
Vitek Jirinec
@vitekjirinec
PhD; ecology and conservation of birds, especially in the tropics.
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http://vitekology.org 12-09-2017 18:01:01
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New paper out! We re-surveyed the Amazonian bird community at Cocha Cashu after almost 40 years. Compared to other remote lowland rainforest sites in the neotropics we find few declines at Cocha Cashu. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/H… Photo credit:Eliseo Parra @CORBIDI National Geographic Society




Excited to share our new paper on occupancy modeling🎉 Movement patterns of your study species interact with survey protocols to affect occupancy estimates, sometimes in counterintuitive ways: doi.org/10.1111/2041-2… Jonathon Valente Methods in Ecology and Evolution #Ecology #OccupancyModels


New study reveals unique thermoregulatory strategies of ground-foraging insectivorous birds in tropical rainforests. doi.org/10.1111/oik.10… 📷Tag on Ferruginous-backed Antbird © Vitek Jirinec Nordic Society Oikos Wiley Ecology & Evolution #Amazonianavifauna #climatechange #microclimaterefugia


Check out our fantastic new blog post by Vitek Jirinec and Jonathon Valente, and find our more about how a fieldwork challenge sparked a new way to think about occupancy models 🐦 buff.ly/3AacrEK


Barred Owls in Louisiana: learn how owls move through urban areas by night AND day, their energetics, and how this relates to human affluence (spoiler: they prefer richer areas). doi.org/10.1093/ornith…, American Ornithological Society @OrnithApplic


Read the latest blog post on Wing Beat, "Tracking Barred Owls night and day in Baton Rouge: Why studying the entire diel cycle matters for understanding bird habitat," by Vitek Jirinec Related paper: doi.org/10.1093/ornith… Blog post: americanornithology.org/tracking-barre…

