Alexander Schlatmann
@aaschlatmann.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in Behavioural Ecology @ University of Groningen 🇳🇱 | Researching how personality variation drives mating patterns & reproductive isolation | Birder
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NEW PAPER OUT 📃: My first ever paper, which reports on my Master’s research, is now out in Animal Behaviour.
Can blue tit nestlings sense their relatedness to their nestmates through smell? 🧵
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#OpenAccess #OpenScience #Preregistration #AcademicSky🧪
Can blue tit nestlings sense their relatedness to their nestmates through smell? 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#OpenAccess #OpenScience #Preregistration #AcademicSky🧪
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Want to know everything about bird smell?
I wrote an "Ornithological masterclass" on Avian Olfaction for BTO News @btobirds.bsky.social #ornithology
Link to the article 👉 www.researchgate.net/publication/...
I wrote an "Ornithological masterclass" on Avian Olfaction for BTO News @btobirds.bsky.social #ornithology
Link to the article 👉 www.researchgate.net/publication/...
October 8, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Want to know everything about bird smell?
I wrote an "Ornithological masterclass" on Avian Olfaction for BTO News @btobirds.bsky.social #ornithology
Link to the article 👉 www.researchgate.net/publication/...
I wrote an "Ornithological masterclass" on Avian Olfaction for BTO News @btobirds.bsky.social #ornithology
Link to the article 👉 www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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𝗡𝗩𝗚 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟭𝟵-𝟮𝟭 𝗡𝗼𝘃 @ 𝗭𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗱𝘂𝗶𝗻, 𝗘𝗴𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗮𝗻 𝗭𝗲𝗲
You can register for the meeting via the link on our home page www.gedragsbiologie.nl
Deadline for sending in abstracts & registration is October 20th.
PhD workshop, MSc scholarships & Logo contest info on our website!
You can register for the meeting via the link on our home page www.gedragsbiologie.nl
Deadline for sending in abstracts & registration is October 20th.
PhD workshop, MSc scholarships & Logo contest info on our website!
NVG – Netherlands Society for Behavioural Biology
www.gedragsbiologie.nl
September 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
𝗡𝗩𝗚 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟭𝟵-𝟮𝟭 𝗡𝗼𝘃 @ 𝗭𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗱𝘂𝗶𝗻, 𝗘𝗴𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗮𝗻 𝗭𝗲𝗲
You can register for the meeting via the link on our home page www.gedragsbiologie.nl
Deadline for sending in abstracts & registration is October 20th.
PhD workshop, MSc scholarships & Logo contest info on our website!
You can register for the meeting via the link on our home page www.gedragsbiologie.nl
Deadline for sending in abstracts & registration is October 20th.
PhD workshop, MSc scholarships & Logo contest info on our website!
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An excellent PhD opportunity - at a great place - with a great system .....and with a great group! Should be fun....as well as very scientifically rewarding😀
Come & work with us - fully funded 4 year PhD on Social Ageing: Social environment effects on senescence, using an epigenetic clock www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor... @rug.nl @david-s-richardson.bsky.social @keesvanoers.bsky.social @seychelleswarbler.bsky.social photo: @charlisdavies.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 8:21 AM
An excellent PhD opportunity - at a great place - with a great system .....and with a great group! Should be fun....as well as very scientifically rewarding😀
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Translocations and high-resolution tracking show that field margins improve connectivity and corridor functionality in agricultural landscapes... even for habitat generalist birds like bulbuls! 🐦🌎🧪
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August 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Translocations and high-resolution tracking show that field margins improve connectivity and corridor functionality in agricultural landscapes... even for habitat generalist birds like bulbuls! 🐦🌎🧪
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
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New paper out now! 🥳📄
Massive shoutout to Sarah Worsley, who did the heavy lifting 💪 – absolute star! 🌟
Massive shoutout to Sarah Worsley, who did the heavy lifting 💪 – absolute star! 🌟
Congrats 🎉 Sarah Worsley "Gut microbiome communities demonstrate fine-scale spatial variation in a closed, island bird population" ISME Communications doi.org/10.1093/isme... @chuenlee.bsky.social @terryburke.bsky.social @david-s-richardson.bsky.social
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August 27, 2025 at 8:49 AM
New paper out now! 🥳📄
Massive shoutout to Sarah Worsley, who did the heavy lifting 💪 – absolute star! 🌟
Massive shoutout to Sarah Worsley, who did the heavy lifting 💪 – absolute star! 🌟
Check out our new paper led by Gaoyang Yu!
