New NIOO publication: Artificial selection for reversal #learning reveals limited repeatability and no #heritability of cognitive flexibility in great tits. #parusmajor #animalpersonality #cognition #quantitativegenetics
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.1067

"People see that a forest is regenerating. But what people don't see is that the forest is regenerating following the decisions of small mammals." #animalPersonality #regrowth #mice https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/25/science/climate-forests-seeds-mice.html

#Introduction

Now that I'm getting to know #mastodon a little better, I think it is time for a proper #introduction

I'm Bawan and I'm currently working as #OpenScience advisor for #UtrechtUniversity at the faculty for social sciences. My background is in the #LifeSciences, where I recently successfully defended my thesis on #AnimalPersonality. I will be tooting mostly about open science and work that I am involved in. Nice to meet you :)

Yesterday I successfully defended my #PhD, on #animalpersonality and #life-history. What an amazing experience. Thanks to all my friends and labmembers. To my awesome supervisor Simone Ciuti, and of course the examiners. Special thanks to Kees van Oers who was the external and made sure we had a very extensive and fruitful discussion. #PhDone

We got the cover of the new issue of #BehavioralEcology! Have look at the great picture taken by Crispin Rodwell, and of course, at our paper on #animalpersonality:

https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article/33/5/1025/6658874

Of course, it is #openaccess, with #opendata and #opencode