Ben Sheldon
@sheldonbirds.bsky.social
Ornithologist and Evolutionary Ecologist at the University of Oxford - natural history, science, cycling
Ben C. Sheldon is the Luc Hoffmann Chair in Field Ornithology and Director of the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology of the University of Oxford's Department of Zoology. He was Head of the Department of Zoology between 2016 and 2021. .. more
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I thought this was astonishing
Reposted by Ben C. Sheldon
A longitudinal study of avian pox in a small passerine, the Dunnock (<fi>Prunella modularis</fi>)
Long-term, longitudinal studies of disease in wild bird populations are rare. Diseases are important determinants of bird survival and may spill-over into other species including livestock and, in so...
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Just published in Ibis. A 15.5 year study of avian pox in Dunnocks (Prunella modularis).
Quick summary: Dull brown bird doesn't die of disease & haematophagous Hippoboscidae from healthy heterotrophs help hypothesis.
(Can anyone think of a better word than heterotrophs?)
More details below. 1/n
Quick summary: Dull brown bird doesn't die of disease & haematophagous Hippoboscidae from healthy heterotrophs help hypothesis.
(Can anyone think of a better word than heterotrophs?)
More details below. 1/n