Dr Stephan Leu

• Appointments

  Date	Position	Institution name
  2020 - ongoing	Lecturer in Animal Behaviour	University of Adelaide
  2017 - 2020	ARC DECRA Fellow	Macquarie University
  2017 - 2017	Postdoctoral Research Fellow	Georgetown University
  2016 - 2016	Postdoctoral Endeavour Research Fellow	Georgetown University
  2011 - 2016	Earlier Postdoctoral positions	Australia

• Language Competencies

  Language	Competency
  English	Can peer review
  German	Can peer review

• Education

  Date	Institution name	Country	Title
  	Flinders University	Australia	PhD
  	University of Göttingen	Germany	MSc - Biology (Diplom Biologe)

• Research Interests

  Animal Behaviour Behavioural Ecology Ecology Evolutionary Biology

• Journals

  Year	Citation
  2024	Vartparonian, V. E., & Leu, S. T. (2024). The presence of informed conspecifics improves individual foraging efficiency in naïve sheep. Behavioural Processes, 215, 6 pages. DOI
  2024	Borthwick, Z., Quiring, K., Griffith, S. C., & Leu, S. T. (2024). Heat stress conditions affect the social network structure of free-ranging sheep. Ecology and Evolution, 14(2), 10 pages. DOI
  2024	Van Wettere, W. H. E. J., Culley, S., Swinbourne, A. M. F., Leu, S. T., Lee, S. J., Weaver, A. C., . . . Westra, S. (2024). Heat stress from current and predicted increases in temperature impairs lambing rates and birth weights in the Australian sheep flock. Nature Food, 5(3), 206-210. DOI Scopus1 Europe PMC1
  2023	Lee, K. H., Whiting, M. J., & Leu, S. T. (2023). Are whole-organism performance and thermal preference linked to endo- and ectoparasites in a short-lived lizard?. Ethology, 129(8), 432-443. DOI
  2023	Della Libera, K., Strandburg-Peshkin, A., Griffith, S. C., & Leu, S. T. (2023). Fission-fusion dynamics in sheep: the influence of resource distribution and temporal activity patterns. Royal Society Open Science, 10(7), 1-14. DOI Scopus2 Europe PMC1
  2023	Della Libera, K., Strandburg-Peshkin, A., Griffith, S. C., & Leu, S. T. (2023). Correction to: 'Fission-fusion dynamics in sheep: the influence of resource distribution and temporal activity patterns' (2023) by Della Libera et al.. R Soc Open Sci, 10(8), 231083. DOI
  2023	Borthwick, Z., Quiring, K., Griffith, S., & Leu, S. (2023). Heat stress conditions affect the social network structure of free-ranging sheep. DOI
  2023	Vartparonian, V., & Leu, S. (2023). Using social information improves individual foraging efficiency in sheep. DOI
  2023	Bartsch, S. T., van Wettere, W. H. E. J., Griffith, S. C., & Leu, S. T. (2023). Environmental Uncertainty Affects Movement and Space-use in Sheep. DOI
  2022	Michelangeli, M., Payne, E., Spiegel, O., Sinn, D., Leu, S. T., Gardner, M., & Sih, A. (2022). Personality, spatiotemporal ecological variation, and resident/explorer movement syndromes in the sleepy lizard. Journal of Animal Ecology, 91(1), 210-223. DOI Scopus10 WoS7 Europe PMC4
  2022	Wettere, W. V., Culley, S., Swinbourne, A., Leu, S., Lee, S., Weaver, A., . . . Westra, S. (2022). Current and predicted temperatures impair reproduction in the Australian sheep flock. DOI
  2022	Parker, T. H., Sousa, B., Leu, S. T., Edmondson, S., Foo, C., Strauss, A., . . . Jensen, W. (2022). Cultural conformity and persistence in Dickcissel song are higher in locations in which males show high site fidelity. Ornithology, 139(1), 1-17. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
  2022	Lewis Baida, B. E., Baumert, M., Kushwaha, A., Swinbourne, A. M., Leu, S. T., & Van Wettere, W. H. E. J. (2022). Validation of indwelling vaginal sensor to monitor body temperature in ewes. Animal Biotelemetry, 10(1), 11 pages. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
  2022	Payne, E., Spiegel, O., Sinn, D. L., Leu, S. T., Gardner, M. G., Godfrey, S. S., . . . Sih, A. (2022). Intrinsic traits, social context, and local environment shape home range size and fidelity of sleepy lizards. Ecological Monographs, 92(3), 1-18. DOI Scopus8 WoS4
  2022	Lee, K. H., Whiting, M. J., & Leu, S. T. (2022). Seasonal differences in parasite load in a short-lived lizard. Australian Journal of Zoology, 70(1), 36-41. DOI
