3/9 Using undirected, weighted #social_networks, #GLMM, and behavioral observation.
The authors modelled the effect of #urbanisation on the social behavior of 6 populations of lizards, in an highly urbanized tourist destination and a coastal area with forest.

(All figures are from the articles)

Banding tern chicks, Interstate Island WMA, Duluth. Photo: MNDNR

Fig. 1 from the article: Tracks of common terns fitted with GPS tags (a), solar geolocators ‘GLS' (b), and MOTUS nanotags. Panel (d) provides a summary of migration schedules by region (Lake Erie, southern Atlantic Coast, and Florida; top to bottom) for birds fitted with GLS and MOTUS nanotags.

Fig. 3 from the article: Graph network showing spatial (a), spatiotemporal (b), and region-specific spatiotemporal associations (c) of adult common terns breeding at two colonies on Lake Superior (thick black and grey circles) during the non-breeding season.

Common terns. Photo: S. Kolbe

NEW PAPER: tracking migratory behavior of common terns in North America. Revealing how age and sex affect migration timing + highlighting the role of social connections in maintaining migratory patterns.

➡️ https://vist.ly/3mqxfqh

#ornithology #migration #social_networks