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Dr Domhnall Jennings

School of Biological Sciences

Domhnall Jennings

Dr Domhnall Jennings

School of Biological Sciences

I have broad interests across the field of animal behaviour, and this is reflected in the nature of the projects currently running in my lab. Investigating fundamental questions on the evolution of behaviour, and in collaboration with members of my lab, we are looking at how reproductive strategies influence the costs of reproduction for individuals, how maternal stress affects maternal investment in her offspring and its impact on survival, the function and benefits of play and how it changes as the individual develops, and decision making by third-party bystanders in relation to intervention behaviour during escalated fights.

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Open to PhD applications in the field of

Ungulate behaviour and management
Contest behaviour in any species

Feel free to propose projects in the field of using endocrinological and photogrammetic techniques

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Current Research Opportunities

Post-weaning dispersal behaviour, growth and survival of male fallow deer fawns

Research students

Connie Baker-Horne (year 3). The effects of stress on maternal investment and offspring survival in the fallow deer (Dama dama).

George Brown (year 2). Why do animals play? Unravelling the functions of play behaviour in juvenile fallow deer, Dama dama.

Rebecca Cummins (year1). Investigation of the costs of reproduction in a capital breeder.

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Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Ecosystem Biology & Sustainability

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