Email sheena.townsend@otago.ac.nz
Phone 64-3-479-7970
Teaching
- 200-Level Zoology Coordinator
- ZOOL 221 Animal Designs for Living
- ZOOL 222 Evolutionary Biology
- ZOOL 223 Animal Physiology
- ZOOL 411 Evaluating Trends and Controversies in Ecology and Evolution
Research Interests
- Heterozygosity
- fitness correlations
- The effects of inbreeding on reproductive success in small populations
Publications
O'Byrne, C., McIntyre, G., Townsend, S., Schonthal, B., & Shephard, K. (2018). Can ‘pooling teaching tips’ be more than ‘pooling teaching tips’? Tertiary Education & Management. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/13583883.2018.1465117
O'Byrne, C., Schonthal, B., Shephard, K., Lie, C., & Townsend, S. (2016). Exploring the value and potential of peer-led models of teacher education. Proceedings of the Tertiary Education Research in New Zealand (TERNZ) Conference. Retrieved from http://herdsa.org.nz/ternz/2016
Townsend, S. M., & Jamieson, I. G. (2013). Inbreeding influences within-brood heterozygosity-fitness correlations (HFCs) in an isolated passerine population. Evolution, 67(8), 2299-2308. doi: 10.1111/evo.12113
Townsend, S. M., & Jamieson, I. G. (2013). Molecular and pedigree measures of relatedness provide similar estimates of inbreeding depression in a bottlenecked population. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 26(4), 889-899. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12109
Townsend, S. M., King, T. M., & Jamieson, I. G. (2012). Isolation and characterisation of microsatellite markers from the South Island robin (Petroica australis). Conservation Genetics Resources, 4(3), 633-636. doi: 10.1007/s12686-012-9610-0
Journal - Research Article
O'Byrne, C., McIntyre, G., Townsend, S., Schonthal, B., & Shephard, K. (2018). Can ‘pooling teaching tips’ be more than ‘pooling teaching tips’? Tertiary Education & Management. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/13583883.2018.1465117
Townsend, S. M., & Jamieson, I. G. (2013). Inbreeding influences within-brood heterozygosity-fitness correlations (HFCs) in an isolated passerine population. Evolution, 67(8), 2299-2308. doi: 10.1111/evo.12113
Townsend, S. M., & Jamieson, I. G. (2013). Molecular and pedigree measures of relatedness provide similar estimates of inbreeding depression in a bottlenecked population. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 26(4), 889-899. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12109
Townsend, S. M., King, T. M., & Jamieson, I. G. (2012). Isolation and characterisation of microsatellite markers from the South Island robin (Petroica australis). Conservation Genetics Resources, 4(3), 633-636. doi: 10.1007/s12686-012-9610-0
Laws, R. J., Townsend, S. M., Nakagawa, S., & Jamieson, I. G. (2010). Limited inbreeding depression in a bottlenecked population is age but not environment dependent. Journal of Avian Biology, 41(6), 645-652. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.05164.x
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
O'Byrne, C., Schonthal, B., Shephard, K., Lie, C., & Townsend, S. (2016). Exploring the value and potential of peer-led models of teacher education. Proceedings of the Tertiary Education Research in New Zealand (TERNZ) Conference. Retrieved from http://herdsa.org.nz/ternz/2016
Townsend, S. M., & Jamieson, I. G. (2010). Inbreeding depression, multilocus heterozygosity and fitness in a small, inbred population of South Island robins. New Zealand Ecological Society Annual Conference: Biodiversity: 2010 and Beyond. (pp. 125). Retrieved from http://www.nzesconference.org.nz/programme
