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Behavioral Ecology, Animal Behavior, Animal Personality, Sexual Selection
Switzerland

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Employment (6)

Agroscope: Bern, CH

2023-09-01 to present | Post-doc (Groupe de recherche équidés)
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Mélissa Peignier

University of Bern: Bern, CH

2020-08 to present | PhD Student (Ethological Station Hasli)
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Mélissa Peignier

University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna: Vienna, AT

2018-10 to 2020-08 | PhD Student (Messerli Forschungsinstitut)
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Mélissa Peignier

University of Helsinki: Helsinki, FI

2018-02 to 2018-07 | Intern (Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences)
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Mélissa Peignier

Memorial University of Newfoundland: St. John's, NL, CA

2017-03 to 2017-05 | Intern (Department of Biology)
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Mélissa Peignier

University of Lorraine: Nancy, FR

2016-05 to 2016-07 | Intern (URAFPA)
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Education and qualifications (4)

University of Bern: Bern, CH

2020-08-01 to 2022-12-07 | PhD in Ecology and Evolution
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Mélissa Peignier

University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna: Vienna, AT

2018-10-15 to 2020-07-31 | PhD in Ecology and Evolution
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Mélissa Peignier

University of Burgundy: Dijon, Bourgogne, FR

2016-09 to 2018-09 | Master of Science
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Mélissa Peignier

University of Lorraine: Nancy, FR

2013-09 to 2016-06 | Bachelor of Science
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Works (11)

Odor cues rather than personality affect tadpole deposition in a neotropical poison frog

Current Zoology
2024-07-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Mélissa Peignier; Max Ringler; Eva Ringler; Vedrana Šlipogor
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Behavioural consistency across metamorphosis in a neotropical poison frog

Evolutionary Ecology
2024-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Lauriane Bégué; Noëlle Tschirren; Mélissa Peignier; Birgit Szabo; Eva Ringler
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Personality traits differentially affect components of reproductive success in a Neotropical poison frog

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2023-09-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Mélissa Peignier; Yimen G. Araya-Ajoy; Max Ringler; Eva Ringler
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Regardless of personality, males show similar levels of plasticity in territory defense in a Neotropical poison frog

Scientific Reports
2023-03-01 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
Contributors: Mélissa Peignier; Lauriane Bégué; Max Ringler; Birgit Szabo; Eva Ringler
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The link between animal personality and habitat selection in males of the Neotropical poison frog Allobates femoralis

Behaviour
2023-01-18 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 0005-7959
Part of ISSN: 1568-539X
Contributors: Lauriane Bégué; Mélissa Peignier; Eva Ringler
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Mate choice in a promiscuous poison frog

Ethology
2022-11 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 0179-1613
Part of ISSN: 1439-0310
Contributors: Mélissa Peignier; Lauriane Bégué; Alina Gieseke; Diana Petri; Max Ringler; Eva Ringler
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A comparative table for staging anuran embryos from terrestrial clutches based on the Brilliant-thighed Poison Frog, Allobates femoralis (Anura: Dendrobatidae)

Herpetology Notes
2022-10-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Mélissa Peignier; Barbara Furdi; Lauriane Bégué; Eva Ringler
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Exploring links between personality traits and their social and non-social environments in wild poison frogs

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
2022-07 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 0340-5443
Part of ISSN: 1432-0762
Contributors: Mélissa Peignier; Yimen G. Araya-Ajoy; Lauriane Bégué; Sarah Chaloupka; Katharina Dellefont; Christoph Leeb; Patrick Walsh; Max Ringler; Eva Ringler
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Repeatable Territorial Aggression in a Neotropical Poison Frog

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
2022-04-27 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2296-701X
Contributors: Sarah Chaloupka; Mélissa Peignier; Susanne Stückler; Yimen Araya-Ajoy; Patrick Walsh; Max Ringler; Eva Ringler
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Mélissa Peignier

Honesty of Larval Begging Signals Covaries With Colony Kin Structure in Formica Ants

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
2019-10-23 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2296-701X
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Mélissa Peignier

Space use and social association in a gregarious ungulate: Testing the conspecific attraction and resource dispersion hypotheses

Ecology and Evolution
2019-04-16 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2045-7758
Part of ISSN: 2045-7758
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Mélissa Peignier

Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

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