
Robert Colwell
@rkcolwell
Colorado native retired from 43 years in the university classroom (and returned to my beloved mountains, but still enjoying research and writing).
ID: 1534554188
http://www.robertkcolwell.org 20-06-2013 17:55:40
12 Tweet
49 Followers
58 Following


Hummingbirds may seem noble hovering fairies that trade pollination services for nectar, but more than 20 times, short-billed species evolved long toenails to cling to feed or pierce flowers to steal nectar, while long-billed species must hover to feed. journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.108…

Extremely enjoyable and fruitful work with Robert Colwell, @tf_rangel, @Euastrum, Gregor Yanega, and Diego Sustaita! Stayed tuned for the typeset version which will be fully open access! In the meantime feel free to access this unformatted version here: robertkcolwell.org/media_files/48…




Eagle awesomeness! MT Sea No Plastic: White-bellied sea eagle with penguin prey, taken at Wattamolla, NSW.



Bottom-up Citizen Science and Biodiversity Statistics methodsblog.wordpress.com/2017/06/06/cit… via Methods in Ecology and Evolution