@AnimalEcoLab

Examining the ways in which #animals respond to their social, #ecological, and physical #environment - curated by @JustinWelbergen in #Australia

 Hawkesbury Institute / WSU
ANIMALECOLOGYLAB.ORG
Joined February 2015
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Lyrebirdlab@lyrebirdlab12 Aug 2024
New paper on the musical #dance of the Albert's #lyrebird. #birdsong journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10…… @fiona_backhouse @AnimalEcoLab @BW_Robinson

Performative Manipulation of the Environment by Displaying Albert’s Lyrebirds | The American...

AbstractWhere dramatic sexual displays are involved in attracting a mate, individuals can enhance their performances by manipulating their physical environment. Typically, individuals alter their...

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Dan Baldassarre@evornithology28 Mar 2024
Simply incredible new work from @fiona_backhouse and @lyrebirdlab. Albert's Lyrebirds rhythmically shake the vegetation on their courtship platform, synchronizing the movement with their vocalizations to enhance the performance! 🤯 doi.org/10.1086/730523 🎥 Fiona Backhouse
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Annabel Dorrestein@a_dorrestein22 Aug 2024
Excited to share our paper on bat mating systems! 🦇 We categorise mating systems based on male reproductive skew, and propose a new mating system: lek-like mating systems onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… @Wingtags @AnimalEcology @westsyduhie @JustinWelbergen @KarrieARose @Ecol_Evol

Bat mating systems—A review and recategorisation

Mating systems play crucial roles in behaviour, distribution, reproductive success, and population dynamics. Bats, known for their diverse mating systems, offer valuable insights into understanding...

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CSIRO Publishing@CSIROPublishing1 May 2024
Just published: Quantifying Diets of Wildlife and Fish: Practical and Applied Methods Bringing together knowledge from both terrestrial and aquatic systems, this book explores traditional approaches as well as newer methods for studying animal diets. publish.csiro.au/book/8027/
Cover of 'Quantifying Diets of Wildlife and Fish', featuring photos of a mouse, an egret, lab work, jewel beetles on flowers and woodswallows.

ALT Cover of 'Quantifying Diets of Wildlife and Fish', featuring photos of a mouse, an egret, lab work, jewel beetles on flowers and woodswallows.

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Guardian Australia@GuardianAus27 Feb 2024
‘Joyful madness’: ANU scientist wins global prize for ‘dancing his PhD’ about kangaroos dlvr.it/T3JHVs

‘Joyful madness’: ANU scientist wins global prize for ‘dancing his PhD’ about kangaroos

Four-minute video features drag queens, twerking, ballerinas, a classical Indian dancer and a bunch of friends from Canberra

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Our new research aims to better understand two threatened species: the Christmas Island goshawk and the Christmas Island hawk-owl.🦅🦉 We're learning more about their population sizes, habitat preferences, diet and genetic diversity. #ChristmasIsland nesplandscapes.edu.au/projec… 1/2
Photo credit: Rohan Clarke. A Christmas Island goshawk (left) and Christmas Island hawk-owl (right).

ALT Photo credit: Rohan Clarke. A Christmas Island goshawk (left) and Christmas Island hawk-owl (right).

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Lyrebirdlab@lyrebirdlab16 Aug 2023
#ABCscience is having a #lyrebird song and dance extravaganza for #scienceweek! abc.net.au/news/2023-08-16/l… For more on the science of lyrebird song and dance see lyrebirdlab.org/publications including (thread):

'This is how they learn': Rare footage captures a lyrebird singing lesson

Lyrebird calls echo through the forests of south-east Australia. But the passing of these songs from one generation to another is at risk.

