Amazing to see! And a reminder of how important this topic is in the context of our changing environment! @mandyridley.bsky.social @camillasoravia.bsky.social
Congrats to @alexalaman.bsky.social for leading this paper using 38 years of data to investigate climate impacts on survival & reprod success of Arabian babblers in natural vs modified habitat. We found modified habitats buffered climate impacts: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Very happy to have been able to help get this experiment out in the world! Amazing work by @mandyridley.bsky.social and the Pied Babbler team!
Just had my first @skypeascientist.bsky.social session speaking to year 6 students in Vietnam about pollution in parks🏞️🐦 Questions from these students were excellent and so thoughtful- an amazing experience! 🙂
Our new paper reveals that quantity discrimination abilities are present in great tits from a young age - and these abilities are akin to those shown by adults! 🐦🧠 Check it out via the link!
@dutourmylene.bsky.social
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🚨New paper alert 🚨
High temperatures lead to an impaired anti-predator mobbing response to five callers in wild great tits!
Loved working on this paper with an all star team of scientists! @dutourmylene.bsky.social @camillasoravia.bsky.social @mandyridley.bsky.social
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New paper out now looking at how different amplitudes of anthropogenic noise affect the behaviour of urban living magpies! This work highlights the importance of considering how variation in noise may differentially impact wildlife.
@mandyridley.bsky.social
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So happy to see this come to print after life took over & there was a delay btw data collection and writing up! We conduct an experimental test of central place foraging theory & ask how provisioning/distance trade-offs might differ in a cooperative breeder.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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More than 400 scientists, young people, Indigenous leaders, and conservation experts have written collectively to @albomp.bsky.social and @jimchalmers.bsky.social, pleading for adequate $ to protect and restore nature biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/scienti... - @biodivcouncil.bsky.social
Mandy Ridley
Grace Blackburn
Grace Blackburn
Abstract. Quantity discrimination is an important aspect of numerical cognition that is utilized across taxa in various ecological contexts, including fora
Many species benefit from the ability to discern the number of individuals calling in an anti-predator mobbing event, as more individuals likely reduces th
Anthropogenic noise can vary greatly in several properties, including timing, frequency and amplitude. However, many studies have historically focused on the effects of high amplitude noise, even t...
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This study experimentally investigated central place foraging theory in a cooperatively breeding bird, the Southern Pied Babbler. We found that while birds were more likely to provision when given fo...
Hot birds, tricky math!
Our new paper shows that high temperatures impair quantity discrimination in wild great tits.
@gblackburn.bsky.social, @camillasoravia.bsky.social, and @mandyridley.bsky.social
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Deep frustration with the budget has led more than 400 scientists, young people, Indigenous leaders, and conservation experts to write collectively to the Prime Minister and Treasurer, pleading for ad...
