K. McCoy

1 Introduction Dispersal is a fundamental part of the biology and ecology of a species, facilitating persistence and adaptation by introducing genetic diversity across spatially and temporally heterogeneous or unpredictable environments (Hedrick and Gilpin 1997; e.g., Dayton and Szczys 2021; Herman et al. 2024). For long-lived and wide ranging taxa, such as seabirds, dispersal facilitates the exploitation of novel and/or less competitive habitat (e.g., Munilla et al.

Additional Information: A new digital book club starting out and looking to connect with more followers. We read a new book each month and discuss it on our monthly podcast.

Whew! Is it almost May already? Well, please excuse my tardiness in checking in with y’all. I mean, it’s been almost a month since our last chat, and boy do I have lots to catch you all up on! But first, let’s start off with a 20BooksVegas check-in, shall we? Okay! Conference ticket, RAVE author booth, and hotel accomdations are all taken care of at the moment. In the next week or so, I’ll (finally) secure the flight.