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Welcome to my website!
In a few words, I am a young french researcher, making my first steps into the world of research in biology. I did a degree on Organismal Biology in Brest and the Master Biodiversity-Ecology-Evolution in Montpellier. Added to academic internships (Museum of Paris, Centre for Irish Bat Research, Montpellier's Institute of Evolutionary Sciences) , I also have a fieldwork background with French associations (Bat group of Bretagne-Vivante, Bat group of Languedoc-Roussillon), the Museum of Paris and experience as a bat environmental consultant (Biotope). |
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My research interests
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I am specialized in evolutionary ecology,
at the crossroads between ecology and evolution, where I use fieldwork and labwork techniques. I am specialized on bats (Order Chiroptera), from biogeography, systematics to the evolution of social behavior. For some news on bats, check the french Chiroblog (now available in English) and my twitter profile @Bat_Yann (right here). |
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My PhD project
I work in Dina Dechmann's lab and my PhD is hosted Germany), by the University of Konstanz, the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology (Radolfzell)
and the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Organismal biology.
I work also in collaboration with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (research station of Gamboa, Panama) and Rachel Page's batlab.
I study social foraging as a driving force for the evolution of sociality in bats with ephemeral diet.
By foraging in groups, animals can acquire information about food (location, amount and quality) from other animals, through messages (visual, acoustic...).
The main objective of my PhD project is to study the benefits of this behaviour (personal state, reproductive output)
to better understand the evolution of group foraging and of sociality more generally. More details about this project.
and the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Organismal biology.
I work also in collaboration with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (research station of Gamboa, Panama) and Rachel Page's batlab.
I study social foraging as a driving force for the evolution of sociality in bats with ephemeral diet.
By foraging in groups, animals can acquire information about food (location, amount and quality) from other animals, through messages (visual, acoustic...).
The main objective of my PhD project is to study the benefits of this behaviour (personal state, reproductive output)
to better understand the evolution of group foraging and of sociality more generally. More details about this project.
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Geographical locations
Until recently, I worked mostly in France but also in Ireland to work with the Centre for Irish Bat Research and I collaborated with Manuel Ruedi in the Museum of Geneva (Switzerland). For my PhD, I travel between Germany and Panama where I study group foraging in Molossus molossus, a tropical bat that forage in groups and feeds on ephemeral and clumped insect swarms.
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Last update: 05 May 2012
