2 new articles from #TheGrackleProject!
Grackles who were #trained to be more #flexible were more #exploratory after the training than untrained grackles. This indicates that the more an individual investigates a novel object, the more it can learn and adapt its #behavior accordingly
Grackles in an edge #population disperse farther than those in a more central population. This suggests that the rapid geographic range expansion of great-tailed grackles is associated with individuals differentially expressing #dispersal behaviors
These results suggest that flexibility, exploration, and dispersal are key traits involved in this species’ rapid expansion into new areas
They started as #RegisteredReports @ #PCIEcology @PeerCommunityIn years ago! After lots of hard work from many collaborators (including @DieterLukas) they are now at the #diamondOA @PeerCommunityJournal 
Press release: https://www.mpg.de/25179774/0811-evan-exploration-and-dispersal-150495-x
Articles: https://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.593 and https://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.591