  2021	Ikurior, S. J., Marquetoux, N., Leu, S. T., Corner‐thomas, R. A., Scott, I., & Pomroy, W. E. (2021). What are sheep doing? Tri‐axial accelerometer sensor data identify the diel activity pattern of ewe lambs on pasture. Sensors, 21(20), 6816-1-6816-16. DOI Scopus9 WoS5 Europe PMC4
  2021	Sah, P., Otterstatter, M., Leu, S. T., Leviyang, S., & Bansal, S. (2021). Revealing mechanisms of infectious disease spread through empirical contact networks. PLoS Computational Biology, 17(12), e1009604-1-e1009604-20. DOI Scopus7 WoS3 Europe PMC6
  2021	Leu, S. T., Quiring, K., Leggett, K. E. A., & Griffith, S. C. (2021). Consistent behavioural responses to heatwaves provide body condition benefits in rangeland sheep. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 234, 1-8. DOI Scopus8 WoS6
  2021	Lewis Baida, B. E., Swinbourne, A. M., Barwick, J., Leu, S. T., & van Wettere, W. H. E. J. (2021). Technologies for the automated collection of heat stress data in sheep. Animal Biotelemetry, 9(1), 4-1-4-15. DOI Scopus27 WoS20
  2021	Van Wettere, W. H. E. J., Kind, K. L., Gatford, K. L., Swinbourne, A. M., Leu, S. T., Hayman, P. T., . . . Walker, S. K. (2021). Review of the impact of heat stress on reproductive performance of sheep.. J Anim Sci Biotechnol, 12(1), 26. DOI Scopus67 WoS15 Europe PMC28
  2021	Payne, E., Sinn, D. L., Spiegel, O., Leu, S. T., Gardner, M. G., Godfrey, S. S., . . . Sih, A. (2021). Consistent after all: behavioural repeatability in a long-lived lizard across a 6-year field study. Animal Behaviour, 174, 263-277. DOI Scopus14 WoS10
  2020	Armansin, N. C., Stow, A. J., Cantor, M., Leu, S. T., Klarevas-Irby, J. A., Chariton, A. A., & Farine, D. R. (2020). Social barriers in ecological landscapes: the social resistance hypothesis. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 35(2), 137-148. DOI Scopus44 WoS45 Europe PMC11
  2020	Payne, E., Sinn, D. L., Spiegel, O., Leu, S. T., Wohlfeil, C., Godfrey, S. S., . . . Sih, A. (2020). Consistent individual differences in ecto-parasitism of a long-lived lizard host. Oikos, 129(7), 11 pages. DOI Scopus11 WoS7
  2020	Wohlfeil, C. K., Godfrey, S. S., Leu, S. T., Clayton, J., & Gardner, M. G. (2020). Spatial proximity and asynchronous refuge sharing networks both explain patterns of tick genetic relatedness among lizards, but in different years. Austral Ecology, 45(4), 493-501. DOI Scopus5 WoS4
  2020	Leu, S. T., Sah, P., Krzyszczyk, E., Jacoby, A. -M., Mann, J., & Bansal, S. (2020). Sex, synchrony, and skin contact: integrating multiple behaviors to assess pathogen transmission risk. Behavioral Ecology, 31(3), 651-660. DOI Scopus16 WoS14
  2020	Ikurior, S. J., Pomroy, W. E., Scott, I., Corner-Thomas, R., Marquetoux, N., & Leu, S. T. (2020). Gastrointestinal nematode infection affects overall activity in young sheep monitored with tri-axial accelerometers. Veterinary Parasitology, 283, 1-6. DOI Scopus21 WoS15 Europe PMC6
  2019	Schilds, A., Mourier, J., Huveneers, C., Nazimi, L., Fox, A., & Leu, S. T. (2019). Evidence for non-random co-occurrences in a white shark aggregation. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY, 73(10), 12 pages. DOI Scopus20 WoS18
  2018	Leu, S. T., & Godfrey, S. S. (2018). Advances from the nexus of animal behaviour and pathogen transmission: new directions and opportunities using contact networks. Behaviour, 155(7-9), 567-583. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
  2018	Riley, J. L., Guidou, C., Fryns, C., Mourier, J., Leu, S. T., Noble, D. W. A., . . . Whiting, M. J. (2018). Isolation rearing does not constrain social plasticity in a family-living lizard. Behavioral Ecology, 29(3), 563-573. DOI Scopus8 WoS7
  2018	Spiegel, O., Sih, A., Leu, S. T., & Bull, C. M. (2018). Where should we meet? Mapping social network interactions of sleepy lizards shows sex-dependent social network structure. Animal Behaviour, 136, 207-215. DOI Scopus24 WoS21
  2018	Sih, A., Spiegel, O., Godfrey, S., Leu, S., & Bull, C. M. (2018). Integrating social networks, animal personalities, movement ecology and parasites: a framework with examples from a lizard. Animal Behaviour, 136, 195-205. DOI Scopus58 WoS53
