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New paper this week: KLF researchers Sonia Kleindorfer (@birdlabflinders) and Petra Sumasgutner (@pesumas), with PhD student Lauren Common (Lauren Common), publish their findings on causes of nest mortality in the critically endangered Medium Tree Finch. mdpi.com/2673-6004/2/4/…

Sharing not such good news: Medium Tree Finch being killed by introduced predators and parasites. But, we will keep monitoring after planned predator eradication in 2023. Hopefully good news thereafter! Birds 2021, 2(4), 427-444; doi.org/10.3390/birds2…

Super proud to be part of this project! Female Bird Song Fairywren Project Dr KeCain Michelle L Hall Erik Enbody John Anthony Jones Jordan Karubian Jenélle Dowling Marcelo Araya-Salas Sonia Kleindorfer Lyanne Brouwer (et. al with no twitter?) Ecology and Evolution onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

New paper out about female in-nest attendance predicting the number of ectoparasites in Darwin’s finch species. Sonia Kleindorfer Lauren Common Dr Andrew Katsis Nico M. Adreani Rachael Dudaniec Universität Wien Royal Society Publishing royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Our new paper -- many years of nest observations went into this one. How the little finches that amazed Darwin battle a vampire fly nature.com/articles/d4158…

Female in-nest attendance predicts the number of ectoparasites in Darwin's finch species | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Emu Austral Ornithology: the value of ornithological research for conservation tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Remembering Edward O. Wilson skeptic.com/reading_room/r…

PhD student Alivereti Naikatini publishes an important paper on the birds of Fiji! (the photo was taken during his visit to Adelaide) Avian diversity and abundance across years: consistent patterns in forests but not grasslands on Viti Levu, Fiji publish.csiro.au/pc/PC21039

#DiversityMDPI, New publication"Interspecific Competition and Vertical Niche Partitioning in Fiji’s #Forest #Birds " at the link: mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/3…

The beak of a Darwin's finch, malformed by burrowing larvae of the avian vampire fly. We report on ecological consequences of early life parasitism. Thanks to the fabulous team, and artwork by PhD student Lauren Common. Paper: doi.org/10.1111/1365-2…

Does personality measured in captivity predict a bird's predator response in the wild? Congratulations to Jack Bilby on publishing his undergrad research project in PeerJ Publishing. This is the first in a series of fairy-wren personality papers from our lab. peerj.com/articles/14011/

Pleased to announce Paper #2 in our series on fairy-wren personality, published in 'Animal Behaviour'. Birds with extreme exploration phenotypes responded more aggressively to simulated territory intrusions. Group status & social context also important. authors.elsevier.com/a/1ft6S_4tk-tAk

The fairy-wrens continue to inspire! Superb fairy-wrens with extreme exploration phenotypes respond more st... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Using genomics to understand a parasite. Congratulations Lauren Common on the last chapter of your PhD journey. Well done! doi.org/10.1007/s10530…

Fairywren personality research makes the news in Austria! Best wishes for a good new year to all. diepresse.com/6232799/unters…

When will #fairywrens take risks to defend others under threat from a predator? Turns out their complex multilevel #sociality explains this. Read all about it in Current Biology: authors.elsevier.com/c/1gjL13QW8S2P…

Congrats to Andrew Katsis and team for another exciting contribution testing effects of prenatal sound exposure on behaviour in zebra finches! authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S00…

A new study by Sonia Kleindorfer from Konrad Lorenz Research Center (Universität Wien) finds that #nestling begging calls resemble maternal vocal signatures when mothers call slowly to embryos. Read the publication via American Naturalist here: ⤵ journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/72… #Biology