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Robert L Thomson

@robertl_thomson

Avian Ecologist & Lecturer at FitzPartrick Institute of African Ornithology. Fascinated by species interactions, keen birdwatcher and atlasser. #ornithology

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linkhttp://www.fitzpatrick.uct.ac.za/fitz/staff/academic/thomson calendar_today24-08-2014 07:29:20

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Giulia Masoero @giumasoero.bsky.social (@giumasoero) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🎉 New publication out in Global Change Biology ! 🦉🎉🥳 Climate change and perishable food hoards of an avian predator: Is the freezer still working? Soon I'll write a nice thread... but in the meanwhile, you can read it here doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15… #ornithology #PhD

🎉 New publication out in <a href="/GlobalChangeBio/">Global Change Biology</a> ! 🦉🎉🥳
Climate change and perishable food hoards of an avian predator: Is the freezer still working?

Soon I'll write a nice thread... but in the meanwhile, you can read it here doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15… 
#ornithology #PhD
Claire Buchan (@buchanding) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our new open access paper is out in Scientific Reports here: nature.com/articles/s4159…. In partially migratory lesser kestrels (see Triptych 1), breeding site location was more important for reproductive fitness than any effects of migratory strategy.

Our new open access paper is out in <a href="/SciReports/">Scientific Reports</a> here: nature.com/articles/s4159…. In partially migratory lesser kestrels (see Triptych 1), breeding site location was more important for reproductive fitness than any effects of migratory strategy.
Andrea Santangeli @andreasantangeli.bsky.social (@and_san_vult) 's Twitter Profile Photo

When is conservation cost-effective? sounds like the most basic question in the conservation science discipline, right? Yet the answer is: We don´t know in most cases 🙁 Much work ahead Conservation Evidence

Robert L Thomson (@robertl_thomson) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Conditioned food aversion, if well refined through trials, potentially offers a non-lethal solution to management of predators causing high nest losses. Well done Angela, a nice piece of applied conservation research.

Graham Appleton (@grahamfappleton) 's Twitter Profile Photo

As populations of Baltic 'schinzii' Dunlin decline, strong philopatry and increasingly isolated breeding sites combine to produce inbreeding. Genetics paper: bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… Bigger picture: wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/06/20/dun… #waders #shorebirds #ornithology

As populations of Baltic 'schinzii' Dunlin decline, strong philopatry and increasingly isolated breeding sites combine to produce inbreeding. 
Genetics paper: 
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
Bigger picture: 
wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/06/20/dun…
#waders #shorebirds #ornithology
BMC Series (@bmc_series) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Researchers in #BMCEcolEvol find that the Baltic Southern Dunlin needs urgent conservation efforts to increase connectivity and gene flow among breeding sites. To find out more visit <ow.ly/ETQ650Fgzr4> and the Graham Appleton #WaderTales blog <ow.ly/u1Z850Fgzr5>

Researchers in #BMCEcolEvol find that the Baltic Southern Dunlin needs urgent conservation efforts to increase connectivity and gene flow among breeding sites. To find out more visit &lt;ow.ly/ETQ650Fgzr4&gt;
 and the  <a href="/GrahamFAppleton/">Graham Appleton</a> #WaderTales blog &lt;ow.ly/u1Z850Fgzr5&gt;
Graham Appleton (@grahamfappleton) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Dunlin concerns. Veli-Matti Pakanen & Kari Koivula sound the alarm, based on studies in the Baltic: wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/06/20/dun… One of 17 #WaderTales blogs in 2021 wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/12/23/wad… #waders #shorebirds #ornithology Global Flyway Network

Dunlin concerns. 
<a href="/vmpakanen/">Veli-Matti Pakanen</a> &amp; <a href="/KoivulaKari/">Kari Koivula</a> sound the alarm, based on studies in the Baltic:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/06/20/dun…
One of 17 #WaderTales blogs in 2021 
wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/12/23/wad… 
#waders #shorebirds #ornithology
<a href="/GlobalFlyway/">Global Flyway Network</a>
Robert L Thomson (@robertl_thomson) 's Twitter Profile Photo

.Premier Alan Winde please facilitate community initiatives by prioritizing accreditation processes. Be clear about what is needed to get accreditation, then ensure timely decisions.

African Parks (@africanparks) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Ostrich Update! 2 of the 11 red-necked ostriches that were translocated to Ennedi in 2020 have had chicks! Thought to be locally extinct in this part of Chad, a small flock discovered in Ennedi inspired this project to bolster existing numbers & secure a future for the species.

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The most fascinating expedition I've done. Massive thanks to Elsa Bussiere for driving this work. The 2021 expedition was a great success too. FitzPatrick Ins

Jakub Szymkowiak (@szymkowiakj) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our latest Oikos paper on how landscape heterogeneity complements information use and population growth is available online! Nordic Society Oikos jakubszymkowiak.wordpress.com/2022/06/16/new…