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Prof Kate Buchanan

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Position

Professor

Faculty

Faculty of Sci Eng & Built Env

Department

School of Life & Env Sciences

Campus

Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy, University of London, 1997

Contact

kate.buchanan@deakin.edu.au
+61 3 522 71321

Biography

I gained my B.Sc. Zoology (1st class Hons) from the University of Glasgow in 1989 and my Ph.D. from Royal Holloway University of London in 1997, working with Prof Clive Catchpole. After 2 postdocs at University of Stirling I held a Personal Research Fellowship from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 at Cardiff University. I was a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer there from 2003 - early 2008 when I moved across the globe to take up a position at Deakin University, based at the Geelong campus. In 2014 I was awarded a Future Fellowship, which I held part time (2015-2021) from the Australian Research Council. In 2021 I was appointed to the ARC College of Experts.

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Research interests

My research interests lie in the evolution of signalling behaviour in birds. Having conducted my PhD work on the evolution of bird song, this remains my principle area of interest. However, I have active research projects examining the evolution of a range of other signals including colour and colour perception. Currently I have active involvment in the following research projects : 1) the condition-dependence of song learning in zebra finches, 2) prenatal acoustic sensitivity in birds and the relevance for vocal learning 3) the factors controlling reproductive readiness in opportunistically breeding birds 4) the evolution of invasive starlings  5) comparative endocrinology and comparison of endocrine measures 6) egg hormones and maternal effects. These project interests are or have recently been supported by ARC funding through my Future Fellowship project 'Learning in a changing world: Maternal effects on offspring development and behaviour,' (2014-2021), as well as two Discovery projects held jointly with Dr Mylene Mariette :  DP18101207 'Revisiting the ontogeny of vocal learning in birds: from neuron to fitness' and DP210101238 'Avian embryonic perception: what role for good vibrations?' held jointly with the Max Planck Seewiesen Germany and College of William and Mary, USA.

Teaching interests

I have taught into and coordinated the second year unit SLE224 (Animal Behaviour) and the third year unit SLE397 (Sensory Neurobiology and Behaviour). I have interests in animal behaviour and the evolution of signalling behaviour. Honours students are welcome to contact me regarding projects on animal behaviour, physiological stress, bird song, endocrine control of behaviour, mate choice and sexual selection in birds or humans. I have taught into the Honours program and regularly supervise Honours students.

Units taught

SLE224 Animal Behaviour

SLE397 Sensory Neurobiology and Behaviour

Knowledge areas

  1. Evolution of acoustic signals
  2. Neural control of acoustic signalling and perception
  3. Assessing endocrine levels in wild Australian animals
  4. Endocrine control of begging behaviour
  5. Avian neurobiology

Conferences

Co-convener of the Australasian Ornithological Conference November 2017, Deakin University Geelong

Chair of Scientific Program Committee for International Ornithological Congress, August 2018, Vancouver, Canada

Media appearances

My work is regularly covered by the local and international press. The international press (BBC Radio, UK Press, NY Times) covered my PhD and postdoctoral research on song evolution and honest signalling in the sedge warbler. In 2008 ABC Radio National's Science Show ran a feature on my research into the effects of endocrine distupters on song production in starlings, with associated international media coverage. In 2016 the Science Show covered our Science paper's findings relating to prenatal calling and the implications for embryonic programming. This publication attracted considerable international interest  (BBC, CBC, NY Times, Fox news,  ABC radio).

Research groups

Centre for Integrative Ecology

Sensory Ecology

Awards

ARC College of Experts 2021-2023
ARC Future Fellowship (part-time) 2015-2021
Chair of the SPC for the International Ornithological Congress 2018
Editor in Chief Emu-Austral Ornithology 2008-current
Consulting Editor, Animal Behaviour, 2005-current
Secretary  Animal Ethics Committee of the journal Animal Behaviour, 2009-12
Invited member of UK’s NERC Peer Review College, 2007-10
Council member, Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, 2007-9
Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Research Fellowship, 2001-3
Graham Kerr Prize for First place in Zoology at University of Glasgow, 1989

Projects

1. Effects of early life stress on avian behaviour and sexual signalling. Under funding from the ARC through their Future Fellowship scheme I am testing the transgenerational effects of early life stress in birds. This project integrated experimental manipulations of condition with tests of neural development, behaviour and key physiological traits. This project combines assessment of epigentic effects which underly the evolution of  sexual signals.

2. Together with ARC DECRA fellow Dr Mylene Mariette, I am working on prenatal acoustic sensitivity in birds and the importance for early development and vocal learning. This project, funded by ARC DP 180101207 seeks to determine when and how passerine birds can hear prior to hatching and the implications for parental and sibling signalling. This project involves both field and captive experimental work. PhD student Andrew Katsis worked on the implications for vocal learning and song recognition.

3. I am interested in maternal effects in terms of their implications for offspring development and also the nature of their mechanisms. PhD student Anna Miltiadous is examining maternal corticosterone in zebra finches, yolk deposition and implications for epigenetic effects in collaboration with Dr Damien Callahan (Deakin) and Dr Lee Ann Rollins (UNSW).

Publications

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2024

Maternally derived avian corticosterone affects offspring genome‐wide DNA methylation in a passerine species

Anna Miltiadous, Damien Callahan, Antoine Dujon, Katherine Buchanan, Lee Rollins

(2024), pp. 1-11, Molecular Ecology, London, Eng., C1

journal article
2023

Prenatal sound experience affects song preferences in male zebra finches

Andrew Katsis, Andrew Bennett, Katherine Buchanan, Sonia Kleindorfer, Mylene Mariette

(2023), Vol. 199, pp. 1-9, Animal Behaviour, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Longitudinal covariation of testosterone and sperm quality across reproductive stages in the zebra finch

L Hurley, R Ton, M Rowe, K Buchanan, S Griffith, O Crino

(2023), Vol. 153, pp. 1-8, Hormones and Behaviour, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Concurrent invasions of European starlings in Australia and North America reveal population-specific differentiation in shared genomic regions

N Hofmeister, K Stuart, W Warren, S Werner, M Bateson, G Ball, K Buchanan, D Burt, A Cardilini, P Cassey, T De Meyer, J George, S Meddle, H Rowland, C Sherman, W Sherwin, W Vanden Berghe, L Rollins, D Clayton

