Dr Palestina Guevara Fiore
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Email   p.guevarafiore@deakin.edu.au
Position   Research Fellow
Campus   Geelong
Research grouping   Ecophysiology, Sensory Ecology and Behaviour
Centre for Integrative Ecology

The aim of my research is to understand how animal behaviour is shaped by natural and sexual selection
and the fitness consequences that these behaviours confer onto animals. I have an ongoing interest in
using fish models to investigate proximate and ultimate questions in evolutionary biology, as is
illustrated by my training so far. I am a passionate scientist with a clear focus on empirical model
systems that can increase our understanding of how selection works in real animals.

Research interests

  1. Behavioural Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  2. Sexual selection (mate choice, mating effort and sexual conflict)
  3. Freshwater fish


Career

Research Fellow - Prof. Jonh Endler, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University (2010 - onwards)
Research Visitor - Dr. Gill Rosenthal, Department of Biology, Texas A&M University (January 2010-June 2010)
PhD - Dr. Penny Watt, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield (2005-2009)
Research Visitor - Prof. Grant E. Brown, Department of Biology, Concordia University (2002-2003)
B. Sc. (Hons Cum Laude) - Dr. Alejandro Moyaho, School of Biology, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (2000-2005)

Key publications

P. Guevara-Fiore (in press) Early social experience significantly affects sexual behaviour in male guppies Animal Behaviour

P. Guevara-Fiore, J. Stapley & P. J. Watt (2010) Mating effort and female receptivity: how do male guppies decide when to invest in sex? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64/10, 1665-1672

P. Guevara-Fiore, G. Rosenqvist & P. J. Watt (2010) Inbreeding level does not affect female preference for non-related males in guppies Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64/10, 1601-1607

P. Guevara-Fiore, J. Stapley, J. Krause, I. W. Ramnarine, P. J. Watt (2010) Male mate-searching strategies and female cues: how do male guppies find receptive females? Animal Behaviour 77/6, 1191-1197

P. Guevara-Fiore, A. S. Skinner & P. J. Watt (2009) Do male guppies distinguish virgin females from recently-mated ones? Animal Behaviour 77/2, 425–431

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