Simon and I wrote an invited commentary for PNAS that was just published. In it, we talk about the broader context around a new PNAS paper on rank and hierarchies called “Emergence of hierarchy in networked endorsement dynamics”, written by Mari Kawakatsu, Phil Chodrow, Nicole Eikmeier, and Dan Larremore. … [Read full details]
New paper! Macaw tracking
I helped out with a new paper that was just published “Satellite telemetry reveals complex migratory movement patterns of two large macaw species in the western Amazon basin” (led by Don Brightsmith, with Janice Boyd and C J. Randel).
Full text available here.… [Read full details]
New preprint: how do ants switch tasks?
We have a new preprint out, this time about networks + ants!
Our paper uses an existing dataset on ant social interactions to ask a new question: are the history of interactions and information flow within colonies important predictors of task switching?… [Read full details]
Press release: animal hierarchies
R-E-S-P-E-C-T in the Animal Kingdom
The animal kingdom, from a colony of ants to a shrewdness of apes, is rife with social hierarchies, and a new study is trying to figure out how everyone finds their place in the world
By Stacy Kish Email
Many animals must navigate complex social structures in life.
New preprint: choosing a behavioral observation app
Our lab has a new preprint out! Led by Hobson Lab Postdoc Annemarie van der Marel, we weighed the pros and cons of six behavioral observation apps.
We’ve had the idea for this paper in mind ever since Annemarie went through the app selection process in Feb 2020 to figure out our data collection protocols for our first parakeet field season.… [Read full details]
Liz appears on podcast “Good Chemistry”
I had my first appearance as a podcast guest! I was interviewed by Nick Jikomes for his podcast “Good Chemistry“. We talked about some of my work with animal dominance hierarchies and recent work with both parakeets and many different species.… [Read full details]
Updated preprint: guide to reference models
My collaborators and I recently posted an update to our preprint “A guide to choosing and implementing reference models for social network analysis”. The paper is a result of a working group meeting at NIMBioS in fall 2019 called “Null models for social behavior“.… [Read full details]
Press release: aggression heuristics
The Santa Fe Institute’s press team put together a nice press release of my recent paper about animal dominance hierarchies, written in collaboration with Dan Mønster (Interacting Minds Center & Cognition and Behavior Lab, Aarhus University) and Simon DeDeo (Laboratory for Social Minds, Carnegie Mellon).… [Read full details]
New paper! Aggression heuristics across species
My new paper was published! This project was the result of my long-term collaboration with Simon DeDeo (Laboratory for Social Minds, Carnegie Mellon) and Dan Mønster (Interacting Minds Center & Cognition and Behavior Lab, Aarhus University).
Liz gave seminar to U. Konstanz CASCB
My friend Ari Strandburg-Peshkin invited me to give a virtual seminar talk for the Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour (a collaboration between the University of Konstanz and the co-located Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior).
It was a pleasure to virtually “visit” and I look forward to visiting in person in the future!… [Read full details]