(2023), pp. 1-16, Molecular Ecology, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Ornithology and open access publishing

K Buchanan, S Pruett-Jones

(2023), pp. 1-3, Emu, London, Eng., C1

journal article
2022

Early Life Nutrition and the Programming of the Phenotype

Katherine Buchanan, Alizée Meillère, Tim Jessop

(2022), pp. 161-214, Development Strategies and Biodiversity, Berlin, Germany, B1

book chapter

Mitochondria as the powerhouses of sexual selection: Testing mechanistic links between development, cellular respiration, and bird song

O Crino, S Falk, A Katsis, F Kraft, K Buchanan

(2022), Vol. 142, pp. 1-11, Hormones and Behavior, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Transcript- and annotation-guided genome assembly of the European starling

K Stuart, R Edwards, Y Cheng, W Warren, D Burt, W Sherwin, N Hofmeister, S Werner, G Ball, M Bateson, M Brandley, K Buchanan, P Cassey, D Clayton, T De Meyer, S Meddle, L Rollins

(2022), Vol. 00, pp. 1-20, Molecular Ecology Resources, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Acute exposure to high temperature affects expression of heat shock proteins in altricial avian embryos

L Galletta, M Craven, A Meillère, T Crowley, K Buchanan, M Mariette

(2022), Vol. 110, pp. 1-7, Journal of Thermal Biology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article
2021

Integrating mitochondrial aerobic metabolism into ecology and evolution

Rebecca Koch, Katherine Buchanan, Stefania Casagrande, Ondi Crino, Damian Dowling, Geoffrey Hill, Wendy Hood, Matthew McKenzie, Mylene Mariette, Daniel Noble, Alexandra Pavlova, Frank Seebacher, Paul Sunnucks, Eve Udino, Craig White, Karine Salin, Antoine Stier

(2021), Vol. 36, pp. 321-332, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Oxford, Eng., C1

journal article

Long-term effects of prenatal sound experience on songbird behavior and their relation to song learning

A Katsis, K Buchanan, S Kleindorfer, M Mariette

(2021), Vol. 75, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, C1

journal article

Acoustic developmental programming: a mechanistic and evolutionary framework

M Mariette, D Clayton, K Buchanan

(2021), Vol. 36, pp. 722-736, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, England, C1

journal article

Developmental conditions have intergenerational effects on corticosterone levels in a passerine

F Kraft, O Crino, K Buchanan

(2021), Vol. 134, Hormones and Behavior, United States, C1

journal article

Experimental manipulation of maternal corticosterone: Hormone transfer to the yolk in the zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata

A Miltiadous, K Buchanan

(2021), Vol. 313, General and Comparative Endocrinology, United States, C1

journal article

Prenatal acoustic programming of mitochondrial function for high temperatures in an arid-adapted bird

E Udino, J George, M McKenzie, A Pessato, O Crino, K Buchanan, M Mariette

(2021), Vol. 288, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, England, C1

journal article
2020

Under the weather: Corticosterone levels in wild nestlings are associated with ambient temperature and wind

O Crino, S Driscoll, H Brandl, K Buchanan, S Griffith

(2020), Vol. 285, General and Comparative Endocrinology, United States, C1

journal article

Birds from matched developmental environments breed faster

H Eyck, O Crino, F Kraft, T Jessop, K Buchanan

(2020), Vol. 74, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, C1

journal article

Repeatability of behavior and physiology: No impact of reproductive investment

V Careau, M Mariette, O Crino, W Buttemer, K Buchanan

(2020), Vol. 290, General and Comparative Endocrinology, United States, C1

journal article

Egg size is unrelated to ambient temperature in the opportunistically breeding zebra finch

S Griffith, S Andrew, L McCowan, L Hurley, D Englert Duursma, K Buchanan, M Mariette

(2020), Vol. 51, Journal of Avian Biology, C1

journal article

Vocal panting: a novel thermoregulatory mechanism for enhancing heat tolerance in a desert-adapted bird

A Pessato, A McKechnie, K Buchanan, M Mariette

(2020), Vol. 10, Scientific Reports, England, C1

journal article

Senescence of song revealed by a long-term study of the Seychelles warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis)

M Berg, S Beebe, J Komdeur, A Cardilini, R Ribot, A Bennett, K Buchanan

(2020), Vol. 10, Scientific Reports, England, C1

journal article
2019

Developmental stress reduces body condition across avian life-history stages: a comparison of quantitative magnetic resonance data and condition indices

Fanny-Linn Kraft, Stephanie Driscoll, Katherine Buchanan, Ondi Crino

(2019), Vol. 272, pp. 33-41, General and comparative endocrinology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Metrics of progress in the understanding and management of threats to Australian birds

S Garnett, S Butchart, G Baker, E Bayraktarov, K Buchanan, A Burbidge, A Chauvenet, L Christidis, G Ehmke, M Grace, D Hoccom, S Legge, I Leiper, D Lindenmayer, R Loyn, M Maron, P McDonald, P Menkhorst, H Possingham, J Radford, A Reside, D Watson, J Watson, B Wintle, J Woinarski, H Geyle

(2019), Vol. 33, pp. 456-468, Conservation Biology, United States, C1

journal article

Yolk corticosterone in the Gouldian Finch (Erythrura gouldiae)

A Miltiadous, S Pryke, M Mariette, K Buchanan

(2019), Vol. 119, pp. 97-105, Emu - Austral ornithology, Abingdon, Eng., C1

journal article

Effects of developmental stress on animal phenotype and performance: a quantitative review

H Eyck, K Buchanan, O Crino, T Jessop

(2019), Vol. 94, pp. 1143-1160, Biological reviews, Chichester, Eng., C1

journal article

Extreme competence: keystone hosts of infections

Lynn Martin, BriAnne Addison, Andrew Bean, Katherine Buchanan, Ondi Crino, Justin Eastwood, Andrew Flies, Rodrigo Hamede, Geoffrey Hill, Marcel Klaassen, Rebecca Koch, Johanne Martens, Constanza Napolitano, Edward Narayan, Lee Peacock, Alison Peel, Anne Peters, Nynke Raven, Alice Risely, Michael Roast, Lee Rollins, Manuel Ruiz-Aravena, Dan Selechnik, Helena Stokes, Beata Ujvari, Laura Grogan

