For animal-dispersed plants, the behaviour of seed-dispersing animals has direct consequences. By analysing the movements of spotted nutcrackers, our team found two distinct behaviour having far-reaching consequences for ecosystem functions. More on doi.org/10.1111/1365-2…

me with all my academic friends

Had such a great time at @ecbb2024. Listening first-hand to the latest developments in behavioural ecology is truly inspiring, and was the right motivation boost for my upcoming research stay in Australia at Ecology&EvolutionANU with @DamienFarine! 🦅

EVERYONE needs more time to think

Come work with us! #Job #birdmigration

Birds saved my life. There’s nothing unusual about that. What’s more unusual about my situation, is that it was birding that caused my life to need saving in the first place. A true story, my story. Read it here: linktr.ee/ahwildlife BTO #Birds #Art #writing #nature

NEW STUDENT opportunities in #ornithology - if you are looking for a MSc or PhD thesis topic with #birds, check out Vogelwarte_Science new projects: buff.ly/47EBfAO

Where did the time go? It’s hard to believe my 2-month stay at Ecology&EvolutionANU in @DamienFarine's lab has already come to an end. Being immersed in this group’s outstanding research has been incredibly stimulating. Next stop: ISBE2024 in Melbourne!

NEW PAPER in #ornithology uses #telemetry data to quantify the extent to which #raptors rely on human food subsidies: buff.ly/4eyNRfr

NEW PAPER in #ornithology provides a tool to identify nesting and success from #telemetry data using #raptors as an example Paper: buff.ly/4h9mpGL R-package: buff.ly/3UclmMs App to find nests in the field: buff.ly/3Y2db6E

📢🦅We're looking for a MSc student to join our red kite team to work on the costs of partial migration 🦅📢 Please RT!

Our new study by @switczak5@urskorme benedetta_catitti @PatrickScherler Valentijn van Bergen and Martin Grüebler in Ecology shows that migration strategy in partially migrant Red Kites influences subsequent reproductive success! Read more here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

Check out my blog post on #theBOUblog summarizing our new study looking at the reproductive consequences of migration strategy in partially migrant Red Kites. Vogelwarte_Science Ecology bou.org.uk/blog-witczak-r…

🐣🦅How does the natal environment influence habitat preferences during dispersal? Read our new study lead by Florian Orgeret @florgeret.bsky.social to know more about the tale of the "town red kite" vs the "country red kite"!

Stress transmission in bird flocks–it’s a thing! 🐦🐦⚡️Damien R. Farine and I show what happens to zebra finches living together with stressed friends. Stoked to see this out, sooo much hard work went into it. Thanks Centre for the Adv Study of Collective Behaviour Universität Konstanz MPI-AB is on Bluesky @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

PhD Opportunity!! in my new lab FIWI Vienna 🦌 Movement Ecology of European Ungulates 🫎 Quantifying individual variation across populations in relation to resource dynamics and anthropogenic landscape changes. More info here 👉 vetmeduni.ac.at/fileadmin/v/z/… Deadline Nov 27

🐦New article in early view!🐦 First deployment of #IoT #tracking devices on #CommonSwift Apus apus: a pilot study Link: doi.org/10.30456/AVO.2… #GPS #Movement #Ecology #Ornithology #Birds Michelangelo Morganti

NEW BLOG in #ornithology explains how to extract breeding success and other info from #telemetry data of #raptors: buff.ly/4hSAcSD

NEW JOB in #ornithology to track nutcrackers through alpine forests in #Switzerland: buff.ly/4f54bUU

For obvious reasons leaving this platform. You can find me at bsky.app/profile/bcatit…