News – Animal Behaviour Group

ABG graduation: Dr Tefa

Past and present members of the ABG attended Tefa’s graduation in September (with others who could not attend present in

We demonstrate that the visual amplitudes generated by tail flicking of Jacky lizards are larger than obvious alternative (push-ups) and

ABG student Bhagya Herath has had her doctoral thesis approved by Academic Board in August 2021. Congratulations Dr Bhagya Herath.

Estefania Boada (Tefa) submitted her thesis on 10 December 2021. Her thesis was entitled: Behavioural partitioning of mainland and island

Jose quantified the motion displays of five members of the C. decresii complex (see below) in the context of their respective habitats

Ben Wilson publishes his undergraduate honours project on the Peninsula Dragon (Ctenophorus fionni) in the Australian Journal of Zoology. A

Xue (‘Snow’) Bian’s final data chapter has been published in the journal Scientific Reports. Snow used 3D animation technology to

Bhagya Herath submitted her PhD thesis on 1 March 2021. Her thesis is entitled: Multidimensional Complexity of Communication Signals of

It has certainly been a tough year. As with many around the world, the ABG have relied on zoom to

Congratulations to Estefania Boada who has received £5010 ($9000) from The Rufford Foundation to support her research in Ecuador. Estefania

ABG PhD student has had her thesis approved by Academic Board and has been awarded a Nancy Millis Medal for

Congratulations to Jose Ramos and partner Leanne on the birth of baby Liliana Rey Ramos. Lily was born on June

Snow’s second paper has been accepted by Frontiers in Ecology & Evolution. Check out the abstract below and scroll down

Thesis submission March 2019 | Xue (“Snow”) Bian submitted her PhD thesis: A new frontier for behavioural biology: quantifying the

Congratulations to our collaborator A/Prof Yin Qi who has led a successful bid to the Natural Science Foundation of China