ABEClab

Dr Jolle Jolles

Senior Research Scientist

I am a behavioural ecologist at the CSIC Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC) in Catalunya, Spain where I lead the ABEClab: Animal Behaviour and Environmental Change. My research sits at the interface of behavioural ecology, experimental biology, and environmental change. I study how individual differences in behaviour scale up to shape collective behaviour, social dynamics, and ecological processes. My work combines controlled laboratory experiments with long-term field studies in Catalonia, supported by a dedicated experimental lab with state-of-the-art facilities, as well as field sites of intermittent rivers in north-east Catalunya. Alongside my empirical research, I develop and apply low-cost, open electronics for studying animal behaviour. For more details, see About me or the Research page.

Current members

  • Francis Dale

    My PhD project on Western Jackdaws examines the consequences of ecologically and socially relevant decision-making on individual fitness and population demographics.

  • Jakob Gismann

    Hi there! I am Jakob, a behavioural ecologist currently working as a research technician in the ABAC lab. I recently completed my PhD at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, having studied the origins and ecological consequences of individual differences in behaviour using three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Over the past years I have studied fishes…

  • Marçal Pou Rossell

    I am a final-year PhD student co-supervised by Dr Jolle Jolles and Dr Daniel Sol, studying parental care and its fitness consequences in wild jackdaws.

  • Rhythm Beckett-Cook

    I’m a Master’s student from the UB studying how refuge pools in intermittent river ecosystems support terrestrial mammal biodiversity, focusing on behavior, species interactions, and conservation-relevant management.

Past members