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We work on a broad range of topics at the intersection of behavioural ecology and community ecology, using both empirical and theoretical approaches. At the community level, we focus particularly on various forms of ecological networks.

Our overarching goal is to understand the underpinning behavioural mechanisms that give rise to the structure, dynamics, and complexity of large-scale ecological systems.

“An animal is the sum of its behaviours, its community dynamics.
Not just the physical body.”

― B. Kingsolver, Flight Behavior

“All have their worth and each contributes to the worth of the others.”

― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

Lab News & Comments

Congrats to Wan-Ting and Shan-Dar for receiving awards in 在標本裡寫一座山—新自然史書寫 competition!	2025.12.12
Congrats to Dai-Fang and Tian-Yi for winning 2025 國泰卓越紀錄獎 with their Gongliao video record!	2025.12.03
Big congrats to Gillian for winning the High Distinction Award at the poster competition of her internship program!	2025.11.02
Welcome new lab members Ai-Ching, Yu-Han and Chu-Hong! Meanwhile farewell to our mighty Shan-Dar, good luck!	2025.08.01
Big congrats to Yan Wah for her successful thesis defense and Master's graduation!	2025.07.04
Two of Hsi-Cheng's collaborative work with Merin on metaweb in Switzerland are now published in Communications Biology & Scientific Data, respectively.	2025.07.03
Hsi-Cheng is awarded Excellence in Teaching of year 2025 by NTU!	2025.06.20
Congrats to Dai-Fang for completing an astonishing presentation at ICCB 2025!	2025.06.18

Hsi-Cheng's collaborative perspective paper with Dr Chi-Yun Kuo on foraging behavioural plasticity is now published in Functional Ecology!	2025.06.07
Congrats to Dai-Fang for being selected to give an oral presentation at ICCB 2025 at Brisbane.	2025.03.21
Congrats to Ai-Ching for having her discoveries of monkey-bee interactions during 2024 summer project accepted as an article in Primates!	2025.03.28