Carl Soulsbury
@cds-york.bsky.social
Professor of Animal Ecology @UniLincoln Married to Graziella+3 kids+1 hound. Views: agrees with Sheena, views are own.
The Effects of Diet on the Expression of Male Dimorphic Colouration and Weaponry in a Species of Neotropical Katydid - Holmes - 2025 - Ecology and Evolution - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The Effects of Diet on the Expression of Male Dimorphic Colouration and Weaponry in a Species of Neotropical Katydid
Male alternative reproductive tactics are widespread, often involving distinct morphs influenced by genetics or the environment. This study confirms two male morphs in the bush cricket Satizabalus jo....
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December 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The Effects of Diet on the Expression of Male Dimorphic Colouration and Weaponry in a Species of Neotropical Katydid - Holmes - 2025 - Ecology and Evolution - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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📢 We have an open position for a postdoc to join my lab. It's a great position @animecol-uu.bsky.social, fully salaried for 2.5 years with all benefits.
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The project is about transmission patterns of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in aquatic insects. 🧬🦠 (1/3)
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The project is about transmission patterns of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in aquatic insects. 🧬🦠 (1/3)
Postdoctoral researcher in molecular ecology - Uppsala University
Postdoctoral researcher in molecular ecology, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University
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October 27, 2025 at 7:43 AM
📢 We have an open position for a postdoc to join my lab. It's a great position @animecol-uu.bsky.social, fully salaried for 2.5 years with all benefits.
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
The project is about transmission patterns of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in aquatic insects. 🧬🦠 (1/3)
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
The project is about transmission patterns of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in aquatic insects. 🧬🦠 (1/3)
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It was such an incredible, enriching, and fun experience — I learned so much ❤️ So thankful to the amazing leadership team who welcomed me! @drrmiller.bsky.social @vedranaslipogor.bsky.social @nomascus.bsky.social @stephanreber.bsky.social @cds-york.bsky.social Megan Lambert & Claudia Mettke-Hofmann
October 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
It was such an incredible, enriching, and fun experience — I learned so much ❤️ So thankful to the amazing leadership team who welcomed me! @drrmiller.bsky.social @vedranaslipogor.bsky.social @nomascus.bsky.social @stephanreber.bsky.social @cds-york.bsky.social Megan Lambert & Claudia Mettke-Hofmann
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So excited that our first major empirical @themanybirds.bsky.social paper is now out in @plosbiology.org!
Leading this big team science project, with our excellent core leadership team, is a labour of love for me, delighted to see our hard work over the past 4 years has reached this milestone!
Leading this big team science project, with our excellent core leadership team, is a labour of love for me, delighted to see our hard work over the past 4 years has reached this milestone!
🐦 Exciting news! Our new paper is out in PLOS Biology:
“A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia.”
Led by the #ManyBirds Project - 129 researchers, 82 institutions, 24 countries 🌍
🔗 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
@themanybirds.bsky.social
“A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia.”
Led by the #ManyBirds Project - 129 researchers, 82 institutions, 24 countries 🌍
🔗 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
@themanybirds.bsky.social
A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia
Neophobia (the aversive response to novelty) varies considerably across species and individuals, and can impact adaptability and survival. This study assesses neophobia in 1400 subjects from 136 bird ...
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October 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
So excited that our first major empirical @themanybirds.bsky.social paper is now out in @plosbiology.org!
Leading this big team science project, with our excellent core leadership team, is a labour of love for me, delighted to see our hard work over the past 4 years has reached this milestone!
Leading this big team science project, with our excellent core leadership team, is a labour of love for me, delighted to see our hard work over the past 4 years has reached this milestone!
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Bird species with specialized diets and migratory habits tend to show higher fear of novelty, a stable trait that may influence their adaptability to environmental change. doi.org/g96v62
Chickening out: Why some birds fear novelty
The largest-ever study on neophobia, or fear of novelty, has discovered the key reasons why some bird species are more fearful of new things than others.
phys.org
October 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Bird species with specialized diets and migratory habits tend to show higher fear of novelty, a stable trait that may influence their adaptability to environmental change. doi.org/g96v62
Ecological drivers of neophobia in birds
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia
Neophobia (the aversive response to novelty) varies considerably across species and individuals, and can impact adaptability and survival. This study assesses neophobia in 1400 subjects from 136 bird ...
dx.plos.org
October 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Ecological drivers of neophobia in birds
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
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For the full publication, check out Nature Ecology and Evolution
@natecoevo.nature.com 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41... 6/6
@natecoevo.nature.com 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41... 6/6
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September 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
For the full publication, check out Nature Ecology and Evolution
@natecoevo.nature.com 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41... 6/6
@natecoevo.nature.com 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41... 6/6
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The core chapter of my PhD has now been published in Nature E&E! 🧬🥳
In this paper, we investigate whether predicted deleterious mutations reduce fitness and if so, how? Do heterozygous mutations also contribute? And are non-coding mutations more deleterious?
Read all about it here: rdcu.be/eAcM5
In this paper, we investigate whether predicted deleterious mutations reduce fitness and if so, how? Do heterozygous mutations also contribute? And are non-coding mutations more deleterious?
