Jennifer E. Smith, Evolutionary Ecology of Social Mammals
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Welcome to our lab! 
Our research integrates perspectives from evolutionary ecology, animal behavior, and physiology to understand how natural selection and current conditions shape decision-making in mammals. We combine naturalistic observations on free-living mammals with field experiments, genetic and endocrine analyses, and quantitative tools (e.g., social networks, phylogenetics) to test evolutionary theory.
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  • BIG NEWS! - Our lab is moving to the Biology Department at the University of Wisconsin!
  • Congratulations to Dr. Sonja Wild for winning a Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation to join our Long-term Project on Behavioral Ecology of California Ground Squirrels.
  • Excited to present our new Phil. Trans. B. paper, "Sex bias in intergroup conflict and collective movement among social mammals: male warriors and female guides" at Animal Behavior Society's meeting in July. Tweet about it!
  • So enjoyed presenting on Comparative Mammalian Social Evolution at the International Remote Seminar on Frontiers in Social Evolution (FINE) - Check out my full talk and our lively discussion on YouTube! 
  • New articles: Observing the unwatchable, Network dynamics, Host heterogeneity, Anthropogenic change, Context matters, Split between 2 worlds, Skew, Venom resistance, Benefits of dominance, Female leadership, and more!

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