Jessie C. Tanner
@jessiectanner.bsky.social
Animal behaviorist interested in acoustic communication. Our lab works on sexual signaling in treefrogs and Orthoptera. General enthusiast. ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᏗᎦᏕᎶᏆᏍᎩ (Cherokee language learner). she/her. #newPI
Justice for the Chicago Squirrel Hole.
October 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Justice for the Chicago Squirrel Hole.
New work from our lab out today in Ecology & Evolution! Trina Chou led this study testing the hypothesis that sexual signals reflect infection. She worked with spring peepers 🐸 naturally infected with Bd, the pathogen that causes chytridiomycosis (#chytrid). onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Do I Sound Sick? Condition‐Dependent Advertisement Signals in Naturally Infected Frogs
To understand whether infection has negative, sublethal effects on frog courtship behaviors, we conducted an observational field study of the effects of infection on spring peepers (Pseudacris crucif...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
New work from our lab out today in Ecology & Evolution! Trina Chou led this study testing the hypothesis that sexual signals reflect infection. She worked with spring peepers 🐸 naturally infected with Bd, the pathogen that causes chytridiomycosis (#chytrid). onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
New paper today in ProcB! We measured sexual selection on temporally emergent properties of treefrog calls – call rate and regularity – and found that while ♀ prefer fast & regular calls, selection weakens changes shape as the number of choices increases.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Complex choice environments shelter unattractive signallers from sexual selection | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
For many animals, options abound when choosing a mate in socially complex environments
like a breeding chorus or lek. In such environments, receivers often choose their
mate based on individual differ...
royalsocietypublishing.org
September 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
New paper today in ProcB! We measured sexual selection on temporally emergent properties of treefrog calls – call rate and regularity – and found that while ♀ prefer fast & regular calls, selection weakens changes shape as the number of choices increases.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
If you're out and about in the evenings, keep an eye out for tree crickets performing their incredible signaling behavior! Ashlesh could use some #communityScience help investigating its evolution.
#newPI #animalBehavior #citizenScience #behavioralEcology
#newPI #animalBehavior #citizenScience #behavioralEcology
Tree crickets build megaphones, called "baffles", by chewing holes in leaves to attract mates. For my PhD, I am studying the evolution of baffling. Lil bit of phylogenetics, lil bit of citizen science. Follow the link to my new project on @inaturalist.bsky.social
www.inaturalist.org/projects/baf...
www.inaturalist.org/projects/baf...
Baffling in North American tree crickets
This project aims to collect data on “baffling” behaviour in tree crickets (subfamily: Oecanthinae). Baffling is a strategy used by males to make themselves louder. They do so by calling from leaf edg...
www.inaturalist.org
July 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
If you're out and about in the evenings, keep an eye out for tree crickets performing their incredible signaling behavior! Ashlesh could use some #communityScience help investigating its evolution.
#newPI #animalBehavior #citizenScience #behavioralEcology
#newPI #animalBehavior #citizenScience #behavioralEcology
I never remember to bring a tripod and my camera work is shaky, but look at this little guy calling his lungs out. Cope's gray treefrog recorded in East Tennessee in May of this year.
July 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I never remember to bring a tripod and my camera work is shaky, but look at this little guy calling his lungs out. Cope's gray treefrog recorded in East Tennessee in May of this year.
July 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
My new paper with Claire Hemingway is officially out today in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, with page numbers and everything. We review what's known about choice overload in non-humans, and discuss its possible ecological & evolutionary consequences.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Choice overload and its consequences for animal decision-making
Animals routinely make decisions with important consequences for their survival and reproduction, but they frequently make suboptimal decisions. Here,…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
My new paper with Claire Hemingway is officially out today in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, with page numbers and everything. We review what's known about choice overload in non-humans, and discuss its possible ecological & evolutionary consequences.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Bioacoustics fans, here's an opportunity to help fund a cool web tool to teach about sounds:
www.indiegogo.com/projects/sou...
www.indiegogo.com/projects/sou...
