nterested in seeing the diversity of the birds we studied? Found them in our recently published field guides:

English: science.fieldmuseum.org/fieldguides/...
Español: science.fieldmuseum.org/es/fieldguid...

Over 2 years, we recorded 262 bird-butterfly interactions across tropical forest and urban sites in Peru.

We found that predation pressure is shared collectively across prey types. Bird age and family-level traits explained the success of butterflies in evading predation.

Also happy that our lab hosted two MSc students from Switzerland, Joanne and Lola, who spent two weeks working with Irena Klečková and Honza Kollross on climatic niche modelling. A very productive and inspiring visit! 👩‍💻👩‍💻🌎

Many thanks to the opponents, Anne Duplouy (Uni Helsinki) and Radka Reifova (Charles Uni in Prague), and to our close collaborator Kay Lucek @kaybiodiversity.bsky.social (Uni Neuchatel), who has attended the defence.

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Big congrats to Daniel Linke and to @vincentdebat.bsky.social for such a fantastic collaboration!

Huge thanks to everyone involved: our amazing collaborators, the PhD committee, and external opponent Tom Sherratt, co-author of "Avoiding Attack", a major reference for Dani's work.