Kirstin Gaffney
Thesis submitted
Host Organisation
Newcastle University
Primary Supervisor
Theresa Rueger (Newcastle University)
Co-Supervisor(s)
Michael Webster (St Andrews University)
Thesis Title
The role of colour patterns in a social context: causes and consequences of interspecific variation in anemonefishes
Publications
K. Gaffney, M. E. Bartlett and T. Rueger 06 2026 ‘Pay-to-stay drives the evolution of helping independent of kin selection in anemonefish societies’, Behavioral Ecology 37 (4), doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arag061
N. A. R. Jones, K. Gaffney, G. Gardella, A. Rowe, H. C. Spence-Jones, A. Munson, T. M. Houslay, M. M. Webster 11 2024 ‘A reinvestigation of cognitive styles in sticklebacks: decision success varies with behavioral type’, Behavioral Ecology 36 (1), doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arae097
D. M. Ripley, S. De Giorgio, K. Gaffney, L. Thomas, H. A. Shiels 6 2021 ‘Ocean warming impairs the predator avoidance behaviour of elasmobranch embryos’, Conservation Physiology 9 (1), doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coab045