Territorial aggression in blue tits is repeatable in both sexes, but females were the fiercer defenders. How does this challenge long-held assumptions about sex roles in territorial behaviour?
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Territorial aggression in blue tits is repeatable in both sexes, but females were the fiercer defenders. How does this challenge long-held assumptions about sex roles in territorial behaviour?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧪
Intrasexual and intersexual territorial aggressive responses are repeatable and correlated in blue tits of both sexes
Aggressive behaviours are commonly expressed in the competition for limited resources and influence the survival and reproduction of individuals. Howe…
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August 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Check out our new paper led by Gaoyang Yu!
Territorial aggression in blue tits is repeatable in both sexes, but females were the fiercer defenders. How does this challenge long-held assumptions about sex roles in territorial behaviour?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧪
Territorial aggression in blue tits is repeatable in both sexes, but females were the fiercer defenders. How does this challenge long-held assumptions about sex roles in territorial behaviour?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧪
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NEW PAPER OUT 📃: My first ever paper, which reports on my Master’s research, is now out in Animal Behaviour.
Can blue tit nestlings sense their relatedness to their nestmates through smell? 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#OpenAccess #OpenScience #Preregistration #AcademicSky🧪
Can blue tit nestlings sense their relatedness to their nestmates through smell? 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#OpenAccess #OpenScience #Preregistration #AcademicSky🧪
March 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
NEW PAPER OUT 📃: My first ever paper, which reports on my Master’s research, is now out in Animal Behaviour.
Can blue tit nestlings sense their relatedness to their nestmates through smell? 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#OpenAccess #OpenScience #Preregistration #AcademicSky🧪
Can blue tit nestlings sense their relatedness to their nestmates through smell? 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#OpenAccess #OpenScience #Preregistration #AcademicSky🧪
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The Local Organizing Commitee welcomes behavioral ecologists from across the world and of all career stages to enjoy a five-day meeting rich in top-notch science and ample networking opportunities in Turin (Italy), 20-24 July 2026.
June 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The Local Organizing Commitee welcomes behavioral ecologists from across the world and of all career stages to enjoy a five-day meeting rich in top-notch science and ample networking opportunities in Turin (Italy), 20-24 July 2026.
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New preprint out on social interactions and the gut microbiome in a cooperative breeding species
doi.org/10.32942/X2N...
doi.org/10.32942/X2N...
Social interactions shape anaerobic, but not aerotolerant, gut microbiome composition in a cooperative breeding species
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June 21, 2025 at 10:22 AM
New preprint out on social interactions and the gut microbiome in a cooperative breeding species
doi.org/10.32942/X2N...
doi.org/10.32942/X2N...
From egg to hatchling!
Swipe through the larval development of the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
Swipe through the larval development of the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
June 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
From egg to hatchling!
Swipe through the larval development of the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
Swipe through the larval development of the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
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🐠💥2 year postdoc in fish sensory ecology!! 💥🐟
If you’re into animal colour, collective behaviour, predator-prey interactions, enjoy behavioural experiments and fieldwork, please apply! Based in Oxford with fieldwork in northwest Thailand (and elsewhere). Please repost! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM294/p...
If you’re into animal colour, collective behaviour, predator-prey interactions, enjoy behavioural experiments and fieldwork, please apply! Based in Oxford with fieldwork in northwest Thailand (and elsewhere). Please repost! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM294/p...
