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S. Q. Smeele

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Evolutionary Biology· 3 Ecology· 2 Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1

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Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 3 Organism:non-human primate· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Approach:Bayesian inference· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1

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L. M. Aplin· 4 shared M. B. McElreath· 3 shared S. A. Tyndel· 2 shared A. Baudisch· 1 shared A. Iwaniuk· 1 shared A. M. Young· 1 shared B. C. Klump· 1 shared D. A. Conde· 1 shared

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callsync: an R package for alignment and analysis of multi-microphone animal recordings

S. Q. Smeele, S. A. Tyndel, B. C. Klump, G. Alarcon-Nieto, L. M. Aplin

callsync aligns multi-microphone animal recordings, detects vocalizations, and provides tools for analysis, demonstrating its effectiveness with cockatiel data.

bioRxiv · Feb 7, 2023Ecology

Evidence for vocal signatures and voice-prints in a wild parrot

S. Q. Smeele, J. C. Senar, L. M. Aplin, M. B. McElreath

The paper examines vocal signatures in monk parakeets, finding individual identity in some calls and voice-prints across call types.

bioRxiv · Jan 20, 2023 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition

Multi-level Bayesian analysis of monk parakeet contact calls shows dialects between European cities

S. Q. Smeele, S. A. Tyndel, L. M. Aplin, M. B. McElreath

The paper analyzes monk parakeet contact calls across European cities to identify dialects and cultural transmission patterns using a multi-level Bayesian model.

bioRxiv · Oct 12, 2022 · PreprintEcology

Using relative brain size as predictor variable: serious pitfalls and solutions

S. Q. Smeele

The paper demonstrates that using relative brain size as a predictor in regression models can lead to incorrect estimates of body size effects and proposes structural equation models as a solution.

bioRxiv · Mar 15, 2022Evolutionary Biology

Coevolution of relative brain size and life expectancy in parrots

S. Q. Smeele, D. A. Conde, A. Baudisch, S. Bruslund, A. Iwaniuk, J. Staerk, T. F. Wright, A. M. Young, M. B. McElreath, L. Aplin

This study finds a correlation between relative brain size and life expectancy in parrots, supporting the Cognitive Buffer Hypothesis over the Expensive Brain Hypothesis.

bioRxiv · Oct 28, 2021Evolutionary Biology

Social network architecture and the tempo of cumulative cultural evolution

M. Cantor, M. Chimento, S. Q. Smeele, P. He, D. Papageorgiou, L. M. Aplin, D. R. Farine

This study simulates cultural trait innovation and diffusion in structured populations to show how social network architecture affects cumulative cultural evolution outcomes.

bioRxiv · Dec 4, 2020Evolutionary Biology