Alexander Schlatmann

NEW PAPER OUT 📃: My first ever paper, which reports on my Master’s research, is now out in Animal Behaviour. Can blue tit nestlings sense their relatedness to their nestmates through smell? 🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Preregistration #AcademicSky🧪

Schlatmann et al. (2025) No evidence for olfactory kin discrimination in begging blue tit nestlings Chicks beg similarly in response to kin and nonkin nestmate odours 🐦 #chemicalcommunication @aaschlatmann.bsky.social @stphn-slzr.bsky.social @behavecobie.bsky.social @peterkorsten.bsky.social

Our special issue on 'Chemical communication and behaviour' is now complete in Animal Behaviour @asab.org www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... Editors: Leanne Grieves @leagrie.bsky.social, Tyler Buchinger, Alex Van Huynh and myself Find the papers in the thread below 🧵

⏰ Two weeks left to register! Registration closes on 23 October at midnight. Join us 18–20 Nov 2026 in Egmond aan Zee for our (fun) annual Behavioural Biology meeting! MSc grants cover registration fees. Encourage your students to apply and give a talk! 🔗 www.gedragsbiologie.nl/upcoming-mee...

My Master’s thesis on the benefits of co-operation in the Arrow-marked babbler is now published in Behavioural Ecology! Link for the article: academic.oup.com/beheco/artic... On Researchgate: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

⏰ REMINDER: 10 days left! 📢 Early bird registration for the NVG Annual Meeting 2026 closes on 28 August. Submit your abstract and register by then to save €75! 📍 Hotel Zuiderduin, Egmond aan Zee 📅 18–20 November 2026 www.gedragsbiologie.nl/upcoming-mee...

With the conference just a few days away, I thought it would be nice to create an #ISBE2026 attendees Starter Pack to help us connect more easily. If you’re attending and would like to be included, send me a message or reply below! go.bsky.app/CiXGqQ7

We are excited to announce that #Behaviour2027 (XXXIX International Ethological Congress) will be taking place in Vienna, Austria! We are looking forward to having you all join us next year from August 23-27. Please follow and share!

🐦🌙 Happy to see this big collaborative paper out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! We address a seemingly simple question using geolocator data collected across many species and individuals: how much of bird migration actually happens at night? www.cell.com/current-biol... A short🧵

📢 Early bird registration is now open for the Netherlands Society for Behavioural Biology (NVG) Annual Meeting 2026! 📍 Hotel Zuiderduin, Egmond aan Zee 📅 18–20 November 2026 Register and submit your abstract by 28 August to save €75. More info & registration: www.gedragsbiologie.nl/upcoming-mee...

The new NVG website is now live and has finally joined the modern era! 🎉 Check it out at www.gedragsbiologie.nl

Every recordist is now invited to start annotating their own recordings on XC! Bird & Bat Sounds Global bsg.laji.fi are leading by example, with over 20000 annotated soundscapes.

Some kids are always on the move – others prefer a good book. We show that early-life behaviour in golden eagles 🦅 cascades across life stages: more active nestlings fledge earlier, explore more, and disperse sooner. tinyurl.com/3sb8jnsz @vogelwarte.bsky.social @safilab.bsky.social #ornithology

Read the vision of 39 prominent scientists to the future of behavioral ecology and sociobiology in our latest editorial. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 80:64. doi.org/10.1007/s002...

Katten die in weides bivakkeren halen drie kwart van hun dieet uit het wild. Bijvoorbeeld gruttokuikens. In Friesland brengen ecologen kattengedrag in kaart. Hun baasjes zijn „vaak verbaasd hoe ver hun kat loopt”.

Don’t forget to sign up! In 3 weeks, the NVG hosts its first Spring Lecture (in Dutch): free, open to everyone, no prior knowledge needed. Whether you’re simply curious or already interested in nature, animal behaviour, or conservation, you’re very welcome. Please share widely!

📢Fully-funded #PhD opportunity with us: 🐦 Quantifying (social) learning and social behaviour in an urbanised world 🐦 Position at @ceec-research.bsky.social 📆29th May deadline More info: tinyurl.com/yz28s96x Apply: tinyurl.com/2wpkb64y #cognition #socialbehaviour #fieldwork #birds 🙏Please Share

New paper! 🐦🦠 Social Structure and Interactions Differentially Shape Aerotolerant and Anaerobic Gut Microbiomes in a Cooperative Breeding Species doi.org/10.1111/mec.... A 🧵

📢Fully-funded #PhD opportunity with us ❓Quantifying animal #movement patterns & behavioural #interactions in a changing world 👥Joint position in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social & #MacquarieUniversity 📆19th April deadline tinyurl.com/343acaev #maths #modelling #data #fieldwork #Australia 🙏PLEASE SHARE

Our paper on the female song in Galápagos yellow warblers is now published in Animal Behavior: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... To celebrate, here is the first ever video I recorded back in 2023 of the female BzHz singing!

