Monte Neate-Clegg
@mhcneateclegg.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at UC Davis. Global change ecology; distributions and population dynamics of #birds. Bird hard. monteneateclegg.weebly.com
Our new study (with @birdmapper.bsky.social) relating extinction risk with colourfulness across the world's passerine birds was covered by @mongabay.com! @ucscscience.bsky.social. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
Colorful birds are at greater risk of extinction than drab birds, study finds
A new study finds colorful birds face a higher extinction risk than drab species, even beyond the pet trade, pointing to unexplained conservation threats.
news.mongabay.com
July 28, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Our new study (with @birdmapper.bsky.social) relating extinction risk with colourfulness across the world's passerine birds was covered by @mongabay.com! @ucscscience.bsky.social. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
🚨Out today in @society4conbio.bsky.social, in my new paper with @birdmapper.bsky.social, we show a positive relationship between exinction risk and colourfulness across the world's passerine birds! conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The link between colorfulness and extinction risk across the world's passerine birds
Many of the functional traits that mediate extinction risk across the range of biodiversity relate indirectly to a species’ ability to persist in a changing world, yet certain traits such as colorati...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 3, 2026 at 2:22 AM
🚨Out today in @society4conbio.bsky.social, in my new paper with @birdmapper.bsky.social, we show a positive relationship between exinction risk and colourfulness across the world's passerine birds! conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Tired of lumping all insectivores together? Now we can appreciate a quantitative breakdown of foraging ecology across all birds!
New paper out! 🐦📊
We realease AVONICHE, a global dataset with detailed information on the proportional use of 32 foraging niches, combining dietary categories with the behaviours and substrates used to access resources.
Openly access the paper and data in GEB: doi.org/10.1111/geb....
We realease AVONICHE, a global dataset with detailed information on the proportional use of 32 foraging niches, combining dietary categories with the behaviours and substrates used to access resources.
Openly access the paper and data in GEB: doi.org/10.1111/geb....
January 8, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Tired of lumping all insectivores together? Now we can appreciate a quantitative breakdown of foraging ecology across all birds!
Following on from our avitourism paper in @peopleandnature.bsky.social, you can hear @birdmapper.bsky.social and @rswamper.bsky.social discuss the paper on the @amornith.bsky.social podcast. Have a listen! open.spotify.com/episode/2J1J...
09-33: Why Birders Go Where They Go with Natalia Ocamp-Peñuela & Scott Winton
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September 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Following on from our avitourism paper in @peopleandnature.bsky.social, you can hear @birdmapper.bsky.social and @rswamper.bsky.social discuss the paper on the @amornith.bsky.social podcast. Have a listen! open.spotify.com/episode/2J1J...
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🐦⬛New Research: Human development, societal stability and bird capital predict global tourist eBirding activity➡️ buff.ly/n7EUFbY
"Birdwatchers choose to visit countries that are safe, well-developed, and full of unique birds"
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@mhcneateclegg.bsky.social
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"Birdwatchers choose to visit countries that are safe, well-developed, and full of unique birds"
@birdmapper.bsky.social
@mhcneateclegg.bsky.social
@rsawmper.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🐦⬛New Research: Human development, societal stability and bird capital predict global tourist eBirding activity➡️ buff.ly/n7EUFbY
"Birdwatchers choose to visit countries that are safe, well-developed, and full of unique birds"
@birdmapper.bsky.social
@mhcneateclegg.bsky.social
@rsawmper.bsky.social
"Birdwatchers choose to visit countries that are safe, well-developed, and full of unique birds"
@birdmapper.bsky.social
@mhcneateclegg.bsky.social
@rsawmper.bsky.social
It was fun analysing birding data instead of bird data! Read on to find out the predictors of where eBirders go birding around the world!
New paper 🚨
We studied drivers of birdwatching tourism globally using @teamebird.bsky.social data, bird distributions, and socioeconomic data. Published in @peopleandnature.bsky.social with @mhcneateclegg.bsky.social, @rswamper.bsky.social. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
We studied drivers of birdwatching tourism globally using @teamebird.bsky.social data, bird distributions, and socioeconomic data. Published in @peopleandnature.bsky.social with @mhcneateclegg.bsky.social, @rswamper.bsky.social. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Human development, societal stability and bird capital predict global tourist eBirding activity
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
It was fun analysing birding data instead of bird data! Read on to find out the predictors of where eBirders go birding around the world!
New paper 🚨 with @birdmapper.bsky.social! We mapped various diversity metrics for the colossal avifauna of Colombia! Species and functional richness are tightly linked but range-restricted endemics do not capture functional diversity well conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Range‐restricted species are poor proxies for functional diversity in the world's largest avifauna
We assessed the relationship between avian taxonomic richness (four metrics) and functional diversity (three metrics) across Colombia, the country with the most bird species. We found total species r....
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
New paper 🚨 with @birdmapper.bsky.social! We mapped various diversity metrics for the colossal avifauna of Colombia! Species and functional richness are tightly linked but range-restricted endemics do not capture functional diversity well conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Looking forward to presenting at #AOS25 on EcoScape, a novel habitat connectivity algorithm for mapping birds across fragmented landscapes! Check it out at 4:15, bring any prospective PhD students you know…👀
August 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Looking forward to presenting at #AOS25 on EcoScape, a novel habitat connectivity algorithm for mapping birds across fragmented landscapes! Check it out at 4:15, bring any prospective PhD students you know…👀
🚨Great to be part of this paper led by Natalia Pérez-Amaya quantifying a century of morphological change in lowland rainforest birds! @birdmapper.bsky.social @cdanielcadena.bsky.social @julisoto.bsky.social @amcuervo.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Century-long shifts in body size and proportions of lowland rainforest birds - Evolutionary Ecology
Evolutionary Ecology - Climate change is having profound impacts on biodiversity, with notable effects on the distribution, and morphology of species. Many studies have documented changes in body...
