Institute of Avian Research 'Vogelwarte Helgoland'
Updates about migration, life history, ringing, research & outreach from the Institute of Avian Research & bird ringing centre for North-West Germany.
- Out now in Environmental Pollution: 'Experimental evidence for maternal offloading of mercury pollution via reproduction' By @matteobeccardi.bsky.social, @commonternproject.bsky.social, @pablosalmon.bsky.social, @icbm-uol.bsky.social & @oscarvedder.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2025.127121
- Congratulations Anna!!!
- And to add some more beauty to the internet: here's a close-up of Dr Schnelle, with her gorgeous hat crafted skillfully by various members of the @ifv-whv.bsky.social, fired on by @robertrollins1892.bsky.social. 🥰
- New publication by @commonternproject.bsky.social with @coralinebcht.bsky.social, @mmoiron.bsky.social, @matteobeccardi.bsky.social & @icbm-uol.bsky.social: 'Mercury levels in chicks of a long-lived seabird – parental effects and links with growth and survival'. doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
- New publication by @matteobeccardi.bsky.social and @oscarvedder.bsky.social (with @btschirren.bsky.social) in @royalsocietypublishing.org: 'Male inbreeding reduces fertility, but does not accelerate in vivo sperm senescence: an experimental approach in a polyandrous bird' doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
- New publication in @animalecology.bsky.social by @oscarvedder.bsky.social & @matteobeccardi.bsky.social 'Poor developmental conditions decrease adult body size and egg size, but not egg laying rate and survival throughout adulthood: A long-term experiment in a precocial bird' doi.org/10.1111/1365...
- New publication by @commonternproject.bsky.social (in collaboration with @joewynnbirds.bsky.social, @birgenhaest.bsky.social, @migecol.bsky.social, @oscarvedder.bsky.social & @seabirdecology.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
- New publication by @commonternproject.bsky.social: 'Parental blood mercury levels are correlated, and predictive of those in eggs in a long-lived seabird' www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Great article on the work of @genmig.bsky.social and others: www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
- New publication by @genmig.bsky.social and others (@migecol.bsky.social, @thiemokarwinkel.bsky.social, @sfb1372.bsky.social): 'Marine artificial light at night: Implications and potential hazards for offshore songbird and bat movements in the Greater North Sea'. doi.org/10.1111/csp2...
- New publication by @genmig.bsky.social. 'High-recombining genomic regions affect demography inference based on ancestral recombination graphs.' doi.org/10.1093/gene...
- New publication by the @commonternproject.bsky.social. 'Selective disappearance based on navigational efficiency in a long-lived seabird'. In @animalecology.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1111/1365...
- New publication: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- New publication: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Welcome to the new blue sky account of the Institute of Avian Research in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Here we will post updates on science, news and outreach of our Institute: ifv-vogelwarte.de/en/home