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Lyrebirdlab@lyrebirdlab16 Aug 2023
@Jones_ann @alexcmaisey @fiona_backhouse @AnimalEcoLab @westsyduhie
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Dr John Martin@Wingtags3 Aug 2023
Cuteness & New Paper🚨 We use Close-kin mark-recapture to assess the critically endangered 🎄🏝️🦇 CKMR estimated total adult female abundance to be ~2050 individuals! @SciReports @CSIRO @westsyduhie @batslab @AusBats @AnimalEcoLab nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
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Dr. Vicky Austin@avianbehaviour14 Jul 2023
Our new paper is out in @Amornith! We now know that "Preferred nesting habitat of the slow-breeding Superb #Lyrebird is rare and was disproportionately impacted by Australia’s “Black Summer” #megafires (2019–2020).." academic.oup.com/condor/adva…. Congratulations @lyrebirdlab
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Phys.org Biology@physorg_biology8 Dec 2022
Lyrebirds are losing their voices due to continued #habitatloss @westernsydneyu doi.org/grf6mq phys.org/news/2022-12-lyrebi…

Depleted cultural richness of an avian vocal mimic in fragmented habitat

Aim Conservation has recently shifted to include behavioural or cultural diversity, adding substantial value to conservation efforts. Habitat loss and fragmentation can deplete diversity in learnt...

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Western News@westsydunews7 Dec 2022
A new study led by Western Sydney University @westsyduhie reveals Albert’s lyrebirds are losing their voice due to continued habitat loss, with variation in song diversity indicating declining population health and the need for conservation action. READ - bit.ly/3utXgzL
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Lyrebirdlab@lyrebirdlab17 Nov 2022
Replying to @DrAnthonyChmiel @MARCSInstitute
So wonderful to be a part of the 2022 Music Science Conference @MARCSInstitute It was an exciting day! Thanks for inviting us! @AnimalEcoLab @westsyduhie @uowresearch @UOW_CSES @CornellBirds
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If you are interested in the impact of #SocialTransmission in #VocalMimicry, this talk led by @fiona_backhouse in the #ABS2021 conference is for you! Available on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/watch?v=Ui63099Q…
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The Nobel Prize
@NobelPrize3 Oct 2022
BREAKING NEWS: The 2022 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Svante Pääbo “for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution.”
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Multiple postdoctoral Research positions are available in Soil and Plant Microbiomes, in our group @westsyduhie Prior experience in virome, metagenomics and/or metabolomics is advantageous. Deadline for application submission in 3 October. Please re-tweet uws.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm?…
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BATsLAB@batslab31 Aug 2022
This iconic Australian spider-eating #bat was once safe from fire – until the Black Summer burnt its rainforests theconversation.com/this-spi… via @ConversationEDU #wildoz @turbillc @westsyduhie @nswdpi @AusBats

This spider-eating, nest-sharing bat was once safe from fire – until the Black Summer burnt its...

The tiny golden-tipped bat roosts in the nests of rainforest birds. But high intensity extreme fires can increasingly reach into their unburnt sanctuaries.

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RARES Group@RaresGroup2 Aug 2022
An exciting opportunity for a field-based PhD project, the student will need to be comfortable with prolonged and very remote field work in western Queensland, bring a strong collaborative approach, and be passionate about research that informs management of threatened species
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A group of Christmas Island flying foxes hanging out in a banana tree. It’s so cool to see these little characters up close in the wild!
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Lyrebirdlab@lyrebirdlab15 Jun 2022
New paper from @lyrebirdlab: Male superb #lyrebirds #mimic functionally distinct heterospecific vocalizations during different modes of sexual display #Wildoz 🎶 In Animal Behaviour: tinyurl.com/2ftjd7fc w/ppl from @UOW_CSES @CornellBirds @EcoEvo_ANU @AnimalEcoLab @westsyduhie
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Laura Pulscher@laurawildhealth24 May 2022
Excited to see my last PhD chapter published! To understand viral maintenance in small, geographically isolated 🦇, we surveyed the insular #ChristmasIslandflyingfox for #paramyxoviruses, #coronaviruses, and #ABLV. Read more here -> tinyurl.com/32u2dubs
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