Behaviour, physiology and ecology research includes the following areas:
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Comparative vertebrate chronobiology: mechanisms and functions of biological clocks (Dr Roland Brandstaetter)
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Physiology of exercise and field energetics in vertebrates (Professor Pat Butler)
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Statistical models for understanding ecological processes (Dr Phillip Cassey)
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Avian physical cognition and tool use (Dr Jackie Chappell)
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Avian Sensory Science. Eye structure, visual fields, and visual capacities of birds in relation to ecological and behavioural problems (Professor Graham Martin)
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Interactions between plants and their environment (physical and biological) (Professor Malcolm Press)
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Nutrient acquisition and utilisation by reproductive birds (Dr Jim Reynolds)
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Primate locomotor ecology, evolution of bipedalism and vertebrate musculo-skeletal biomechanics (Dr Susannah Thorpe)