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PhD project: Implications of sexual conflict and sexual selection on diversification and speciation - Penduline tits as a model system of breeding system evolution
I'm studying the evolution of parental care strategy and adaptive breeding behaviour in Chinese penduline tits (Remiz consobrinus). The PhD project is aiming at revealing why divergent parental care patterns exist in two populations with heterogeneous habitats. I’ll also focus on investigating the evolutionary implications of unique breeding behaviours in Chinese penduline tits. I will conduct field studies in Northeast China from May to August each year, in addition to theoretical simulations to study the evolutionary process of parental care.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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May brood desertion be ruled by partner parenting capability in a polygamous songbird? An experimental study
Zheng, J., Wang, H., Jiang, J., Versteegh, M. A., Zhou, Z., Zhang, Z., Chen, D. & Komdeur, J., May-2024, In: Ecology and Evolution. 14, 5, 13 p., e11394.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Effects of season length and uniparental care efficacy on the evolution of parental care
Zheng, J., Komdeur, J. & Weissing, F. J., Sept-2023, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 92, 9, p. 1719-1729 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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A novel function of egg burial: Burying material prevents eggs rolling out of wind-swayed nests
Zheng, J., Zuidema, E., Zhang, Z., Guo, M., Székely, T. & Komdeur, J., Jul-2022, In: Animal Behaviour. 189, p. 1-13 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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A novel function of egg burial: Burying material prevents eggs falling out of wind-swayed nests
Zheng, J., 30-Jul-2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Academic
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Evolutionary ecology of the variable breeding system of Chinese penduline tits
Zheng, J., 2022, [Groningen]: University of Groningen. 199 p.Research output: Thesis › Thesis fully internal (DIV)
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Projects
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MARM: The evolution of adaptive response mechanisms
Weissing, F. (PI), Kozielska-Reid, M. (Staff), Hildenbrandt, H. (Technician), Janzen, T. (Technician), Bakker, J. (Technician), Elsner, D. (Postdoc), Markovitch, O. (Postdoc), Boon, E. (Postdoc), Méndez Salinas, E. (Researcher), Ramesh, A. (PhD student), Netz, C. (PhD student), Gupte, P. (PhD student), Daras, I. (PhD student), Gismann, J. (PhD student), Long, X. (PhD student), Riederer, J. (PhD student), van Eldijk, T. (PhD student), Zheng, J. (PhD student), Tiso, S. (PhD student) & Rostovtseva, V. (PhD student)
01/12/2018 → 01/12/2023
Project: Research
Activities
- 3 Academic presentation
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Egg burial protects eggs being hurled out the wind-swayed nest in Chinese penduline tits
Zheng, J. (Speaker)
22-Jul-2022Activity: Talk and presentation › Academic presentation › Academic
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Effects of season length and uniparental care efficiency on the evolution of parental care
Zheng, J. (Speaker), Komdeur, J. (Contributor) & Weissing, F. (Contributor)
8-Jun-2022Activity: Talk and presentation › Academic presentation › Academic
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Parental care patterns are associated with mating opportunities in the Chinese penduline tit Remiz consobrinus
Zheng, J. (Speaker), Komdeur, J. (Contributor), Székely, T. (Contributor), Li, D. (Contributor) & Zhang, Z. (Contributor)
16-Apr-2019Activity: Talk and presentation › Academic presentation › Academic
Datasets
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Effects of season length and uniparental care efficiency on the evolution of parental care
Zheng, J. (Contributor), University of Groningen, 3-May-2022
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.x3ffbg7n0, https://zenodo.org/record/6515375
Dataset
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Breeding biology of two populations of Chinese penduline tits
Zheng, J. (Contributor), DRYAD, 10-May-2022
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.9p8cz8wjs, https://zenodo.org/record/6536430
Dataset
Press/Media
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Chinese penduline tit buries eggs to prevent them from blowin' in the wind
Zheng, J., Komdeur, J. & Zuidema, E.
14/05/2022 → 17/05/2022
4 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research › Academic