‪ 🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪

Check our Open Access paper on the Tokara Leaf Warbler – a previously undescribed, threatened Japanese bird: doi.org/10.1093/pnas... Thx to all coauthors: Takema Saitoh, @dariashipilina.bsky.social. Shin-Ichi Seki, Canwei Xia, Lijun Zhang & Urban Olsson. @animecol-uu.bsky.social #birds #biodiversity

Nearing the breeding season again, for what will (already) be the final experimental season of my PhD!

🧵 New paper! How does the immune system shape the gut microbiome in wild animals? We studied the Seychelles warbler using shotgun metagenomics to test how variation in MHC genes (key immune genes) influences both the taxonomy and function of gut microbes. rdcu.be/e7Wxv Here’s what we found 👇

We're thrilled to announce the Ctrl-Z Award, a US$2,500 prize for researchers “who discover substantial errors in their published work and take meaningful steps to correct the scientific record." Covered by @nature.com today; read more here: centerforscientificintegrity.org/2026/03/10/a...

📢 Hiring: Tenure Track Professor of Flyway Ecology & Scientific Director of BirdEyes, the Centre for Global Ecological Change Apply before 31 Mar 👇 werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/ten... #Hiring #Vacancy #ScienceJobs #SciComm

Come join NVG's 2026 Spring Lecture (in Dutch): “Diergedrag en natuurbescherming” on how animal behaviour insights support conservation. 28 May 2026, 20:00, Utrecht Q&A with presenters afterwards Please sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Location: maps.app.goo.gl/vVfrZn5SBu9V... Zaal ATLAS

📢Two fully-funded #PhD opportunities to work with us: Topic: Social monitoring & manipulation UK-domiciled black-heritage scheme: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6 NERC DLTP: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp Cosupervisors: #PatrickKennedy @ljnbrent.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social #bioacoustics #mammals #fieldwork

The abstract book and full program for the upcoming NVG meeting (19-21 November, Hotel Zuiderduin, Egmond aan Zee) are now available. You can view them here: www.gedragsbiologie.nl/wp-content/u... www.gedragsbiologie.nl/wp-content/u...

Want to know everything about bird smell? I wrote an "Ornithological masterclass" on Avian Olfaction for BTO News @btobirds.bsky.social #ornithology Link to the article 👉 www.researchgate.net/publication/...

𝗡𝗩𝗚 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟭𝟵-𝟮𝟭 𝗡𝗼𝘃 @ 𝗭𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗱𝘂𝗶𝗻, 𝗘𝗴𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗮𝗻 𝗭𝗲𝗲 You can register for the meeting via the link on our home page www.gedragsbiologie.nl Deadline for sending in abstracts & registration is October 20th. PhD workshop, MSc scholarships & Logo contest info on our website!

An excellent PhD opportunity - at a great place - with a great system .....and with a great group! Should be fun....as well as very scientifically rewarding😀

Translocations and high-resolution tracking show that field margins improve connectivity and corridor functionality in agricultural landscapes... even for habitat generalist birds like bulbuls! 🐦🌎🧪 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

New paper out now! 🥳📄 Massive shoutout to Sarah Worsley, who did the heavy lifting 💪 – absolute star! 🌟

Check out our new paper led by Gaoyang Yu! Territorial aggression in blue tits is repeatable in both sexes, but females were the fiercer defenders. How does this challenge long-held assumptions about sex roles in territorial behaviour? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧪

The Local Organizing Commitee welcomes behavioral ecologists from across the world and of all career stages to enjoy a five-day meeting rich in top-notch science and ample networking opportunities in Turin (Italy), 20-24 July 2026.

New preprint out on social interactions and the gut microbiome in a cooperative breeding species doi.org/10.32942/X2N...

🐠💥2 year postdoc in fish sensory ecology!! 💥🐟 If you’re into animal colour, collective behaviour, predator-prey interactions, enjoy behavioural experiments and fieldwork, please apply! Based in Oxford with fieldwork in northwest Thailand (and elsewhere). Please repost! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM294/p...

My student Vanessa Perez is analyzing hundreds of photos of the Barred Fruiteater. If you have some, you can help her fill some geographic gaps. A cool story is unwrapping ⛰️🪶 Please share! #birds #ornithology #speciation #andes

Our new paper, using shotgun metagenomics on the gut microbiome, shows small but interesting longitudinal changes with age in a natural population. 🧵1/5 academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...

First male Pied Flycatcher singing this morning at East Dartmoor. Second earliest arrival recorded on the reserve. #phenology