Orlando Acevedo-Charry

Discovering the role of Patagonian birds in the dispersal of truffles and other mycorrhizal fungi Caiafa et al. explore the role of Patagonian birds in the dispersal of mycorrhizal fungi. Metagenomic analyses of fecal samples show that birds consume a wide diversity of truffles and other mycorrhiz...

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Wait, birds as truffle dispersers? What a cool research!

www.cell.com/current-biol...

Thank you @oacevedocharry.bsky.social! Also great talk on using state-space models to estimate extinction risk from community science data, with promising results from a case study on the endangered Everglade snail kite.

I recommend checking out their paper! doi-org.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/10.1111/1365...

It went well!!!

@swamplily.bsky.social terrific talk! Many butterflies at risk but not enlisted in the Endangered Species Act need more research!

To help them:
1) maintain a pollinator friendly backyard
2) leave the leafs (they hibernate)
3) engage with conservation initiatives like @xercessociety.bsky.social

Today is #SNRE Research Symposium!!!

Honored to belong to this program and share some of my dissertation. Leveraging community science data we found similar patterns of estimates of probability of persistence than those from standardized monitoring!

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💥BREAKING: Birds in a tropical pluvial rainforest of the Chocó have been quietly changing in morphology for 109 years. Some have shrunk, others grown. Tails grew longer, bills grew deeper. Even in forests with continuous cover, climate change may be rewriting evolution in real time.

ecoevojobs.net 2025-26

UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

@floridamuseum.bsky.social PI Dr. Glaucia del Rio contributing to natural history information of a magnificent nocturnal bird in the Neotropics

Graphic abstract for easy visualization of the insect abundance and diversity found in the stomach of a Chordeiles nacunda. Pictured: stomach contents before preservation in ethanol 70%. A dashed pink circle highlights one of the 40 adult giant water bugs (Belostoma sp., Belostomatidae). Individuals of a giant water bug (Belostomatidae), a grasshopper (acrididae), and one Coleoptera accessioned in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo entomological collection are also pictured (lower right).

Latest articles at the WJO: Insect richness in the stomach of a Nacunda Nighthawk. #ornithology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A well-connected Earth: The science and conservation of organismal movement Global biodiversity targets focus on landscape and seascape connectivity as a foundational component of biodiversity conservation, including networks of connected protected areas. Recent advances allo...

Really excited to share this new article from the lab.

We synthesize the profound importance of movement and connectivity for conservation and provide a vision for future policy and management.

Let's work toward a well-connected planet for biodiversity and people:

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Could we use community/citizen/participatory science data to estimate population extinction risk? Our results comparing the estimates from eBird and from a standardized survey suggest we can!!

#ornithology #ecology #conservation

See our detailed tutorial oaccolombia.github.io/vpm_eBird/vp...

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@miguelacevedo.bsky.social, English as my second language must be the reason to don’t know how to say no!!! 🤭

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Interrupting our doom-scrolling with a ray of ☀️ that was Orlando's @oacevedocharry.bsky.social wonderful seminar (to a packed room!) on his PhD work, from fusing standardized surveys + citizen science for improved population viability analysis, to global island biogeography. Check out his work!

Not great photos from my old phone, but here is @julisoto.bsky.social at #TheNat last night inspiring us all with her story of mystery, research, and intrepid women #nattalk #SanDiegoBirdAlliance

NEW PAPER: investigating uropygial gland microbiome in African hornbills. Microbiomes were similar among species but with slight differences by body region. Nest sharing influenced microbiota, suggesting that nest environment is key shaping them.

➡️ https://vist.ly/3mvuzd4

Apply by Sept 15, 2025 for this Fulbright Scholar Award 🇺🇸-🇨🇴

We house the world's largest and growing collection of Colombian birds, with rich field opportunities and an incredibly talented student community at ICN - National University of Colombia 🇨🇴🐦
@vriunal.bsky.social
#ornithology #AcademicSky

Planning a sabbatical or between postdocs? Join us at the National Bird Collection (ICN-UNAL) for 3-6 months through Fulbright 🇨🇴

We'd host researchers studying avian speciation / HZ, biogeography, phylogenomics, mountain diversification, Choco-Amazon, resurveys
fulbrightscholars.org/award/all-di...

Welcome @carlybatist.bsky.social !! Looking forward for having your amazing work here!

A conceptual diagraph comparing pros and cons of conservation actions at different ecological levels: species, assemblage, and ecosystem.

A Perspective from Belitz et al. suggests that focusing conservation and management actions at the assemblage level has multiple benefits relatively to purely species-focused or ecosystem-focused actions. go.nature.com/40F5MNa

The prevalence and immune response to coinfection by avian haemosporidians in wild Eurasian blackbirds Turdus merula | Parasitology | Cambridge Core The prevalence and immune response to coinfection by avian haemosporidians in wild Eurasian blackbirds Turdus merula

New paper! Out now in #Parasitology, open access:

doi.org/10.1017/S003...

Paper led by former MBio student Ellie Lebeau - congratulations Ellie!

#ornithology #wildlifemalaria

Long-term increases in wing length occur independently of changes in climate and climate-driven shifts in body size | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Recent widespread reductions in body size across species have been linked to increasing temperatures; simultaneous increases in wing length relative to body size have been broadly observed but remain ...

Morphological changes in 5 migratory birds, based on specimen data #collectionsareessential
#resurveys #globalchange #ecology #ornithology #museums #anthropocene royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....

Size matching between fruits and bill gapes differentially affects gulper and masher frugivorous birds | doi.org/10.1111/oik.... | Oikos | #ornithology

Bishop Tells Trump to ‘Have Mercy’ on Immigrants and Gay Children The direct appeal to President Trump at the start of the first full day of his presidency was a remarkable moment at a National Cathedral event that has not historically been political.

The bishop at President Trump’s inaugural prayer service implored him to “have mercy” on gay, lesbian and transgender children, as well as undocumented immigrants.

“I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now,” asked Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.

Well deserved recognition to @miguelacevedo.bsky.social by @ufcalsdean.bsky.social as the CALS Undergraduate Teacher of the Year!!! 🙇🏽‍♂️🙇🏽‍♂️ 👏🏼👏🏼

Reminder: Applications for 2025 AOS Student Research Grants of up to $4K are due by 1/31/25. Check out our website for requirements & information on how to apply! americanornithology.org/awards-grant...
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Are threatened species important for glueing interaction networks together? | Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation Biotic interactions are a critical element for the functioning and the stability of ecosystems,

Are threatened species important for glueing interaction networks together?

www.perspectecolconserv.com/en-are-threa...

I would like to thank @martin-nunez.bsky.social for providing this great opinion in the blog of one of the most importants #EcologyJournals @jappliedecology.bsky.social inspiration to think out of the box!

appliedecologistsblog.com/2024/06/13/i...

Traditional knowledge is valued because people who have been living in these places so often have come to the same or better conclusions that someone who just got there and is trying to do science from scratch.
What's racist is claiming that valuing it is just bc "wokeness."