Dates and Times
25 November 2022
11:30 - 12:30
Event for
Location
Organiser
IAE Seminar Series
Speakers
Associate Professor Susana Clusella-Trullas
Enquiry
Vicki Thomson
Event about:
IAE Seminar Series: Exploring behavioural thermoregulation as a key moderator of climate change impacts on ectotherms
For most ectothermic animals, behavioural thermoregulation represents a rapid strategy to maintain optimal temperatures and avoid temperature extremes. Despite its importance for mitigating climate warming effects on these organisms, we lack the power to accurately predict the effectiveness of thermoregulation at large scales.
In this talk, I will present some of the research we have been undertaking to test an existing model of optimal thermoregulation and to examine thermoregulatory efficiency of squamates across taxonomic groups and regions. I will highlight priority research questions needed to assess the capacity for behavioural thermoregulation to buffer climate change impacts in ectotherms.
Additional Information
I am an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Botany and Zoology at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. I run the Climate and Invasions in Ectotherms lab (CL•I•M•E) where we use ecology and physiology to address how ectotherms (reptiles and insects) respond to global change stressors and in particular, temperature variation. I am also interested in phenotypic plasticity, including that of colour, physiology and behaviour, and when not in the lab, enjoy rock-climbing and running in the mountains.
UC acknowledges the Ngunnawal people, traditional custodians of the lands where Bruce campus is situated. We wish to acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of Canberra and the region. We also acknowledge all other First Nations Peoples on whose lands we gather.