The Centre for Biological Diversity addresses the consequences of biodiversity at the interface between ecology and evolution. The ecological consequences of biodiversity are considered in terms of processes such as pollination biology, niche construction, and invasion biology.
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Prof. Kevin Laland
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Recent publications
10 (of 273 published available) for knl1. (source: University of St Andrews PURE)
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2019 (20/2)
Royal Society Open Science
vol.6
(Article)
Royal Society Open Science
vol.6
(Article)
A four-questions perspective on public information use in sticklebacks (Gasterosteidae)
Michael Munro Webster, Gabor Herczeg, Jun Kitano, Riva Jyoti Riley, Sean Rogers, Michael D. Shapiro, Takahito Shikano, Kevin Neville Laland
Keywords: Social learning, Social information, Foraging, Cognition
Michael Munro Webster, Gabor Herczeg, Jun Kitano, Riva Jyoti Riley, Sean Rogers, Michael D. Shapiro, Takahito Shikano, Kevin Neville Laland
Keywords: Social learning, Social information, Foraging, Cognition
2019 (26/2)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
vol.116 pp.3929-3932
(Comment/debate)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
vol.116 pp.3929-3932
(Comment/debate)
Correction for âCoevolution of cultural intelligence, extended life history, sociality, and brain size in primates,â by Sally E. Street, Ana F. Navarrete, Simon M. Reader, and Kevin N. Laland, which was first published July 25, 2017; 10.1073/pnas.1620734114 (Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 114:7908â7914)
Ana Navarrete, Simon M. Reader, Kevin Neville Laland
Keywords: General
Ana Navarrete, Simon M. Reader, Kevin Neville Laland
Keywords: General
2019
(Book)
(Book)
2019 (2)
Nature Human Behaviour
vol.3 pp.183-193
(Article)
Nature Human Behaviour
vol.3 pp.183-193
(Article)
Social learning strategies regulate the wisdom and madness of interactive crowds
Wataru Toyokawa, Kevin Neville Laland
Wataru Toyokawa, Kevin Neville Laland
2018
American journal of psychology
vol.131 pp.513-517
(Book/Film/Article review)
American journal of psychology
vol.131 pp.513-517
(Book/Film/Article review)
2018 (10/10)
Neuron
vol.100 pp.61-74
(Article)
Neuron
vol.100 pp.61-74
(Article)
An open resource for non-human primate imaging
Michael P. Milham, Lei Ai, Bonhwang Koo, Ting Xu, Céline Amiez, Fabien Balezeau, Mark G. Baxter, Erwin L.A. Blezer, Thomas Brochier, Aihua Chen, Paula L. Croxson, Christienne G. Damatac, Stanislas Dehaene, Stefan Everling, Damian A. Fair, Lazar Fleysher, Winrich Freiwald, Sean Froudist-Walsh, Timothy D. Griffiths, Carole Guedj, Fadila Hadj-Bouziane, Suliann Ben Hamed, Noam Harel, Bassem Hiba, Bechir Jarraya, Benjamin Jung, Sabine Kastner, P. Christiaan Klink, Sze Chai Kwok, Kevin Neville Laland, David A. Leopold, Patrik Lindenfors, Rogier B. Mars, Ravi S. Menon, Adam Messinger, Martine Meunier, Kelvin Mok, John H. Morrison, Jennifer Nacef, Jamie Nagy, Michael Ortiz Rios, Christopher I. Petkov, Mark Pinsk, Colline Poirier, Emmanuel Procyk, Reza Rajimehr, Simon M. Reader, Pieter R. Roelfsema, David A. Rudko, Matthew F.S. Rushworth, Brian E. Russ, Jerome Sallet, Michael Christoph Schmid, Caspar M. Schwiedrzik, Jakob Seidlitz, Julien Sein, Amir Shmuel, Elinor L. Sullivan, Leslie Ungerleider, Alexander Thiele, Orlin S. Todorov, Doris Tsao, Zheng Wang, Charles R.E. Wilson, Essa Yacoub, Frank Q. Ye, Wilbert Zarco, Yong-di Zhou, Daniel S. Margulies, Charles E. Schroeder
Michael P. Milham, Lei Ai, Bonhwang Koo, Ting Xu, Céline Amiez, Fabien Balezeau, Mark G. Baxter, Erwin L.A. Blezer, Thomas Brochier, Aihua Chen, Paula L. Croxson, Christienne G. Damatac, Stanislas Dehaene, Stefan Everling, Damian A. Fair, Lazar Fleysher, Winrich Freiwald, Sean Froudist-Walsh, Timothy D. Griffiths, Carole Guedj, Fadila Hadj-Bouziane, Suliann Ben Hamed, Noam Harel, Bassem Hiba, Bechir Jarraya, Benjamin Jung, Sabine Kastner, P. Christiaan Klink, Sze Chai Kwok, Kevin Neville Laland, David A. Leopold, Patrik Lindenfors, Rogier B. Mars, Ravi S. Menon, Adam Messinger, Martine Meunier, Kelvin Mok, John H. Morrison, Jennifer Nacef, Jamie Nagy, Michael Ortiz Rios, Christopher I. Petkov, Mark Pinsk, Colline Poirier, Emmanuel Procyk, Reza Rajimehr, Simon M. Reader, Pieter R. Roelfsema, David A. Rudko, Matthew F.S. Rushworth, Brian E. Russ, Jerome Sallet, Michael Christoph Schmid, Caspar M. Schwiedrzik, Jakob Seidlitz, Julien Sein, Amir Shmuel, Elinor L. Sullivan, Leslie Ungerleider, Alexander Thiele, Orlin S. Todorov, Doris Tsao, Zheng Wang, Charles R.E. Wilson, Essa Yacoub, Frank Q. Ye, Wilbert Zarco, Yong-di Zhou, Daniel S. Margulies, Charles E. Schroeder
2018 (8)
Genetics
vol.209 pp.949-966
(Article)
Genetics
vol.209 pp.949-966
(Article)
Developmental bias and evolution
Tobias Uller, Armin P. Moczek, Richard A. Watson, Paul M. Brakefield, Kevin Neville Laland
Keywords: Development, Constraint, Gene regulatory network, Evolvability, Facilitated variation, Developmental bias
Tobias Uller, Armin P. Moczek, Richard A. Watson, Paul M. Brakefield, Kevin Neville Laland
Keywords: Development, Constraint, Gene regulatory network, Evolvability, Facilitated variation, Developmental bias
2018
pp.568-595
(Chapter)
pp.568-595
(Chapter)
2018 (12)
Animal Behaviour
vol.146 pp.63-70
(Article)
Animal Behaviour
vol.146 pp.63-70
(Article)
Experience shapes social information use in foraging fish
Michael Munro Webster, Kevin Neville Laland
Keywords: Producer-scrounger, Public information, Social information, Social learning, Social transmission
Michael Munro Webster, Kevin Neville Laland
Keywords: Producer-scrounger, Public information, Social information, Social learning, Social transmission
2018 (29/6)
Science
vol.360 pp.1408-1408
(Book/Film/Article review)
Science
vol.360 pp.1408-1408
(Book/Film/Article review)