Can we use #CitizenScience eBird data to monitor the world's #birds? Not quite yet. In our new paper in #BiologicalConservation we compared eBird trends to the trends of BirdLife International. Joshua Horns Çağan H. Şekercioğlu #ornithology tinyurl.com/y8x4hfkw

How do we watch for trouble in billions of birds? Use millions of eyes. Learn more: attheu.utah.edu/uncategorized/… University of Utah University of Utah School of Biological Sciences #sciku Çağan H. Şekercioğlu Monte Neate-Clegg eBird BirdLife International

The Wildlife Society covered our paper on community science data and the world’s birds. Check it out here! wildlife.org/community-scie… Joshua Horns Çağan H. Şekercioğlu University of Utah School of Biological Sciences #ornithology

New research in eLife - the journal from Shapiro lab: "We find that both coding and regulatory variation in the same gene drives wing pattern diversity, & post-domestication introgression supplied potentially advantageous melanistic alleles to feral populations of this ubiquitous urban bird."

Take a look at our latest publication on the Incidence and Prevalence of Peyronie’s Disease in the US IJIR: Your Sexual Medicine Journal. Thanks to Alex Pastuszak Jim Hotaling, M.D. for trusting me with this project. Couldn’t have done it without Utah SPARC. #UroSoMe #MedTwitter nature.com/articles/s4144…

2nd thesis chapter published! In it we show that tropical birds in the Albertine Rift of Rwanda have shifted upslope over time despite a lack of local temperature increase. Çağan H. Şekercioğlu WCS University of Utah School of Biological Sciences Research at the U conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cs… photo: Kyle Kittelberger

The conspiracy theories, and particularly the ease at which people believe them, are extremely saddening. I want to live in a world where critical thinking is the norm, not a rarity. #ElectionResults2020 #Election2020

Wondering how to maintain hospital revenue and increase COVID capacity? rdcu.be/cbGp7 Proud to share this work from my colleagues Heidi Hanson Jim Hotaling, M.D. Benjamin Brooke Marta McCrum and others at Utah SPARC University of Utah Health UofUSurgery

To split or not to split? In my latest paper, published in GEB Journal, we looked at ecological predictors of taxonomic disagreement across the world's #birds. Çağan H. Şekercioğlu J. David Blount University of Utah School of Biological Sciences #ornithology Press: attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/t… Paper: researchgate.net/publication/35…

Hey all! We need your help! My lab is creating radon exposure estimates and we need more information about basements in Utah homes. If you live in Utah and have 2 extra minutes, please complete this ?aire forms.gle/b31vo9xhGBrseG… #cleanairnow #utahcleanair University of Utah Health University of Utah

Our new paper is out: Avian Use of Agricultural Areas as Migration Stopover Sites: A Review of Crop Management Practices and Ecological Correlates frontiersin.org/article/10.338…

Radon is a naturally occurring gas that you cannot see, smell or taste. It is the second leading cause of lung cancer. HCI investigators are gathering information about radon in Utah. If you have a basement and 2 minutes, they would love to hear from you: forms.gle/b31vo9xhGBrseG…

Announcing the 2021 @STEMAPteam Summer Cohorts in collaboration w/ Northern Kentucky University & Oregon State University in June. Site facilitators for both institutions are now processing applications & preparing for the semester. Also Center for Synthetic Org. Eectrochemistry University of Utah. tinyurl.com/8htvrad8

Are you an early career scientist finding innovative ways to #SciEngage while learning from your audiences? If the answer is "yes", you may qualify for the AAAS Early Career Award, like 2018 recipient Dr. Pika Jo Varner! #AAASAwards Applications due June 30: earlycareer.secure-platform.com/a

A great #citizenscience paper from our lab!

Biking on the #jordanriver trail, looked up and saw this. FOX 13 News Utah is this pyrocumulus?

Starting soon!

Ph.D. position in avian conservation ecology at my Biodiversity & Conservation Ecology lab University of Utah. Deadline: 12/1/21. Details here: ornithologyexchange.org/jobs/board/gra… No application fee. No GRE test requirement. Visit: sekercioglu.biology.utah.edu Apply here: biology.utah.edu/graduate-admis… #ornithology

Now published in Animal Conservation, in collaboration with UtahDWR, we show the importance of riparian corridors to migratory #birds during hotter and drier years in the arid Intermountain West. University of Utah School of Biological Sciences Research at the U Global Change UU Çağan H. Şekercioğlu Joshua Horns #ornithology #climatechange

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