Studying social structure and the evolution of sociality
SFI’s press team wrote up a nice press release for my recent paper, led by Jonathan Pruitt.
From SFI News:
In relatively cool temperatures, Anelosimus studiosus spiders lay their eggs and spin their webs and share their prey in cooperative colonies from Massachusetts to Argentina.
My recent paper, led by Courtney Fitzpatrick, was recommended in F1000Prime as being of special significance in its field by F1000 Faculty Member Susan Alberts.
“This interesting analysis addresses the question ‘are scientists correct in their perception that theoretical biologists and empirical biologists do not engage in sufficient cross-talk to mutually inform each other’s work?’… [Read full details]
Among ecologists and evolutionary biologists, there’s been a long-standing frustration: scientists want theoretical and empirical research to work together, each approach informing the other, but it seems like there isn’t much overlap.
Courtney Fitzpatrick, a postdoctoral fellow at Indiana University, Bloomington, wanted to know if that feeling was based on reality.
My recent grant, with Simon DeDeo and Dan Mønster, was profiled in SFI’s Parallax newsletter.
From SFI’s Parallax:
SFI External Professor Simon DeDeo, ASU-SFI Fellow Elizabeth Hobson, and Dan Mønster (Aarhus University) recently received a grant from the Army Research Office to conduct social science research.
I was really excited to get news from the Ibis journal that my paper with Don Brightsmith and Gustavo Martinez was the journal’s top-scoring paper in 2017, according to the Almetric score.
A lot of the credit for getting the news out about this paper goes to Jenna Marshall and Katie Mast of the Santa Fe Institute’s Communications department.… [Read full details]
My recent paper on the monk parakeet invasion in Mexico was covered by the Spanish-language news outlet La Vanguardia.
From La Vanguardia
Las políticas comerciales europeas marcan el desplazamiento de la especie
Allie Wilkinson did a nice write up of our recent work on the Monk Parakeet invasion in Mexico for Nature News.
From Nature News
Attempts to stop the spread of bird flu and protect wildlife had unintended consequences.
My recent paper on the monk parakeet invasion in Mexico was covered in Atlas Obscura. See here for full story.… [Read full details]
NPR’s “The Salt” covered my recent paper on why parrots eat clay in Peru.
From NPR’s “The Salt”
My recent paper on why parrots eat clay in Peru was covered in Forbes.
From Forbes