katywillcox.bsky.social
Kathryn (Katy) Willcox | PhD @ecobird.bsky.social social environments <-> behaviour and cognition🐥🐦🦦🐝 ❤️ welfare & outreach, also 🎶🎨🎮🎲👩🍳🌿 | she/her
👤 Joined on 18 November 2024
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@katywillcox.bsky.socialThis week's #SORTEE spotlight is on our #EcoEvoRxiv Committee and all the amazing work they do! Curious about preprints in ecology & evolution and the EcoEvoRxiv? See doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Show PostWant to improve captive animal welfare via cognitive challenge and gameplay? 🧩 🧠 Kelley Winship and I have published a new paper on Cognitive enrichment (reviewing the past 15 years, and proposing the future). Available now, open access in the journal Animal Welfare doi.org/10.1017/awf....
Show PostFunded 3.5 year PhD🎺 The effects of gamebird release and management on the lowland ecosystems of S England Lots of fieldwork. A robust and resilient student is required. Focus on reptiles and ecto-parasites Any Qs, please DM or email me Please RT www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Show PostWe used virtual mates and genetic algorithms to ask swordtail fish to design their ideal mate. Males all liked larger females but females did not share a clear preference for male appearance. Led by @kathrynbullough.bsky.social @grahancock.bsky.social in @royalsocietypublishing.org shorturl.at/rCeR2
Show PostNew paper out! The effects of high temperatures on behaviour in juvenile great tits, with my amazing colleague @gblackburn.bsky.social and student Valentine Ouvry. Particularly timely given increasingly frequent, intense heatwaves. brill.com/view/journal... #AnimalBehaviour #Heatwaves #ParusMajor
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