Email anne.besson@otago.ac.nz
Phone 64-3-479-4038
Research Interests
I am an ecophysiologist and evolutionary ecologist interested in quantifying the physiological and behavioural responses of individuals to disturbance (human and natural) and determining how these responses affect survival and reproduction.
Current research projects:
Do personality traits co-vary with baseline concentrations of glucocorticoids in a viviparous lizard?
Collaborators: Sheri Johnson, U. of Otago , Shinichi Nakagawa, U. of NSW, Australia , Sandrine Meylan, U. of Sorbonne, France , Alison Cree, U. of Otago.
Lizard numerical response to fluctuation in abundance of multiple predators in a grassland region
Collaborators: Jo Monks, Department of Conservation and U. of Otago.
Meta-analysis reveals weak relationships between among-individual variation in behaviour and fitness at multiple hierarchical levels
Collaborators: Kimberley Mathot, U. of Alberta , Shinichi Nakagawa, U. of NSW, Australia, Elene Haave-Audet (MSc student), U. of Alberta.
Teaching
Labs
- ZOOL 221 Animal Designs for Living
- ZOOL 222 Evolutionary Biology
- ZOOL 223 Animal Physiology
Lectures
- ZOOL 315 ZOOL 315 Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology
- ZOOL 313 Animal Function and Environment