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Dr Michael Scantlebury

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Dr Michael Scantlebury

School of Biological Sciences

My main interests are reproductive, behavioural and ecological physiology, working at the whole animal level, using several different systems (e.g. dogs, cows, meerkats, voles, mice, mole-rats, pangolins, deer, squirrels, badgers, elephants, cheetahs). Work is interdisciplinary, encompassing aspects of energetics and thermoregulation, behavioural ecology, movement ecology, conservation physiology and chronobiology. The main areas of research may be sub‑grouped into:

  • Energy expenditure, metabolism and resting metabolic rate.
  • Behavioural Ecology, cooperative breeding and the evolution of breeding systems.
  • The physiology and evolutionary ecology of organisms, with particular emphasis on thermoregulatory adaptations to the environment.
  • Interactions between energetics, life history strategies and disease.
  • Use of physiological techniques for implementing practical conservation.

Quantitative measurements of comparative physiology, ecophysiology and behaviour which include laboratory and field determinations of metabolism, thermoregulation, disease, movement and behavioural profiling. We pursue ideas of conservation physiology in which quantitative data are used to inform management strategies in natural and agricultural environments. Examples include studies on energetics and movement in cheetahs, pangolins, and sloths as well as behaviour and disease in badgers with risks of tuberculosis infection to cattle.

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  • askmhls@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 2278

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

  • Energy expenditure, metabolism and resting metabolic rate.
  • Behavioural Ecology, cooperative breeding and the evolution of breeding systems.
  • The physiology and evolutionary ecology of organisms, with particular emphasis on thermoregulatory adaptations to the environment.
  • Interactions between energetics, life history strategies and disease.
  • Use of physiological techniques for implementing practical conservation.

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • A cat's eye view of the fastest hunt on land

  •  Cheetah’s prosper new study debunks more old myths

  • Queen’s University expert studying race between cheetahs and their prey

  • New insight into how cheetahs catch their prey

  • Energetics and sociality

  • Energetics and sociality


Research students

PhD Title Using technology to explore carnivore behaviour and physiology
   
PhD Title   Factors effecting ecology and habitat suitability of the European pine marten
   
PhD Title  Understanding the epidemiology of bovine TB and potential routes of infection from badgers to cattle
   
PhD Title
Alpine ibex, agriculture and global change: Interactions between behaviour, physiology and disease

 

 

 


Alumni: Where are they now

PhD Title Information gathering and decisions during agonistic encounters
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Current Position Lecturer, Queen’s University Belfast
   
PhD Title   Physiological correlates of parasitism and behaviour in mammals 
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Current Position Post-doctoral research assistant, Queen’s University Belfast
   
PhD Title  Energy expenditure and behaviour of the European badger
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Current Position Software engineer in financial analytics

 

 

 

 

 


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