I have been in the School of Zoology since 2004 after completing research fellowships at the Macquarie University, The University of Sydney and Gothenburg University in Sweden. I have worked in a variety of areas including alpine and coastal Tasmania, outback NSW, coastal zones in Sweden.
Research Interests
I am interested in many aspects of terrestrial and behavioural ecology and will supervise projects on a variety of animal groups – although the emphasis with my own research has been on using reptiles to answer key biological questions.
We are ideally placed for field projects with access to many fantastic sites close to the University. We also have excellent holding and experimental facilities for small vertebrates (especially lizards) in the terrestrial ecology facilities and lizard rooms. Honours projects are likely to involve both a field and laboratory component and can be started in February or August.
I have four current focuses in my research at present:
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Climate variability and climate change and their impacts on vertebrate populations:
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Maternal effects on offspring characters
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Maintenance of individual variation in behaviour
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Evolution of social behaviour in reptiles(Read related publications)
Honours and postgraduate projects are available in each of these.
 Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology Research (BEER) Group
Recent publication available online ‘Evolution of parental effects: conceptual issues and empirical patterns'
Editors: E Wapstra et al.
A specially discounted price of £47.50 is available by contacting the Royal Society direct :Debbie Vaughan
Research Areas:- Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology
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UnitsSelected Publications:- Wapstra, E, Uller, T., Pen, I, Komduer, J, Olsson, M. & Shine, R., 2007, 'Disentangling the complexities of vertebrate sex allocation: a role for squamate reptiles?
', Oikos, 116, pgs. 1051-1057
- Uller, T., Pen, I., Wapstra, E., Beukeboom, L.W. & Komdeur, J., 2007, 'The evolution of sex ratios and sex determining systems.', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 22, pgs. 292-297
- While, G., Jones, S.M., and Wapstra, E., 2007, 'Birthing asynchrony is not a consequence of asynchronous offspring development in a non-avian vertebrate, the Australian skink Egernia whitii.', Functional Ecology, 21, pgs. 513-519
- Olsson, M. Wapstra, E., Madsen, T. and Silverin, B. , 2000, 'Testosterone, ticks and travels: a test of the immunocompetence-handicap hypothesis in free-ranging male sand lizards', Proceedings of the Royal Society London B, 267, pgs. 2339-2343
- Wapstra, E., Olsson, M., Shine, R., Edwards, A., Swain, R., and Joss, J.M.P, 2004, 'Maternal basking behaviour determines offspring sex in a viviparous reptile', Proceedings of the Royal Society London B (Suppl.)
- Anderholm, S., Olsson, M., Wapstra, E. and Ryberg, K, 2003, 'Fit and fat from enlarged badges: a field experiment on male sand lizards', Proceedings of the Royal Society London B (Suppl.)
- Wapstra, E, 2000, 'Maternal basking opportunities affects juvenile phenotype in a viviparous lizard', Functional Ecology, 14, pgs. 345-352
Full Publication List Current and Supervised Project/s:
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