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I'm recruiting a PhD student to study how predation shapes animal cognition and the conservation opportunities of animal cognition. Lots of fun field work in beautiful places : ) Please share !! www.eifwooster.org/opportunities

Funded #PhD scholarship: Vocal mimicry in toothbilled bowerbirds @westsyduhie.bsky.social with @animalecolab.bsky.social @drbackhouse.bsky.social @pec-exeter.bsky.social Closes: 31 July 2026 More info tinyurl.com/2axjy7pn

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LyrebirdLab

New paper out! Early-life social instability increases aggression in chickens, but does not affect response inhibition 🐤 We discuss what this means for developmental links between social environments, cognition, and social behaviour, highlighting strong context dependence Full text: rdcu.be/eYOzC

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Eamonn Wooster

NEW PUBLICATION on Bird 🦆 Hunting 🔫. Huge piece of work from across @universityofessex.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social Adonis Blue - #ecological impacts of #recreational #hunting in protected areas - recommendations for evidence led #regulation publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/...

What are the ecological effects of releasing and managing mallard ducks for hunting? Our new OA paper with @ecoevoenviro.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... What did we find? A short 🧵

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Katy Willcox

Mallard release in the UK has been increasing over recent years and now ~1.3-2.6 million are released annually Problems are likely to be especially acute (and benefits less) on large "driven duck only" days We call for markedly more research into Mallard release and management

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Tom Cameron

Evidence is currently limited and often weak (especially considering wider ecosystem effects) Releases and associated management have both positive (e.g. habitat creation, feeding) and negative (e.g. interbreeding, disease, eutrophication) ecological impacts

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PEC Exeter

Millions of Mallard are artificially reared and released annually across the world in UK, Europe and North America We conducted a literature review (37 papers, 41 effects) of their genetic, direct & associated effects on wild conspecifics, other waterbirds and aquatic ecosystems

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PEC Exeter