Jim McLean

Jim McLean is a part-time lecturer at the School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, with a focus on biological sciences. His research spans ecology, evolutionary biology, and animal behavior, particularly in arthropods like ants and spiders.

Research Interests:

• Evolutionary arms races between predators and prey
• Mechanisms of mimicry and survival strategies in spiders
• Cooperative transport and decision-making in ants
• Statistical tools for biological studies

Recent Publications highlight work on:

• Colony relocation in desert ants
• Sexual dimorphism in spider jumps
• Development of the Durga R package for effect size estimation
• Leaderless consensus in weaver ant transport

Collaborations include researchers in Australia and international partners, with projects involving behavioral ecology and computational methods.