(2019), Vol. 34, pp. 303-314, Trends in ecology & evolution, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Prevalence of BFDV in wild breeding Platycercus elegans

J Eastwood, M Berg, R Ribot, K Buchanan, K Walder, A Bennett

(2019), Vol. 160, pp. 557-565, Journal of Ornithology, C1

journal article

Do glucocorticoids or carotenoids mediate plumage coloration in parrots? An experiment in Platycercus elegans

M Berg, B Knott, R Ribot, K Buchanan, A Bennett

(2019), Vol. 280, pp. 82-90, General and Comparative Endocrinology, United States, C1

journal article
2018

Olfactory eavesdropping: The odor of feathers is detectable to mammalian predators and competitors

M Mihailova, M Berg, K Buchanan, A Bennett

(2018), Vol. 124, pp. 14-24, Ethology, C1

journal article

Evidence for condition mediated trade-offs between the HPA- and HPG-axes in the wild zebra finch

O Crino, S Jensen, K Buchanan, S Griffith

(2018), Vol. 259, pp. 189-198, General and Comparative Endocrinology, Maryland Heights, Mo., C1

journal article

Nest box design for a changing climate: the value of improved insulation

E Larson, J Eastwood, K Buchanan, A Bennett, M Berg

(2018), Vol. 19, pp. 39-48, Ecological management and restoration, Chichester, Eng., C1

journal article

Song parameters of the fuscous honeyeater Lichenostomus fuscus correlate with habitat characteristics in fragmented landscapes

M Goretskaia, I Beme, D Popova, N Amos, K Buchanan, P Sunnucks, A Pavlova

(2018), Vol. 49, Journal of Avian Biology, C1

journal article

Pair fidelity in long-lived parrots: genetic and behavioural evidence from the Crimson Rosella ( Platycercus elegans )

Justin Eastwood, Mathew Berg, Raoul Ribot, Helena Stokes, Johanne Martens, Katherine Buchanan, Ken Walder, Andrew Bennett

(2018), Vol. 118, pp. 369-374, Emu: Austral ornithology, Abingdon, Eng., C1

journal article

Environmental Influences on Neuromorphology in the Non-Native Starling Sturnus vulgaris

A Cardilini, S Micallef, V Bishop, C Sherman, S Meddle, K Buchanan

(2018), Vol. 92, pp. 63-70, Brain, Behavior and Evolution, Switzerland, C1

journal article

Influence of early-life nutritional stress on songbird memory formation

B Bell, M Phan, A Meillere, J Evans, S Leitner, D Vicario, K Buchanan

(2018), Vol. 285, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, England, C1

journal article

Prenatal exposure to incubation calls affects song learning in the zebra finch

A Katsis, M Davies, K Buchanan, S Kleindorfer, M Hauber, M Mariette

(2018), Vol. 8, Scientific Reports, England, C1

journal article

Parent-embryo acoustic communication: a specialised heat vocalisation allowing embryonic eavesdropping

M Mariette, A Pessato, W Buttemer, A McKechnie, E Udino, R Collins, A Meillère, A Bennett, K Buchanan

(2018), Vol. 8, Scientific Reports, England, C1

journal article
2017

An experimental examination of interindividual variation in feather corticosterone content in the house sparrow, Passer domesticus in southeast Australia

Y Aharon-Rotman, K Buchanan, M Klaassen, W Buttemer

(2017), Vol. 244, pp. 93-100, General and Comparative Endocrinology, United States, C1

journal article

Stress reactivity, condition, and foraging behavior in zebra finches: effects on boldness, exploration, and sociality

O Crino, K Buchanan, L Trompf, M Mainwaring, S Griffith

(2017), Vol. 244, pp. 101-107, General and Comparative Endocrinology, United States, C1

journal article

Sex steroid profiles in zebra finches: Effects of reproductive state and domestication

N Prior, K Yap, M Mainwaring, H Adomat, O Crino, C Ma, E Guns, S Griffith, K Buchanan, K Soma

(2017), Vol. 244, pp. 108-117, General and Comparative Endocrinology, United States, C1

journal article

Variation in Reproductive Success Across Captive Populations: Methodological Differences, Potential Biases and Opportunities

S Griffith, O Crino, S Andrew, F Nomano, E Adkins-Regan, C Alonso-Alvarez, I Bailey, S Bittner, P Bolton, W Boner, N Boogert, I Boucaud, M Briga, K Buchanan, B Caspers, M Cichoń, D Clayton, S Derégnaucourt, W Forstmeier, L Guillette, I Hartley, S Healy, D Hill, M Holveck, L Hurley, M Ihle, E Tobias Krause, M Mainwaring, V Marasco, M Mariette, M Martin-Wintle, L McCowan, M McMahon, P Monaghan, R Nager, M Naguib, A Nord, D Potvin, N Prior, K Riebel, A Romero-Haro, N Royle, J Rutkowska, W Schuett, J Swaddle, M Tobler, L Trompf, C Varian-Ramos, C Vignal, A Villain, T Williams

(2017), Vol. 123, pp. 1-29, Ethology, C1

journal article

Ecoimmunology and microbial ecology: contributions to avian behavior, physiology, and life history

J Evans, K Buchanan, S Griffith, K Klasing, B Addison

(2017), Vol. 88, pp. 112-121, Hormones and behavior, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Divorce in the socially monogamous zebra finch: hormonal mechanisms and reproductive consequences

O Crino, K Buchanan, B Fanson, L Hurley, K Smiley, S Griffith

(2017), Vol. 87, pp. 155-163, Hormones and behavior, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Inter-laboratory variation in corticosterone measurement: Implications for comparative ecological and evolutionary studies

K Fanson, Z Németh, M Ramenofsky, J Wingfield, K Buchanan

(2017), Vol. 8, pp. 1745-1754, Methods in Ecology and Evolution, C1

journal article

Host heterozygosity and genotype rarity affect viral dynamics in an avian subspecies complex

J Eastwood, R Ribot, L Rollins, K Buchanan, K Walder, A Bennett, M Berg

(2017), Vol. 7, Scientific Reports, England, C1

journal article

Costs of immune responses are related to host body size and lifespan

A Brace, M Lajeunesse, D Ardia, D Hawley, J Adelman, K Buchanan, J Fair, J Grindstaff, K Matson, L Martin

(2017), Vol. 327, pp. 254-261, Journal of experimental zoology part A: ecological and integrative physiology, Chichester, Eng., C1

journal article
2016

Sex steroid profiles and pair-maintenance behavior of captive wild-caught zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

N Prior, K Yap, H Adomat, M Mainwaring, H Fokidis, E Guns, K Buchanan, S Griffith, K Soma

(2016), Vol. 202, pp. 35-44, Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, Germany, C1

journal article

Tests of ecogeographical relationships in a non-native species: what rules avian morphology?

