User profile of AndrewDHigginson
Behavioural ecologist interested in the effects of predation and ecology on morphology and behaviour. Based at the University of Exeter.
AndrewDHigginson has posted 56 Findings :
Conflicts between animals are usually settled without injury, but such ritualised harmless fighting has evolved because it is good for individuals, not for the “survival of the species”
Posted by: AndrewDHigginson Posted Fri Oct 27 2017
Animals may act to reduce their own fitness if the act has a big benefit to relatives
Posted by: AndrewDHigginson Posted Fri Oct 27 2017
Better understanding of food gathering behaviour from appreciating that collecting food involves a greater risk of being killed than travelling
Posted by: AndrewDHigginson Posted Fri Oct 27 2017
An animal that learns optimally may still be prone to inactivity when conditions are good, which is a symptom of depression
Posted by: AndrewDHigginson Posted Fri Oct 27 2017
Animals’ instincts to exploit gluts of food to avoid costing searching means we easily become obese in our ‘constant glut’ modern world
Posted by: AndrewDHigginson Posted Fri Oct 27 2017
The drifty genotype hypothesis of obesity is not consistent with evolutionary theory
Posted by: AndrewDHigginson Posted Fri Oct 27 2017
Relatedness does not play a role in the evolution of animal societies such as bee colonies
Posted by: AndrewDHigginson Posted Sun Oct 22 2017
Leadership can evolve even without differences in need or ability
Posted by: AndrewDHigginson Posted Sun Oct 22 2017
Following despotic individuals results in costs of social ties for baboons.
Posted by: AndrewDHigginson Posted Sun Oct 22 2017
Pigeons compromise over migration route, as long as they don’t disagree too much
Posted by: AndrewDHigginson Posted Sun Oct 22 2017