Extremely happy for @Gab_Sansalone - postdoc in my lab for almost two years. Gabriele has just become a #newPI at the @UNIMORE_univ. Whish him the best of luck in this new endeavour and to establish a successful lab! https://www.fruciano.org/events/postdoc-gabriele-sansalone-leaves-the-lab-to-become-a-pi/ #evolution #morphometrics #anatomy

I recently accepted a position as Associate Professor at the University of Catania (my alma mater). This is essentially the next rank compared to my current tenured research-only position. I will move my lab in the fall. https://www.fruciano.org/events/the-lab-will-move-to-the-university-of-catania-in-the-fall/ #evolution #morphometrics #zoology #biology #academicchatter #geometricmorphometrics

New paper in ZooKeys using @gbif mediated data:

Using #genomics, #morphometrics, and environmental niche modeling to test the validity of a narrow-range #endemic #snail, Patera nantahala (#Gastropoda, Polygyridae) 🇺🇸 🐌

#CiteTheDOI: ✅

#OpenAccess: ⭐️

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1158.94152

🎉New @AdriftLab paper 🎉 in ICES Journal of Marine Science!! Download it for free (#OpenAccess) HERE ➡️ https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/advance-article/doi/10.1093/icesjms/fsad048/7083385

So, what did we find? Well, in young #seabirds, body mass influences the likelihood of survival in the critical period between nest departure & recruitment to the breeding population. For this study, we measured #shearwater chicks to determine how body condition changed over 13 years (an incredible long-term dataset!).

During 2010–2022, we found chick body mass & 3 measures of size (eg. wing length) declined by up to 0.23  mm/yr with body mass declining by 16 g/yr 📏📉😢

In the 1st photo, a healthy chick is shown on the LEFT while an undersized chick which we more commonly observed is shown on the RIGHT.

Overall, the number of chicks fledging (leaving the nest) at <400 g has increased sharply in recent years (see photo 2), meaning significant numbers of birds are unlikely to survive after departing the island

This paper highlights the value of #LongTermMonitoring & critical role #philanthropy has played: literally NONE of this world-class science would have been possible without support from generous donors, especially Detached Hobart - we are forever grateful! 😍🐦💙 Huge thanks to Justin Gilligan for providing the stunning (yet sad) 📸, they made all the difference to this paper! Finally, a massive thanks to @nhmscience and Esperance Tjaltjraak for supporting our team 🙏

#AdriftLab #Morphometrics #LordHoweIsland #OceanHealth #BioIndicator #TippingPoint #BiodiversityCrisis #Sentinel @TheLabAndField

RT @EvolJLinnSoc
Dr Emma Sherratt from the University of Adelaide is also joining our #new Associate Editors team, specialising in #macroevolution, #morphometrics and #herpetology!
@LinneanSociety @OUPAcademic
https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/emma.sherratt

PhD/masters students alert! 2023 Analytical Paleobiology Summer School in Erlangen Germany is on from 21 Aug - 8 Sep2023. Participation is free and accommodation costs will be covered by the Paleosynthesis Project. Application deadline is Feb 26. More info here https://www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/index.php/science-schools/
Instructors include @rachelwarnock @eesaupe

Boost pls!

#paleobiology #evolution #phd #fossil #paleoecology #ecology #networkAnalysis #GeomtricMorphometrics #Morphometrics #paleontology #FAU #Germany

My very first Mastodon post! I'm looking forward to linking up with friends who like to post about #evolution #ecology #morphometrics #geometric morphometrics #nature

Introduction! I'm a #palaeontologist and #geochemist interested in organism & ecosystem response to environmental change. I use #fossil #molluscs and #microfossils, #isotopes #CTscanning & #Morphometrics & do a lot of #fieldwork. I've worked a lot on the end-#Cretaceous mass #extinction (especially in #Antarctica!) but dabble throughout Earth History. Looking forward to exploring the new place! :mastogrin:

Quite useful workaround to obtain "phylomorphospace" plots with aspect ratio equal to one using the #rstats package phytools http://blog.phytools.org/2022/10/phylomorphospace-projection-with-fixed.html #RStats #Evolution #morphometrics

Hello, new here like many others so I will post an #introduction .
I work in #EvolutionaryBiology , particularly phenotypic #evolution using #morphometrics and correlates with #Genomics and #Transcriptomics . After a bunch of positions abroad (postdocs and lecturer), I am currently a tenured researcher at the #Italian National Research Council and my lab is based in #Messina (which is in #Sicily).
More info on me and my lab on my website https://www.fruciano.org/
Currently, checking out Mastodon.

#introduction

Hi all! Apparently it's common here to briefly introduce yourself, so here we go!

I've just started a 3-year thesis at LGL-TPE (Lyon, France), which aims at deciphering the #evolution of #bird #migration through geological times using comparative #morphometrics and multivariate #phylogenetic methods.

I'm also a total dog addict, and kind of a bird watcher and #wildlife photographer in my spare time (the curious ones can go check here 📷 --> https://www.instagram.com/anais.dhml/).