A Cardilini, K Buchanan, C Sherman, P Cassey, M Symonds

(2016), Vol. 181, pp. 783-793, Oecologia, Germany, C1

journal article

Impact of nest sanitation on the immune system of parents and nestlings in a passerine bird

J Evans, S Griffith, K Klasing, K Buchanan

(2016), Vol. 219, pp. 1985-1993, Journal of Experimental Biology, England, C1

journal article

Why fly the extra mile? Using stress biomarkers to assess wintering habitat quality in migratory shorebirds

Y Aharon-Rotman, K Buchanan, N Clark, M Klaassen, W Buttemer

(2016), Vol. 182, pp. 385-395, Oecologia, Berlin, Germany, C1

journal article

Prenatal acoustic communication programs offspring for high posthatching temperatures in a songbird

M Mariette, K Buchanan

(2016), Vol. 353, pp. 812-814, Science, United States, C1

journal article
2015

A quantum leap in avian biology

L Joseph, K Buchanan

(2015), Vol. 115, pp. 1-5, Emu, Moonee Ponds, Vic, C1

journal article

Prevalence of beak and feather disease virus in wild Platycercus elegans: comparison of three tissue types using a probe-based real-time qPCR test

J Eastwood, M Berg, B Spolding, K Buchanan, A Bennett, K Walder

(2015), Vol. 63, pp. 1-8, Australian journal of zoology, Clayton, Vic., C1

journal article

Cover, not caging, influences chronic physiological stress in a ground-nesting bird

L Tan, K Buchanan, G Maguire, M Weston

(2015), Vol. 46, pp. 482-488, Journal of avian biology, Chichester, Eng., C1

journal article

Tough decisions: Reproductive timing and output vary with individuals' physiology, behavior and past success in a social opportunistic breeder

M Mariette, K Buchanan, W Buttemer, V Careau

(2015), Vol. 76, pp. 23-33, Hormones and behavior, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

How does nest box temperature affect nestling growth rate and breeding success in a parrot?

E Larson, J Eastwood, K Buchanan, A Bennett, M Berg

(2015), Vol. 115, pp. 247-255, Emu, C1

journal article
2014

Phylogenetic analysis of beak and feather disease virus across a host ring-species complex

J Eastwood, M Berg, R Ribot, S Raidal, K Buchanan, K Walder, A Bennett

(2014), Vol. 111, pp. 14153-14158, Proceedings of the national scademy of sciences of the USA, Washington, DC, C1

journal article

Odour-based discrimination of subspecies, species and sexes in an avian species complex, the crimson rosella

M Mihailova, M Berg, K Buchanan, A Bennett

(2014), Vol. 95, pp. 155-164, Animal Behaviour, Camden, London, C1

journal article

Early-developmental stress, repeatability, and canalization in a suite of physiological and behavioral traits in female zebra finches.

V Careau, W Buttemer, K Buchanan

(2014), Vol. 54, pp. 539-554, Integrative and comparative biology, Oxford, England, C1

journal article

Developmental stress can uncouple relationships between physiology and behaviour

V Careau, W Buttemer, K Buchanan

(2014), Vol. 10, pp. 1-4, Biology letters, London, Eng., C1

journal article
2013

Condition dependence, developmental plasticity, and cognition: implications for ecology and evolution

K Buchanan, J Grindstaff, V Pravosudov

(2013), Vol. 28, pp. 290-296, Trends in ecology and evolution, Berlin, Germany, C1

journal article

Environmental and genetic control of brain and song structure in the zebra finch

J Woodgate, K Buchanan, A Bennett, C Catchpole, R Brighton, S Leitner

(2013), Vol. 68, pp. 230-240, Evolution, London, England, C1

journal article

Is there variation in the response to contact call playbacks across the hybrid zone of the parrot Platycercus elegans?

R Ribot, M Berg, K Buchanan, A Bennett

(2013), Vol. 44, pp. 399-407, Journal of avian biology, London, England, C1-1

journal article

Embedded library services : beyond chance encounters for students from low SES backgrounds

A Horn, A Maddox, P Hagel, M Currie, S Owen

(2013), Vol. 44, pp. 235-250, Australian academic & research libraries, Kingston, ACT, C1

journal article

How parrots see their colours : novelty in the visual pigments of Platycercus elegans

B Knott, W Davies, L Carvalho, M Berg, K Buchanan, J Bowmaker, A Bennett, D Hunt

(2013), Vol. 216, pp. 4454-4461, Journal of experimental biology, Cambridge, England, C1

journal article
2012

The endocrine system: can homeostasis be maintained in a changing world?

