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Shorebirds Are Shrinking and Shape-Shifting: Declining Body Size and Lengthening Bills in the Past Half-Century.
Abstract
Animals are predicted to shrink and shape-shift as the climate warms, declining in size, while their appendages lengthen. Determining which types of species are undergoing these morphological changes, and why, is critical to understandi...
Publication · July 02, 2026
Shape‐shifting in relative wing length of juvenile shorebirds: no evidence of developmental temperatures driving morphological changes
Abstract
Morphological changes concurrent with climate change are increasingly identified in birds, often through decreasing body size and increasing appendage size. Such changes could have thermoregulatory implications, through the improved sur...
Publication · July 02, 2026
Extreme site fidelity in long-distance migratory shorebirds in Australia and potential implications for conservation.
Abstract
Site fidelity is the tendency for animals to repeatedly return to the same locations, either within or between years. Site fidelity enables animals to utilize knowledge of previously visited locations, including assessments of seasonal ...
Publication · July 02, 2026
Spatial trends in morphology do not predict species’ responses to climatic warming in Australian birds
Publication · July 02, 2026
The relationship between monoaminergic gene expression, learning, and optimism in red junglefowl chicks
Publication · July 02, 2026
Impulsivity is affected by cognitive enrichment and links to brain gene expression in red junglefowl chicks
Publication · July 02, 2026
Exploring the Relationship Between Boldness, Activity, Exploration and Monoaminergic Gene Expression in Red Junglefowl Chicks
Abstract
Why individuals differ in behavioral responses has received intense research attention (particularly in the context of animal personality), and has typically focused on describing variation in boldness, activity, and exploration. Nevert...
Publication · July 02, 2026
Changes to juvenile proportions
My first postdoc has involved using long-term data to better understand population dynamics of migratory shorebirds. Shorebirds face a myriad of threats, including habitat degradation along their migratory route and climate change impacting their ...
Project · July 02, 2026
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