Testing the reproducibility of ecological studies on insect behavior in a multi-laboratory setting identifies opportunities for improving experimental rigor

• Carolin Mundinger ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Carolin Mundinger, Nora K. E. Schulz, Pragya Singh

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: richterh@uni-muenster.de (SHR); c.mundinger@uni-muenster.de (CM)

  Affiliation Department of Behavioural Biology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3776-4090

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• Nora K. E. Schulz ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Carolin Mundinger, Nora K. E. Schulz, Pragya Singh

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3681-720X

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• Pragya Singh ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Carolin Mundinger, Nora K. E. Schulz, Pragya Singh

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Chemical Ecology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7411-3206

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• Steven Janz,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Chemical Ecology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany

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• Maximilian Schurig,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

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• Jacob Seidemann,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany

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• Joachim Kurtz,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, Münster, Germany, Joint Institute for Individualisation in a Changing Environment, University of Münster and Bielefeld University, Münster and Bielefeld, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7258-459X

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• Caroline Müller,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Chemical Ecology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany, Joint Institute for Individualisation in a Changing Environment, University of Münster and Bielefeld University, Münster and Bielefeld, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8447-534X

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• Holger Schielzeth,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany, Joint Institute for Individualisation in a Changing Environment, University of Münster and Bielefeld University, Münster and Bielefeld, Germany

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• Vanessa T. von Kortzfleisch,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Behavioural Biology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4191-4434

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• S. Helene Richter

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: richterh@uni-muenster.de (SHR); c.mundinger@uni-muenster.de (CM)

  Affiliations Department of Behavioural Biology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany, Joint Institute for Individualisation in a Changing Environment, University of Münster and Bielefeld University, Münster and Bielefeld, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5990-0087

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