I am interested in various topics in behavioral ecology, including cooperative behaviour, bird migration and animal response to anthropogenic effects. I usually work on GPS and body-acceleration data to study animal behaviour, while using machine learning methods to translate body-acceleration records to behaviors.

Selected publications:

1. Rotics, S. and T. Clutton-Brock. 2021. Group size increases inequality in cooperative behaviour. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 288
2. Rotics, S., S. F. Turjeman, M. Kaatz, D. Zurell, M. Wikelski, N. Sapir, W. Fiedler, U. Eggers, Y. S. Resheff, F. Jeltsch, and R. Nathan. 2021. Early-life behavior predicts first-year survival in a long-distance avian migrant. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288
3. Rotics, S., M. Kaatz, Y. S. Resheff, S. F. Turjeman, D. Zurell, N. Sapir, U. Eggers, A. Flack, W. Fiedler, F. Jeltsch, M. Wikelski, and R. Nathan. 2017. Wintering in Europe instead of Africa enhances juvenile survival in a long-distance migrant. Animal Behaviour 126:79-88
4. Rotics, S., M. Kaatz, Y. S. Resheff, S. F. Turjeman, D. Zurell, N. Sapir, U. Eggers, A. Flack, W. Fiedler, F. Jeltsch, M. Wikelski, and R. Nathan. 2016. The challenges of the first migration: movement and behaviour of juvenile vs. adult white storks with insights regarding juvenile mortality. Journal of Animal Ecology 85:938-947
5. Rotics, S., T. Dayan, and N. Kronfeld-Schor. 2011. Effect of artificial night lighting on temporally partitioned spiny mice. Journal of Mammalogy 92:159-168