@SheriffLab

Father and husband that does some biology stuff; predator-prey dynamics, stress physiology, maternal stress, population regulation, mainly in wild animals.

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Joined April 2017
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In the latest paper by Wild Animal Initiative grantees, @SamwiseSonnega and @sherifflab look at how the gut microbiome could be a novel, non-invasive biomarker for assessing wild animal welfare. frontiersin.org/journals/vet…

Frontiers | Harnessing the gut microbiome: a potential biomarker for wild animal welfare

The welfare of wild animal populations is critically important to conservation, with profound implications for ecosystem health, biodiversity, and zoonotic d...

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Great discussion from our panelists, exploring the intersections of behavior and wild animal welfare! Thank you @Janirecas, @SheriffLab, @DaveDaversa, @Sirenlacertina, Michaella Andrade, and @Lauren_Stanton_ for participating in our symposium. 👏 👏 👏 #ABS2024
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📢📢📢Position 1/2: Postdoctoral Scholar in Ocelot Population Dynamics. See shorturl.at/MORY2 to apply. Deadline is November 12. Please help me spread the word!📢📢📢
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I am seeking expression of interest for a potential postdoc on #smallmammals #animalpersonality and #seeddispersal- field work in the Italian Alps. Contact me if interested [email protected] (view of the study area attached)
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🚨Come join my lab! MS position on black bear ecology to reduce human-wildlife conflicts: docs.google.com/document/d/1…🚨
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Bridie Allan@_seachange11 Jul 2023
Predator-Prey Interactions - Who's interested? If so, consider attending the 2024 @GordonConf on "Emerging Fields of Predator-Prey Interactions" chaired by Michael Sheriff @SheriffLab and myself. Held in Ventura, Cali Jan 28 - Feb 2. 👇 grc.org/predator-prey-intera…
Photo credit - Christopher E Mirbach

ALT Photo credit - Christopher E Mirbach

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New preprint! My fav. paper, yet! We know predation risk influences prey nest site selection. We wondered how intraspecific competition in prey would affect phenotype-environment matching while they select nests across a landscape of fear A 🧵 biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

Prudent burrow site selection in a landscape of fear

Prey animals should select safer breeding sites over riskier sites of otherwise similar habitats. This preference, however, may differ between conspecifics of different competitive abilities if the...

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Welcome to #UMassD Sarah! We can't wait to see you here on campus!! xitter.cf/Sarahcdonelan/status/1…
Sarah Donelan@Sarahcdonelan23 May 2023
I'm so happy to announce that I'm starting a faculty position at @UMassD this fall! 🎉 I feel lucky to be able to continue my work in New England, where my love for the ocean began. Students - please get in touch if you're interested in legacy effects of stress in marine systems!
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CALL FOR PAPERS Ecology Letters and INEE CNRS are happy to announce that the journal will publish a special issue entitled ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY INSIGHTS FROM VERY LONG-TERM STUDIES For information: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/jour…
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Check out this new publication on deer!
Kristin Engebretsen, PhD@KN_Engebretsen25 Apr 2023
New paper out today on noninvasive methods to estimate deer fawn survival and recruitment!! 🦌📷 Research conducted at @UGAWarnell with my twitter-less coauthors: Richard Chandler, Karl Miller, Mike Cherry, Mike Conner, and Elina Garrison. 1/6 doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4497
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Melanie Dickie@MelanieDickie19 Feb 2023
New Paper ALERT! We propose a new Adaptive Management (AM) framework to maximize the likelihood of recovering populations that are rapidly declining or facing imminent extirpation, while maintaining our ability to learn effectively: Intervention-forward AM cell.com/trends/ecology-evol…
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@SheriffLab showed that risk-induced trait responses (RITRs) increase survival in the presence of predators but come at a cost to growth, strengthening understanding of the benefits of RITRs to individual fitness and non-consumptive effects generally. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…

Playing it safe; risk‐induced trait responses increase survival in the face of predation

Predation risk-induced trait responses in prey are assumed to increase prey fitness, yet, there is little empirical evidence to support such assumptions. This study shows that individuals with...

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Laura Gigliotti@LauraCGig18 Jan 2023
I'm hiring 3 MS students to join my lab at WVU this summer/fall. See links for more info: 1 position on river otter survival/spatial ecology: wfscjobs.tamu.edu/jobs/ms-as… 2 positions on wild turkey ecology/management: wfscjobs.tamu.edu/jobs/2-ms-…
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Lydia Hopper@LydiaMHopper4 Nov 2022
A Field-Based Adaptation of the Classic Morris Water Maze to Assess Learning and Memory in a Free-Living Animal by McKay, Hunninck, and Sheriff (@SheriffLab) animalbehaviorandcognition.o… #AnimBehavCogn 4/7
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Abbey Wilson@AbbeyEWilson25 Oct 2022
#grizzlybear mortalities are not all random or due to bad luck, but can be linked with an increase in risky behavior before death - especially when sharing their home with humans. Latest pub from the @fRIresearch GBP in @cdnsciencepub cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10…

Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) movements and habitat use predict human-caused mortality across...

While the location of wildlife mortalities provides some insight on the cause of death, identifying the risk factors associated with mortality events and in which cases these factors result in death...

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PhD STUDENT POSITION! The @durant_lab is seeking a PhD student to study avian ecoimmunology @UArkansas. Research to focus on how parental effects shape immune responses & disease dynamics. More info here: tinyurl.com/6hkfffe8 Please RT! 🐤🐣🦠 Happy to answer questions!
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I am recruiting motivated grad students (MA and PhD) to start in 2023 - hybrid genomics, host-symbiont evolution, and adaptation. Lawrence is a wonderful (and affordable!) place to live, with a great museum and strong Ecol/Evo Dept @SSEgrad @systbiol
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#Marineheat waves are here to stay, and @COASST data suggests that ~1.5C is correlated with increasing freq and magnitude of #seabird mass mortality events. Will this lead to a lower carrying capacity in the #NorthPacific? #ESA2022 #CSEE2022
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Dr. Julia Riley@jr4science12 Aug 2022
🦎🐢 I am looking for an MSc student to join #RIEL @MTABiology!!! 🐢🦎 Are you interested in the social behaviour of amphibians and reptiles? Check out the advertisement below and our lab website for details (rileyecology.com/). Please share widely and apply by Sept 31!
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Congrats to our #UMassD Portuguese faculty Dr. Glaucia Silva who delivered plentaries at the 11th World Conference on Portuguese Teaching at Harvard + the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese in Puerto Rico this summer #UMassDCAS #ProudToBeUMassD
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