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Overview

Steven L. Lima is a researcher affiliated with Indiana State University in the United States. Their work spans multiple fields focusing on biological and environmental sciences.

Their research primarily covers the following main fields of study:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Environmental Science

Within these areas, their subfields of expertise include:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Developmental Biology
  • Ecological Modeling

The main topics in their work involve:

  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Steven L. Lima has published research exploring the behavior and ecology of bats in relation to environmental factors.

One of their recent papers is titled Landscape-wide flight activity by wintering bats predictably follows pulses of warmth in the Midwestern United States, published in 2020 in the Journal of Mammalogy. This paper has received citations reflecting interest within the scientific community.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Steven L. Lima include:

  • Robert Arndt

Their work has appeared in venues such as:

  • Journal of Mammalogy

Best Publications

  • Behavioral decisions made under the risk of predation: a review and prospectus

    Steven L. Lima;Lawrence M. Dill

  • Nonlethal Effects in the Ecology of Predator-Prey Interactions What are the ecological effects of anti-predator decision-making?

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  • Temporal Variation in Danger Drives Antipredator Behavior: The Predation Risk Allocation Hypothesis

    Steven L. Lima;Peter A. Bednekoff

  • Stress and Decision Making under the Risk of Predation: Recent Developments from Behavioral, Reproductive, and Ecological Perspectives

    Steven L. Lima

  • Towards a behavioral ecology of ecological landscapes

    Steven L. Lima;Patrick A. Zollner

  • Putting predators back into behavioral predator–prey interactions

    Steven L. Lima

  • Predators and the breeding bird: behavioral and reproductive flexibility under the risk of predation

    Steven L. Lima

  • PREDATION RISK AND UNPREDICTABLE FEEDING CONDITIONS: DETERMINANTS OF BODY MASS IN BIRDS'

    Steven L. Lima

  • Back to the basics of anti-predatory vigilance: the group-size effect

    Steven L. Lima

  • Naiveté and an aquatic–terrestrial dichotomy in the effects of introduced predators

    Jonathan G. Cox;Steven L. Lima

  • SEARCH STRATEGIES FOR LANDSCAPE-LEVEL INTERPATCH MOVEMENTS

    Patrick A. Zollner;Steven L. Lima

  • Behavioral, neurophysiological and evolutionary perspectives on unihemispheric sleep

    Niels Christian Rattenborg;Charles J. Amlaner;Steven L. Lima

  • Foraging-efficiency-predation-risk trade-off in the grey squirrel

    Steven L. Lima;Thomas J. Valone;Thomas Caraco

  • Back to the basics of antipredatory vigilance: can nonvigilant animals detect attack?

    Steven L. Lima;Peter A. Bednekoff

  • Sleeping under the risk of predation

    Steven L. Lima;Niels Christian Rattenborg;John A. Lesku;Charles J. Amlaner

  • Foraging routines of small birds in winter: a theoretical investigation

    John M. McNamara;Alasdair I. Houston;Steven L. Lima

  • Randomness, chaos and confusion in the study of antipredator vigilance.

    Peter A Bednekoff;Steven L Lima

  • Mothers forewarn offspring about predators: a transgenerational maternal effect on behavior.

    Jonathan J. Storm;Steven L. Lima

  • Vigilance while feeding and its relation to the risk of predation

    Unknown

  • Re-examining safety in numbers: interactions between risk dilution and collective detection depend upon predator targeting behaviour.

    P. A. Bednekoff;S. L. Lima

  • Half-awake to the risk of predation

    Niels Christian Rattenborg;Steven L. Lima;Charles J. Amlaner

  • A phylogenetic analysis of sleep architecture in mammals: The integration of anatomy, physiology, and ecology

    John A. Lesku;Timothy C. Roth;Charles J. Amlaner;Steven L. Lima

  • Maximizing feeding efficiency and minimizing time exposed to predators: a trade-off in the black-capped chickadee

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Frequent Co-Authors

Travis L. DeVault
Travis L. DeVault University of Georgia
Niels Christian Rattenborg
Niels Christian Rattenborg Max Planck Society
Esteban Fernández-Juricic
Esteban Fernández-Juricic Purdue University West Lafayette
Hugo Théoret
Hugo Théoret University of Montreal
Maurice Ptito
Maurice Ptito University of Montreal
Graeme D. Ruxton
Graeme D. Ruxton University of St Andrews
Thomas J. Valone
Thomas J. Valone Saint Louis University
Dennis L. Murray
Dennis L. Murray Trent University
Alasdair I. Houston
Alasdair I. Houston University of Bristol
John M. McNamara
John M. McNamara University of Bristol

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