Behavioural Ecology and Evolution

Research in this group encompasses the way in which the behavioural repertoires and physiology of animals have been selected to respond to differing environmental conditions. The research topics include diving physiology of marine mammals, predation and paternity in birds, offspring sex ratios, animal-plant interactions and speciation in insects and fish.

Group Members

	Dr Nathan Bailey Reader Evolutionary Biology: behaviour and speciation in insects	nwb3@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: 01334 463367
	Prof Ian Boyd Professor Marine mammal ecology and behaviour	tel: 01334 463230
	Dr Gillian Brown Reader Sex differences in behavioural development and the evolution of behaviour	grb4@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: 01334 463041
	Prof Will Cresswell Professor of Biology Behavioural ecology and conservation ecology of birds	wrlc@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: 01334 463010
	Dr Kate Cross Lecturer Sex differences in human behaviour	cpc2@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: 01334 467234
	Dr Andy Gardner Reader Social evolution theory	ag243@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: 01334 463385
	Dr Jeff Graves Honorary Senior Lecturer Mating behaviour, maternity and parentage and population structure	jag@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: 01334 463518/3358
	Prof Sue Healy Reader Animal cognition in the wild	sdh11@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: 01334 462065
	Dr Sascha Hooker Reader Ecology and behaviour of marine mammals	sh43@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: 01334 467201
	Prof Vincent Janik Professor of Biology Director of Scottish Oceans Institute Acoustic communication and behaviour in marine mammals	vj@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: 01334 467214
	Prof Kevin Laland Professor Social learning, cultural evolution and niche construction	knl1@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: 01334 463568
	Prof Anne Magurran Professor Fish behaviour and evolution	aem1@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: 01334 463506
	Dr Iain Matthews Senior Teaching Fellow & Pro-Dean for the Faculty of Science Fish and arthropod behaviour and biodiversity	imm7@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: 01334 463004
	Prof Patrick Miller Professor Acoustic communication and behavioural ecology	pm29@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: 01334 463554
	Dr Michael Morrissey Research Fellow	mbm5@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: 01334 463738
	Prof Mike Ritchie Professor Behaviour, genetics & speciation	mgr@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: 01334 463495
	Prof Christian Rutz Professor of Biology Evolution, ecology and social dynamics of animal tool use	cr68@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: 01334 463340
	Prof Graeme Ruxton Professor Sensory reactions between organisms	gr41@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: 01334 464825
	Dr David Shuker Senior Lecturer in Behavioural Ecology Insect behavioural ecology and evolution	dms14@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: 01334 463376
	Dr Karen Spencer Lecturer Hormones, behaviour and development	kas21@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: 01334 46 2096
	Dr Shoko Sugasawa JSPS Overseas Research Fellow Behavioural ecology, Evolutionary biology, Ecology, Animal tool use	ss244@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: +44 1334 463381
	Dr Mike Webster Lecturer in Behavioural and Evolutionary Biology Behavioural ecology, social learning, evolution, functions & mechanisms of animal grouping behaviour	mmw1@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: 01334 461690
	Prof Pat Willmer Professor Social insect ecology and animal plant interactions	pgw@st-andrews.ac.uk tel: 01334 463507