K Buchanan, J Partecke

(2012), pp. 32-45, Behavioural responses to a changing world: mechanisms and consequences, Oxford, Eng., B1

book chapter

Short-term physiological and behavioural effects of high- versus low-frequency fluorescent light on captive birds

J Evans, E Smith, A Bennett, I Cuthill, K Buchanan

(2012), Vol. 83, pp. 25-33, Animal behaviour, Oxford, U. K., C1

journal article

Male song structure predicts reproductive success in a wild zebra finch population

J Woodgate, M Mariette, A Bennett, S Griffith, K Buchanan

(2012), Vol. 83, pp. 773-781, Animal behaviour, Oxford, England, C1

journal article

Genes and song : genetic and social connections in fragmented habitat in a woodland bird with limited dispersal

A Pavlova, J Amos, M Goretskaia, I Beme, K Buchanan, N Takeuchi, J Radford, P Sunnucks

(2012), Vol. 93, pp. 1717-1727, Ecology, Ithaca, N. Y., C1

journal article

The role of testosterone in bib size determination in the male house sparrow Passer domesticus, is age dependent

M Roberts, K Buchanan, A Goldsmith, M Evans

(2012), Vol. 43, pp. 264-272, Journal of avian biology, Malden, Mass., C1

journal article

How can we help? The contribution of university libraries to student retention

P Hagel, A Horn, S Owen, M Currie

(2012), Vol. 43, pp. 214-230, Australian academic and research libraries, Canberra, A.C.T., C1

journal article

Learned vocal variation is associated with abrupt cryptic genetic change in a parrot species complex

R Ribot, K Buchanan, J Endler, L Joseph, A Bennett, M Berg

(2012), Vol. 7, pp. 1-9, PLoS One, San Francisco, Calif., C1

journal article

Guidelines for the treatment of animals in behavioural research and teaching

K Buchanan, T Burt de Perera, C Carere, T Carter, A Hailey, R Hubrecht, D Jennings, N Metcalfe, T Pitcher, F Peron, L Sneddon, C Sherwin, J Talling, R Thomas, M Thompson

(2012), Vol. 83, pp. 301-309, Animal behaviour, London, Eng., C1-1

journal article
2011

Developmental stressors that impair song learning in males do not appear to affect female preferences for song complexity in the zebra finch

J Woodgate, S Leitner, C Catchpole, M Berg, A Bennett, K Buchanan

(2011), Vol. 22, pp. 566-573, Behavioral ecology, Cary, N.C., C1

journal article

Correlated response to selection of testosterone levels and immunocompetence in lines selected for avian personality

K van Oers, K Buchanan, T Thomas, P Drent

(2011), Vol. 81, pp. 1055-1061, Animal behaviour, Oxford, U. K., C1

journal article

Pollutants affect development in nestling starlings Sturnus vulgaris

S Markman, C Muller, D Pascoe, A Dawson, K Buchanan

(2011), Vol. 48, pp. 391-397, Journal of applied ecology, Oxford, U. K., C1

journal article

The developmental stress hypothesis: A special case of the evolution of condition-dependent sexual traits

K Buchanan

(2011), Vol. 22, pp. 12-13, Behavioral Ecology, United States, C1

journal article

Fruitful use of bioacoustic alarm stimuli as a deterrent for Crimson Rosellas (Platycercus elegans)

R Ribot, M Berg, K Buchanan, A Bennett

(2011), Vol. 111, pp. 360-367, Emu, Collingwood, Vic., C1

journal article

A study of seed viability following consumption by birds

J Woodgate, K Steadman, K Buchanan

(2011), [Melbourne, Vic.], A6-1

research report/technical paper
2010

Avian retinal oil droplets : dietary manipulation of colour vision?

B Knott, M Berg, E Morgan, K Buchanan, J Bowmaker, A Bennett

(2010), Vol. 277, pp. 953-962, Proceedings of the Royal Society B-biological sciences, London, England, C1

journal article

Does testosterone determine dominance in the house sparrow Passer domesticus? An experimental test

K Buchanan, M Evans, M Roberts, L Rowe, A Goldsmith

(2010), Vol. 41, pp. 445-451, Journal of avian biology, Copenhagen, Denmark, C1

journal article

Developmental stress and female mate choice behaviour in the zebra finch

J Woodgate, A Bennett, S Leitner, C Catchpole, K Buchanan

(2010), Vol. 79, pp. 1381-1390, Animal behaviour, London, England, C1

journal article

Maternal effects in the Zebra Finch : a model mother reviewed

S Griffith, K Buchanan

(2010), Vol. 110, pp. 251-267, Emu, Melbourne, Vic., C1

journal article

The Zebra Finch: a synthesis revised

K Buchanan, S Griffith, S Pryke

(2010), Vol. 110, Emu, Melbourne, Vic., C1

journal article

Testosterone manipulation post-castration does not alter cloacal gland growth differences in male quail selected for divergent plasma corticosterone stress response

J Busso, D Satterlee, M Roberts, K Buchanan, M Evans, R Marin

(2010), Vol. 89, pp. 2691-2698, Poultry science, Champaign, Ill., C1

journal article
2009

Does the ring species concept predict vocal variation in the crimson rosella, Platycercus elegans, complex?

R Ribot, M Berg, K Buchanan, J Komdeur, L Joseph, A Bennett

(2009), Vol. 77, pp. 581-593, Animal behaviour, London, England, C1

journal article

Detection of endocrine disrupting chemicals in aerial invertebrates at sewage treatment works

K Park, C Müller, S Markman, O Swinscow-Hall, D Pascoe, K Buchanan

(2009), Vol. 77, pp. 1459-1464, Chemosphere, Oxford, England, C1

journal article

Prenatal environmental effects match offspring begging to parental provisioning

C Hinde, K Buchanan, R Kilner

(2009), Vol. 276, pp. 2787-2794, Royal Society of London. Proceedings. Biological Sciences, London, England, C1

journal article

The effects of testosterone on immune function in quail selected for divergent plasma corticosterone response

M Roberts, K Buchanan, M Evans, R Marin, D Satterlee

(2009), Vol. 212, pp. 3125-3131, The Journal of Experimental Biology, Cambridge, England, C1

journal article
2008

Pollutants increase song complexity and the volume of the brain area HVC in a songbird

S Markman, S Leitner, C Catchpole, S Barnsley, C Muller, D Pascoe, K Buchanan

(2008), Vol. 3, pp. 1-6, Plos one, San Francisco, Calif., C1-1

journal article
2007

Physiological, morphological and behavioural effects of selecting zebra finches for divergent levels of corticosterone

M Roberts, K Buchanan, D Hasselquist, A Bennett, M Evans

(2007), Vol. 210, pp. 4368-4378, Journal of experimental biology, Cambridge England, C1-1

journal article

Does testosterone mediate the trade-off between nestling begging and growth in the canary (Serinus canaria)?