June 13, 2025 at 6:50 AM
🐠💥2 year postdoc in fish sensory ecology!! 💥🐟
If you’re into animal colour, collective behaviour, predator-prey interactions, enjoy behavioural experiments and fieldwork, please apply! Based in Oxford with fieldwork in northwest Thailand (and elsewhere). Please repost! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM294/p...
If you’re into animal colour, collective behaviour, predator-prey interactions, enjoy behavioural experiments and fieldwork, please apply! Based in Oxford with fieldwork in northwest Thailand (and elsewhere). Please repost! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM294/p...
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My student Vanessa Perez is analyzing hundreds of photos of the Barred Fruiteater. If you have some, you can help her fill some geographic gaps. A cool story is unwrapping ⛰️🪶 Please share! #birds #ornithology #speciation #andes
May 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
My student Vanessa Perez is analyzing hundreds of photos of the Barred Fruiteater. If you have some, you can help her fill some geographic gaps. A cool story is unwrapping ⛰️🪶 Please share! #birds #ornithology #speciation #andes
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Our review article of methods used to study olfaction of birds during foraging is now published. We found 80 experiments of this topic. In most of the experiments birds were attracted to the odour source, but there were biases, too. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #ornithology
Feathered noses: methodological insights into understanding avian olfaction and foraging
Research into avian olfactory abilities has so far attracted relatively limited attention due to their complex nature and methodological difficulties.…
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January 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Our review article of methods used to study olfaction of birds during foraging is now published. We found 80 experiments of this topic. In most of the experiments birds were attracted to the odour source, but there were biases, too. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #ornithology
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Our new paper, using shotgun metagenomics on the gut microbiome, shows small but interesting longitudinal changes with age in a natural population.
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Metagenomic analyses of gut microbiome composition and function with age in a wild bird; little change, except increased transposase gene abundance
Abstract. Studies on wild animals, mostly undertaken using 16S metabarcoding, have yielded ambiguous evidence regarding changes in the gut microbiome (GM)
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February 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Our new paper, using shotgun metagenomics on the gut microbiome, shows small but interesting longitudinal changes with age in a natural population.
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First male Pied Flycatcher singing this morning at East Dartmoor. Second earliest arrival recorded on the reserve. #phenology
March 30, 2025 at 11:16 AM
First male Pied Flycatcher singing this morning at East Dartmoor. Second earliest arrival recorded on the reserve. #phenology
NEW PAPER OUT 📃: My first ever paper, which reports on my Master’s research, is now out in Animal Behaviour.
Can blue tit nestlings sense their relatedness to their nestmates through smell? 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#OpenAccess #OpenScience #Preregistration #AcademicSky🧪
Can blue tit nestlings sense their relatedness to their nestmates through smell? 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#OpenAccess #OpenScience #Preregistration #AcademicSky🧪
March 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
NEW PAPER OUT 📃: My first ever paper, which reports on my Master’s research, is now out in Animal Behaviour.
Can blue tit nestlings sense their relatedness to their nestmates through smell? 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#OpenAccess #OpenScience #Preregistration #AcademicSky🧪
Can blue tit nestlings sense their relatedness to their nestmates through smell? 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#OpenAccess #OpenScience #Preregistration #AcademicSky🧪
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New paper on the demographic drivers of cultural evolution in Great Tit song published today - epic work led by @nilomr.bsky.social with help from @andreaestandia.bsky.social Ella Cole & Sara Keen. Why did we do this, and what did we find? 🧵 follows: 1/n
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The demographic drivers of cultural evolution in bird song
Social learning can give rise to shared behavioral patterns that persist as culture within animal communities,1,2 such as bird and whale songs and cet…
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March 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
New paper on the demographic drivers of cultural evolution in Great Tit song published today - epic work led by @nilomr.bsky.social with help from @andreaestandia.bsky.social Ella Cole & Sara Keen. Why did we do this, and what did we find? 🧵 follows: 1/n
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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