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New paper out in Science

Our paper is now out in Science, and we made the cover!

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adr7368

I was lucky enough to be part of this global team that looked at how predator community, prey community, and visual environment influenced the predation risk of cryptic and warningly-coloured model moths.

We found that aposematic strategies fare better in environments with low predation intensity, whereas camouflage strategies are advantaged when other camouflaged prey species are rare and when light levels are low.

This is the sort of research this is impossible without strong global networks of collaboration. Team science at its best!

Postdoc position available in my group

I have an opening available for a postdoc to work on decision making in birds. The position is for 14 months and would involve working in Finland. Ideally looking for someone who can start very soon.

Please take a look at the job add below.

https://werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies/postdoc-position-in-decision-making-in-birds-netherlands-14433

New paper out now!

The final chapter of Cristina’s PhD is out now in Functional Ecology!

https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2435.70122

In it we set out to test how resource availability shapes the relationship between colour and chemical defense in the wood tiger moth. We found that – counter to our predictions – honest signalling was only present when moths were reared on a high protein diet.

Interspecies performance book out now!

A couple of years ago I worked with Agat Sharma and Julia van der Putten to try and use live moths in a theater piece. It was not an unparalleled success, but it did inspire a chapter in this new book on interspecies performance!

https://www.atd.ahk.nl/en/news-and-events/news/2024/06/interspecies-performance-edited-by-atd-lector-laura-cull-o-maoilearca-and-florence-fitzgerald-allsopp/