Samantha PATRICK

Marie Curie Post Doctoral Research Fellow

 

 

 

 

 

Titre du projet

ALBASPECIALISATION : the causes, consequences and conservation implications of individuals specialisation in seabirds

 

Période

Contractuelle de 2011 à 2013

 

Responsable

Henri Weimerskirch

 

Research Theme

I study the causes and consequences of individual variation in avian mating strategies.  I focus on reproductive tactics and provisioning behaviour and consider how and why alternative strategies are maintained in the population.  My current work on albatross species falls into four main areas:

 

1) Individual behavioural variation (or ‘personality’ differences)
2) Foraging and provisioning strategies
3) Individual reproductive tactics
4) Interaction between birds and fisheries and the conservation implications

 

Qualifications and positions

2009-2011	Post Doctoral Researcher: Individual foraging strategies and the impact of fisheries on Northern Gannet behaviour, University of Plymouth, UK
2009	Post Doctoral Researcher:  Hen Harrier reintroduction in the UK, University of Exeter, UK
2009	Research Assistant:  The impact of rats and foxes on penguin populations, RSPB, Falkland Islands
2008	Research Assistant:  The influence of brood size on co-operative behaviour in the chestnut crowned babbler, Macquarie University, Australia
2008-2009	Research Assistant:  Survival and breeding success in common guillemots, University of Sheffield, UK
2008	DPhil:  Sexual selection and individual personality differences in the great tit, University of Oxford, UK
2004	BSc Hons: Ecological Science, University of Edinburgh, UK