Recently there has been a growing concern that many published research findings do not
hold up in attempts to replicate them. We argue that this problem may originate from a …

Reproducible science requires transparent reporting. The ARRIVE guidelines (Animal
Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments) were originally developed in 2010 to improve …

Improving the reproducibility of biomedical research is a major challenge. Transparent and
accurate reporting is vital to this process; it allows readers to assess the reliability of the …

Measuring Behaviour is the established go-to text for anyone interested in scientific methods
for studying the behaviour of animals or humans. It is widely used by students, teachers and …

Animals lead rich social lives. They care for one another, compete for resources, and mate.
Within a society, social relationships may be simple or complex and usually vary …

The preclinical research process is a cycle of idea generation, experimentation, and
reporting of results. The biomedical research community relies on the reproducibility of …

Behavioural studies are of great importance in increasing our understanding and
appreciation of human and nonhuman animals. In addition to providing knowledge about …

In behavioural and evolutionary ecology, there are often large phenotypic differences
between individuals in, for example, body size or large variation in abiotic conditions such …

Behavioural ecologists often study complex systems in which multiple hypotheses could be
proposed to explain observed phenomena. For some systems, simple controlled …

There has been a great deal of recent discussion of the practice of regression analysis (or
more generally, linear modelling) in behaviour and ecology. In this paper, I wish to highlight …