Levi Newediuk

When blood is not thicker than water: Social information landscapes offset the food-fear trade-off in habitat selection decisions

The paper investigates how social relationships influence habitat selection in elk, finding that social familiarity significantly increases the likelihood of selecting risky habitats.

Sociality shapes context-dependent stress responses to anthropogenic disturbance in African elephants

This study shows that social factors influence stress responses to human disturbance in African elephants, with rank and social connections affecting glucocorticoid levels depending on environmental conditions.

Revisiting Size Selective Mortality in Young Fish: Do Small Teleosts Really Pay a Cost?

This study revisits size-selective mortality in young fish, finding weak evidence that larger individuals have a survival advantage across species and conditions.

Not so scary after all? Decoding the landscape of fear through hormonal responses to risky times and places

The paper uses hormonal data to test assumptions about prey risk perception, finding that elk show consistent stress levels in high-reward habitats despite increased human activity.