We are excited to congratulate Theo Brown, Patrick Heidbreder & Raphael Ritter on each receiving a LUOVA salaried PhD position!
Patrick will continue working on identifying genomic barrier between species using the Formica wood ant system, and begin investigating the thermal ecology of wood ants and their nests.
Theo will explore ways moths might deter predators using visual signals with a touchscreen operating system (TOC) where predators (such as blue tits - Cyanistes caeruleus) can be trained to attack simulated preys.
Raphael will continue to study the cooperative antipredator defence of two sawfly species (Neodiprion sertifer and Diprion pini) to understand how the social environment contributes to the maintenance of variation we observe in this behaviour.