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Dr. Andrea Flack
Group Leader
Department of Migration
IMPRS Faculty
Research Group Flack
IMPRS Faculty
Research Group Flack
Main Focus
My work combines the
fields of collective animal behaviour and movement ecology. During my PhD at
the University of Oxford, I explored collective decision-making in homing
pigeons. At the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, I study the collective migration of a freely-flying long-distance
migrant. My research relies on the white stork (Ciconia
ciconia) as a model system for studying collective migration.
Within my work, I ask questions like: What determines the composition of migratory groups? How does group composition influence collective decision-making and movement? What are the costs and benefits of migrating in groups?
To answer these questions, I use a combination of ecological in situ observations with experimental behavioural research. This includes, for example, high-resolution multisensor tracking, displacement, or release experiments to understand the short- and long-term effects of social interactions on migration.Feel free to contact me, if you are interested in what we are doing!
Curriculum Vitae
- since 2022 Independent Emmy Noether Group Leader, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz, Germany
- since 2020 Group Leader, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz, Germany
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- 2013 - 2020 Postdoc, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany
- 2009 - 2013 DPhil Zoology, University of Oxford, Collective decision-making in avian navigation
- 2009 Diploma in Biology, Freie Universität Berlin