How small differences in data analysis make huge differences in results
Over the past 20 years or so, there has been growing concern that many results published in scientific journals can't be reproduced.
Over the past 20 years or so, there has been growing concern that many results published in scientific journals can't be reproduced.
Ecology
Oct 30, 2023
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A study published by The American Naturalist, and in which Faculty of Science and Technology researcher David López-Idiáquez participated, explored whether climate change alters the plumage coloration of the blue tit (Cyanistes ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 14, 2022
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Many animal species use social information—from conspecifics or other species—to inform their behavioral choices, for example where to look for food or build a nest. In a recent study, ornithologists have shown for the ...
Evolution
Dec 22, 2020
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People in Britain feed up to 196 million birds a year with 60,000 tonnes of bird food, at a total cost of £300 million. All those garden feeders have helped boost populations of dozens of bird species, including the garden ...
Ecology
May 28, 2020
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Winter associations predict social and extra-pair mating patterns in blue tits. Researchers of the Max Planck Institutes for Ornithology in Seewiesen and for Animal Behavior in Radolfzell show in their new study that blue ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 20, 2020
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By watching videos of each other eating, blue tits and great tits can learn to avoid foods that taste disgusting and are potentially toxic, a new study has found. Seeing the 'disgust response' in others helps them recognise ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 20, 2020
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In birds, timing of arrival in a breeding area influences who ends up breeding and who does not. This aspect of behaviour, well-known in migratory birds, has now been studied for the first time in a non-migratory species, ...
Ecology
Jan 13, 2020
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As climate change continues to cause temperatures to rise, the breeding patterns of birds such as blue tits are being altered as evenings in spring get warmer, researchers say.
Plants & Animals
Oct 16, 2019
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Little more than 50 years after the German ornithologist Wolfgang Makatsch published his book titled No Egg Is Like Another (Kein Ei gleicht dem anderen), new research at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in collaboration ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 7, 2019
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Single parent males generally do worse, probably because they are not able to keep their chicks warm. Their findings are published today in the Journal of Animal Ecology.
Ecology
Jun 12, 2018
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