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MostlyWaxbills

@mostly_waxbills

@CIBIO_InBIO team studying behavioural ecology with waxbills (mostly). posts by g.cardoso

Joined April 2020
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We flew to blue skies @mostlywaxbills.bsky.social
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Amalia de la Torre presenting her latest results on ageing and sociality @ESLRSociety's social networks workshop.
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#Song and #colour evolved in tandem across the #canary relatives, likely due to species differences in size. New article at #ProcB here doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.10…, w/ j.abreu & pg.mota, @CIBIO_InBIO.
Left to right: canary, serin, greenfinch.

ALT Left to right: canary, serin, greenfinch.

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More generally, if you are interested in the songs and colours of canaries and relatives, it's all here: doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-1…
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BIOPOLIS-CIBIO@CIBIO_InBIO28 Aug 2024
📖 #TheDiaryOfAScientist 24/26 Patrícia Beltrão shows how bullying isn't just a human behavior—common waxbills use it to signal status within their social groups. @BeltraoPati @mostly_waxbills publico.pt/interactivos/diar…
Diário de um Cientista - PÚBLICO

Diário de um Cientista - PÚBLICO

Todos os dias, um texto. Neste diário, 26 cientistas contam as suas histórias.

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A waxbill catching the breeze. The #weather (temperature, wind, rain) influences ecologically-relevant aspects of waxbill social behaviour. New article at @BehavEcol here 📎 doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arae0…, w/ @BeltraoPati @AnaC_RGomes @BiaCSaldanha & @fpslima, @CIBIO_InBIO.
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Behavioural lateralization co-varies with sex and inhibitory control in common waxbills. New article at @AnimBehSociety here 📎 doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.20…, w/ @Pedromms_98 @BeltraoPati @BiaCSaldanha & @AnaC_RGomes, @CIBIO_InBIO.
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🚩NEW PAPER🚩Very happy to announce our recent work on the effects of tryptophan administration on social behavior, in free-flying waxbills in naturalistic conditions. Here's the link for anyone who would like to read it ☺️academic.oup.com/beheco/arti… (🧵1/2)

Dietary tryptophan affects group behavior in a social bird

Abstract. The amino acid tryptophan (Trp) is a precursor of the neurotransmitter serotonin. Trp supplementation or other forms of serotonergic enhancement

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New book! The #canary is one of the most loved birds in the world, and an important model for science. It’s all here, written by specialists in ecology and evolution, ethnobiology, neurobiology, physiology and genetics. shop.elsevier.com/books/the-…
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Individual chapters from The Canary are now available in ScienceDirect sciencedirect.com/book/97804…
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Congratulations to @BeltraoPati for the marvelous PhD defense yesterday 🔖, and thanks for spending these years here! Here are a few of Patrícia’s discoveries; the future will be bright.. doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.20… doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14… doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.02…
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We are excited to announce that @CIBIO_InBIO will host the 2023 Conference of the Portuguese Ethological Society (#SPE2023). We invite all colleagues working on animal behaviour to join us in December 7-9 in Portugal. Follow the thread for more details:
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Gut #microbiome associated with coloration but not #behaviour in a common environment. Beware of environment & diet effects when interpreting microbiome-behaviour associations! 📄 @BiolJLinnSoc w/ s.m.silva r.xavier @AnaC_RGomes @BeltraoPati & @trigo_st: doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/b…
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TiBE 2025@tibe_biopolis19 Jun 2023
Registrations and call for abstracts for TiBE 2023 open TOMORROW!!! 😁
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New paper alert! Two experiments showing that “Social network positions of common waxbills are resilient to prolonged absence and to manipulation of ornamental plumage” with @NeeltjeBoogert and @mostly_waxbills sciencedirect.com/science/ar… #OpenAccess 1/6
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#Bullying is puzzling: why to gratuitously attack subordinate individuals? New research suggests that bullying is used for showing-off social dominance to individuals watching in the audience. Article here royalsocietypublishing.org/d… w/ @AnaC_RGomes @mostly_waxbills, (1/4)
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Not so monochromatic: Size-dependency of both sex and color in the cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus frontiersin.org/articles/10.… @trigo_st @pauline_narvaez @mostly_waxbills
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Finally, you can read the research paper originated from my MSc on how serotonin affects a little social bird's behaviour 🐦A very complex system still not very understood but hoping with this research to provide new insights. If you are curious, feel free to take a look⬇️thanks!
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Pedro Oliveira talking about vasotocin and behaviour at #SPE2022
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New article showing plasticity in nest architecture, a likely first step in the evolution of compound nests. Article here 📎 doi.org/10.1007/s00265-022-0… w/ @BeltraoPati @CIMarques2 S.Guerra P.Silva & @AnaC_RGomes, @CIBIO_InBIO
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