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ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR & COGNITION

A key focus of our lab is to study animal cognition, intelligence, senses and communication. We aim to understand how animals use different senses to communicate and respond to stimuli, and how their mental capacities help them to survive and reproduce.

Example Past & On-going Projects

Chemical Ecology
Olfactory communication (Buesching et al. 2016; Jennings et al. 2022)

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Animal communication

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Animal cognition & intelligence

Animal senses
Evolution of taste in birds (Toda et al. 2021) and bats (
Li et al. 2023)

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