Where on Earth is evolution fastest? We present evidence from bird beak evolution (& a meta-analysis) that evolutionary rates are typically fastest in the temperate zone, not the tropics #RapYourAbstract I didn’t know u made that w/ Dolph Schluter Joe Tobias Tom Weeks onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/el…

Excited for this special edition to finally come out, holding my first (2!) co-authored papers! An amazing avian trait database which I'm extremely proud to have been part of creating + a delve into the differential rates of beak shape evolution along a latitudinal gradient!

Long shot but does anyone know someone with a room in Paris in May + June? I was literally just awarded a scholarship to study birbs at the natural history museum in paris 🐦🐦🐦 But it's only 3.5 weeks away! So maybe twitter can come to my rescue #RetweetMe

Fyi future housemates, I'm into nature, climbing, gardening and drinking far too many pints 🍻

Tom Weeks bringing it home for the end of #AOS_BC_22 and showing off uses of the #AVONET trait database in conservation science 🦜🐧🦆

If I survive past the end of term, I'll be heading to Edinburgh for #BES2022 where there'll be 5 talks by current and recent members of the lab. Get some of these into your schedule:

Interested in the resilience and stability of ecosystems? Get yourself up in time to see Tom Weeks present his broad-scale analysis of the impacts of land-use change on functional stability through the lens of bird functional traits: 09:00 in Menteith room on 21/12

For anyone attending #BES2022, our lab has managed to wrangle five amazing talks, using functional traits in birds to answer questions about evolution and ecology at macro scales. We'll also all be at the BES Macroecology SIG on monday eve if you prefer to chat over a pint 🍻