K Buchanan, A Goldsmith, C Hinde, S Griffith, R Kilner

(2007), Vol. 52, pp. 664-671, Hormones and behavior, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1

journal article

Nestling testosterone controls begging behaviour in the pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca

N Goodship, K Buchanan

(2007), Vol. 52, pp. 454-460, Hormones and behavior, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1

journal article

Effects of testosterone and corticosterone on immunocompetence in the zebra finch

M Roberts, K Buchanan, D Hasselquist, M Evans

(2007), Vol. 51, pp. 126-134, Hormones and behavior, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1

journal article

Endocrine disrupting chemicals accumulate in earthworms exposed to sewage effluent

S Markman, I Guschina, S Barnsley, K Buchanan, D Pascoe, C Muller

(2007), Vol. 70, pp. 119-125, Chemosphere, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1

journal article

Song and female choice for extrapair copulations in the sedge warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

R Marshall, K Buchanan, C Catchpole

(2007), Vol. 73, pp. 629-635, Animal behaviour, London, England, C1-1

journal article

Song sharing and repertoire size in the sedge warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus: changes within and between years

J Nicolson, K Buchanan, R Marshall, C Catchpole

(2007), Vol. 74, pp. 1585-1592, Animal behaviour, London, England, C1-1

journal article

Mate choice in zebra finches: does corticosterone play a role?

M Roberts, K Buchanan, A Bennett, M Evans

(2007), Vol. 74, pp. 921-929, Animal behaviour, London, England, C1-1

journal article

Spatial ability is impaired and mineralcorticoid receptor mRNA expression in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) selected for acute high corticosterone response to stress

Z Hodgson, S Meddle, M Roberts, K Buchanan, M Evans, R Metzdorf, M Gahr, S Healy

(2007), Vol. 274, pp. 239-245, Proceedings of the royal society : B supplement, London, England, C1-1

journal article

Is sex-specific mass gain in Cory's shearwaters Calonectris diomedea related to begging and steroid hormone expression?

P Quillfeldt, I Träger, K Griffith, K Buchanan, J Masello

(2007), Vol. 61, pp. 793-800, Behavioral ecology and sociobiology, Berlin, Germany, C1-1

journal article

Color signals in the Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix) : signal properties and their condition dependency

H Siitari, R Alatalo, P Halme, K Buchanan, J Kilpimaa

(2007), Vol. 169, American naturalist, Chicago, Ill., C1-1

journal article
2006

Begging and provisioning of thin-billed prions, Pachyptila belcheri, are related to testosterone and corticosterone

P Quillfeldt, J Masello, I Strange, K Buchanan

(2006), Vol. 71, pp. 1359-1369, Animal behaviour, London, England, C1-1

journal article

Heritability of corticosterone response and changes in life history traits during selection in the zebra finch

M Evans, M Roberts, K Buchanan, A Goldsmith

(2006), Vol. 19, pp. 343-352, Journal of evolutionary biology, Oxford, England, C1-1

journal article

Nestling testosterone is associated with begging behaviour and fledging success in the pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca

N Goodship, K Buchanan

(2006), Vol. 273, pp. 71-76, Proceedings of the royal society : B supplement, London, England, C1-1

journal article
2005

Stress, resource allocation and mortality

J McNamara, K Buchanan

(2005), Vol. 16, pp. 1008-1017, Behavioral ecology, New York, N.Y., C1-1

journal article

Parasites affect song complexity and neural development in a songbird

K Spencer, K Buchanan, S Leitner, A Goldsmith, C Catchpole

(2005), Vol. 272, pp. 2037-2043, Proceedings of the royal society : B supplement, London, England, C1-1

journal article

Developmental stress affects the attractiveness of male song and female choice in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Spencer, J Wimpenny, K Buchanan, P Lovell, A Goldsmith, C Catchpole

(2005), Vol. 58, pp. 423-428, Behavioral ecology and sociobiology, Berlin, Germany, C1-1

journal article

Optimal immune responses : immunocompetence revisited

M Viney, E Riley, K Buchanan

(2005), Vol. 20, pp. 665-669, Trends in ecology and evolution, London, England, C1-1

journal article
2004

Noninvasive endocrine data for behavioural studies : the importance of validation

K Buchanan, A Goldsmith

(2004), Vol. 67, pp. 183-185, Animal behaviour, Essex, England, C1-1

journal article

Testing the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis : a review of the evidence

M Roberts, K Buchanan, M Evans

(2004), Vol. 68, pp. 227-239, Animal behaviour, London, England, C1-1

journal article

Object classification under ignorance using CaRBS : the case of the European barn swallow

M Beynon, K Buchanan

(2004), Vol. 27, pp. 403-415, Expert systems with applications, Oxford, England, C1-1

journal article

The application of a fuzzy rule based system in an exposition of the antecedents of sedge warbler song flight

M Beynon, K Buchanan, Y Tang

(2004), Vol. 21, pp. 1-10, Expert systems, Oxford, England, C1-1

journal article

Developmental stress selectively affects the song control nucleus HVC in the zebra finch brain

K Buchanan, S Leitner, K Spencer, A Goldsmith, C Catchpole

(2004), Vol. 271, pp. 2381-2386, Proceedings of the royal society : B supplement, London, England, C1-1

journal article

Developmental stress, social rank and song complexity in the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

K Spencer, K Buchanan, A Goldsmith, C Catchpole

(2004), Vol. 271, Proceedings of the royal society : B supplement, London, England, C1-1

journal article
2003

Song as an honest signal of developmental stress in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

K Spencer, K Buchanan, A Goldsmith, C Catchpole

(2003), Vol. 44, pp. 132-139, Hormones and behavior, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1

journal article

An illustration of variable precision rough set theory : The gender classification of the European barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)

M Beynon, K Buchanan

(2003), Vol. 65, pp. 835-858, Bulletin of mathematical biology, New York, N.Y., C1-1

journal article

Testosterone, dominance signalling and immunosuppression in the house sparrow, Passer domesticus

K Buchanan, M Evans, A Goldsmith

(2003), Vol. 55, pp. 50-59, Behavioral ecology and sociobiology, Berlin, Germany, C1-1

journal article

Song as an honest signal of past developmental stress in the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

K Buchanan, K Spencer, A Goldsmith, C Catchpole

(2003), Vol. 270, pp. 1149-1156, Proceedings of the royal society : B supplement, London, England, C1-1

journal article

Sexual selection and individual genetic diversity in a songbird

R Marshall, K Buchanan, C Catchpole

(2003), Vol. 270, Proceedings of the Royal Society : B, London, England, C1-1

journal article
2001

The function and evolution of the tail streamer in hirundines

L Rowe, M Evans, K Buchanan

(2001), Vol. 12, pp. 157-163, Behavioral ecology, Oxford, Eng., C1-1

journal article

Testosterone influences basal metabolic rate in male house sparrows: a new cost of dominance signalling?

