Birds and environment: exploring the interconnections and conservation challenges - Part II
with #SPEmember Sandra Trigo @trigosandra.bsky.social as Guest Editor

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers🚨
#AnimalBehaviour #Ethology #Evolution

"A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia"
ManyBirds Project et al. with SPE member Sandra Trigo @trigosandra.bsky.social @ PLOS Biology

Calling for tour paper for the upcoming collection "Birds and environment: exploring the interconnections and conservation challenges - Part II."

Sandra Trigo @trigosandra.bsky.social the second plenary speaker of the #SPEetol2025 presenting how sex-differences in ornamentation are expresed and regulated in birds. Such a great start!

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Fear of novelty varies across species & individuals, impacting adaptability & survival. @themanybirds.bsky.social @drrmiller.bsky.social &co assess #neophobia in 1400 subjects from 136 #bird species, identifying phylogenetic influences & broad ecological drivers @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4haLEsN

🐦 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

We are delighted to announce that ManyBirds Study 1 “Evolutionary drivers of neophobia across the avian clade” is now available in pre-print: doi.org/10.31219/osf... and been submitted for peer-review publication. 1/

Another #SPEmebers paper as #ASABEditorsChoice

João Pacheco
Patrícia Beltrão
@trigosandra.bsky.social
@mostlywaxbills.bsky.social

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with SPE members João Pacheco, Patrícia Beltrão, Sandra Trigo @trigosandra.bsky.social , and Gonçalo Cardoso @mostlywaxbills.bsky.social @ Animal Behaviour

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....

Sandra Trigo (CIBIO, Portugal) @trigosandra.bsky.social is an assistant researcher at the Biopolis Association, CIBIO/InBIO, University of Porto, and a guest assistant professor at the University of Porto.

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🚨 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

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨
#animalbehaviour #ethology

"Client reef fish prefer more blue-saturated cleaner wrasses Labroides dimidiatus"
Cacela-Rodrigues et al. with SPE members Marta Soares, João Saraiva, and @trigosandra.bsky.social Sandra Trigo @jexpbiol.bsky.social

Ageing and environment affect female more than male color in a mutually ornamented bird | doi.org/10.1093/behe... | Behavioral Ecology | #ornithology 🪶