editor--Nature-Communications--Ecology-_JR101941-1

🚨 Closing date: 5th Feb | Location: US or UK 🚨

Fill | Sidnie Manton Entry 2024

To be considered for the Sidnie Manton Award, submit a proposal for a Review / Long-term Study by 14 March 2025: https://buff.ly/42r6ZJo
Applications will be assessed and successful applicants will be invited to submit a manuscript. Of those published, a winner is selected 👑

I'm in Tahiti, visiting the Université de la Polynésie Française. Such an interesting place, with tremendous research opportunities especially into invasive species. Here's to new connections and constant adventure!