My recent paper on the monk parakeet invasion in Mexico was covered in Atlas Obscura. See here for full story.… [Read full details]
Mexican parrot invasion press, Atlas Obscura
Parakeets invade Mexico
With my collaborators Grace Smith-Vidaurre (New Mexico State University) and Alejandro Salinas-Melgoza (Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo), we compiled the first comprehensive report of the very recent and still on-going monk parakeet invasion in Mexico.
We used a combination of international trade regulations, global import/export data, and observational reports of feral monk parakeets to describe when and where the invasion started.… [Read full details]
Clay-eating parrots press, NPR’s “The Salt”
NPR’s “The Salt” covered my recent paper on why parrots eat clay in Peru.
From NPR’s “The Salt”
Why Do Parrots (And People) Eat Clay?
Colloquium talk at ASU
I was invited to Arizona State to give a colloquium talk called “Understanding the evolution of social knowledge through conflict” for their Evolution of Social Complexity Colloquium. I had a great visit and really enjoyed meeting with the faculty, postdocs, and grad students.… [Read full details]
Clay-eating parrots press, Forbes
My recent paper on why parrots eat clay in Peru was covered in Forbes.
From Forbes
Why Do Wild Parrots Eat Dirt In The Amazon?
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Behaviour 2017
I attended the Behaviour meeting in Estoril Portugal and presented a poster called “The hidden structure of dominance hierarchies”. This project is a collaboration with Dan Monster and Simon DeDeo. I had a fantastic time at the meeting and really enjoyed seeing a bit of Portugal on the trip. … [Read full details]
Clay-eating parrots
My new paper, co-first-authored with Donald Brightsmith, was published in Ibis. In this paper, we weigh evidence for competing hypotheses about why parrots in the Peruvian rainforest eat clay.
Citations
Press coverage
ABS 2017
I attended the Animal Behavior conference at the University of Toronto and presented a talk called “The hidden structure of dominance hierarchies”. This project is a collaboration with Dan Mønster and Simon DeDeo.
Symposium talk at U.Michigan
I was invited to speak in the Complexity in Ecological, Evolutionary, and Social Dynamics Symposium at the Center for the Study of Complex Systems at the University of Michigan.… [Read full details]
Audience effects press release
Santa Fe Institute’s press team put together a nice press release about our recent paper on audience effects. See full press release here (or below)
The paper is available here
Paper: To better understand animals, borrow from human language research
JANUARY 20TH, 2017… [Read full details]