Recently, I was invited by my good friend, and ace ecologist, Dr. Sarah Paul to give a virtual seminar for Bielefeld University. This was part of the NC³ (Niche Choice, Niche Conformance, Niche Construction) seminar series "Individualisation in Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution" It was lovely to be invited, and I really enjoyed talking about my … Continue reading Virtual seminar at Bielefeld University
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Where did they get that from?
The press, essential part of the science machine or irritating nuisance? Rather excitingly, I had something published the other day. It was about male-male competition in crickets, using social network analysis. You can read about it here. In short, we found that males can't use pre-copulatory competition to avoid sperm competition, that males who attack other males a … Continue reading Where did they get that from?
Tracking the elusive Gryllus
Lots of people track animals. Some do it to catch them for food, to detect when they might be near livestock, or more common among other biologists, to study them. Where an animal moves informs us about its foraging behaviour, if it has a territory and whether it overlaps with others, how active it is … Continue reading Tracking the elusive Gryllus
Hemingway and the essence of science
“The great thing is to last and get your work done and see and hear and learn and understand; and write when there is something that you know; and not before; and not too damned much after. Let those who want to save the world if you can to see it clear and as a … Continue reading Hemingway and the essence of science
Fixed or random?
Want to run a mixed model but don’t know which of your variables to have as fixed effects and which as random effects? Follow my simple guide for deciding if it will be a fixed or random effect below! There will be exceptions, but after all, Biology is the science of exceptions… geese live … Continue reading Fixed or random?
Evolutionary Ethology Lab 