MostlyWaxbills
@mostlywaxbills.bsky.social
CIBIO team studying behavioural ecology with waxbills (mostly). posts by g.cardoso
New paper on accounting for phylogenetic uncertainty in comparative analyses:
Weighted model-averaging is helpful, but usually not by much.
Piccoli et al. @evolbiology.bsky.social, here: doi.org/10.1007/s116...
Weighted model-averaging is helpful, but usually not by much.
Piccoli et al. @evolbiology.bsky.social, here: doi.org/10.1007/s116...
Should Comparative Models Be Weighted when Accounting for Phylogenetic Uncertainty? - Evolutionary Biology
Phylogenies are a foundation for studies of phenotypic evolution, but sometimes phylogenetic reconstruction is poorly supported. To account for phylogenetic uncertainty, it is advisable to run compara...
doi.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 AM
New paper on accounting for phylogenetic uncertainty in comparative analyses:
Weighted model-averaging is helpful, but usually not by much.
Piccoli et al. @evolbiology.bsky.social, here: doi.org/10.1007/s116...
Weighted model-averaging is helpful, but usually not by much.
Piccoli et al. @evolbiology.bsky.social, here: doi.org/10.1007/s116...
The decades-long habit of measuring animal sound frequencies in hertz biases #bioacoustics research.
Part of the solution is very simple: do not measure animal sounds in Hz, measure them in logHz instead.
New article @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social here: doi.org/10.1111/2041...
Part of the solution is very simple: do not measure animal sounds in Hz, measure them in logHz instead.
New article @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social here: doi.org/10.1111/2041...
Let's stop measuring animal sound frequencies in hertz
Research on the function and evolution of animal sounds typically analyses sound frequency on a linear scale (Hz), despite the perception and modulation of sound frequency by animals being better ...
doi.org
October 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The decades-long habit of measuring animal sound frequencies in hertz biases #bioacoustics research.
Part of the solution is very simple: do not measure animal sounds in Hz, measure them in logHz instead.
New article @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social here: doi.org/10.1111/2041...
Part of the solution is very simple: do not measure animal sounds in Hz, measure them in logHz instead.
New article @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social here: doi.org/10.1111/2041...
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🐦Waxbills! 🥡Food competition! 🕵️Strangers! 🤬Social aggression!
Our September #ASABEditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal:
“Watchful of strangers: Waxbills redirect aggression from unfamiliar to familiar individuals”
Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123288
Our September #ASABEditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal:
“Watchful of strangers: Waxbills redirect aggression from unfamiliar to familiar individuals”
Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123288
September 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
🐦Waxbills! 🥡Food competition! 🕵️Strangers! 🤬Social aggression!
Our September #ASABEditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal:
“Watchful of strangers: Waxbills redirect aggression from unfamiliar to familiar individuals”
Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123288
Our September #ASABEditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal:
“Watchful of strangers: Waxbills redirect aggression from unfamiliar to familiar individuals”
Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123288
New #bioacoustics article at @journal-evo.bsky.social on how bird songs evolved extreme sound frequencies, despite frequency-dependent constraints on sound amplitude.
Paper here 📎: doi.org/10.1093/evol...
Paper here 📎: doi.org/10.1093/evol...
September 12, 2025 at 8:54 AM
New #bioacoustics article at @journal-evo.bsky.social on how bird songs evolved extreme sound frequencies, despite frequency-dependent constraints on sound amplitude.
Paper here 📎: doi.org/10.1093/evol...
Paper here 📎: doi.org/10.1093/evol...
João Pacheco's new paper - doi.org/10.1016/j.an... - continues a story of fear, reputation, show-off and aggression in waxbills.
Here are all chapters:
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
doi.org/10.1093/behe...
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
doi.org/10.1111/eth....
Here are all chapters:
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
doi.org/10.1093/behe...
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
doi.org/10.1111/eth....
September 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
João Pacheco's new paper - doi.org/10.1016/j.an... - continues a story of fear, reputation, show-off and aggression in waxbills.
Here are all chapters:
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
doi.org/10.1093/behe...
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
doi.org/10.1111/eth....
