David M Watson
@d0ct0r_dave
“Dr Dave” | Professor of Ecology, educator, maker | ecology, mistletoe, acoustics, conservation | updates on research, family & other beasts #AwesomeBirds
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First ever pitta on the front cover of an international research journal? Could be. The Louisiade Pitta as example of a "lost bird" rediscovered with the help of citizen science. Paper by Cameron Rutt and others from eBird and BirdLife International: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fe…
Our cities are losing the small, colourful songbirds that give us the most joy theconversation.com/our-cities-are… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand
Did you know that Assassin Bugs (family Reduviidae) are venomous?! Well, many species have anticoagulant ('blood thinning') venom, & colleagues & I *just* published this paper 💃 in iScience journal, uncovering the evolution, mechanisms of action, & various activities of their venom!
New review now online in Functional Ecology: We explore the functional roles of microbes in shaping wild animal health, and highlight some key questions still to be addressed in host-microbiome studies Led by Dr Sarah Worsley and a fantastic team of ECRs. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/13…