Two months ago I had my 1st anniversary as FWO PostDoc fellow here at TEREC and while writing my annual report, I realized that I spend the first six months intensely thinking about and working on grants that will provide the operational money we need to deliver and even expand the proposed goals during my first three years as a PostDoc.
With the launch of the TEREC blog, I thought it’s great to write about ongoing and upcoming stories on White-eyes. In case you don’t know or simply forgot, here’s the pitch: We want to study these little yellow birdies to learn about avian evolution and how adaptation is facilitated in rapidly changing environments. That said, we want to use the toolboxes in genomics and modeling to learn more about what makes the „great speciator“ (Ernst Mayr) so great.
Read More »Zosteromics chronicles: The yellow pages of the Avian Ecology & Evolution side of TEREC
Trade of wild birds has dropped about 90% globally since the EU banned bird imports in 2005. A study published today in the recognized scientific journal Science Advances demonstrates how the EU’s ban decreased the number of birds traded annually from about 1.3 million to 130.000. International trade of wild birds is a root cause of exotic birds spreading worldwide. The study was led by scientists from the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen and CIBIO-InBIO Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto.
Read More »EU trade ban brings down global trade in wild birds by 90 %