Scarlet-faced liocichla (Liocichla ripponi): This species was recently reclassified as separate from the red-faced liocichla (Liocichla phoenicea), although some taxonomists consider it to be conspecific. It is found in Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and southern China. reddit.com/gallery/qn7h4e
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Reduced older male presence linked to increased rates of aggression to non-conspecific targets in male elephants | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences royalsocietypublishing.or…
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Ladies, gentlemen, conspecifics: let me introduce you to β€œReducetarian vegans” reddit.com/gallery/rreqz6
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The Pacific Marten was once considered conspecific with the American Marten, but several studies using molecular genetics indicate that they are separate species. They are thought to have diverged during the Last Glacial Maximum after being isolated from one another in glacial refugia.
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Bats have complex social lives. But they don't always want other bats around. Hoary Bats (Lasiurus cinereus) seem to be aware of other conspecifics and alter their use of echolocation calls to avoid eavesdropping and competition for resources and mating opportunities.
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Open ecology article of the week: Conspecific and congeneric interactions shape increasing rates of breeding dispersal of northern spotted owls

Hi everyone, hope you are all doing well! I have another open article of the week and this time it's another one from Ecological Applications.

You can find the open access link here: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/eap.2398

As always, please feel free to discuss this article in the comments below if you like. Questions, comments, or anything remotely relevant is fair game!



Abstract: Breeding dispersal, the movement from one breeding territory to another, is rare for philopatric species that evolved within relatively stable environments, such as the old-growth coniferous forests of the Pacific Northwest. Although dispersal is not inherently maladaptive, the consequences of increased dispersal on population dynamics in populations whose historical dispersal rates are low could be significant, particularly for a declining species. We examined rates and possible causes of breeding dispersal based on a sample of 4,118 northern spotted owls (Strix occidentalis caurina) monitored in seven study areas over 28 yr, 1990–2017, in Oregon and Washington, USA. Using a multistate mark–resight analysis, we investigated the potential impacts of an emergent congeneric competitor (barred owl Strix varia) and forest alteration (extrinsic factors), and social and individual conditions (intrinsic factors) on 408 successive and 1,372 nonsuccessive dispersal events between years. The annual probability of breeding dispersal increased for individual owls that had also dispersed in the previous year and decreased for owls on territories with historically high levels of reproduction. Intrinsic factors including pair status, prior reproductive success, and experience at a site, were also associated with breeding dispersal movements. The percent of monitored owls dispersing each year increased from ˜7% early in the study to ˜25% at the end of the study, which coincided with a rapid increase in numbers of invasive and competitively dominant barred owls. We suggest that the results presented here can inform spotted owl conservation efforts as we identify factors contributing to changing rates of demographic parameters including site fidelity and breeding dispersal. Our study further shows that increasing rates of breeding dispersal associated with population declines contribute to population instability and vulnerability of northern spotted owls to extinction, and the prognosis is unlikely to change unless active management interventions are