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June 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🚨Great to be part of this paper led by Natalia Pérez-Amaya quantifying a century of morphological change in lowland rainforest birds! @birdmapper.bsky.social @cdanielcadena.bsky.social @julisoto.bsky.social @amcuervo.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Check out the press release for our recent paper on Species on the Move!
Press release from UC Santa Cruz ⬇️ Species not only shift in space (lat., long. & elev. shifts) & time (phenological adjustments) but also in place (e.g., vertically) along microclimatic clines 🦎
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@ucsantacruz.bsky.social
@cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social
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Rethinking climate adaptation: Researchers call for a holistic approach to species on the move
Animals adapt in more ways than one – ignoring that complexity could undermine efforts to help them survive climate change.
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May 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Check out the press release for our recent paper on Species on the Move!
Check out the @uofubiology.bsky.social press release on our recent paper documenting advances in molt phenology! attheu.utah.edu/research/as-...
As climate warms, migratory songbirds’ fall feather molt advances by a day every year - @theU
Study by U biologists taps data from 22,000 songbirds captured at Bonderman Field Station to reveal changes in how they replace their feathers
attheu.utah.edu
May 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Check out the @uofubiology.bsky.social press release on our recent paper documenting advances in molt phenology! attheu.utah.edu/research/as-...
New paper from mentee Kyle Kittelberger publushed in @asn-amnat.bsky.social! We know climate change drives phenological shifts in birds, but Kyle shows that the phenology of post-breeding MOLT is also advancing over time for birds migrating through southeastern Utah! @uofubiology.bsky.social
Fall Advances in the Timing of Molt in Birds in the Southwestern United States | The American Naturalist
Abstract Molt is a critical event in the annual cycle of birds. Although we know an increasing amount about the impacts of climate change on the timing of other avian events, there has been relatively...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
May 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
New paper from mentee Kyle Kittelberger publushed in @asn-amnat.bsky.social! We know climate change drives phenological shifts in birds, but Kyle shows that the phenology of post-breeding MOLT is also advancing over time for birds migrating through southeastern Utah! @uofubiology.bsky.social
Change is driving species on the move across time and space and we need to understand the entireity of that picture! Truly a pleasure to work with @afredston.bsky.social, @mwtingley.bsky.social, and many others over the past two years to bring this conceptual vision to fruition! tinyurl.com/5n96tz3a
May 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Change is driving species on the move across time and space and we need to understand the entireity of that picture! Truly a pleasure to work with @afredston.bsky.social, @mwtingley.bsky.social, and many others over the past two years to bring this conceptual vision to fruition! tinyurl.com/5n96tz3a
Our recent paper made the cover of Ornithological Applications! We used Bayesian hierarchical mark-recapture modelling to understand demographic rates across an elevational gradient in Honduras. @amornith.bsky.social @seijones.bsky.social. Check out the paper: doi.org/10.1093/orni...
February 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Our recent paper made the cover of Ornithological Applications! We used Bayesian hierarchical mark-recapture modelling to understand demographic rates across an elevational gradient in Honduras. @amornith.bsky.social @seijones.bsky.social. Check out the paper: doi.org/10.1093/orni...
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Hey all! 🦋 A really lovely group of co-authors and I wrote this recent piece for the special issue @society4conbio.bsky.social. We talk about both the challenges and strengths that come with being Black and queer in conservation ✊🏾🏳️🌈🌱 Always a re-energizing read for me! ❤️ doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
Queer Black voices in conservation
Click on the article title to read more.
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November 26, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Hey all! 🦋 A really lovely group of co-authors and I wrote this recent piece for the special issue @society4conbio.bsky.social. We talk about both the challenges and strengths that come with being Black and queer in conservation ✊🏾🏳️🌈🌱 Always a re-energizing read for me! ❤️ doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
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📣 I'm recruiting PhD students for several projects: jonathanpdrury.com/opportunitie... #PleaseRepost
November 18, 2024 at 5:55 PM
📣 I'm recruiting PhD students for several projects: jonathanpdrury.com/opportunitie... #PleaseRepost
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🚨Looking for two PhD students to join our lab in Fall' 25🚨
If you know someone that loves/works with Neotropical birds and/or species interactions, and is looking for a PhD please share this with them! (application deadline is January 3rd).
More info here --> montanolab.com/join-us/
If you know someone that loves/works with Neotropical birds and/or species interactions, and is looking for a PhD please share this with them! (application deadline is January 3rd).
More info here --> montanolab.com/join-us/
November 19, 2024 at 3:55 PM
🚨Looking for two PhD students to join our lab in Fall' 25🚨
If you know someone that loves/works with Neotropical birds and/or species interactions, and is looking for a PhD please share this with them! (application deadline is January 3rd).
More info here --> montanolab.com/join-us/
If you know someone that loves/works with Neotropical birds and/or species interactions, and is looking for a PhD please share this with them! (application deadline is January 3rd).
More info here --> montanolab.com/join-us/
🚨Kicking off my Bluesky life, I present our study in @amornith.bsky.social! We use Bayesian multi-species mark-recapture (CMR) models to assess avian demographic rates across an elevational gradient in Honduras! @samuel-ei-jones.bsky.social, @jsaracco.bsky.social 🧵(1/7) doi.org/10.1093/orni...
November 14, 2024 at 3:21 PM
🚨Kicking off my Bluesky life, I present our study in @amornith.bsky.social! We use Bayesian multi-species mark-recapture (CMR) models to assess avian demographic rates across an elevational gradient in Honduras! @samuel-ei-jones.bsky.social, @jsaracco.bsky.social 🧵(1/7) doi.org/10.1093/orni...