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Behavioural Ecology Bielefeld

@behavecobie.bsky.social
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We study animal behaviour in the field and in the lab, with a focus on chemical communication, urbanisation and host-microbe interactions.

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Ane Liv @anelivb.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Have you considered whether animals differ in their perception of density? We explored how differences in our senses, interpretation and past experiences shapes density perception, causing behavioral differences and affecting fitness outcomes. 🧪 nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Max Mühlenhaupt @maxmuehlenhaupt.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Are individuals with more flashy aposematic coloration bolder? We asked this question using fire salamanders! Check out our new study in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology: doi.org/10.1007/s002...
A fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) sitting on pavement with forearms strethced out.
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Max Mühlenhaupt @maxmuehlenhaupt.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
New preprint out: What kind of husbandry conditions do wild fire salamanders prefer? A question of high relevance given the spread of the deadly fungus Bsal and the need for ex-situ breeding programs. doi.org/10.32942/X2H...
A fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) sitting besides a tree trunk on leaf litter.
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Isabel Damas Moreira @lizabeldm.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Interested in how urban habitats affect social behaviour? Look no further! Our review is out today! Hope you enjoy the reading. 🎉🎉🎉🎄🚨 @behavecobie.bsky.social
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Behavioural Ecology Bielefeld @behavecobie.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
It was truly a great pleasure to be part of this wonderful conference.
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Chiara Benvenuto @cbenvenuto.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Barbara Caspers #ASABWinter2025 - lab consumables of choice: black socks and muffin cups to be used with adult and baby zebra finches! @asab.org @asab-meetings.bsky.social. Great talk for @amyleedale.bsky.social @vixfranks.bsky.social @alice-risely.bsky.social...
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Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Cutting edge sock science at #ASABWinter2025! 🧦 🧦 🧦
Barbara Caspers in front of slide reading parent recognition . Image of sock and odour tube
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Behavioural Ecology Bielefeld @behavecobie.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Back from a fantastic fieldwork course! 🦆🪱🦭 During one week at the Wadden sea, MSc students got to learn about birds, mudflats and stats, and collected data to answer their own research question.
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ASAB Spring 2027 @asab-meetings.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Our plenary on Dec 16 of #ASABWinter2025 will be by Barbara Caspers. She’ll be presenting data on how individuals respond to chemical cues of family members, and how being related to the scent donour might change their response.  She’ll be sharing with us insights from both the lab and the wild!🥼 🏕️
Barbara Caspers holding a zebra finch
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Behavioural Ecology Bielefeld @behavecobie.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Male fire salamander are more yellow! New research from our group. Congratulations Max!!
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Behavioural Ecology Bielefeld @behavecobie.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Back from a fantastic fieldwork course! 🦆🪱🦭 During one week at the Wadden sea, MSc students got to learn about birds, mudflats and stats, and collected data to answer their own research question.
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Stephanie L King @stephanielking.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
3 year postdoc funded by @ukri.org NERC on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins is now live - please share widely 🙏 www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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Behavioural Ecology Bielefeld @behavecobie.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Congratulations Valeria!!
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Behavioural Ecology Bielefeld @behavecobie.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Ever wondered if the habitat also influences the way individuals smell? In our latest paper we found that fire salamander larvae show habitat specific chemical fingerprints. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Fire salamander larvae show habitat type-specific surface chemical fingerprints - Chemoecology
In a fire salamander population near Bonn, Germany, fire salamander females use two different habitats for larval deposition, i.e. ponds or streams. As it is known that females can discriminate betwee...
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Behavioural Ecology Bielefeld @behavecobie.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Still a few days to apply!
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Behavioural Ecology Bielefeld @behavecobie.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
📢 CALL FOR PAPERS! Special Issue ‘Towards an integration of personality research across psychology and biology’ in Personality Science Editors: Mitja Back, Barbara Caspers, @mdammhahn.bsky.social & @niclaskuper.bsky.social Submit your proposal before November 30! More info tinyurl.com/y9demmtt
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Behavioural Ecology Bielefeld @behavecobie.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
📢 CALL FOR PAPERS! Special Issue ‘Towards an integration of personality research across psychology and biology’ in Personality Science Editors: Mitja Back, Barbara Caspers, @mdammhahn.bsky.social & @niclaskuper.bsky.social Submit your proposal before November 30! More info tinyurl.com/y9demmtt
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Marc Gilles @marcgilles.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Want to know everything about bird smell? I wrote an "Ornithological masterclass" on Avian Olfaction for BTO News @btobirds.bsky.social #ornithology Link to the article 👉 www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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Behavioural Ecology Bielefeld @behavecobie.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
MSc internship / Field Assistant position available in our group! Impact of urbanisation on avian reproduction 🐦🏙️ 🌳 Deadline: 7 Nov 2025 All details 👉 www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/... Please share it around!
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Behavioural Ecology Bielefeld @behavecobie.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
MSc internship / Field Assistant position available in our group! Impact of urbanisation on avian reproduction 🐦🏙️ 🌳 Deadline: 7 Nov 2025 All details 👉 www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/... Please share it around!
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Behavioural Ecology Bielefeld @behavecobie.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
New paper! 🦎 Urbanization reshapes the social behaviour of wall lizards Now out in #BiologyLetters @royalsocietypublishing.org 🔗 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @averymaune.bsky.social
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Avery Maune @averymaune.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
📢 City lizards are more social ! Thrilled to share the first paper from my PhD, out now in #BiologyLetters @royalsocietypublishing.org ! We show that urban lizards are more social than their non-urban counterparts 🦎🏙️🌳🧪 doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... @behavecobie.bsky.social
Three common wall lizards basking next to each other on a stone wall in an urban habitat in Croatia.
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Behavioural Ecology Bielefeld @behavecobie.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
New paper! 🦎 Urbanization reshapes the social behaviour of wall lizards Now out in #BiologyLetters @royalsocietypublishing.org 🔗 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @averymaune.bsky.social
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Laurence Jeanjean @laujeanjean.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Our new paper is out!🐦 We replicated a paper by Gilles et al. 2024, and (surprise) replication studies are indeed very much needed!! To discover what info is encoded in the preen oil of Pied Flycatchers, and why are replication studies key for robust science, follow the link😁 doi.org/10.1111/jav....
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