The brown antechinus, Antechinus stuartii (Dasyuridae: Marsupialia).
Research Interests
Comparative Physiology
Animal models for explaining physiological processes have long been used. Comparative Physiologists use the diverse information that can be discovered in a wide variety of non-laboratory animals to help formulate ideas about physiological mechanisms. My research interests have focused on the environmental control of structure and function in mammals, especially marsupials. Research areas include the photoperiodic control of reproduction, and implications for metabolism. Other research relates to the seasonal physiological and endocrinological changes in mammals and their morphological implications. This has involved endocrine influences on non-"target" physiological systems, such as the renal system. Currently we are developing programmes to look at the interactions between stress, reproduction and ageing, using the small marsupials Antechinus stuartii (brown antechinus) and Sminthopsis macroura (striped-faced dunnart) as animal l models.
Collaborators
Professor Chris Dickman
Dr Mathew Crowther
Institute of Wildlife Research
School of Biological Sciences
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006
