Evolution and behaviour

The Evolution and Behaviour Group examines the behaviour and evolution of land animals at several levels, from genes to populations. Research on behaviour includes: visual signalling in birds, reptiles and insects; acoustic signalling in birds and amphibians; and chemical signalling in insects. Research in evolutionary biology investigates the evolutionary process that produced the diversity of life we see today. This includes the study of macro-evolutionary patterns of phenotypic diversity, phylogeny and taxonomy; biogeography and patterns of speciation; the origin, structure and maintenance of hybrid zones; sexual selection, including female choice and sperm competition; the evolution of co-operation in birds and invertebrates; and inter-specific relationships.


Supervisors

Amanda Franklin

Visual ecology

Devi Stuart-Fox

Evolutionary ecology

Iliana Medina Guzman

Evolutionary ecology

John Morrongiello

Marine and freshwater ecology and evolution

Karen Rowe

Ecology and conservation, ecoacoustics

Mark Elgar

Evolutionary ecology

Margie Mayfield

Plant and insect community ecology

Michael Kearney

Physiological ecology, climate change responses, metabolic ecology, insect conservation, grasshopper biology

Nina Wedell

Evolutionary biology

Laura Bibiana Ospina Rozo

Biophotonics and bio-inspiration

Ben Phillips

Population biology

Perran Stott-Ross

Environmental stress, evolution, entomology and endosymbionts

Raoul Mulder

Behavioural ecology

Joshua Thia

Population genomics, evolutionary biology, and applied science

Therésa Jones

Behavioural ecology, Urban Light Pollution and Evolutionary Ecology

Tyrone Lavery

Integrative mammalogy: taxonomy, evolution, genomics, morphology, conservation biology

Xinyue Gu

Molecular entomology,endosymbionts, environmental stress

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