K Buchanan, M Evans, A Goldsmith, D Bryant, L Rowe

(2001), Vol. 268, pp. 1337-1344, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: biological sciences, London, Eng., C1-1

journal article
2000

The effect of tail streamer length on aerodynamic performance in the barn swallow

K Buchanan, M Evans

(2000), Vol. 11, pp. 228-238, Behavioral ecology, Oxford, Eng, C1-1

journal article

Extra-pair paternity in the socially monogamous Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus as revealed by multilocus DNA fingerprinting

K Buchanan, C Catchpole

(2000), Vol. 142, pp. 12-20, Ibis, Chichester, Eng., C1-1

journal article

Assessing the aerodynamic effects of tail elongations in the house martin (Delichon urbica): implications for the initial selection pressures in hirundines

K Park, M Evans, K Buchanan

(2000), Vol. 48, pp. 364-372, Behavioral ecology and sociobiology, Berlin, Germany, C1-1

journal article

Song as an indicator of male parental effort in the sedge warbler

K Buchanan, C Catchpole

(2000), Vol. 267, pp. 321-326, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, London, Eng., C1-1

journal article
1999

Song as an indicator of parasitism in the sedge warbler

K Buchanan, C Catchpole, J Lewis, A Lodge

(1999), Vol. 57, pp. 307-314, Animal behaviour, London, Eng., C1-1

journal article
1997

Female choice in the sedge warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus: multiple cues from song and territory quality

K Buchanan, C Catchpole

(1997), Vol. 264, pp. 521-526, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: biological sciences, London, Eng., C1-1

journal article

Song, sperm quality and testes asymmetry in the sedge warbler

T Birkhead, K Buchanan, T Devoogd, E Pellatt, T Székely, C Catchpole

(1997), Vol. 53, pp. 965-971, Animal behaviour, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1

journal article
1993

DEVELOPMENTAL-STUDY OF GNRH NEURONAL PROJECTIONS TO THE MEDIAL BASAL HYPOTHALAMUS OF THE MALE DJUNGARIAN HAMSTER

K BUCHANAN, S YELLON

(1993), Vol. 333, pp. 236-245, JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY, United States, C1-1

journal article

Funded Projects at Deakin

Australian Competitive Grants

Reproductive plasticity and climate change: insights from an opportunistic breeder

Dr Simon Griffith, Prof Kate Buchanan, Dr Melissah Rowe

ARC - Discovery Projects

  • 2015: $45,000
  • 2014: $45,000
  • 2013: $45,000

Threats of avian pathogens to endangered parrots and human health: developing and utilizing tools for risk reduction

Prof Andy Bennett, A/Prof Shane Raidal, Prof Marcel Klaassen, Prof Kate Buchanan, Prof Ken Walder, Dr Michael Magrath, Dr Yonatan Segal, Prof Martyn Jeggo

ARC Linkage - Projects

  • 2017: $54,016
  • 2016: $105,523
  • 2015: $112,909
  • 2014: $60,397

Learning in a changing world: Maternal effects on offspring development and behaviour

Prof Kate Buchanan

ARC Fellowships - Future Fellowships

  • 2018: $97,040
  • 2017: $195,152
  • 2016: $198,303
  • 2015: $202,446
  • 2014: $102,064

Revisiting the ontogeny of vocal learning in birds: from neuron to fitness

Prof Kate Buchanan, Prof Robert Dooling

ARC - Discovery Projects

  • 2020: $117,227
  • 2019: $129,650
  • 2018: $164,835

Avian embryonic perception: what role for good vibrations?

Prof Kate Buchanan, Dr Susanne Hoffmann, Prof John Swaddle

ARC - Discovery Projects

  • 2022: $177,597
  • 2021: $265,961

Other Public Sector Funding

A study of seed digestion by birds in Australia

Prof Kate Buchanan

Office of the Gene Technology Regulator

  • 2011: $46,611

Threats of avian pathogens to endangered parrots and human health: developing and utilizing tools for risk reduction

Prof Andy Bennett, A/Prof Shane Raidal, Prof Marcel Klaassen, Prof Kate Buchanan, Prof Ken Walder, Dr Michael Magrath, Dr Yonatan Segal, Prof Martyn Jeggo

Zoos Victoria, Victorian Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources

  • 2017: $25,000
  • 2016: $25,000
  • 2015: $30,000

Metagenomic sequencing for influenza surveillance of native Australian ibis.

Prof Kate Buchanan, A/Prof Tim Jessop, Ms Berta Blanch Lazaro

International Education Resilience Fund

  • 2022: $9,000

Industry and Other Funding

Extraction and Quantification of Avian Corticosterone Via Egg Yolk Sampling

Prof Kate Buchanan, Ms Anna Miltiadous

BirdLife Australia

  • 2014: $1,800

The ecological role of parental incubation calling in an Australian arid adapted bird

Prof Kate Buchanan, Mr Andrew Katsis

ESA - Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment - 20 571 098 795

  • 2018: $1,500
  • 2017: $4,335
  • 2016: $6,500

Effect of prenatal communication and early experience on the heat tolerance in zebra finches

Prof Kate Buchanan, Dr Mylene Mariette, Ms Anais Claudia Pessato

ESA - Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment - 20 571 098 795

  • 2020: $7,445
  • 2019: $6,740

Effects of early life experience on behavioural and stress responses to temperatures extremes in the zebra finch

Dr Mylene Mariette, Miss Eve Udino, Prof Kate Buchanan

ESA - Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment - 20 571 098 795

  • 2020: $6,750

Does the early bird get the worm? The role of daylight in determining the timing of hatching in captive and wild birds

Prof Kate Buchanan

Velux Stiftung Foundation - Research Grant

  • 2024: $148,814

Other Funding Sources

Evolution of song in Acrocephalus warblers: evidence from historic and contemporary populations

