1/6 #BOU2024 #SESH3. In recent years, it has been found that birds from urban environments have shorter wings than those from forest. However, the key is to determine whether these changes result from plastic responses or adaptive evolution. #ornithology #museuciencies

1/7 #BOU2024 #SESH4. FID (Flight Initiation distance: Distance at which animals flee from an approaching threat) is a behaviour used to understand how animals adapt to the urban life. FID is shorter in cities than in non-urban areas

3/ We also want to say a big thank you very much to our plenary keynote speakers who kicked off our #BOU2024 sessions, all of which are summarised here in threads 🧵 Fran Bonier @p_capi Lucas Leveau Ian MacGregor-Fors Dan Chamberlain Hugh Hanmer Barbara Tomotani 👏

Congratulations to Animal Biodiversity and Conservation journal MCNB Animal Biodiversity and Conservation Journal for new achievements! MCNB Ian MacGregor-Fors

#NEWPAPER: Resurveys of monk parakeet abundance in Barcelona (1976-2022) reveal two phases of exponential growth and spatial expansion following a diffusion model. tinyurl.com/mrxbxt5y MCNB #invasivespecies

We are excited to announce that our journal MCNB Animal Biodiversity and Conservation Journal has received an #ImpactFactor of 1.0 for 2023 (Q3). The 2023 Scimago Journal Rank is 0.42 (Q2). Thanks to our Editors-in-Chief Juan Carlos Senar and Ian MacGregor-Fors, Associate Editors and authors for being part of this achievement.

What happened when MIT stopped paying Elsevier? Not much except they are saving a lot of money. "MIT is interested in collaborating with other libraries to reinvest these funds in community-controlled open publishing initiatives..." sparcopen.org/our-work/big-d…

Online now: The importance of biome in shaping urban biodiversity dlvr.it/TKHCR9