Dr Michael Webster

Dr Michael Webster

Senior Lecturer

Phone
+44 (0)1334 46 1690
Email
mmw1@st-andrews.ac.uk

Research areas

I’m interested in the behaviour of group-living animals, including social foraging, competition, information diffusion and predator-prey dynamics. What are the benefits and costs of grouping? How do groups form and function? How does the behaviour of individuals shape that of the group, and how does being in a group change the behaviour of its individual members?

PhD supervision

  • MelissaRamsay
  • LiVeiros

Selected publications

  • Open access
    Badihi, G., Taylor-O’Connor, J., Bezerra de Melo Daly, G., Komeda, V., Daoudi-Simison, S., Rodrigues, E. D., Webster, M. M., Altschul, D. M., Hobaiter, C., Wiltshire, C., Klein, H., Freymann, E., Grund, C., Soldati, A., Henderson, M., Leroux, M. M. & Slania, N. E., 1 Jan 2026, In: Animal Behaviour. 231, p. 1-10 10 p., 123428.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  • Open access
    Jones, N. A. R., Gaffney, K., Gardella, G., Rowe, A., Spence-Jones, H. C., Munson, A., Houslay, T. M. & Webster, M. M., 1 Jan 2025, In: Behavioral Ecology. 36, 1, 11 p., arae097.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  • Open access
    Brown, C. & Webster, M., 1 May 2025, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 380, 1925, 20240130.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

  • Open access
    Spence-Jones, H. C., Webster, M., Wund, M. A., Baker, J. A., Foster, S. A. & Lala, K. N., Dec 2025, In: Evolution. 79, 12, p. 2791-2806 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  • Jones, N. A. R., Frommen, J. G., Fuss, T., Newport, C., DePasquale, C., Webster, M. M., Vila‐Pouca, C., Závorka, L. & Salvanes, A. G. V., Oct 2025, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 107, 4, p. 1083-1088 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorial

  • Open access
    Webster, M. M., Jones, N., Shah, A. & Ward, A., 19 Apr 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Fish and Fisheries. Early View, p. 1-13 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  • Open access
    Der Weduwen, D. J., Jones, N. A. R., Dubosque, A., Schuster, S., Sillar, K. T., Webster, M. M. & Rendell, L. E., Jul 2024, In: Behavioral Ecology. 35, 4, 9 p., arae040.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  • Open access
    Invernizzi, E., Michelot, T., Popov, V., Ng, N., Macqueen, E., Rouviere, A., Webster, M. & Sasaki, T., 1 Apr 2024, In: Animal Behaviour. 210, p. 315-330 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  • Open access
    Tiddy, I. C., Munson, A., Cortese, D., Webster, M. M. & Killen, S. S., 28 Jun 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Biological Reviews. Early View, 25 p., brv.13111.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  • Open access
    Veiros, L., Schweinfurth, M. K. & Webster, M. M., Apr 2024, In: Ethology. 130, 4, 10 p., e13427.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review