If you missed my #BTcon17 presentation on #socialmedia #siblogging #scicomm and #altmetrics in #ornithology see www.bou.org.uk/blog-dudley-social-media...
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Throwback to that time I "blasted a bowfishing tournament" w/ assist from @DavidELPC http://sgfnow.co/1FZ3WTj #TBT #BTCon17
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6 #BTCon17 Future goals: classify leaders; measure time spent foraging & group spread during periods of leader agreement vs disagreement.
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5 #BTCon17 Plotting the individuals’ movement data on the images, we are able to visualize the trajectories & categorize different actions.
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2 #BTCon17 We aim to determine how leader agreement influences the foraging efficiency & cohesion of a herd of domestic sheep (Ovis aries).
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#BTcon17 More later this year w/ paper + poster w/ @tomfinch89 @Nina_OHanlon + my #AOSSCO17 talk at #TheTweetingBird symposium #ornithology
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6 #BTcon17 Used well #socialmedia is great for promoting your research, driving your publications #altmetrics and collaborating with others
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5 #BTcon17 Researchers can promote their own articles on #socialmedia, RT others' links to research papers: all contribute to #altmetrics
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4 #BTcon17 @IBIS_journal promotes #ornithology on #socialmedia contributing to community's overall #altmetrics See http://ow.ly/Kzlt30aJixg
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3 #BTcon17 #Sciblogging is an easy way to make a research article more accessible & is 2nd highest contributor to your article's #altmetrics
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2 #BTcon17 Hashtags work! The #ornithology tag provides a focal point for avian #science reaching a huge audience around the world #scicomm
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1 #BTcon17 @IBIS_journal educates our #ornithology community about benefits of #socialmedia & #scicomm in research and value of #altmetrics
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Join me later today on #BTcon17 for some #socialmedia and altmetrics in #ornithology
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Conservation of peripheral populations of species is an important part of protecting biodiversity!
THANKS @biotweeps! #BTCon17
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Our study provides evidence that peripheral populations can exhibit adaptations to "harsher" environments @ edge of species' range #BTcon17
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Summary: Spotted Gars from peripheral & core popns exhibited significant differences in life history & genetic structure #BTcon17
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Pilot study (in review) on genetic diversity (mtDNA) between peripheral & core populations; showed significant differences too! #BTCon17
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Although length of growing season significantly shorter in north, peripheral popn gars compensate w/ faster growth than core gars #BTCon17
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We also modeled age/growth of adult gars from peripheral & core populations. Similar results; northern gars grew faster, also older #BTCon17
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Gars in the north growing faster could be adaptation to overcoming winter mortality. If not big enough by winter, you're dead! #BTCon17
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Spotted Gars from the north appear to "strike while iron's hot", taking advantage of warmer temps for faster growth. #BTCon17
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Follow-up common GARden experiment testing growth @ different temperatures showed northern gars STILL grew faster! #BTCon17
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Results: Peripheral population gars grew significantly larger/faster than core population! Increase in weight +220% vs +60%!!! #BTCon17
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We raised fish from north & south under same conditions, simulating growing season (at both latitudes). Common GARden experiment! #BTCon17
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Countergradient variation: genetics compensate for environmental influence on phenotype. Ex: faster growth w/ short growing season #BTCon17
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Some organisms adapt to shorter growing season by evolving faster growth rate, example of "countergradient variation" 📷Gulo gulo! #BTCon17
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How do populations differ? BIG latitudinal distance north-south; length of growing season shorter up north...Winter is Coming! #BTCon17
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Peripheral populations of Spotted Gar occur in #GreatLakes basin, disjunct from core popns in Mississippi Riv (et al) basin. #BTCon17
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Unfortunately, gars often carry bad reputation as "trash fish" often killed and tossed on shoreline. Hope to change that attitude! #BTCon17
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