"Experimental study of social signalling through delayed plumage maturation in a colony-nesting seabird". A field study with models and sound, our new paper is out now in Animal Behaviour, led by Molly Hill and Liam Taylor:
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
@liamtaylor.bsky.social @animbehsociety.bsky.social
Dan Mennill
Brown plumages are social signals that reduce aggression towards young seabirds!
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
Out now in @asab.org Animal Behaviour, ft. real gulls, plastic gulls
Led by amazing undergrad Molly Hill, Lily Fanburg, @sdobney.bsky.social, and @dmennill.bsky.social
