I’m excited to share a PhD opportunity in my group, focussed on ecological forecasting of blue tit population responses to climate change as part of the e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk @edinburghbiology.bsky.social.

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Heavier chicks pay off only when times are tough: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voag011 Louis @lbliard.bsky.social tested Lack's classic idea with 58 years of Wytham great tit data. Bigger broods meant lighter chicks, but heavy chicks did better only in cold, dry or crowded springs. 🐦 @jevbio.bsky.social

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You can tell Monopoly is an old game because there’s a luxury tax and rich people can go to jail.

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🦈 The first individual-based model of basking £shark aggregation, simulating sharks off Ireland's Inishowen Peninsula, finds that groups emerge from a mix of food and social drivers rather than food or chance alone. Full open-access paper: doi.org/10.3897/ibe.... #sharks #ecology

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Wenn sich Leute vorstellen, wie ihr Leben in der Antike gewesen wäre, imaginieren sie sich als Oberschicht, nicht als Sklaven, obwohl es davon viel mehr gab. Dasselbe bei Zukunftsvisionen: Nein, du wirst nicht im Flugtaxi reisen, sondern viel eher der sein, der nachts wegen Flugtaxilärm verzweifelt.

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