SoundLab: A free web app for exploring sounds
Help us open up the world of sound for teachers, students, and acoustics nerds everywhere! | Check out 'SoundLab: A free web app for exploring sounds' on Indiegogo.
www.indiegogo.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Bioacoustics fans, here's an opportunity to help fund a cool web tool to teach about sounds:
www.indiegogo.com/projects/sou...
www.indiegogo.com/projects/sou...
Here is a write up from the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tennessee about my recent paper with Claire Hemingway.
Choice Overload - College of Arts and Sciences
Does it get overwhelming? UT faculty team investigates how animals react to overwhelming options. Humans can have a lot to consider when working out the best choices for their needs: buying a car, cho...
artsci.utk.edu
March 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Here is a write up from the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tennessee about my recent paper with Claire Hemingway.
Academics, how many student dissertation committees are you on right now?
February 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Academics, how many student dissertation committees are you on right now?
Reposted by Jessie C. Tanner
I know it's small in the whole scheme of things, but the bloodbath at NPS in Hawaii is almost certainly going to lead directly to the extinctions of no fewer than 4 native Hawaiian songbirds in the next 4-5 years.
February 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I know it's small in the whole scheme of things, but the bloodbath at NPS in Hawaii is almost certainly going to lead directly to the extinctions of no fewer than 4 native Hawaiian songbirds in the next 4-5 years.
ᏩᎶᏏ ᏓᎾᎵᎪᎲᏍᎨᏍᏗ. ᏥᏈᏍᏗ ᏧᏓᎴᏅᏓ ᎠᏆᏛᏁᏗ ᏄᏍᏗ ᎠᏆᏛᏁᎢᏍᏙᏗ.*
*The frogs will be getting together soon. There are a lot of things I need to do to get ready. (Also, @bsky.app lacks a Cherokee language option in the list, so they should get on that??)
*The frogs will be getting together soon. There are a lot of things I need to do to get ready. (Also, @bsky.app lacks a Cherokee language option in the list, so they should get on that??)
February 17, 2025 at 3:35 AM
ᏩᎶᏏ ᏓᎾᎵᎪᎲᏍᎨᏍᏗ. ᏥᏈᏍᏗ ᏧᏓᎴᏅᏓ ᎠᏆᏛᏁᏗ ᏄᏍᏗ ᎠᏆᏛᏁᎢᏍᏙᏗ.*
*The frogs will be getting together soon. There are a lot of things I need to do to get ready. (Also, @bsky.app lacks a Cherokee language option in the list, so they should get on that??)
*The frogs will be getting together soon. There are a lot of things I need to do to get ready. (Also, @bsky.app lacks a Cherokee language option in the list, so they should get on that??)
Claire Hemingway and I have a new paper in Trends in Cognitive Sciences about choice overload and its ecological and evolutionary consequences in non-human animals. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#behavioralEcology #behavioralEconomics #newPI
#behavioralEcology #behavioralEconomics #newPI
Choice overload and its consequences for animal decision-making
Animals routinely make decisions with important consequences for their survival and reproduction, but they frequently make suboptimal decisions. Here,…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 3, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Claire Hemingway and I have a new paper in Trends in Cognitive Sciences about choice overload and its ecological and evolutionary consequences in non-human animals. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#behavioralEcology #behavioralEconomics #newPI
#behavioralEcology #behavioralEconomics #newPI
Reposted by Jessie C. Tanner
Big nerd for tiny animals; accurate.
In the forests of Southern Madagascar, three frog species were discovered in 2019 that represent the very lower limit of vertebrate size: < 9 mm long.
The genus was named "Mini", and the three species are:
Mini mum
Mini ature
Mini scule
(scientists are nerds, okay?)
The genus was named "Mini", and the three species are:
Mini mum
Mini ature
Mini scule
(scientists are nerds, okay?)
January 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Big nerd for tiny animals; accurate.
ᎦᏙ ᎤᏍᏗ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᏍᎪ ᎠᎭᏂ?
January 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
ᎦᏙ ᎤᏍᏗ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᏍᎪ ᎠᎭᏂ?
Reposted by Jessie C. Tanner
I feel like it might be a bad sign that I'm now thinking of my to-do list less like an agenda and more like a trolley problem
January 29, 2024 at 3:44 PM
I feel like it might be a bad sign that I'm now thinking of my to-do list less like an agenda and more like a trolley problem