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jeannettewhitton.bsky.social
Now that our paper on species concepts is out, time to update an old post (on that other place) on the XCKD paper title meme.
@waynemaddison.bsky.social #SpeciesConcepts [https://doi.org/10.18061/bssb.v2i1.9358]
December 9, 2023 at 8:12 PM
jeannettewhitton.bsky.social
Our paper on a process-oriented retrospective concept of species is long — so, here its argument is compressed into a thread of a dozen tweets!
@waynemaddison.bsky.social #SpeciesConcepts (Here is a link to the paper: doi.org/10.18061/bss...)
waynemaddison.bsky.social Wayne Maddison @waynemaddison.bsky.social · Dec 9
A new view of #SpeciesConcepts by @jeannettewhitton.bsky.social and me, clarifying time frames while unifying interbreeding, genealogy, and traits. A general-purpose species should be a reproductive community (bound by cohesive processes) viewed retrospectively (RRCC).  doi.org/10.18061/bss...
Image of first page and an illustration from our paper titled "The species as a reproductive community emerging from the past".
December 9, 2023 at 7:56 PM
waynemaddison.bsky.social
A new view of #SpeciesConcepts by @jeannettewhitton.bsky.social and me, clarifying time frames while unifying interbreeding, genealogy, and traits. A general-purpose species should be a reproductive community (bound by cohesive processes) viewed retrospectively (RRCC).  doi.org/10.18061/bss...
Image of first page and an illustration from our paper titled "The species as a reproductive community emerging from the past".
December 9, 2023 at 7:49 PM
grrlscientist.bsky.social
How Parasitic Cuckoos Lay Host-Matching Eggs Whilst Remaining A Single Species

#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social

#EggShellColor🥚 #SpeciesConcepts #ornithology🦉 #birds🪶 #Mimicry #evolution #ecology #BroodParasitism grrlscientist.medium.com/how-parasiti...
How Parasitic Cuckoos Lay Host-Matching Eggs Whilst Remaining A Single Species
Female lineages of European cuckoos lay eggs with colorful shells and intricate patterns specialized to deceive more than 100 avian hosts…
grrlscientist.medium.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:29 AM