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