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.
Read more on Kate's profileResearch 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
- Evolution of acoustic signals
- Neural control of acoustic signalling and perception
- Assessing endocrine levels in wild Australian animals
- Endocrine control of begging behaviour
- 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
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
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
Ornithology and open access publishing
K Buchanan, S Pruett-Jones
(2023), pp. 1-3, Emu, London, Eng., C1
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
O Crino, S Falk, A Katsis, F Kraft, K Buchanan
(2022), Vol. 142, pp. 1-11, Hormones and Behavior, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
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
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
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
A Katsis, K Buchanan, S Kleindorfer, M Mariette
(2021), Vol. 75, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, C1
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
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
A Miltiadous, K Buchanan
(2021), Vol. 313, General and Comparative Endocrinology, United States, C1
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
O Crino, S Driscoll, H Brandl, K Buchanan, S Griffith
(2020), Vol. 285, General and Comparative Endocrinology, United States, C1
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
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
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
A Pessato, A McKechnie, K Buchanan, M Mariette
(2020), Vol. 10, Scientific Reports, England, C1
M Berg, S Beebe, J Komdeur, A Cardilini, R Ribot, A Bennett, K Buchanan
(2020), Vol. 10, Scientific Reports, England, C1
Fanny-Linn Kraft, Stephanie Driscoll, Katherine Buchanan, Ondi Crino
(2019), Vol. 272, pp. 33-41, General and comparative endocrinology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
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
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
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
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
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
M Berg, B Knott, R Ribot, K Buchanan, A Bennett
(2019), Vol. 280, pp. 82-90, General and Comparative Endocrinology, United States, C1
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
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
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
M Goretskaia, I Beme, D Popova, N Amos, K Buchanan, P Sunnucks, A Pavlova
(2018), Vol. 49, Journal of Avian Biology, C1
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
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
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
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
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
Y Aharon-Rotman, K Buchanan, M Klaassen, W Buttemer
(2017), Vol. 244, pp. 93-100, General and Comparative Endocrinology, United States, C1
O Crino, K Buchanan, L Trompf, M Mainwaring, S Griffith
(2017), Vol. 244, pp. 101-107, General and Comparative Endocrinology, United States, C1
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
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
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
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
K Fanson, Z Németh, M Ramenofsky, J Wingfield, K Buchanan
(2017), Vol. 8, pp. 1745-1754, Methods in Ecology and Evolution, C1
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
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
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
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
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
Y Aharon-Rotman, K Buchanan, N Clark, M Klaassen, W Buttemer
(2016), Vol. 182, pp. 385-395, Oecologia, Berlin, Germany, C1
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
A quantum leap in avian biology
L Joseph, K Buchanan
(2015), Vol. 115, pp. 1-5, Emu, Moonee Ponds, Vic, C1
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
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
M Mariette, K Buchanan, W Buttemer, V Careau
(2015), Vol. 76, pp. 23-33, Hormones and behavior, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
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
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
M Mihailova, M Berg, K Buchanan, A Bennett
(2014), Vol. 95, pp. 155-164, Animal Behaviour, Camden, London, C1
V Careau, W Buttemer, K Buchanan
(2014), Vol. 54, pp. 539-554, Integrative and comparative biology, Oxford, England, C1
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
K Buchanan, J Grindstaff, V Pravosudov
(2013), Vol. 28, pp. 290-296, Trends in ecology and evolution, Berlin, Germany, C1
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
R Ribot, M Berg, K Buchanan, A Bennett
(2013), Vol. 44, pp. 399-407, Journal of avian biology, London, England, C1-1
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
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
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
J Evans, E Smith, A Bennett, I Cuthill, K Buchanan
(2012), Vol. 83, pp. 25-33, Animal behaviour, Oxford, U. K., C1
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
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
M Roberts, K Buchanan, A Goldsmith, M Evans
(2012), Vol. 43, pp. 264-272, Journal of avian biology, Malden, Mass., C1
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
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
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
J Woodgate, S Leitner, C Catchpole, M Berg, A Bennett, K Buchanan
(2011), Vol. 22, pp. 566-573, Behavioral ecology, Cary, N.C., C1
K van Oers, K Buchanan, T Thomas, P Drent
(2011), Vol. 81, pp. 1055-1061, Animal behaviour, Oxford, U. K., C1
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
K Buchanan
