Email jenny.jandt@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 479 7608
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Teaching
- BIOL 112 Animal Biology
- ZOOL 314 Neurobiology
- ZOOL 315 Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology
- ZOOL 411 Evaluating Trends and Controversies in Ecology and Evolution
- ZOOL 422 Advanced Topics in Animal Behaviour
Research interests
- Behavioural ecology and evolution of social insects
- Development and function of personality differences in social insects – individuals and colonies
- Mechanisms that facilitate the evolutionary shift from solitary to social behaviour in Vespid wasps
- Environmental influences (e.g., climate) on development and performance of bees and wasps
- German yellowjacket biology, invasiveness, and population structures
- Group behavioural patterns applied to swarm robotics