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Smilodon populator that got stabbed in the head by a conspecific
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Rats who are cooperative give off a special smell when they act helpful. If their conspecifics smell this odure, they prefer to share their food with these social rats - possibly in the hope of being supported by them one day. royalsocietypublishing.or…
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White sclerae in primates are associated with increased cooperative behaviors (determining a conspecifics likely intentions from their gaze direction), & dark sclerae are associated with increased intra-specific lethal aggression bipartisanalliance.com/20…
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When a smaller helicopter sees a bigger conspecific, it turns on it's back to show submission. If we are very quiet, we can observe a 1:47 Ka-27 [WIP] resting overnight on a box of toothpics.
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Coping with mortality: responses of monkeys and great apes to collapsed, inanimate and dead conspecifics bipartisanalliance.com/20…
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Lemmaphyllum microphyllum "ShiShi," micro fern from Japan. Unclear why it's named "ShiShi." My guess, it was found in a location by that name; genus and/or sp are sometimes appended with location names for provenance data / differentiation of conspecific forms. Humid, moist, well drained, low light reddit.com/gallery/l4bi33
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Humboldt Squid attacks a conspecific and drags it away gfycat.com/Welldocumented…
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Birds share food with less fortunate conspecifics - Not only people show sympathy, also birds seem to care about the fate of conspecifics. They notice how much food the others already have and then share theirs with individuals that were not given any. uu.nl/en/news/birds-share…
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Smilodon populator that got stabbed in the head by a conspecific
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Smilodon populator that got stabbed in the head by a conspecific
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We report the first observation of a chimpanzee with albinism in the wild, describe interactions between the infant & other group members, & describe the subsequent infanticide of the individual with albinism by his conspecifics bipartisanalliance.com/20…
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Elaphoglossum peltatum, a miniature fern which generally stays under several inches tall. There are countless conspecific forms of this species (meaning, they vary in appearance but are considered the same species). This form is from Mexico. reddit.com/gallery/kzlx0b
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"Genomic evidence for the Chinese mountain cat as a wildcat conspecific (Felis silvestris bieti) and its introgression to domestic cats", Yu et al 2021 advances.sciencemag.org/c…
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Two forms of Dendrobium lichenastrum (large one is frequently labeled as D. prenticei, though that name isn't accepted). These are conspecific forms within the same species. Very neat, drought tolerant, Australian species. Right up my alley being mini and micro, like most of my plant collection. reddit.com/gallery/l1pj5w
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Birds Share Food With Less Fortunate Conspecifics - β€œThey seem to take the each other’s perspective into account in their decision and thus seem to show sympathy”, discovered the Utrecht-based biologist Jorg Massen in an experiment with azure-winged magpies earthfirstjournal.news/20…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/positivesource
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Birds share food with less fortunate conspecifics - Not only people show sympathy, also birds seem to care about the fate of conspecifics. They notice how much food the others already have and then share theirs with individuals that were not given any. uu.nl/en/news/birds-share…
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Coping with mortality: responses of monkeys and great apes to collapsed, inanimate and dead conspecifics bipartisanalliance.com/20…
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Birds share food with less fortunate conspecifics phys.org/news/2020-10-bir…
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Open ecology article of the week: Empirical tests of habitat selection theory reveal that conspecific density and patch quality, but not habitat amount, drive long-distance immigration in a wild bird

Hi everyone, I hope all is well! I have a new open ecology article and it's another one from Ecology Letters.

You can find the open access link here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ele.13729

As always, please feel free to discuss this article in the comments below if you like. Questions, comments, or anything remotely relevant is fair game!



Abstract: Individuals that disperse long distances from their natal site must select breeding patches with no prior knowledge of patch suitability. Despite decades of theoretical studies examining which cues dispersing individuals should use to select breeding patches, few empirical studies have tested the predictions of these theories at spatial scales relevant to long-distance dispersal in wild animal populations. Here, we use a novel assignment model based on multiple intrinsic markers to quantify natal dispersal distances of Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) breeding in forest fragments. We show that long-distance natal dispersal in this species is more frequent than commonly assumed for songbirds and that habitat selection by these individuals is driven by density-dependence and patch quality but not the amount of habitat surrounding breeding patches. These results represent an important contribution to understanding habitat selection by dispersing individuals, especially with regards to long-distance dispersal.

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Humboldt Squid attacks a conspecific and drags it away gfycat.com/Welldocumented…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Anen-o-me
πŸ“…︎ Sep 16 2019
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White Lady Spider (Leucorchestris arenicola) rolls down a hill and kills a conspecific gfycat.com/fluffysillygnu
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Zebrafish females prefer a large male as a mating partner and release more eggs for him compared to a small male. In some species females also produce higher quality eggs towards large males. Sexual selection depends on the advantage certain individuals have over other conspecifics. jyu.fi/en/current/archive…
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[X-post from r/HardcoreNature]Humboldt Squid drags a conspecific into the darkness gfycat.com/idleseveralbro…
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Humboldt Squid drags a conspecific into the darkness gfycat.com/idleseveralbro…
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Humboldt Squid attacks a conspecific and drags it away gfycat.com/welldocumented…
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Known parasites or parasitoids of Belostoma? I was researching the genus and many photographs capture these small red objects on their top and underside. Are they eggs? I know males carry conspecific eggs on their backs until they hatch, but these objects are much smaller than Belostoma eggs.
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