Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment
School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Prof Andy Bennett |
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| After a BSc at Adelaide, I received an 1851 Science Research Scholarship to the Zoology at Oxford where I did a D.Phil. on the ecology of avian spatial memory with John Krebs. I then became fascinated by colour vision and colour signalling, and went to Bristol where I worked on the sensory ecology of Australian birds (such as zebra finches and the crimson rosella species complex) before returning to Australia in 2008, to be Head of the School of Life and Environmental Sciences at Deakin. Research interests
CareerUniversity of Bristol (1994-2007) becoming Reader in Sensory and Behavioural EcologyUniversity of Oxford (1986-1993), for a D.Phil. in Zoology University of Adelaide (1982-1985), for B.Sc. (Honours, 1st Class) in Zoology Key publicationsCarvalho, L.S., Knott, B., Berg, M.L., Bennett, A.T.D. and Hunt, D.M. (2011) Ultraviolet vision in long-lived birds Proceedings of the Royal Society B 278, 107-114 [ERA=A*]Knott, B., Berg, M. L., Morgan, E. R., Buchanan, K.L., Bowmaker, J. K., Bennett, A.T.D. (2010) Avian retinal oil droplets: dietary manipulation of colour vision? Proceedings of the Royal Society B 277, 953-962 [ERA=A*] Joseph, L., Dolman, G., Donnellan, S., Saint, K.M., Berg, M.L. and Bennett, A.T.D. (2008) Where and when does a ring start and end? Testing the ring-species hypothesis in a species complex of Australian parrots Proceedings of the Royal Society B 275, 2431-2440 [ERA=A*] Bennett, A.T.D. and Thery, M. (2007) Avian color vision and coloration: Multidisciplinary evolutionary biology American Naturalist 169, S1-S6 [ERA=A*] Bennett ATD, Cuthill IC, Partridge JC and Maier E. (1996) Ultraviolet vision and mate choice in zebra finches Nature 380, 433-435 [ERA=A*] View entire list of audited publications Professional activitiesVice President, Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour; Associate Editor of Austral EcologyAssociate Editor of Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B (Biological Sciences), 2006-2010 Editor of American Naturalist (2006-7), for special issue on avian vision and coloration Membership of various societies including: Ecological Society of Australia; Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour; Applied Vision Association; Australian Neuroscience Society; International Society for Behavioral Ecology Related linksAustralasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviourwww.assab.org The Royal Society rspb.royalsocietypublishing.or g/ Postdoctoral fellowsNameProject titleDr Christa BeckmannBehavioural ecology and avian life histories Dr Mathew BergMaintenance of variability in the Platycercus elegans species complex Dr Ben KnottVision in arid zone birds Dr Raoul RibotMigration in arid zone birds PhD studentsStudent nameThesis titleJustin EastwoodEcology of beak and feather disease virus in Platycercus elegans Eliza LarsonThermal tolerance in Platycercus elegans John McEvoyEcology of migration of waterfowl in arid Australia Milla MihailovaOlfaction and the Platycercus elegans species complex Reece PedlerMigration ecology of banded stilts Gemma ColeEvolution of mating signals in guppies Honours studentsStudent nameThesis title Wendy Ha (2011)Avian influenza Bircan Dogan (2012-13)Brood sex ratios in hybrid Platycercus elegans Erika Roper (2012-13)Ecology of piping calls in Platycercus elegans Lisa Ohlson (2013)Dieback and pollination ecology in Epacris impressa Victoria Bywater (2013)Nocturnal behaviour of birds Emily Black (2013)Nocturnal behaviour of birdsTeaching areasSensory Neurobiology and BehaviourAnimal Behaviour Ecology and Environment Evolution |
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