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Tag Archives: Animal behavior

The multiple facets of behavioural plasticity: A symposium at Behaviour 2019 and a celebration for Louis Lefebvre

July 18, 2019by Journal of Animal Ecology Leave a comment

Behavioural plasticity is an important concept in ecology and evolution. The term has been applied to a broad range of biological phenomena, from developmental changes occurring in a canalized fashion […]

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Urbanization alters predator‐avoidance behaviours

April 2, 2019by Sarah Marley Leave a comment

Urbanisation is changing the natural landscape at a global scale. This obviously alters habitat structures, but what is the influence on predator-prey dynamics? A recent paper in the Journal of […]

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Go Big or Go Home: Pitcher plant hosts and their crab spider tenants

January 8, 2019by Sarah Marley 2 Comments

The carnivorous traps of Nepenthes pitcher plants are sometimes inhabited by a species of crab spider which ambushes insects as they arrive at traps. Recently published work by Weng Ngai […]

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Using crowd-sourced funding to track snakes

July 27, 2018by Sarah Marley 2 Comments

The understanding of the interplay of movement, behaviour and physiology that biologging offers has applied relevance for a range of fields, including evolutionary ecology, wildlife conservation and behavioural ecology. In […]

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Nowhere to Hide: Changing landscapes and predator highways

May 29, 2018by Sarah Marley 1 Comment

Whilst we often think about human activities negatively altering the landscape, sometimes these changes can have unexpected benefits for predators. Of course, this is not necessarily good news for prey […]

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The secret life of wild reindeer

December 10, 2015by Journal of Animal Ecology 3 Comments

This post presents photos from the Special Feature” Stuck in motion? Reconnecting questions and tools in movement ecology ” from the current issue (85:1) of Journal of Animal Ecology Taken […]

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