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Dr Mike Webster
Lecturer in Behavioural and Evolutionary Biology
My research is concerned with the functions and evolution of social behaviour in animals. I’m particularly interested in how groups are organised, how animals interact and acquire information from one another, and in how individual behaviour affects and is affected by that of the group. For the most part I use shoaling fishes and aquatic crustaceans as study systems for understanding more general aspects of social behaviour.
For more information and a full list of publications please see my other site.
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Recent publications
3 (of 3 published available) for mmw1 with keyword SOCIAL-ORGANIZATION clear keyword filter. (source: University of St Andrews PURE)
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Journal of Fish Biology
vol.Early View
(Article)
Consistency of fishâshoal social network structure under laboratory conditions
K. A. Gaffney, Michael Munro Webster
Keywords: Assortment, Group, Shoaling, Social behaviour, Social information, Social organization
K. A. Gaffney, Michael Munro Webster
Keywords: Assortment, Group, Shoaling, Social behaviour, Social information, Social organization
2017
Behavioral Ecology
vol.28 pp.77-84
(Article)
Behavioral Ecology
vol.28 pp.77-84
(Article)
Experience and motivation shape leader-follower interactions in fish shoals
Michael Munro Webster
Keywords: Leadership, Self-organization, Social foraging, Social information, Social organization
Michael Munro Webster
Keywords: Leadership, Self-organization, Social foraging, Social information, Social organization
2014 (22/8)
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
vol.281
(Article)
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
vol.281
(Article)
Familiarity affects social network structure and discovery of prey patch locations in foraging stickleback shoals
B. J. Galef, William John Edward Hoppitt, Michael Munro Webster, Kevin Neville Laland
Keywords: Innovation, Social information, Social learning, Social network, Social organization
B. J. Galef, William John Edward Hoppitt, Michael Munro Webster, Kevin Neville Laland
Keywords: Innovation, Social information, Social learning, Social network, Social organization
Contact Details:
Dr Mike WebsterHarold Mitchell Building
University of St Andrews
St Andrews
KY16 9TH
Fife
UK
tel: 01334 461690
fax: 01334 461690
room: 3.9
email: mmw1@st-andrews.ac.uk
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research@st-andrewsSocial Learning and Evolution
Centre for Social Learning & Cognitive Evolution
School of Biology
Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciences
IBANS Animal Cognition
IBANS Behavioural Ecology
Biology Teaching Committee
Scottish Oceans Institute
The Sir John Templeton Foundation
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Scottish Oceans Institute
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Gatty Marine Laboratory
East Sands St Andrews
KY16 8LB
Scotland
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tel: +44 (0) 1334 463472
fax: +44 (0) 1334 463443
email: soi@st-andrews.ac.uk
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