Here are all chapters:
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
doi.org/10.1093/behe...
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
doi.org/10.1111/eth....
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🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨
#AnimalBehaviour #Ethology #Communication #Calls
"Eavesdropping and contagious alarming in bird communities"
Rossetto et al. with SPE members Gonçalo Cardoso @mostlywaxbills.bsky.social
@ Learning & Behaviour
#AnimalBehaviour #Ethology #Communication #Calls
"Eavesdropping and contagious alarming in bird communities"
Rossetto et al. with SPE members Gonçalo Cardoso @mostlywaxbills.bsky.social
@ Learning & Behaviour
June 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨
#AnimalBehaviour #Ethology #Communication #Calls
"Eavesdropping and contagious alarming in bird communities"
Rossetto et al. with SPE members Gonçalo Cardoso @mostlywaxbills.bsky.social
@ Learning & Behaviour
#AnimalBehaviour #Ethology #Communication #Calls
"Eavesdropping and contagious alarming in bird communities"
Rossetto et al. with SPE members Gonçalo Cardoso @mostlywaxbills.bsky.social
@ Learning & Behaviour
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Eavesdropping and contagious alarming in bird communities | link.springer.com/ar... | Learning and Behaviour | #ornithology 🪶
Eavesdropping and contagious alarming in bird communities
Learning & Behavior - Eavesdropping on heterospecific alarm calls can provide valuable information about predator presence and therefore yield survival benefits. However, if, how, and why...
link.springer.com
June 6, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Eavesdropping and contagious alarming in bird communities | link.springer.com/ar... | Learning and Behaviour | #ornithology 🪶
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New Paper published 🎉🎉 👇👇👇
🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨
#AnimalBehaviour #Ethology #Microbiome
Silva, Gomes et al. with SPE members Ana Gomes @anacrgomes.bsky.social , Gonçalo Cardoso @mostlywaxbills.bsky.social , Sandra Trigo @trigosandra.bsky.social @ Behav Ecol Sociobiol
#AnimalBehaviour #Ethology #Microbiome
Silva, Gomes et al. with SPE members Ana Gomes @anacrgomes.bsky.social , Gonçalo Cardoso @mostlywaxbills.bsky.social , Sandra Trigo @trigosandra.bsky.social @ Behav Ecol Sociobiol
May 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
New Paper published 🎉🎉 👇👇👇
A waxbill with its red bill mottled black. This happens in breeding females, who mottle their red bill with juvenile-like black. Perhaps breeding females exploit others' innate responses towards juvenile bill colour.
See the new article @asn-amnat.bsky.social here doi.org/10.1086/735832
See the new article @asn-amnat.bsky.social here doi.org/10.1086/735832
March 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A waxbill with its red bill mottled black. This happens in breeding females, who mottle their red bill with juvenile-like black. Perhaps breeding females exploit others' innate responses towards juvenile bill colour.
See the new article @asn-amnat.bsky.social here doi.org/10.1086/735832
See the new article @asn-amnat.bsky.social here doi.org/10.1086/735832
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📢New paper alert!📢 We found stronger senescence and environmental effects on female colour than on males in a mutually ornamented bird, the common waxbill. with S Guerra, C Romero-Diaz, P Silva, S Trigo, and @mostlywaxbills.bsky.social at Behavioral Ecology (1/5)
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Aging and environment affect female more than male color in a mutually ornamented bird
We found stronger senescence and environmental effects on female than male color in a mutually ornamented bird, the common waxbill. Results indicate plasti
academic.oup.com
January 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
📢New paper alert!📢 We found stronger senescence and environmental effects on female colour than on males in a mutually ornamented bird, the common waxbill. with S Guerra, C Romero-Diaz, P Silva, S Trigo, and @mostlywaxbills.bsky.social at Behavioral Ecology (1/5)
academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...
academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...
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Ageing and environment affect female more than male color in a mutually ornamented bird | doi.org/10.1093/behe... | Behavioral Ecology | #ornithology 🪶
December 2, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Ageing and environment affect female more than male color in a mutually ornamented bird | doi.org/10.1093/behe... | Behavioral Ecology | #ornithology 🪶