Conservation & Ecological Research within the Faculty of Science at UQ
Archive for Behavioural Ecology
7 June, 2010 at 12:31 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Behavioural Ecology, Conservation Ecology, Vertebrate Ecology
Research Interests:
The interface between ecology and physiology, particularly how environmental stressors influence the ecology and distribution of animals.
How an incubation environment influences the phenotype of oviparous animals and the significance of this on life history strategies of species
How temperature influences energetic cost of development in ectothermic animals.
7 June, 2010 at 12:27 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Behavioural Ecology, Vertebrate Ecology
Research Interests:
Understanding interactions between arthropods and their environments to develop fundamental understanding of principles governing behaviour.
Tools used include microscopy, electron microscopy, microanalysis and behavioural bioassays
Modelling insect-plant interactions
Improving pest management and adaption of knowledge for better polymer performance.
7 June, 2010 at 12:24 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Behavioural Ecology, Conservation Ecology, Vertebrate Ecology
Research Interests:
Marsupial ecology, particularly macropods, dasyurids and threatened species.
Sexual selection and mating systems.
Maternal care and the evolution of matrilineal social structure in mammals.
Causes of modern vertebrate extinctions.
Causes of biological predisposition to threatening processes
Benefits and risks of conserving dingoes for Australian mammal conservation.
7 June, 2010 at 12:22 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Behavioural Ecology, Conservation Ecology, Vertebrate Ecology
Research interests:
Behaviour, ecology and conservation of birds and mammals, especially the evolution of vertebrate mating systems and reproductive strageties.
Habitat requirements and conservation biology of threatened species;
Research projects combining intensive observations of individually marked animals in wild populations with genetic analysis of parentage, relatedness, dispersal patters and/or population genetics.
7 June, 2010 at 12:21 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Behavioural Ecology, Marine & Freshwater Ecology
Research interests:
Coral reef ecology
Fish behaviour, particularly cleaning behaviour
Cleaner fish
Marine parasite ecology
Fish ectoparasites
Cooperation & mutualism
Marine isopodes (Cnathiidae)
Fish larvae biology
7 June, 2010 at 12:04 am · Filed under ALL RESEARCHERS, Behavioural Ecology, Conservation Ecology, Marine & Freshwater Ecology, Vertebrate Ecology
Research Interests:
Marine biology with particular interest in marine conservation and human impacts on the marine environment.
Global scale issues such as climate change and marine pollution are investigated using a multidisciplinary approach
Understanding the conservation status of marine species identified by the IUCN Red List within Australian waters.
