Author

Louise Bestea

Smithsonian Tropical Research InstituteORCID 0000-0002-0440-1122Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

Biology Disciplines

Click to filter author papers

Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1

Signature Assays, Organisms & Methods

Click to filter · or open tag

Assay:behavioral assay· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Approach:mixed model· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1

Frequent Co-Authors

Amaia Alcalde AntoniD· 1 shared Denise Dalbosco Dell’AglioiD· 1 shared Elizabeth A. HodgeiD· 1 shared Greta HernándeziD· 1 shared Jane Margereth AguilariD· 1 shared Max S. FarnworthiD· 1 shared Stephen H. MontgomeryiD· 1 shared W. Owen McMillaniD· 1 shared

Activity by Year

2025-2025 · peak 1/yr

Co-Author Collaboration Network

8 top collaborators · 28 mutual co-author links

Click any collaborator node to inspect or filter shared papers

Focal author (center)Selected co-authorORCID co-authorUnlinked name

Curved chords = mutual co-authorship

1 shared paperAnimal Behavior & Cognition

Amaia Alcalde AntonORCID

Mutual co-authors in cluster

Author profile →

1 paper

Recent·Most cited

Animal Behavior & CognitionPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological SciencesPeer-reviewedJun 26, 2025

✦ In-depth digest

Modality specific memory enhancement in Heliconius butterflies

Elizabeth A. Hodge, Amaia Alcalde Anton, Louise Bestea…·Stephen H. Montgomery

Heliconius butterflies retain odour associations over eight days no better than outgroup Heliconiini, contrasting with their superior visual long-term memory, consistent with a modality-specific memory enhancement.

12 citations

multiple speciesbehavioral assay

𝕏 PostBluesky