Julio C.Dominguez

En el pasado XXVI @SEO_BirdLife, presentamos resultados preliminares acerca de la ausencia de diferencias biométricas y geneticas entre la tortola europea S. Turtur.turtur y la subespecie S. T.Arenicola @lara_turtur @GBiC_CTF @IREC_CSIC_UCLM

@GenSocUK @blanca_jimeno

Excited about #Epigenetics? Join us at Epigenetics 2025: From Mechanisms to Disease in Belfast (13-15 April 2025) 🧬 Dive into cutting-edge research and connect with global experts in the field. Abstract deadline: 12 Jan 2025 genetics.org.uk/events/epigene…

New preprint out! We tested the association between "epigenetic potential" and dispersal in wild pied flycatchers, with the hypothesis that⏫epigenetic potential may facilitate successfull settlement in novel environments through ⏫ phenotypic plasticity biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Out in ME! New work in the common yellowthroat describes a putative Z-chromosome inversion associated with geographic differences in male ornaments and female choice despite gene flow. @WileyEcolEvol Read More: buff.ly/3ML7VPs 📷: Glenn Bartley

@MartaSzulkin @JOSudyka @molecology @DavCanal @inbetweenering

By genotyping c. 2500 birds, we found that blue tits have higher rates of Extra-Pair Paternity with increasing urbanisation, while great tit rates of EPP remain stable. Great work by Irene Di Lecce & @JOSudyka. Now available @molecology ! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/me…

#ProcB Heart rate monitoring reveals differential seasonal energetic trade-offs in male noctule #bats ow.ly/8f1250SAfOb #OpenAccess #Behaviour #Physiology @lara_keicher #ATBC2024

🆕 The authors assessed Turtle Dove population trends in France and Spain from 2001 to 2019 based on common bird monitoring programs and related to land-use changes, confirming a marked decline in both countries during this period 👇 doi.org/10.13157/arla.… ✍️@DelibesMateos et al

@papavientos @DavCanal @inbetweenering El placer ha sido nuestro! @papavientos

A falta de dos visitas, la temporada de campo de papamoscas cerrojillo llega a su fin. Han sido meses difíciles pero el equipo papamosquero lo ha hecho todo mucho más fácil 🖤 Un privilegio haber conocido este lugar de primera mano 🤍

🏔️𝐄𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐚 #despoblación 𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 , comparando núcleos habitados, deshabitados y despoblados que fueron posteriormente restaurados.👇 Info: acortar.link/Ik1ieU

Questions at academic conferences:

I have to share this again: “Koalas are fucking horrible animals. They have one of the smallest brain to body ratios of any mammal, additionally - their brains are smooth. A brain is folded to increase the surface area for neurons. If you present a koala with leaves plucked from a branch, laid on a flat surface, the koala will not recognise it as food. They are too thick to adapt their feeding behaviour to cope with change. In a room full of potential food, they can literally starve to death. This is not the token of an animal that is winning at life. Speaking of stupidity and food, one of the likely reasons for their primitive brains is the fact that additionally to being poisonous, eucalyptus leaves (the only thing they eat) have almost no nutritional value. They can't afford the extra energy to think, they sleep more than 80% of their fucking lives. When they are awake all they do is eat, shit and occasionally scream like fucking satan. Because eucalyptus leaves hold such little nutritional value, koalas have to ferment the leaves in their guts for days on end. Unlike their brains, they have the largest hind gut to body ratio of any mammal. Many herbivorous mammals have adaptations to cope with harsh plant life taking its toll on their teeth, rodents for instance have teeth that never stop growing, some animals only have teeth on their lower jaw, grinding plant matter on bony plates in the tops of their mouths, others have enlarged molars that distribute the wear and break down plant matter more efficiently... Koalas are no exception, when their teeth erode down to nothing, they resolve the situation by starving to death, because they're fucking terrible animals. Being mammals, koalas raise their joeys on milk (admittedly, one of the lowest milk yields to body ratio... There's a trend here). When the young joey needs to transition from rich, nourishing substances like milk, to eucalyptus (a plant that seems to be making it abundantly clear that it doesn't want to be eaten), it finds it does not have the necessary gut flora to digest the leaves. To remedy this, the young joey begins nuzzling its mother's anus until she leaks a little diarrhoea (actually fecal pap, slightly less digested), which he then proceeds to slurp on. This partially digested plant matter gives him just what he needs to start developing his digestive system. Of course, he may not even have needed to bother nuzzling his mother. She may have been suffering from incontinence. Why? Because koalas are riddled with chlamydia. In some areas the infection rate is 80% or higher. This statistic isn't helped by the fact that one of the few other activities koalas will spend their precious energy on is rape. Despite being seasonal breeders, males seem to either not know or care, and will simply overpower a female regardless of whether she is ovulating. If she fights back, he may drag them both out of the tree, which brings us full circle back to the brain: Koalas have a higher than average quantity of cerebrospinal fluid in their brains. This is to protect their brains from injury... should they fall from a tree. An animal so thick it has its own little built in special ed helmet. I fucking hate them.”

@davidghamilton1 Love is in the air...still remember Quolisah... xD, have you recently seen her?

It's getting into quoll mating season in Tasmania - the time of year when equollogists have to awkwardly explain to people why their usually nice quiet downstairs tennants are suddenly making a lot of *ahem* noises...

Today we captured the first male of the season! (the female refused to be caught) @bertopastoriza @papavientos @DavCanal @DavCanal @inbetweenering #piedflycatcher

Las gasolineras de Ciudad Real tienen cosas tan maravillosas como ésta, Vol.6...

Otro trabajo con paseriformes del páramo recién salido del horno! Enhorabuena Daniel, me and company!! @Ecol_Evol @IBIS_journal #birds

New research from our lab!

@papavientos @DavCanal Can't wait ! :)

Looks like pied flycatchers are ready! A lovely first day of fieldwork with @DavCanal & co🌿🌳🪶