Postdoctoral research fellow (Rubicon Fellowship – Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research)
Research Interests:
Population biology, evolutionary demography, behavioural ecology, evolutionary ecology
Current project:
The key to linking evolutionary and population dynamics in variable environments is to understand what processes drive the dynamics of heritable phenotypic traits. In my current project I investigate in an experimental laboratory setting how selection-driven changes in heritable traits affect the structure and dynamics of populations in variable environments and vice versa. I focus on a prominent morphological trait, male morph, in populations of the bulb mite (Rhizoglyphus robini).
 
Students that are interested in doing an MSc project on mite population dynamics, their behavioural ecology or demography - please contact me at i.smallegange [at] imperial.ac.uk
Education:
2000-2007: PhD, ‘Interference competition and patch choice in foraging shore crabs’, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1998-2000: MSc Population Biology, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
1995-1998: BSc Biology, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Professional history:
05/2008 – present Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Imperial College London, UK – funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) (Rubicon Fellowship)
05/2007 – 05/2008 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation held at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Germany
02/2005 – 09/2005 Marie Curie Research Trainee Fellowship held at University of Leeds, UK
Publications in peer-reviewed journals:
Smallegange IM, Coulson T, in press. Unifying ecological and evolutionary dynamics through experimental stochastic demography. Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution
Smallegange IM, van Noordwijk CGE, van der Meer J, van der Veer HW, 2009. Spatial distribution of shore crab Carcinus maenas in an intertidal environment in relation to their morphology, prey availability and competition. Marine Ecology Progress Series 392:143-155
Smallegange IM, van der Meer J, 2009. The distribution of unequal predators across food patches is not necessarily (semi)truncated. Behavioral Ecology 20:525-534
van der Meer J, Smallegange IM, 2009. A stochastic version of the Beddington-DeAngelis functional response: modelling interference for a finite number of predators. Journal of Animal Ecology78: 134-142
Smallegange IM, Hidding B, Eppenga JMA, van der Meer J, 2008. Optimal foraging and risk of claw damage: how flexible are shore crabs in their prey size selectivity? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 367:157-163
Smallegange IM, Tregenza T, 2008. Local competition between foraging relatives: growth and survival of bruchid beetle larvae. Journal of Insect Behavior 21:375-386
Smallegange IM, van der Meer J, 2007. Interference from a game theoretical perspective: shore crabs suffer most from equal competitors. Behavioral Ecology 18:215-221
Smallegange IM, Sabelis MW, van der Meer J, 2007. Assessment games in shore crab fights. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 351:255-266
Smallegange, IM, van der Meer J, Kurvers RHJM, 2006. Disentangling interference competition from exploitative competition in a crab-bivalve system using a novel experimental approach. Oikos 113: 157-167
Smallegange IM, van der Meer J, 2003. Why do shore crabs not prefer the most profitable mussels? Journal of Animal Ecology 72:599-607
Riebel K, Smallegange IM, 2003. Does zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) preference for the (familiar) father’s song generalize to the songs of unfamiliar brothers? Journal of Comparative Psychology 117:61-66
Smallegange IM, Brunsting AMH, 2002. Food supply and demand, a simulation model of the functional response of grazing ruminants. Ecological Modelling 149:179-192
Riebel K, Smallegange IM, Terpstra NJ, Bolhuis JJ, 2002. Sexual equality in zebra finch song preference: evidence for a dissociation between song recognition and production learning. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 269:729-733
Agoramoorthy G, Smallegange I, Spruit I, Hsu MJ, 2000. Swimming behaviour among bonnet macaques in Tamil Nadu. Folia Primatologica 71:152-153 Other publications:
Smallegange IM, 2008. Strandkrabben kiezen voor afhaalmenu. Interview in: Experiment NL: Wetenschap in Nederland. G+J Publishing, The Netherlands, p. 32-33
Smallegange IM, 2007. Experimenten met Strandkrabben. Kunst en Wetenschap (Dec. issue): p. 9-10
Smallegange IM, 2007. Interference competition and patch choice in foraging shore crabs. PhD thesis. University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 978-90-7689474-4. 292 pp
Contact details:
Division of Biology
Imperial College London
Silwood Park
Ascot
SL5 7PY
UK
E-mail: i.smallegange [at] imperial.ac.uk
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