  2018	Taggart, P. L., Leu, S. T., Spiegel, O., Godfrey, S. S., Sih, A., & Bull, C. M. (2018). Endure your parasites: Sleepy Lizard (Tiliqua rugosa) movement is not affected by their ectoparasites. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 96(12), 1309-1316. DOI Scopus10 WoS10
  2017	Sah, P., Leu, S. T., Cross, P. C., Hudson, P. J., & Bansal, S. (2017). Unraveling the disease consequences and mechanisms of modular structure in animal social networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114(16), 4165-4170. DOI Scopus123 WoS103 Europe PMC62
  2017	Spiegel, O., Leu, S. T., Bull, C. M., & Sih, A. (2017). What's your move? Movement as a link between personality and spatial dynamics in animal populations. Ecology Letters, 20(1), 3-18. DOI Scopus261 WoS239 Europe PMC86
  2016	Spiegel, O., Leu, S. T., Sih, A., & Bull, C. M. (2016). Socially interacting or indifferent neighbours? Randomization of movement paths to tease apart social preference and spatial constraints. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 7(8), 971-979. DOI Scopus87 WoS76
  2016	Leu, S. T., & Bull, C. M. (2016). Artificial water point for livestock influences spatial ecology of a native lizard species. PLoS ONE, 11(1), e0147433. DOI Scopus9 WoS9
  2016	Leu, S. T., Jackson, G., Roddick, J. F., & Bull, C. M. (2016). Lizard movement tracks: variation in path re-use behaviour is consistent with a scent-marking function. PeerJ, 2016(3), e1844. DOI Scopus14 WoS13 Europe PMC3
  2016	Leu, S. T., Farine, D. R., Wey, T. W., Sih, A., & Bull, C. M. (2016). Environment modulates population social structure: experimental evidence from replicated social networks of wild lizards. Animal Behaviour, 111, 23-31. DOI Scopus80 WoS72
  2015	Leu, S. T., Burzacott, D., Whiting, M. J., & Bull, C. M. (2015). Mate familiarity affects pairing behaviour in a long-term monogamous lizard: evidence from detailed bio-logging and a 31-year field study. Ethology, 121(8), 760-768. DOI Scopus30 WoS24
  2015	Spiegel, O., Leu, S. T., Sih, A., Godfrey, S. S., & Bull, C. M. (2015). When the going gets tough: Behavioural type-dependent space use in the sleepy lizard changes as the season dries. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282(1819), 20151768. DOI Scopus79 WoS71 Europe PMC20
  2013	Wohlfiel, C. K., Leu, S. T., Godfrey, S. S., & Bull, C. M. (2013). Testing the robustness of transmission network models to predict ectoparasite loads. One lizard, two ticks and four years. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2(1), 271-277. DOI Scopus17 Europe PMC2
  2013	Leu, S. T., Whiting, M. J., & Mahony, M. J. (2013). Making Friends: Social Attraction in Larval Green and Golden Bell Frogs, Litoria aurea. PLoS ONE, 8(2), 5 pages. DOI Scopus13 WoS11 Europe PMC1
  2011	Leu, S. T., Kappeler, P. M., & Bull, C. M. (2011). The influence of refuge sharing on social behaviour in the lizard Tiliqua rugosa. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 65(4), 837-847. DOI Scopus32 WoS32 Europe PMC5
  2011	Leu, S. T., Kappeler, P. M., & Bull, C. M. (2011). Pair-living in the absence of obligate biparental care in a lizard: Trading-off sex and food?. Ethology, 117(9), 758-768. DOI Scopus15 WoS15
  2010	Leu, S. T., Bashford, J., Kappeler, P. M., & Bull, C. M. (2010). Association networks reveal social organization in the sleepy lizard. Animal Behaviour, 79(1), 217-225. DOI Scopus66 WoS58
  2010	Leu, S. T., Kappeler, P. M., & Bull, C. M. (2010). Refuge sharing network predicts ectoparasite load in a lizard. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 64(9), 1495-1503. DOI Scopus71 WoS68 Europe PMC26
  2008	Hansbauer, M. M., Storch, I., Leu, S., Nieto-Holguin, J. P., Pimentel, R. G., Knauer, F., & Metzger, J. P. W. (2008). Movements of neotropical understory passerines affected by anthropogenic forest edges in the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest. Biological Conservation, 141(3), 782-791. DOI Scopus59 WoS56 Europe PMC15

