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Behavioural Ecology Bielefeld
@behavecobie.bsky.social
We study animal behaviour in the field and in the lab, with a focus on chemical communication, urbanisation and host-microbe interactions.
Congratulations Valeria!!
Really proud of this one. Our first study on innovative problem-solving in free-ranging small mammals is fresh off the press of Animal Cognition rdcu.be/eOHl3. We looked at what happens with human disturbance in a protected area...without disturbing our most precious collaborators!
November 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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...
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...
link.springer.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Still a few days to apply!
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!
November 2, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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📢 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
October 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
📢 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
October 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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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/...
October 8, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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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!
October 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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!
October 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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New paper! 🦎
Urbanization reshapes the social behaviour of wall lizards

Now out in #BiologyLetters @royalsocietypublishing.org
🔗 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @averymaune.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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📢 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
September 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
New paper! 🦎
Urbanization reshapes the social behaviour of wall lizards

Now out in #BiologyLetters @royalsocietypublishing.org
🔗 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @averymaune.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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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....
March 12, 2025 at 11:05 AM