SEMINAR:
  Busting myths about how mammals cope with heat – insights from free-living mammals
  - School of Human Sciences Special Seminar
		
Mon, 22 Oct 2018 13:00 - Seminar Room 1.81, School of Human Sciences, Anatomy Building
		
Professor Andrew Fuller
Speaker: Andrea Fuller is a Professor in the School of Physiology and
Director of the Brain Function Research Group at the University of the
Witwatersrand, South Africa. Her primary research focus is in the areas
of thermal and conservation physiology, with an emphasis on
understanding the physiological plasticity available to mammals to cope
with climate change, and methods to improve the physiological welfare of
mammals during game management practices. She has published more than
100 peer-reviewed articles, hosted seven postdoctoral fellows, and
supervised 10 Doctoral and 13 Masters students to completion. She has
served as chair of the Thermal Physiology Commission of the
International Union of Physiological Sciences, and is an editorial board
member of the journals Conservation Physiology; Temperature; and Koedoe
- African Protected Area Conservation and Science.

 Abstract: Fundamental to predicting the ecological consequences of
climate change is understanding the physiological mechanisms available
to mammals to cope with changing environments. Much of what we know
about how mammals respond to heat is based on studies of mammals in the
laboratory setting. Although this approach identifies what an animal can
achieve physiologically, it does not reveal what an animal actually will
do in its natural environment, where it is subjected to a complex array
of stressors. Indeed, data obtained from free-living mammals reveal that
we need to monitor the responses of mammals in their natural habitats if
we wish to understand how they will prioritise competing homeostatic
systems in changing environments, and the consequences of that
prioritisation for their fitness.
		
For more information:
  Christine Page
  christine.page@uwa.edu.au
  64887126

Starts       : Mon, 22 Oct 2018 13:00
Ends         : Mon, 22 Oct 2018 14:00
		
Last Updated : Tue, 02 Oct 2018 11:09