Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment
School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Dr Alastair Baylis |
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| In order to understand how species, communities and ecosystems are influenced by anthropogenic pressures and an increasingly stochastic environment, scientists need to establish baselines and understand the factors that control the behaviour and distribution of species. I am a conservation biologist with a broad interest in understanding the foraging behaviour and distribution of species over multiple spatial and temporal scales. I am particularly interested in unravelling individual specialisation in foraging and understanding how species respond to environmental variability. Currently I am working with Dr John Arnould on several projects, including the foraging ecology of southern sea lions breeding at the Falkland Islands and closer to home, Australian fur seals. Research interests
CareerBSc UTAS 2001; BSc(Hons) Latrobe 2004; PhD University of Adelaide 2008Postgraduate Certificate in Veterinary Conservation Medicine (current): Murdoch University Key publicationsBaylis, A.M.M., Zuur A.F., Brikle P., and Pistorius P.A. (2012) Climate as a driver of variability in the number of breeding Gentoo Penguins (Pygoscelis papua) at the Falkland Islands Ibis 154, 30 – 41Baylis, A.M.M., Page, B., McKenzie, J., and Goldsworthy, S.D. (2012) Individual foraging site fidelity in lactating New Zealand fur seals. Marine Mammal Science 28, 276-294 Baylis, A.M.M., and Nichols, P.D. (2009) Milk fatty acids predict the foraging location of a wide-ranging central place forager, the New Zealand fur seal: continental shelf vs. oceanic waters. Marine Ecology Progress Series 380, 271 – 286 Baylis, A.M.M., Page, B., and Goldsworthy, S. (2008) Colony-specific foraging areas of lactating New Zealand fur seals. Marine Ecology Progress Series 361, 279 - 290 View entire list of audited publications Related linksCentre for Integrative Ecologywww.deakin.edu.au/scitech/les/ research/rpa/ecophysiology/cie /index.php Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com/cita tions?user=LwB8pH8AAAAJ&hl=en Personal web page http://albaylis.wordpress.com/ |
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8th February 2013