Who cares? Elucidating parental care evolution in extant birdsacademic.oup.com Abstract. Extant birds stand out among vertebrates in the diversity of parental care types they present, spanning absence of care to uniparental care by ei
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Seabird biologist (environmental endocrinology, behavioral ecology); trail enthusiast; inhaler of fiction.
Guide to Graduate Studies in Ornithology in the United States and Canadawilsonsociety.org Information for undergraduates about graduate degree programs in ornithology.
PIT tagging does not measurably reduce reproductive success in sensitive burrow-nesting seabirds - Marine Biologylink.springer.com Investigator disturbance while monitoring seabirds can result in lower survival rates and breeding success, leaving lasting negative impacts on the population and biasing observations. For example, mo...
Inferring condition in wild mammals: body condition indices confer no benefit over measuring body mass across ecological contexts - Oecologialink.springer.com Many studies assume that it is beneficial for individuals of a species to be heavier, or have a higher body condition index (BCI), without accounting for the physiological relevance of variation in th...
Corticosterone in very young seabird chicks (Rissa tridactyla) is sensitive to environmental variability and responds rapidly and robustly to external challenges https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.02.25.581949v1 www.biorxiv.org In birds, patterns of development of the adrenocortical response to stressors vary among individuals
The GenderSci Lab is recruiting a Postdoctoral Fellow! — GenderSci Labwww.genderscilab.org We are recruiting for a 2-year postdoctoral associate for an NSF-funded
project about operationalizations of sex in laboratory science! We
especially welcome applications from philosophers of biolog...
Doherty Postdoctoral Fellow in Biology and for the Bowdoin Scientific Station on Kent Islandcareers.bowdoin.edu The Biology Department at Bowdoin College and the Bowdoin Scientific Station on Kent Island invite applications for a full-time, benefits-eligible postdoctoral fellow position in the area of seabird a...
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The Unseen Barriers Around Bathroom Breaks in the Fieldundark.org Taboos around toilet care can make fieldwork uncomfortable and even dangerous. Some scientists want that to change.