Andy Allan
@andyallan.bsky.social
Behavioural ecologist | research on fear ecology and personality traits | Asst Prof and LeverhulmeTrust ECF, Durham University | wannabe writer | baboon enthusiast
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We're Laura and @andyallan.bsky.social - we study predator-prey interactions, personality and how individuality may shape animal ecosystem roles. We work together in ZA but I'm also a movement ecologist with @uniexecec.bsky.social now creating a system for tracking mongoose in real-time in Uganda
August 22, 2025 at 10:15 AM
We're Laura and @andyallan.bsky.social - we study predator-prey interactions, personality and how individuality may shape animal ecosystem roles. We work together in ZA but I'm also a movement ecologist with @uniexecec.bsky.social now creating a system for tracking mongoose in real-time in Uganda
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Talk 4 by Russell A.Hill discussed the impacts of habituation & tolerance of human observers during behavioural data collection. Many historical research with primates and with other animals (suricates, vulture guineafowl) used habituation. But what are the consequences ? #ASABwinter2024
December 12, 2024 at 4:46 PM
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@andyallan.bsky.social and I published this in TREE tinyurl.com/bdfe4zf5 on linking predator behavioral traits to their ecosystem roles and responses to environmental change
Keystone individuals – linking predator traits to community ecology
Individual behavioral plasticity enables animals to adjust to different scenarios.
Yet, personality traits limit this flexibility, leading to consistent interindividual
differences in behavior. These ...
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November 19, 2024 at 9:50 PM
@andyallan.bsky.social and I published this in TREE tinyurl.com/bdfe4zf5 on linking predator behavioral traits to their ecosystem roles and responses to environmental change