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How female spiders choose where to settle

by Michael | May 16, 2013 | Accepted paper, Lab News, Uncategorized

Our first paper in American Naturalist was just accepted today – Exciting! Kasumovic, M.M. & Jordan, L. A. 2013. The social factors driving settlement and relocation decisions in a solitary and aggregative spider. This paper examined the factors – from...

What’s an integrated phenotype?

by Michael | Mar 8, 2013 | Accepted paper, Lab News, Uncategorized

Our first review published for the year in Animal Behaviour! My paper is a pert of a special issue in Animal Behaviour on Behavioural Plasticity and Evolution. Kasumovic, M. M. 2013. The multidimensional consequences of the juvenile environment: towards an integrative...

Males, mitochondria and metabolic rates.

by Michael | Mar 8, 2013 | Accepted paper, Lab News, Uncategorized

Our first paper published by the lab in 2013! Kasumovic MM, Seebacher F. 2013 The active metabolic rate predicts a male spider’s proximity to females and expected fitness. Biol Lett 9: 2012.1164. Download the PDF here. Here’s a pop sci summary in The...

Profiled in Cosmos Magazine!

by Michael | Mar 8, 2013 | Lab News, Popular Science, Uncategorized

I was lucky enough to be profiled by COMOS magazine for their 50th issue! Thanks to the UNSW newsroom for pointing them in my direction. Hopefully I’ll end up on this part of the site...

Incy wincy spider? Don’t fret – you can still get the girl

by Michael | Feb 21, 2013 | Popular Science, Uncategorized

By Michael Kasumovic Whether it’s two lions fighting over a pride or two butterflies fighting over a sunny spot, decades of nature shows have led the average watcher to conclude that bigger, stronger males win competitions. But despite David Attenborough’s confident...
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