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

(alphabetically)

  • 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.

  • Ana Rita Costa

    I work as a Zookeeper and I am currently doing my master degree at the UAB, studying the behavioral adaptations and dynamics of the Mediterranean barbel (Barbus meridionalis) during drought periods, focusing on the behavioral responses to water scarcity and, therefore, adaptation to climate change.

  • Francis Dale

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

  • Núria Garriga Robuste

  • Jakob Gismann

    I am a behavioural ecologist in the ABEC lab and hold a Walter Benjamin Postdoctoral Fellowship. My research integrates field observations, field experiments, and controlled laboratory experiments to uncover how fish respond to fluctuating water levels.

  • Anaïs Paturle

    I am a behavioural ecologist, working as a research technician in the ABEC lab. I have worked on a variety of systems in the past, including migrating sticklebacks in the Netherlands during my MSc, translocated passerines in the Seychelles, and breeding plovers in South-Africa.

  • 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.

Past members

(chronologically)