Luke Anderson

Evolutionary biologist and ecologist. Incoming post-doc at Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Musician on the side

[Luke Anderson @dialektical]

Excited to share that my first dissertation chapter has been published in Biology Letters!

"Fruit resources shape sexual selection processes in a lek mating system"

Check it out at: https://t.co/xmYqD8iAbs

@RSocPublishing @FCAT_Ecuador

[Biotropica @Biotropica]

Effects of manakin gut passage on germination of a neotropical melastome shrub (Melastomataceae) - Rompf - Biotropica - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/hmX7QC6XKb

[Luke Anderson @dialektical]

New paper out in Biotropica, led by Katie Rompf! https://t.co/Zfr10sACxl

Manakin gut passage speeds germination (but doesn't improve overall germination success) of a neotropical fruiting shrub. Heavier manakins had greater effects on the timing/success of seed germination!

[Dan Baldassarre @evornithology]

🚨 NEW PAPER ALERT! 🚨

Ever since the OG, Darwin, evolutionary biologists have been puzzled by the potential benefits females get by choosing "attractive" males. Well, good news Chuck, my grad school buddy Doug Barron and I figured it out today in @ASNAmNat! 😜 🧵 1/8

[Luke Anderson @dialektical]

@roamingendemic @RSocPublishing @FCAT_Ecuador Thanks Diana!! Hope y’all are settling into Reno nicely!

[Luke Anderson @dialektical]

Excited to share that my first dissertation chapter has been published in Biology Letters!

"Fruit resources shape sexual selection processes in a lek mating system"

Check it out at: https://t.co/xmYqD8iAbs

@RSocPublishing @FCAT_Ecuador

[Luke Anderson @dialektical]

@ferrisifolius @RSocPublishing @FCAT_Ecuador Thanks Katie!!

[Luke Anderson @dialektical]

@jakeberv Thanks Jake!

[Luke Anderson @dialektical]

@evornithology @RSocPublishing @FCAT_Ecuador Thanks, Dan! See you at AOS this week!

[Luke Anderson @dialektical]

@scpeart @RSocPublishing @FCAT_Ecuador Thanks, cuz!! ☺️

[Luke Anderson @dialektical]

@dagutierrezc97 @RSocPublishing @FCAT_Ecuador Thanks Daniel! Congrats to you on your Current Biology paper!!

[Luke Anderson @dialektical]

@KevinFPBennett Thanks Kevin!

[Luke Anderson @dialektical]

@Iker_Yturralde @fungaloha @uhmanoa Congrats, Iker!!! Best of luck out there!

[Jessica Burke @jessiburd]

Many years in the making!! I started working on this in 2016 so it’s pretty cool to finally see it in print: https://t.co/fWbNmhVvUL

[Luke Anderson @dialektical]

@Iker_Yturralde @AudubonNature @jkphenomenon Awesome work, Iker!!!

[Luke Anderson @dialektical]

@ErikEnbody 😂

[Luke Anderson @dialektical]

You've probably heard about the amazing displays of lek-mating birds. But what happens away from the lek? And is important for understanding sexual selection processes?

Check out our open access paper in Ornithology!
https://t.co/sy7N1omLgD

[Luke Anderson @dialektical]

And I would be remiss if I didn't include this throwback photo of my advisor @jkphenomenon doing fieldwork in NW Ecuador.

Umbrellabird photos in this thread were taken by the inimitable Murray Cooper.

Enjoy the paper!

[Luke Anderson @dialektical]

This paper features 16 years of hard-won behavioral data collected by coauthor Jorge Olivo, a local community member affiliated with @FCAT_Ecuador. Jorge has been radio-tracking LWUMs and other birds since 2003 (and taught me telemetry at the start of my PhD!).