• Book Chapters

  Year	Citation
  2017	Bull, C. M., Gardner, M. G., Sih, A., Spiegel, O., Godfrey, S. S., & Leu, S. T. (2017). Why Is Social Behavior Rare in Reptiles? Lessons From Sleepy Lizards. In M. Naguib, J. Podos, L. W. Simmons, L. Barrett, S. D. Healy, & M. Zuk (Eds.), Advances in the study of behavior (Vol. 49, pp. 1-26). Cambridge, MA; USA: Academic Press. DOI Scopus17 WoS13

I am teaching in the Bachelor of Science (Animal Behaviour) program.

-  Advanced Applications in Animal Behaviour III: course coordinator and lecturer

- Foundations in Animal Behaviour II: lecturer

- Principles in Animal Behaviour Welfare Ethics I: lecturer

- Science or Fiction I: lecturer

• Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2024	Co-Supervisor	Heat tolerance and reproduction of rams and ewes that shed	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Sarah Myfanwy Hughes
  2023	Principal Supervisor	Understanding the effect of the social environment on conservation success	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Apoorva Gopinath
  2022	Principal Supervisor	Living in an urban environment: the relationship between chronic stress, anxiety and cognitive ability in the Common Brushtail Possum	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Sarah Tia Bartsch
  2020	Co-Supervisor	Evaluating heat stress in Merino ewes	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Bobbie Emilia Lewis Baida

• Other Supervision Activities

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Location	Program	Supervision Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2018 - 2022	Co-Supervisor	Bacterial and parasitic effects on the performance of lizards	Macquarie University	-	Doctorate	Full Time	Ko-Huan Lee
  2018 - 2019	Principal Supervisor	The role of personality on spatial behaviour in merino sheep (Ovis aries).	Macquarie University	-	Master	-	Molly Gilmour

• Committee Memberships

  Date	Role	Committee	Institution	Country
  2022 - ongoing	Assistant Treasurer	ASSAB Board	The Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour	Australia
  2021 - ongoing	Member	SAVS Research Committee	School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences	Australia
  2020 - ongoing	Board Member	Executive Committee	The Animal Welfare Collaborative	Australia

• Position: Lecturer
• Phone: 83132823
• Email: stephan.leu@adelaide.edu.au
• Campus: Roseworthy
• Building: J.S Davies, floor G 09
• Org Unit: School of Animal and Veterinary Science