Sean A. Rands

This paper compares camera trapping and passive acoustic monitoring for studying terrestrial small mammals, finding differences in species detection but no difference in species richness between methods.

This study shows that fish shoals become more cohesive and coordinated in turbid water, which enhances their foraging performance despite slower responses in clear water.

This paper develops an individual-based model to study how pollinator behavior and floral landscape structure influence pathogen spread through floral hotspots.

This study investigates how floral temperature and temperature patterns of four plant species change with weather conditions and finds that light conditions have the greatest influence on floral temperature.

This study examines how bumblebees adjust their behavior in response to simulated rain, finding that they reduce foraging and increase resting during rain, with social cues influencing their behavioral decisions.

The paper examines blinking rates in red deer and fallow deer, finding that blink rate decreases with group size, suggesting blinking is linked to social vigilance rather than anti-predator vigilance.

The paper compares cuticular wax composition and crystal coverage between leaves and petals across 49 plant species, finding significant differences in wax load, alkane proportion, and chain-lengths.