(2011), Vol. 22, pp. 12-13, Behavioral Ecology, United States, C1
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
A study of seed viability following consumption by birds
J Woodgate, K Steadman, K Buchanan
(2011), [Melbourne, Vic.], A6-1
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
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
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
Maternal effects in the Zebra Finch : a model mother reviewed
S Griffith, K Buchanan
(2010), Vol. 110, pp. 251-267, Emu, Melbourne, Vic., C1
The Zebra Finch: a synthesis revised
K Buchanan, S Griffith, S Pryke
(2010), Vol. 110, Emu, Melbourne, Vic., C1
J Busso, D Satterlee, M Roberts, K Buchanan, M Evans, R Marin
(2010), Vol. 89, pp. 2691-2698, Poultry science, Champaign, Ill., C1
R Ribot, M Berg, K Buchanan, J Komdeur, L Joseph, A Bennett
(2009), Vol. 77, pp. 581-593, Animal behaviour, London, England, C1
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
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
M Roberts, K Buchanan, M Evans, R Marin, D Satterlee
(2009), Vol. 212, pp. 3125-3131, The Journal of Experimental Biology, Cambridge, England, C1
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
M Roberts, K Buchanan, D Hasselquist, A Bennett, M Evans
(2007), Vol. 210, pp. 4368-4378, Journal of experimental biology, Cambridge England, C1-1
K Buchanan, A Goldsmith, C Hinde, S Griffith, R Kilner
(2007), Vol. 52, pp. 664-671, Hormones and behavior, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
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
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
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
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
J Nicolson, K Buchanan, R Marshall, C Catchpole
(2007), Vol. 74, pp. 1585-1592, Animal behaviour, London, England, C1-1
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
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
P Quillfeldt, I Träger, K Griffith, K Buchanan, J Masello
(2007), Vol. 61, pp. 793-800, Behavioral ecology and sociobiology, Berlin, Germany, C1-1
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
P Quillfeldt, J Masello, I Strange, K Buchanan
(2006), Vol. 71, pp. 1359-1369, Animal behaviour, London, England, C1-1
M Evans, M Roberts, K Buchanan, A Goldsmith
(2006), Vol. 19, pp. 343-352, Journal of evolutionary biology, Oxford, England, C1-1
N Goodship, K Buchanan
(2006), Vol. 273, pp. 71-76, Proceedings of the royal society : B supplement, London, England, C1-1
Stress, resource allocation and mortality
J McNamara, K Buchanan
(2005), Vol. 16, pp. 1008-1017, Behavioral ecology, New York, N.Y., C1-1
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
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
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
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
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
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
M Beynon, K Buchanan, Y Tang
(2004), Vol. 21, pp. 1-10, Expert systems, Oxford, England, C1-1
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
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
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
M Beynon, K Buchanan
(2003), Vol. 65, pp. 835-858, Bulletin of mathematical biology, New York, N.Y., C1-1
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
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
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
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
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
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
K Buchanan, C Catchpole
(2000), Vol. 142, pp. 12-20, Ibis, Chichester, Eng., C1-1
K Park, M Evans, K Buchanan
(2000), Vol. 48, pp. 364-372, Behavioral ecology and sociobiology, Berlin, Germany, C1-1
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
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
K Buchanan, C Catchpole
(1997), Vol. 264, pp. 521-526, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: biological sciences, London, Eng., C1-1
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
K BUCHANAN, S YELLON
(1993), Vol. 333, pp. 236-245, JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY, United States, C1-1
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
Dr Mylene Mariette, Prof Kate Buchanan, 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
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
Prof Kate Buchanan, Mr Andrew Katsis, Dr Mylene Mariette
BirdLife Travel (CAT8)
- 2018: $895
Transgenerational effects of stress on song learning
Prof Kate Buchanan, Miss Fanny-Linn Hovring Kraft, 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, Prof Andy Bennett, Miss Candice Lachenicht, 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
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
Lorenzo Galletta
Thesis entitled: Avian incubation behaviour and embryonic physiology under heatwave conditions
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
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
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
Andrea West
Thesis entitled: The genetic basis of behaviour during invasion
Master of Science (Ecology & Environment), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Anais Claudia Pessato
Thesis entitled: Acoustic developmental programming and thermoregulation in the heat
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
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
Eliza Rachael Larson
Thesis entitled: Microclimate and reproductive success in Adelaide Rosellas
Master of Science (Ecology & Environment), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Adam Cardilini
Thesis entitled: Phenotypic and genetic variation of non-native common starling, Sturnus vulgaris
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), Office of the Exec Dean SEBE
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
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