Overview
Profile summary
2023-present: Employability Lead (School of Biological and Marine Sciences)
2022-present: Lecturer in Behaviour and Evolution
Professional memberships
Roles on external bodies
2025-present Biology Letters Review Editor
2019-2024 Biology Letters editorial board member
2017-2024 Member of the British Ecological Society (BES) Review College
Supervised research degrees
2025-present: Liz Miles 'Investigating cryptic speciation in the beadlet sea anemone Actinia equina' PhD (DoS)
2024-present: Amy Bromley 'Investigating the effect of morphotype and investment in parental care on motivation to fight in the minotaur beetle Typhaeus typhoeus.' ResM (DoS)
2023-2024: Joshua Le Pla ' Investigating trade-offs in strength, skill and vigour in Pagurus bernhardus.' ResM (Co-S)
2022-present: Amelia Clifford 'Do cnidarians show behavioural pre-requisites of sentience? Awareness and personality in the sea anemone Actina equina.' PhD (Co-S)
2021-2023: Shaun Rowlands ‘Plasticity and reproductive success of male fruit flies, Drosophila melanogaster, as a response to changes in larval density.’ ResM (Co-S)
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 14 Life Below Water
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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The prevalence of weapon damage: a proportional meta-analysis
Lane, S. & McCullough, E., 17 Mar 2025, In: Animal Behaviour. 222, 123117.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Wherefore the magic? The evolutionary role of psilocybin in nature
Nicholass, K. J. M., Flis, I., Hanley, M. E., Knight, M. E., Lane, S. M., Littlejohn, G., Thom, M. D. F., Billington, R. A., Boden, R., Cummins, R., Green, B. J., Griffin, C., Jones, S., Salmon, D., Sleep, I., Smirnoff, N. & Ellis, J. S., 19 Dec 2025.Research output: Working paper / Preprint › Preprint
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Nest material preferences in wild hazel dormice Muscardinus avellanarius: testing predictions from optimal foraging theory
Collins, S., Lane, S., Ishibashi, M. & Hamston, T., 25 Mar 2023, In: Behavioral Ecology. 0, 0Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The effect of performance capacity and decision-making speed on skilful fighting
Lane, S. M. & Briffa, M., 31 Mar 2023, In: Animal Behaviour. 199, 0, p. 95-102Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Intralocus sexual conflict over optimal nutrient intake and the evolution of sex differences in life span and reproduction
Hawkes, M., Lane, S. M., Rapkin, J., Jensen, K., House, C., Sakaluk, S. K. & Hunt, J., 9 Jan 2022, In: Functional Ecology. 0, 0Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Perceived and actual fighting ability: determinants of success via decision, knockout or submission in human combat sports
Lane, S. (Creator) & Briffa, M. (Creator), ZENODO, 21 Sept 2020
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.8sf7m0ckf, https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.8sf7m0ckf
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The angle of attack: Rapping technique predicts skill in hermit crab contests
Lane, S. (Creator), Cornwell, T. (Creator) & Briffa, M. (Creator), ZENODO, 3 Dec 2021
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5749986, https://zenodo.org/records/5749986
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Data from: Analysis of direct and indirect genetic effects in fighting sea anemones
Lane, S. (Creator), Wilson, A. (Creator) & Briffa, M. (Creator), Dryad, 13 Dec 2019
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.4qrfj6q68, https://zenodo.org/records/4946159
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