First outcomes of our automated tracking system this year! Getting ready for the large amount of data on co-perching and co-feeding behaviour, and soon, on the ontogeny of social relationships! #zebbiempio @DamienFarine Collective Behavior Migration Dept., Max Planck Inst. Animal Behavior

***With movies*** New preprint exploring the interplay of movement ecology and social learning rules on the emergence and stability of local behavioural traditions with Marius Somveille Josh Firth Lucy Aplin @DamienFarine et al. biorxiv.org/content/early/…

"Nepotism masks evidence for reciprocity in cooperation networks" (in revision). We include simulations to help with disentangling the effects of long-term reciprocal help and kinship in observational datasets. Any feedback is appreciated. biorxiv.org/content/early/…

Does the country of origin influences migration behaviour? Follow the #ICARUSinitiative blackbirds live with the Migration Dept., Max Planck Inst. Animal Behavior App!

Check out our upcoming @IMPRS_OrgBio #PhD projects! There are more positions available within the framework of the Excellence Cluster Collective Behavior @unikonstanz! orn.mpg.de/projects

Peng He @IMPRS_OrgBio and colleagues Collective Behavior discuss the implications of habitat configuration in shaping the ecology and evolution of animal societies and offer a framework for future studies! @unikonstanz Max Planck Society link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Fishing net casting here in Laguna in Brazil is a necessary skill for interacting with local wild dolphins🤓 Thx Carolina Bezamat for photos!

.Peng He will present a poster on some of his doctoral work @IMPRS_OrgBio @unikonstanz on the use of network approaches to model animal habitats: ‘Animal habitat networks: why should we care and how can we model them?’ Poster #105 #ASABSummer2019

International Max Planck Research School for Quantitative Behaviour Ecology and Evolution from lab to field (IMPRS-QBEE) call for PhD's euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/715217

Feeling sleepy after an action-packed weekend? Luckily for us, a quick nap or early bedtime might be all we need to feel rested. But as we showed today in eLife - the journal, catching up on lost sleep may be a luxury that wild animals can’t afford1/9 elifesciences.org/articles/73695

Cooperation facilitates the colonization of harsh environments nature.com/articles/s4155… #March2017highlight #ICYMI

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology and the University of California Davis provide a methodological framework for studying influence and leadership in groups. rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/373/17…