Avian Evolutionary Ecology Group at IVB

The AEEG's aim is to understand how temperate and tropical passerine birds optimize their allocation in resources in growth, survival and reproduction. @ivb_cas

[Oldrich Tomasek @OldrichTomasek]

Songbird species that evolved high blood glucose levels do not suffer elevated oxidative stress costs.
Check out our new collaborative study @J_Exp_Biol

[Peter Mikula @birder158]

Have you ever wondered why animals did not enter urban areas more frequently during the COVID-19 pandemic? Our research in @CommsBio shows that even in empty cities, the level of animal tolerance to humans remained the same as it was before the pandemic.
👉https://t.co/4kHBBJbfrx

[Oldrich Tomasek @OldrichTomasek]

Geographic variation in baseline and stress-induced blood glucose levels in tropical and temperate birds supports a unique montane pace of life combinig slow life history with fast-paced physiology.
Check out our @aeegivb new #macrophysiology paper @Ecology_Letters!

[Institute of Vertebrate Biology @ivb_cas]

NEW in #JVertBiol: Sources of variation in baseline and stress-induced blood glucose levels in two free-living tropical passerine species https://t.co/dse0Gz01Zm @BioOneNews | @CzechAcademy |@AEEGIVB | #ornithology

[Institute of Vertebrate Biology @ivb_cas]

NEW in #JVertBiol: Comparative sperm proteomics in selected passerine birds reflects sperm morphology and mitochondrial metabolism https://t.co/wb5EyjyQMm @BioOneNews | @CzechAcademy |@StopkaPavel | @RStopkova |@BIOCEV_science |@science_charles|@aeegivb| #ornithology

[Bird Ecology & Migration Lab @AviEcoMig]

Schlebusch et al. (2023) Rapid gene content turnover on the germline-restricted chromosome in songbirds @NatureComms
https://t.co/3LLSZhCYln | @fjruizruano @alexander_suh @science_charles @imgprague @aeegivb @ivb_cas | #ornithology

[Avian Evolutionary Ecology Group at IVB @aeegivb]

New paper from our team!

[Institute of Vertebrate Biology @ivb_cas]

NEW in #JVertBiol: Sources of variation in baseline and stress-induced blood glucose levels in two free-living tropical passerine species https://t.co/dse0Gz01Zm @BioOneNews | @CzechAcademy |@AEEGIVB | #ornithology

[Avian Evolutionary Ecology Group at IVB @aeegivb]

International study on avian tolerance towards human across open tropical ecosystems, led by colleagues from our working group, was published today in @NatureComms ! Congratulations!

[Peter Mikula @birder158]

(1/8) What factors influence #bird tolerance towards humans in open tropical ecosystems? I am delighted that work from our multinational team was published today in @NatureComms! @ivb_cas @fzpczu @science_charles @UCLAEEB Full story: https://t.co/QzyZBWHm36
English version 👇🏼

[Avian Evolutionary Ecology Group at IVB @aeegivb]

Our team member, @birder158, collaborated with a large international initiative exploring language barriers in conservation science. Results of their effort were recently published in @naturesustainab. Congratulations!

[Peter Mikula @birder158]

Our research on 👅barriers in conservation science was published in @naturesustainab today! We show that non-English-language literature represents 2/3 of all references cited in national biodiversity reports. @ivb_cas @fzpczu
Fulltext 👉 https://t.co/nvpvQh6KqD

[Avian Evolutionary Ecology Group at IVB @aeegivb]

Costly investments in #sperm? Males producing large ejaculates tend to live shorter lives in sexually promiscuous barn swallows. New paper from the members of our team!
Fulltext 👉 https://t.co/PAdM1ujkGv

[Peter Mikula @birder158]

⚠️Joint project call⚠️Interested in escape distances of 🐧🦆🦅🦉🦃🦤🦚🦜🦢🦩? We are currently working on 🌎🌍🌏 database for this trait. Share your primary data with us and join our international team!

Retweets much appreciated.

Details👇: https://t.co/AhmqJSHUJQ

[Avian Evolutionary Ecology Group at IVB @aeegivb]

New research on large-scale variation in avian physiology from our lab. Check it out!

[Oldrich Tomasek @OldrichTomasek]

Geographic variation in baseline and stress-induced blood glucose levels in tropical and temperate birds supports a unique montane pace of life combinig slow life history with fast-paced physiology.
Check out our @aeegivb new #macrophysiology paper @Ecology_Letters!

[Peter Mikula @birder158]

Interested in escape behaviour of birds and their tolerance towards human?
Check out my poster #319 at #ECCB2022_Prague (@ECCB_2022).

[Peter Mikula @birder158]

You can still submit your contributions to the conference organized by @CeskaEkologie!

[Kristina Kverkova @KKverkova]

The propensity to innovate in birds is related to pallial neuron numbers as well as absolute and relative brain size https://t.co/wpYep6EmVP

[Eliot Miller @EliotITMiller]

Are there parallels in how birds, machines, and humans learn to recognize bird vocalizations? Maybe. Teaching @MerlinBirdID to recognize birds by their sounds has been challenging for a variety of reasons.

[Avian Evolutionary Ecology Group at IVB @aeegivb]

New paper from a member of our working group, @birder158, on the effect of refuge distance on escape behaviour of European urban birds.

[Peter Mikula @birder158]

Our new paper on "Flight initiation distance and refuge in urban birds" is finally out :) https://t.co/CdwxlCQWq7 @sciencedirect #birds #refuge #fear

[Avian Evolutionary Ecology Group at IVB @aeegivb]

New paper from our working group!

[Michal Šulc @BioSulc]

Very pleased that our paper on recognition abilities of barn swallows got published in @SpringerANCO! We found that swallows are really good at sanitising their nest but probably not at defending themselves against conspecific brood parasitism. @animalcog
https://t.co/yTDdcUobVB

[Avian Evolutionary Ecology Group at IVB @aeegivb]

We are happy to share a recent work by our two members, @birder158 and @tom_alb1, exploring large-scale correlates of aerial displays in passerine #birds.
Available here: https://t.co/Z9LD5WNxQN

[Royal Society Publishing @RSocPublishing]

On the wings of love—A global analysis of aerial displays in male passerines revealed an effect of habitat, mating system and migratory traits #ProcB https://t.co/NHn7zfoa2v @birder158 @tom_alb1 @science_charles

[Avian Evolutionary Ecology Group at IVB @aeegivb]

The study was published in @molecology.

[Avian Evolutionary Ecology Group at IVB @aeegivb]

Telomere length is highly repeatable and shorter in individuals with more elaborate sexual ornamentation in a short-lived passerine: https://t.co/vd5CwrUVjv. Check out the new study by our team members, Tereza Kauzálová, @OldrichTomasek and @tom_alb1.