
Amanda Melin (she/her)
@AMelinLab
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Associate Prof & Canada Research Chair @ UCalgary. Studying sensory & dietary ecology of mammals (mostly primates) by integrating genetics, behaviour & ecology
Calgary, Alberta
Joined September 2016
Was a real pleasure working on this project - see our prospective article on the sensory ecology of collective behavior, co-led by an outstanding team!.
elifesciences.org
A synthetic, prospective article considers how the fields of sensory ecology and collective behaviour can combine when considering animal collective movements and interactions, and how these fields...
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RT @Teichroeb_Lab: Why do capuchins eat pith? The topic of the second paper out from @AMelinLab and my special issue of @AmJournalPrimat on….
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
“When and why do white-faced capuchins eat plant pith? We investigated how ecological variables and plant traits shape patterns of pith consumption. We find that pith foraging occurs primarily...
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RT @TimSmit02313649: Tomorrow in Cairns, come see our symposium in rooms M5-6. Big thanks to our symposium sponsors, @AnatRecord and @Anato….
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RT @nyuprimatology: We are hiring! 3 year NSF-funded postdoc working on understanding the weird bright coloration of the infants of some no….
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RT @DMennill: Dr. Natalie Sanchez has been selected as Costa Rica's nominee for the Young Scientist Research Award: Women for Science, by t….
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This research intersects with our other research - also out this week @RSocPublishing at led by @SwellanPinto and @mareikecora on the genetic basis of ethanol metabolism in mammals with different diets.
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New paper & blog on research 1st-authored by @UCalgaryArts undergrad Julia Casorso, w key roles by @an_depasquale, @suhe94 & team on ethanol content of wild fruits in Costa Rica. Mammal-dispersed fruits are more ethanolic than bird dispersed fruits. 🧵👇.
royalsocietypublishing.org
Studying fruit traits and their interactions with seed dispersers can improve how we interpret patterns of biodiversity, ecosystem function and evolution. Mounting evidence suggests that fruit...
New blog in #ProcB looking at fruit alcohol content and #seed dispersal— birds vs mammals #Ecology #Evolution @AMelinLab
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RT @jTroscianko: High-sensitivity low-cost spectrometer that runs from a smartphone. Build your own from 3D printed parts and off-the-shelf….
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RT @awesome_biology: Really excited to be a part of the “Ask-a-scientist” event at @calgarylibrary (Country Hills) along with two other vol….
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RT @howbrainsevolve: Lovely work by @eohomo and colleagues, beuatifully demonstrating how sensory specialisation shapes brain evolution. Li….
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Nature Communications - Changes in the abundance and diversity of neural cell types provide the substrate for behavioral evolution. This study provides evidence of extensive, mosaic expansion of an...
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RT @axel_jensen: We have a new preprint to share. Hint: guenon evolution is a mess!. In my PhD project with @kgusch….
biorxiv.org
Understanding the drivers of speciation is fundamental in evolutionary biology, and recent studies highlight hybridization as a potential facilitator of adaptive radiations. Using whole-genome...
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This project took some persistence (pic from early planning!), but was a real pleasure working w co-leads Carrie Veilleux @cupcakes4lemurs, Eva Garrett @Shmevapithecus & Petar Pajic @PetarPajic93, & co-senior author Omer Gokcumen & whole team (incl. @grg_perry, @marie_saitou) 2/7
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Thrilled that our new paper - asking whether subsistence exerts selection on the genes involved in smell & taste - is now out @CommsBio . A brief thread 🧵👇 1/7:.
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RT @vivek_vasi: Introducing the Orang Asli Health and Lifeways Project (OAHeLP)!. With the support of an @NSF grant and our Malaysian colla….
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