Andy Young

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Andy Young

@animalsocieties

Evolutionary biologist - Social Evolution & Senescence. Study wild birds & mammals and microbes @ #ExeterCEC in Cornwall. Rock climber & sea kayaker

University of Exeter, Cornwall 가입일 Aralık 2012

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Andy Young@animalsocieties·29 Kas

* NEW #PhD * #Evolution #Ecology of Immune #Senesence in Wild Badgers with me, @B_Tschirren and our brilliant collaborators @ APHA, at @UniExeCEC in Cornwall. 50 year data sets+immune analyses. PLEASE SHARE! See animalsocieties.org and apply here: exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/…

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University of Exeter, Cornwall@UniExeCornwall·25 Eki

Male birds help their parents less than females because they’re too busy scouting for new places to live and breed, according to new research from @uni_exe_cec. brnw.ch/21wO6Rv @exetergses @uniofexeteresi @p_capi @animalsocieties

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PLOS Biology@PLOSBiology·25 Eki

Why do the sexes differ in their #cooperation within families? @p_capi @animalsocieties &co use #RadioTracking of cooperative #birds to reveal that sex differences in cooperation can arise from tradeoff between cooperation & dispersal #PLOSBiology plos.io/3NZKSBn

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Andy Young@animalsocieties·23 Kas

Cool new #cooperation paper - purple-crowned fairy-wren helpers help breeders more when they are UNrelated to the opposite-sex breeder (a potential mate). Rare evidence suggestive of direct benefits of helping. Will check our weavers! Cool stuff @NikiTeunissen @AP_BirdBehavEco 👌

NikiTeunissen@NikiTeunissen

Our latest paper shows that how much fairy-wrens will help feed others' young depends on the type of breeders they are helping by doing so. It highlights how social context can play an important role in explaining cooperative behaviour. Read it here: tinyurl.com/pcfwrsos

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Andy Young@animalsocieties·23 Kas

@p_capi Please share if you like it 🤩 @UniExeCEC @UniofExeterESI @UniExeCornwall @UoE_Behaviour @RobbieAMcDonald @stubutchart @StuBearhop @ali__wilson @WaspWoman @nicholaraihani @BuryingBeetle @honeyguide @_EmCunningham_ @tomhouslay @PLOSBiology @RoyleResearch @lauraakelley @CommonTerns

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Andy Young@animalsocieties·17 Kas

*New #evolution paper* Sparrow-weaver mothers lay larger eggs when they will have more help feeding chicks. Maternal reaction norms to help are *opposite* for egg size & nestling feeding rate. Cool. But why do this? 1 of 3. Fine work @p_capi. tinyurl.com/2djsp6zd #ExeterCEC

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Andy Young@animalsocieties·22 Kas

@Wild_Ecol_Cons @DaveHodgson00 and @erik_postma Of interest for rewilding / human-wildlife conflict elements of your fieldcourses... twitter.com/animalsocietie…

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Nice new paper from @Wild_Ecol_Cons - visitors (local income stream) keen to see wolves returning to protected areas on the German/Czech border... I would be too! 🤩. Great to have an evidence base for this. One of many stakeholders in a complex debate.

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Andy Young@animalsocieties·22 Kas

Adam 🇺🇦@AdamFSmith

Visitors to #NationalParks are key stakeholders, but what are their attitudes towards returning #wolves? 🐺⁉️ We (@Wild_Ecol_Cons) investigated this in a NEW PAPER using visitor surveys in Bavarian Forest 🇩🇪 and Šumava National Parks 🇨🇿 authors.elsevier.com/a/1i67o1R%7EeS… A summary: 1/5

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Andy Young@animalsocieties·21 Kas

Great new paper on life-history trade-offs... meta-analytical confirmation of the missing (yet much invoked) -ve genetic covariance. So in a 'resource allocation trade-off' world, standing genetic variation within pops may lie more in resource acquisition than allocation. Cool.

Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar@ASanchez_Tojar

Always good to start the workday with a manuscript accepted ➡️Did you ever wonder what's the evidence for life-history trade-offs at the genetic level? The answer is coming out soon @Ecology_Letters, but if you can't wait, the #preprint is available at: doi.org/10.22541/au.16…

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EMPSEB 31@empseb31·19 Kas

You are a PhD student in Ecology or evolutionary biology and are looking for a conference combining both science and fun? Say no more! #EMPSEB29🦅 is here for you!

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Andy Young@animalsocieties·17 Kas

@tomjwebb Take the win 🤣

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Tom Webb@tomjwebb·17 Kas

On the plus side, them thinking I would be talking about marine megafauna made for higher attendance for a Friday afternoon lecture than I think Marine Spatial Planning would have drawn by itself.

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Tom Webb@tomjwebb·17 Kas

Just gave the wrong lecture. Right course, right year, just a week to soon. So pretty close.

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Andy Young@animalsocieties·17 Kas

@Roasty247 @p_capi @AP_BirdBehavEco @NikiTeunissen Hey @Roasty247 - hope you're well! Oooh... what's going on with that "@ ecoevo . social" thing after your handle - enlighten me please! (I'm a total social media dinosaur 😂)

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Michael Roast@Roasty247·17 Kas

@animalsocieties @p_capi Very nice! I’m sure this will interest @AP_BirdBehavEco and @NikiTeunissen :)

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Andy Young@animalsocieties·17 Kas

Nice new thought piece by @Gfalbery & colleagues on the impacts of host ageing on infectious disease dynamics

Greg Albery@Gfalbery

Age influences behaviour, which should affect our exposure and susceptibility to infection! A bit belated, but I'm delighted to see this review out with @arsweeny and @webber_quinn. Give it a read if you're curious about behaviour, ageing, and disease: doi.org/10.1016/j.neub…

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Andy Young@animalsocieties·17 Kas

@Gfalbery @arsweeny @webber_quinn Nice! Thanks for highlighting - timely for us investigating impacts of senescence in Euro badgers on bovine TB dynamics 🤟

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Andy Young@animalsocieties·17 Kas

@p_capi 2/3 We show helpers reduce mum's post-natal workload; may allow mums to invest > in egg (only mums can do). +/or: We know helpers increase overall nestling feeding rate (tinyurl.com/38kv8jp2); may increase mum's benefit from investing in egg. Or: not adaptive (modest effect!)

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Andy Young@animalsocieties·17 Kas

@p_capi 3/3 Why cool? -> helpers in cooperative breeders (e.g. us) could have cryptic maternally-mediated beneficial effects on pre-natal development. Our data implicate help not group size as mat reaction norms to *female* helpers (help twice as much as males; tinyurl.com/38kv8jp2)

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Alastair Wilson@ali__wilson·25 Eki

Anyone looking for a PhD student interested in behaviour and evolution, but with an applied (welfare) twist? If so maybe you could join @C_C_Ioannou @erik_postma and me. Info + app at exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/…. More on the group at sites.exeter.ac.uk/wilson-group/ Pls RTWT

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Bram Kuijper@kuijperbram·30 Eki

Exciting PhD project for competitive funding (start date Sept/Oct '24), exploring how gut microbiota affect pesticide resistance in aphids! The project is based at UExeter's wonderful Cornwall campus @uniexecec in collab w @Rothamsted: tinyurl.com/wuddbhew

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PLOS Biology@PLOSBiology·11 Kas

In many societies (incl. humans), helpers assist with the post-natal care of the young. @p_capi @ali__wilson & @animalsocieties show that mothers in a wild cooperatively breeding #bird lay larger eggs when there's more help with nestling care #PLOSBiology plos.io/47mfAvU

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