😮 Finding 3 (surprising!): We found no overall evidence that green nest material lowers parasites or pathogens in the nest, challenging the assumption that it’s because of the "volatiles" assumption. 🔗 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

New paper led by @rafnuss.bsky.social! We present a new tool for tracking aerial insectivores such as swifts, swallows, and bee-eaters. For these species, pressure and activity data cannot distinguish stopovers from migratory flight. New sensor and R package help solve this problem. Check it out! 🧭

Raphaël Nussbaumer@rafnuss.bsky.social · 2w ago

Can a tiny magnetic sensor help geolocate migratory birds? 🧭 Earth’s magnetic field varies across the globe in both intensity and inclination. We asked whether those spatial patterns can turn magnetometer data from lightweight tags into location estimates.

🐦🌙 Happy to see this big collaborative paper out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! We address a seemingly simple question using geolocator data collected across many species and individuals: how much of bird migration actually happens at night? www.cell.com/current-biol... A short🧵

"Barn owl color morphs hunt differently in moonlight" Learn more in Current Biology: www.cell.com/current-biol... Kim Schalcher, @pbecciu.bsky.social, @owlsforpeace.bsky.social & colleagues @currentbiology.bsky.social

Glad to share my latest paper, published in @animalecology.bsky.social! This work was carried out under the supervision of Giulia Masoero and Pierre Bize at @vogelwarte.bsky.social. Read more about our findings 👇 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The role of viability selection in shaping short‐ and long‐term consequences of early‐life conditions: An experiment in the Alpine swift

In an experimental brood-size manipulation in Alpine swifts, smaller nestlings were selectively lost during growth, eliminating treatment differences in adult size, yet individuals from enlarged broo...

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