Dr Mathew Berg, Miss Sarah Beebe, Prof Kate Buchanan

BirdLife Travel (CAT8)

  • 2014: $640

Olfactory signalling in an avian species complex: the crimson rosella (Platycercus elegans)

Prof Andy Bennett, Dr Mathew Berg, Ms Milla Mihailova, Prof Kate Buchanan, Dr Jacqui Adcock

BirdLife Travel (CAT8)

  • 2015: $909

Evidence for pathogen infection influencing age dependent pairing in the crimson rosella (Platycercus elegans) - young and infected males rarely mate

Prof Andy Bennett, Mr Justin Eastwood, Prof Kate Buchanan

BirdLife Travel (CAT8)

  • 2015: $1,000

The Extraction and Quantification of Yolk Corticosterone and its Role in Facilitating Offspring Sex-Determination in the Gouldian Finch (Erythrura gouldiae)

Prof Kate Buchanan, Ms Anna Miltiadous

BirdLife Travel (CAT8)

  • 2015: $909

The ecological role of parental incubation calling in an Australian arid adapted bird

Prof Kate Buchanan, Mr Andrew Katsis, Prof Sonia Kleindorfer

BirdLife Travel (CAT8)

  • 2016: $754

Effects of prenatal acoustic tutoring on postnatal Zebra Finch behaviour and song development

Prof Kate Buchanan, Miss Mzuri Davies

BirdLife Travel (CAT8)

  • 2016: $909

Listening inside the egg: the adaptive significance of prenatal auditory learning in the zebra finch

Prof Kate Buchanan, Mr Andrew Katsis

BirdLife Travel (CAT8)

  • 2017: $560

Experimentally manipulated maternal CORT: transfer to the egg in Taeniopygia guttata

Prof Kate Buchanan, Ms Anna Miltiadous

BirdLife Travel (CAT8)

  • 2017: $560

Transgenerational effects of stress in zebra finches

Prof Kate Buchanan, Mr Harry Eyck

BirdLife Travel (CAT8)

  • 2017: $280

The ecological role of parental incubation calling in an Australian arid-adapted bird

Mr Andrew Katsis, Prof Kate Buchanan, Dr Mylene Mariette

BirdLife Travel (CAT8)

  • 2018: $895

Transgenerational effects of stress on song learning

Miss Fanny-Linn Hovring Kraft, Prof Kate Buchanan, Prof Andy Bennett

BirdLife Travel (CAT8)

  • 2018: $1,000

Physiological bases of adaptation to hot climates via prenatal communication

Prof Kate Buchanan, Ms Anias Pessato, Dr Mylene Mariette

BirdLife Travel (CAT8)

  • 2018: $520

Prenatal treatment effects on incubation behaviour and its consequences on egg temperature and embryo heat shock response in a desert adapted Australian species.

Dr Mylene Mariette, Prof Kate Buchanan, Mr Lorenzo Galletta

BirdLife Travel (CAT8)

  • 2019: $1,000

Disease ecology and pathology of beak and feather disease virus in crimson rosellas (Platycercus elegans)

Ms Berta Blanch Lazaro, Prof Kate Buchanan, Prof Andy Bennett

BirdLife Travel (CAT8)

  • 2021: $1,000

Transgenerational programing for thermal stress? Evidence from embryonic heat shock proteins

Dr Mylene Mariette, Mr Lorenzo Galletta, Prof Kate Buchanan

BirdLife Travel (CAT8)

  • 2021: $1,000

Genomics and ecology of Beak and feather disease virus and Platycercus elegans.

Prof Kate Buchanan, Miss Candice Lachenicht, Prof Andy Bennett, Dr Mathew Berg

BirdLife Travel (CAT8)

  • 2021: $1,000

Student application - Prenatal communication & auditory sensitivity in an altricial bird species

Prof Kate Buchanan, Mr Keanu Pires

BirdLife Travel (CAT8)

  • 2021: $1,000

Student application - Prenatal effects of noise pollution on Zebra finch spatial memory

Prof Kate Buchanan, Mr Caleb Wellard

BirdLife Travel (CAT8)

  • 2021: $1,000

International Society for Behavioural Ecology Congress in Stockholm, student presentation

Prof Kate Buchanan, Miss Eve Udino

BirdLife Travel (CAT8)

  • 2022: $1,000

Supervisions

Principal Supervisor
2024

Candice Lachenicht

Thesis entitled: Platycercus Elegans Genomic Variation and Beak and Feather Disease Virus Infection

Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences

2023

Lorenzo Galletta

Thesis entitled: Avian incubation behaviour and embryonic physiology under heatwave conditions

Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences

Berta Blanch Lazaro

Thesis entitled: Epidemiology and pathology of beak and feather disease virus

Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences

2022

Eve Udino

Thesis entitled: Acoustic Developmental Programming of Behavioural and Physiological Responses to Heat

Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences

2020

Fanny-Linn Hovring Kraft

Thesis entitled: Stress, Song, and Intergenerational Effects

Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences

Andrew Katsis

Thesis entitled: Effects of prenatal acoustic communication on songbird behaviour and cognition

Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences

2019

Andrea West

Thesis entitled: The genetic basis of behaviour during invasion

Master of Science (Ecology & Environment), School of Life and Environmental Sciences

Associate Supervisor
2022

Anais Claudia Pessato

Thesis entitled: Acoustic developmental programming and thermoregulation in the heat

Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences

2019

Jessica Hodgson

Thesis entitled: Great bowerbirds as ecosystem engineers in a semi-arid savannah community

Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences

2017

Eliza Rachael Larson

Thesis entitled: Microclimate and reproductive success in Adelaide Rosellas

Master of Science (Ecology & Environment), School of Life and Environmental Sciences

2016

Adam Cardilini

Thesis entitled: Phenotypic and genetic variation of non-native common starling, Sturnus vulgaris

Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences

2015

Justin Eastwood

Thesis entitled: The Ecology and Evolution of Beak and Feather Disease Virus in Platycercus elegans

Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences

Milla Mihailova

Thesis entitled: Olfactory Signalling in an Avian Species Complex: the Crimson Rosella

Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences