{"id":76,"date":"2018-09-19T17:57:04","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T17:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2018\/?p=76"},"modified":"2018-10-24T18:37:16","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T18:37:16","slug":"understanding-population-turnover-and-birds-social-networks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2018\/understanding-population-turnover-and-birds-social-networks\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Population Turnover and Birds\u2019 Social Networks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Birds of a feather may flock together, but the flock\u2019s makeup is always changing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Population turnover \u2013 a universal process driven by birth, death, migration and dispersal \u2013 affects social networks of all kinds, from human to bird to cell. Yet many societies remain stable despite these demographic swings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Understanding this network resilience is the focus of Dai Shizuka\u2019s five-year, $681,870 Faculty Early Career Development Program award from the National Science Foundation, the prestigious CAREER award given to outstanding pre-tenure faculty. He also is exploring how population turnover shapes social networks and the relationship between social structure and social behavior. His work marks the first comprehensive look at these phenomena. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image fullWidth\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"944\" src=\"http:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/180322_Shizuka_026-SM.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/180322_Shizuka_026-SM.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/180322_Shizuka_026-SM-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/180322_Shizuka_026-SM-768x453.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/180322_Shizuka_026-SM-1024x604.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/180322_Shizuka_026-SM-1200x708.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Dai Shizuka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Shizuka, assistant professor of biological sciences, examines these questions through the lens of ornithology \u2013 the study of birds. He is leveraging his ongoing field research on golden-crowned sparrows to study links between population turnover and social selection. He\u2019s also developing a model of network dynamics to simulate theoretical scenarios of population turnover. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His work sheds light on how disease and information spread through populations, and how social relationships impact evolution. It also lays the foundation for assessing the stability of myriad social networks, from humans to other animals to genes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-embed-aspect-16-9\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MZY2S-LlX4I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birds of a feather may flock together, but the flock\u2019s makeup is always changing. Population turnover \u2013 a universal process driven by birth, death, migration and dispersal \u2013 affects social networks of all kinds, from human to bird to cell. Yet many societies remain stable despite these demographic swings. 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