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Gabriel Jamie
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Lecturer at FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology at University of Cape Town, South Africa.
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What's next for #mimicry research? A new Viewpoint in @natecoevo.nature.com inspired by Henry Bates 🦋 rdcu.be/et5Tl

‪by @gabrielajamie.bsky.social,‬ @lyrebirdlab.bsky.social & @animalecolab.bsky.social‬ ‬, Eunice J Tan, @colemag.bsky.social‬ & Esther Melamed doi.org/10.1038/s415...
The past and future of mimicry research
Nature Ecology & Evolution - This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Henry Walter Bates, an English naturalist who formally introduced ‘mimicry’ as a scientific...
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July 2, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Why do nestling birds sometimes evolve elaborate ornamentation? Our paper in @journal-evo.bsky.social explores the evolution of nestling ornamentation in Estrildid finches: tinyurl.com/7aesm9u5

We find evidence that brood parasitism accelerates evolution of nestling ornamentation in this radiation.
June 16, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Applications are open for the African Raptor Leadership Grant: raptorresearchfoundation.org/grants-awards/
This grant is ideal for raptorphiles keen to do the FitzPatrick's Conservation Biology MSc programme: science.uct.ac.za/fitzpatrick/...
Application deadline: 30 June
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May 13, 2025 at 8:23 AM