#SaveTheRosebud The Rosebud Valley in Alberta, a unique wildlife habitat rich in biodiversity, is endangered by plans to build a motorsports racetrack. Support @savetherosebut in their opposing the racetrack: Sign their letter on savetherosebud.ca (Everyone can sign!)

Urbanization & climate change are reshaping ecosystems' adaptive capacity, by altering eco-evolutionary dynamics. UrbanEcoEvoNet's new paper nature.com/articles/s4155… led by Mark C. Urban proposes a framework to understand their joint effects & calls for integrated strategies to protect

2nd field season for my #phd is officially underway ! The 1st CatCams have gone on our furry friends here in the south Okanagan ! How many and what types of animals do cats hunt? What welfare risks do they face ? Imma find out 👀

About 80-110 million birds are predicted to migrate across the U.S. each night this weekend!

Lights at night can be very disorienting to birds during their long spring migration. To help prevent deadly bird collisions, turn off or dim unnecessary lights!

Graphic: BirdCast

[Eng] Here’s our official logo! With the Murici Lancehead and golden trumpet flower representing the 4th International Student Conference on Animal Behavior and Cognition!

[PT-BR] Aqui está nossa logo oficial! Com a Jararacuçu de Murici e o Ipê amarelo representando o Congresso!

#Infographic The impacts that urban growth could have on biodiversity and human well-being. 🏙️ 🐅 👫

We must empower cities to plan for a positive natural future – where people, nature and animals all thrive. bit.ly/2DlRkPG

Did you know that also small birds use torpor to save energy in winter? if not (also if you did!) check out our new paper. Again feeling extremely lucky to have awesome collaborators!
Christa Beckmann, PhD Frontiers #Torpor #YellowRobins #PasserineResearch
frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Hi #BOU2024 #Sesh 7! I am currently a PhD student UofG_SBOHVM, and I going to present my research into the effects Artificial light at night (ALAN) on different biomarkers of health in great tit nestlings. Stick around for a quick summary of my research. (1/6)

1/6 #BOU2024 #SESH7

#ornithology #raptors #owls #urbanecology

'If we lose grizzly bears, we'll never get them back. And if we build all these houses, we'll never take them down,' says Bow Valley Engage's Leanne Allison.

Doubling the size of Canmore will sever a wildlife corridor essential to Banff. More : cbc.ca/player/play/1.…

🚨New Paper Alert!🚨
'Promoting urban ecological resilience through the lens of avian biodiversity'
frontiersin.org/articles/10.33….
Shout out to Michael McCloy (lead), and co-authors Keith Andringa , Jacquie Grace, Terri Maness! #urbanecology #ornithology UTSA Department of Integrative Biology UTSA Research College of Sciences

It's been a marathon but finally it is published! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/br… We show using meta-analysis that different types of pollution impacts plumage colouration, that different types of colouration have varying sensitivity, & that the way u measure colouration really matters!

Areas converted to agriculture are just not sexy for birds!! 🧐 In #CostaRica they were found to be 1.2 X more likely to exhibit reproductive behaviour in forest & 1.5 X more likely in protected areas compared to private forest. Cool research! Conservation Biology
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/co…

#NewPaper : Working with a huge team of 220 co-authors representing 102 projects in 21 countries, we analyzed data from 5400 #cameratraps to ask how #wildlife behaviours changed during the COVID-19 “anthropause” nature.com/articles/s4155… ..1/

📢 Recruiting a grad student for a literature review!! Apply by March 31st, you could be a part of our super awesome CSEE_SCEE working group! With Bruno E. Soares 🏳️‍🌈 Alexander Duncan Sue Chiblow Dr. Myrle Ballard (Traverse) Dylan Fraser Ella Bowles FISHES

Thrilled to shared Alison Ke’s 3rd dissertation chapter, just out in Conservation Biology!

Using >14k observation of bird behaviors, we show Costa Rican birds are more likely to exhibit reproductive behaviors in forest than farms, esp forest reserves (a thread)

conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/co…

Heather Gaya, PhD Relevant paper: Roever et al. (2014), The pitfalls of ignoring behaviour when quantifying habitat selection. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Difficult to account for in an RSF, but see behaviour-switching step selection functions: link.springer.com/article/10.118…

Are animals tolerant to people also more tolerant to other possible threats?
Twitterless Yuval Zukerman found out (using very imaginative ways) that for the #Nubianibex the answer is yes.
Just published in People and Nature
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pa…
#conservation #HWC #ibexarecool

Silence of the wolves: How human landscapes alter howling behavior.

Researchers found that Indian wolves are suppressing their howls in landscapes that are more disturbed by human activity. Howling can draw attention + perhaps lead to conflict for wolves

india.mongabay.com/2024/02/silenc…

Results from this study could be crucial when looking at reintroductions of wild boar to Scotland, as well as potential consequences of land type changes for difference species 🦌🐗

Read more 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…