Read all about it here: rdcu.be/eAcM5
Predicted deleterious mutations reveal the genetic architecture of male reproductive success in a lekking bird
Nature Ecology & Evolution - Analysis of whole genomes and life-history data of male black grouse shows that deleterious mutations, especially those in promotors, reduce lifetime reproductive...
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August 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The core chapter of my PhD has now been published in Nature E&E! 🧬🥳
In this paper, we investigate whether predicted deleterious mutations reduce fitness and if so, how? Do heterozygous mutations also contribute? And are non-coding mutations more deleterious?
Read all about it here: rdcu.be/eAcM5
In this paper, we investigate whether predicted deleterious mutations reduce fitness and if so, how? Do heterozygous mutations also contribute? And are non-coding mutations more deleterious?
Read all about it here: rdcu.be/eAcM5
PDRA position available: 2 year Postdoc working on eDNA and citizen science as part of NERC grant. Deadline 10th August. jobs.lincoln.ac.uk/CHS217A
Job Opportunity at the University of Lincoln: Post-Doctoral Research Associate in e-DNA-Based Environmental Monitoring
This position is an externally-funded PDRA position, supporting the NERC project “Developing paper ‘origami’ eDNA sensors for real-time public surveillance of invasive species”. This project is develo...
jobs.lincoln.ac.uk
July 9, 2025 at 7:51 AM
PDRA position available: 2 year Postdoc working on eDNA and citizen science as part of NERC grant. Deadline 10th August. jobs.lincoln.ac.uk/CHS217A
Post-Doctoral Research Associate in eDNA-Based Environmental Monitoring (24 months)
jobs.lincoln.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
jobs.lincoln.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at the University of Lincoln: Post-Doctoral Research Associate in e-DNA-Based Environmental Monitoring
This position is an externally-funded PDRA position, supporting the NERC project “Developing paper ‘origami’ eDNA sensors for real-time public surveillance of invasive species”. This project is develo...
jobs.lincoln.ac.uk
May 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Post-Doctoral Research Associate in eDNA-Based Environmental Monitoring (24 months)
jobs.lincoln.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
jobs.lincoln.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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It's been a long time coming but today's been the first 100+ ringing day of the spring - 106 in total, mostly at the Obs but small contributions also from the Crown Estate Field and, for the first time this year, Culverwell; individual totals incl 62 WWs, 14 CCs, 9 Bcaps & 6 Wthroats.
April 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It's been a long time coming but today's been the first 100+ ringing day of the spring - 106 in total, mostly at the Obs but small contributions also from the Crown Estate Field and, for the first time this year, Culverwell; individual totals incl 62 WWs, 14 CCs, 9 Bcaps & 6 Wthroats.
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"Stop guerrilla rewilding, say Scottish gamekeepers after feral pigs released."
I'm ever more convinced that it's those who are adamantly *opposed* to rewilding who are most likely to be behind all these totally inept species releases. It's manna from heaven for them.
www.yahoo.com/news/stop-gu...
I'm ever more convinced that it's those who are adamantly *opposed* to rewilding who are most likely to be behind all these totally inept species releases. It's manna from heaven for them.
www.yahoo.com/news/stop-gu...
Stop guerrilla rewilding, say Scottish gamekeepers after feral pigs released
A gamekeeping body has pleaded with authorities to stop “guerrilla rewilding” from becoming the norm after a group of pigs were illegally released in the Cairngorms.
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February 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
"Stop guerrilla rewilding, say Scottish gamekeepers after feral pigs released."
I'm ever more convinced that it's those who are adamantly *opposed* to rewilding who are most likely to be behind all these totally inept species releases. It's manna from heaven for them.
www.yahoo.com/news/stop-gu...
I'm ever more convinced that it's those who are adamantly *opposed* to rewilding who are most likely to be behind all these totally inept species releases. It's manna from heaven for them.
www.yahoo.com/news/stop-gu...
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"Mammals show faster recovery from capture and tagging in human-disturbed landscapes" www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Mammals show faster recovery from capture and tagging in human-disturbed landscapes
PDF | Wildlife tagging provides critical insights into animal movement ecology, physiology, and behavior amid global ecosystem changes. However, the... | Find, read and cite all the research you need ...
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November 18, 2024 at 12:33 AM
"Mammals show faster recovery from capture and tagging in human-disturbed landscapes" www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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Matthews et al. Picky eaters: Selective microbial diet of avian ectosymbionts besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #ornithology
Picky eaters: Selective microbial diet of avian ectosymbionts
Feather mites have been known to consume microbes from their host feathers, but here, for the first time, we demonstrate that they selectively consume feather-degrading microbes from feathers. Our wo...
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November 18, 2024 at 9:34 AM
Matthews et al. Picky eaters: Selective microbial diet of avian ectosymbionts besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #ornithology
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Le Coeur et al. No evidence of early life resource pulse effects on age‐specific variation in survival, reproduction and body mass of female Siberian flying squirrels besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
No evidence of early life resource pulse effects on age‐specific variation in survival, reproduction and body mass of female Siberian flying squirrels
Multiple theories have emerged to explain how early life conditions can influence senescence rates, including the disposable soma theory and the silver spoon hypothesis. However, few studies have exp...
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November 18, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Le Coeur et al. No evidence of early life resource pulse effects on age‐specific variation in survival, reproduction and body mass of female Siberian flying squirrels besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....