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EcosystemsInTheSky

@EcosystemsInSky

A research project investigating migratory insect-bird interactions, bioflow and dragonfly migration. Lund Univ. & Univ. of Exeter

Beigetreten Ağustos 2019
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Global Flyway Network
Global Flyway Network@GlobalFlyway·
Scattered across the coastal desert at Banc d'Arguin in Mauritania we find dried bodies of the migrants that perished as they tried to cross the Sahara from north to south this past autumn, in this case a beautiful male Common Redstart.
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WWT@WWTworldwide·
It's 60 years since Sir Peter Scott began one of the longest single-species studies in the world. Since then, 10,000 individual swans - and family dynasties - have been recorded at Slimbridge. A thread on the iconic Bewick's swan bill pattern study 🧵
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Dr Will Leo Hawkes
Dr Will Leo Hawkes@WillLeoHawkes·
Absolutely fascinating new paper from Richard Massy and @KoralWotton on research into how flies orientate and complete their huge migratory journeys! #insectmigration @flygirlNHM @Buzz_dont_tweet @DipteristsForum
University of Exeter CEC@UniExeCEC

📢NEW PAPER! Authored by the CEC's Richard Massy & Karl Wotton @KoralWotton on the efficiency of various modes of time compensation for the movement of the sun during migratory journeys. Biology Letters (2023) doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2… Photo Credit: @WillLeoHawkes

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Dr Will Leo Hawkes
Dr Will Leo Hawkes@WillLeoHawkes·
After charging into one of the very few freshwater lakes on the Maldives, we found what we were looking for! A globe skimmer dragonfly, Pantala flavescens! Look at her huge wide back wings, perfect for soaring from India to Africa like a small Albatross.
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Dr Will Leo Hawkes@WillLeoHawkes·
This little lion carpenter bee from the Maldives is a Xylocopa pubescens ( I think). He has amazing green eyes! These bees have special pheromones to mark which flowers they have just visited - ensuring their foraging is as efficient as possible.
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Dr Will Leo Hawkes@WillLeoHawkes·
This is a gorgeous female Xylocopa pubescens (I believe) from the Maldives. Look at that beautiful yellow thorax! These are social creatures with 1 reproductively active female per nest. The other females are all either foragers or guard bees! This one is a forager.
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Johanna.SU.Hedlund
Johanna.SU.Hedlund@JSUHedlund·
A giant has fallen. Sea levels has risen about 30 m in the last 20 years in the Maldives, a country where most land is just barely above water. When land is lost here, the palm trees that tower the beaches, fall. It makes climate change very apparent #Maldives
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Dr Will Leo Hawkes@WillLeoHawkes·
This is Xylocopa tenuiscapa, narrow-scaped carpenter bee. He has big blue eyes and sits atop a perch surveying his territory, which can be handed down through generations of bees! His big front legs are for covering the female's eyes while mating so she doesn't get distracted!
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Peter Marra
Peter Marra@PeterPMarra·
Led by new PhD Matt DeSaix, our latest paper uses advanced low-coverage whole genome sequencing (lcWGS) to uncover the intricate migratory connectivity patterns of American Redstarts 📷 This helps us craft conservation strategies to preserve both numbers and genetic #Diversity
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Johanna.SU.Hedlund
Johanna.SU.Hedlund@JSUHedlund·
Black-tailed skimmer / Större sjötrollslända / Orthetrum cancellatum Loe bar, Cornwall #dragonfly #trollslända
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