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Overview
Profile summary
2023-present: Employability Lead (School of Biological and Marine Sciences)
2022-present: Lecturer in Behaviour and Evolution
Professional memberships
Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB)
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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Projects
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Interactions between learning and non-learning plasticity in the beadlet sea anenome Actinia equina: A multidimensional reaction norm approach
Briffa, M. (PI - Principal Investigator), Howell, K. (CoI - Co-Investigator) & Lane, S. (CoI - Co-Investigator)
Biotechnology&Biological Sciences Research Council
1/01/24 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Skilful attacking trades off with defensive ability in hermit crabs
Le Pla, J., Lane, S. M. & Briffa, M., 1 Jul 2026, In: Animal Behaviour. 237, 123633.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Wherefore the Magic? The Evolutionary Role of Psilocybin in Nature
Matthews Nicholass, K. J., 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., 22 Apr 2026, In: Ecology and Evolution. 16, 4, e73522.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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, bioRxiv.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., 1 May 2023, In: Behavioral Ecology. 34, 3, p. 418-425Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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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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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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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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